Well, Lost was actually good tonight, so I'll give the old blog another shot. I read what happened in the tonight's episode before I watched. The episode was shown last week in LA and the synopsis was posted on a website. And I have been so disappointed by this season that I've been reading spoilers. I know it makes me a bad Lost fan, but that is what disappointment has done to me. (I've also read four pages of the finale script. Oops!) That being said, the episode turned out much better than I thought it would.
Island world had a lot of stuff going on. I'm very bummed that Richard Alpert is dead. I assume he didn't survive Flocke's smokey attack. Ben's dumb ass is proving himself to the bad guy that I have always thought he was. I hope when he tries to murder the remaining Losties, he gets killed instead. I've hated Ben from day one. It was pretty cool when Flocke took out Tina Fey wannabe. I really enjoyed the question and answer scene the gang had with Jacob. I'm also glad Jack is the one to take over Jacob's job. It's a nice turn to see the island's resident man of science become the new man of faith. Plus I didn't want Hurley or Sawyer to be stuck on the island and I am still hoping Kate gets murdered. I wonder where the heck Desmond has run off to. As long as he is ok, I guess that is all that matters.
I actually really liked the Sideways timeline tonight too. That could have been because I got to see Des beat up Ben once again (putting his arm back in a sling, just like before the Ajira flight 316) or because I got to see my beloved Rousseau again. A nice, normal well adjusted Danielle Rousseau at that! I teared up when Locke went to visit Jack and told him he would let Jack do the surgery on him. Sideways Locke has found original Locke's faith. I love it! My favorite part of the episode was the jail breakout! How perfect was it that Hurley and Desmond (with Ana Louhoa's help) got Sayid and Kate free?! Also it looke like all Hurley's island memories have come back. He recognized Ana Louhoa. So it seems everyone will be meeting up at the concert next week. Desmond is going to save the day!!
I can't believe this whole crazy show will be over in less than a week. I'm excited and sad all at the same time. I just hope the ending doesn't disappoint me too much. I'm sure I left out a million important things, so what were your favorite moments of tonight's Lost?
P.S. Yesenia, Rachel and I are going to be in a Lost trivia contest Saturday afternoon. We can have up to 6 team members. It costs $5 to play. Anyone interested??
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
LOST: Across the Sea
WTH? Seriously... WTH? I should be more enlightened, but I am only more confused. Can someone please explain tonight's Lost to me? The island is there to protect the sparkly light? The light causes the electromagnetic pulses? How is Man in Black walking around and talking to Jacob later if his skeleton is chilling in the cave? Who finished the frozen donkey wheel, since MiB was killed and all his people we killed too? Where did the twins' psycho "mom" come from?
I am glad we found out who Adam and Eve are. I'm bummed that it's not Rose and Bernard or any other set of Losties. That theory about Jacob and MiB being brothers turned out to be true. Man in Black still doesn't have a name. No wonder he gets pissed off and turns into the Smoke Monster! So did MiB become Smokey because Jacob threw him in the water? I have no clue what it is going on with this show and I am done trying to figure it out.
The more I think about tonight's episode the more frustrated I get. There are so many Lost questions that are never going to be answered. I've been a loyal viewer for 5 years and I feel like I'm getting screwed. The writers have been stringing us along all this time. Every episode creates more questions. I'm too mad to even write any more. I probably won't blog for next week's episode or for the finale. What would be the point? Lost is never going to give me what I want. I am ready for Lost to end, but I know that come May 24th, I'll still be heartbroken.
I am glad we found out who Adam and Eve are. I'm bummed that it's not Rose and Bernard or any other set of Losties. That theory about Jacob and MiB being brothers turned out to be true. Man in Black still doesn't have a name. No wonder he gets pissed off and turns into the Smoke Monster! So did MiB become Smokey because Jacob threw him in the water? I have no clue what it is going on with this show and I am done trying to figure it out.
The more I think about tonight's episode the more frustrated I get. There are so many Lost questions that are never going to be answered. I've been a loyal viewer for 5 years and I feel like I'm getting screwed. The writers have been stringing us along all this time. Every episode creates more questions. I'm too mad to even write any more. I probably won't blog for next week's episode or for the finale. What would be the point? Lost is never going to give me what I want. I am ready for Lost to end, but I know that come May 24th, I'll still be heartbroken.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
LOST: The Candidate
OH MY GOD!! I still can't catch my breath from crying so hard tonight. I should have realized I was going to be in trouble when I was crying within the first three minutes of Lost. I know I was begging for a body count, but talk about "be careful what you wish for." This is not what I meant. I wanted Ben and Kate to be taken out.. Maybe even Claire (you know, she's just not that same since she went all Rousseau crazy on us). I didn't think Sun, Jin, Sayid and Lapidus were all going to be taken out at once! AAHHH!! Deep breath, Amanda.. Okay, I think I can go on now.
I loved all the Jack and Locke interaction in the Sideways world. When Helen ran into John's room and kissed him and then hugged Jack too, I started crying. I'm a sucker for Helen and John! This episode had some major Oceanic passenger run-ins. YAY, Bernard! I loved it when he said Jack was flirting with Rose on the plane. Ha ha ha I'm glad we got to find out how Locke ended up in the wheelchair in this timeline. He just can't escape those damn plane crashes. The island world bleeds over into the sideways world, even in Locke's dreams.. "Push the button." "I wish you had believed me." Christian's music box gift to Claire looked just like Rousseau's music box that Rousseau had Sayid repair in season 1. It also played, "Catch a Falling Star." The song that both Claire and Kate have sung to baby Aaron. (It was even the song that played on the airplane mobile the Others had above the crib in Aaron's room in the medical hatch.) When Jack told Claire she could stay with him because they are family, I teared up again. It bummed me out that Locke wouldn't let Jack fix him because Locke felt guilty for injuring his father. I know Anthony Cooper was all sad and pathetic in the nursing home, but I was kind of like, yeah, that's what that kidney stealing con man gets! Did you see Jin pass by in the hospital hallway? Good to know the Kwons are still alive in this timeline. It was also good to see that sideways Jack is learning to let things go. I loved when Jack repeated Locke's words to him, "I wish you had believed me."
So my little sideways tears were nothing compared to my island tears. I still cannot believe that Sun and Jin are dead. At least they died together. It really sucks that we waited all that time for them to be reunited just so to watch them die. One of the cool things about this final season is that a lot of the scenes echo scenes from earlier seasons. Sawyer and Kate got locked up in the bear cages again, but this time with more company. The gang was all back together for another shoot out. Looks like being reunited with the castaways brought some good back to zombie Sayid. I loved when Kate got shot. I was like "Bam! Bitch went down!" Of course, Jack is going to try to save her. He even pulled her from the sinking sub. I did not see the Flocke double cross coming. I was thinking the gang was going to get away for good and that Sawyer had gotten Flocke by pushing him in the water and closing the submarine without him. Then Jack found Flocke's bomb in his backpack. NOOOOO!!!!! I do think Jack was totally right though. If they would have just let the timer countdown on the bomb, it would not have gone off. Flocke cannot kill the candidates. He has to get them to kill each other in some other way. The bomb only went off because Sawyer messed with it. (I can't be mad at him though because he's my love. Even though he did kill four of my favorite Losties.) Ninja Sayid proved that ninjas can die when he took one for the team and ran off with the bomb. When he started telling Jack that Desmond was in the bottom of the well, my hyperventilating crying began. So I was already torn up because Sayid was gone, then Frank "We're not going to Guam, are we?" Lapidus got hit on the head and taken out by the rushing water. More tears.. I loved Lapidus! Once I saw trapped Sun, I knew it was all over. I knew Jin wouldn't leave her and I knew we were going to lose them. I can't even describe how loudly I was sobbing. I think David didn't know what to do with me. I am still devastated. I thought about watching Lost again before I blogged, but I just couldn't handle crying like that again. The worst part was when everything went all slow motion and you could see their hands slipping apart in the water.. AAHHH... Poor Ji Yeon. I was attempting to calm myself down, but then Jack told Hurley that Sun and Jin didn't make it. Hurley lost it, Jack lost it and I lost it again. Even though I'm heartbroken, I really liked this episode. We got lots of action. Things are all lining up for the big finale. I think I'll be done with hour long dramas when Lost ends though. I can't handle being this upset over a tv show.
I was wrong in my last blog that this week would be the Jacob/Man in Black Lost. Next week's episode will be that one. It's called Across the Sea. I've heard Allison Janey is going to be in it. LOVE HER! I also read that there will be no more promos for the upcoming episodes. The finale has also been upped to 2-1/2 hours, instead of just two. That means we have 4-1/2 hours of Lost left. Uh-oh, time for me to cry again....
I loved all the Jack and Locke interaction in the Sideways world. When Helen ran into John's room and kissed him and then hugged Jack too, I started crying. I'm a sucker for Helen and John! This episode had some major Oceanic passenger run-ins. YAY, Bernard! I loved it when he said Jack was flirting with Rose on the plane. Ha ha ha I'm glad we got to find out how Locke ended up in the wheelchair in this timeline. He just can't escape those damn plane crashes. The island world bleeds over into the sideways world, even in Locke's dreams.. "Push the button." "I wish you had believed me." Christian's music box gift to Claire looked just like Rousseau's music box that Rousseau had Sayid repair in season 1. It also played, "Catch a Falling Star." The song that both Claire and Kate have sung to baby Aaron. (It was even the song that played on the airplane mobile the Others had above the crib in Aaron's room in the medical hatch.) When Jack told Claire she could stay with him because they are family, I teared up again. It bummed me out that Locke wouldn't let Jack fix him because Locke felt guilty for injuring his father. I know Anthony Cooper was all sad and pathetic in the nursing home, but I was kind of like, yeah, that's what that kidney stealing con man gets! Did you see Jin pass by in the hospital hallway? Good to know the Kwons are still alive in this timeline. It was also good to see that sideways Jack is learning to let things go. I loved when Jack repeated Locke's words to him, "I wish you had believed me."
So my little sideways tears were nothing compared to my island tears. I still cannot believe that Sun and Jin are dead. At least they died together. It really sucks that we waited all that time for them to be reunited just so to watch them die. One of the cool things about this final season is that a lot of the scenes echo scenes from earlier seasons. Sawyer and Kate got locked up in the bear cages again, but this time with more company. The gang was all back together for another shoot out. Looks like being reunited with the castaways brought some good back to zombie Sayid. I loved when Kate got shot. I was like "Bam! Bitch went down!" Of course, Jack is going to try to save her. He even pulled her from the sinking sub. I did not see the Flocke double cross coming. I was thinking the gang was going to get away for good and that Sawyer had gotten Flocke by pushing him in the water and closing the submarine without him. Then Jack found Flocke's bomb in his backpack. NOOOOO!!!!! I do think Jack was totally right though. If they would have just let the timer countdown on the bomb, it would not have gone off. Flocke cannot kill the candidates. He has to get them to kill each other in some other way. The bomb only went off because Sawyer messed with it. (I can't be mad at him though because he's my love. Even though he did kill four of my favorite Losties.) Ninja Sayid proved that ninjas can die when he took one for the team and ran off with the bomb. When he started telling Jack that Desmond was in the bottom of the well, my hyperventilating crying began. So I was already torn up because Sayid was gone, then Frank "We're not going to Guam, are we?" Lapidus got hit on the head and taken out by the rushing water. More tears.. I loved Lapidus! Once I saw trapped Sun, I knew it was all over. I knew Jin wouldn't leave her and I knew we were going to lose them. I can't even describe how loudly I was sobbing. I think David didn't know what to do with me. I am still devastated. I thought about watching Lost again before I blogged, but I just couldn't handle crying like that again. The worst part was when everything went all slow motion and you could see their hands slipping apart in the water.. AAHHH... Poor Ji Yeon. I was attempting to calm myself down, but then Jack told Hurley that Sun and Jin didn't make it. Hurley lost it, Jack lost it and I lost it again. Even though I'm heartbroken, I really liked this episode. We got lots of action. Things are all lining up for the big finale. I think I'll be done with hour long dramas when Lost ends though. I can't handle being this upset over a tv show.
I was wrong in my last blog that this week would be the Jacob/Man in Black Lost. Next week's episode will be that one. It's called Across the Sea. I've heard Allison Janey is going to be in it. LOVE HER! I also read that there will be no more promos for the upcoming episodes. The finale has also been upped to 2-1/2 hours, instead of just two. That means we have 4-1/2 hours of Lost left. Uh-oh, time for me to cry again....
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
LOST: The Last Recruit
I know that this episode was a set up episode, a way to get our castaways in position for what is to come next. Because of this, I won't be too harsh on it. But I was kind of bored. There were a few amazing moments though, so I guess it all balances out.
"The Last Recruit" had a few OMG! moments. I love that Claire knows she and Jack are brother and sister. It was sweet when she told him it was nice to have family now. I was thrilled that Sun and Jin were FINALLY reunited. I started hyperventilating crying. Such a great moment! How cool was it that her English came back as soon as they hugged? Now that Sun has Jin again, she is complete. Another great scene was when Jack recognized Locke in the mirror in the OR. Could this be the moment he starts remembering his island self? I'm pretty excited that Jack has the chance to fix Locke now. I really enjoyed Flocke and Jack's chat at the beginning of the episode. It was very reminiscent of past Locke and Jack arguing about the island scenes. Flocke admitted to showing himself as Christian and said he did so to help Jack find water. Does this make him a good guy? He seems like he just really wanted to help Jack way back when. I've always thought the Smoke Monster could pose as dead people. Now I wonder though if he also showed up as Christian to Jack when he was off the island. Was it also Smokey as Christian on the freighter right before Michael died? I kind of feel like the writers are going to leave this as the only explanation for dead people randomly showing up because they are running out of time to explain it all. It made me sad when Flocke once again said he picked Locke because he was easily convinced that the island was special. Poor John.
In the sideways world, every one is starting to cross each other's past. I guess Sawyer and Kate aren't each other's constants. They didn't have a flash of memory when they saw each other. Then again, they didn't touch. So maybe the memories only come once they touch their constant. I really thought Sayid was going to get away and was disappointed in our ninja warrior when Sawyer took him down so easily. (Everyone can call Saywer, "James" and "Jim" to their hearts' content, but he will always be Sawyer to me!)Desmond was creepy following Claire around. Can't believe she didn't freak out on him. It was so not cool that Ilana was back too. I was really annoyed when Jack did not say his ex's name when he was on the phone with her. I have to know who is baby mama is!! Why the heck was Sun tripping out when she saw John on the stretcher next to her? Is she remembering the island and what a bad dude Flocke is? Help me with theories on this gang, because I've got nothing.
On the island, everyone has definitely chosen their sides. I did not appreciate Sun and Jin's reunion being interrupted by lil' Miss Tina Fey wannabe and her folks with big guns. Why does Widmore want these guys dead now? I'm so freakin' confused. I loved when Jack jumped off the boat. If he is staying on the island because the island is not done with him, does that mean Flocke is the good guy? Because he still has things for Jack to do? Or is Jack staying because it is his job to take down Flocke and save the day? "We're DONE going back, Kate!" - best line of the night. Good for you, Sawyer. I really thought crazy Claire was going to take Kate out. I sure hope someone kills Kate off soon. I don't think Sayid shot Desmond. At least I really really really hope he didn't. I adore Des. The very last scene with the bomb going off was crazy. Is Jack going to be ok? Flocke grabbed him and carried him off like Forrest grabbing up Bubba. When Flocke told Jack, "You're with me now," does that mean Jack is now claimed? Looks like Jack was the last recruit.
I've read online that someone is going to die and that fans are going to pretty upset about it. I am avoiding spoilers (for the most part), so I don't know who it will be. What is every one's guesses? No new Lost next week. I heard "Ab Aterno" will be replayed. This is so the show won't have to repeat again before the series finale. I've heard the next episode will be Jacob and Man in Black centric. I bet we'll get lots of answers!!
"The Last Recruit" had a few OMG! moments. I love that Claire knows she and Jack are brother and sister. It was sweet when she told him it was nice to have family now. I was thrilled that Sun and Jin were FINALLY reunited. I started hyperventilating crying. Such a great moment! How cool was it that her English came back as soon as they hugged? Now that Sun has Jin again, she is complete. Another great scene was when Jack recognized Locke in the mirror in the OR. Could this be the moment he starts remembering his island self? I'm pretty excited that Jack has the chance to fix Locke now. I really enjoyed Flocke and Jack's chat at the beginning of the episode. It was very reminiscent of past Locke and Jack arguing about the island scenes. Flocke admitted to showing himself as Christian and said he did so to help Jack find water. Does this make him a good guy? He seems like he just really wanted to help Jack way back when. I've always thought the Smoke Monster could pose as dead people. Now I wonder though if he also showed up as Christian to Jack when he was off the island. Was it also Smokey as Christian on the freighter right before Michael died? I kind of feel like the writers are going to leave this as the only explanation for dead people randomly showing up because they are running out of time to explain it all. It made me sad when Flocke once again said he picked Locke because he was easily convinced that the island was special. Poor John.
In the sideways world, every one is starting to cross each other's past. I guess Sawyer and Kate aren't each other's constants. They didn't have a flash of memory when they saw each other. Then again, they didn't touch. So maybe the memories only come once they touch their constant. I really thought Sayid was going to get away and was disappointed in our ninja warrior when Sawyer took him down so easily. (Everyone can call Saywer, "James" and "Jim" to their hearts' content, but he will always be Sawyer to me!)Desmond was creepy following Claire around. Can't believe she didn't freak out on him. It was so not cool that Ilana was back too. I was really annoyed when Jack did not say his ex's name when he was on the phone with her. I have to know who is baby mama is!! Why the heck was Sun tripping out when she saw John on the stretcher next to her? Is she remembering the island and what a bad dude Flocke is? Help me with theories on this gang, because I've got nothing.
On the island, everyone has definitely chosen their sides. I did not appreciate Sun and Jin's reunion being interrupted by lil' Miss Tina Fey wannabe and her folks with big guns. Why does Widmore want these guys dead now? I'm so freakin' confused. I loved when Jack jumped off the boat. If he is staying on the island because the island is not done with him, does that mean Flocke is the good guy? Because he still has things for Jack to do? Or is Jack staying because it is his job to take down Flocke and save the day? "We're DONE going back, Kate!" - best line of the night. Good for you, Sawyer. I really thought crazy Claire was going to take Kate out. I sure hope someone kills Kate off soon. I don't think Sayid shot Desmond. At least I really really really hope he didn't. I adore Des. The very last scene with the bomb going off was crazy. Is Jack going to be ok? Flocke grabbed him and carried him off like Forrest grabbing up Bubba. When Flocke told Jack, "You're with me now," does that mean Jack is now claimed? Looks like Jack was the last recruit.
I've read online that someone is going to die and that fans are going to pretty upset about it. I am avoiding spoilers (for the most part), so I don't know who it will be. What is every one's guesses? No new Lost next week. I heard "Ab Aterno" will be replayed. This is so the show won't have to repeat again before the series finale. I've heard the next episode will be Jacob and Man in Black centric. I bet we'll get lots of answers!!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
LOST: Everyone Loves Hugo
"Kind of makes you think, doesn't it? Ilana. No sooner does she tell you who you are then she blows up. The island was done with her. Makes me wonder what is going to happen when it's done with us." Excellent point, Ben. Excellent episode. We got answers. We got Libby and Hurley's picnic. Love them! Oh and we got explosions! And death! Woo hoo!
