Sunday, May 23, 2010
Season Six, Last Episode—Ever.
It was beautiful. It was more poetic than I ever imagined. And I'm fulfilled.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Season Six, Episode 15
So, it's down to the wire. And this is what we've got:
It opens the same as the pilot, with Jack waking up, with Jack and Kate sewing up injuries, just flipped.
Ben is evil again.
And Desmond is the constant for everyone. When Desmond hits Ben, he knocks the island back into them. When he talks to Hurley, he gets the island back into him. And he is planning to bring them all together at Miles' Dad's/Jack's kid's event. But what does making them all remember the island have to do with saving the island? I know it has something to do with free will. Jacob tells them, "I'm going to give you what I never had, a choice." How will that choice save the island though?
Desmond tells Ben regarding Locke, "I'm trying to get him to let go." Jack also told him to let go. So what is this letting go? I think it's letting go of his life BEFORE the island. He's the only one who still has his handicap, literally.
Also in this episode Ben says, "It was where I was told I could summon the monster, that was before I realized it was the one that was summoning me." Ben's been working for him all along. He thought he was working for Jacob, but it's been the monster that's controlled Ben. It was a dead body inhabited by the monster that told him to kill everyone originally. He has always been under the monster's thumb.
Whidmore tells Ben, "If you shoot me, your last chance at survival will be gone." And Ben does kill Whidmore, all to avenge his daughter's death. So, if Whidmore's little spiel was right, what is going to happen to Ben in the end? Will he be the one to take over the island if Smokey escapes? And how is Ben ALLOWED to kill Whidmore? Wasn't that against the rules? Or were those just Jacob's rules and now that Jacob is gone, it's a free-for-all? Other things I just don't get: Locke says "I'll finally get what I want, to leave this island." But I swear he already left when he took the form of Jack's dad and made the smoke detector go off. Did they think we would forget that? Is it a coincidence? I think not. I hope it's not shotty writing.
Whidmore was obviously the good one in the whole scheme of the Ben/Whidmore thing. It was Jacob who turned to him, making him a sort of Alanna. Whidmore also says Jacob showed him the error of his ways. Ben, however, continues to error. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Richard is dead, too. Although, he did drink from this cup, so maybe he isn't dead, but giving the body count lately, the odds are not in his favor. Or, as Sonesh would say, more purging of the ethnic people.
So, I knew Jacob's ashes were in Alanna's bag, I totally called that a while back. And when those ashes burn, that's the end of Jacob. So, ashes to ashes, dust to dust?
We learn Desmond was a measure of last resort, immune to electromagnetism. What does that really mean? It means, in English, Desmond was the constant. For everyone. He's the one that can bring them all back, make them remember. And maybe remembering and changing your life for the good (ie letting go of your handicaps) can put more white stones on the tipped scales.
We start wrapping up the show with Jack and Locke's conversation, which is a variation of the same conversation they've always had: man of faith, man of science. And it's the man of faith vs man of science that defined the roles of Jacob and Easu. Jacob believed what his mother said (faith). Easu went to go in search of the world (science). Just another cycle repeating itself.
My theories about the smoke being mom are totally out to door. It's Jacob's fault. He was the good that let in the hate which created the evil. He created the monster. The monster killed him and now someone has to replace him. Another example of yin and yang. And that's why they are there. That, and because they were in unhappy, flawed existances. "You were like me, you were all alone, you were all looking for something you couldn't find out there. You needed this place as much as it needed you," Jacob tells them. That, to me, sounds like finding your faith. And then he explains how they were taken out of the running.
Kate became a mom. Sun and Jin became parents. Well, we know Sawyer has a kid on the flipside. And we know Jack does, too. But Jack still throws himself into the running. He drinks the water, which is blessed (and isn't wine and doesn't come in a holy grail—more disproved theories). And Hurley says, "I'm just glad it's not me." Well, I'm not too sure it isn't him, still. I have a gut feeling Jack is going to die and it is going to be Hurley who is left to protect the light. I think that is def. a twist possibility. And a very unexpected one. Hurley was the first on the flipside to remember it all.
We end with Locke taking about destroying the island ... is that why it's on the bottom of the ocean this season? Does he really succeed? It can't be that easy. And believe it or not, we'll finally know by Sunday.
It opens the same as the pilot, with Jack waking up, with Jack and Kate sewing up injuries, just flipped.
