It's over.
Not quite "Six Feet Under" and not exactly "St Elsewhere" but I did get emotional closure from these people I very recently came to care about.
My take on it:
The events on the island happened. The island was not hell, the island was not purgatory.
The LA-timeline was a sort of purgatory. More like a waiting room for everyone who showed up, whenever they showed up. To take their trip into the beyond.
Kind of like in Titanic, how it took Rose forevvvvvvvvvvver to die but they were all there waiting for her when she finally did pass on.
I don't think that Aaron died as a baby or anything, it's just that's how Jack expected him to look - and this is following Jack, after all.
It reminds me of something said by the priest at my great grandmother's funeral. She was in her 80s when she passed away, but he told us that when we see her in the kingdom of heaven we may not know her immediately on sight because she will appear as she appeared in her heart. She may be a young girl and those of us who only knew her after she was aged will know her when she approaches us to greet us in welcome.
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Nice touches:
"Desmond will be okay." Yeah, he'd better be. I DEMAND that Des & Pen lived a long life together.
Jack sees the shoe in the tree. It is much more worn out than when we first saw it. Much time has passed since the plane crash.
Ben and Locke's scene outside of the church was an excellent wrap up to their dynamic.
"Well if it helps Ben, I forgive you."
"Thank you John that does help. It matters more than I can say."
And the dog. Vincent was the first thing Jack saw when he opened his eyes on the island, and he was there when he closed them. I had to put a pillow over my face I was sobbing so hard.
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This has been an interesting experience and I cannot wait to go back and do it again at a more leisurely pace with the hub-unit.
I can't wait to go through it together.
Moving on.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
S6 Ep16 "What They Died For"
Very good episode.
Wasn't expecting to get any answers but am glad to come away with a few.
It confirmed some of the last episode and Jacob is right that their lives sucked when he found them. Although I don't think he was that helpful at all. Cool stuff with Jack becoming the new Jacob. How he'll stop MIB I don't know.
I like how Jacob explained that he didn't want to choose anyone; that he had never been given the choice for the job. And then Jack steps up to the plate.
Love how things are coming together in LA-timeline. Ben has turned back to the dark side. Figures that would happen although I'm glad he might get a happy ending in the LA-timeline.
I do have some issues though. Did not care for the death of Widmore. I don't think he's really gone - that is so anti-climactic if he is. They built up an intriguing character and then crapped out on him. He says he was redeemed and then is killed (appropriately, by Ben.) What a waste of a character.
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I was actually pleased to see Ana Lucia. For once.
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Hey guys... I DID IT!
As I prepare to hit Publish it is now 20:53. The DVR is waiting for me and the end is near.
Whooo hoooo!
Wasn't expecting to get any answers but am glad to come away with a few.
It confirmed some of the last episode and Jacob is right that their lives sucked when he found them. Although I don't think he was that helpful at all. Cool stuff with Jack becoming the new Jacob. How he'll stop MIB I don't know.
I like how Jacob explained that he didn't want to choose anyone; that he had never been given the choice for the job. And then Jack steps up to the plate.
Love how things are coming together in LA-timeline. Ben has turned back to the dark side. Figures that would happen although I'm glad he might get a happy ending in the LA-timeline.
I do have some issues though. Did not care for the death of Widmore. I don't think he's really gone - that is so anti-climactic if he is. They built up an intriguing character and then crapped out on him. He says he was redeemed and then is killed (appropriately, by Ben.) What a waste of a character.
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I was actually pleased to see Ana Lucia. For once.
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Hey guys... I DID IT!
As I prepare to hit Publish it is now 20:53. The DVR is waiting for me and the end is near.
Whooo hoooo!
S6 Ep15 "Across The Sea"
Another excellent episode that goes to show us origin, but it doesn't really answer a whole lot of questions.
I am very glad Jacob and MIB are not biblical. Whew!
MIB and Jacob - twins.
MIB kills mother-sort-of, Jacob kills MIB by throwing him into light and causes him becoming the smoke monster.
MIB and mother-sort-of are Adam and Eve.
The light is a part of everyone and if it goes out everyone dies.
The island is all there is.
MIB is special, not Jacob.
"Take the cup and drink. You and I are the same." Jacob is the new protector of the island. Reminded me of when Jesus takes the cup from his father and drinks - gives his life for all. Sacrifice!
Beginning of the rules.
MIB's mother didn't have a name for him. Guess that's why no one calls him by anything but MIB and brother.
Just WOW.
I am very glad Jacob and MIB are not biblical. Whew!
MIB and Jacob - twins.
MIB kills mother-sort-of, Jacob kills MIB by throwing him into light and causes him becoming the smoke monster.
MIB and mother-sort-of are Adam and Eve.
The light is a part of everyone and if it goes out everyone dies.
The island is all there is.
MIB is special, not Jacob.
"Take the cup and drink. You and I are the same." Jacob is the new protector of the island. Reminded me of when Jesus takes the cup from his father and drinks - gives his life for all. Sacrifice!
Beginning of the rules.
MIB's mother didn't have a name for him. Guess that's why no one calls him by anything but MIB and brother.
Just WOW.
S6 Ep14 "The Candidate"
I know there need to be deaths. Not everyone is getting out alive. I can accept that. But damn.
Both Jin & Sun?
I don't believe that Frank the pilot is really dead. Somebody's got to fly them off the island. (hrmmm... LA-Locke has a pilot's license, but am I stepping into red-herring territory?)
I understand Sayid. Atonement for the universe, he has caused a lot of pain & suffering prior to coming to the island, and in alternate timelines. Blah dee dah.
I don't like that it's Sawyer's fault.
In LA-timeline I am still waiting for Juliet to show up. Not that she's my favorite characer or anything, just that she there in somebody's "constant" world. My toes are tapping. Get to it.
I can't even process right now.
Both Jin & Sun?
I don't believe that Frank the pilot is really dead. Somebody's got to fly them off the island. (hrmmm... LA-Locke has a pilot's license, but am I stepping into red-herring territory?)
I understand Sayid. Atonement for the universe, he has caused a lot of pain & suffering prior to coming to the island, and in alternate timelines. Blah dee dah.
I don't like that it's Sawyer's fault.
In LA-timeline I am still waiting for Juliet to show up. Not that she's my favorite characer or anything, just that she there in somebody's "constant" world. My toes are tapping. Get to it.
I can't even process right now.
S6 Ep13 "The Last Recruit"
My brain. My brain!
We had an epic Jack/Not-Locke talk.
I was really expecting more character deaths with the episode since we're getting so close to the end.
I thought Claire might shoot Kate
Then I thought Widmore's team would take someone out
Then when the good guys were all on one boat, I thought the boat would go kaboom.
Then I couldn't even enjoy the Sun/Jin reunion because I was screaming, "NO! THE FENCE! THE FENCE!"
I thought Sun might wake up in the hospital knowing English, but recovering her English when she reunited with Jin was cooler. I feel like it means something.
I do not believe Sayid killed Desmond.
In the LA-timeline, everyone's going to end up at the hospital together
We had an epic Jack/Not-Locke talk.
I was really expecting more character deaths with the episode since we're getting so close to the end.
I thought Claire might shoot Kate
Then I thought Widmore's team would take someone out
Then when the good guys were all on one boat, I thought the boat would go kaboom.
Then I couldn't even enjoy the Sun/Jin reunion because I was screaming, "NO! THE FENCE! THE FENCE!"
I thought Sun might wake up in the hospital knowing English, but recovering her English when she reunited with Jin was cooler. I feel like it means something.
I do not believe Sayid killed Desmond.
In the LA-timeline, everyone's going to end up at the hospital together
S6 Ep12 "Everybody Loves Hugo"
Musings:
I don't think that was really Michael.
Desmond is everyone's Constant, bringing them together in the LA-timeline.
He runs down LA-Locke to bring him to Jack, perhaps?
They are paired off so that when they touch they remember? Hurley/Libby cetrtainly did!
See Ilana go BOOM! Why hasn't this happened a LOT more often? The TNT is unstable yet everyone just grabs sticks whenever they want, like it's crackers on a shelf.
It took me a while to remember what was in that little bag that Hurley retrieved from Ilana's stuff... but wasn't that the bag containing Jacob's ashes? Is Hurley's plan to get into Locke's camp, catch him off guard, then... I dunno, hurl ashes at him or surround him with them?
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I don't think that was really Michael.
Desmond is everyone's Constant, bringing them together in the LA-timeline.
He runs down LA-Locke to bring him to Jack, perhaps?
They are paired off so that when they touch they remember? Hurley/Libby cetrtainly did!
See Ilana go BOOM! Why hasn't this happened a LOT more often? The TNT is unstable yet everyone just grabs sticks whenever they want, like it's crackers on a shelf.
It took me a while to remember what was in that little bag that Hurley retrieved from Ilana's stuff... but wasn't that the bag containing Jacob's ashes? Is Hurley's plan to get into Locke's camp, catch him off guard, then... I dunno, hurl ashes at him or surround him with them?
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S6 Ep11 "Happily Ever After"
Okay - I am going to say it:
I totally regret not being in on this show from beginning.
It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much overload to do this in such a short amount of time, BUT I didn't have to wait YEARS for realizations to come at me.
Unfortunately there is a lot of shit to process in very short amount of time. It's coming at me pretty quick.
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Musing:
LA-Penny's name is Milton. Like "Paradise Lost" Miton. Adam & Eve's banishment from Eden (not that the Island is ever going to be mistaken for Eden,but bear with me.) The island is supposed to end up with an Adam & Eve? Are the bones in the cave Des & Penny?
Desmond saw 2 mirror reflectios - so is this meaning he is aware that he is aware of two universes?
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Cracking up that Des was given a panic button to press in the MRI mashine.
My gut wrenched at Charlie's face underwater again and the hand up to the glass.
I don't like Minkowsky. Something is up with him. Then again I've always found Fisher Stevens creepy.
Very happy for the return of kickass Sayid!
I totally regret not being in on this show from beginning.
It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much overload to do this in such a short amount of time, BUT I didn't have to wait YEARS for realizations to come at me.
Unfortunately there is a lot of shit to process in very short amount of time. It's coming at me pretty quick.
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Musing:
LA-Penny's name is Milton. Like "Paradise Lost" Miton. Adam & Eve's banishment from Eden (not that the Island is ever going to be mistaken for Eden,but bear with me.) The island is supposed to end up with an Adam & Eve? Are the bones in the cave Des & Penny?
Desmond saw 2 mirror reflectios - so is this meaning he is aware that he is aware of two universes?
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Cracking up that Des was given a panic button to press in the MRI mashine.
My gut wrenched at Charlie's face underwater again and the hand up to the glass.
I don't like Minkowsky. Something is up with him. Then again I've always found Fisher Stevens creepy.
Very happy for the return of kickass Sayid!
S6 Ep10 "The Package"
It just hit me with the scene when Jin & Sun are checking into the hotel. Sun uses the surname Paik (It was on the business card she gave to Widmore as well.)
"Kwon" the candidate is Jin.
Something terrivble is going to happen to Sun I think: all of the LA timeline characters have looked in a mirror. But when Sun looked, it looked like she saw something different. Something odd. Something other than her own face.
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Is the show being written by people at One Life to Live? I remember aphasia in the late early 90s being a big ploypoint. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy Desmond.
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Can't stop thinking about the Jacob and Man In Black dynamic. I really do think it's more than a good v evil thing, or black v white thing. These two men/beings/entities are more like 2 sides of the same coin. They aren't necessarily polar opposites. They need each other to exist but it's an issue of dominance more than wanting to COMPLETELY eradicate the other.
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Yeah, I'm going to need to sleep for a week after tonight.
"Kwon" the candidate is Jin.
Something terrivble is going to happen to Sun I think: all of the LA timeline characters have looked in a mirror. But when Sun looked, it looked like she saw something different. Something odd. Something other than her own face.
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Is the show being written by people at One Life to Live? I remember aphasia in the late early 90s being a big ploypoint. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy Desmond.
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Can't stop thinking about the Jacob and Man In Black dynamic. I really do think it's more than a good v evil thing, or black v white thing. These two men/beings/entities are more like 2 sides of the same coin. They aren't necessarily polar opposites. They need each other to exist but it's an issue of dominance more than wanting to COMPLETELY eradicate the other.
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Yeah, I'm going to need to sleep for a week after tonight.
S6 Ep9 "Ab Aeterno"
I want to watch this episode over and over. Many times.
I want to have its babies.
FANTASTIC.
I have been fascinated by Richard since I saw him in the hospital when Locke was born.
I like that Jacob took Ricardo into the water to prove he wasn't dead - like a baptism. This is all getting rather biblical - not so much mythological in this episode.
Is this going to end up being Jacob vs Esau and the whole birthright thing? I'm going to be a little pissyif this whole thing stems from a Sunday school lesson about stealing your brother's soup.
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Ugh. Moving on.
I want to have its babies.
FANTASTIC.
I have been fascinated by Richard since I saw him in the hospital when Locke was born.
I like that Jacob took Ricardo into the water to prove he wasn't dead - like a baptism. This is all getting rather biblical - not so much mythological in this episode.
Is this going to end up being Jacob vs Esau and the whole birthright thing? I'm going to be a little pissyif this whole thing stems from a Sunday school lesson about stealing your brother's soup.
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Ugh. Moving on.
S6 Ep8 "Recon"
After the finale of the series will there be a spin-off of cop buddies Sawyer & Miles? This is the only time I have liked Miles. Ever.
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I am starting to *really* antsy about watching lots of episodes without mush resolution in them. How in the world are they going to answer ALL the questions from the past 5 seasons with so few hours left?
Or are they just going to cut to blackscreen a la Sopranos?
I'm feeling my wheels spin here.
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Bah! Anyway...
What was up with Sayid? Why didn't Kate get in his face with "What is your problem? Why didn't you help me?"
I liked the end scene when Sawyer told Kate that they were going to get off the island. Although, I wonder how they are going to pilot the sub.
I wouldn't trust Claire either. Not-Locke is right. Claire is crazy.
Why had Widmore spent DECADES trying to find the island, and then he sits in a submarine offshore for-EVER?
When am I going to see Desmond again?
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I am starting to *really* antsy about watching lots of episodes without mush resolution in them. How in the world are they going to answer ALL the questions from the past 5 seasons with so few hours left?
Or are they just going to cut to blackscreen a la Sopranos?
I'm feeling my wheels spin here.
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Bah! Anyway...
What was up with Sayid? Why didn't Kate get in his face with "What is your problem? Why didn't you help me?"
I liked the end scene when Sawyer told Kate that they were going to get off the island. Although, I wonder how they are going to pilot the sub.
I wouldn't trust Claire either. Not-Locke is right. Claire is crazy.
Why had Widmore spent DECADES trying to find the island, and then he sits in a submarine offshore for-EVER?
When am I going to see Desmond again?
S6 Ep7 "Dr. Linus"
Musings:
I like that LA-Ben has a good relationship with his dad, and with Alex-who-is-not-his-daughter.
Why isn't she in France with Danielle? How is she in L.A.? Who knows? Does it matter?
Since the island was presumably sunk in 1977 in this timeline, then her parents were never there; perhaps they went to the U.S. instead, or for different reasons altogether.
Jay Leno dude Arzt is teaching at the school now.
For a half-second while it was still blurry I was hoping the Principal was Clancy Brown, but no such luck.
I like that Roger Linus apologized for not making the life that he wanted for Ben. It was very sweet.
I like that maybe if Ben had gotten off the island, he wouldn't be such a manipulative, evil guy.
I also loved the stuff with Widmore, though it's still a bit too cryptic for my liking.
So now Jack is Man of Faith; but does that make Not-Locke the Man of Science? Eh, I'll remain hazy and undedicated to that one for now.
Frank Lapidus was always intended to be on the island. He just overslept. Okay.
I like that LA-Ben has a good relationship with his dad, and with Alex-who-is-not-his-daughter.
Why isn't she in France with Danielle? How is she in L.A.? Who knows? Does it matter?
Since the island was presumably sunk in 1977 in this timeline, then her parents were never there; perhaps they went to the U.S. instead, or for different reasons altogether.
Jay Leno dude Arzt is teaching at the school now.
For a half-second while it was still blurry I was hoping the Principal was Clancy Brown, but no such luck.
I like that Roger Linus apologized for not making the life that he wanted for Ben. It was very sweet.
I like that maybe if Ben had gotten off the island, he wouldn't be such a manipulative, evil guy.
I also loved the stuff with Widmore, though it's still a bit too cryptic for my liking.
So now Jack is Man of Faith; but does that make Not-Locke the Man of Science? Eh, I'll remain hazy and undedicated to that one for now.
Frank Lapidus was always intended to be on the island. He just overslept. Okay.
S6 Ep6 "Sundown"
I guess I can say goodbye to the Sayid I knew and loved. Creepy.
Smoke-Locke can take Miles, any time now. Tired of him.
How did it take SOOOOO long for Kate to realize there was something a little "off" about Claire?
We get to see Keamy again. He's evil in whatever timeline he;s placed in, eh?
The look on Ben's face after he spoke to Sayid was classic. He knows evil when he sees it.
I hope the Jin/Sun reunion won't be dragged out much longer.
Smoke-Locke can take Miles, any time now. Tired of him.
How did it take SOOOOO long for Kate to realize there was something a little "off" about Claire?
We get to see Keamy again. He's evil in whatever timeline he;s placed in, eh?
The look on Ben's face after he spoke to Sayid was classic. He knows evil when he sees it.
I hope the Jin/Sun reunion won't be dragged out much longer.
S6 Ep5 "Lighthouse"
Musings:
#1
Is LA-Jack's son (David) the Shepard referred to in the cave?
The sign at the Conservatory audtions said "Welcome Candidates" and in his talk there with Dogen about how kids buckle under the pressure. Hmmm...
I'm reading too much into this, because if kids buckle, then an adult would be the true Candidate.
And if that's true then 42 = Sun & Jin.
Ok, I'm letting this go for now.
#2
Jack broke your lighthouse dude - BWAH
#3
Claire = nutbag. For realsies. She's friends with Monster/Nemesis/Enemy, not Locke's carcass.
#1
Is LA-Jack's son (David) the Shepard referred to in the cave?
The sign at the Conservatory audtions said "Welcome Candidates" and in his talk there with Dogen about how kids buckle under the pressure. Hmmm...
I'm reading too much into this, because if kids buckle, then an adult would be the true Candidate.
And if that's true then 42 = Sun & Jin.
Ok, I'm letting this go for now.
#2
Jack broke your lighthouse dude - BWAH
#3
Claire = nutbag. For realsies. She's friends with Monster/Nemesis/Enemy, not Locke's carcass.
S6 E4 "The Substitute"
LA Times:
Locke is with Helen. Yay!
Yay Rose! Nice speech about accepting one’s limitations, however it’s no “Don’t Tell Me What I Can’t Do!!!!”
Helen telling Locke she doesn’t care if Locke never walks again. It’s good to see Locke finding some happiness.
Locke becoming a Sub: metaphor for what is happening to his body back on the Island
Ben Linus - European history teacher. Bwah!
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Island Times:
Loving the Point of View of the Smoke Monster before turning into Not-Locke.
Richard is completely different when he’s being terrorized.
