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!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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!
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