Ben is evil again.
And Desmond is the constant for everyone. When Desmond hits Ben, he knocks the island back into them. When he talks to Hurley, he gets the island back into him. And he is planning to bring them all together at Miles' Dad's/Jack's kid's event. But what does making them all remember the island have to do with saving the island? I know it has something to do with free will. Jacob tells them, "I'm going to give you what I never had, a choice." How will that choice save the island though?
Desmond tells Ben regarding Locke, "I'm trying to get him to let go." Jack also told him to let go. So what is this letting go? I think it's letting go of his life BEFORE the island. He's the only one who still has his handicap, literally.
Also in this episode Ben says, "It was where I was told I could summon the monster, that was before I realized it was the one that was summoning me." Ben's been working for him all along. He thought he was working for Jacob, but it's been the monster that's controlled Ben. It was a dead body inhabited by the monster that told him to kill everyone originally. He has always been under the monster's thumb.
Whidmore tells Ben, "If you shoot me, your last chance at survival will be gone." And Ben does kill Whidmore, all to avenge his daughter's death. So, if Whidmore's little spiel was right, what is going to happen to Ben in the end? Will he be the one to take over the island if Smokey escapes? And how is Ben ALLOWED to kill Whidmore? Wasn't that against the rules? Or were those just Jacob's rules and now that Jacob is gone, it's a free-for-all? Other things I just don't get: Locke says "I'll finally get what I want, to leave this island." But I swear he already left when he took the form of Jack's dad and made the smoke detector go off. Did they think we would forget that? Is it a coincidence? I think not. I hope it's not shotty writing.
Whidmore was obviously the good one in the whole scheme of the Ben/Whidmore thing. It was Jacob who turned to him, making him a sort of Alanna. Whidmore also says Jacob showed him the error of his ways. Ben, however, continues to error. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Richard is dead, too. Although, he did drink from this cup, so maybe he isn't dead, but giving the body count lately, the odds are not in his favor. Or, as Sonesh would say, more purging of the ethnic people.
So, I knew Jacob's ashes were in Alanna's bag, I totally called that a while back. And when those ashes burn, that's the end of Jacob. So, ashes to ashes, dust to dust?
We learn Desmond was a measure of last resort, immune to electromagnetism. What does that really mean? It means, in English, Desmond was the constant. For everyone. He's the one that can bring them all back, make them remember. And maybe remembering and changing your life for the good (ie letting go of your handicaps) can put more white stones on the tipped scales.
We start wrapping up the show with Jack and Locke's conversation, which is a variation of the same conversation they've always had: man of faith, man of science. And it's the man of faith vs man of science that defined the roles of Jacob and Easu. Jacob believed what his mother said (faith). Easu went to go in search of the world (science). Just another cycle repeating itself.
My theories about the smoke being mom are totally out to door. It's Jacob's fault. He was the good that let in the hate which created the evil. He created the monster. The monster killed him and now someone has to replace him. Another example of yin and yang. And that's why they are there. That, and because they were in unhappy, flawed existances. "You were like me, you were all alone, you were all looking for something you couldn't find out there. You needed this place as much as it needed you," Jacob tells them. That, to me, sounds like finding your faith. And then he explains how they were taken out of the running.
Kate became a mom. Sun and Jin became parents. Well, we know Sawyer has a kid on the flipside. And we know Jack does, too. But Jack still throws himself into the running. He drinks the water, which is blessed (and isn't wine and doesn't come in a holy grail—more disproved theories). And Hurley says, "I'm just glad it's not me." Well, I'm not too sure it isn't him, still. I have a gut feeling Jack is going to die and it is going to be Hurley who is left to protect the light. I think that is def. a twist possibility. And a very unexpected one. Hurley was the first on the flipside to remember it all.
We end with Locke taking about destroying the island ... is that why it's on the bottom of the ocean this season? Does he really succeed? It can't be that easy. And believe it or not, we'll finally know by Sunday.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Season Six, Episode 14, Part 4
Watched the first episode of LOST last night. Locke (white) tells Walt (black) while playing backgammon there's two sides, one dark, one light. It started back in ancient Mesopotamia. Do you want to know a secret? And that, I think, is what it all boils down to.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Season Six, Episode 14, Part 3
Obviously, the nearing end of LOST has been taking up a big portion of my thoughts, so here's something else that caught my attention:
From hubby's diehard friend:
Mom is the smoke monster. That's just the form it took. And she was killed with the sword Dougan gave Sayid to kill Fake Locke with. Now, why she thanks Easu for kiling her is beyond me, but this is an interesting theory.