I know I should, but I don’t care about the Temple. Other things are far more interesting to me. Other than Ben’s “eulogy” and Frank’s line about it being the weirdest funeral he’s ever been to, bleargh.
Okay, I want to get to the cave – THE CAVE - because, “that is why you’re all here.”
Jacob’s numbers on the cave:
4 — Locke
8 — Reyes
15 — Ford
16 — Jarrah
23 — Shephard
42 — Kwon
Not-Locke says he’s not sure Kwon is Sun or Jin, but I think it’s either both of them or maybe Ji Yeon, since she was conceived on the island?
Is Shepard a reference to Aaron and not Jack?
Loving Sawyer’s response of “Hell Yes”
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My brain may fold in on itself with all this stuff
Locke is with Helen. Yay!
Yay Rose! Nice speech about accepting one’s limitations, however it’s no “Don’t Tell Me What I Can’t Do!!!!”
Helen telling Locke she doesn’t care if Locke never walks again. It’s good to see Locke finding some happiness.
Locke becoming a Sub: metaphor for what is happening to his body back on the Island
Ben Linus - European history teacher. Bwah!
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Island Times:
Loving the Point of View of the Smoke Monster before turning into Not-Locke.
Richard is completely different when he’s being terrorized.
I know I should, but I don’t care about the Temple. Other things are far more interesting to me. Other than Ben’s “eulogy” and Frank’s line about it being the weirdest funeral he’s ever been to, bleargh.
Okay, I want to get to the cave – THE CAVE - because, “that is why you’re all here.”
Jacob’s numbers on the cave:
4 — Locke
8 — Reyes
15 — Ford
16 — Jarrah
23 — Shephard
42 — Kwon
Not-Locke says he’s not sure Kwon is Sun or Jin, but I think it’s either both of them or maybe Ji Yeon, since she was conceived on the island?
Is Shepard a reference to Aaron and not Jack?
Loving Sawyer’s response of “Hell Yes”
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My brain may fold in on itself with all this stuff
S6 Ep3 "What Kate Does"
Wow. Awesome.
I love that they're honoring Juliet and her relationship with Sawyer. I felt for Kate for her regret, and her realization that Sawyer was not going with her. Let Sawyer grieve instead on jumping back into things with Kate. Thanks, writers.
The Claire story was interesting on many levels. One surprise is that there actually was (at least in this timeline) a couple waiting to adopt the baby in Los Angeles. Sad that there will be no adoption, but there was a family nonetheless.
Creepy Ethan. Ugh. I know he needs to be there, but, ugh. Did Amy leave with him on the sub or did the island not instantly submerge right away after Juliet hit the bomb?
It was also interesting he gave his name as Goodspeed. Was Rom just a lie, because why would he? Maybe Rom was one of the Others who "adopted" him in a way. No matter, it’s still Creepy Ethan. "I don't want to stick you with needles if I don't have to." Ha!
The other interesting part of Claire's story is what it makes me think of Rousseau. I wonder if her team was never sick. Maybe it was Rousseau who was sick all along. It would explain why the Others wanted to kill her. I'm not sure what it means for anything else, though, or how it would have happened. Of course, all this assumes Dogan was telling Jack the truth, and I will never give an Other the benefit of that doubt. I'd still like to think that Claire can be reunited with Aaron and saved.
Loved seeing Aldo again, even if he did get shot.
Josh Holloway killed me. Killed me!
I love that they're honoring Juliet and her relationship with Sawyer. I felt for Kate for her regret, and her realization that Sawyer was not going with her. Let Sawyer grieve instead on jumping back into things with Kate. Thanks, writers.
The Claire story was interesting on many levels. One surprise is that there actually was (at least in this timeline) a couple waiting to adopt the baby in Los Angeles. Sad that there will be no adoption, but there was a family nonetheless.
Creepy Ethan. Ugh. I know he needs to be there, but, ugh. Did Amy leave with him on the sub or did the island not instantly submerge right away after Juliet hit the bomb?
It was also interesting he gave his name as Goodspeed. Was Rom just a lie, because why would he? Maybe Rom was one of the Others who "adopted" him in a way. No matter, it’s still Creepy Ethan. "I don't want to stick you with needles if I don't have to." Ha!
The other interesting part of Claire's story is what it makes me think of Rousseau. I wonder if her team was never sick. Maybe it was Rousseau who was sick all along. It would explain why the Others wanted to kill her. I'm not sure what it means for anything else, though, or how it would have happened. Of course, all this assumes Dogan was telling Jack the truth, and I will never give an Other the benefit of that doubt. I'd still like to think that Claire can be reunited with Aaron and saved.
Loved seeing Aldo again, even if he did get shot.
Josh Holloway killed me. Killed me!
S6 Ep1/Ep2 "LA X, pt1 / pt2"
So, two timelines, eh? Will they ever converge? Or are those people on the island split off into their own alternat universe and that's why "they can never leave"? And what's up with Christian's body?
I thought for sure that LA-Sawyer would help LA-Kate in the airport. He knows she's in handcuffs and in trouble.
Had to laugh at Jack in the temple acting all on faith. He's sure changed his tune.
Did everyone who was on the island with the bomb blew (that isn't one of our main OLs - "Original Lost" people - including Juliet and Miles) die when the island sunk?
(Did that make ANY sense?)
Great seeing some of the old crew again, like Boone! But where was Shannon?
Do I care where Shannon is? Not really.
Does this mean that the island blowing up somehow altered Shannon's past if she stayed in Australia?
Missed seeing Libby, Eko and Ana Lucia. I guess Jack forgot about their drink?
So if the psychic who put Claire on the airplane lied to her about the adopting family in order to get her on the plane that crashed on the island (if that's what he actually intended), and there isn't any adopting family, what will she do with the baby now?
Poor Charlie, but at least he's alive.
So did Desmond go back to his old seat or was that some time travelling done by Des? I think it was time-travelling.
Why didn't the others at the temple (except Cindy) recognize Jack and Kate? And even she only mentioned them being on the plane. None of the others were on the side island when Jack and Kate (and Sawyer) were taken by the others the first time?
I thought for sure the Japanese other was reading off a list of names.
Can't wait to see how it all works out.
I thought for sure that LA-Sawyer would help LA-Kate in the airport. He knows she's in handcuffs and in trouble.
Had to laugh at Jack in the temple acting all on faith. He's sure changed his tune.
Did everyone who was on the island with the bomb blew (that isn't one of our main OLs - "Original Lost" people - including Juliet and Miles) die when the island sunk?
(Did that make ANY sense?)
Great seeing some of the old crew again, like Boone! But where was Shannon?
Do I care where Shannon is? Not really.
Does this mean that the island blowing up somehow altered Shannon's past if she stayed in Australia?
Missed seeing Libby, Eko and Ana Lucia. I guess Jack forgot about their drink?
So if the psychic who put Claire on the airplane lied to her about the adopting family in order to get her on the plane that crashed on the island (if that's what he actually intended), and there isn't any adopting family, what will she do with the baby now?
Poor Charlie, but at least he's alive.
So did Desmond go back to his old seat or was that some time travelling done by Des? I think it was time-travelling.
Why didn't the others at the temple (except Cindy) recognize Jack and Kate? And even she only mentioned them being on the plane. None of the others were on the side island when Jack and Kate (and Sawyer) were taken by the others the first time?
I thought for sure the Japanese other was reading off a list of names.
Can't wait to see how it all works out.
Technical Difficulties - Please Stand By
I feel the need to post a non-episode-related entry in explanation of the last few hours in my world.
At 2am I was going to hit the hay for a few hours when I started having computer issues as well as loading issues with the blogging website. Decided it best to stay awake and let the hub-unit sleep peacefully. My swearing in the livingroom notwithstanding. Continued watching the shows on netflix and making notes on an electronic document. I planned on chugging through until I finished season 5 and then get some sleep.
Somewhere around 6 am the laptop I had been working on this WHOLE time got glitchy and took a dump on me.
It's the one computer where I don't have my electronic documents hooked into our network.
I am not technical; I'm an H/R paper-pusher. The hub-unit is my networking and software genius/guru.
So I kind of freaked out at the idea that I lost all my notes and would have to relive the past hours to duplicate all my efforts. Ironic, right?
Hub-unit is a hero. He woke up, made coffee for himself and set to work. He retrieved the work and got a crash course in how to post a blog.
He's the one deserving credit for keeping me on track and sane the past few hours. I think I will keep him. :)
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I haven't been reading any of the comments on the entries. I don't want to get sidetracked. I did it early on and discovered I can't roll that way.
I do want to acknowledge that there are people out there interested in this silly project. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!! And thanks to Jamie Clay for keeping me sane in the virtual world this whole time. What a cheerleader.
I will finish this tonight and look forward to being able to actually discuss things. I've been alone in this. The hub-unit has not watched along with me, so I haven't been able to bounce theories off him, like we do with every other show we watch. He knows he's going to watch this though, at his pace. And I can't wait.
He is totally capable of taking my words and not looking at them while he fixed my posts. Mr. Compartmentalization. But he has had to listen to my outbursts and ravings (I'm on headphones) and he has said he can't wait until he knows what in the hell I'm talking about.
That said, I'm back to paying attention to the last season. Just wanted to take a minute to let you all know I didn't fall down the rabbit-hole entirely.
Namaste.
~Kris Strange
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Edited to add:
I realize the last few entries focus a lot on relationship storylines rather than the mindblowing holy crap-ness. In the rewriting/reposting of entries I did have to truncate a bit. There are also episodes from waaaay back where I had theories still too jumbled to adequately write them down without sounding like a complete blithering fool. I'd love to revisit that at some point too, but I'm afraid I'll get too caught up in "what I know now" that it has colored my oringinal thinking too much.
This is all such a mindwalk!
I am not web-girl but it might be cool to enable some kind of chat somewhere down the line to virtually discuss this with people. I'd like that a lot. It will help with my decompressing after all this is over.
~ks
At 2am I was going to hit the hay for a few hours when I started having computer issues as well as loading issues with the blogging website. Decided it best to stay awake and let the hub-unit sleep peacefully. My swearing in the livingroom notwithstanding. Continued watching the shows on netflix and making notes on an electronic document. I planned on chugging through until I finished season 5 and then get some sleep.
Somewhere around 6 am the laptop I had been working on this WHOLE time got glitchy and took a dump on me.
It's the one computer where I don't have my electronic documents hooked into our network.
I am not technical; I'm an H/R paper-pusher. The hub-unit is my networking and software genius/guru.
So I kind of freaked out at the idea that I lost all my notes and would have to relive the past hours to duplicate all my efforts. Ironic, right?
Hub-unit is a hero. He woke up, made coffee for himself and set to work. He retrieved the work and got a crash course in how to post a blog.
He's the one deserving credit for keeping me on track and sane the past few hours. I think I will keep him. :)
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I haven't been reading any of the comments on the entries. I don't want to get sidetracked. I did it early on and discovered I can't roll that way.
I do want to acknowledge that there are people out there interested in this silly project. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!!! And thanks to Jamie Clay for keeping me sane in the virtual world this whole time. What a cheerleader.
I will finish this tonight and look forward to being able to actually discuss things. I've been alone in this. The hub-unit has not watched along with me, so I haven't been able to bounce theories off him, like we do with every other show we watch. He knows he's going to watch this though, at his pace. And I can't wait.
He is totally capable of taking my words and not looking at them while he fixed my posts. Mr. Compartmentalization. But he has had to listen to my outbursts and ravings (I'm on headphones) and he has said he can't wait until he knows what in the hell I'm talking about.
That said, I'm back to paying attention to the last season. Just wanted to take a minute to let you all know I didn't fall down the rabbit-hole entirely.
Namaste.
~Kris Strange
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Edited to add:
I realize the last few entries focus a lot on relationship storylines rather than the mindblowing holy crap-ness. In the rewriting/reposting of entries I did have to truncate a bit. There are also episodes from waaaay back where I had theories still too jumbled to adequately write them down without sounding like a complete blithering fool. I'd love to revisit that at some point too, but I'm afraid I'll get too caught up in "what I know now" that it has colored my oringinal thinking too much.
This is all such a mindwalk!
I am not web-girl but it might be cool to enable some kind of chat somewhere down the line to virtually discuss this with people. I'd like that a lot. It will help with my decompressing after all this is over.
~ks
S5 Ep16/17 "The Indicent"
Thoughts compiled ...
Sayid no!!
Bernard!! Rose!! Vincent! Finally!!! “We’re retired” Dear god could every last soul on that island learn something from them. But that was not nearly enough time for them. They need their own show just hanging out in the jungle...
“His Korean is excellent”
“You got cancer. You watched your daughter get gunned down in front of you. And for your sacrifice you get banished. And you did it all for a man you’ve never met. My question is why wouldn’t you want to kill Jacob?” The look on Ben’s face - nuanced with the dawning realization, and "Well, when you put it like that John”.
Just excellent.
Juliet getting Kate’s back in the sub was a nice turn of events. She kicks all kinds of ass ... although it sucked that she changed her mind. She was noble and got petty ... she’d rather kill everyone on the island so she never has to meet Sawyer and therefore never lose him?
“Nothing in my life felt so right.” Really Jack? That should tell you it’s wrong.
Radinzky cannot die fast enough.
John! You give Ben a knife and then walk in front of him? Are you nuts?
“Tell him I said hello.” Excellent delivery.
I feel Sun was squandered all season, lost in the fog of looking for her husband, even though it means she’s abandoned her family and daughter. Wasted opportunity.
So now I know how Hugo got to the Island. Someone just had to be nice to him, acknowledge he’s not crazy and tell him that the things that seem like a curse could be a blessing. And that it was his choice.
Juliet died?? Like that??
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This has been a lot to take in.
I love the idea that there are two John’s running around.
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Grumble Grumble Grumble.
ON TO SEASON 6!!!
Sayid no!!
Bernard!! Rose!! Vincent! Finally!!! “We’re retired” Dear god could every last soul on that island learn something from them. But that was not nearly enough time for them. They need their own show just hanging out in the jungle...
“His Korean is excellent”
“You got cancer. You watched your daughter get gunned down in front of you. And for your sacrifice you get banished. And you did it all for a man you’ve never met. My question is why wouldn’t you want to kill Jacob?” The look on Ben’s face - nuanced with the dawning realization, and "Well, when you put it like that John”.
Just excellent.
Juliet getting Kate’s back in the sub was a nice turn of events. She kicks all kinds of ass ... although it sucked that she changed her mind. She was noble and got petty ... she’d rather kill everyone on the island so she never has to meet Sawyer and therefore never lose him?
“Nothing in my life felt so right.” Really Jack? That should tell you it’s wrong.
Radinzky cannot die fast enough.
John! You give Ben a knife and then walk in front of him? Are you nuts?
“Tell him I said hello.” Excellent delivery.
I feel Sun was squandered all season, lost in the fog of looking for her husband, even though it means she’s abandoned her family and daughter. Wasted opportunity.
So now I know how Hugo got to the Island. Someone just had to be nice to him, acknowledge he’s not crazy and tell him that the things that seem like a curse could be a blessing. And that it was his choice.
Juliet died?? Like that??
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This has been a lot to take in.
I love the idea that there are two John’s running around.
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Personal aside - I've been having a lot of computer/website loading issues this morning and have to go back and re-post the past 7 entries.
Grumble Grumble Grumble.
ON TO SEASON 6!!!
S5 Ep15 "Follow The Leader"
So many questions this episode... but mostly, why is Radzinsky so nuts? He's SO determined, why? I realize he made the model for the Swan, and maybe that makes it "his baby", but honestly-- the guy is a nutball.
Why is Richard saying Locke's gonna be a problem? So he's stirring things up, so what... he's doing things a little differently, it appears not being so elusive, sharing with everybody. I love it. I also love Ben's snarkiness. He seemed like such a child in this episode.
WHOO! Tunnel to the underground.
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Why is Richard saying Locke's gonna be a problem? So he's stirring things up, so what... he's doing things a little differently, it appears not being so elusive, sharing with everybody. I love it. I also love Ben's snarkiness. He seemed like such a child in this episode.
WHOO! Tunnel to the underground.
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S5 Ep14 "The Variable"
Ladies and gentlemen: our first Lost character with Mommy issues.
I can't figure out why she sent him though. If people are the variable, then why couldn't she just opt to let him live out his life with impaired memory? What was the purpose in sending him back to be healed and then die?
And why the hell didn't Miles just tell his dad that he was his son? I thought Miles was supposed to bee the ballsy one. No reason to keep quiet about it...
That look Juliet shot Sawyer right before giving Kate the code to the sonic fence. Priceless! Up until this episode she had no valid reason to think Sawyer would have done anything with Kate. He slpped with the "Freckles" and now he lost some of her trust.
Dear Sawyer - NEVER call your old girlfriend by her nickname in from of your current love. Signed, All Women in the Universe. Kthxbai...
I can't believe Sawyer got nabbed. He seemed a bit quicker on his feet than that. And what the hell was Juliet packing? Her whole closet?
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I can't figure out why she sent him though. If people are the variable, then why couldn't she just opt to let him live out his life with impaired memory? What was the purpose in sending him back to be healed and then die?
And why the hell didn't Miles just tell his dad that he was his son? I thought Miles was supposed to bee the ballsy one. No reason to keep quiet about it...
That look Juliet shot Sawyer right before giving Kate the code to the sonic fence. Priceless! Up until this episode she had no valid reason to think Sawyer would have done anything with Kate. He slpped with the "Freckles" and now he lost some of her trust.
Dear Sawyer - NEVER call your old girlfriend by her nickname in from of your current love. Signed, All Women in the Universe. Kthxbai...
I can't believe Sawyer got nabbed. He seemed a bit quicker on his feet than that. And what the hell was Juliet packing? Her whole closet?
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S5 Ep13 "Some Like It Hoth"
Huh. Turns out the numbers were just some random serial number.
Go figure.
I'm curious about why Miles could even be in a position to SEE his infant self. Don't the laws of time travel say that you can't be in the same space as your future/past self?
Glad he got to see that his dad really did care about him when he was a baby. I'd be interested to see how his parents ended up separated, and if his mom told the truth when she told Miles he died a long time ago.
Okay, on the whole Ben/Widmore good guy/bad guy debate, I'm starting to think maybe Ben and Widmore are on the same side, just each in their own way. The guy in the van with Miles was the same one with Ilana on the island. Maybe these people might be trying to revive the Dharma thing again in 2007 or something like that. Because if they were on "Ben's side" so to speak, wouldn't Ben know who they were, and why would he have killed Cesar?
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Go figure.
I'm curious about why Miles could even be in a position to SEE his infant self. Don't the laws of time travel say that you can't be in the same space as your future/past self?
Glad he got to see that his dad really did care about him when he was a baby. I'd be interested to see how his parents ended up separated, and if his mom told the truth when she told Miles he died a long time ago.
Okay, on the whole Ben/Widmore good guy/bad guy debate, I'm starting to think maybe Ben and Widmore are on the same side, just each in their own way. The guy in the van with Miles was the same one with Ilana on the island. Maybe these people might be trying to revive the Dharma thing again in 2007 or something like that. Because if they were on "Ben's side" so to speak, wouldn't Ben know who they were, and why would he have killed Cesar?