I am much happier with the sideways timeline now that we know what it is. I loved that Pierre Chang (Miles' dad) narrated Hurley's award tribute. This was a cool nod to his Dharma orientation videos. I want Hurley's really cool T-Rex shaped award! Even though I knew Libby would be back in this episode, I was so excited to see her! When she and Hurley met up in the restaurant, I totally started crying, especially when Dr. Brooks came to get her. I loved that their sideways storyline mirrored their island one, where Libby helped Hurley when he thought he was crazy. This time he believes in her when she seems crazy. In this timeline Des is going to work by helping reconnect people. Thanks to his encouragement, Hurley decides to go see Libby. It was cool to see Hurley back at Santa Rosa without being a patient. Did you notice the island drawing on the chalkboard in the rec room? Creepy! When they were talking in the mental hospital, I kept yelling at Libby to touch Hurley (I was sure they could hear me) because that had to be the key to helping him remember. So Libby and Hurley finally got to have their picnic. Once Libby kissed him, Hurley remembered knowing her before. Of course, I teared up again. I love these two together. See everyone really does love Hugo!
Back on the island, things got even more interesting. "God help us if that thing ever leaves the island, because if it do.." BOOM! Bye bye stupid Ilana. I'm glad Jack didn't get a little Ilana on him.. like he got some Arnzt! Ha ha Michael's ghost appeared to tell Hurley that they shouldn't blow up the plane. So what's Hurley's new plan? Uh-oh, it's to pull a Locke by blowing up the Black Rock just like Locke blew up the submarine in season 3. So the group split into Team Hurley and Team Richard. I really liked the scene when Hurley confessed to Jack that he wasn't getting directions from Jacob. I liked it because Jack realized and admitted he had to let things go. He can't fix everything. I can proudly say I no longer think of Jack as a huge jerk (I've always been Team Locke, so me and Jack have had some serious issues.)
A few highlights from island time - I did not like the way Sayid ignored Sawyer and went straight to Flocke. I know the Sayid I loved is gone, but I still can't accept it. Sun's face when she didn't find Jin with Team Flocke was pretty sad. I knew Flocke was going to push Desmond down that damn well. Why didn't Des know it too?! What the hell is up with kiddo in the woods? It appears to be the same actor from the last time a kid showed up, but that kid was blonde and bloody. (Just checked IMDB.com and it's the same actor.) This kid had dark hair. Who the heck is he??!! Old Smokey's smile when he saw Jack was just plain creepy! He must be excited because he thinks his plan is falling all into place.
Finally dumbass Michael apologized for killing Libby. (I still give him props for taking out Ana Louhoa though.) The Whispers come from dead people who are trapped on the island. These spirits cannot move on because of the bad things they did in life. Does this mean every ghost Hurley sees is bad? If that's the case, then doesn't that make Jacob bad? Or is it just the ones who make the whispering noises before they appear? Can the whispering ghosts only show up on the island? He sees Mr.Eko and Charlie both off island. The Whispers have appeared before Walt before but as far as we've seen Walt isn't dead. I'm kind of confused about this whole thing. I think the show just wanted to give an answer for the Whispers and we're just supposed to accept it. But the Whispers appeared before Ben saw his mom when he was a little kid. Does that mean mom was a baddie too? I guess I'll just assume that was Old Smokey using Emily Linus' body to recruit Ben over to Team Other. Just like Old Smokey showed up as Yemi to Eko.
I think I figured out how Desmond is going to fix Flocke. Flocke has shown traces of John Locke already. This has to be original Locke bleeding over into Fake Locke. I think Des is going to talk to Flocke and somehow get Locke to come out in him. Locke's goodness will override Flocke's evilness. Desmond hit sideways John with his car so that John can have a near death experience and remember his island self. Hopefully when John starts to remember, he can start to overtake Flocke's spirit inside his body. I hope the writers know how much we love Locke and that the show cannot end with Old Smokey still in good old John's body!
Next week's episode is called "The Last Recruit" and is rumored to be a multi-centric one. I know it'll be a good one because the story is finally back on track and moving along quickly. FYI, the creepy music in next week's promo is from the original Willy Wonka. (Thanks, Yesenia for figuring that out!) It's "The Wonderous Boat Ride." The song Willy Wonka sings when they are traveling through that freaky tunnel. I just re-watched the clip and there was an eye close-up and crazy brainwashing looking stuff. How very Lost!
I am much happier with the sideways timeline now that we know what it is. I loved that Pierre Chang (Miles' dad) narrated Hurley's award tribute. This was a cool nod to his Dharma orientation videos. I want Hurley's really cool T-Rex shaped award! Even though I knew Libby would be back in this episode, I was so excited to see her! When she and Hurley met up in the restaurant, I totally started crying, especially when Dr. Brooks came to get her. I loved that their sideways storyline mirrored their island one, where Libby helped Hurley when he thought he was crazy. This time he believes in her when she seems crazy. In this timeline Des is going to work by helping reconnect people. Thanks to his encouragement, Hurley decides to go see Libby. It was cool to see Hurley back at Santa Rosa without being a patient. Did you notice the island drawing on the chalkboard in the rec room? Creepy! When they were talking in the mental hospital, I kept yelling at Libby to touch Hurley (I was sure they could hear me) because that had to be the key to helping him remember. So Libby and Hurley finally got to have their picnic. Once Libby kissed him, Hurley remembered knowing her before. Of course, I teared up again. I love these two together. See everyone really does love Hugo!
Back on the island, things got even more interesting. "God help us if that thing ever leaves the island, because if it do.." BOOM! Bye bye stupid Ilana. I'm glad Jack didn't get a little Ilana on him.. like he got some Arnzt! Ha ha Michael's ghost appeared to tell Hurley that they shouldn't blow up the plane. So what's Hurley's new plan? Uh-oh, it's to pull a Locke by blowing up the Black Rock just like Locke blew up the submarine in season 3. So the group split into Team Hurley and Team Richard. I really liked the scene when Hurley confessed to Jack that he wasn't getting directions from Jacob. I liked it because Jack realized and admitted he had to let things go. He can't fix everything. I can proudly say I no longer think of Jack as a huge jerk (I've always been Team Locke, so me and Jack have had some serious issues.)
A few highlights from island time - I did not like the way Sayid ignored Sawyer and went straight to Flocke. I know the Sayid I loved is gone, but I still can't accept it. Sun's face when she didn't find Jin with Team Flocke was pretty sad. I knew Flocke was going to push Desmond down that damn well. Why didn't Des know it too?! What the hell is up with kiddo in the woods? It appears to be the same actor from the last time a kid showed up, but that kid was blonde and bloody. (Just checked IMDB.com and it's the same actor.) This kid had dark hair. Who the heck is he??!! Old Smokey's smile when he saw Jack was just plain creepy! He must be excited because he thinks his plan is falling all into place.
Finally dumbass Michael apologized for killing Libby. (I still give him props for taking out Ana Louhoa though.) The Whispers come from dead people who are trapped on the island. These spirits cannot move on because of the bad things they did in life. Does this mean every ghost Hurley sees is bad? If that's the case, then doesn't that make Jacob bad? Or is it just the ones who make the whispering noises before they appear? Can the whispering ghosts only show up on the island? He sees Mr.Eko and Charlie both off island. The Whispers have appeared before Walt before but as far as we've seen Walt isn't dead. I'm kind of confused about this whole thing. I think the show just wanted to give an answer for the Whispers and we're just supposed to accept it. But the Whispers appeared before Ben saw his mom when he was a little kid. Does that mean mom was a baddie too? I guess I'll just assume that was Old Smokey using Emily Linus' body to recruit Ben over to Team Other. Just like Old Smokey showed up as Yemi to Eko.
I think I figured out how Desmond is going to fix Flocke. Flocke has shown traces of John Locke already. This has to be original Locke bleeding over into Fake Locke. I think Des is going to talk to Flocke and somehow get Locke to come out in him. Locke's goodness will override Flocke's evilness. Desmond hit sideways John with his car so that John can have a near death experience and remember his island self. Hopefully when John starts to remember, he can start to overtake Flocke's spirit inside his body. I hope the writers know how much we love Locke and that the show cannot end with Old Smokey still in good old John's body!
Next week's episode is called "The Last Recruit" and is rumored to be a multi-centric one. I know it'll be a good one because the story is finally back on track and moving along quickly. FYI, the creepy music in next week's promo is from the original Willy Wonka. (Thanks, Yesenia for figuring that out!) It's "The Wonderous Boat Ride." The song Willy Wonka sings when they are traveling through that freaky tunnel. I just re-watched the clip and there was an eye close-up and crazy brainwashing looking stuff. How very Lost!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
LOST: Happily Ever After
OH MY GOD! Did I just figure Lost out? Did they just give us a huge chunk of what we need to know??!! We got Desmond, Charlie AND Daniel tonight all in one episode!! I am such a happy girl.
Desmond episodes always give us so much information. My brain is kind of on overload. So let me start at the beginning. Widmore has come to the island and brought Desmond so Des can be exposed to another electromagnetic event. Charles must have figured out that Des moves through time or consciousness whenever he's exposed to the island's huge pockets of electromagnetic activity. As Desmond gets blasted in the scary box, he moves to the sideways timeline.
In the sideways timeline, Desmond has just landed in LA. He meets Claire and predicts she will have a boy. Looks like some of Desmond's psychic ability is back. We find out he works for Widmore (who's office is now based in LA, not London and who's office artwork is balanced scales now and not the big scary polar bear piece) and he is picked up by George (who we first saw on the freighter in season 4). Desmond meets up with Charlie. YAY Charlie! I'm so glad we found out why Charlie was so mad when Jack saved his life. It's because he was seeing Claire in a vision/near death experience or whatever you want to call it. Several things Charlie told Desmond seemed to be really significant. He asked if Des had experienced "conscious-altering love." He also said he had seen the truth and that when he saw Claire it was as if they had always been and always will be. Desmond thinks "there's always a choice, brother" so he doesn't take Charlie seriously. Charlie has to show Desmond the truth, so Charlie drives the car in the water. This is when things start to get really good. I loved the moment when Desmond flashed and saw/remembered Charlie's hand with "Not Penny's boat" written on it. When Desmond is put in the MRI (more electromagnetism), he has more flashes of Penny. Love it!
In the hospital, Charlie runs away and yells that "None of this matters." This sideways timeline is just a means to an end. In this timeline, the Oceanic passengers have whatever it is they think they wanted. Ms.Hawking/now Mrs.Widmore tells Des that he has what he wanted, which is Widmore's approval. Yes, he has Widmore's approval and money and a good job, but at what cost? He doesn't have love and doesn't even yet realize what he is missing out on. Eloise seems to recognize Desmond when he introduced himself to her. Just like in the original island timeline, Eloise won't help Desmond get what he wants. She won't let him see the party guest list (yet another Lost list, like with the Others and Jacob) with Penny on it. She wants him to stop looking for whatever he's looking for. I think she's trying to stop Desmond this time because Daniel is alive in this timeline and she wants to keep it that way. If Des changes something she may lose her son once again.
Daniel Faraday/now Widmore manages to stop Desmond before he can leave. Just like in the island timeline, Daniel helps Des. I was so happy to have Daniel back. I love love love love him!! I think he is a flipping genius. He has realized that maybe this wasn't supposed to be their lives and that they did something to change it. "I think I already did" set off a nuclear bomb. He tells Des that Penny is his half-sister and where Des can find her. I love Daniel because he knows all and fixes all. He doesn't work against people like his crazy mom! Now Desmond and Penny can be reunited yet again!
Des finds Pen running at the stadium where he met Jack in "another life, brother." As soon as he touches her hand, he flashes back to the island. His "unique talent," as Widmore put it, is what is going to save them all. Des is ready to follow through with Widmore's plan now. Then Sayid comes along ninja style, kills some dude and tells Desmond to come with him. Is this part of Des and Charles' plan? To get Des over to Flocke's side so he can get his castaway friends back?
Desmond flashes back to sideways time and Penny seems to recognize him. They agree to meet for coffee (I bet it's the same coffee shop where he met Libby so long ago.) I totally teared up because I am such a sucker for Desmond and Penny. I love them so much! When Des gets back in the limo, he asks George to get him the manifest of all the Oceanic 815 passengers. Desmond "needs to show them something." Des is going to save the day!!
Lost is all about love. Darlton has said that the heart of the show has always been a love story. So here is Desmond's mission: he has to reunite every Oceanic 815 passenger with their constant in the sideways timeline. I bet this means Sawyer will end up with Juliet (because Jack will end up with Kate or Kate will die and Jack will be the new Jacob) and they'll go on their dutch coffee date. Gross. So the sideways timeline exists so Desmond can get everyone with who they are supposed to be with. It exists because they decided to detonate the nuclear bomb, but it didn't make things any better. It's just more things that needs to be corrected. Does Desmond have to get everyone off island to have a near death experience to make them see their loved one? Or does he just have to help them remember what happened when the plane crashed? When everyone gets with who they are supposed to be with will it just create a new timeline? Or will the timelines come together? Or will one of the timelines just cease to exist altogether? Will Des have to remind Team Flocke of who they are supposed to be with too? I love that Desmond will play a major factor in saving the day!!
I am so pumped the story is finally picking up. I cannot believe there are only 5 episodes and the series finale left. It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Next week is a Hurley episode. YAY! Although I don't know if anything can top the triple treat of Desmond, Daniel and Charlie!
Desmond episodes always give us so much information. My brain is kind of on overload. So let me start at the beginning. Widmore has come to the island and brought Desmond so Des can be exposed to another electromagnetic event. Charles must have figured out that Des moves through time or consciousness whenever he's exposed to the island's huge pockets of electromagnetic activity. As Desmond gets blasted in the scary box, he moves to the sideways timeline.
In the sideways timeline, Desmond has just landed in LA. He meets Claire and predicts she will have a boy. Looks like some of Desmond's psychic ability is back. We find out he works for Widmore (who's office is now based in LA, not London and who's office artwork is balanced scales now and not the big scary polar bear piece) and he is picked up by George (who we first saw on the freighter in season 4). Desmond meets up with Charlie. YAY Charlie! I'm so glad we found out why Charlie was so mad when Jack saved his life. It's because he was seeing Claire in a vision/near death experience or whatever you want to call it. Several things Charlie told Desmond seemed to be really significant. He asked if Des had experienced "conscious-altering love." He also said he had seen the truth and that when he saw Claire it was as if they had always been and always will be. Desmond thinks "there's always a choice, brother" so he doesn't take Charlie seriously. Charlie has to show Desmond the truth, so Charlie drives the car in the water. This is when things start to get really good. I loved the moment when Desmond flashed and saw/remembered Charlie's hand with "Not Penny's boat" written on it. When Desmond is put in the MRI (more electromagnetism), he has more flashes of Penny. Love it!
In the hospital, Charlie runs away and yells that "None of this matters." This sideways timeline is just a means to an end. In this timeline, the Oceanic passengers have whatever it is they think they wanted. Ms.Hawking/now Mrs.Widmore tells Des that he has what he wanted, which is Widmore's approval. Yes, he has Widmore's approval and money and a good job, but at what cost? He doesn't have love and doesn't even yet realize what he is missing out on. Eloise seems to recognize Desmond when he introduced himself to her. Just like in the original island timeline, Eloise won't help Desmond get what he wants. She won't let him see the party guest list (yet another Lost list, like with the Others and Jacob) with Penny on it. She wants him to stop looking for whatever he's looking for. I think she's trying to stop Desmond this time because Daniel is alive in this timeline and she wants to keep it that way. If Des changes something she may lose her son once again.
Daniel Faraday/now Widmore manages to stop Desmond before he can leave. Just like in the island timeline, Daniel helps Des. I was so happy to have Daniel back. I love love love love him!! I think he is a flipping genius. He has realized that maybe this wasn't supposed to be their lives and that they did something to change it. "I think I already did" set off a nuclear bomb. He tells Des that Penny is his half-sister and where Des can find her. I love Daniel because he knows all and fixes all. He doesn't work against people like his crazy mom! Now Desmond and Penny can be reunited yet again!
Des finds Pen running at the stadium where he met Jack in "another life, brother." As soon as he touches her hand, he flashes back to the island. His "unique talent," as Widmore put it, is what is going to save them all. Des is ready to follow through with Widmore's plan now. Then Sayid comes along ninja style, kills some dude and tells Desmond to come with him. Is this part of Des and Charles' plan? To get Des over to Flocke's side so he can get his castaway friends back?
Desmond flashes back to sideways time and Penny seems to recognize him. They agree to meet for coffee (I bet it's the same coffee shop where he met Libby so long ago.) I totally teared up because I am such a sucker for Desmond and Penny. I love them so much! When Des gets back in the limo, he asks George to get him the manifest of all the Oceanic 815 passengers. Desmond "needs to show them something." Des is going to save the day!!
Lost is all about love. Darlton has said that the heart of the show has always been a love story. So here is Desmond's mission: he has to reunite every Oceanic 815 passenger with their constant in the sideways timeline. I bet this means Sawyer will end up with Juliet (because Jack will end up with Kate or Kate will die and Jack will be the new Jacob) and they'll go on their dutch coffee date. Gross. So the sideways timeline exists so Desmond can get everyone with who they are supposed to be with. It exists because they decided to detonate the nuclear bomb, but it didn't make things any better. It's just more things that needs to be corrected. Does Desmond have to get everyone off island to have a near death experience to make them see their loved one? Or does he just have to help them remember what happened when the plane crashed? When everyone gets with who they are supposed to be with will it just create a new timeline? Or will the timelines come together? Or will one of the timelines just cease to exist altogether? Will Des have to remind Team Flocke of who they are supposed to be with too? I love that Desmond will play a major factor in saving the day!!
I am so pumped the story is finally picking up. I cannot believe there are only 5 episodes and the series finale left. It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Next week is a Hurley episode. YAY! Although I don't know if anything can top the triple treat of Desmond, Daniel and Charlie!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
LOST: The Package
Whew.. I really want this whole Lost story to go differently. I have no idea what this episode accomplished. I was happy that Desmond appeared. But come on, I realized he was behind that sub door two weeks ago when we first saw it. (Or I thought maybe it was Ji Yeon.) It always kills me when the "big reveal" of the episode is underwhelming. Oh and how annoying was the stupid V countdown on the bottom right hand side of the screen??! I don't watch V, ABC, so make it go away!
I am sick of the sideways timeline. I want it to be gone. Sun and Jin weren't married yet in this one and had to hide their love. It seems Sun's dad is a jerkface in either timeline. We found out how Jin got in Keamy's fridge and what happened after Sayid found Jin. The only cool part of this timeline was that good old Other one-eyed Mikhail appeared. It was pretty badass when Jin shot Mikhail in the eye. That's for killing Charlie, you bastard! My main problem with the sideways stories is that the stories are never completed in that given hour. This is frustrating because that means the story will have to be completed in another episode. In another episode that could be giving us answers to amazing island and original Lost questions. I want everything to be wrapped up in a big pretty bow and it just doesn't seem like that is going to happen. Cool question that Yesenia posed tonight - Could the sideways timeline have happened before the plane crashed? I don't have an explanation for how this would work, but it seems like a cool idea. After all, we did see Mikhail lose his eye..
Meanwhile back on the island, we still didn't get a Kwon reunion. There was some cool stuff happening over here though. I loved the moment when Jin saw the pics of Ji Yeon (this was also super nice of Widmore). I started crying like a baby. Now I'm afraid Jin is going to die before he can get back to Sun. It was super awesome to see Room 23 (where Alex, Sawyer and Kate rescued Karl in season 3) and the crazy brainwashing stuff. - "We are the causes of our own suffering." I have to say as a Lost fan I relate to this. I suffer from frustration because I cannot stop watching this show, which cause me immense aggravation, therefore causing my own suffering! AAH!! - It was good to have Richard back with a plan. Now that Flocke has gone to speak to Widmore, it seems the battle is about to begin. Widmore seems like he is a good guy, even though he had Jin kidnapped. He doesn't want MIB to get off the island. Guess he'll be working Alpert just like the good old days.
This episode echoed so many moments from past episodes. Sun in her garden again, Sun only being able to speak Korean but understanding English (like Jin in the early seasons), Sun having to write down things like Locke in season 3 when he couldn't talk after the hatch blew, Sayid leaving Jin to wiggle out of the tape like when Locke left Boone all tied up or anytime Kate has been stuck in some dang handcuffs, Jack promising another promise that he probably can't keep, Widmore demanded "the package" from the sub just like Ben demanding "the man from Tallahassee," the gang being attacked with darts and someone getting dragged off... How very Other.