Another one: It's not about the wine, it's about the cup. In a holy grail sort of way (I said that earlier). Because Jacob makes Richard drink from the same cup when he gives him eternal life.
From hubby's diehard friend:
Mom is the smoke monster. That's just the form it took. And she was killed with the sword Dougan gave Sayid to kill Fake Locke with. Now, why she thanks Easu for kiling her is beyond me, but this is an interesting theory.
Another one: It's not about the wine, it's about the cup. In a holy grail sort of way (I said that earlier). Because Jacob makes Richard drink from the same cup when he gives him eternal life.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Season Six, Episode 14, Part 2
I'm retracting some previous stuff. The smoke monster isn't Jacob's brother. He killed Easu's brother and later steals his body. And the mother that appeared to Easu wasn't his mom, it was the smoke monster. And it's the smoke monster who guards the light, even though it doesn't want to and wants to leave the island. But he's trapped. Just as Jacob's faux mom was trapped, and that's why she thanked Easu for killing her.
Oh, and I read in an article online today that they are never going to say Easu's name is Easu because, in the producer's own words: " I think for us to explain why we're not giving him a name veers too far into the territory of explaining things that we don't feel the need to explain." So, he's Easu. It's obvious. And that's that.
Oh, and I read in an article online today that they are never going to say Easu's name is Easu because, in the producer's own words: " I think for us to explain why we're not giving him a name veers too far into the territory of explaining things that we don't feel the need to explain." So, he's Easu. It's obvious. And that's that.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Season Six, Episode 14
Welcome to what is chronologically the first episode of LOST ever, save them showing us how "mom" got on the island. Like I said a zillion years ago, Jacob and Easu (man in black) are brothers. And much like the bible story of Jacob and Easu, the two are in strife battling over control of their birthright—the light, the life, the death, the good, the evil.
Why does "mom" favor Easu? It seems before he even came out, she had no intention of killing their real mother. "Jacob doesn't know how to lie. He isn't like you," she tells Easu when he is older. It's like she knows he has ill intentions. It's like she knows he is going to choose darkness over light all along. Is she trying to prevent it? Is that why she favors him, in an attept to change him?
There are so many parrallels. This is the third pregnant woman who has washed ashore. This is the third set of children that have been taken from their mothers. Well, fourth actually, because even though Sun never gave birth on the island, her child no longer belongs to her either.
Mom gives the same speech to Easu and Jacob about people coming and destroying. Apparently, this whole cycle has been going on for a long, long, long time. It's the speech we will later hear him give to Easu. He truly has replaced her. And I'm betting all my bottom dollars that Jack is going to replace him.
Mom says something peculiar in this part of the show. She says, "Because they are people, Jacob, and that's what people do." Easu replies, "But we're people." But are they? There is another reference by Easu later in the show about how Jacob and Mom look down on them from the mountain, almost a reference to Greek gods. Are they somehow God-like? By drinking the blessed wine, does it make them God-like? Easu never drank the wine, so does his evil status come from exposure to the light? And after Jacob drinks, it seems his eyes are open, a la Eve and the Garden of Eden. Plus, there's a whole holy grail things going on here, too.
So, Easu can't kill Jacob because of dear old Mom. She's the one who made the rule. She also made the rule that they can never leave. And all these years later, the is trying to rebel against her rules.
Now on to the light. Eden? Fountain of youth? Heaven? "A little bit of this very same light is in every man. But they always want more. They will try and if they try they will put it out. And if the light goes out here, it goes out everywhere." Is what they are protecting God? Or is it just goodness in general? Whatever it is, after getting too close to it, it turns Easu into evil. And like Lucifer, he is cast out of the light forever.
But before he becomes the smoke monster, Easu uses free will to leave, to choose the human path. Another Eden reference.
"One day you can make up your own game and everyone can follow your rules," is what Easu tells Jacob about the game (which is where the whole rock thing comes into play). Is it all just a game? With Jacob leaving the island and touching all of our Lostees it seems that it becomes that way, even though Mom, whose intent and purpose for them being on the island seems so much more serious.