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
S5 Ep12 "Dead Is Dead"
Ben manipulating Cesar near the beginning of the episode was hysterical. It was like a cat playing with a mouse before killing it. And that's exactly what Ben did, assuming the gun was actually loaded with live ammunition. Whether Cesar is dead or not, that was an excellent apology Ben gave to Locke, though.
Is it another Ben lie or and Island mystery or continuity problem -
Ben said he didn't know Jack, Kate and Hugo were in the D.I. but he remembered being taken to the temple as a child. All three are legitimate reasons as of now.
Ileana and company came to the island with a purpose, probably on Widmore's behalf.
They can explain that anytime...please... I'm tapping my toe until they do.
Was Charles banished from the island "just" for breaking the rules?
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Ben said he didn't know Jack, Kate and Hugo were in the D.I. but he remembered being taken to the temple as a child. All three are legitimate reasons as of now.
Ileana and company came to the island with a purpose, probably on Widmore's behalf.
They can explain that anytime...please... I'm tapping my toe until they do.
Was Charles banished from the island "just" for breaking the rules?
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S5 Ep11 "Whatever Happened, Happened"
OY, this makes my head hurt. No wonder Hurley can't get a handle on "the rules" of past, present and future.
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Although...I love the way this ep had some totally random reactions. Jack's apparently decided to get really serious about his "not interfering" program, which I find amusing, so thanks Jack.
Ugh ... Kate. I have such mixed feelings about her. Have never liked the sense of entitlement she has in regards to Aaron.
Sawyer and Kate decide that Ben really has to be saved, even knowing that he's not going to die anyway because he never did die. Sayid and Jack will probably get the blame, but I think the two of them made the most conscious choice about the later evil.
I liked both Jack and Kate having people tell them that they're at heart completely selfish people, though I thought Jack was a bit more honest with his "I came back because I was supposed to" than Kate with her "I needed him! I wanted to protect him!" Also Jack cracked me up making sandwiches in the background.
Poor Juliet, too, was so pathetic having to yell at Jack for coming back and ruining her perfect life because she had to put Sawyer and Kate in close proximity. Now she's going to lose her to him.
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Oh, and SQUEEEEEEEE - Locke! ""Welcome back to the land of the living."
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Although...I love the way this ep had some totally random reactions. Jack's apparently decided to get really serious about his "not interfering" program, which I find amusing, so thanks Jack.
Ugh ... Kate. I have such mixed feelings about her. Have never liked the sense of entitlement she has in regards to Aaron.
Sawyer and Kate decide that Ben really has to be saved, even knowing that he's not going to die anyway because he never did die. Sayid and Jack will probably get the blame, but I think the two of them made the most conscious choice about the later evil.
I liked both Jack and Kate having people tell them that they're at heart completely selfish people, though I thought Jack was a bit more honest with his "I came back because I was supposed to" than Kate with her "I needed him! I wanted to protect him!" Also Jack cracked me up making sandwiches in the background.
Poor Juliet, too, was so pathetic having to yell at Jack for coming back and ruining her perfect life because she had to put Sawyer and Kate in close proximity. Now she's going to lose her to him.
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S5 Ep10 "He's Our You"
Quick thoughts:
I can see this is there where Juliet saves little Ben's life, therefore condemming herself as his obsession. Poor Juliet. she saves Ethan's life and probably Ben's. She's the reason they are alive to torture her and many others.
I cheered when Sawyer verbally cut Jack down last episode, but now, I'm not so sure about Sawyer's leadership skills. I don't remember Jack ever standing by as one of his own got tortured, and I know he never voted for someone's death. Bad showing, Sawyer.
Happy that Sawyer went over to talk to Kate about her reason for being there rather then just being overcome with feelings towards her. But Kate once again is hiding from him. It's too bad she couldn't spit out "I was going to let you die until I suddenly decided to come back and it's still not for you."
Also happy that Juliet's staying away was just her being nice again. Juliet is not the petty jealous type. She's a lot nicer then she should be.
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I can see this is there where Juliet saves little Ben's life, therefore condemming herself as his obsession. Poor Juliet. she saves Ethan's life and probably Ben's. She's the reason they are alive to torture her and many others.
I cheered when Sawyer verbally cut Jack down last episode, but now, I'm not so sure about Sawyer's leadership skills. I don't remember Jack ever standing by as one of his own got tortured, and I know he never voted for someone's death. Bad showing, Sawyer.
Happy that Sawyer went over to talk to Kate about her reason for being there rather then just being overcome with feelings towards her. But Kate once again is hiding from him. It's too bad she couldn't spit out "I was going to let you die until I suddenly decided to come back and it's still not for you."
Also happy that Juliet's staying away was just her being nice again. Juliet is not the petty jealous type. She's a lot nicer then she should be.
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S5 Ep9 "Namaste"
A few questions answered and a few more cropping up.
Why wasn't Sun taken in the flash? How did Ilana know that the pilot and Sun took a boat to the big island--they seemed to be alone when it happened, although I suppose they found Ben and he told them what happened. He managed to add the lie about the passenger manifest before he passed out and was taken to the "hospital."
Loved LaFleur's smackdown of Jack, didn't love the lingering glance between him and Kate. Glad they addressed the fact that the people you're living with are mostly gonna be dead, and what are you gonna do about it?
A good cop knows the troublemakers on his beat before long, and I have to believe that Jim's come across Roger Linus, the loudmouth drunk janitor, before. Jim may not have actually chatted with his lonely son, but he must be aware he's there. I can imagine Sayid whispering to him next visit, "Ben Linus came by to give me a sandwich, he's thirteen and already precociously creepy! Can we kill him now, huh, can we?".
Then LaFleur can shake his head slowly and say "Well, it's complicated."
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Time for some shut-eye.
Why wasn't Sun taken in the flash? How did Ilana know that the pilot and Sun took a boat to the big island--they seemed to be alone when it happened, although I suppose they found Ben and he told them what happened. He managed to add the lie about the passenger manifest before he passed out and was taken to the "hospital."
Loved LaFleur's smackdown of Jack, didn't love the lingering glance between him and Kate. Glad they addressed the fact that the people you're living with are mostly gonna be dead, and what are you gonna do about it?
A good cop knows the troublemakers on his beat before long, and I have to believe that Jim's come across Roger Linus, the loudmouth drunk janitor, before. Jim may not have actually chatted with his lonely son, but he must be aware he's there. I can imagine Sayid whispering to him next visit, "Ben Linus came by to give me a sandwich, he's thirteen and already precociously creepy! Can we kill him now, huh, can we?".
Then LaFleur can shake his head slowly and say "Well, it's complicated."
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Time for some shut-eye.
S5 Ep8 "LaFleur"
Sawyer got some eyeglasses again.
Laughed out loud when Sawyer made the crack about Richard's "eyeliner."
Loved that Juliet was working as a mechanic; always fixing machinery one way or another. How cool was it to see an entire fleet of Volkswagen vans?
Sawyer's talk with Horace was very touching. He's finally got over Kate and bam! Now Kate shows up at the end like a harbinger of death to Sawyer's and Juliet's utopic life. Way to bring us back to their "reality."
Laughed out loud when Sawyer made the crack about Richard's "eyeliner."
Loved that Juliet was working as a mechanic; always fixing machinery one way or another. How cool was it to see an entire fleet of Volkswagen vans?
Sawyer's talk with Horace was very touching. He's finally got over Kate and bam! Now Kate shows up at the end like a harbinger of death to Sawyer's and Juliet's utopic life. Way to bring us back to their "reality."
S5 Ep7 "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
Alrighty!
BEN! So evil. That whole scene was so weird. The Jin revelation seemed to turn the conversation, and then the name "Eloise Hawking" seemed to be what made Ben go from "you must live" to "I must kill you now."
Frank took the outrigger? I want to know where the heck the boats came from, but more, I want to know WHEN Sayid and Sun are. If Jack, Kate, and Hurley are in the 70s or so, and the other 316-folk are in the present-ish, are Sayid & Sun then, now, or sometime in-between?
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Hurley's reaction at seeing Locke cracked me up. He was just assuming Locke was dead and being all "What's up - so that's how you kicked it huh?"
BEN! So evil. That whole scene was so weird. The Jin revelation seemed to turn the conversation, and then the name "Eloise Hawking" seemed to be what made Ben go from "you must live" to "I must kill you now."
Frank took the outrigger? I want to know where the heck the boats came from, but more, I want to know WHEN Sayid and Sun are. If Jack, Kate, and Hurley are in the 70s or so, and the other 316-folk are in the present-ish, are Sayid & Sun then, now, or sometime in-between?
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Hurley's reaction at seeing Locke cracked me up. He was just assuming Locke was dead and being all "What's up - so that's how you kicked it huh?"
S5 Ep6 "316"
I hope it's explained why, sooner than later, Kate and Hurley had a change of heart. I think with Hurley it was probably Charlie. Hurley must be bringing the guitar for when he does see Charlie, perhaps?
Why Kate made the decision to go back I have no idea. I do think she loves Aaron and whatever changed her mind she thinks she doing the best thing that will keep him safe.
When Ben said he needed to keep an old promise to a friend, I was thinking "No! Leave Penny alone!" It was probably Desmond that gave him the smackdown. Cracked me up Ben is reading the Odyssey.
Theory: How Aaron and possibly Ji Yeon will get back to the island. They may show up on the island as adults. Time will move faster than in the real world and the island. Aaron and/or Ji Yeon wanting to search for their parents will be able to when the next pocket opens up. I know it sounds crazy but with this show you never know. Especially since it looks like Locke may be undead.
Why Kate made the decision to go back I have no idea. I do think she loves Aaron and whatever changed her mind she thinks she doing the best thing that will keep him safe.
When Ben said he needed to keep an old promise to a friend, I was thinking "No! Leave Penny alone!" It was probably Desmond that gave him the smackdown. Cracked me up Ben is reading the Odyssey.
Theory: How Aaron and possibly Ji Yeon will get back to the island. They may show up on the island as adults. Time will move faster than in the real world and the island. Aaron and/or Ji Yeon wanting to search for their parents will be able to when the next pocket opens up. I know it sounds crazy but with this show you never know. Especially since it looks like Locke may be undead.
S5 Ep5 "This Place Is Death"
They upped the gore factor. Ripped off arms, bones through legs, close ups of bullet holes in heads and fly-infested corpses. Graphic.
It seems Ben may not have known Eloise is Daniel's mother. His reaction was curious to me.
Could Daniel's warning to Charlotte come at the same time we saw him working on the Orchid station while the Dharma people were building it? I thought that was part of the "moving through time" flashes but now I'm not so sure. Either way how he was there is yet to be explained but it would tie in with Charlotte knowing him as a child.
I got a little claustrophobic when that flash came while Locke was halfway down the well. Just imagining the walls closing in as though the well hadn't been built yet is a bit much for me.
"Say hello to my son for me." Heh heh heh
It seems Ben may not have known Eloise is Daniel's mother. His reaction was curious to me.
Could Daniel's warning to Charlotte come at the same time we saw him working on the Orchid station while the Dharma people were building it? I thought that was part of the "moving through time" flashes but now I'm not so sure. Either way how he was there is yet to be explained but it would tie in with Charlotte knowing him as a child.
I got a little claustrophobic when that flash came while Locke was halfway down the well. Just imagining the walls closing in as though the well hadn't been built yet is a bit much for me.
"Say hello to my son for me." Heh heh heh
S5 Ep4 "The Little Prince"
Jin! Rousseau! Squeeeeee! I'm so pleased to see them again. Jin has been close enough in proximity to the island that he's time-skipping along with them.
The Oceanic 6 plot is mundane compared to the time-travel stuff on the Island that you'd think it would be boring or at least that the episodes would be causing serious mood whiplash, but that's not happening for me.
It's partly because I've grown to enjoy Ben so much, but I think the suspense has been real and earned and watching the characters come together despite being in such different places is really interesting. I mean, they managed to actually significantly alter the Jack/Kate dynamic, in a way that makes me like them both better. Awesome.
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No, Miles and Juliet are being affected, too! It was bad enough when it was just Charlotte. I don't want anyone to die.
I'm going to admit that the scene of Sawyer watching Kate and Claire made me cry. I don't even know why, but it seriously hit me.
Also, Ben's casual confession of being the one who sent the lawyer after Kate cracked my shit up. "No, She's right. It was me. Sorry." Hee.
The Oceanic 6 plot is mundane compared to the time-travel stuff on the Island that you'd think it would be boring or at least that the episodes would be causing serious mood whiplash, but that's not happening for me.
It's partly because I've grown to enjoy Ben so much, but I think the suspense has been real and earned and watching the characters come together despite being in such different places is really interesting. I mean, they managed to actually significantly alter the Jack/Kate dynamic, in a way that makes me like them both better. Awesome.
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No, Miles and Juliet are being affected, too! It was bad enough when it was just Charlotte. I don't want anyone to die.
I'm going to admit that the scene of Sawyer watching Kate and Claire made me cry. I don't even know why, but it seriously hit me.
Also, Ben's casual confession of being the one who sent the lawyer after Kate cracked my shit up. "No, She's right. It was me. Sorry." Hee.
S5 Ep3 "Jughead"
Observations:
1) This is the first time that I've doubted Faraday being a good guy. I find myself questioning if anything he says is true. He definitely seems more assertive now, much more confident and in control, without any particular explanation as to why he has stepped up. He doesn't seem like the same guy who freaked out when he got pushed out of a helicopter.
2) I'm starting to think that the reason Richard is never the leader of the Others is because Richard can't see Jacob. Only the "chosen one" can see Jacob, such as in the case of Ben. Locke went with Ben to visit Jacob, but Locke never really saw Jacob. He only heard his voice. But since Locke is only a quasi-leader at best, that sort of makes sense. Of course, if Richard, the only immortal guy on the island, can't see Jacob, one has to wonder why. Can Jacob appear to anyone he wants? Or only to one specific person at a time? Or is it something more timey-wimey than that? Jacob might turn out to be one of the those who eventually gets trapped back in time? All things seem possible now...
Regardless of all that, my impression is that Jacob is the ultimate leader of the Others, and always has been. But that he can only act through a surrogate (I can only assume that's because Jacob is a dead guy), and that that surrogate is never Richard. My guess, because Richard cannot see Jacob, for whatever reason.
1) This is the first time that I've doubted Faraday being a good guy. I find myself questioning if anything he says is true. He definitely seems more assertive now, much more confident and in control, without any particular explanation as to why he has stepped up. He doesn't seem like the same guy who freaked out when he got pushed out of a helicopter.
2) I'm starting to think that the reason Richard is never the leader of the Others is because Richard can't see Jacob. Only the "chosen one" can see Jacob, such as in the case of Ben. Locke went with Ben to visit Jacob, but Locke never really saw Jacob. He only heard his voice. But since Locke is only a quasi-leader at best, that sort of makes sense. Of course, if Richard, the only immortal guy on the island, can't see Jacob, one has to wonder why. Can Jacob appear to anyone he wants? Or only to one specific person at a time? Or is it something more timey-wimey than that? Jacob might turn out to be one of the those who eventually gets trapped back in time? All things seem possible now...
Regardless of all that, my impression is that Jacob is the ultimate leader of the Others, and always has been. But that he can only act through a surrogate (I can only assume that's because Jacob is a dead guy), and that that surrogate is never Richard. My guess, because Richard cannot see Jacob, for whatever reason.
S5 Ep2 "The Lie"
I like:
* Ana Lucia telling Hurley not to get arrested. Libby says hi!
* Hurley telling his mom the real story. Heartbreaking that he has had to hold all this in.
* How Sayid is tough enough to strangle someone the second he regains consciousness.
Don't like:
* Toddler Aaron. He's annoying even in his limited screentime.
Questions to ponder:
Why Charlotte is the only non-crashee (Boat person?) showing "symptoms"? Wouldn't Miles have them too?
I thought Faraday was the only one with a constant. Am I missing something?
* Ana Lucia telling Hurley not to get arrested. Libby says hi!
* Hurley telling his mom the real story. Heartbreaking that he has had to hold all this in.
* How Sayid is tough enough to strangle someone the second he regains consciousness.
Don't like:
* Toddler Aaron. He's annoying even in his limited screentime.
Questions to ponder:
Why Charlotte is the only non-crashee (Boat person?) showing "symptoms"? Wouldn't Miles have them too?
I thought Faraday was the only one with a constant. Am I missing something?
S5 Ep1 "Because You Left"
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Ok, sooo. Yeah.
Everyone on the island seems to be jumping through time, but remaining on the island.
People on the mainland are trying to decide whether or not they should go back to the island.
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The island is like a record, and it's skipping
Things are not where they should be because they haven't built things or discovered things in the alternate timeline as yet.
Sawyer has a problem with starting over.
Understandable.
Ok, sooo. Yeah.
Everyone on the island seems to be jumping through time, but remaining on the island.
People on the mainland are trying to decide whether or not they should go back to the island.
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The island is like a record, and it's skipping
Things are not where they should be because they haven't built things or discovered things in the alternate timeline as yet.
Sawyer has a problem with starting over.
Understandable.
S4 E14 "There's No Place Like Home, pt 3"
Sooooooo much to process. Highlights:
Des and Penny - the second I saw the captions reading "speaking Portuguese" I was in tears.
Sun absolutely broke my heart - more tears over here.
Incredible acting job in the helicopter. So frantic: no sense, no chance to plan, just where you were standing dictated whether you lived or died. (that, and the script)
Jin? Probably dead ... but until I see a body I dont have to fully believe it ...
Michael is “free” now though. When will Walt find out his Dad is dead?
Awww, Sawyer thinks Kate is dead. But he got a great kiss for the road.
Oh and the Desmond drowning fake out? Squeee.
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Lines that killed me:
“You just killed everyone on that boat!”. “So?”
Jack’s “Don’t let him find you Desmond” line.
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OK so “very bad things”
Is Sayid working with Ben to gather the Six for a return to the island? Or is he really taking Hurley “somewhere safe”? Was the man he killed Ben’s or Widmore’s? The wildcard here is Desmond, presumably he’s off somewhere hiding with Penny (hell after all the time that’s past they could be married with kids) but in the “all of you must return to the island” scene he is not mentioned.
And what about Sun? Who is she talking about with Widmore when she said “we weren’t the only ones who left the island”?
Does Sun want to go back or does she just want revenge? Either way she’s awesome. Oh and at best, Locke is only mostly dead.
Des and Penny - the second I saw the captions reading "speaking Portuguese" I was in tears.
Sun absolutely broke my heart - more tears over here.
Incredible acting job in the helicopter. So frantic: no sense, no chance to plan, just where you were standing dictated whether you lived or died. (that, and the script)
Jin? Probably dead ... but until I see a body I dont have to fully believe it ...
Michael is “free” now though. When will Walt find out his Dad is dead?
Awww, Sawyer thinks Kate is dead. But he got a great kiss for the road.
Oh and the Desmond drowning fake out? Squeee.
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Lines that killed me:
“You just killed everyone on that boat!”. “So?”
Jack’s “Don’t let him find you Desmond” line.
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OK so “very bad things”
Is Sayid working with Ben to gather the Six for a return to the island? Or is he really taking Hurley “somewhere safe”? Was the man he killed Ben’s or Widmore’s? The wildcard here is Desmond, presumably he’s off somewhere hiding with Penny (hell after all the time that’s past they could be married with kids) but in the “all of you must return to the island” scene he is not mentioned.