I do have a love/hate relationship with Lost. I love that it always leaves me wanting more. I hate that it always leaves me wanting more. At least the show always gets a reaction out of me. Even when the show disappoints me, I anxiously await the following Tuesday because I continue to have hope in the show. Next week is a Desmond episode. My heart is singing because Des episodes are among my favorite. "Flashes Before Your Eyes" and "The Constant" are both filled with OMG moments. Here's hoping our last Desmond episode gives some big answers! Des and Penny can't disappoint!
I am sick of the sideways timeline. I want it to be gone. Sun and Jin weren't married yet in this one and had to hide their love. It seems Sun's dad is a jerkface in either timeline. We found out how Jin got in Keamy's fridge and what happened after Sayid found Jin. The only cool part of this timeline was that good old Other one-eyed Mikhail appeared. It was pretty badass when Jin shot Mikhail in the eye. That's for killing Charlie, you bastard! My main problem with the sideways stories is that the stories are never completed in that given hour. This is frustrating because that means the story will have to be completed in another episode. In another episode that could be giving us answers to amazing island and original Lost questions. I want everything to be wrapped up in a big pretty bow and it just doesn't seem like that is going to happen. Cool question that Yesenia posed tonight - Could the sideways timeline have happened before the plane crashed? I don't have an explanation for how this would work, but it seems like a cool idea. After all, we did see Mikhail lose his eye..
Meanwhile back on the island, we still didn't get a Kwon reunion. There was some cool stuff happening over here though. I loved the moment when Jin saw the pics of Ji Yeon (this was also super nice of Widmore). I started crying like a baby. Now I'm afraid Jin is going to die before he can get back to Sun. It was super awesome to see Room 23 (where Alex, Sawyer and Kate rescued Karl in season 3) and the crazy brainwashing stuff. - "We are the causes of our own suffering." I have to say as a Lost fan I relate to this. I suffer from frustration because I cannot stop watching this show, which cause me immense aggravation, therefore causing my own suffering! AAH!! - It was good to have Richard back with a plan. Now that Flocke has gone to speak to Widmore, it seems the battle is about to begin. Widmore seems like he is a good guy, even though he had Jin kidnapped. He doesn't want MIB to get off the island. Guess he'll be working Alpert just like the good old days.
This episode echoed so many moments from past episodes. Sun in her garden again, Sun only being able to speak Korean but understanding English (like Jin in the early seasons), Sun having to write down things like Locke in season 3 when he couldn't talk after the hatch blew, Sayid leaving Jin to wiggle out of the tape like when Locke left Boone all tied up or anytime Kate has been stuck in some dang handcuffs, Jack promising another promise that he probably can't keep, Widmore demanded "the package" from the sub just like Ben demanding "the man from Tallahassee," the gang being attacked with darts and someone getting dragged off... How very Other.
I do have a love/hate relationship with Lost. I love that it always leaves me wanting more. I hate that it always leaves me wanting more. At least the show always gets a reaction out of me. Even when the show disappoints me, I anxiously await the following Tuesday because I continue to have hope in the show. Next week is a Desmond episode. My heart is singing because Des episodes are among my favorite. "Flashes Before Your Eyes" and "The Constant" are both filled with OMG moments. Here's hoping our last Desmond episode gives some big answers! Des and Penny can't disappoint!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Yep, I'm a LOST nerd
I seen a bunch of really funny and cool fan-made Lost videos in the past few days. I just had to share them.
Because as David pointed out, the island is obviously the Hellmouth. We just need Buffy to come rough up Flocke and everything will be all good.
What if Miles and Sawyer had their own cop show??!
Lost + Superbad = HILARIOUS!
Sawyer and his nicknames..
Dude!
Because as David pointed out, the island is obviously the Hellmouth. We just need Buffy to come rough up Flocke and everything will be all good.
What if Miles and Sawyer had their own cop show??!
Lost + Superbad = HILARIOUS!
Sawyer and his nicknames..
Dude!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
LOST: Ab Aeterno
BEST EPISODE OF SEASON 6 SO FAR!!! I love love love Richard Alpert! We got answers! We didn't have to sit through another lame sideways story. We got 6 extra minutes of the show! HUR RAH!
We finally got Richard's back story. We now know the statue was broken by the Black Rock. This was a cool way to answer two questions at once. The island exists to serve as a cork, as a way to keep pure evil out of the rest of the world. This is what I've been waiting for.. answer, answer, answer!
This episode had several scenes where previous episodes dialogue was repeated. When the Man in Black freed Richard he told him it was good to see him out of chains. Just like he did as Flocke at the beginning of this season. Also the part where Richard talks about them all being dead and in hell is just like when Anthony Cooper told Locke they were in hell. The trippest scene repeat was when MIB told Richard he had to stab Jacob with the dagger before Jacob spoke. It's word for word what Dogen told Sayid to do to MIB/Flocke/Old Smokey (whatever you want to call him.) It made me wonder if Jacob and the MIB switched places somehow. Or maybe they can both only be killed the same way. Or maybe not because Jacob did talk before Ben stabbed him..
It looks like our friend Sayid is really gone. It was sad when he told Flocke he couldn't feel anything at all anymore. I liked the "Ghost" moment when Hurley spoke for Isabella to Richard. I'm glad we got to see what Jacob told Ilana her job on the island would be. It was also cool to see Jacob assign Richard his role as island go-between. This makes me question how much Richard knows about the island though. It doesn't seem like Jacob gave him much guidance. That sucks because then Richard is no better than Ben, who just did stuff because he was told to but without any real understanding of why or what was going on. Richard must have gained island knowledge just by residing on it.. Oh and from being 140 years old! I've always assumed Alpert had ALL the island answers though.
I still wonder why Widmore has come to the island. Is he Team Jacob or Team Flocke? Is he there to try to take Jacob's place?
I read one recap that mentioned how Richard looked directly at Jack and said, "You're dead," which seemed to indicate that specifically Jack was dead. Then Richard said that they were all dead and in hell, but I think the Jack look could have been significant. I've always thought Jack's "he walks among us, but is not one of us" tattoo was important. I also think that someone we have always viewed as a good guy is going to be revealed as a big bad guy. (It's the only significance I can find in the Nikki and Paulo episode. Nikki was on a tv show where her boss, who was the show's hero, ended up being the bad guy behind the whole deal. That was there to tell us something!) Plus, David and I have long held the theory that Jack was not in the plane crash. He wakes up so far from everyone else and he says that he blacked out and woke up there. Anthony Cooper also mentions blacking out and then all of the sudden he was on the island. Anthony was brought by the Others to the island. Maybe Jack has been dead this whole time. So I think somewhere down the line we're gonna learn Jack's not a good guy. Thoughts?
Next week is a Sun and Jin episode. We better get their happy reunion! We've only been waiting forever for it!
We finally got Richard's back story. We now know the statue was broken by the Black Rock. This was a cool way to answer two questions at once. The island exists to serve as a cork, as a way to keep pure evil out of the rest of the world. This is what I've been waiting for.. answer, answer, answer!
This episode had several scenes where previous episodes dialogue was repeated. When the Man in Black freed Richard he told him it was good to see him out of chains. Just like he did as Flocke at the beginning of this season. Also the part where Richard talks about them all being dead and in hell is just like when Anthony Cooper told Locke they were in hell. The trippest scene repeat was when MIB told Richard he had to stab Jacob with the dagger before Jacob spoke. It's word for word what Dogen told Sayid to do to MIB/Flocke/Old Smokey (whatever you want to call him.) It made me wonder if Jacob and the MIB switched places somehow. Or maybe they can both only be killed the same way. Or maybe not because Jacob did talk before Ben stabbed him..
It looks like our friend Sayid is really gone. It was sad when he told Flocke he couldn't feel anything at all anymore. I liked the "Ghost" moment when Hurley spoke for Isabella to Richard. I'm glad we got to see what Jacob told Ilana her job on the island would be. It was also cool to see Jacob assign Richard his role as island go-between. This makes me question how much Richard knows about the island though. It doesn't seem like Jacob gave him much guidance. That sucks because then Richard is no better than Ben, who just did stuff because he was told to but without any real understanding of why or what was going on. Richard must have gained island knowledge just by residing on it.. Oh and from being 140 years old! I've always assumed Alpert had ALL the island answers though.
I still wonder why Widmore has come to the island. Is he Team Jacob or Team Flocke? Is he there to try to take Jacob's place?
I read one recap that mentioned how Richard looked directly at Jack and said, "You're dead," which seemed to indicate that specifically Jack was dead. Then Richard said that they were all dead and in hell, but I think the Jack look could have been significant. I've always thought Jack's "he walks among us, but is not one of us" tattoo was important. I also think that someone we have always viewed as a good guy is going to be revealed as a big bad guy. (It's the only significance I can find in the Nikki and Paulo episode. Nikki was on a tv show where her boss, who was the show's hero, ended up being the bad guy behind the whole deal. That was there to tell us something!) Plus, David and I have long held the theory that Jack was not in the plane crash. He wakes up so far from everyone else and he says that he blacked out and woke up there. Anthony Cooper also mentions blacking out and then all of the sudden he was on the island. Anthony was brought by the Others to the island. Maybe Jack has been dead this whole time. So I think somewhere down the line we're gonna learn Jack's not a good guy. Thoughts?
Next week is a Sun and Jin episode. We better get their happy reunion! We've only been waiting forever for it!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
LOST: Recon
The best thing I can say about this episode is that it was a Sawyer episode. Woo hoo! Hot, shirtless, cop Sawyer! I continue to be frustrated with this show though.
The sideways timeline is boring. The point of them needs to be revealed soon. It better be something amazing. And it had better be worth putting up with these yawn inducing moments. I liked Sawyer as a cop. I liked that he and Miles were partners. I liked seeing Sawyer watching "Little House." Ha ha ha I didn't like that Charlotte was back. Yuck! (P.S. Are we getting NO Faraday this season?! I guess dead really is dead.) Charlotte works with Miles' dad at a museum. So that means Pierre Chang/Marvin Candle/Edgar Halifax stayed with his family and sideways Miles grew up with his dad. Sawyer's parents still died and Anthony Cooper is still to blame. Maybe this world is the world where Jacob touched the castaways. The island timeline could be what happened without Jacob's touch. The only problem with that theory is that Hurley and Sayid were both touched after the plane crash... Since Sawyer is a cop, he was being genuinely concerned when he told Hurley to be careful about telling people how much money Hurley is worth. Though I am confused why Sawyer helped Kate escape at the airport. That's not a very cop thing to do.
The island storyline aggravated me. More new characters?! REALLY?! At least we learned they worked for Widmore. I'm glad Widmore has finally arrived on the island. I think this will help the story progress more quickly. So Sawyer tells Flocke one thing and Widmore another, but ultimately all he wants is the submarine. He's gonna take him and Kate off the island. I loved when he visited the cages and held her dress. He still loves Kate! Eff Juliet! Crazies moment of the night - Sayid sitting there calmly while Claire attacked Kate. That is so not like our ninja Sayid! I guess the infection has completely taken him over. I love Claire, but I still liked the part when Flocke slapped her. That was unexpected. It was cool that we got some Flocke backstory about his crazy mom. But that only brings up more questions too. New major question of the week: What/who is in the locked room on the submarine? Hopefully, it's Desmond!!!
Next week's Lost looks promising. I am so excited that Richard Alpert is getting his own episode. I also gave up and read several Lost spoilers. (I just can't handle not knowing stuff.) It seems like some good stuff will be coming up. There are only 8 episodes of Lost left...
The sideways timeline is boring. The point of them needs to be revealed soon. It better be something amazing. And it had better be worth putting up with these yawn inducing moments. I liked Sawyer as a cop. I liked that he and Miles were partners. I liked seeing Sawyer watching "Little House." Ha ha ha I didn't like that Charlotte was back. Yuck! (P.S. Are we getting NO Faraday this season?! I guess dead really is dead.) Charlotte works with Miles' dad at a museum. So that means Pierre Chang/Marvin Candle/Edgar Halifax stayed with his family and sideways Miles grew up with his dad. Sawyer's parents still died and Anthony Cooper is still to blame. Maybe this world is the world where Jacob touched the castaways. The island timeline could be what happened without Jacob's touch. The only problem with that theory is that Hurley and Sayid were both touched after the plane crash... Since Sawyer is a cop, he was being genuinely concerned when he told Hurley to be careful about telling people how much money Hurley is worth. Though I am confused why Sawyer helped Kate escape at the airport. That's not a very cop thing to do.
The island storyline aggravated me. More new characters?! REALLY?! At least we learned they worked for Widmore. I'm glad Widmore has finally arrived on the island. I think this will help the story progress more quickly. So Sawyer tells Flocke one thing and Widmore another, but ultimately all he wants is the submarine. He's gonna take him and Kate off the island. I loved when he visited the cages and held her dress. He still loves Kate! Eff Juliet! Crazies moment of the night - Sayid sitting there calmly while Claire attacked Kate. That is so not like our ninja Sayid! I guess the infection has completely taken him over. I love Claire, but I still liked the part when Flocke slapped her. That was unexpected. It was cool that we got some Flocke backstory about his crazy mom. But that only brings up more questions too. New major question of the week: What/who is in the locked room on the submarine? Hopefully, it's Desmond!!!
Next week's Lost looks promising. I am so excited that Richard Alpert is getting his own episode. I also gave up and read several Lost spoilers. (I just can't handle not knowing stuff.) It seems like some good stuff will be coming up. There are only 8 episodes of Lost left...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
LOST: Dr. Linus
So, I really do not have much to say about this episode of Lost. It was better than last week, that is for sure, but it's not an episode that I cared much about.
I was very disappointed that Ilana did not kill Ben. Ben has been such a monster, that I think he is beyond redemption. He did the right thing by choosing Alex over himself in the sideways timeline, but I still don't like him. It does not make him a better person. Even if he's shown to be the good guy at the end of Lost, I'll still never like him. I loved watching how scared Ben was to be tied up and digging his own grave. That was pretty awesome.
I am glad we finally got some Richard Alpert answers. He did come over on the Black Rock and he and Jack can't die yet. The Island must still have "work" for them to do. Richard said he can't kill himself because Jacob touched him and cursed him. Does that mean all the castaways that Jacob touched can't die yet too? Amanda emailed that Jin must be one of the candidates (you know, because the debate is if Kwon is Sun or Jin) and that is why he didn't die when the freighter blew up. I love that idea!
The scene when Team Ilana was on the beach and Jack, Hurley and Richard came around the corner totally made me cry. It was such a classic season 1 reunion episode ending scene. Aah.. I miss the good old Lost days.
I don't know anything about next week's episode. I am starting to panic because there are only 9 episodes left. EEK!
I was very disappointed that Ilana did not kill Ben. Ben has been such a monster, that I think he is beyond redemption. He did the right thing by choosing Alex over himself in the sideways timeline, but I still don't like him. It does not make him a better person. Even if he's shown to be the good guy at the end of Lost, I'll still never like him. I loved watching how scared Ben was to be tied up and digging his own grave. That was pretty awesome.
I am glad we finally got some Richard Alpert answers. He did come over on the Black Rock and he and Jack can't die yet. The Island must still have "work" for them to do. Richard said he can't kill himself because Jacob touched him and cursed him. Does that mean all the castaways that Jacob touched can't die yet too? Amanda emailed that Jin must be one of the candidates (you know, because the debate is if Kwon is Sun or Jin) and that is why he didn't die when the freighter blew up. I love that idea!
The scene when Team Ilana was on the beach and Jack, Hurley and Richard came around the corner totally made me cry. It was such a classic season 1 reunion episode ending scene. Aah.. I miss the good old Lost days.
I don't know anything about next week's episode. I am starting to panic because there are only 9 episodes left. EEK!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
LOST: Sundown
Well, I was wrong and this week was not a Sun and Jin episode. We got a Sayid one instead. I normally love me some Sayid, but this episode was just okay. "Sundown" did get pretty crazy at the end though and that was cool.
Sideways Sayid is not with Nadia. Sadly, she is married to his brother. This was really disappointing. It's good that Nadia is still alive in this one, but what's the point if she can't be with Sayid? This flash was boring, so I'm not spending much time on it. Especially because any questions I ask are not going to get answered. The Lost writers must think the viewers enjoy being strung along with more randomness. I was not expecting Keamy to show up again, so that was a surprise when he was revealed as Omar's loan shark. I love that sideways Sayid is still a badass and killed old white trash Keamy face. Jack was in the hospital hallway and Jin showed up in the closet. So the island folks continue to show up in each other's lives.
At least a few things got answered in Sayid's island timeline. Dogen told Sayid that he killed his son in a drunk driving accident and Jacob gave him a chance to save his son by coming to the island. Since Dogen's son got to live if Dogen left, this must be mean the two separate timelines always exist. Jacob must seek out people who are seeking redemption or looking to correct past mistakes to come to the island. Dogen also talked about the good and evil in everyone and how one side outweighs the otehr. I guess that explains the white and black rocks on the scale.
Old Smokey didn't die when Sayid stabbed him. I didn't see any blood on the dagger when Flocke handed it back to Sayid. So Flocke is invincible and bloodless? And he's evil incarnate? Dang, I was still pulling for Flocke to be the good guy. The coolest part of the hour was when Old Smokey let loose and started killing everyone in the Temple. When he passed over Kate, she got a calm look on her face. Has Flocke managed to pull her to his side? I always knew her evil outweighed her good. It looks like loony Clairousseau is going to kill Kate. I'm glad we got some Miles time because I love him!
Lost seems to just repeat itself over and over again. Sayid and Flocke's interaction in the jungle was very Locke and Ben. Remember when Ben asked Locke what if he could have anything he wanted (via the box) in season 3? Remember Ben saying whoever was coming on the freighter wanted everyone one the island dead in season 4? Remember the Others instructing Hurley to deliver a message at the end of season 2?
I liked the end with the Temple destruction because things are finally starting to happen. People are choosing sides (Miles with Team Lapidus and Kate with Team Flocke) which means that some action is going to start. The big battle that this has all been leading up to is finally beginning. I'm ready for some people to start dying. I figured Lost's final season would have a higher body count. Next week's episode is called "Dr. Linus." Ben-centric = boo There are only 10 episodes of Lost left. I sure hope some awesome stuff starts happening.
Sideways Sayid is not with Nadia. Sadly, she is married to his brother. This was really disappointing. It's good that Nadia is still alive in this one, but what's the point if she can't be with Sayid? This flash was boring, so I'm not spending much time on it. Especially because any questions I ask are not going to get answered. The Lost writers must think the viewers enjoy being strung along with more randomness. I was not expecting Keamy to show up again, so that was a surprise when he was revealed as Omar's loan shark. I love that sideways Sayid is still a badass and killed old white trash Keamy face. Jack was in the hospital hallway and Jin showed up in the closet. So the island folks continue to show up in each other's lives.
At least a few things got answered in Sayid's island timeline. Dogen told Sayid that he killed his son in a drunk driving accident and Jacob gave him a chance to save his son by coming to the island. Since Dogen's son got to live if Dogen left, this must be mean the two separate timelines always exist. Jacob must seek out people who are seeking redemption or looking to correct past mistakes to come to the island. Dogen also talked about the good and evil in everyone and how one side outweighs the otehr. I guess that explains the white and black rocks on the scale.
Old Smokey didn't die when Sayid stabbed him. I didn't see any blood on the dagger when Flocke handed it back to Sayid. So Flocke is invincible and bloodless? And he's evil incarnate? Dang, I was still pulling for Flocke to be the good guy. The coolest part of the hour was when Old Smokey let loose and started killing everyone in the Temple. When he passed over Kate, she got a calm look on her face. Has Flocke managed to pull her to his side? I always knew her evil outweighed her good. It looks like loony Clairousseau is going to kill Kate. I'm glad we got some Miles time because I love him!