And what about Sun? Who is she talking about with Widmore when she said “we weren’t the only ones who left the island”?
Does Sun want to go back or does she just want revenge? Either way she’s awesome. Oh and at best, Locke is only mostly dead.
S4 E13 "There's No Place Like Home, pt 2"
Short list until the last part of the ep... (Netflix has it in 3 parts)
Who is "Jeremy Bentham" and why do we care about his obituary?
Walt has to be about 27 now
Locke tells Jack that he'd like him to stay on the island. ...Yeaaaaaaaah, that's not gonna happen.
Charlotte is staying on the island. I hope Locke likes her since he can't have Jack.
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"You just killed everybody on that boat."
~So?
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Who is "Jeremy Bentham" and why do we care about his obituary?
Walt has to be about 27 now
Locke tells Jack that he'd like him to stay on the island. ...Yeaaaaaaaah, that's not gonna happen.
Charlotte is staying on the island. I hope Locke likes her since he can't have Jack.
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"You just killed everybody on that boat."
~So?
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
S4 E12 "There's No Place Like Home, pt 1"
Flash Forward:
The Oceanic Six land in Hawaii, complete with a PR handler and a press conference
Aaron is being passed off as Kate's
Jack, Sun, and Hurley are all reunited with their families
Kate has nobody there for her, except Aaron in her arms
Sayid is reunited with Nadia afterward
Hurley freaks out when he has the numbers in the odometer of the camaro
At Christian Shephard's wake, Claire's mother introduces herself to Jack and tells him that Claire was his sister.
Awkward, much?
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On the island:
Daniel listens in on Keamy's communications with the Sat Phone. The mercenaries are headed to Orchid.
Juliet claims not to know what that is
Jack and Kate take the satellite phone and head off after the chopper. They run into Miles, Sawyer & Aaron.
Kate takes Miles and Aaron back to the beach, Jack and Sawyer continue to the chopper.
Frank is handcuffed to the chopper. He tells them that if they free him, he'll fly them off the island before Keamy captures Ben. They will kill whoever is with Ben.
Sawyer says Hurley is with Ben, so Sawyer & Jack go to save Hurley.
Sayid arrives on the beach. He's going to ferry people to the freighter.
Kate tells him Jack and Sawyer are going after the chopper, so Sayid and Kate go to find them.
Daniel is now the ferryman
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Meanwhile back on the ship:
Jin & Sun are a little freaked out to see Michael.
The engines are working again, but there's RF interference.
Desmond sets out to find it.
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Meanwhile, back at Orchid:
Ben, Locke, and Hurley head to the Orchid to move the island.
Too late -- the soldiers are already there.
The Oceanic Six land in Hawaii, complete with a PR handler and a press conference
Aaron is being passed off as Kate's
Jack, Sun, and Hurley are all reunited with their families
Kate has nobody there for her, except Aaron in her arms
Sayid is reunited with Nadia afterward
Hurley freaks out when he has the numbers in the odometer of the camaro
At Christian Shephard's wake, Claire's mother introduces herself to Jack and tells him that Claire was his sister.
Awkward, much?
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On the island:
Daniel listens in on Keamy's communications with the Sat Phone. The mercenaries are headed to Orchid.
Juliet claims not to know what that is
Jack and Kate take the satellite phone and head off after the chopper. They run into Miles, Sawyer & Aaron.
Kate takes Miles and Aaron back to the beach, Jack and Sawyer continue to the chopper.
Frank is handcuffed to the chopper. He tells them that if they free him, he'll fly them off the island before Keamy captures Ben. They will kill whoever is with Ben.
Sawyer says Hurley is with Ben, so Sawyer & Jack go to save Hurley.
Sayid arrives on the beach. He's going to ferry people to the freighter.
Kate tells him Jack and Sawyer are going after the chopper, so Sayid and Kate go to find them.
Daniel is now the ferryman
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Meanwhile back on the ship:
Jin & Sun are a little freaked out to see Michael.
The engines are working again, but there's RF interference.
Desmond sets out to find it.
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Meanwhile, back at Orchid:
Ben, Locke, and Hurley head to the Orchid to move the island.
Too late -- the soldiers are already there.
S4 E11 "Cabin Fever"
Holy crap. Holy crap. Holy crap.
I don't even know what to say. There was so much! Awesome. Just, mind-twistingly awesome.
Destiny is a fickle bitch. But yeah, I think that Locke is there to replace Ben. Locke was probably meant for the island all along (preemie babies in the 50s/60s didn't have a whole lot going for them.) Once Locke became paralyzed they kept Ben in play as the leader - I theorize, at least - until Locke could get to the island.
So, are Alpert and Abbadon two alternate forces working on Locke? Light and dark? Would they really go there? When Abbadon showed up and we hadn't seen his face yet, I thought it might be time-travely Walt, because of the way he called him "Mr. Locke." But having watched Fringe I know that's Lance Reddick and we've seen him before.
Claire at the cabin was so... odd. I'm starting to think that Aaron is Jacob. (nooooooo... this isn't possible, not really. I reserve the right to change my mind.)
Move the island? WTF?!?
I love all the little details. The knife. The comic. The little jar of... volcanic ash? The drawing of Smokey?
Sooooo much stuff to think about from this. My mind is spinning.
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(OOPS - forgot to hit publish on a few entries) My time stamps are off now.
All caught up now on blogging and publishing (had a whoopsie for a few hours) and according to calculations, I should be able to start watching the finale on my Tivo before it finishes broadcasting. I'll even be able to get some shuteye tonight.
I don't even know what to say. There was so much! Awesome. Just, mind-twistingly awesome.
Destiny is a fickle bitch. But yeah, I think that Locke is there to replace Ben. Locke was probably meant for the island all along (preemie babies in the 50s/60s didn't have a whole lot going for them.) Once Locke became paralyzed they kept Ben in play as the leader - I theorize, at least - until Locke could get to the island.
So, are Alpert and Abbadon two alternate forces working on Locke? Light and dark? Would they really go there? When Abbadon showed up and we hadn't seen his face yet, I thought it might be time-travely Walt, because of the way he called him "Mr. Locke." But having watched Fringe I know that's Lance Reddick and we've seen him before.
Claire at the cabin was so... odd. I'm starting to think that Aaron is Jacob. (nooooooo... this isn't possible, not really. I reserve the right to change my mind.)
Move the island? WTF?!?
I love all the little details. The knife. The comic. The little jar of... volcanic ash? The drawing of Smokey?
Sooooo much stuff to think about from this. My mind is spinning.
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(OOPS - forgot to hit publish on a few entries) My time stamps are off now.
All caught up now on blogging and publishing (had a whoopsie for a few hours) and according to calculations, I should be able to start watching the finale on my Tivo before it finishes broadcasting. I'll even be able to get some shuteye tonight.
S4 E10 "Something Nice Back Home"
On the island:
I am Jack's appendicitis. Oh that's gotta suck. HARD.
Juliet will do the honors, but she needs supplies from the medical station. Sun, Jin, Daniel & Charlotte head out.
Jin realizes that Charlotte can understand him & Sun when the speak in Korean. He tells her if she doesn't get Sun off theisland he's going to hurt Daniel.
Jin = bad-ass
Jack insists on going through the surgery fully awake to talk Juliet through it
Kate will hold a mirror so he can see what's going on. This will not end well.
Jack = not so bad-ass
Juliet has to knock him out after all. Surgery is a success.
Juliet tells Kate that she thinks Jack hearts Kate.
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Flash Forward:
Jack and Kate live with Aaron
Jack sees Christian at the hospital
Jack visits Hurley, who isn't doing too well at the asylum. Charlie visited and told Hurley that Jack isn't "supposed to raise him"
Why? BOO!
Charlie also messaged that Jack is slao going to get a visitor.
Jack proposes to Kate.
Jack sees his father. Jack starts to implode - suspects Kate of messing around. He starts drinking and popping pills. he's not very smart for a doctor.
I am Jack's paranoia.
Jack wants Kate to tell him what she's up to. It's something she promised Sawyer.
Jack walks out on her.
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Meanwhile on the other side of the island:
Sawyer, Claire & Aaron and Miles get back to the beach.
Sawyer warns Miles to back off of Claire
Claire dreams of Christian holding the baby. WAS it a dream?
When Sawyer wakes up in the morning, Claire is gone.
Miles says he saw her with someone she called Dad.
WTF?!?
The smoke monster didn't get all the commandos. What's a smoke monster for if it doesn't get everybody as intended? Dammit.
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I am Jack's appendicitis. Oh that's gotta suck. HARD.
Juliet will do the honors, but she needs supplies from the medical station. Sun, Jin, Daniel & Charlotte head out.
Jin realizes that Charlotte can understand him & Sun when the speak in Korean. He tells her if she doesn't get Sun off theisland he's going to hurt Daniel.
Jin = bad-ass
Jack insists on going through the surgery fully awake to talk Juliet through it
Kate will hold a mirror so he can see what's going on. This will not end well.
Jack = not so bad-ass
Juliet has to knock him out after all. Surgery is a success.
Juliet tells Kate that she thinks Jack hearts Kate.
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Flash Forward:
Jack and Kate live with Aaron
Jack sees Christian at the hospital
Jack visits Hurley, who isn't doing too well at the asylum. Charlie visited and told Hurley that Jack isn't "supposed to raise him"
Why? BOO!
Charlie also messaged that Jack is slao going to get a visitor.
Jack proposes to Kate.
Jack sees his father. Jack starts to implode - suspects Kate of messing around. He starts drinking and popping pills. he's not very smart for a doctor.
I am Jack's paranoia.
Jack wants Kate to tell him what she's up to. It's something she promised Sawyer.
Jack walks out on her.
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Meanwhile on the other side of the island:
Sawyer, Claire & Aaron and Miles get back to the beach.
Sawyer warns Miles to back off of Claire
Claire dreams of Christian holding the baby. WAS it a dream?
When Sawyer wakes up in the morning, Claire is gone.
Miles says he saw her with someone she called Dad.
WTF?!?
The smoke monster didn't get all the commandos. What's a smoke monster for if it doesn't get everybody as intended? Dammit.
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S4 Ep9 "The Shape of Things To Come"
On the island:
The doctor on the boat washes up on the beach with his throat slit.
Jack tells Daniel to use Morse Code to communicate with the boat.
Daniel says a helicopter is coming in the morning.
LIE! Bernard knows Morse Code.
Jack gets Daniel to admit that a rescue was not in the game plan. Ever.
Jack is in pain and taking meds.
Locke gets a message on Ben's phone: code 14J, a perimeter break
Ben barricades himself, Locke, Hurley, Aaron, Claire & Sawyer in his house
Miles shows up with the commandos & show they have Alex as their hostage
Ben lies and says she means nothing to him and THEY SHOOT HER.
Bad bluff, Ben
Ben releases the smoke monster (I KNEW IT!!!)
Ben sends Locke and the rest away and holds Alex for a moment to say goodbye
Locke pulls a gun to keep Hurley with them to take them to Jacob's house.
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Flash Forward:
Ben of Tunisia! (Lawrence of Arabia's lesseer known cousin)
It's 2005
Ben sees Sayid on TV, and goes to find him in Iraq
Sayid married to Nadya, but she was killed in LA
Ben tells Sayid Charles Widmore hired the man who killed Nadya
So this is how Sayid comes to kill "for" Ben - they are getting rid of all Widmore's associates and henchmen
Ben vows he will kill Widmore's daughter.
NOOOOOO! That can't happen - That's Penny. What anbout desmond and Penny - a love for all time?
Ugh - this is tangled.
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(OOPS - forgot to hit publish on a few entries) My time stamps are off now.
The doctor on the boat washes up on the beach with his throat slit.
Jack tells Daniel to use Morse Code to communicate with the boat.
Daniel says a helicopter is coming in the morning.
LIE! Bernard knows Morse Code.
Jack gets Daniel to admit that a rescue was not in the game plan. Ever.
Jack is in pain and taking meds.
Locke gets a message on Ben's phone: code 14J, a perimeter break
Ben barricades himself, Locke, Hurley, Aaron, Claire & Sawyer in his house
Miles shows up with the commandos & show they have Alex as their hostage
Ben lies and says she means nothing to him and THEY SHOOT HER.
Bad bluff, Ben
Ben releases the smoke monster (I KNEW IT!!!)
Ben sends Locke and the rest away and holds Alex for a moment to say goodbye
Locke pulls a gun to keep Hurley with them to take them to Jacob's house.
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Flash Forward:
Ben of Tunisia! (Lawrence of Arabia's lesseer known cousin)
It's 2005
Ben sees Sayid on TV, and goes to find him in Iraq
Sayid married to Nadya, but she was killed in LA
Ben tells Sayid Charles Widmore hired the man who killed Nadya
So this is how Sayid comes to kill "for" Ben - they are getting rid of all Widmore's associates and henchmen
Ben vows he will kill Widmore's daughter.
NOOOOOO! That can't happen - That's Penny. What anbout desmond and Penny - a love for all time?
Ugh - this is tangled.
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S4 Ep8 "Meet Kevin Johnson"
On the boat:
Sayid confronts Michael and he tells the story of how he's on the boat.
Ben calls - the bomb can't go off with innocent people aboard.
Sayid turns Michael in to the captain.
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Michael's story:
He told Walt he killed Libby and Ana Lucia. Walt wants nothing to do with Michael.
Attempted suicide.
Sees Libby at the hospital (with blankets!)
Tom tells Michael Widmore faked the wreckage. Michael told to destroy the freighter to atone.
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Meanwhile, back on the island:
Ben gets Danielle to take Alex and Carl to the Temple for safety.
Carl gets shot.
Rousseau gets shot.
Alex calls out that she's Ben's daughter.
(OOPS - forgot to hit publish on a few entries) My time stamps are off now.
Sayid confronts Michael and he tells the story of how he's on the boat.
Ben calls - the bomb can't go off with innocent people aboard.
Sayid turns Michael in to the captain.
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Michael's story:
He told Walt he killed Libby and Ana Lucia. Walt wants nothing to do with Michael.
Attempted suicide.
Sees Libby at the hospital (with blankets!)
Tom tells Michael Widmore faked the wreckage. Michael told to destroy the freighter to atone.
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Meanwhile, back on the island:
Ben gets Danielle to take Alex and Carl to the Temple for safety.
Carl gets shot.
Rousseau gets shot.
Alex calls out that she's Ben's daughter.
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S4 Ep7 "Ji Yeon"
On the boat:
Desmond and Sayid get a meeting with the captain.
Woman overboard!
Why would the captain give that information about Widmore and the fake wreckage so easily?
How do you come up with all those bodies to lay on the ocean floor?
Helloooooooo Michael. Where's Walt?
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On the island:
Sun wants to move to Locke's area.
Juliet tells Jin about Sun's affair. To get her to leave the island??? I hate this woman right now.
Bernard: dentist/marriage counselor
Sun talks to Juliet and will leave as soon as she can for the sake of the baby. Jin returns to be with Sun and promises he'll never leave.
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Flash Forward:
Sun goes into labor and calls out for Jin
Jin buys a big ass panda for an infant - twice
The panda is a gift the Chinese ambassador.
He's been married two months? I hope they didn't split up
Hurley's in a suit!
Oh crap, this is a flashback AND forward.
Jin's gravesite. Poor Sun
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They are seriously overloading my tearducts
Desmond and Sayid get a meeting with the captain.
Woman overboard!
Why would the captain give that information about Widmore and the fake wreckage so easily?
How do you come up with all those bodies to lay on the ocean floor?
Helloooooooo Michael. Where's Walt?
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On the island:
Sun wants to move to Locke's area.
Juliet tells Jin about Sun's affair. To get her to leave the island??? I hate this woman right now.
Bernard: dentist/marriage counselor
Sun talks to Juliet and will leave as soon as she can for the sake of the baby. Jin returns to be with Sun and promises he'll never leave.
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Flash Forward:
Sun goes into labor and calls out for Jin
Jin buys a big ass panda for an infant - twice
The panda is a gift the Chinese ambassador.
He's been married two months? I hope they didn't split up
Hurley's in a suit!
Oh crap, this is a flashback AND forward.
Jin's gravesite. Poor Sun
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They are seriously overloading my tearducts
S4 Ep6 "The Other Woman"
(started 5/22/10 14:00)
Blah blah blah Juliet, Goodwin and Harper blah blah
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Widmore sent the freighter to ultimately take over and exploit the island.
Ben's contingency plan, in the worst case scenario is to gas everyone
Widmore somehow knows this?
Daniel and Charlotte have been given specific instructions to go the Tempest in order to disable the gas
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"You're mine" - how very "Sleeping With the Enemy"...
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I keep seeing Perrineau's name in the credits. Is Michael the man in the boat?
Blah blah blah Juliet, Goodwin and Harper blah blah
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Widmore sent the freighter to ultimately take over and exploit the island.
Ben's contingency plan, in the worst case scenario is to gas everyone
Widmore somehow knows this?
Daniel and Charlotte have been given specific instructions to go the Tempest in order to disable the gas
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"You're mine" - how very "Sleeping With the Enemy"...
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I keep seeing Perrineau's name in the credits. Is Michael the man in the boat?
S4 Ep5 "The Constant"
(started 5/22/10 13:10)
Okay, there was waaaaay too much sciencey timeskipping clutter for me to really *get* it, so I've scrapped my notes.
But the last 10 minutes... different story entirely
Very "Time-Traveller's Wife" (the book!) and "Journeyman" (I wish that show hadn't cancelled)... I love the love
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Hanso owned the Black Rock ship way back when? Widmore bidding on the diary even back in 1996. Interesting.
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Personal aside: My hub-unit has always called me his Prime Meridian. Kind of the same thing. It's a Constant.
Okay, there was waaaaay too much sciencey timeskipping clutter for me to really *get* it, so I've scrapped my notes.
But the last 10 minutes... different story entirely
Very "Time-Traveller's Wife" (the book!) and "Journeyman" (I wish that show hadn't cancelled)... I love the love
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Hanso owned the Black Rock ship way back when? Widmore bidding on the diary even back in 1996. Interesting.
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Personal aside: My hub-unit has always called me his Prime Meridian. Kind of the same thing. It's a Constant.
S4 Ep4 "Eggtown"
(started 5/21/10 12:29)
First thing's first - OOPS - Juliet did not leave on the chopper with Sayid.
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On the island:
"You totally just Scooby-Doo'd me didn't you?" Hurley slays me.
As a student of languages, it's killing me that Jin is speaking English this well after only about 100 days on the island, considering he really only started trying to learn about 2 months into it. I know, I know...suspend the disbelief...but I have worked for YEARS to learn the ones I do. (grumble grumble) /rant
The helicopter never made it. WTF, indeed.
Locke is responsible for the well-being of the island. Of the ISLAND. Kurtzing out, much?
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Forward:
Kate has a son, which of course begs the questions... Sawyer's? Jack's? Ben's? Locke's? HURLEY'S? Must be Jin's and his supercharged island sperm. (In all honesty, I'm thinking it's baby Aaron, and if that's the case I am already starting to be bummed for Claire.)
IN testimony: Only 8 survived the crash. And 2 perished afterward. This is a helluva alternate timeline or there are some stories going on here.