Lost seems to just repeat itself over and over again. Sayid and Flocke's interaction in the jungle was very Locke and Ben. Remember when Ben asked Locke what if he could have anything he wanted (via the box) in season 3? Remember Ben saying whoever was coming on the freighter wanted everyone one the island dead in season 4? Remember the Others instructing Hurley to deliver a message at the end of season 2?
I liked the end with the Temple destruction because things are finally starting to happen. People are choosing sides (Miles with Team Lapidus and Kate with Team Flocke) which means that some action is going to start. The big battle that this has all been leading up to is finally beginning. I'm ready for some people to start dying. I figured Lost's final season would have a higher body count. Next week's episode is called "Dr. Linus." Ben-centric = boo There are only 10 episodes of Lost left. I sure hope some awesome stuff starts happening.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
LOST: Lighthouse
WTH, Lost, WTH?! In the nine months I waited for Lost to come back, I spent a lot of time envisioning the final season. It did not look like this. I thought we'd get some trippy Lost-like stuff and then BAM! answer, answer, answer. I want to know what the island is, who Adam and Eve are, who Jacob is, what Richard's backstory is, why the Others speak Latin, why Widmore tried so hard to keep Desmond and Penny apart, where Des and Penny are now, why the Others took Walt, why Walt is special, was Locke special, why can't the Others have babies, etc. etc... I could go on and on. I am very frustrated with Lost because we only have a limited amount of time left. I want answers to come and not all be thrown together in the last few hours. Ok, deep breath, rant over...
In the sideways flash, Jack has a son who is a piano genius. His name is David. Lost likes to re-use names. Other significant Davids - Libby's dead husband, Hurley's dad, and it's Desmond's middle name. Other significant piano players - Jack, Ben, Daniel and Charlie. I don't know if his son's name will be important though. I am mad at Lost because they showed Jack having a son, but of course did not tell us who the mother is (Light bulb moment! Is this why other How I Met Your Mother fans get frustrated? Because on that show, I don't care who the mom is at all. I'm there for the gang's adventures. Maybe I should apply that feeling to Lost.) Maybe who David's mom is doesn't matter, but it certainly bugs me. I think he's too old to be Jack and Sarah's kid. Jack tells David he used to read Alice in Wonderland to him. Jack read that book to Aaron in the other timeline (season 4, "Something Nice Back Home," the appendectomy episode.) I think this is significant because there's a Lost theory that this whole show is someone telling a story to a kid. That kind of makes sense because Jack has mentioned that his dad was a great storyteller. Jack himself has read stories to both Aaron & David. This whole thing could be Christian reading a bedtime story to Jack. It could work because the story always changes when a parent tells a child an ongoing bedtime story. I know Christian is going to play a significant role in the end game. I do think the story idea would be pretty disappointing, like the St. Elsewhere/snow globe ending..
In this timeline, Jack had his appendix removed when he was 7 or 8, but he can't remember it. This must be because the island timeline is meshing with this timeline. He seems very confused by the scar and how it got there. Another time Jack looks deja vuy (yes, I made up a word) is when his mom asks about Claire. Is Jack starting to remember his island life? Jack doesn't seem to be an alcoholic in this timeline either. This storyline pretty much bored me though, so the only other weird thing was when Dogen was at the conservatory with his own son. What's up with that?
In the island timeline, Jacob appears to Hurley and sends him and Jack on a mission. Jack goes because he wants to talk to Jacob. How many effin times are the Losties going to trek through the jungle to find Jacob? SERIOUSLY! Jack has become the new Locke. Uh-oh, scratch that because that would make Hurley the new Ben. I didn't hate this part of the episode. Like Hurley said their journey was old school, just like old times. I am nostalgic for season one when Lost was SO GOOD and everyone was all together. I am tired of having the characters all split up. Every episode should be all Hurley all the time. He cracked me up playing tic tac toe with Miles. I loved his samurai comment, his Obi Won Konobi one and his all around Hurleyness. It was really cool to see Jack and Hurley end up back at the cave. Yay for Hurley mentioning that maybe the skeletons were them. And for bringing up dinosaurs again! I also like that Kate wasn't invited to the lighthouse. It's probably because she isn't a candidate. Kate has changed thought because season one Kate would have followed Jack and Hurley anyway.
The lighthouse is freaking awesome. The wheel has the same names and numbers on it as Jacob's cave wall. It looks like the same names are scratched out here too. It was cool when the wheel got to 23 - Shepard it showed Jack's childhood home. So Jacob has been watching the candidates the whole time. I wonder if the mirror is showing the no-crash timeline. Maybe Jack was looking at the house at the exact moment his mom said Claire and he got the deja vu look. If I was Hurley, I would have been pissed at Jack for smashing the mirror because I would want to see what showed up at my name and number. Who is 108? Is this wheel part of how people get called to the island? Did Jacob want the mirror broken so that #108 cannot come to the island? What do you think the lighthouse wheel is? Is it a way to watch everyone before they come to the island? And to watch them when they leave the island? Who's coming to the island??
In Clairousseau news, we find out she was taken to the Temple and tested like Sayid. She even has a brand to match his. She also seems pretty damn crazy. I know we were always supposed to see Rousseau as a crazy, bu I never did. I just loved her badassness. I do see Claire as crazy though because we've seen her normal. The bone baby in the cradle was scary! I'm glad Claire remembered Jin and helped him. I was pretty worried he was going to bleed to death though. Ick! Claire thinks the Others have Aaron just like Rousseau did. Does the island keep repeating the same scenarios over and over again but with different people playing the roles? Claire's been hanging out with Flocke and calls him her friend. Now the question is: does she know Old Smokey is in Locke's body or does she see Old Smokey in another person's form? Perhaps she sees him as daddy Christian? Either way, they want to go to the Temple, so I guess Claire and MIB are the big bad on the island set to destroy the Others and the Temple. I'm also wondering if everyone at the Temple is going to die, what will happen to Sayid?
As frustrated as I am with Lost, I've come too far to give up on it now. I'm sure I left a lot of stuff out, so mention it in the comments and we can talk about it. Next week's episode is called "Sundown." Sun's name has been in the title of her and Jin episodes before, so maybe it'll be a Kwon-centric episode. Fingers crossed that it will be.
In the sideways flash, Jack has a son who is a piano genius. His name is David. Lost likes to re-use names. Other significant Davids - Libby's dead husband, Hurley's dad, and it's Desmond's middle name. Other significant piano players - Jack, Ben, Daniel and Charlie. I don't know if his son's name will be important though. I am mad at Lost because they showed Jack having a son, but of course did not tell us who the mother is (Light bulb moment! Is this why other How I Met Your Mother fans get frustrated? Because on that show, I don't care who the mom is at all. I'm there for the gang's adventures. Maybe I should apply that feeling to Lost.) Maybe who David's mom is doesn't matter, but it certainly bugs me. I think he's too old to be Jack and Sarah's kid. Jack tells David he used to read Alice in Wonderland to him. Jack read that book to Aaron in the other timeline (season 4, "Something Nice Back Home," the appendectomy episode.) I think this is significant because there's a Lost theory that this whole show is someone telling a story to a kid. That kind of makes sense because Jack has mentioned that his dad was a great storyteller. Jack himself has read stories to both Aaron & David. This whole thing could be Christian reading a bedtime story to Jack. It could work because the story always changes when a parent tells a child an ongoing bedtime story. I know Christian is going to play a significant role in the end game. I do think the story idea would be pretty disappointing, like the St. Elsewhere/snow globe ending..
In this timeline, Jack had his appendix removed when he was 7 or 8, but he can't remember it. This must be because the island timeline is meshing with this timeline. He seems very confused by the scar and how it got there. Another time Jack looks deja vuy (yes, I made up a word) is when his mom asks about Claire. Is Jack starting to remember his island life? Jack doesn't seem to be an alcoholic in this timeline either. This storyline pretty much bored me though, so the only other weird thing was when Dogen was at the conservatory with his own son. What's up with that?
In the island timeline, Jacob appears to Hurley and sends him and Jack on a mission. Jack goes because he wants to talk to Jacob. How many effin times are the Losties going to trek through the jungle to find Jacob? SERIOUSLY! Jack has become the new Locke. Uh-oh, scratch that because that would make Hurley the new Ben. I didn't hate this part of the episode. Like Hurley said their journey was old school, just like old times. I am nostalgic for season one when Lost was SO GOOD and everyone was all together. I am tired of having the characters all split up. Every episode should be all Hurley all the time. He cracked me up playing tic tac toe with Miles. I loved his samurai comment, his Obi Won Konobi one and his all around Hurleyness. It was really cool to see Jack and Hurley end up back at the cave. Yay for Hurley mentioning that maybe the skeletons were them. And for bringing up dinosaurs again! I also like that Kate wasn't invited to the lighthouse. It's probably because she isn't a candidate. Kate has changed thought because season one Kate would have followed Jack and Hurley anyway.
The lighthouse is freaking awesome. The wheel has the same names and numbers on it as Jacob's cave wall. It looks like the same names are scratched out here too. It was cool when the wheel got to 23 - Shepard it showed Jack's childhood home. So Jacob has been watching the candidates the whole time. I wonder if the mirror is showing the no-crash timeline. Maybe Jack was looking at the house at the exact moment his mom said Claire and he got the deja vu look. If I was Hurley, I would have been pissed at Jack for smashing the mirror because I would want to see what showed up at my name and number. Who is 108? Is this wheel part of how people get called to the island? Did Jacob want the mirror broken so that #108 cannot come to the island? What do you think the lighthouse wheel is? Is it a way to watch everyone before they come to the island? And to watch them when they leave the island? Who's coming to the island??
In Clairousseau news, we find out she was taken to the Temple and tested like Sayid. She even has a brand to match his. She also seems pretty damn crazy. I know we were always supposed to see Rousseau as a crazy, bu I never did. I just loved her badassness. I do see Claire as crazy though because we've seen her normal. The bone baby in the cradle was scary! I'm glad Claire remembered Jin and helped him. I was pretty worried he was going to bleed to death though. Ick! Claire thinks the Others have Aaron just like Rousseau did. Does the island keep repeating the same scenarios over and over again but with different people playing the roles? Claire's been hanging out with Flocke and calls him her friend. Now the question is: does she know Old Smokey is in Locke's body or does she see Old Smokey in another person's form? Perhaps she sees him as daddy Christian? Either way, they want to go to the Temple, so I guess Claire and MIB are the big bad on the island set to destroy the Others and the Temple. I'm also wondering if everyone at the Temple is going to die, what will happen to Sayid?
As frustrated as I am with Lost, I've come too far to give up on it now. I'm sure I left a lot of stuff out, so mention it in the comments and we can talk about it. Next week's episode is called "Sundown." Sun's name has been in the title of her and Jin episodes before, so maybe it'll be a Kwon-centric episode. Fingers crossed that it will be.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
LOST: The Substitute
Whoa... I had to watch Lost twice before I could even attempt to blog about it. Locke episodes always tug at my heart strings. I only cried once this time though. I'm not even sure where to begin. Let's start off island..
Locke arrived home from Australia and couldn't get out of his van. So he ended up flopping out of it and his wheelchair. He landed face down in this front yard and then the sprinklers came on. I felt so bad for John because once again something humiliating happened to him. But then Locke smiled and it was just like on the island when he would happily sit in the rain. I can't even tell you how freakin' excited I was when Helen opened the front door and came to John's rescue. I LOVE Locke and Helen! Even though I hate that John is still in the wheelchair in this timeline, at least he is marrying the love of his life. It was so great to see them back together and Locke in love. This version of John Locke wouldn't have wanted to crash on the island. The scene where he rips up Jack's card and Helen says the only thing she was waiting for was him is the one that made me cry. It was so sweet, but also sad because it doesn't look like Jack will be fixing Locke. I had really hoped that is where the Locke/Jack storyline was going. It was also sad to see that our man of faith doesn't believe in miracles here. Oh and Locke's dad is invited to the wedding. Is that biological dad Anthony Cooper? My theory is that he had a decent foster dad and that who is coming to the wedding. No way it's his bio dad, right?!
The coolest thing about the flash sideways is that the Oceanic passengers still interact with each other, even though they didn't crash on the island together. As soon as I saw the yellow Hummer parked too close to John's van, I knew it was Hurley's. Hurley seems so happy and together without that dang curse over his head. His heart of gold remained intact too as he offered to get Locke a new job. Then Locke encounters Rose at Hurley's temp agency. To help John come to terms with his limitations, Rose told him about her cancer. So she still has terminal cancer in this timeline. Rose, my dear, if you are dying, why the hell are you at work?! Your husband's a dentist, you can certainly afford to take the time off. If I was dying the first thing I'd do is quit my damn job! Rose said her name was Rose Nadler. In the original timeline, she didn't take Bernard's last name. Her name was Rose Henderson. It's probably not significant, but it's something I noticed. Locke ended up getting a job substituting teaching. He rolled into the teachers' lounge. Who's in there bitching about coffee filters? None Other then the evil Benjamin Linus, history teacher. Ben introduced himself to Locke and John got the biggest smile on his face. Did a part of him recognize Ben? If he did, why in the world would he be smiling about it?! Maybe Ben and Locke were always meant to be friends and can be in this timeline. All the things evil Ben were working towards don't exist here. He could be a completely different person this time around.
Now in 2007 back on the island, Ilana collected Jacob's ash, Ben lied about how Jacob died, and John Locke got buried. If Locke has to be dead, I am glad he's buried on the island with the other lost castaways. Then this group decided to head to the Temple. On the interesting side of the island, we get to see things from Old Smokey's perspective. How awesome was the shot where Smokey/FLocke was zooming around Dharmaville and we got to see the smoke reflection in the window of Sawyer's house?! FLocke tried to lure Richard to go with him by promising answers. I never thought Richard had any questions about the island. I hope we get the back story on Richard and FLocke's relationship soon. I also hope we find out who the creepy bloody kid is. Him showing up was very drenched Walt shows up and talks to Shannon. FLocke then headed back to the barracks to "recruit" Sawyer. They trek thought the jungle and the blonde Other kid appears again. FLocke is surprised that Sawyer (not James! Stop calling him that FLocke-face!) can see the kid too. Is it significant that Sawyer can see him too?
Here comes the crazy stuff... FLocke took Sawyer to a cave in the side of a rock. There's scales with black and white rocks. I wonder if Man in Black and Jacob once spent time here deciding people's fates. Inside the cave, there is a wall with names and numbers on it. Many names have been scratched off, but 8 remain for sure.
4 = Locke 8 = Hurley 15 = Sawyer 16 = Sayid 23 = Jack 42 = Jin or Sun
All Oceanic Six members, with the exception of Sawyer who almost made it off the island and Kate who didn't make the wall. Do people get crossed off when they die? Losteastereggs.blogspot.com has screencaps and a list of names that are on the wall. Among them are Burke, Littleton, Pace, Linus, Goodspeed, Lewis, Faraday, Straume. This show freakin' blows my mind! I have been questioning Lost and been lost for so long, that I don't even recognize answers when they are in my face. I was complaining that we are still answer-less when my friend Rachel pointed out that we know why they are on the island and what the numbers mean now. I know that seems true, but I have a hard time believing what anyone on the island says. Should we trust Old Smokey? We've been had so many times by people/creatures on this island. Do you think FLocke was telling the truth? Were the castaways really brought to the island to be candidates for Jacob's replacement? How did he know he would soon need a replacement? Maybe I should stop over thinking and take whatever happens at face value.
So my new major questions are:
- Will Sawyer and should Sawyer go with FLocke? Is Sawyer just playing along, so he can find out what Old Smokey really wants?
- Why wasn't Kate's name on the wall? Could it be because she left the island with Aaron and then tried to raise him as her own? That's my theory for why she's not on the wall.
- Who was the kid FLocke saw? Young Jacob? Aaron? ? Who was the kid referring to when he said, "You know the rules. You can't kill him?"
- Why did Ilana collect the ash? Was it for protection?
I do not know anything about next week's episode. Clairousseau was in the preview though, so it looks like we'll learn more of her story. Woo hoo!
Locke arrived home from Australia and couldn't get out of his van. So he ended up flopping out of it and his wheelchair. He landed face down in this front yard and then the sprinklers came on. I felt so bad for John because once again something humiliating happened to him. But then Locke smiled and it was just like on the island when he would happily sit in the rain. I can't even tell you how freakin' excited I was when Helen opened the front door and came to John's rescue. I LOVE Locke and Helen! Even though I hate that John is still in the wheelchair in this timeline, at least he is marrying the love of his life. It was so great to see them back together and Locke in love. This version of John Locke wouldn't have wanted to crash on the island. The scene where he rips up Jack's card and Helen says the only thing she was waiting for was him is the one that made me cry. It was so sweet, but also sad because it doesn't look like Jack will be fixing Locke. I had really hoped that is where the Locke/Jack storyline was going. It was also sad to see that our man of faith doesn't believe in miracles here. Oh and Locke's dad is invited to the wedding. Is that biological dad Anthony Cooper? My theory is that he had a decent foster dad and that who is coming to the wedding. No way it's his bio dad, right?!
The coolest thing about the flash sideways is that the Oceanic passengers still interact with each other, even though they didn't crash on the island together. As soon as I saw the yellow Hummer parked too close to John's van, I knew it was Hurley's. Hurley seems so happy and together without that dang curse over his head. His heart of gold remained intact too as he offered to get Locke a new job. Then Locke encounters Rose at Hurley's temp agency. To help John come to terms with his limitations, Rose told him about her cancer. So she still has terminal cancer in this timeline. Rose, my dear, if you are dying, why the hell are you at work?! Your husband's a dentist, you can certainly afford to take the time off. If I was dying the first thing I'd do is quit my damn job! Rose said her name was Rose Nadler. In the original timeline, she didn't take Bernard's last name. Her name was Rose Henderson. It's probably not significant, but it's something I noticed. Locke ended up getting a job substituting teaching. He rolled into the teachers' lounge. Who's in there bitching about coffee filters? None Other then the evil Benjamin Linus, history teacher. Ben introduced himself to Locke and John got the biggest smile on his face. Did a part of him recognize Ben? If he did, why in the world would he be smiling about it?! Maybe Ben and Locke were always meant to be friends and can be in this timeline. All the things evil Ben were working towards don't exist here. He could be a completely different person this time around.
Now in 2007 back on the island, Ilana collected Jacob's ash, Ben lied about how Jacob died, and John Locke got buried. If Locke has to be dead, I am glad he's buried on the island with the other lost castaways. Then this group decided to head to the Temple. On the interesting side of the island, we get to see things from Old Smokey's perspective. How awesome was the shot where Smokey/FLocke was zooming around Dharmaville and we got to see the smoke reflection in the window of Sawyer's house?! FLocke tried to lure Richard to go with him by promising answers. I never thought Richard had any questions about the island. I hope we get the back story on Richard and FLocke's relationship soon. I also hope we find out who the creepy bloody kid is. Him showing up was very drenched Walt shows up and talks to Shannon. FLocke then headed back to the barracks to "recruit" Sawyer. They trek thought the jungle and the blonde Other kid appears again. FLocke is surprised that Sawyer (not James! Stop calling him that FLocke-face!) can see the kid too. Is it significant that Sawyer can see him too?
Here comes the crazy stuff... FLocke took Sawyer to a cave in the side of a rock. There's scales with black and white rocks. I wonder if Man in Black and Jacob once spent time here deciding people's fates. Inside the cave, there is a wall with names and numbers on it. Many names have been scratched off, but 8 remain for sure.
4 = Locke 8 = Hurley 15 = Sawyer 16 = Sayid 23 = Jack 42 = Jin or Sun
All Oceanic Six members, with the exception of Sawyer who almost made it off the island and Kate who didn't make the wall. Do people get crossed off when they die? Losteastereggs.blogspot.com has screencaps and a list of names that are on the wall. Among them are Burke, Littleton, Pace, Linus, Goodspeed, Lewis, Faraday, Straume. This show freakin' blows my mind! I have been questioning Lost and been lost for so long, that I don't even recognize answers when they are in my face. I was complaining that we are still answer-less when my friend Rachel pointed out that we know why they are on the island and what the numbers mean now. I know that seems true, but I have a hard time believing what anyone on the island says. Should we trust Old Smokey? We've been had so many times by people/creatures on this island. Do you think FLocke was telling the truth? Were the castaways really brought to the island to be candidates for Jacob's replacement? How did he know he would soon need a replacement? Maybe I should stop over thinking and take whatever happens at face value.
So my new major questions are:
- Will Sawyer and should Sawyer go with FLocke? Is Sawyer just playing along, so he can find out what Old Smokey really wants?
- Why wasn't Kate's name on the wall? Could it be because she left the island with Aaron and then tried to raise him as her own? That's my theory for why she's not on the wall.
- Who was the kid FLocke saw? Young Jacob? Aaron? ? Who was the kid referring to when he said, "You know the rules. You can't kill him?"
- Why did Ilana collect the ash? Was it for protection?
I do not know anything about next week's episode. Clairousseau was in the preview though, so it looks like we'll learn more of her story. Woo hoo!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
LOST: What Kate Does
First off, I am so happy to have Claire back on Lost! Oh how I missed her. I can't wait to find out more about what's been going on with her. Tonight's episode was pretty good. I just wish we could get lots of answers with no new questions. That's never going to happen with this show though. I've pretty much come to terms with the idea that the final scene of the show is going to be something ambiguous that will keep me obsessing over it for the rest of my life.
In the non-crash timeline, Kate is on the run from the marshall. So she hops in Claire's cab and tells the driver to take off. When Kate kicked Claire out of the cab and wouldn't even let her get her bag, I was so mad. It made me remember that no matter what good stuff Kate occasionally does, she is still an awful, selfish person. I was mad at Kate until she opened Claire's bag though. Then I think Kate remembered raising Aaron. The look on her face when she saw the stuffed killer whale (the same whale Aaron is holding in season 4 episode "Something Nice Back Home") - that was a deja vu face! That's what made her go back and help Claire. Of course, that lady couldn't take Claire's baby because Claire's the one who is supposed to raise him. So some things stay the same weather the plane crashes or not. I love that Kate and Claire were together again when Claire started to go in labor. I also love that Kate stuck around to help Claire. How flippin' crazy was it when Kate went to get a doctor and it was ETHAN?! What the hell is he doing there? Good to see his name was Dr. Goodspeed because that's what his last name should be. (On the island, when he pretended to be a crash survivor, Ethan's last name was Rom.) I don't even have any theories or explanations for why Ethan was there. It makes me head almost explode just thinking about it. Maybe it's just to show that everyone who interacted on the island will still interact with each other in this new timeline. I loved this whole part of the episode because I really like Kate and Claire together. It's so season one Kate delivering Aaron. So in this timeline, Kate gets to do exactly what she is wanting to do in the island timeline, which is get Claire back with Aaron. How cool is that?!
So back on the island in 2007, Sawyer takes off and Kate and Jin go after him. Of course, Kate goes because running off is her thing. Jin goes to look for Sun. When they were in the jungle, I kept thinking that the white Other looked familiar. How cool that the show brought him back? You can tell it's the last season because Aldo actually tells Kate (and us) who is and when she saw him before. Normally, we'd have to figure that out on our own or it wouldn't come back up for 6 or 7 episodes. The Others seem to know a lot about what happens on the island because that one guy totally knew Rousseau was dead and about the Aijia plane landing. So then Kate runs off to Sawyer. I loved the scene with Kate and Sawyer on the dock. Even though I am glad Juliet is gone, I cried because Sawyer crying just broke my heart. I guess Kate was crying so hard out of guilt. Or was it because Sawyer won't help her look for Claire? Or because Sawyer doesn't want her anymore? I was kinda confused about that. Looks like Kate won't have to look far for Claire though because Jin found her!
In Temple-land, Sayid wakes up and the head dude and interpreter man demand to see him. He gets strapped to a table and tortured. I felt so bad for my ninja man Sayid, but then I remembered he used to do that to people everyday. They claimed to be testing him and/or diagnosing him. I am so glad that Jack is finally demanding answers for all the crazy island stuff that happens. The leader Dogan guy seemed to be willing to tell Jack a few things. A darkness is taking over Sayid and how did Dogan know this? "Because it happened to your sister," he tells Jack. So that's what happened to Claire! The Christian we have seen on the island must be a form of Smokey or actually the MIB in Christian's form. Then that means he's a bad guy and has been leading Locke down this crazy bad path the whole time. Maybe I'm slow, but were the Other dudes giving Sayid the poison pill to kill him or just to kill the darkness inside him? Would the pill stop the infection? If there's no way to fix it, my Sayid is gone forever. I wonder if Ben got the darkness inside him when he was saved at 12. That would explain a lot because Ben's a douche.
I Googled Dogan and apparently there was some tribe called Dogan back in the day. Here's the freaky thing it said "Because there are no paved roads, no electricity, no surface water and little contact with the outside world, the Dogan Territories in the Hombori Mountains have been called the 'end of the earth.'" That's very Temple-sounding! (Yes, I have been reading too much Doc Jensen at because I actually Googled Dogan.)
I knew there was a reason I was trying to go spoiler-free this season! I totally saw the last Lost scene coming because I had already seen a picture of Claire with a gun looking all Rousseau-like. That last moment would have been shocking if I hadn't seen that pic. I could see it coming though because that Other guy mentioned Rousseau had been dead for years and yet there was a Rousseau like trap. So my new question is does the island keep repeating itself and every time it loses someone, someone else has to come in and take their place? Example: Rousseau's baby got kidnapped and she had to go all badass by herself on the island. Claire's baby was taken and now she's resumed Rousseau's spot as the female island ninja. Claire even has an accent! Oh and apparently Claire was infected with darkness. Was Rousseau too? Or just her team?
The preview for next week made it seem like a Sawyer episode. I don't know for sure though because I am not going to any Lost spoiler websites anymore. I don't want to ruin another big reveal for myself. Maybe this time I'll learn....
In the non-crash timeline, Kate is on the run from the marshall. So she hops in Claire's cab and tells the driver to take off. When Kate kicked Claire out of the cab and wouldn't even let her get her bag, I was so mad. It made me remember that no matter what good stuff Kate occasionally does, she is still an awful, selfish person. I was mad at Kate until she opened Claire's bag though. Then I think Kate remembered raising Aaron. The look on her face when she saw the stuffed killer whale (the same whale Aaron is holding in season 4 episode "Something Nice Back Home") - that was a deja vu face! That's what made her go back and help Claire. Of course, that lady couldn't take Claire's baby because Claire's the one who is supposed to raise him. So some things stay the same weather the plane crashes or not. I love that Kate and Claire were together again when Claire started to go in labor. I also love that Kate stuck around to help Claire. How flippin' crazy was it when Kate went to get a doctor and it was ETHAN?! What the hell is he doing there? Good to see his name was Dr. Goodspeed because that's what his last name should be. (On the island, when he pretended to be a crash survivor, Ethan's last name was Rom.) I don't even have any theories or explanations for why Ethan was there. It makes me head almost explode just thinking about it. Maybe it's just to show that everyone who interacted on the island will still interact with each other in this new timeline. I loved this whole part of the episode because I really like Kate and Claire together. It's so season one Kate delivering Aaron. So in this timeline, Kate gets to do exactly what she is wanting to do in the island timeline, which is get Claire back with Aaron. How cool is that?!
So back on the island in 2007, Sawyer takes off and Kate and Jin go after him. Of course, Kate goes because running off is her thing. Jin goes to look for Sun. When they were in the jungle, I kept thinking that the white Other looked familiar. How cool that the show brought him back? You can tell it's the last season because Aldo actually tells Kate (and us) who is and when she saw him before. Normally, we'd have to figure that out on our own or it wouldn't come back up for 6 or 7 episodes. The Others seem to know a lot about what happens on the island because that one guy totally knew Rousseau was dead and about the Aijia plane landing. So then Kate runs off to Sawyer. I loved the scene with Kate and Sawyer on the dock. Even though I am glad Juliet is gone, I cried because Sawyer crying just broke my heart. I guess Kate was crying so hard out of guilt. Or was it because Sawyer won't help her look for Claire? Or because Sawyer doesn't want her anymore? I was kinda confused about that. Looks like Kate won't have to look far for Claire though because Jin found her!
In Temple-land, Sayid wakes up and the head dude and interpreter man demand to see him. He gets strapped to a table and tortured. I felt so bad for my ninja man Sayid, but then I remembered he used to do that to people everyday. They claimed to be testing him and/or diagnosing him. I am so glad that Jack is finally demanding answers for all the crazy island stuff that happens. The leader Dogan guy seemed to be willing to tell Jack a few things. A darkness is taking over Sayid and how did Dogan know this? "Because it happened to your sister," he tells Jack. So that's what happened to Claire! The Christian we have seen on the island must be a form of Smokey or actually the MIB in Christian's form. Then that means he's a bad guy and has been leading Locke down this crazy bad path the whole time. Maybe I'm slow, but were the Other dudes giving Sayid the poison pill to kill him or just to kill the darkness inside him? Would the pill stop the infection? If there's no way to fix it, my Sayid is gone forever. I wonder if Ben got the darkness inside him when he was saved at 12. That would explain a lot because Ben's a douche.
I Googled Dogan and apparently there was some tribe called Dogan back in the day. Here's the freaky thing it said "Because there are no paved roads, no electricity, no surface water and little contact with the outside world, the Dogan Territories in the Hombori Mountains have been called the 'end of the earth.'" That's very Temple-sounding! (Yes, I have been reading too much Doc Jensen at because I actually Googled Dogan.)
I knew there was a reason I was trying to go spoiler-free this season! I totally saw the last Lost scene coming because I had already seen a picture of Claire with a gun looking all Rousseau-like. That last moment would have been shocking if I hadn't seen that pic. I could see it coming though because that Other guy mentioned Rousseau had been dead for years and yet there was a Rousseau like trap. So my new question is does the island keep repeating itself and every time it loses someone, someone else has to come in and take their place? Example: Rousseau's baby got kidnapped and she had to go all badass by herself on the island. Claire's baby was taken and now she's resumed Rousseau's spot as the female island ninja. Claire even has an accent! Oh and apparently Claire was infected with darkness. Was Rousseau too? Or just her team?
The preview for next week made it seem like a Sawyer episode. I don't know for sure though because I am not going to any Lost spoiler websites anymore. I don't want to ruin another big reveal for myself. Maybe this time I'll learn....
Saturday, February 6, 2010
LOST: LA X, parts one & two
Wow. Eight months was a long time to wait for new Lost, but it was totally worth it. We've got two timelines now, which could get confusing, but that's a part of Lost. At first, I kinda felt the writers and producers were cheating with two timelines. Is this their way of trying to satisfy everyone? A way of getting to tell both stories? I decided not to question it though because the writers are always going somewhere with the story and it's almost always somewhere good. I just have to sit back and go along for the ride. Plus I have read interviews with Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse (executive producer people) that say the two separate timelines will make sense eventually. I'm so excited that it's the last season because we'll finally get tons of answers. I am also really sad though because what will I obsess over once Lost is over?
In the rebooted timeline, the plane does not crash. I wonder if Jack has some awareness of what happened. He seemed to have a strong sense of deja vu the whole plane ride. It was really cool to see the 815 flight again but changed. Jack only got one bottle of booze, Rose was reassuring Jack instead of the other way around, Shannon was a no show on the plane, Charlie didn't run past Jack, Desmond showed up to sit next to Jack. It was all pretty crazy. The castaways seem to have a familiarity with each other - Sawyer watching out for Hurley, Sawyer helping Kate out in the elevator, Boone and Locke bonding. I was pro timeline reboot the whole time we were waiting for Lost to come back. But then when the plane landed and everyone got off and no one got to know each other and Locke was still in the wheelchair, I started crying. I know, I'm such a dork!
I love, love, loved the scene with Locke and Jack in the airport. It was nice to see them not fighting for once and for them to sort of comfort each other. Will Jack fix Locke? What is the significance of Locke losing his knives? Did they both lose things they will need on the island? Because I am sure they will end up back there eventually. I mean this timeline is 2004 and the island time is 2007. I firmly believe that a major part of season 6 and of Jack's entire storyline is that he needs to find Christian's body and bury it.
I've got a few major questions about the time reboot. Was Charlie meant to die in this timeline? I've been saying for awhile now that Charlie was supposed to die the day the plane crashed. If you go back and watch the pilot episode (or any number of season one episodes), it shows several times where Charlie almost dies. I think that's pretty significant. What the heck was Desmond doing on the plane?! Was he there to "course correct" and make sure Charlie died? Then when he was reading, I was afraid he was reading Our Mutual Friend (the last book he wants to read before he dies.) He wasn't though. Since Des didn't recognize Jack, does that mean the entire time before the crash has changed too? Because Desmond and Jack originally met in 2001 at that stadium. It makes sense for Desmond to have never gone to the island though because the island is now underwater, so he never crashed on it or ended up in the hatch pushing the button, brother. This whole shift with the plane not crashing makes me wonder what else has changed in the castaways lives. Can Sun really not speak English? Or is she just pretending so Jin doesn't know? I miss happy Sun and Jin, so it was sad to see them unhappy on the plane. Where was my boyfriend Mr. Eko on the plane? Does Christian's body still end up on the island? Is that why he's missing? And what was up with the island being underwater?? I guess the bomb going off messed up a lot of the island history. Did you see the Dharma shark swim by down there? I love the little details on this show.
Now in this timeline, the bomb going off did not send the Losties off the island. The castaways still crashed, still found the hatch, still stopped pushing the button and still blew the Swan hatch up. Juliet dies in Sawyer's arm (yay! I've never liked her!), ninja Sayid is dying and Hurley gets a visit from dead Jacob. The gang heads to the Temple to save Sayid. This whole Temple people thing is kinda crazy. Who is this Japanese guy in charge? What's up with that water? Did the water turn muddy looking because Jacob is dead now? It was terrible to watch them keep Sayid under water until he drowned. Interesting fact: I read online that someone timed the big sand timer and Sayid was under water for 1 minute 8 seconds. CRAZY!! I know that we got to see what was in Hurley's guitar case. What did the list of names in the ankh mean? Were they people who aren't supposed to die because they still have work to do on the island? Is that what the Others and their lists have been about this whole time? It was really cool to see Hurley be in charge for once. Jack was just going along with the plan instead of trying to be in charge. Thank goodness Sayid woke up and came back to life. I knew ninjas couldn't die! But will Sayid be the same? Or will he be changed like Ben was? I am sure this is how the Others saved Ben when Sayid shot him back in 1977.
The reveal that FLocke (fake Locke) was the smoke monster was pretty damn awesome. What a cool scene! Here's why the show amazes me - last season when FLocke and Ben return to the island, the smoke monster and FLocke were never in the same place at the same time. When Ben went down into the Temple to be judged, Locke disappeared. That was because he was busy being old Smokey and turning into Alex so Ben would do whatever FLocke says. One of my Lost theories is that the show has shown us everything we need to know to figure out what everything is about. We just have to know where to look. (One example - Way back in season 2 when Sun loses her wedding ring while burying the message bottle, the episode BEFORE it showed her digging the hole and one minute she had her wedding ring on and in the next it was gone. So we had already seen her lose the ring. That kinda of stuff with the show amazes me!) The scene when FLocke talks about Ben killing John was so sad. Poor John's last thought was "I don't understand." My poor John Locke.. His story is so sad most of the time. The evil FLocke/Smoke Monster wants to go home. Is his home the Temple? That would make sense because Montand (the guy on Rousseau's team who got his arm ripped off) was killed he was pulled down under the Temple by Smokey. That's the body Hurley and Kate checked out when they got down into the Temple. I can't wait to find out the whole history between Jack and the Man in Black. I'm sure it's gonna be crazy stuff.
Will Sun & Jin finally have an awesome reunion now that they are back in the same timeline? Was that really Jacob or was it the Man in Black/Smokey/FLocke? I wonder if MIB has been manipulating Locke the entire time he has been on the island? Did he show up as Walt? As Christian? Has poor John been his pawn from the get go so that MIB could manipulate his loophole to kill Jacob? Long cons have been a reoccurring theme on Lose. Is this the ultimate long con - getting Locke to die so MIB could use his body? Who are these people at the Temple? Are these the original Others? The part when FLocke tells Richard it's good to see him out of chains, I think that confirms Richard was brought over on the Black Rock slave ship. Is FLocke taking knocked out Richard to the Temple? Will he use Alpert to gain entrance to the Temple? And oh yeah, is Daniel Faraday gone for good??? :(
A few predictions - As much as I do not want Sawyer to end up with Juliet, I am sure we'll see an off-island conversation between them involving coffee and going Dutch. I think she was flashing as she died and that's how Juliet know "the incident" worked. I think the Others who were trying to take Jack to talk to Christian when Sayid sat up all alive and stuff.
Next week's episode is called "What Kate Does." So it will be Kate-centric and I'm sure it'll be here on the run... again. Will the sideways flashbacks (Damon and Carlton's name for them) line up thematically with the island story like it always has before? I sure hope so. I know I left a lot out, but there was so much to cover. I could have this blog going on for days. I am so pumped about season 6. Viva la Lost!!
In the rebooted timeline, the plane does not crash. I wonder if Jack has some awareness of what happened. He seemed to have a strong sense of deja vu the whole plane ride. It was really cool to see the 815 flight again but changed. Jack only got one bottle of booze, Rose was reassuring Jack instead of the other way around, Shannon was a no show on the plane, Charlie didn't run past Jack, Desmond showed up to sit next to Jack. It was all pretty crazy. The castaways seem to have a familiarity with each other - Sawyer watching out for Hurley, Sawyer helping Kate out in the elevator, Boone and Locke bonding. I was pro timeline reboot the whole time we were waiting for Lost to come back. But then when the plane landed and everyone got off and no one got to know each other and Locke was still in the wheelchair, I started crying. I know, I'm such a dork!
I love, love, loved the scene with Locke and Jack in the airport. It was nice to see them not fighting for once and for them to sort of comfort each other. Will Jack fix Locke? What is the significance of Locke losing his knives? Did they both lose things they will need on the island? Because I am sure they will end up back there eventually. I mean this timeline is 2004 and the island time is 2007. I firmly believe that a major part of season 6 and of Jack's entire storyline is that he needs to find Christian's body and bury it.
I've got a few major questions about the time reboot. Was Charlie meant to die in this timeline? I've been saying for awhile now that Charlie was supposed to die the day the plane crashed. If you go back and watch the pilot episode (or any number of season one episodes), it shows several times where Charlie almost dies. I think that's pretty significant. What the heck was Desmond doing on the plane?! Was he there to "course correct" and make sure Charlie died? Then when he was reading, I was afraid he was reading Our Mutual Friend (the last book he wants to read before he dies.) He wasn't though. Since Des didn't recognize Jack, does that mean the entire time before the crash has changed too? Because Desmond and Jack originally met in 2001 at that stadium. It makes sense for Desmond to have never gone to the island though because the island is now underwater, so he never crashed on it or ended up in the hatch pushing the button, brother. This whole shift with the plane not crashing makes me wonder what else has changed in the castaways lives. Can Sun really not speak English? Or is she just pretending so Jin doesn't know? I miss happy Sun and Jin, so it was sad to see them unhappy on the plane. Where was my boyfriend Mr. Eko on the plane? Does Christian's body still end up on the island? Is that why he's missing? And what was up with the island being underwater?? I guess the bomb going off messed up a lot of the island history. Did you see the Dharma shark swim by down there? I love the little details on this show.