Why doesn't Jack want to see the baby?
Ahhhh, the baby is Aaron. Jack doesn't want to see his own nephew? WTF dude.
First thing's first - OOPS - Juliet did not leave on the chopper with Sayid.
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On the island:
"You totally just Scooby-Doo'd me didn't you?" Hurley slays me.
As a student of languages, it's killing me that Jin is speaking English this well after only about 100 days on the island, considering he really only started trying to learn about 2 months into it. I know, I know...suspend the disbelief...but I have worked for YEARS to learn the ones I do. (grumble grumble) /rant
The helicopter never made it. WTF, indeed.
Locke is responsible for the well-being of the island. Of the ISLAND. Kurtzing out, much?
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Forward:
Kate has a son, which of course begs the questions... Sawyer's? Jack's? Ben's? Locke's? HURLEY'S? Must be Jin's and his supercharged island sperm. (In all honesty, I'm thinking it's baby Aaron, and if that's the case I am already starting to be bummed for Claire.)
IN testimony: Only 8 survived the crash. And 2 perished afterward. This is a helluva alternate timeline or there are some stories going on here.
Why doesn't Jack want to see the baby?
Ahhhh, the baby is Aaron. Jack doesn't want to see his own nephew? WTF dude.
S4 E3 "The Economist"
(started 5/21/10 11:45)
My head is spinning.
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On the island:
Jacob and the cabin are gone. *poof*
There's a 31 minute timelag / timeshift in getting to the island, from Faraday's experiment anyway.
Hurley was used as bait for Sayid to get captured.
Hrmmm, only Sayid and Juliet are taking the chopper off the island. Why aren't people clinging to the sides of the helicopter like a Saigon airlift?
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Flash Forward (or whatever):
Ben is one of the Oceanic 6, HE made it out?!?
More mindblowing - Sayid is killing people for him?
My head is spinning.
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On the island:
Jacob and the cabin are gone. *poof*
There's a 31 minute timelag / timeshift in getting to the island, from Faraday's experiment anyway.
Hurley was used as bait for Sayid to get captured.
Hrmmm, only Sayid and Juliet are taking the chopper off the island. Why aren't people clinging to the sides of the helicopter like a Saigon airlift?
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Flash Forward (or whatever):
Ben is one of the Oceanic 6, HE made it out?!?
More mindblowing - Sayid is killing people for him?
S4 E2 "Confirmed Dead'
(started 5/22/10 10:55)
Flash Forward:
Parachutist is not George, he's Dan. He's watching footage on the news of the plane being found on the ocean floor. And crying and he doesn't know why. I feel ya, dude. (why does he have no memory of going to the island? )
These aren't *really* flash forwards are they? It's more like an alternate timeline.
Miles has a special vacuum/ghostbusting kit. Sylvia Browne doesn't need to bring equipment with her.
Nadya is in the desert watching someone excavate a polar bear with a Dharma collar. This definitely qualifies as "WTF???"
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Meanwhile back on the island:
Daniel'[s last name is Faraday - ok writers. This is getting indulgent.
Yay Sawyer calling Locke Col. Kurtz. We're simpatico.
Note to self - in a few years, after you give that kidney to my brother, it's going to be totally ok to get shot in that vicinity - it'll be a through & through wound.
Vincent the dog! I was getting worried he wasn't with either of the groups.
The helicopter gang is looking for Ben. Go figure.
Flash Forward:
Parachutist is not George, he's Dan. He's watching footage on the news of the plane being found on the ocean floor. And crying and he doesn't know why. I feel ya, dude. (why does he have no memory of going to the island? )
These aren't *really* flash forwards are they? It's more like an alternate timeline.
Miles has a special vacuum/ghostbusting kit. Sylvia Browne doesn't need to bring equipment with her.
Nadya is in the desert watching someone excavate a polar bear with a Dharma collar. This definitely qualifies as "WTF???"
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Meanwhile back on the island:
Daniel'[s last name is Faraday - ok writers. This is getting indulgent.
Yay Sawyer calling Locke Col. Kurtz. We're simpatico.
Note to self - in a few years, after you give that kidney to my brother, it's going to be totally ok to get shot in that vicinity - it'll be a through & through wound.
Vincent the dog! I was getting worried he wasn't with either of the groups.
The helicopter gang is looking for Ben. Go figure.
S4 Ep1 "The Beginning of The End"
(started 5/21/10 10:05)
Flashing Forwards:
Oceanic 6???? Only 6 get out?
AnaLucia's partner interrogating Hurley. How many cops are there in LA and he gets him...
Poor Hurley. He wants to get back to the asylum to get away from the hallucinations.
Agent Broyles from Fringe! My brain is going to melt. The hub-unit says JJ Abrams must have got Lance Riddick on discount for playing the same mysterious govt. type.
Hurley is getting a lot of visitors at the asylum, isn't he? Glad to see at least one of them is flesh and bone.
Okay, so... Hurley went with Locke and both he & Jack made it home - ergo - people from both groups get there. (well, they do have 3 seasons before this ends, so a lot of twists and turns will follow. I have to pretend I don't know this.)
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Meanwhile back on the island:
Danielle is still whacking Ben in the face. Love it.
Phone guy - "How about you put Naomi on?" Mmmm, no.
Peace out, Naomi.
omigod - Jacob is not a Mrs Bates. I would have had to change my pants if I were Hurley. And the poor guy thinks he's hallucinating. Noooo.
Heartbreaking, the look on Claire's face when she's looking for Charlie in the crowd. I keep getting "things in my eye", dammit. The hub-unit is going to think I'm having a breakdown.
I keep thinking Desmond is Eric Clapton.
Rain Machine! You haven't been there in a while now.
Helicopter! Parashchute person. Must be George.
Flashing Forwards:
Oceanic 6???? Only 6 get out?
AnaLucia's partner interrogating Hurley. How many cops are there in LA and he gets him...
Poor Hurley. He wants to get back to the asylum to get away from the hallucinations.
Agent Broyles from Fringe! My brain is going to melt. The hub-unit says JJ Abrams must have got Lance Riddick on discount for playing the same mysterious govt. type.
Hurley is getting a lot of visitors at the asylum, isn't he? Glad to see at least one of them is flesh and bone.
Okay, so... Hurley went with Locke and both he & Jack made it home - ergo - people from both groups get there. (well, they do have 3 seasons before this ends, so a lot of twists and turns will follow. I have to pretend I don't know this.)
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Meanwhile back on the island:
Danielle is still whacking Ben in the face. Love it.
Phone guy - "How about you put Naomi on?" Mmmm, no.
Peace out, Naomi.
omigod - Jacob is not a Mrs Bates. I would have had to change my pants if I were Hurley. And the poor guy thinks he's hallucinating. Noooo.
Heartbreaking, the look on Claire's face when she's looking for Charlie in the crowd. I keep getting "things in my eye", dammit. The hub-unit is going to think I'm having a breakdown.
I keep thinking Desmond is Eric Clapton.
Rain Machine! You haven't been there in a while now.
Helicopter! Parashchute person. Must be George.
S3 Ep23 "Through the Looking Glass, pt 2"
(started 09:15)
PCL Jack is a pillhead. "Do you have any idea what I've been through?" hmmm
I suspected this wasn't a flashback, but a flashforward. Buuuut, how could Jack's Dad still be alive? Alternate universe stuff again?
They get golden passes (from the airline, I presume) - I NEED one of those!
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I haaaaaaaaate when people allow themselved to drown. I have a very visceral reaction to that because I've always been a swimmer.
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This is so much to process. Quick thoughts & questions.
As soon as I saw Jack looking years older in that crappy beard, I called flash forward. Important question: is Christian alive in the future, or was Jack just too screwed up in the head to realize what we was saying?
I hope we get a Mikhail flashback next season so we can find out how the Soviet Army turned him into the Terminator.
Yay for Locke being alive, boo to Charlie dying. Why did they have to make him so likable right before they killed him? Also yay for Hurley cranking up the VW bus and mowing down that Other. And Sawyer finally gets his revenge.
"Would you help me tie him up?" Seems like an odd first thing to say to your daughter. (and I loved Danielle's elbow to Ben's face!)
So now, the questions: whose funeral was it in the flash forward? I'm thinking Ben - since nobody showed up for it. It could be any one of them, but I'm thinking Jack would go to Ben's to make SURE he's dead - but the funeral director asked if he wanted to open the casket up and Jack declined...
PCL Jack is a pillhead. "Do you have any idea what I've been through?" hmmm
I suspected this wasn't a flashback, but a flashforward. Buuuut, how could Jack's Dad still be alive? Alternate universe stuff again?
They get golden passes (from the airline, I presume) - I NEED one of those!
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I haaaaaaaaate when people allow themselved to drown. I have a very visceral reaction to that because I've always been a swimmer.
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This is so much to process. Quick thoughts & questions.
As soon as I saw Jack looking years older in that crappy beard, I called flash forward. Important question: is Christian alive in the future, or was Jack just too screwed up in the head to realize what we was saying?
I hope we get a Mikhail flashback next season so we can find out how the Soviet Army turned him into the Terminator.
Yay for Locke being alive, boo to Charlie dying. Why did they have to make him so likable right before they killed him? Also yay for Hurley cranking up the VW bus and mowing down that Other. And Sawyer finally gets his revenge.
"Would you help me tie him up?" Seems like an odd first thing to say to your daughter. (and I loved Danielle's elbow to Ben's face!)
So now, the questions: whose funeral was it in the flash forward? I'm thinking Ben - since nobody showed up for it. It could be any one of them, but I'm thinking Jack would go to Ben's to make SURE he's dead - but the funeral director asked if he wanted to open the casket up and Jack declined...
S3 Ep22 "Through the Looking Glass, pt 1"
(started 5/22/10 08:30)
PCL Jack with a beard looks like an American Taliban. Seems that while he's suicidal on a bridge someone runs smack into his Jeep. That's awful.
So Sarah will come to the hospital as she's listed as his contact but she won't give him a ride home?
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Hard to imagine, but the plan didn't work - go figure. I thought their ability to make a plan was hitting a plateau.
I wonder how often Ben has had to admit he's not in control of a situation and made a mistake. Probably not very much.
Jack telling Kate he loves her. So we're back to this?
How many hours has Locke lain in the pit with a gut wound?
Walt has had another growth spurt.
PCL Jack with a beard looks like an American Taliban. Seems that while he's suicidal on a bridge someone runs smack into his Jeep. That's awful.
So Sarah will come to the hospital as she's listed as his contact but she won't give him a ride home?
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Hard to imagine, but the plan didn't work - go figure. I thought their ability to make a plan was hitting a plateau.
I wonder how often Ben has had to admit he's not in control of a situation and made a mistake. Probably not very much.
Jack telling Kate he loves her. So we're back to this?
How many hours has Locke lain in the pit with a gut wound?
Walt has had another growth spurt.
S3 Ep21 "Greatest Hits"
(started 5/21/10 07:35)
Charlie made me weepy, which I hate being right after waking up. My eyes are puffy now. Anyway, that was sweet, especially with baby Aaron and his list.
Rose and Bernard again made an apprearance - yay!!
Charlie met Sayid's Nadia in London while busking. In the same general timeframe where Desmond did.
-sorry so short, I'm a little fuzzy this morning-
Charlie made me weepy, which I hate being right after waking up. My eyes are puffy now. Anyway, that was sweet, especially with baby Aaron and his list.
Rose and Bernard again made an apprearance - yay!!
Charlie met Sayid's Nadia in London while busking. In the same general timeframe where Desmond did.
-sorry so short, I'm a little fuzzy this morning-
S3 Ep20 "The Man Behind The Curtain"
(started 5/22/10 06:35)
Questions:
Does anyone on this show have a decent father?
Ben met Richard the first time in the jungle and Richard as dressed like a hostile. Did Richard start the purging of the Dharma folks?
Has Ben ever seen Psycho?
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Also, creepy casting in that Ben's mother Emily is played by his real-life wife (Arlene from True Blood.)
Questions:
Does anyone on this show have a decent father?
Ben met Richard the first time in the jungle and Richard as dressed like a hostile. Did Richard start the purging of the Dharma folks?
Has Ben ever seen Psycho?
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Also, creepy casting in that Ben's mother Emily is played by his real-life wife (Arlene from True Blood.)
S3 Ep19 "The Brig"
(started 5/22/10 00:51)
Excellent episode. Whoo! There's a lot of bullet points, but I feel most compelled to address this:
I think Ben was setting up Locke to lose whatever tie it is Locke has with the island, in a way. If purity is so important to the Others, Locke's killing his father in order to avenge himself seems too evil to pass muster. He wouldn't be 'one of them' anymore. Good way for Ben to still remain top dog in terms of island-power, but have Locke as a useful tool within the society. Don't they do "eye for an eye" here- that life is so very important to them? Seems like he wants Locke to get punished. Too bad it'll be Sawyer instead.
But Ben was also putting a lot of trust in Locke by telling him of Juliet's mission. Either he was sure Locke wouldn't tell, or he didn't care if Locke did. Something is going to go down, but it must have to do with more than pregnant women.
Excellent episode. Whoo! There's a lot of bullet points, but I feel most compelled to address this:
I think Ben was setting up Locke to lose whatever tie it is Locke has with the island, in a way. If purity is so important to the Others, Locke's killing his father in order to avenge himself seems too evil to pass muster. He wouldn't be 'one of them' anymore. Good way for Ben to still remain top dog in terms of island-power, but have Locke as a useful tool within the society. Don't they do "eye for an eye" here- that life is so very important to them? Seems like he wants Locke to get punished. Too bad it'll be Sawyer instead.
But Ben was also putting a lot of trust in Locke by telling him of Juliet's mission. Either he was sure Locke wouldn't tell, or he didn't care if Locke did. Something is going to go down, but it must have to do with more than pregnant women.
Friday, May 21, 2010
S3 Ep18 "D.O.C."
(started 5/22/10 00:00)
Mikhail the Russian made me waste a lot of time doubting my language skills. He said the parachute girl was speaking Italian. I'm fluent in Italian and Spanish (and can read Portuguese) and that was not Italian.
Didn't help either that Hurley said she was mumbling in Spanish - which is pretty close to Portuguese, but it's not Italian. The book cover is also in Portuguese.
So once that was out of the way... it leads to an abbreviates synopsis on my end.
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Kate helping Sun determine the conception date. I know she's a plant, but I really hope she did this for truly altruistic reasons. That she truly wants to give her good news, and not just because she will eventually need to interlope as an Other.
However, Juliet did leave Sun while she ducked back into the hatch to make a quick report to Ben.
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Oh yeah, how did Mikhail live through the giant electric pole fence thingie? Was that a big fakeout?
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How is it possible that back in the real world they have a plane from flight 815? I've been watching too much Fringe because all I can think about is The Other Side.
Mikhail the Russian made me waste a lot of time doubting my language skills. He said the parachute girl was speaking Italian. I'm fluent in Italian and Spanish (and can read Portuguese) and that was not Italian.
Didn't help either that Hurley said she was mumbling in Spanish - which is pretty close to Portuguese, but it's not Italian. The book cover is also in Portuguese.
So once that was out of the way... it leads to an abbreviates synopsis on my end.
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Kate helping Sun determine the conception date. I know she's a plant, but I really hope she did this for truly altruistic reasons. That she truly wants to give her good news, and not just because she will eventually need to interlope as an Other.
However, Juliet did leave Sun while she ducked back into the hatch to make a quick report to Ben.
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Oh yeah, how did Mikhail live through the giant electric pole fence thingie? Was that a big fakeout?
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How is it possible that back in the real world they have a plane from flight 815? I've been watching too much Fringe because all I can think about is The Other Side.
S3 Ep17 "Catch 22"
(started 5/21/10 23:05)
Desmond and the Destiny Dilemma again.
Why does he keep trying to keep Charlie alive when he knows the universe is eventually going to get him anyway? Because it's what God would want him to do. The story of Isaac is the perfect metaphor for the situation.
Desmond finds a copy of Catch 22 and his photo inside with Penny, but does he notice it's in Portuguese? Did Penny have a library of Portuguese books laying about?
But when he thinks Penny is there and needs to be rescued he abandons that post, so to speak, and focuses on that. And still, in the jungle when the deja vu starts creeping up he saves Charlie again.
They reach the fallen parachutist she says "Desmond."
Most likely, she was sent to scout around the suspected location of the Island by Penny... so that's why there would be a photo Desmond and Penny used as a bookmark. She would know what Desmond looks like if she found people.
The timeline has it as approximately (?) 3 weeks or so in show time since the snow Russians received the signal. Wouldn't that be a decent amount of time to ready ta team for a search and rescue effort in the Pacific?
Now, how did a helicopter get there? They aren't as long-range as a plane. It must have taken off from a ship some ways off in the distance. So if a helicopter goes missing, wouldn't someone come after it relatively soon?
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Also, Kate needs to get a grip on her feelings. I;m sure Sawyer doesn't mind the action but he shouldn't have to be the also-ran to Jack. And Jack was eating oatmeal with Juliet for cripes' sake, not mounting her around the campfire to make Kate jealous.
High school...
Desmond and the Destiny Dilemma again.
Why does he keep trying to keep Charlie alive when he knows the universe is eventually going to get him anyway? Because it's what God would want him to do. The story of Isaac is the perfect metaphor for the situation.
Desmond finds a copy of Catch 22 and his photo inside with Penny, but does he notice it's in Portuguese? Did Penny have a library of Portuguese books laying about?
But when he thinks Penny is there and needs to be rescued he abandons that post, so to speak, and focuses on that. And still, in the jungle when the deja vu starts creeping up he saves Charlie again.
They reach the fallen parachutist she says "Desmond."
Most likely, she was sent to scout around the suspected location of the Island by Penny... so that's why there would be a photo Desmond and Penny used as a bookmark. She would know what Desmond looks like if she found people.
The timeline has it as approximately (?) 3 weeks or so in show time since the snow Russians received the signal. Wouldn't that be a decent amount of time to ready ta team for a search and rescue effort in the Pacific?
Now, how did a helicopter get there? They aren't as long-range as a plane. It must have taken off from a ship some ways off in the distance. So if a helicopter goes missing, wouldn't someone come after it relatively soon?
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Also, Kate needs to get a grip on her feelings. I;m sure Sawyer doesn't mind the action but he shouldn't have to be the also-ran to Jack. And Jack was eating oatmeal with Juliet for cripes' sake, not mounting her around the campfire to make Kate jealous.
High school...
S3 Ep 16 "One Of Us"
(started 5/21/10 22:20)
Juliet is going to be witness to and be on the receiving end of group dynamics. She is brought to the beach by Jack, Sayid and Kate, but not with an exactly warm welcome.
Only Hurley takes an interest in her. He tells her about Creepy Cruise Cousin Ethan being buried over yonder and how he had kidnapped Claire, so that's why people are going to be leery of interlopers. Jack insists Juliet can be trusted. He's protecting her and only it's his word that is giving her an iota of trust from everyone else.
Something is wrong with Claire. She's having a reaction or has contracted something.
And Juliet is at the root of it. She admits to their program of sampling Claire's blood and taking her to ensure she did have the baby. Claire is the only woman on the island whose pregnancy didn't kill her, and they needed to know why.
But they all begin to trust her after she saves Claire's life.