Now in this timeline, the bomb going off did not send the Losties off the island. The castaways still crashed, still found the hatch, still stopped pushing the button and still blew the Swan hatch up. Juliet dies in Sawyer's arm (yay! I've never liked her!), ninja Sayid is dying and Hurley gets a visit from dead Jacob. The gang heads to the Temple to save Sayid. This whole Temple people thing is kinda crazy. Who is this Japanese guy in charge? What's up with that water? Did the water turn muddy looking because Jacob is dead now? It was terrible to watch them keep Sayid under water until he drowned. Interesting fact: I read online that someone timed the big sand timer and Sayid was under water for 1 minute 8 seconds. CRAZY!! I know that we got to see what was in Hurley's guitar case. What did the list of names in the ankh mean? Were they people who aren't supposed to die because they still have work to do on the island? Is that what the Others and their lists have been about this whole time? It was really cool to see Hurley be in charge for once. Jack was just going along with the plan instead of trying to be in charge. Thank goodness Sayid woke up and came back to life. I knew ninjas couldn't die! But will Sayid be the same? Or will he be changed like Ben was? I am sure this is how the Others saved Ben when Sayid shot him back in 1977.
The reveal that FLocke (fake Locke) was the smoke monster was pretty damn awesome. What a cool scene! Here's why the show amazes me - last season when FLocke and Ben return to the island, the smoke monster and FLocke were never in the same place at the same time. When Ben went down into the Temple to be judged, Locke disappeared. That was because he was busy being old Smokey and turning into Alex so Ben would do whatever FLocke says. One of my Lost theories is that the show has shown us everything we need to know to figure out what everything is about. We just have to know where to look. (One example - Way back in season 2 when Sun loses her wedding ring while burying the message bottle, the episode BEFORE it showed her digging the hole and one minute she had her wedding ring on and in the next it was gone. So we had already seen her lose the ring. That kinda of stuff with the show amazes me!) The scene when FLocke talks about Ben killing John was so sad. Poor John's last thought was "I don't understand." My poor John Locke.. His story is so sad most of the time. The evil FLocke/Smoke Monster wants to go home. Is his home the Temple? That would make sense because Montand (the guy on Rousseau's team who got his arm ripped off) was killed he was pulled down under the Temple by Smokey. That's the body Hurley and Kate checked out when they got down into the Temple. I can't wait to find out the whole history between Jack and the Man in Black. I'm sure it's gonna be crazy stuff.
Will Sun & Jin finally have an awesome reunion now that they are back in the same timeline? Was that really Jacob or was it the Man in Black/Smokey/FLocke? I wonder if MIB has been manipulating Locke the entire time he has been on the island? Did he show up as Walt? As Christian? Has poor John been his pawn from the get go so that MIB could manipulate his loophole to kill Jacob? Long cons have been a reoccurring theme on Lose. Is this the ultimate long con - getting Locke to die so MIB could use his body? Who are these people at the Temple? Are these the original Others? The part when FLocke tells Richard it's good to see him out of chains, I think that confirms Richard was brought over on the Black Rock slave ship. Is FLocke taking knocked out Richard to the Temple? Will he use Alpert to gain entrance to the Temple? And oh yeah, is Daniel Faraday gone for good??? :(
A few predictions - As much as I do not want Sawyer to end up with Juliet, I am sure we'll see an off-island conversation between them involving coffee and going Dutch. I think she was flashing as she died and that's how Juliet know "the incident" worked. I think the Others who were trying to take Jack to talk to Christian when Sayid sat up all alive and stuff.
Next week's episode is called "What Kate Does." So it will be Kate-centric and I'm sure it'll be here on the run... again. Will the sideways flashbacks (Damon and Carlton's name for them) line up thematically with the island story like it always has before? I sure hope so. I know I left a lot out, but there was so much to cover. I could have this blog going on for days. I am so pumped about season 6. Viva la Lost!!
Friday, February 5, 2010
LOST: Lafluer
Originally posted: March 4, 2009
Sawyer and Juliet are together?! I am done. I despise her and will not watch her with my man. Someone let me know if they kill Julbitch, only then will I watch Lost again.
* I didn't quit watching Lost, but I did stop blogging. I was and am still very upset about the Suliet pairing. UGH! I had originally posted all these blogs on Myspace, but I moved them here, so that all my random Lost thoughts will be together. Enjoy!
Sawyer and Juliet are together?! I am done. I despise her and will not watch her with my man. Someone let me know if they kill Julbitch, only then will I watch Lost again.
* I didn't quit watching Lost, but I did stop blogging. I was and am still very upset about the Suliet pairing. UGH! I had originally posted all these blogs on Myspace, but I moved them here, so that all my random Lost thoughts will be together. Enjoy!
LOST: The Life & Death of Jeremy Bentham
Originally posted: Feb 25, 2009
This was by far the most depressing episode of Lost. I was sad and angry through most of it (yes, I am way too emotionally invested in this show). The beginning was cool because we got a quick explanation of what happened to the rest of flight 316. Lapidus and Sun took off on a boat to the other island. - I'm thinking to act out some plan set into motion by Widmore. I think Sun made a deal with Widmore to help get him to the island and to get her and Jin off the island and home to Ji Yeon. - Locke and the plane crashers are on the other island, right? The one Ben showed Sawyer during season three. That's why Locke was shown standing there looking at the island.
I'm so glad we finally got Locke's backstory to his time off island. So Widmore saved Locke. This automatically puts him the good guy catergory for me because I ♥ John Locke. I don't ♥ Jack though. He was such an effin douchebag drunk assface when he visited Locke in the hospital. Jack made me soooo mad!!!! I loved Locke's visit to Hurley. "Hey, am I talking to a dude in a wheelchair?" I was also super glad to see John visit Walt, that poor kiddo. It was hard to watch John in a wheelchair again though. That made me so sad. I totally cried when he found out Helen was dead. I cried when John was getting ready to kill himself. I also got pissed when Abbadon got shot. I think homedude had way more story to tell. Damn you, Benjamin Linus! You are the devil incarnate!!
As if I could hate Ben any more than I already did. That motherfucker killed Locke! This just proves that Ben is totally bad and that he steals everything from everyone else. He always appears to be ahead of the game, but it's only because he gets information from other people. I am 100% convinced now that he killed Nadia. It was the only way he could convince Sayid to work for him. Up to this point, I had thought that Widmore was bad too. This episode changed my mind. (Maybe he's only been cruel to Desmond to protect Des and Penny in some way b/c I can't like Widmore if he's against D & P. So there has to be a reason, right?) I do think Ben stole the island from Widmore. I believe Widmore's story that he was the Others' leader until Ben stole the position from him. That little creepy jealous crybaby Ben just can't stand anyone else to have anything. He is the epitome of evil. I am so freakin' mad right now. I can only take comfort in the knowledge that Locke is gonna eff Ben up!! Here's a few questions though - why did Ben protect Locke's dead body and bring him back to the island? Was it the only way they could return to the island? Did he visit Mrs.Hawking and find that out? Surely he wouldn't have killed Locke if he knew Locke would come back to life.
Burning Questions:
* If the island still needs you, it won't let you die (ex. Michael couldn't die) - so if the island needed Locke, why was he able to die? Does that mean the island doesn't need him?
* Did Helen really die? Or was that something Ben or Widmore set up so Locke would have no reason to stay in LA?
* Did Abbadon walk away when John was talking to Walt because Future Walt (Abbadon himself) and Present Walt can't interact with each other? Why does Walt now call Locke John? The whole time they were on the island it was "Mr.Locke" this and "Mr.Locke" that.
* Do all the injured passengers from the flight represent the injured and dead from flight 815? (I may be going off on some tangent, but I think the mirroring of the original flight may still be happening.)
* Locke didn't introduce himself as Jeremy Bentham to any of the 6, so how did they know that was Locke's new name? (I don't think this is significant. I'm just curious about it.)
* Abbadon's job is to get people where they need to go. Was he working from day one to get everyone on the island? Was this Libby's job too?
I'm ready for some Sawyer time next week. It looks like he will reunite with Kate. Maybe we'll get to see Sun and Jin back together too. Woo hoo!
This was by far the most depressing episode of Lost. I was sad and angry through most of it (yes, I am way too emotionally invested in this show). The beginning was cool because we got a quick explanation of what happened to the rest of flight 316. Lapidus and Sun took off on a boat to the other island. - I'm thinking to act out some plan set into motion by Widmore. I think Sun made a deal with Widmore to help get him to the island and to get her and Jin off the island and home to Ji Yeon. - Locke and the plane crashers are on the other island, right? The one Ben showed Sawyer during season three. That's why Locke was shown standing there looking at the island.
I'm so glad we finally got Locke's backstory to his time off island. So Widmore saved Locke. This automatically puts him the good guy catergory for me because I ♥ John Locke. I don't ♥ Jack though. He was such an effin douchebag drunk assface when he visited Locke in the hospital. Jack made me soooo mad!!!! I loved Locke's visit to Hurley. "Hey, am I talking to a dude in a wheelchair?" I was also super glad to see John visit Walt, that poor kiddo. It was hard to watch John in a wheelchair again though. That made me so sad. I totally cried when he found out Helen was dead. I cried when John was getting ready to kill himself. I also got pissed when Abbadon got shot. I think homedude had way more story to tell. Damn you, Benjamin Linus! You are the devil incarnate!!
As if I could hate Ben any more than I already did. That motherfucker killed Locke! This just proves that Ben is totally bad and that he steals everything from everyone else. He always appears to be ahead of the game, but it's only because he gets information from other people. I am 100% convinced now that he killed Nadia. It was the only way he could convince Sayid to work for him. Up to this point, I had thought that Widmore was bad too. This episode changed my mind. (Maybe he's only been cruel to Desmond to protect Des and Penny in some way b/c I can't like Widmore if he's against D & P. So there has to be a reason, right?) I do think Ben stole the island from Widmore. I believe Widmore's story that he was the Others' leader until Ben stole the position from him. That little creepy jealous crybaby Ben just can't stand anyone else to have anything. He is the epitome of evil. I am so freakin' mad right now. I can only take comfort in the knowledge that Locke is gonna eff Ben up!! Here's a few questions though - why did Ben protect Locke's dead body and bring him back to the island? Was it the only way they could return to the island? Did he visit Mrs.Hawking and find that out? Surely he wouldn't have killed Locke if he knew Locke would come back to life.
Burning Questions:
* If the island still needs you, it won't let you die (ex. Michael couldn't die) - so if the island needed Locke, why was he able to die? Does that mean the island doesn't need him?
* Did Helen really die? Or was that something Ben or Widmore set up so Locke would have no reason to stay in LA?
* Did Abbadon walk away when John was talking to Walt because Future Walt (Abbadon himself) and Present Walt can't interact with each other? Why does Walt now call Locke John? The whole time they were on the island it was "Mr.Locke" this and "Mr.Locke" that.
* Do all the injured passengers from the flight represent the injured and dead from flight 815? (I may be going off on some tangent, but I think the mirroring of the original flight may still be happening.)
* Locke didn't introduce himself as Jeremy Bentham to any of the 6, so how did they know that was Locke's new name? (I don't think this is significant. I'm just curious about it.)
* Abbadon's job is to get people where they need to go. Was he working from day one to get everyone on the island? Was this Libby's job too?
I'm ready for some Sawyer time next week. It looks like he will reunite with Kate. Maybe we'll get to see Sun and Jin back together too. Woo hoo!
LOST: The Little Prince
Originally posted: Feb 5, 2009
in! Jin! Jin! Jin! Rousseau! Could I be any more excited?! Lost is about to get sooooo good!
"The Little Prince" was a Kate episode. Normally, I groan and moan about anything Kate-centric, but this was a good episode. After talking to Sun, Kate decides to go to the lawyer to try to find out who's trying to take Aaron. So David and I spend half of the hour trying to decide who we after Aaron. Theory #1 - Claire's mom - too obvious.. Even when she shows up and Jack goes to confront her, I knew it had to be too convenient. The poor woman has no clue that her daughter may still be alive and her grandson is alive and well. Theory #2 - Jack - he's blood related to Aaron and he could be trying to take him to manipulate Kate back on the island, but he loooves Kate too much to try to hurt her. Gag. Theory #3 - Ben! Duh, why did we think it would be anyone else? Of course Ben's using Aaron to lure Kate back to the island. He truly is the master manipulator.. Bastard.
So Sun's in LA for a reason, right? Her package with the Ben & Jack pictures, candy and gun was super weird. Is she after Ben or Jack? Or just Ben? Or Just Jack (2000!)? She told Widmore that they both want Ben dead. So is that her ultimate plan? As soon as Kate left Aaron with Sun, I knew something crazy was about to happen. Sun's not going to give up Aaron easily. Sun isn't the Sun we know on the island. She's new badass angry Sun. (I don't know how I know she's badass. I guess it's just a feeling.) I can't wait to find out what she's up to.
Who's still proving he's a badass? Oh yeah, tat's Sayid. I want Sayid to have his own show where he just kicks ass all day long and does a bunch of ninja moves. I don't need a plot. I just need Sayid being awesome. So while in the hospital, some "nurse" comes in to give Sayid medicine/darts from a gun. What does our ninja friend do? He attacks the bad guy with his IV. Talk about being resourceful. Once the bad dude is knocked out, Jack and Sayid find Kate's address in the bad dude's pocket. So who sent this dude? Was it Sun? Is she trying to stop Ben from getting everyone back together? Was it Ben himself? Once again trying to force Sayid back to the island by making him be constantly under attack? Is it Widmore? I wish someone would tell us soon!
Hurely's ok. He's in LA county lock-up and Ben's lawyer says Hurley be getting out soon. Will he be headed to dock #23 too? Is the whole gang going to sail quietly back to the island? I still think if everyone means everyone, then Lapidus and Desmond have to go back too. Or was their "work" already done?
Back on island time, things got interesting! OMG! OMG! I was yelling so much throughout this episode that David made me move to the other side of the couch because he feared for his eardrums.
- Jin is alive and time looping with the other Losties! I did a "It's Jin! It's Jin! It's Jin!" dance for about ten minutes. Not only is he alive, but he's back in time with preggers Rousseau! Are we going to get her back story now? YAY! YAY! YAY! Thank goodness Jin learned some English, otherwise he'd be screwed hanging out with all those Frenchies. I'm so exctied to see what we learn from the Jin/Rosseau experience. How freakin' cool is Lost?! (For a re-enactment of my "It's Jin! It's Rousseau! It's Jin!" dance, come by anytime and we'll re-watch the episode together and I shall dance.)
- Charlotte wakes up and seemed to be ok, except she has a few memory problems. Juliet tries to get Daniel to explain what's happening to them. He claims "really bad jet lag." He does tell Miles that it could be caused by something about exposure... Exposure to what? Time travel? Time on the island? Charlotte's an island native, so she's being affected. If Miles is Chang/Candle/Hallifax's son, then he was born on the island too. Is that why his nose started to bleed (and I started to shout "Oh no! Oh no!" I ♥ Miles)? But then Juliet's nose started to bleed too (yay!)
too. What's the link here for nosebleeds? Do they really just need constants?
- Locke and Sawyer decide that the best way to help our bleeding friends is to return to the Orchid station. Locke wants to attempt to correct the Oceanic Six leaving. I don't know how he's planning to do this, but he does tell Sawyer, "I'll die if I have to." Eek... You will John. As they trek across the island to get on a boat to sail to the Orchid, they come across a light in the jungle -- a light and a pounding noise. It's Locke at the end of season one beating on the hatch. Locke knows when they are and tells them to keep moving. It makes me wonder what would happen if the current Losties ran into their old selves.... So the gang keeps moving and they hear a woman screaming in the jungle. Before Sawyer ever gets to them, I knew it was Clarie giving birth to Aaron. Awww.... poor Sawyer. His face when he saw Kate... He wanted to go to her so badly. He almost made me cry. I love my boyfriend, even though he loves Kate. I love that we get to see the Losties re-visit moments that we've seen too.
Questions
* Jack tells Sayid that he was passed out for over 42 hours. So how much of Ben's 70 hours has elapsed?
* How does Locke know that the Oceanic Six are still alive and didn't die when the freighter blew up?
* What happened to the castaways who were staying on the beach? Who showed up on those boats from Ajira Airways? Was it Jack and company?
* Who the hell was shooting at the Losties in the boat?
* How does Ben know what's happened on the island? Is he going back? Is he keeping in touch with Richard and the Others?
I loved this episode and I'm so excited for more. Next week looks so good. Will Sun believe Ben that Jin is alive? Will the Six, plus Ben and John start their trip back to the island. A week is too long to wait!!
in! Jin! Jin! Jin! Rousseau! Could I be any more excited?! Lost is about to get sooooo good!
"The Little Prince" was a Kate episode. Normally, I groan and moan about anything Kate-centric, but this was a good episode. After talking to Sun, Kate decides to go to the lawyer to try to find out who's trying to take Aaron. So David and I spend half of the hour trying to decide who we after Aaron. Theory #1 - Claire's mom - too obvious.. Even when she shows up and Jack goes to confront her, I knew it had to be too convenient. The poor woman has no clue that her daughter may still be alive and her grandson is alive and well. Theory #2 - Jack - he's blood related to Aaron and he could be trying to take him to manipulate Kate back on the island, but he loooves Kate too much to try to hurt her. Gag. Theory #3 - Ben! Duh, why did we think it would be anyone else? Of course Ben's using Aaron to lure Kate back to the island. He truly is the master manipulator.. Bastard.
So Sun's in LA for a reason, right? Her package with the Ben & Jack pictures, candy and gun was super weird. Is she after Ben or Jack? Or just Ben? Or Just Jack (2000!)? She told Widmore that they both want Ben dead. So is that her ultimate plan? As soon as Kate left Aaron with Sun, I knew something crazy was about to happen. Sun's not going to give up Aaron easily. Sun isn't the Sun we know on the island. She's new badass angry Sun. (I don't know how I know she's badass. I guess it's just a feeling.) I can't wait to find out what she's up to.
Who's still proving he's a badass? Oh yeah, tat's Sayid. I want Sayid to have his own show where he just kicks ass all day long and does a bunch of ninja moves. I don't need a plot. I just need Sayid being awesome. So while in the hospital, some "nurse" comes in to give Sayid medicine/darts from a gun. What does our ninja friend do? He attacks the bad guy with his IV. Talk about being resourceful. Once the bad dude is knocked out, Jack and Sayid find Kate's address in the bad dude's pocket. So who sent this dude? Was it Sun? Is she trying to stop Ben from getting everyone back together? Was it Ben himself? Once again trying to force Sayid back to the island by making him be constantly under attack? Is it Widmore? I wish someone would tell us soon!
Hurely's ok. He's in LA county lock-up and Ben's lawyer says Hurley be getting out soon. Will he be headed to dock #23 too? Is the whole gang going to sail quietly back to the island? I still think if everyone means everyone, then Lapidus and Desmond have to go back too. Or was their "work" already done?
Back on island time, things got interesting! OMG! OMG! I was yelling so much throughout this episode that David made me move to the other side of the couch because he feared for his eardrums.
- Jin is alive and time looping with the other Losties! I did a "It's Jin! It's Jin! It's Jin!" dance for about ten minutes. Not only is he alive, but he's back in time with preggers Rousseau! Are we going to get her back story now? YAY! YAY! YAY! Thank goodness Jin learned some English, otherwise he'd be screwed hanging out with all those Frenchies. I'm so exctied to see what we learn from the Jin/Rosseau experience. How freakin' cool is Lost?! (For a re-enactment of my "It's Jin! It's Rousseau! It's Jin!" dance, come by anytime and we'll re-watch the episode together and I shall dance.)
- Charlotte wakes up and seemed to be ok, except she has a few memory problems. Juliet tries to get Daniel to explain what's happening to them. He claims "really bad jet lag." He does tell Miles that it could be caused by something about exposure... Exposure to what? Time travel? Time on the island? Charlotte's an island native, so she's being affected. If Miles is Chang/Candle/Hallifax's son, then he was born on the island too. Is that why his nose started to bleed (and I started to shout "Oh no! Oh no!" I ♥ Miles)? But then Juliet's nose started to bleed too (yay!)
too. What's the link here for nosebleeds? Do they really just need constants?
- Locke and Sawyer decide that the best way to help our bleeding friends is to return to the Orchid station. Locke wants to attempt to correct the Oceanic Six leaving. I don't know how he's planning to do this, but he does tell Sawyer, "I'll die if I have to." Eek... You will John. As they trek across the island to get on a boat to sail to the Orchid, they come across a light in the jungle -- a light and a pounding noise. It's Locke at the end of season one beating on the hatch. Locke knows when they are and tells them to keep moving. It makes me wonder what would happen if the current Losties ran into their old selves.... So the gang keeps moving and they hear a woman screaming in the jungle. Before Sawyer ever gets to them, I knew it was Clarie giving birth to Aaron. Awww.... poor Sawyer. His face when he saw Kate... He wanted to go to her so badly. He almost made me cry. I love my boyfriend, even though he loves Kate. I love that we get to see the Losties re-visit moments that we've seen too.
Questions
* Jack tells Sayid that he was passed out for over 42 hours. So how much of Ben's 70 hours has elapsed?
* How does Locke know that the Oceanic Six are still alive and didn't die when the freighter blew up?
* What happened to the castaways who were staying on the beach? Who showed up on those boats from Ajira Airways? Was it Jack and company?
* Who the hell was shooting at the Losties in the boat?
* How does Ben know what's happened on the island? Is he going back? Is he keeping in touch with Richard and the Others?
I loved this episode and I'm so excited for more. Next week looks so good. Will Sun believe Ben that Jin is alive? Will the Six, plus Ben and John start their trip back to the island. A week is too long to wait!!
LOST: Jughead
Originally posted: January 29, 2009
The first two hours of Lost were great. Episode three did not impress me though. I'm not going to give up on Lost ever, but all this time traveling is frustrating. I am not a big fan of change - on my tv shows, in life, in general. I don't like that the show is no longer character-centric episodes with a current storyline and flashback/forward story too. I guess I"ll just have to get used to that though.
So where do I start? With Locke.. I have always loved Locke, even when he's done crazy stuff like blow up submarines and stab parachutists. Last night we learned that Richard Alpert is there for Locke's birth because Locke suggested it. We know Richard shows up several more times as John is growing up. It seemed as if Richard was doing this to recruit the Island's next leader, but really it's only because John told him to. So what does that mean? I think it means that Locke is NOT supposed to be the leader of the Others. Poor "I Want to Be Special" Locke just set himself up for another manipulation. He's not the rightful leader because he didn't pass Richard's tests. The current Others are just going to let John do whatever he offers to do for the Island b/c he's the only one who will do it. Someone has to sacrifice to keep the place hidden. Why not let Locke do it? Yeah, the Island healed him, but it healed Rose and Jin too and neither one of them tried to become the Others' new Ben. I think I feel this way because I'm buying into David's new "Jack was brought to the Island to take over Ben's job" theory.
Desmond and Penny named their little boy (who looks like a girl) Charlie. Aww.... So this is another thing I didn't like about the episode - I don't want Des and Penny involved in this "get people back to the Island" thing. I want them to stay sailing away on their boat living happily ever after. If that means no more episodes with them, then so be it. I'd rather that than have to watch her monster father or psycho Ben chase them. I don't understand why Desmond can't just let it go.
This is what really made me mad - I like Daniel Faraday. I want him to be this awesome good guy who's gonna save the day. Last night made him seem like a bad guy though. He's Widmore's benefactor (i know we don't technically know if Widmore is good or bad yet, but in my mind he's baaad), his time at Oxford has been covered up, he seems to be lying about not being able to change the past, etc. I think Daniel is manipulating Desmond. He has some plan that we just don't know yet and I get the feeling it's not a good plan.
Questions:
* Young Charles Widmore is on the Island. Will we get to see why he left? Why he thinks the Island is his?
* What's happening to Charlotte? Does she need a constant? Is she being erased Back to the Future style?
* Is Ellie Rousseau? Ellie could be short for Danielle. Or is she Juliet's "you look like her" girl - the one Harper referred to when Juliet and she were talking about Ben?
* There's a huge ass bomb on the Island? What happened to it? Is it's explosion "The Incident?" Do they bury it?
I know a lot more happened in the episode, but I got so mad during it, the rest is kind of a blur. My head may explode. I'm just really frustrated because all we are getting are more questions. I thought we were going to start getting some answers. I also get more and more confused as our Islanders jump through time. I've stopped reading spoilers, so I can't tell you anything about next week's episode. I only hope it's better than this one...
The first two hours of Lost were great. Episode three did not impress me though. I'm not going to give up on Lost ever, but all this time traveling is frustrating. I am not a big fan of change - on my tv shows, in life, in general. I don't like that the show is no longer character-centric episodes with a current storyline and flashback/forward story too. I guess I"ll just have to get used to that though.
So where do I start? With Locke.. I have always loved Locke, even when he's done crazy stuff like blow up submarines and stab parachutists. Last night we learned that Richard Alpert is there for Locke's birth because Locke suggested it. We know Richard shows up several more times as John is growing up. It seemed as if Richard was doing this to recruit the Island's next leader, but really it's only because John told him to. So what does that mean? I think it means that Locke is NOT supposed to be the leader of the Others. Poor "I Want to Be Special" Locke just set himself up for another manipulation. He's not the rightful leader because he didn't pass Richard's tests. The current Others are just going to let John do whatever he offers to do for the Island b/c he's the only one who will do it. Someone has to sacrifice to keep the place hidden. Why not let Locke do it? Yeah, the Island healed him, but it healed Rose and Jin too and neither one of them tried to become the Others' new Ben. I think I feel this way because I'm buying into David's new "Jack was brought to the Island to take over Ben's job" theory.
Desmond and Penny named their little boy (who looks like a girl) Charlie. Aww.... So this is another thing I didn't like about the episode - I don't want Des and Penny involved in this "get people back to the Island" thing. I want them to stay sailing away on their boat living happily ever after. If that means no more episodes with them, then so be it. I'd rather that than have to watch her monster father or psycho Ben chase them. I don't understand why Desmond can't just let it go.
This is what really made me mad - I like Daniel Faraday. I want him to be this awesome good guy who's gonna save the day. Last night made him seem like a bad guy though. He's Widmore's benefactor (i know we don't technically know if Widmore is good or bad yet, but in my mind he's baaad), his time at Oxford has been covered up, he seems to be lying about not being able to change the past, etc. I think Daniel is manipulating Desmond. He has some plan that we just don't know yet and I get the feeling it's not a good plan.
Questions:
* Young Charles Widmore is on the Island. Will we get to see why he left? Why he thinks the Island is his?
* What's happening to Charlotte? Does she need a constant? Is she being erased Back to the Future style?
* Is Ellie Rousseau? Ellie could be short for Danielle. Or is she Juliet's "you look like her" girl - the one Harper referred to when Juliet and she were talking about Ben?
* There's a huge ass bomb on the Island? What happened to it? Is it's explosion "The Incident?" Do they bury it?
I know a lot more happened in the episode, but I got so mad during it, the rest is kind of a blur. My head may explode. I'm just really frustrated because all we are getting are more questions. I thought we were going to start getting some answers. I also get more and more confused as our Islanders jump through time. I've stopped reading spoilers, so I can't tell you anything about next week's episode. I only hope it's better than this one...
LOST: The Lie
Originally posted: January 29, 2009
The episode starts out with a lie. The Oceanic Six are on Penny's boat trying to corroborate their story. Of course, the wonderful Hurley doesn't want to lie about what went down on mystery Island. (This episode is so good. I guess I just love Hurley episodes. Even the appearance of Ana Luhoa couldn't ruin this one for me.) He tries to get Sayid to back him up and when Sayid says no, Hurley tells him, "You know what, dude? I'm going to remember this. And someday you're going to need my help and I'm telling you right now, you're not getting it." Flash to the present and Hurley is taking care of a drugged up/passed out Sayid. He gets pulled over my Ana Lucia's ghost who tells him what to do, to not get arrested (like she did in real life... ha ha ha) and that Libby says hi. Hurley goes to a convenience store and in a shout-out to super Bella, buys an I ♥ my Shih-Tzu shirt. Ha ha ha ha I was cracking up and immediately text Amanda Gayle! Hurley takes Sayid to his parents house to hide out from the cops and the bad guys after them. "Why there's a dead Pakistan on my couch?" - Mrs. Reyes exclaims when she comes home to chaos. So Hurley's dad takes off with Sayid to get him to Jack so Mr. Badass Ninja can get better. Hurley stays home with his mom and in one of the best Hurley scenes ever tells her all about what happened on the Island and how they've been lying ever since. I love this scene and it almost makes me cry. Poor Hugo just can't catch a break. I love his mom for telling him, "I believe you. I don't understand you, but I believe you." Now because Hurley called Jack, Ben knows where Hurley is. When Ben shows up Hurley is heating up a Hot Pocket and gets so scared that he throws the Hot Pocket at him. Ha ha ha Too freakin' funny. Since Hurley doesn't trust Ben and because Sayid told him to do the exact opposite of what Ben asks, Hurley runs out of the house and gets himself arrested. Uh-oh.. That can't be good.
In classic Lost fashion, as Sayid and Hurley drive away from the convenience store, Kate and Aaron pull into the parking lot. Sun's on the phone and wants to see Kate. They meet up and Kate tells Sun that men showed up wanting Aaron's blood. Sun advises her to get take care of the dudes. Sun seems all badass now. Talk about a woman scorned. Does she blame Kate for Jin's death? Or is really laying the blame with Jack? Because she immediately asks about him after telling Kate that it wasn't all the freighter business wasn't her fault. Maybe Sun's after Ben and Jack now. Good for her. Take 'em both out! One more question, why does she only have a baby picture of Ji-Yeon. That little girl would be 3 now. She doesn't have a more recent picture? I think that's weird...
Back on the Island, the gang is trying to start a fire when Frogurt/Neil gets shot with fire. The Losties split up and run on Sawyer's orders. Sawyer and Juliet (gag) run off together. They get stopped by two British soldier looking dudes. They've gotta be back in Widmore's time now. As one of the dudes is about to cut off Juliet's hand, a knife comes flying through the jungle and takes the guy out. Who is it? That's right, superhero Locke is here to save the day.. Old school Locke style. I still love that crazy dude. Now who are these crazy people? They're pre-Dharma, right? How many people actually know about this damn place? Maybe it's not the best kept secret..
In the present again, Ben and Jack are together. Ben flushes Jack's pills. Thank goodness. Gotta get that dude back on track if he's gonna be any use to anyone. In the hotel room, Ben unscrews a vent panel and pulls a bag out of the vent space and puts it into another bag, What's that about? What was in the bag? Ben tells Jack to pack up whatever he wants because he won't be coming back. Jack's ok with that. Ben goes to take care of Locke's body. He goes to an Others' butcher shop and asks the lady if things are going to according to plan and tells her she need to protect Locke. Why? What the heck is going on? Does Ben just need somewhere to keep John until they are all ready to return to the Island? Or are the butcher shop Others gonna send Locke back themselves? So confusing... After Ben looses Hurley, he goes to Mrs. Hawking. She's just determined the "Event Window." She tells Ben he has 70 hours. Is this the window of time when the past can actually be saved? Is this the window of time when they can get back to the Island? What the heck is going on? I know this woman has got to be Daniel's mom. Did you see her doing all that crazy physics stuff like he does? They've gotta be related. If Ben doesn't succeed in getting everyone ready in these 70 hours, "then God help us all." Gulp..
The episode starts out with a lie. The Oceanic Six are on Penny's boat trying to corroborate their story. Of course, the wonderful Hurley doesn't want to lie about what went down on mystery Island. (This episode is so good. I guess I just love Hurley episodes. Even the appearance of Ana Luhoa couldn't ruin this one for me.) He tries to get Sayid to back him up and when Sayid says no, Hurley tells him, "You know what, dude? I'm going to remember this. And someday you're going to need my help and I'm telling you right now, you're not getting it." Flash to the present and Hurley is taking care of a drugged up/passed out Sayid. He gets pulled over my Ana Lucia's ghost who tells him what to do, to not get arrested (like she did in real life... ha ha ha) and that Libby says hi. Hurley goes to a convenience store and in a shout-out to super Bella, buys an I ♥ my Shih-Tzu shirt. Ha ha ha ha I was cracking up and immediately text Amanda Gayle! Hurley takes Sayid to his parents house to hide out from the cops and the bad guys after them. "Why there's a dead Pakistan on my couch?" - Mrs. Reyes exclaims when she comes home to chaos. So Hurley's dad takes off with Sayid to get him to Jack so Mr. Badass Ninja can get better. Hurley stays home with his mom and in one of the best Hurley scenes ever tells her all about what happened on the Island and how they've been lying ever since. I love this scene and it almost makes me cry. Poor Hugo just can't catch a break. I love his mom for telling him, "I believe you. I don't understand you, but I believe you." Now because Hurley called Jack, Ben knows where Hurley is. When Ben shows up Hurley is heating up a Hot Pocket and gets so scared that he throws the Hot Pocket at him. Ha ha ha Too freakin' funny. Since Hurley doesn't trust Ben and because Sayid told him to do the exact opposite of what Ben asks, Hurley runs out of the house and gets himself arrested. Uh-oh.. That can't be good.
In classic Lost fashion, as Sayid and Hurley drive away from the convenience store, Kate and Aaron pull into the parking lot. Sun's on the phone and wants to see Kate. They meet up and Kate tells Sun that men showed up wanting Aaron's blood. Sun advises her to get take care of the dudes. Sun seems all badass now. Talk about a woman scorned. Does she blame Kate for Jin's death? Or is really laying the blame with Jack? Because she immediately asks about him after telling Kate that it wasn't all the freighter business wasn't her fault. Maybe Sun's after Ben and Jack now. Good for her. Take 'em both out! One more question, why does she only have a baby picture of Ji-Yeon. That little girl would be 3 now. She doesn't have a more recent picture? I think that's weird...
Back on the Island, the gang is trying to start a fire when Frogurt/Neil gets shot with fire. The Losties split up and run on Sawyer's orders. Sawyer and Juliet (gag) run off together. They get stopped by two British soldier looking dudes. They've gotta be back in Widmore's time now. As one of the dudes is about to cut off Juliet's hand, a knife comes flying through the jungle and takes the guy out. Who is it? That's right, superhero Locke is here to save the day.. Old school Locke style. I still love that crazy dude. Now who are these crazy people? They're pre-Dharma, right? How many people actually know about this damn place? Maybe it's not the best kept secret..
In the present again, Ben and Jack are together. Ben flushes Jack's pills. Thank goodness. Gotta get that dude back on track if he's gonna be any use to anyone. In the hotel room, Ben unscrews a vent panel and pulls a bag out of the vent space and puts it into another bag, What's that about? What was in the bag? Ben tells Jack to pack up whatever he wants because he won't be coming back. Jack's ok with that. Ben goes to take care of Locke's body. He goes to an Others' butcher shop and asks the lady if things are going to according to plan and tells her she need to protect Locke. Why? What the heck is going on? Does Ben just need somewhere to keep John until they are all ready to return to the Island? Or are the butcher shop Others gonna send Locke back themselves? So confusing... After Ben looses Hurley, he goes to Mrs. Hawking. She's just determined the "Event Window." She tells Ben he has 70 hours. Is this the window of time when the past can actually be saved? Is this the window of time when they can get back to the Island? What the heck is going on? I know this woman has got to be Daniel's mom. Did you see her doing all that crazy physics stuff like he does? They've gotta be related. If Ben doesn't succeed in getting everyone ready in these 70 hours, "then God help us all." Gulp..
LOST: Because You Left
Originally posted: January 29, 2009
Whoa! Lost is back and it is awesome. So Dr. Marvin Candle/Halliwax/Chang is married with a kid and in charge of the Orchid's building. It must be significant that he has a kid, right? Could that kiddo be Miles? Daniel is down in the Orchid helping with construction. Is he time jumping? Or did he come back to this specific time for a reason and for a good chunk of time? The foreman on the project seemed to know him. How crazy was the pic where you could actually see the frozen donkey wheel?! Wow!
Sayid proves once again that he is the biggest badass ever. On the run with Hurley, Sayid managed to kill a dude with an open dishwasher and some butcher knives - ninja style! What went down with Sayid and Ben to make Sayid to stop working for him? Did he find out Ben ordered the hit on Nadia? Because I could totally see Linus doing that to manipulate Sayid into working for him. Plus if Nadia is gone, Sayid would have no reason to want to stay off the Island. Badass Sayid gets hit with two darts and then passes the hell out. Don't worry though, it's just Hurley's turn to save the day.
Lawyers show up at Kate's door requesting a blood sample because someone knows Aaron isn't hers. So she decides to go on the run... I guess some things never change. Did Claire's mom hire those lawyers to find out if Aaron's her grandson? Or is it just more Ben manipulation to try to get Kate and Aaron back to the Island?
Ben finally has Jack on his side and they're about the start their "Re-recruit the Oceanic Six" mission. And they have Locke's dead body in a carpet van. At least Ben got Jack to shave. Whew!
Back on the island, the Losties are running around trying to figure out when they are. I loved Daniel's "Your camp isn't gone, it hasn't been built yet." line. Dum dum dum... Sexy shirtless Sawyer is not happy about the time jumping business (me either, this crap is going to get too confusing). He's not too happy about Faraday deciding he's in charge either. And it woulda been awesome if Sawyer smacked dumb Charlotte too. This whole time jumping thing is sorta cool but it might get old really quickly if things aren't properly explained. I think the jumping happens so much so that we feel as disoriented as our time jumpers do. I'm really glad Rose and Bernard are still around and hopefully will be around much more this season. I'm not concerned about many of the folks left on the Island though. I hope Sawyer ends up okay, I hope Daniel ends up saving the day and I hope Miles's storyline ends up being really cool. Other than that, I just want all my folks back together so we can get some answers.
Mr. John Locke is time jumping all alone. He sees Yemi's plane go down. He runs to it and gets shot by Ethan. When he tries to explain to Ethan that he will be his new leader, Ethan just wants to shot him again. Doesn't it seem like the Others aren't aware of the Island's time traveling business? Just how much information has Ben been keeping to himself? How very Ben was Locke in this moment - spouting off Ethan's name and predictions about the future. Maybe Ben knows all kinds of stuff because he keeps time looping too. Locke gets away from Ethan only because time changed again. Thankfully, Richard shows up to help him and explain what a compass does. I love Richard/Locke scenes.
Daniel very plainly tells Sawyer that the past cannot be changed. So why does he beat on Desmond's hatch and ask him for help? What is he hoping to correct? I totally think Daniel's mom is Mrs. Hawking. The pop-up clips on the replay of "The Lie" says Hawking's first name is Eloise - the same as Daniel's rat. Gotta be his mom, right? I just wish Desmond and Penny weren't going on a mission to find her now. I want Mr. and Mrs. Hume to just sail away in their happy little boat. Guess there's no such thing as a happy ending on Lost...
Whoa! Lost is back and it is awesome. So Dr. Marvin Candle/Halliwax/Chang is married with a kid and in charge of the Orchid's building. It must be significant that he has a kid, right? Could that kiddo be Miles? Daniel is down in the Orchid helping with construction. Is he time jumping? Or did he come back to this specific time for a reason and for a good chunk of time? The foreman on the project seemed to know him. How crazy was the pic where you could actually see the frozen donkey wheel?! Wow!