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Flashbacks of Juliet show us Ben's cruelty toward her, and his manipulations and machinations. She's told her sister's cancer is back and she's going to die. He has kept her there much longer than she agreed to. She has to work around CCCEthan daily. That's the worst part of the package, IMHO.
Oh, and I get to hear "Downtown" again as they replay the plane crashing into the island. Yay for me!
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But Sayid and Sawyer absolutely don't trust Juliet. With good reason.
Claire is sick because of an implant. Claire being saved was planned.
Juliet wasn't left behind - it's all by design.
The Others are muuuuuuuch better at creating gameplans.
Juliet is going to be witness to and be on the receiving end of group dynamics. She is brought to the beach by Jack, Sayid and Kate, but not with an exactly warm welcome.
Only Hurley takes an interest in her. He tells her about Creepy Cruise Cousin Ethan being buried over yonder and how he had kidnapped Claire, so that's why people are going to be leery of interlopers. Jack insists Juliet can be trusted. He's protecting her and only it's his word that is giving her an iota of trust from everyone else.
Something is wrong with Claire. She's having a reaction or has contracted something.
And Juliet is at the root of it. She admits to their program of sampling Claire's blood and taking her to ensure she did have the baby. Claire is the only woman on the island whose pregnancy didn't kill her, and they needed to know why.
But they all begin to trust her after she saves Claire's life.
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Flashbacks of Juliet show us Ben's cruelty toward her, and his manipulations and machinations. She's told her sister's cancer is back and she's going to die. He has kept her there much longer than she agreed to. She has to work around CCCEthan daily. That's the worst part of the package, IMHO.
Oh, and I get to hear "Downtown" again as they replay the plane crashing into the island. Yay for me!
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But Sayid and Sawyer absolutely don't trust Juliet. With good reason.
Claire is sick because of an implant. Claire being saved was planned.
Juliet wasn't left behind - it's all by design.
The Others are muuuuuuuch better at creating gameplans.
S3 Ep15 "Left Behind"
(started 5/21/10 9:30)
Hurley tells Sawyer there has been talk around camp about Sawyer because of his previous unsavory dealings. There's the possibility of a vote for banishment. Hurley tells him he needs to make amends to people, which he refuses at first, but relents and starts making the rounds. It's awkward and almost endearing.
Turns out Hurley hustled Sawyer into being a nice guy who made people happy. The swindler got swindled. And Sawyer realizes he kind of is a de-facto leader in the absence of Jack, Locke, and Sayid.
Congrats to Hurley.
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PCL Kate on the lam, but now with extra Cassidy action. Cassidy of the Sawyer long con has turned out quite nicely. They could have been a new version of Thelma and Louise. Cassidy helps Kate so that she gets a moment with her mother, who still hasn't forgiven her for blowing up Wayne.
Cassidy almost tells Kate her conman's name, but does tell her she's pregnant and she loves him. It's not like Kate and Sawyer don;t have 27 aliases - how would she have known it later on?
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At the Others Barracks Kate is gassed and wakes up in the jungle handcuffed to Juliet. It's just like the movie with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as prisoners on the run - The Defiant Ones. Except that this was written probably to make the male audience hope there's girlfights and mudwrestling in the jungle.
And there is.
But there's also an appearance by the smoke monster. Juliet states they are aware of it, but don't understand it either. Oh, and Juliet has a key to turn off the giant electrical fenceposts.
In between scrappn' and rasslin' and smoke monsters Juliet does tell Kate that that Jack saw the her and Sawyer together on the monitor screen.
They make it back to the Barracks to find Jack and Sayid were left behind as well. They decide the only option is to make the trek back to their beach. Jack insists on bringing Juliet, even though Kate and Sayid are against it.
Hurley tells Sawyer there has been talk around camp about Sawyer because of his previous unsavory dealings. There's the possibility of a vote for banishment. Hurley tells him he needs to make amends to people, which he refuses at first, but relents and starts making the rounds. It's awkward and almost endearing.
Turns out Hurley hustled Sawyer into being a nice guy who made people happy. The swindler got swindled. And Sawyer realizes he kind of is a de-facto leader in the absence of Jack, Locke, and Sayid.
Congrats to Hurley.
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PCL Kate on the lam, but now with extra Cassidy action. Cassidy of the Sawyer long con has turned out quite nicely. They could have been a new version of Thelma and Louise. Cassidy helps Kate so that she gets a moment with her mother, who still hasn't forgiven her for blowing up Wayne.
Cassidy almost tells Kate her conman's name, but does tell her she's pregnant and she loves him. It's not like Kate and Sawyer don;t have 27 aliases - how would she have known it later on?
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At the Others Barracks Kate is gassed and wakes up in the jungle handcuffed to Juliet. It's just like the movie with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as prisoners on the run - The Defiant Ones. Except that this was written probably to make the male audience hope there's girlfights and mudwrestling in the jungle.
And there is.
But there's also an appearance by the smoke monster. Juliet states they are aware of it, but don't understand it either. Oh, and Juliet has a key to turn off the giant electrical fenceposts.
In between scrappn' and rasslin' and smoke monsters Juliet does tell Kate that that Jack saw the her and Sawyer together on the monitor screen.
They make it back to the Barracks to find Jack and Sayid were left behind as well. They decide the only option is to make the trek back to their beach. Jack insists on bringing Juliet, even though Kate and Sayid are against it.
S3 Ep 14 "Expose"
(started 5/21/10 20:45)
Nikki stumbles onto the beach and drops to the ground in front of Hurley and Sawyer at the ping-pong table, muttering. Sawyer and Hurley gather up some folks to solve the mystery. They rush into the jungle only to find Paolo lying in the middle of the path, dead with his eyes open.
And this episode is going to be Murder She Wrote, because there's no CSI lab.
They take us back through all the days on the island, dropping them into scenes we all recognize. It's a little more Forrest Gump than Rashomon.
The upshot is that they are thieves who have killed Nikki's old man boyfriend after he gave her diamonds. After the plane crash they spent all their time looking for the carry-on bag with the diamonds.
I think that's why we didn't notice them before.
Anyway, Nikki gets a spider from Jay Leno guy and poisons Paolo with his bite, which causes paralysis. But she gets bitten too, because the island wants it that way. And they've actually been alive the whole time, just paralyzed. Comeuppance!.
And they are buried on the beach. Alive. So this is more like Tales From Crypt than Murder She Wrote.
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P.S. - after seeing Shannon in this episode I wonder how she wasn't put out of her misery long before Ana shot her. Girl was annoying.
Sorry Sayid.
Nikki stumbles onto the beach and drops to the ground in front of Hurley and Sawyer at the ping-pong table, muttering. Sawyer and Hurley gather up some folks to solve the mystery. They rush into the jungle only to find Paolo lying in the middle of the path, dead with his eyes open.
And this episode is going to be Murder She Wrote, because there's no CSI lab.
They take us back through all the days on the island, dropping them into scenes we all recognize. It's a little more Forrest Gump than Rashomon.
The upshot is that they are thieves who have killed Nikki's old man boyfriend after he gave her diamonds. After the plane crash they spent all their time looking for the carry-on bag with the diamonds.
I think that's why we didn't notice them before.
Anyway, Nikki gets a spider from Jay Leno guy and poisons Paolo with his bite, which causes paralysis. But she gets bitten too, because the island wants it that way. And they've actually been alive the whole time, just paralyzed. Comeuppance!.
And they are buried on the beach. Alive. So this is more like Tales From Crypt than Murder She Wrote.
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P.S. - after seeing Shannon in this episode I wonder how she wasn't put out of her misery long before Ana shot her. Girl was annoying.
Sorry Sayid.
S3 Ep13 "The Man From Tallahassee"
(started 5/21/10 20:00)
The previouslies might finally answer the wheelchair question.
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Jack playing football at the Others Barracks. Shaking hands with wheelchair Ben. The Rescue Party watches from the bushes to make their move. Kate goes in and is immediately captured. Jack is being monitored (well duh, would-be rescuers!) so they are on to their plan the second she steps through the door. Sayid is captured as well.
Locke makes his presence known in Ben's room. He wants the submarine. Ben tells him he knows all about the wheelchair history. More manipulation and psychological probing on Ben's part. Alex affirms that he's a master manipulator and that's his M.O.
Jack and Juliet are actually being prepared to go home. Like "home" home, not "onto the another" island home. But Jack swears he'll come back for Kate. It's hard to tell if she buys it, though. He walks out the door and she's captive in handcuffs.
Locke gets his information and blows up the sub just as Jack and Juliet are about to board it. They are not happy about this twist of fate. Ben, however, is pretty delighted. Maybe Locke can stay and be his new BFF.
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PCL Locke gets a visit from a young man comes to see him who tells him Locke's crappy dad is going to marry his mom,and dad has a new name. John tracks him down, and confronts him. Twice. We finally learn how Locke got in the wheelchair. Daddy dearest pushed him out a window 8 stories up.
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Locke does not regret his decision of blowing the submarine up, despite his imprisonment. Besides, he and Ben are going to be BFFs, and he gets to stay on the island forever and never be hurt by his father again. Remember he thinks the island gives him his mojo. He'll be safe there.
Hey now - guess what? Daddy dearest is on the island.
No Fricking Way.
The previouslies might finally answer the wheelchair question.
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Jack playing football at the Others Barracks. Shaking hands with wheelchair Ben. The Rescue Party watches from the bushes to make their move. Kate goes in and is immediately captured. Jack is being monitored (well duh, would-be rescuers!) so they are on to their plan the second she steps through the door. Sayid is captured as well.
Locke makes his presence known in Ben's room. He wants the submarine. Ben tells him he knows all about the wheelchair history. More manipulation and psychological probing on Ben's part. Alex affirms that he's a master manipulator and that's his M.O.
Jack and Juliet are actually being prepared to go home. Like "home" home, not "onto the another" island home. But Jack swears he'll come back for Kate. It's hard to tell if she buys it, though. He walks out the door and she's captive in handcuffs.
Locke gets his information and blows up the sub just as Jack and Juliet are about to board it. They are not happy about this twist of fate. Ben, however, is pretty delighted. Maybe Locke can stay and be his new BFF.
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PCL Locke gets a visit from a young man comes to see him who tells him Locke's crappy dad is going to marry his mom,and dad has a new name. John tracks him down, and confronts him. Twice. We finally learn how Locke got in the wheelchair. Daddy dearest pushed him out a window 8 stories up.
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Locke does not regret his decision of blowing the submarine up, despite his imprisonment. Besides, he and Ben are going to be BFFs, and he gets to stay on the island forever and never be hurt by his father again. Remember he thinks the island gives him his mojo. He'll be safe there.
Hey now - guess what? Daddy dearest is on the island.
No Fricking Way.
S3 Ep 12 "Par Avion"
(started 5/21/10 18:35)
Sayid, Locke, Kate & Danielle are bringing Mikhail the Russian with them across the island. Danielle tells Kate she doesn't want to know about her daughter in the Others camp. Mikhail revels in superiority and tells them they cannot understand why they are here because they are not on The List. The reason they are not on The List is because they are: Flawed. Angry. weak. Frightened. He recognizes the name John Locke but the John Locke he heard of was para-
Oops. Interrupted by Danielle finding the row of super electrified poles creating a perimeter line. Then to demonstrate how it works, they push Mikhail into the line of fire where his ears bleed and he foams at the mouth.
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Charlie is trying to do nice things for Claire, guessing because he knows his time is limited. He tells her he wants to take her on a picnic, but Desmond thwarts it, strongly urging that today is not a good day and "Hey let's go hunting."
Claire sees a flock of migratory birds and it gives her and idea for hopes of a rescue plan. If they send messages tied to the bands, the scientists counting the birds will know to come get them. Desmond shoos them away and faces the wrath of Claire. She then turns on Charlie in frustration and wants to know the truth about what's going on. Then threatens to withhold access to the baby because he;s lying.
She's a little one-sided and definitely immature. Later she spies Desmond catching a gull and confronts him, and he tells her finally that he's trying to keep Charlie safe.
Charlie and Claire write a message for the gull together. She tells him he's going to be okay and they'll get through this together.
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PCL Claire has black hair and is in a car accident with her Mum, which leaves her in a coma. Her bills are being paid by an unknown benefactor who finally shows up and turns out to be... Dr. Christian Shepard, Jack's Dad. Claire's Dad.
Dude gets around.
MOre of a mystery is how PCL Claire was able to get black hair dye back to blonde in one day. And being pregnant to boot. That's a lot of chemical treatment in under 24 hours.
Sayid, Locke, Kate & Danielle are bringing Mikhail the Russian with them across the island. Danielle tells Kate she doesn't want to know about her daughter in the Others camp. Mikhail revels in superiority and tells them they cannot understand why they are here because they are not on The List. The reason they are not on The List is because they are: Flawed. Angry. weak. Frightened. He recognizes the name John Locke but the John Locke he heard of was para-
Oops. Interrupted by Danielle finding the row of super electrified poles creating a perimeter line. Then to demonstrate how it works, they push Mikhail into the line of fire where his ears bleed and he foams at the mouth.
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Charlie is trying to do nice things for Claire, guessing because he knows his time is limited. He tells her he wants to take her on a picnic, but Desmond thwarts it, strongly urging that today is not a good day and "Hey let's go hunting."
Claire sees a flock of migratory birds and it gives her and idea for hopes of a rescue plan. If they send messages tied to the bands, the scientists counting the birds will know to come get them. Desmond shoos them away and faces the wrath of Claire. She then turns on Charlie in frustration and wants to know the truth about what's going on. Then threatens to withhold access to the baby because he;s lying.
She's a little one-sided and definitely immature. Later she spies Desmond catching a gull and confronts him, and he tells her finally that he's trying to keep Charlie safe.
Charlie and Claire write a message for the gull together. She tells him he's going to be okay and they'll get through this together.
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PCL Claire has black hair and is in a car accident with her Mum, which leaves her in a coma. Her bills are being paid by an unknown benefactor who finally shows up and turns out to be... Dr. Christian Shepard, Jack's Dad. Claire's Dad.
Dude gets around.
MOre of a mystery is how PCL Claire was able to get black hair dye back to blonde in one day. And being pregnant to boot. That's a lot of chemical treatment in under 24 hours.
S3 Ep11 "Enter 77"
(started 5/21/10 17:50)
First there was the 2-hole golf course, now a ping-pong tournament is in the works, but they have no ball. The table came from the hatch. Where to find a ball? Sawyer has one. Of course he does.
He challenges the entire island to a ping-pong competition in order to reclaim his stash. What does everyone else want if they win? Sun comes up with it - no nicknames from Sawyer for a week.
Hurley wins, not just because he's a hustler, but because Sawyer doesn't have glasses.
Kate, Locke, Sayid, and Rousseau find an isolated house in the countryside, complete with a cow and kitty. Rousseau takes off, letting them know she has been able to survive on her own this long because she doesn't bother other folks. She's out of there. What they find is the the one-eyed man from a the monitor screen Sayid hooked up at Pearl Station. (Hopefully somebody will give him the glass eye they found there - that'd be a coincidence if it was NOT his.)
His name is Mikhail and he claims to be the last surviving member of the Dharma Initiative, who has run this communication station since leaving the Soviet Army and answering a classified ad. Sayid doesn't believe him, he believes Mikhail is an Other, and is certain he is not alone.
Locke can't refrain from the siren call of the computer chess game to concentrate on watching the Mikhail passed out on the floor. But it actually unlocks the Hanso menu of communication selections. No sonar, no satellite, but 'enter 77' if there has been an incursion by the hostiles.
And then the house blew up. So there's that.
First there was the 2-hole golf course, now a ping-pong tournament is in the works, but they have no ball. The table came from the hatch. Where to find a ball? Sawyer has one. Of course he does.
He challenges the entire island to a ping-pong competition in order to reclaim his stash. What does everyone else want if they win? Sun comes up with it - no nicknames from Sawyer for a week.
Hurley wins, not just because he's a hustler, but because Sawyer doesn't have glasses.
Kate, Locke, Sayid, and Rousseau find an isolated house in the countryside, complete with a cow and kitty. Rousseau takes off, letting them know she has been able to survive on her own this long because she doesn't bother other folks. She's out of there. What they find is the the one-eyed man from a the monitor screen Sayid hooked up at Pearl Station. (Hopefully somebody will give him the glass eye they found there - that'd be a coincidence if it was NOT his.)
His name is Mikhail and he claims to be the last surviving member of the Dharma Initiative, who has run this communication station since leaving the Soviet Army and answering a classified ad. Sayid doesn't believe him, he believes Mikhail is an Other, and is certain he is not alone.
Locke can't refrain from the siren call of the computer chess game to concentrate on watching the Mikhail passed out on the floor. But it actually unlocks the Hanso menu of communication selections. No sonar, no satellite, but 'enter 77' if there has been an incursion by the hostiles.
And then the house blew up. So there's that.
S3 Ep10 "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"
(started 5/21/10 16:55)
Kate and Sawyer stumble back to camp and have a happy reunion with everyone. Except Sawyer is pissy about where his stashes are. Jeez dude, are they supposed to let it sit around forever? They had no idea you were coming back.
Hurley finds a VW bus full of Dharma Beer and its skeletal driver Roger. He brings Charlie along to cheer him up, also Jin & Sawyer, to get it working. They push it into a clearing and get it going. Male bonding sequence! It's a joyful scene and Hurley looks like he believes he's starting to make his own luck. Stop looking like such a sadsack.
Kate has gone in search of the Others encampment. She will single-handedly bring Jack home. Sayid and Locke do meet up with her and join in, so she's actually not doing it alone.
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PCL Hurley and more of his bad luck litany. A meteorite hits the Chicken Shack he purchased, killing the tv reporter and crew that are doing a puff piece. But his long lost dad comes back (presumably and obviously for his money) and nothing happens to him. It's Cheech, so it please don't let anything happen to him. Even if if means doing Hurley's mom after a 17 year absence. She has needs..
Kate and Sawyer stumble back to camp and have a happy reunion with everyone. Except Sawyer is pissy about where his stashes are. Jeez dude, are they supposed to let it sit around forever? They had no idea you were coming back.
Hurley finds a VW bus full of Dharma Beer and its skeletal driver Roger. He brings Charlie along to cheer him up, also Jin & Sawyer, to get it working. They push it into a clearing and get it going. Male bonding sequence! It's a joyful scene and Hurley looks like he believes he's starting to make his own luck. Stop looking like such a sadsack.
Kate has gone in search of the Others encampment. She will single-handedly bring Jack home. Sayid and Locke do meet up with her and join in, so she's actually not doing it alone.
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PCL Hurley and more of his bad luck litany. A meteorite hits the Chicken Shack he purchased, killing the tv reporter and crew that are doing a puff piece. But his long lost dad comes back (presumably and obviously for his money) and nothing happens to him. It's Cheech, so it please don't let anything happen to him. Even if if means doing Hurley's mom after a 17 year absence. She has needs..
S3 Ep9 "Stranger In A Strange Land"
(started 5/21/10 16:05)
Bai Ling is not allowed on my television.
I do not grok.
That is all.
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At least we saw Cindy and the kids. The rest was utter crap.
We meet the Sheriff, who is investigating a death caused by Juliet. Eye for an eye. Punishment is scarification that looks like an asterisk. For shooting someone Danny?
Is Alex supposed to be 16, according to Danielle Rousseau, because I don't see that at all.
Carl tells Sawyer and Kate they don't live on the prison island, it's where they work and do projects.
Bai Ling is not allowed on my television.
I do not grok.
That is all.
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At least we saw Cindy and the kids. The rest was utter crap.
We meet the Sheriff, who is investigating a death caused by Juliet. Eye for an eye. Punishment is scarification that looks like an asterisk. For shooting someone Danny?
Is Alex supposed to be 16, according to Danielle Rousseau, because I don't see that at all.
Carl tells Sawyer and Kate they don't live on the prison island, it's where they work and do projects.
S3 Ep8 "Flashes Before Your Eyes"
(started 5/21/10 15:17)
Desmond saves Claire from drowning.
Hurley believes that Desmond can see the future. He and Charlie get him drunk but he reacts negatively and walks off into the darkness.
When he was knocked out by the hatch implosion, he flashes back over a great deal of his life, all to do with Penny. It's more than a flash, because he's very in the moment, like he's reliving it. Except that he's aware of his time on the island. Maybe this is happening because he was unconscious, except after he woke up naked in the jungle, the future flashes keep happening.
He meets Fionnula Flanagan from The Others (the movie - HA!HA!) who knows everything going on with him, past present and future, who instructs him that this is all about course corrections. Now matter what he does to change the future, the universe will right itself on its intended course. (And we find out his middle name is David - so yes, he's definitely there for the Hume Destiny Fork dealio.) Sadly, the universe says it isn't in the cards for De and Pen, and he breaks it off with her. She of course doesn't understand this, or accept it, apparently, as we find out later from the Russian guys in the snow.
So his odd behavior on the island is now about him trying to change the future to prevent bad stuff from happening. You can't change it, he cries.
Desmond needs to save Charlie, and he tells him this: Charlie dove in after Claire to try and save her, and Charlie was supposed to drown. If Des hadn't put up a lightning rod on Claire's place, the lighting was going to hit the roof and electrocute him. The universe wants to kill Charlie.
He says he can't hold it forever. But then why is Desmond continuing to do this? He knows the future can't be changed, so why does he keep preventing it? The universe will have its way, after all it's course-correcting.
He can't stop it forever. Cheer up Charlie. It'll be over soon. Maybe you can start up with the smack again to make it easier on yourself?
Desmond saves Claire from drowning.
Hurley believes that Desmond can see the future. He and Charlie get him drunk but he reacts negatively and walks off into the darkness.
When he was knocked out by the hatch implosion, he flashes back over a great deal of his life, all to do with Penny. It's more than a flash, because he's very in the moment, like he's reliving it. Except that he's aware of his time on the island. Maybe this is happening because he was unconscious, except after he woke up naked in the jungle, the future flashes keep happening.
He meets Fionnula Flanagan from The Others (the movie - HA!HA!) who knows everything going on with him, past present and future, who instructs him that this is all about course corrections. Now matter what he does to change the future, the universe will right itself on its intended course. (And we find out his middle name is David - so yes, he's definitely there for the Hume Destiny Fork dealio.) Sadly, the universe says it isn't in the cards for De and Pen, and he breaks it off with her. She of course doesn't understand this, or accept it, apparently, as we find out later from the Russian guys in the snow.
So his odd behavior on the island is now about him trying to change the future to prevent bad stuff from happening. You can't change it, he cries.
Desmond needs to save Charlie, and he tells him this: Charlie dove in after Claire to try and save her, and Charlie was supposed to drown. If Des hadn't put up a lightning rod on Claire's place, the lighting was going to hit the roof and electrocute him. The universe wants to kill Charlie.
He says he can't hold it forever. But then why is Desmond continuing to do this? He knows the future can't be changed, so why does he keep preventing it? The universe will have its way, after all it's course-correcting.
He can't stop it forever. Cheer up Charlie. It'll be over soon. Maybe you can start up with the smack again to make it easier on yourself?
S3 Ep7 "Not In Portland"
(started 5/21/10 14:30)
Juliet calls Jack's bluff that he will let Ben die. She also let's him know they are on a different island.
Kate & Sawyer are on the run and are aided by Alex (Rousseau's daughter?) Jack amends his demand to include a boat to get K&S off the island.
Flashback : Juliet has a sick sister she administers injections to. She also has a weasel of an ex-husband. Why does Zeljko Ivanek only play bad guys anymore?
Juliet is researching impregnating things that should be able to get impregnated. Like male mice, although it hasn;t successfully carried through yet. Turns out the injections she's giving her sister result in pregnancy. This may not end well.
Ben is a miracle patient that can be cut intop and come out anesthesia without screeching pain. He managess to carry on conversations and make decisions when he probablt should be passed out.
Flashback: Juliet tells her ex-husband of the success of her sister (thus far) and he promptly gets hit by a bus. What?
On the beach, Danny tries to stop Kate & Alex, but Juliet shoots him. Kate tlaks to Jack and relays the story of him from day one
By the way, Ben is Alex's father. Alex is upset that she couldn't leave on the boat. This is not going to go well. But the surgery did.
There's more, but the upshot is that Juliet is essentially a prisoner on the island as well. But now she will be able to go home.
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grr... too much filler and backstory that we probably won't ultimately need
Juliet calls Jack's bluff that he will let Ben die. She also let's him know they are on a different island.
Kate & Sawyer are on the run and are aided by Alex (Rousseau's daughter?) Jack amends his demand to include a boat to get K&S off the island.
Flashback : Juliet has a sick sister she administers injections to. She also has a weasel of an ex-husband. Why does Zeljko Ivanek only play bad guys anymore?
Juliet is researching impregnating things that should be able to get impregnated. Like male mice, although it hasn;t successfully carried through yet. Turns out the injections she's giving her sister result in pregnancy. This may not end well.
Ben is a miracle patient that can be cut intop and come out anesthesia without screeching pain. He managess to carry on conversations and make decisions when he probablt should be passed out.
Flashback: Juliet tells her ex-husband of the success of her sister (thus far) and he promptly gets hit by a bus. What?
On the beach, Danny tries to stop Kate & Alex, but Juliet shoots him. Kate tlaks to Jack and relays the story of him from day one
By the way, Ben is Alex's father. Alex is upset that she couldn't leave on the boat. This is not going to go well. But the surgery did.
There's more, but the upshot is that Juliet is essentially a prisoner on the island as well. But now she will be able to go home.
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grr... too much filler and backstory that we probably won't ultimately need
S3 Ep6 "I Do"
(started 5/21/10 13:45)
Squeeeeeeeeeee! Captain tightpants in a cop uniform. Mmmm. Was that out loud?
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Jack refuses to perform Ben's spinal tumor surgery. The matter should drop. And there's not really any point in torturing someone that you want to have cutting on you. Then again maybe you don't want to piss you off in any form if they want you to mess around with someone else's nerves and all that. Maybe it's just me?
Kate is brought to Jack to beg him to perform the surgery or they will kill Sawyer. Jack doesn't believe them. Sawyer doesn't believe this will happen either. Kate does. Boy she does. Kate gets herself into Sawyer's cage for the sexytimes. She could escape, but no. She thinks they're going to kill him so she sleeps with him. Perfectly reasonable. Sawyer tells her they are on a different island before the sex, so that's good news. He's getting better at prioritizing.
Ever so conveniently, Jack is able to get out of his cell only to find Kate & Sawyer together on a monitor. Oh Ben, you know how to win a guy over. So will he agree to the surgery to make Kate happy or is there another reason?
Jack gives himself an insurance policy when finally does start the surgery: he makes an extra incision on Ben that just may lead to him bleeding out, in the event that Kate & Sawyer aren't safe. And he lets them know this. Also, Danny avenges Colleen's death by attempting to shoot Sawyer (because, you know, Sawyer and Kate didn't kill her but SOMEBODY has to take the blame.) Jack tells Kate by radio to run and when she gets to where she's safe to re-tell the storyhe told her on the beach the first day when she stitched him up.
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PCL Kate has had about 87 identities. She must about 56 with all this time she's spent in various places. How could she ever believe she could stay with a cop for any length of time? Hello.
She drugs and leaves him. For better or for worse.
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Meanwhile, Locke, Sayid, Nikki and Paolo the Useless have a burial for Eko. No need to drag him back to the beach for everyone to participate. That beach is getting mighty full anyway. Locke sees something carved on Eko's walking stick about looking to the north?
Squeeeeeeeeeee! Captain tightpants in a cop uniform. Mmmm. Was that out loud?
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Jack refuses to perform Ben's spinal tumor surgery. The matter should drop. And there's not really any point in torturing someone that you want to have cutting on you. Then again maybe you don't want to piss you off in any form if they want you to mess around with someone else's nerves and all that. Maybe it's just me?
Kate is brought to Jack to beg him to perform the surgery or they will kill Sawyer. Jack doesn't believe them. Sawyer doesn't believe this will happen either. Kate does. Boy she does. Kate gets herself into Sawyer's cage for the sexytimes. She could escape, but no. She thinks they're going to kill him so she sleeps with him. Perfectly reasonable. Sawyer tells her they are on a different island before the sex, so that's good news. He's getting better at prioritizing.
Ever so conveniently, Jack is able to get out of his cell only to find Kate & Sawyer together on a monitor. Oh Ben, you know how to win a guy over. So will he agree to the surgery to make Kate happy or is there another reason?
Jack gives himself an insurance policy when finally does start the surgery: he makes an extra incision on Ben that just may lead to him bleeding out, in the event that Kate & Sawyer aren't safe. And he lets them know this. Also, Danny avenges Colleen's death by attempting to shoot Sawyer (because, you know, Sawyer and Kate didn't kill her but SOMEBODY has to take the blame.) Jack tells Kate by radio to run and when she gets to where she's safe to re-tell the storyhe told her on the beach the first day when she stitched him up.
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PCL Kate has had about 87 identities. She must about 56 with all this time she's spent in various places. How could she ever believe she could stay with a cop for any length of time? Hello.
She drugs and leaves him. For better or for worse.
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Meanwhile, Locke, Sayid, Nikki and Paolo the Useless have a burial for Eko. No need to drag him back to the beach for everyone to participate. That beach is getting mighty full anyway. Locke sees something carved on Eko's walking stick about looking to the north?
S3 Ep5 "The Cost of Living"
(started 5/21/10 13:00)
Eko isn't doing so well. He's recovering from the blast, from the polar bear penitentiary and from being dragged back to camp by Charlie and Locke. He's having dreams, visions and memories of his childhood in Africa and of his brother Yemi the priest.
Locke mounts an expedition to go to Station 5/Pearl bunker where they can use the computers to communicate with the Others. Here come Nikki & Paolo - yay! Maybe we'll get to know them?
They finally arrive after Paolo proves himself to be an idiot who should have stayed faceless in the background. Sayid works out a feed to one of the monitors, and we are able to see a screen full of of the electronic equipment and some eyepatch-wearing dude. Who turned the camera off. I think he knows you're there.
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PCL Eko in the aftermath of the shootout at the airstrip when he last saw his brother. He takes over Yemi's church. Militia come to try and strongarm him on vaccine supplies and Father Eko kills them. Don't anybody try to strongarm this guy, ok? Have you seen the size of him? He also has a big old machete in his paw.
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So Eko was building the church on the island as penance for losing the church his brother built? Even so, he stopped building the church some time ago.
He's ready to go, but asks for no forgivenness. He won't apologize to the visions of Yemi for his past actions. Eko says did what he did to survive. It's hard out here for a pimp, dig?
But that isn't Yemi, dawg. WTF???
The smoke monster makes itself into a HUGE fist surrounding Eko, and he looks a little like King Kong holding Fay Wray. He gets thrashed around and thrown to the ground. Hulk smash! But Eko calls out to Locke "you're next"(collectively) before he passes away.
Seriously, a smoke fist??? WTF
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Musing -
So... I had thought the dynamic between Eko and Locke regarding the number sequencing issue was an argument of faith over science. Eko had been able to stare down the smoke wisp when it visited him before because he had great faith, I thought (that, and he's bad-ass.)
Still forming a theory about this, just wanted to get this down to reflect on later.
Eko isn't doing so well. He's recovering from the blast, from the polar bear penitentiary and from being dragged back to camp by Charlie and Locke. He's having dreams, visions and memories of his childhood in Africa and of his brother Yemi the priest.
Locke mounts an expedition to go to Station 5/Pearl bunker where they can use the computers to communicate with the Others. Here come Nikki & Paolo - yay! Maybe we'll get to know them?
They finally arrive after Paolo proves himself to be an idiot who should have stayed faceless in the background. Sayid works out a feed to one of the monitors, and we are able to see a screen full of of the electronic equipment and some eyepatch-wearing dude. Who turned the camera off. I think he knows you're there.
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PCL Eko in the aftermath of the shootout at the airstrip when he last saw his brother. He takes over Yemi's church. Militia come to try and strongarm him on vaccine supplies and Father Eko kills them. Don't anybody try to strongarm this guy, ok? Have you seen the size of him? He also has a big old machete in his paw.
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So Eko was building the church on the island as penance for losing the church his brother built? Even so, he stopped building the church some time ago.
He's ready to go, but asks for no forgivenness. He won't apologize to the visions of Yemi for his past actions. Eko says did what he did to survive. It's hard out here for a pimp, dig?
But that isn't Yemi, dawg. WTF???
The smoke monster makes itself into a HUGE fist surrounding Eko, and he looks a little like King Kong holding Fay Wray. He gets thrashed around and thrown to the ground. Hulk smash! But Eko calls out to Locke "you're next"(collectively) before he passes away.
Seriously, a smoke fist??? WTF
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Musing -
So... I had thought the dynamic between Eko and Locke regarding the number sequencing issue was an argument of faith over science. Eko had been able to stare down the smoke wisp when it visited him before because he had great faith, I thought (that, and he's bad-ass.)
Still forming a theory about this, just wanted to get this down to reflect on later.
S3 Ep4 "Every Man For Himself"
(started 5/21/10 12:00)
People on this show aren't very good at coming up with Master Plans For Escape. Sawyer wets the ground with is waterpipe his plan is to make himself get shocked by electrical current and reach out to a guard at the same time. Sawyer knows how much current he can take since he got tased, but the guard won't have that going for him. Really? That's what you come up with?
Of course Ben knows because of the monitors. So the next day when Ben comes by it doesn't work, because they have turned to electricity off in the food bin. Wha wha whaaaaa. At least now Sawyer knows that the Others are watching them.
They install a pacemaker on Sawyer that will kill him if his pulse rises above 140. Or if the bus goes below 65. Where's Sandra Bullock when you need her?
Colleen, who got shot by Sun, is dying on the operating table and Juliet brings Jack in. He can't save her either because their crash cart is not working. Jeez people. How's a man supposed to work here?
Danny beats the crap out of Sawyer afterward, and because of the pacemaker he doesn't fight back. Kate can't understand why. I'm guessing that your pulse still rises when you're getting whacked in the face, whether you are defending or not. He stops only when Kate admits she loves it. It took way too long for her to do that too. If somebody is beating a guy and asking me if I love him I'll say Yes even if I never laid eyes on him before. It's about keeping the dental work. Too expensive.
Jack tells Juliet he thinks he's been brought there to save someone. He saw xrays in the clinic and somebody's got a too-mah. Hopefully they have the medical equipment up to snuff by then.
The pacemaker is a fakeout. Ben brings Sawyer to a lookout point to show him they are on a different island and there is no escape. No matter - Sawyer can make a good plan to save his life anyway, remember?
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PCL sawyer is in prison. He helps the warden rip off another prisoner to lessen his own jail time. Sawyer also received a visit from former con victim Cassidy, who tells him he has a daughter in New Mexico. Sawyer takes his cut of the proceeds from the warden and has an account set up for the kid he won't publicly acknowledge.
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Ben sounds like Kevin Spacey and hearing his voice in my headphones but not seeing him while I write is a little unnerving. I expect to want to buy a Honda or get Gwyneth's head delivered to me in a box.
People on this show aren't very good at coming up with Master Plans For Escape. Sawyer wets the ground with is waterpipe his plan is to make himself get shocked by electrical current and reach out to a guard at the same time. Sawyer knows how much current he can take since he got tased, but the guard won't have that going for him. Really? That's what you come up with?
Of course Ben knows because of the monitors. So the next day when Ben comes by it doesn't work, because they have turned to electricity off in the food bin. Wha wha whaaaaa. At least now Sawyer knows that the Others are watching them.
They install a pacemaker on Sawyer that will kill him if his pulse rises above 140. Or if the bus goes below 65. Where's Sandra Bullock when you need her?
Colleen, who got shot by Sun, is dying on the operating table and Juliet brings Jack in. He can't save her either because their crash cart is not working. Jeez people. How's a man supposed to work here?
Danny beats the crap out of Sawyer afterward, and because of the pacemaker he doesn't fight back. Kate can't understand why. I'm guessing that your pulse still rises when you're getting whacked in the face, whether you are defending or not. He stops only when Kate admits she loves it. It took way too long for her to do that too. If somebody is beating a guy and asking me if I love him I'll say Yes even if I never laid eyes on him before. It's about keeping the dental work. Too expensive.
Jack tells Juliet he thinks he's been brought there to save someone. He saw xrays in the clinic and somebody's got a too-mah. Hopefully they have the medical equipment up to snuff by then.
The pacemaker is a fakeout. Ben brings Sawyer to a lookout point to show him they are on a different island and there is no escape. No matter - Sawyer can make a good plan to save his life anyway, remember?
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PCL sawyer is in prison. He helps the warden rip off another prisoner to lessen his own jail time. Sawyer also received a visit from former con victim Cassidy, who tells him he has a daughter in New Mexico. Sawyer takes his cut of the proceeds from the warden and has an account set up for the kid he won't publicly acknowledge.
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Ben sounds like Kevin Spacey and hearing his voice in my headphones but not seeing him while I write is a little unnerving. I expect to want to buy a Honda or get Gwyneth's head delivered to me in a box.
S3 Ep3 "Further Instructions"
(started 5/21/10 11:15)
I still think that Locke has the potential to Kurtz-out, and am happy the writers have made his character grow a lot beyond the "I'm here for an adventure - don't tell me what I can't do!" mantra from the first episodes of the show. I don't like that they've made him mute suddenly as a result of the hatch imploding.
He decides to turn Eko's church-frame into a sweatlodge and go on a vision quest. People die in those, dude. And his guide is Boone, who still has a bone to pick with him from the beyond. Locke goes looking for Eko. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before now? Bunker goes BOOM - go look for people who are missing from camp. Come on now.
Charlie comes along with him. They encounter Hurley making his way back from the Others, and he tells them about the events of the past few days there. Hurley keeps heading to the beach and finds Desmond, who is disoriented and naked.
Oh come on now - Eko has been detained by a polar bear and taken to a cave. Locke rescues him and the bear runs off into the jungle.
WTF? Indeed.
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PCL Locke is living in a commune, with a sweatlodge. He picks up Eddie the hitch-hiker who is actually an undercover cop interested in the pot farm. Why would Locke bring him there if they need to be secretive about this endeavor? Oy.
Locke takes Eddie hunting, presumably to kill him and make him into crop fertilizer, but he can't go through with it. This can't be good.