Sayid proves once again that he is the biggest badass ever. On the run with Hurley, Sayid managed to kill a dude with an open dishwasher and some butcher knives - ninja style! What went down with Sayid and Ben to make Sayid to stop working for him? Did he find out Ben ordered the hit on Nadia? Because I could totally see Linus doing that to manipulate Sayid into working for him. Plus if Nadia is gone, Sayid would have no reason to want to stay off the Island. Badass Sayid gets hit with two darts and then passes the hell out. Don't worry though, it's just Hurley's turn to save the day.
Lawyers show up at Kate's door requesting a blood sample because someone knows Aaron isn't hers. So she decides to go on the run... I guess some things never change. Did Claire's mom hire those lawyers to find out if Aaron's her grandson? Or is it just more Ben manipulation to try to get Kate and Aaron back to the Island?
Ben finally has Jack on his side and they're about the start their "Re-recruit the Oceanic Six" mission. And they have Locke's dead body in a carpet van. At least Ben got Jack to shave. Whew!
Back on the island, the Losties are running around trying to figure out when they are. I loved Daniel's "Your camp isn't gone, it hasn't been built yet." line. Dum dum dum... Sexy shirtless Sawyer is not happy about the time jumping business (me either, this crap is going to get too confusing). He's not too happy about Faraday deciding he's in charge either. And it woulda been awesome if Sawyer smacked dumb Charlotte too. This whole time jumping thing is sorta cool but it might get old really quickly if things aren't properly explained. I think the jumping happens so much so that we feel as disoriented as our time jumpers do. I'm really glad Rose and Bernard are still around and hopefully will be around much more this season. I'm not concerned about many of the folks left on the Island though. I hope Sawyer ends up okay, I hope Daniel ends up saving the day and I hope Miles's storyline ends up being really cool. Other than that, I just want all my folks back together so we can get some answers.
Mr. John Locke is time jumping all alone. He sees Yemi's plane go down. He runs to it and gets shot by Ethan. When he tries to explain to Ethan that he will be his new leader, Ethan just wants to shot him again. Doesn't it seem like the Others aren't aware of the Island's time traveling business? Just how much information has Ben been keeping to himself? How very Ben was Locke in this moment - spouting off Ethan's name and predictions about the future. Maybe Ben knows all kinds of stuff because he keeps time looping too. Locke gets away from Ethan only because time changed again. Thankfully, Richard shows up to help him and explain what a compass does. I love Richard/Locke scenes.
Daniel very plainly tells Sawyer that the past cannot be changed. So why does he beat on Desmond's hatch and ask him for help? What is he hoping to correct? I totally think Daniel's mom is Mrs. Hawking. The pop-up clips on the replay of "The Lie" says Hawking's first name is Eloise - the same as Daniel's rat. Gotta be his mom, right? I just wish Desmond and Penny weren't going on a mission to find her now. I want Mr. and Mrs. Hume to just sail away in their happy little boat. Guess there's no such thing as a happy ending on Lost...
LOST: There's No Place Like Home, parts two & three
Originally posted: May 30, 2008
"If you mean time traveling bunnies, then yes."
WoOOooOoOooOoW.. I am almost speechless. Lost was great! I am so glad that I kept myself spoiler-free for this season finale. The island disappeared! Locke is in the coffin! Sawyer is still alive! Penny saves the day! Penny and Desmond reunite! The "frozen donkey wheel" was actually a frozen donkey wheel! So many exclamation point worthy things happened last night.
There's so much to cover that I don't know where to start. We now know how the Oceanic Six - plus Des and Frank - got off the island. We know why they lied. When will Jack learn the Locke's right most of the time? I love Sawyer for his heroic jump from the helicopter. It scared the hell outta me though. I was pretty close to hysterics because I thought he was going to die. The only thing that worries me is that when he swam back to the island, he and Julibitch seemed pretty chummy all of the sudden. They better not put those two together. ICK!
Jeremy Bentham = John Locke I was convinced that was Ben. I guess it was too obvious with Ben in the name. So Locke gets off the island and tracks down the Oceanic Six and Walt. He wants them to go back to the island because they weren't supposed to leave and terrible things happened after they did leave. Didn't they realize the island was in charge? It says who! It says when! It says how much! Now Locke is the new leader of the Others. I'm so glad the man has finally found his calling and his place. I hope it'll do him so good. I'll always be on Team Locke and never Team Jack!
How cool was it that the episode started where the season 3 finale left off? That's some serious continuity. I love this show because you never know how things are going to fit back together. We hadn't seen the Portuguese-speaking dudes since season finale two when they called Penny. As soon as I heard them talking I knew it was Penny's boat!
Kate's phone call played backwards said, "The Island needs you. You have to go back before it's too late." I thought creepy Claire was going to be upset with Kate for taking Aaron, but it seems it is what t she would have wanted her to do. Here's a question though – if Claire wants to keep Aaron away from the island and the island wants the baby and crew back, does that mean Jacob and the island want two different things.
I could go on and on and on so I'm just gonna hit some main points.
-I couldn't catch my breath when Jin was running to the helicopter only to see it fly off without him. I cried so hard for Sun and him. It was freakin' heart wrenching.
-Michael's death was actually kind of cool because Christian appeared to him. It kinda makes you thing the ghostly whisperings can't be all bad. Michael finally redeemed himself and could die.
-It was really sad when Walt (that kid grew fast!) came to visit Hurley and said no one came to see him. It was also sad the Hurley had to lie to him about Michael. You know Hugo ain't a lying man.
-I'm glad Keamy got what was coming to him. Ben showed his psychotic tendencies once again. Why didn't Locke just take the heart monitor/bomb device and put it on himself really quickly before Keamy died? Wouldn't that have saved the freighter?
- Sayid is still the biggest badass around. His fight with Keamy was awesome!
- I still haven't figured out what's up with weirdo Miles? Why did he wanna stay?
- I'm only going to admit this once and don't make me repeat it because I'll deny ever saying it – maybe Ben isn't such a bad guy. I mean he moved the damn island. He did it to protect the island and not the people, but he still did it. He sacrificed for the greater good. He actually had tears in his eyes when he told Locke he had to leave the island now. Then he cried while turning the wheel. It almost made me cry and Ben has never made me cry.
The two alternate endings shot were shown on Good Morning America this morning. There were just two other options for coffin guy. One was Sawyer and the other was Desmond. As much as I love Locke, I'm glad it was him. I know we'll get an excellent story to explain how he got there and why.
New questions:
* What the hell was the wheel? How did that move the island? How did Ben know what was going to be down there and what to expect? I am still shocked and amazed.
* Why did Locke leave the island? Did he have to move the island too? Who made his death look like a suicide? Was he crippled again once he left the island (I don't think he was.) I've read a few blogs that think Locke will come back to life once they get him back to the island. What do you think? (I think that's way too creepy. Zombie Locke… he's got a knife! RUN!)
* Did Charles Widmore move the island the last time it was? Is that why he can't get back? Is that why he's looking for the island?
* Where did the island go? Did it just move to another location? Did it move to another time? Did it move through both?
* Charlotte was born on the island? How? Who is she? How did she get off the island?
* If they ALL have to go back to the island, does that include Walt, Ben, Desmond and Frank? They're really gonna think Jack has lost it when he shows up with Locke's body and says, "Hey, let's go back to the island!"
* Oh and can someone please tell me who the hell Dr. Marvin Candle is??? He's not the Dharma video guy is he? I really didn't think that was his name!!
I have to say I loved season four of Lost. It was good stuff. I think the writers' strike might have actually helped us. We probably wouldn't have learned so much if the writers hadn't had to cram it into so few episodes. My only problem is how are we going to survive waiting until 2009 for new Lost? We've done it before, so I guess we can do it again. All I know is I'm about to watch it all over again from the beginning. YAY! Lost rules!
"Checkmate, Mr. Eko."
"If you mean time traveling bunnies, then yes."
WoOOooOoOooOoW.. I am almost speechless. Lost was great! I am so glad that I kept myself spoiler-free for this season finale. The island disappeared! Locke is in the coffin! Sawyer is still alive! Penny saves the day! Penny and Desmond reunite! The "frozen donkey wheel" was actually a frozen donkey wheel! So many exclamation point worthy things happened last night.
There's so much to cover that I don't know where to start. We now know how the Oceanic Six - plus Des and Frank - got off the island. We know why they lied. When will Jack learn the Locke's right most of the time? I love Sawyer for his heroic jump from the helicopter. It scared the hell outta me though. I was pretty close to hysterics because I thought he was going to die. The only thing that worries me is that when he swam back to the island, he and Julibitch seemed pretty chummy all of the sudden. They better not put those two together. ICK!
Jeremy Bentham = John Locke I was convinced that was Ben. I guess it was too obvious with Ben in the name. So Locke gets off the island and tracks down the Oceanic Six and Walt. He wants them to go back to the island because they weren't supposed to leave and terrible things happened after they did leave. Didn't they realize the island was in charge? It says who! It says when! It says how much! Now Locke is the new leader of the Others. I'm so glad the man has finally found his calling and his place. I hope it'll do him so good. I'll always be on Team Locke and never Team Jack!
How cool was it that the episode started where the season 3 finale left off? That's some serious continuity. I love this show because you never know how things are going to fit back together. We hadn't seen the Portuguese-speaking dudes since season finale two when they called Penny. As soon as I heard them talking I knew it was Penny's boat!
Kate's phone call played backwards said, "The Island needs you. You have to go back before it's too late." I thought creepy Claire was going to be upset with Kate for taking Aaron, but it seems it is what t she would have wanted her to do. Here's a question though – if Claire wants to keep Aaron away from the island and the island wants the baby and crew back, does that mean Jacob and the island want two different things.
I could go on and on and on so I'm just gonna hit some main points.
-I couldn't catch my breath when Jin was running to the helicopter only to see it fly off without him. I cried so hard for Sun and him. It was freakin' heart wrenching.
-Michael's death was actually kind of cool because Christian appeared to him. It kinda makes you thing the ghostly whisperings can't be all bad. Michael finally redeemed himself and could die.
-It was really sad when Walt (that kid grew fast!) came to visit Hurley and said no one came to see him. It was also sad the Hurley had to lie to him about Michael. You know Hugo ain't a lying man.
-I'm glad Keamy got what was coming to him. Ben showed his psychotic tendencies once again. Why didn't Locke just take the heart monitor/bomb device and put it on himself really quickly before Keamy died? Wouldn't that have saved the freighter?
- Sayid is still the biggest badass around. His fight with Keamy was awesome!
- I still haven't figured out what's up with weirdo Miles? Why did he wanna stay?
- I'm only going to admit this once and don't make me repeat it because I'll deny ever saying it – maybe Ben isn't such a bad guy. I mean he moved the damn island. He did it to protect the island and not the people, but he still did it. He sacrificed for the greater good. He actually had tears in his eyes when he told Locke he had to leave the island now. Then he cried while turning the wheel. It almost made me cry and Ben has never made me cry.
The two alternate endings shot were shown on Good Morning America this morning. There were just two other options for coffin guy. One was Sawyer and the other was Desmond. As much as I love Locke, I'm glad it was him. I know we'll get an excellent story to explain how he got there and why.
New questions:
* What the hell was the wheel? How did that move the island? How did Ben know what was going to be down there and what to expect? I am still shocked and amazed.
* Why did Locke leave the island? Did he have to move the island too? Who made his death look like a suicide? Was he crippled again once he left the island (I don't think he was.) I've read a few blogs that think Locke will come back to life once they get him back to the island. What do you think? (I think that's way too creepy. Zombie Locke… he's got a knife! RUN!)
* Did Charles Widmore move the island the last time it was? Is that why he can't get back? Is that why he's looking for the island?
* Where did the island go? Did it just move to another location? Did it move to another time? Did it move through both?
* Charlotte was born on the island? How? Who is she? How did she get off the island?
* If they ALL have to go back to the island, does that include Walt, Ben, Desmond and Frank? They're really gonna think Jack has lost it when he shows up with Locke's body and says, "Hey, let's go back to the island!"
* Oh and can someone please tell me who the hell Dr. Marvin Candle is??? He's not the Dharma video guy is he? I really didn't think that was his name!!
I have to say I loved season four of Lost. It was good stuff. I think the writers' strike might have actually helped us. We probably wouldn't have learned so much if the writers hadn't had to cram it into so few episodes. My only problem is how are we going to survive waiting until 2009 for new Lost? We've done it before, so I guess we can do it again. All I know is I'm about to watch it all over again from the beginning. YAY! Lost rules!
"Checkmate, Mr. Eko."
LOST: There's No Place Like Home, part one
Originally posted: May 19, 2008
Last night's episode made me an emotional wreck. The entire episode seemed to have an impending sense of doom. It's freaking me out. I teared up as the Oceanic Six got off the plane. I'm so glad we finally got to see some of our people rescued. I hate that Jack still thinks he's in charge of everything, even once they're off the island. I love that Kate had no one to greet her. That's what she gets for being a lying con woman! It's killing me to know what went down before they got off the island though. "We are in shock, Jack," Sun tells him. Why?! What happened out there? I hope the season finale answers all those questions.
Off the island - I am so happy Sayid and Nadia were reunited. Yay for Sayid! How cool was Sun? Buying stock in her dad's company and going off on him! Good for her. What did she mean by "two people are responsible for his death?" Also what's up with Mr. Paik's wonky right eye? It grosses me out. It made me really sad though when she lied and said Jin died in the plane crash. Oh! What a sad episodes. Hurley's surprise party entrance and the coconut were creepy. I just knew Charlie was about to appear to him. The whispers started and I was all, "Oh! He wasn't supposed to leave the island!" Yeah, I was wrong, it was just a party… with a luau theme. Amanda went off about how dumb his parents are to throw a luau party when he just got off an island. Then Hurley himself mentioned it. Ha ha ha I had read the numbers were going to show back up this season. How crazy was it that they are in Hurley's car? Doo doo doo doo do doo doo (you should be hearing the creepy Twilight Zone music right now) So Claire's comatose mother is out of the coma. She showed up to tell Jack that Claire is his sister. His face was priceless. I beat he's feeling majorly guilty for something he did on that island. Poor Claire. I miss her already. Poor Claire's mom for being that close to her grandson and not even knowing it was him.
Back on the island - My boyfriend Sawyer was back this week. His face when he told Kate and Jack that they lost Claire broke my heart. I love how much he has grown. When I first started watching the show, I hated Sawyer. Now he's the kind of guy who saves babies and won't let them leave with out Hurley. I just wish he were getting on that helicopter with Jack and Frank to fly home to me!
The boat is loaded with explosives. What the hell? Who did that? Is that why Jin doesn't make it off the island? Sun left without even a big heartfelt goodbye to Jin. Damnit, doesn't she know she's never gonna see him again?! The signal on the boat is being jammed. Is that one of the things they are doing at the Orchid (by they, I mean whoever got there first)? I am a little worried about what's going to happen to the freighter. It's not much of a mystery though because we already know Jin doesn't make it off the island, we don't care what happens to Michael, and I've seen a picture where Desmond is with the Oceanic 6 in the water. I'm assuming that means Des end up ok. What was Charlotte's meaningful look at Daniel, as he took off in the boat, all about? We know only two people on that boat make it off the island. What does that mean for Daniel? I hope he doesn't die. That man is smart and knows way too much about our island to be killed off.
Ben, Locke and Hurley continue their "move the island" mission. How the heck is Hurley gonna get back to everyone else? I have to respect Ben for just walking right into that dangerous situation. They don't want him dead though and Ben knows that. Keamy with a gun to Ben's head isn't suspenseful at all because we already know Ben makes it to the future.
New questions:
* How are all six of them going to get back together to be rescued?
* What are Richard Alpert and the Others going to do with Sayid and Kate?
* Is my Sawyer gonna die? I'm so worried about him.
* Will we finally learn who's in the season 3 casket?!
* What the hell are the "algothriatians" things that Locke is supposed to look for on the left wall down in the Orchid? What is he going to do in the Orchid??
* What is in the Orchid? How does Charles Widmore know what's in there? I think he must have been on the island at some point. Then the thing moved and he's been trying to get back for some reason.
I'm doing so good this time about spoilers. I am not going to ruin the ending for myself like I did last season. Oh man, two weeks is too long!! I can't wait for the huge surprise!
Last night's episode made me an emotional wreck. The entire episode seemed to have an impending sense of doom. It's freaking me out. I teared up as the Oceanic Six got off the plane. I'm so glad we finally got to see some of our people rescued. I hate that Jack still thinks he's in charge of everything, even once they're off the island. I love that Kate had no one to greet her. That's what she gets for being a lying con woman! It's killing me to know what went down before they got off the island though. "We are in shock, Jack," Sun tells him. Why?! What happened out there? I hope the season finale answers all those questions.
Off the island - I am so happy Sayid and Nadia were reunited. Yay for Sayid! How cool was Sun? Buying stock in her dad's company and going off on him! Good for her. What did she mean by "two people are responsible for his death?" Also what's up with Mr. Paik's wonky right eye? It grosses me out. It made me really sad though when she lied and said Jin died in the plane crash. Oh! What a sad episodes. Hurley's surprise party entrance and the coconut were creepy. I just knew Charlie was about to appear to him. The whispers started and I was all, "Oh! He wasn't supposed to leave the island!" Yeah, I was wrong, it was just a party… with a luau theme. Amanda went off about how dumb his parents are to throw a luau party when he just got off an island. Then Hurley himself mentioned it. Ha ha ha I had read the numbers were going to show back up this season. How crazy was it that they are in Hurley's car? Doo doo doo doo do doo doo (you should be hearing the creepy Twilight Zone music right now) So Claire's comatose mother is out of the coma. She showed up to tell Jack that Claire is his sister. His face was priceless. I beat he's feeling majorly guilty for something he did on that island. Poor Claire. I miss her already. Poor Claire's mom for being that close to her grandson and not even knowing it was him.
Back on the island - My boyfriend Sawyer was back this week. His face when he told Kate and Jack that they lost Claire broke my heart. I love how much he has grown. When I first started watching the show, I hated Sawyer. Now he's the kind of guy who saves babies and won't let them leave with out Hurley. I just wish he were getting on that helicopter with Jack and Frank to fly home to me!
The boat is loaded with explosives. What the hell? Who did that? Is that why Jin doesn't make it off the island? Sun left without even a big heartfelt goodbye to Jin. Damnit, doesn't she know she's never gonna see him again?! The signal on the boat is being jammed. Is that one of the things they are doing at the Orchid (by they, I mean whoever got there first)? I am a little worried about what's going to happen to the freighter. It's not much of a mystery though because we already know Jin doesn't make it off the island, we don't care what happens to Michael, and I've seen a picture where Desmond is with the Oceanic 6 in the water. I'm assuming that means Des end up ok. What was Charlotte's meaningful look at Daniel, as he took off in the boat, all about? We know only two people on that boat make it off the island. What does that mean for Daniel? I hope he doesn't die. That man is smart and knows way too much about our island to be killed off.
Ben, Locke and Hurley continue their "move the island" mission. How the heck is Hurley gonna get back to everyone else? I have to respect Ben for just walking right into that dangerous situation. They don't want him dead though and Ben knows that. Keamy with a gun to Ben's head isn't suspenseful at all because we already know Ben makes it to the future.
New questions:
* How are all six of them going to get back together to be rescued?
* What are Richard Alpert and the Others going to do with Sayid and Kate?
* Is my Sawyer gonna die? I'm so worried about him.
* Will we finally learn who's in the season 3 casket?!
* What the hell are the "algothriatians" things that Locke is supposed to look for on the left wall down in the Orchid? What is he going to do in the Orchid??
* What is in the Orchid? How does Charles Widmore know what's in there? I think he must have been on the island at some point. Then the thing moved and he's been trying to get back for some reason.
I'm doing so good this time about spoilers. I am not going to ruin the ending for myself like I did last season. Oh man, two weeks is too long!! I can't wait for the huge surprise!
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