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Also, back on the beach, Nikki and Paolo speak up. Who the hell are you? Have you been hanging out there the whole time but waited to season three to say anything? No, we just haven;t been paying attention I guess. Locke knows them.
I still think that Locke has the potential to Kurtz-out, and am happy the writers have made his character grow a lot beyond the "I'm here for an adventure - don't tell me what I can't do!" mantra from the first episodes of the show. I don't like that they've made him mute suddenly as a result of the hatch imploding.
He decides to turn Eko's church-frame into a sweatlodge and go on a vision quest. People die in those, dude. And his guide is Boone, who still has a bone to pick with him from the beyond. Locke goes looking for Eko. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before now? Bunker goes BOOM - go look for people who are missing from camp. Come on now.
Charlie comes along with him. They encounter Hurley making his way back from the Others, and he tells them about the events of the past few days there. Hurley keeps heading to the beach and finds Desmond, who is disoriented and naked.
Oh come on now - Eko has been detained by a polar bear and taken to a cave. Locke rescues him and the bear runs off into the jungle.
WTF? Indeed.
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PCL Locke is living in a commune, with a sweatlodge. He picks up Eddie the hitch-hiker who is actually an undercover cop interested in the pot farm. Why would Locke bring him there if they need to be secretive about this endeavor? Oy.
Locke takes Eddie hunting, presumably to kill him and make him into crop fertilizer, but he can't go through with it. This can't be good.
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Also, back on the beach, Nikki and Paolo speak up. Who the hell are you? Have you been hanging out there the whole time but waited to season three to say anything? No, we just haven;t been paying attention I guess. Locke knows them.
S3 Ep2 "The Glass Ballerina"
(started 5/21/10 10:30)
Sayid's plan was weak for someone with military intelligence in his background. He assumes that no matter how many Others come out to get them, he and Jin will be able to take all comers. (Does he know if Jin know martial arts like ALL asians are supposed to, from birth?) How does he know they won't be able to see the sailboat and make a beeline for that instead of the fire he's setting?
Sun is relegated to the boat. One of the Others (Trixy from Deadwood) discovers her aboard the boat, and Sun shoots her in the gut. Did Sun get those kinds of lessons too" Sun makes her escape. The Others get away with the boat, and Sayid, Sun, and Jin are stranded.
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PCL Sun gets discovered by her father in the hotel room with Jae and he dispatches Jin to do some dirtywork, and Jin doesn't know the real reason why. Sun doesn't tell Jin about the affair (remember she swears this when she tells him of the miracle pregnancy on the island).
Jin can't bring it upon himself to kill Jae (he'll never make it as a thug) but instead he scares the crap of him, leaving him with the warning to get out of the country. Jae jumps out the window.
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Meanwhile back at prison, Sawyer & Kate are made to break rocks and push around dirt. Sawyer creates a diversion by kissing Kate. He manages to get a gun, but he's tasered. When commiserating the details to Kate through the wall, Ben sees it all on video surveillance, so Sawyer has already tipped his hand on this.
Ben tells Jack he has been on thie island his whole life. He gives him an update on current events from the outside world. Jack will not believe him that the Red Sox won the world series, so he shows him a playback. (Damn, he and Dad can't use that phrase anymore.) He plays Let's Make A Deal with Jack. If he cooperates he gets to go home. Not a whole lot of details are given.
Sayid's plan was weak for someone with military intelligence in his background. He assumes that no matter how many Others come out to get them, he and Jin will be able to take all comers. (Does he know if Jin know martial arts like ALL asians are supposed to, from birth?) How does he know they won't be able to see the sailboat and make a beeline for that instead of the fire he's setting?
Sun is relegated to the boat. One of the Others (Trixy from Deadwood) discovers her aboard the boat, and Sun shoots her in the gut. Did Sun get those kinds of lessons too" Sun makes her escape. The Others get away with the boat, and Sayid, Sun, and Jin are stranded.
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PCL Sun gets discovered by her father in the hotel room with Jae and he dispatches Jin to do some dirtywork, and Jin doesn't know the real reason why. Sun doesn't tell Jin about the affair (remember she swears this when she tells him of the miracle pregnancy on the island).
Jin can't bring it upon himself to kill Jae (he'll never make it as a thug) but instead he scares the crap of him, leaving him with the warning to get out of the country. Jae jumps out the window.
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Meanwhile back at prison, Sawyer & Kate are made to break rocks and push around dirt. Sawyer creates a diversion by kissing Kate. He manages to get a gun, but he's tasered. When commiserating the details to Kate through the wall, Ben sees it all on video surveillance, so Sawyer has already tipped his hand on this.
Ben tells Jack he has been on thie island his whole life. He gives him an update on current events from the outside world. Jack will not believe him that the Red Sox won the world series, so he shows him a playback. (Damn, he and Dad can't use that phrase anymore.) He plays Let's Make A Deal with Jack. If he cooperates he gets to go home. Not a whole lot of details are given.
S3 Ep1 "A Tale of Two Cities"
(started 5/21/10 09:50)
Did this have to start with "Downtown" by Petula Clark? I always end up on a tangent in whatever I am doing when I hear this song. On our honeymoon in London, the hub-unit and I went to this basement-dwelling Spanish restaurant where this tiny Indian man set up his keyboard and proceeded to play the meekest set of ambient dinner music ever, in the middle of a loud bar section. It was like he snuck up on the microphone every time he approached it. By the third song we were pretty much wetting our pants in laughter, yet we couldn't make ourselves leave, for fear we'd never hear such an 'amazing' set of music again in our lifetimes. He had a way about him that was mesmerizing. Call me sometime if you want to hear the audio version of this anecdote. Will be pleased to oblige.
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Welcome to the Bitterville Book Club, where we see Henry Gale, who is really named Ben. They are "discussing" a Stephen King book when there's a rumbling from the sky. Outside, the Oceanic plane is crashing into the island. We see that other people in this community include Creepy Cruise Cousin Ethan and Goodwin the Peace Corps guy, who Ben tells to scatter to different parts of the wreckage and to pose as survivors and make a list.
The camera pans back and we see a neat, orderly subdivision, pretty houses and yards. These people are wearing regular clothing, not the crazy monochromatic Polyphonic Spree garb we saw at the season 2 finale.
So, they changed into rags and burned their houses down to live in huts? Good Subterfuge.
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Present day Kate, Sawyer and Jack are shown in captivity. Henry has a particular liking for Kate wearing a dress. She is warned that the next two weeks will be difficult for her. Sawyer lives in a bear cage and doesn't take direction well - go figure. And Jack spends a lot of time with Juliette the Book Club leader. Jack tried to escape and gets clocked by Juliette.
The Others are back to wearing civilized clothing at least. No more terracotta.
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PCL Jack is determined to find out who Sarah is seeing, even thinking it's his father at one point. He has crazyeyes.
Did this have to start with "Downtown" by Petula Clark? I always end up on a tangent in whatever I am doing when I hear this song. On our honeymoon in London, the hub-unit and I went to this basement-dwelling Spanish restaurant where this tiny Indian man set up his keyboard and proceeded to play the meekest set of ambient dinner music ever, in the middle of a loud bar section. It was like he snuck up on the microphone every time he approached it. By the third song we were pretty much wetting our pants in laughter, yet we couldn't make ourselves leave, for fear we'd never hear such an 'amazing' set of music again in our lifetimes. He had a way about him that was mesmerizing. Call me sometime if you want to hear the audio version of this anecdote. Will be pleased to oblige.
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Welcome to the Bitterville Book Club, where we see Henry Gale, who is really named Ben. They are "discussing" a Stephen King book when there's a rumbling from the sky. Outside, the Oceanic plane is crashing into the island. We see that other people in this community include Creepy Cruise Cousin Ethan and Goodwin the Peace Corps guy, who Ben tells to scatter to different parts of the wreckage and to pose as survivors and make a list.
The camera pans back and we see a neat, orderly subdivision, pretty houses and yards. These people are wearing regular clothing, not the crazy monochromatic Polyphonic Spree garb we saw at the season 2 finale.
So, they changed into rags and burned their houses down to live in huts? Good Subterfuge.
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Present day Kate, Sawyer and Jack are shown in captivity. Henry has a particular liking for Kate wearing a dress. She is warned that the next two weeks will be difficult for her. Sawyer lives in a bear cage and doesn't take direction well - go figure. And Jack spends a lot of time with Juliette the Book Club leader. Jack tried to escape and gets clocked by Juliette.
The Others are back to wearing civilized clothing at least. No more terracotta.
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PCL Jack is determined to find out who Sarah is seeing, even thinking it's his father at one point. He has crazyeyes.
S2 Ep24 "Live Together, Die Alone, pt 2"
(started 5/21/10 08:45)
Eko's a big dude. And kind of off-kilter in his reasoning about the button-pushing issue. This is not a good thing. Especially when he has dynamite and REALLY wants to get in the blast doors.
Meanwhile, inside the blast doors Desmond and Locke are playing a "what if" game about whether or not they should be continuing to push the button. Can I just interject here that I find it funny/interesting they have these two dealing with philosophical matters and they are named Locke and Hume? Locke and his personal identity issues with a mind-body connection (the formerly wheelchair bound) and Desmond's Fork of Destiny (are things random or predetermined?) Yeah, I took Philosophy, writing staff.
I can't start thinking about these themes right now or I'll never finish this episode. What does Kelvin being named Kelvin mean? And Danielle's is Rousseau...
***Now I CAN'T concentrate on anything but the names. Dammit.***
Why does the giant foot of the statue Sayid sees from the boat only have four toes? Is this a "Planet of the Apes" thing too? Or something out of The Odyssey?
Locke is in the hatch when the zero-moment comes and the lighting goes bright along with a terrible nose, making all inhabitants cover their ears. The island doesn't explode, but there is a giant fireball. Desmond has made a sacrifice of himself? And Locke admits he made a mistake. He was wrong about the button.
Michael is reunited with Walt, but at what expense to the rest of the Oceanics? And they get to take off in a boat, lah dee dah. Why isn't Walt a little freaked out that J/S/K are tied up on the dock? Has he become inured? And Henry Gale is the leader of the Others, officially.
Hurley gets to return to camp to tell them about the Others capturing them, but Jack, Kate & Sawyer must stay. Captives.
So the button pushing magnetic re-setting has something to do with causing the plane to crash? It was a system failure on Desmond's part.
Meanwhile in a remote frozen land, we see two people at a monitoring station gets beeped. They pick up the phone and call...Penny, Desmond's woman.
I know I'm leaving a lot out, but there's a lot in this episode. Mind blown.
Eko's a big dude. And kind of off-kilter in his reasoning about the button-pushing issue. This is not a good thing. Especially when he has dynamite and REALLY wants to get in the blast doors.
Meanwhile, inside the blast doors Desmond and Locke are playing a "what if" game about whether or not they should be continuing to push the button. Can I just interject here that I find it funny/interesting they have these two dealing with philosophical matters and they are named Locke and Hume? Locke and his personal identity issues with a mind-body connection (the formerly wheelchair bound) and Desmond's Fork of Destiny (are things random or predetermined?) Yeah, I took Philosophy, writing staff.
I can't start thinking about these themes right now or I'll never finish this episode. What does Kelvin being named Kelvin mean? And Danielle's is Rousseau...
***Now I CAN'T concentrate on anything but the names. Dammit.***
Why does the giant foot of the statue Sayid sees from the boat only have four toes? Is this a "Planet of the Apes" thing too? Or something out of The Odyssey?
Locke is in the hatch when the zero-moment comes and the lighting goes bright along with a terrible nose, making all inhabitants cover their ears. The island doesn't explode, but there is a giant fireball. Desmond has made a sacrifice of himself? And Locke admits he made a mistake. He was wrong about the button.
Michael is reunited with Walt, but at what expense to the rest of the Oceanics? And they get to take off in a boat, lah dee dah. Why isn't Walt a little freaked out that J/S/K are tied up on the dock? Has he become inured? And Henry Gale is the leader of the Others, officially.
Hurley gets to return to camp to tell them about the Others capturing them, but Jack, Kate & Sawyer must stay. Captives.
So the button pushing magnetic re-setting has something to do with causing the plane to crash? It was a system failure on Desmond's part.
Meanwhile in a remote frozen land, we see two people at a monitoring station gets beeped. They pick up the phone and call...Penny, Desmond's woman.
I know I'm leaving a lot out, but there's a lot in this episode. Mind blown.
S2 Ep23 "Live Together, Die Alone"
(started 5/21/10 08:00)
When asked why he came back Desmond tells them he had been sailing due west and this was supposed to be Fiji. He tells Jack they are stuck in a snowglobe.
Great, the old snowglobe analogy. This better not end up like the finale to "St Elsewhere" or I'll be pissed. But at least I'll only have invested 4-1/2 days and not yeeeeeeeeeears. Seriously, I'm starting to think the island is a form of cosmic purgatory. Or a giant science experiment of the Gods.
Desmond meets Libby of all people in a coffeeshop and she gives him her dead husband's boat. Score! Good thing he showed up at the beach right as they finished her funeral, isn't it? She might have been pissed that he shot the boat up in a drunken stupor.
Eko kicks Locke out of the bunker. Locke and Desmond outsmart him and take it back. Eko gets Charlie and will attempt to oust Locke because he wants to keep pushing the button. Eko saw the same Orientation film at station 5 that Locke did, but Eko isn't getting that it was a behavioral experiment? Oh, the powerstruggles.
Michael and his posse are going to the Others by land, and Sayid, Sun & Jin are going by sea, unbeknownst to everyone but Jack. Michael gets confronted by Jack that the Others have been warned and Michael admits he is doing their bidding in order to get Walt back.
Oh and Clancy Brown is back! He's the guy who was locked in the hatch with Desmond.
When asked why he came back Desmond tells them he had been sailing due west and this was supposed to be Fiji. He tells Jack they are stuck in a snowglobe.
Great, the old snowglobe analogy. This better not end up like the finale to "St Elsewhere" or I'll be pissed. But at least I'll only have invested 4-1/2 days and not yeeeeeeeeeears. Seriously, I'm starting to think the island is a form of cosmic purgatory. Or a giant science experiment of the Gods.
Desmond meets Libby of all people in a coffeeshop and she gives him her dead husband's boat. Score! Good thing he showed up at the beach right as they finished her funeral, isn't it? She might have been pissed that he shot the boat up in a drunken stupor.
Eko kicks Locke out of the bunker. Locke and Desmond outsmart him and take it back. Eko gets Charlie and will attempt to oust Locke because he wants to keep pushing the button. Eko saw the same Orientation film at station 5 that Locke did, but Eko isn't getting that it was a behavioral experiment? Oh, the powerstruggles.
Michael and his posse are going to the Others by land, and Sayid, Sun & Jin are going by sea, unbeknownst to everyone but Jack. Michael gets confronted by Jack that the Others have been warned and Michael admits he is doing their bidding in order to get Walt back.
Oh and Clancy Brown is back! He's the guy who was locked in the hatch with Desmond.
S2 Ep22 "Three Minutes"
(started 5/21/10 07:10)
We learn what happened to Michael while he was searching for Walt. As inferred, he was captured by the Others and he made a deal with them to exchange Walt for Henry. In my opinion, writing staff, the audience didn't need the whole episode for this exposition, we kinda figured it out when Michael turned the gun on himself, then sat around skulking and trying not to look guilty before Libby died.
The Others camp is made up of huts and tents - they aren't much more "permanent" than the Oceanic folks considering they've been there a lot longer.
Miss Klugh comes to Michael and pretty much interrogates him for information about Walt's growing up and point blank says that for being his father he doesn't know a whole lot about him. Michael is given three minutes (hey look, it's the ep title!) to talk to Walt.
And Michael looks like he's aged a few years in a short time. I know it's that the child actor has had a growth spurt, but it distracted me nonetheless. Walt sounds like he's being held by Scientologists; they made him take tests! He is panicky and kind of freaked out and cries out for Michael to rescue him as they cart Walt off. Miss Klugh states that Michael has to free Henry, and then bring Kate, Hurley, Sawyer, and Jack back to the Others. Subterfuge will be acceptable means. Whew.
Once back with the Oceanic folks, and after the panic of the shootings in the bunker, Michael presents his plan to take the Others. Why doesn't this seem suspicious to that Michael ONLY wants those four people to assist? Why is Sayid the ONLY one who can see this? Why wouldn't Michael WANT Sayid on the team, being that he has, you know, mission/battle experience?
Sayid figures this out and presents it to Jack, saying how he thinks Michael is "compromised." Jack wants to know how Sayid knows this, and remarkably, Sayid does not say, "well, duh."
In other news, Locke's leg is healing enough to where he removes the leg splint, Eko stops building the church, and Charlie throws away the heroin. I still think that some should be kept around "under safe keeping" for medicinal purposes, but Charlie's a junkie and knows his limits since he has a sober brain and is in the right place right now. There has to be some stashed somewhere that will be revealed later...
Oh yeah, and they have the funerals. Sawyer does tell Jack he had a sexromp with Ana; too bad he doesn't say it at the funeral for full impact on Jack. But Sawyer is still Klassy with a K.
Off in the distance, a boat approaches.
We learn what happened to Michael while he was searching for Walt. As inferred, he was captured by the Others and he made a deal with them to exchange Walt for Henry. In my opinion, writing staff, the audience didn't need the whole episode for this exposition, we kinda figured it out when Michael turned the gun on himself, then sat around skulking and trying not to look guilty before Libby died.
The Others camp is made up of huts and tents - they aren't much more "permanent" than the Oceanic folks considering they've been there a lot longer.
Miss Klugh comes to Michael and pretty much interrogates him for information about Walt's growing up and point blank says that for being his father he doesn't know a whole lot about him. Michael is given three minutes (hey look, it's the ep title!) to talk to Walt.
And Michael looks like he's aged a few years in a short time. I know it's that the child actor has had a growth spurt, but it distracted me nonetheless. Walt sounds like he's being held by Scientologists; they made him take tests! He is panicky and kind of freaked out and cries out for Michael to rescue him as they cart Walt off. Miss Klugh states that Michael has to free Henry, and then bring Kate, Hurley, Sawyer, and Jack back to the Others. Subterfuge will be acceptable means. Whew.
Once back with the Oceanic folks, and after the panic of the shootings in the bunker, Michael presents his plan to take the Others. Why doesn't this seem suspicious to that Michael ONLY wants those four people to assist? Why is Sayid the ONLY one who can see this? Why wouldn't Michael WANT Sayid on the team, being that he has, you know, mission/battle experience?
Sayid figures this out and presents it to Jack, saying how he thinks Michael is "compromised." Jack wants to know how Sayid knows this, and remarkably, Sayid does not say, "well, duh."
In other news, Locke's leg is healing enough to where he removes the leg splint, Eko stops building the church, and Charlie throws away the heroin. I still think that some should be kept around "under safe keeping" for medicinal purposes, but Charlie's a junkie and knows his limits since he has a sober brain and is in the right place right now. There has to be some stashed somewhere that will be revealed later...
Oh yeah, and they have the funerals. Sawyer does tell Jack he had a sexromp with Ana; too bad he doesn't say it at the funeral for full impact on Jack. But Sawyer is still Klassy with a K.
Off in the distance, a boat approaches.
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