And why is it Easu can see his dead mother but Jacob can't? The only other person on the island who can see dead people is Hurley. What does it mean? What does it mean?
And then we have the wheel and the light. Internet rumors are flying that these "people" that tell Easu about the island and they way it works are actually Farraday. That he travels back back in time and lets Easu know so much, too much. How else does Easu know how things work? Even his own mother wants to know.
So where do our Lostees fall into all of this? I think the end of the show sums it all up. It's Jack who finds the two bodies. It's Jack who takes the rocks. It's Jack who is going to replace Jacob. And, based on a good theory I heard on Yelp, Jack is going to sink the island in order to keep Easu on it. That's why we see the island on the bottom of the ocean in the beginnning of this season. And, as David keeps saying, LA X land is the end of the show. It's how things were supposed to be.
But, we all know there's more to it than that. And we only have two more epsiodes to get it all wrapped up.
So bittersweet.
Why does "mom" favor Easu? It seems before he even came out, she had no intention of killing their real mother. "Jacob doesn't know how to lie. He isn't like you," she tells Easu when he is older. It's like she knows he has ill intentions. It's like she knows he is going to choose darkness over light all along. Is she trying to prevent it? Is that why she favors him, in an attept to change him?
There are so many parrallels. This is the third pregnant woman who has washed ashore. This is the third set of children that have been taken from their mothers. Well, fourth actually, because even though Sun never gave birth on the island, her child no longer belongs to her either.
Mom gives the same speech to Easu and Jacob about people coming and destroying. Apparently, this whole cycle has been going on for a long, long, long time. It's the speech we will later hear him give to Easu. He truly has replaced her. And I'm betting all my bottom dollars that Jack is going to replace him.
Mom says something peculiar in this part of the show. She says, "Because they are people, Jacob, and that's what people do." Easu replies, "But we're people." But are they? There is another reference by Easu later in the show about how Jacob and Mom look down on them from the mountain, almost a reference to Greek gods. Are they somehow God-like? By drinking the blessed wine, does it make them God-like? Easu never drank the wine, so does his evil status come from exposure to the light? And after Jacob drinks, it seems his eyes are open, a la Eve and the Garden of Eden. Plus, there's a whole holy grail things going on here, too.
So, Easu can't kill Jacob because of dear old Mom. She's the one who made the rule. She also made the rule that they can never leave. And all these years later, the is trying to rebel against her rules.
Now on to the light. Eden? Fountain of youth? Heaven? "A little bit of this very same light is in every man. But they always want more. They will try and if they try they will put it out. And if the light goes out here, it goes out everywhere." Is what they are protecting God? Or is it just goodness in general? Whatever it is, after getting too close to it, it turns Easu into evil. And like Lucifer, he is cast out of the light forever.
But before he becomes the smoke monster, Easu uses free will to leave, to choose the human path. Another Eden reference.
"One day you can make up your own game and everyone can follow your rules," is what Easu tells Jacob about the game (which is where the whole rock thing comes into play). Is it all just a game? With Jacob leaving the island and touching all of our Lostees it seems that it becomes that way, even though Mom, whose intent and purpose for them being on the island seems so much more serious.
And why is it Easu can see his dead mother but Jacob can't? The only other person on the island who can see dead people is Hurley. What does it mean? What does it mean?
And then we have the wheel and the light. Internet rumors are flying that these "people" that tell Easu about the island and they way it works are actually Farraday. That he travels back back in time and lets Easu know so much, too much. How else does Easu know how things work? Even his own mother wants to know.
So where do our Lostees fall into all of this? I think the end of the show sums it all up. It's Jack who finds the two bodies. It's Jack who takes the rocks. It's Jack who is going to replace Jacob. And, based on a good theory I heard on Yelp, Jack is going to sink the island in order to keep Easu on it. That's why we see the island on the bottom of the ocean in the beginnning of this season. And, as David keeps saying, LA X land is the end of the show. It's how things were supposed to be.
But, we all know there's more to it than that. And we only have two more epsiodes to get it all wrapped up.
So bittersweet.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Season Six, Episode 13
Holy crap! They killed Sayid. They killed Sun. They killed Jin. They shot Kate. Lapidus got smacked in head by the sub door and for all we know, he's dead, too. ALL IN THE SAME EPISODE. I think they've finally decided to pick up the pace in this race to the end. About freaking time.
So, this time in LA X land we learn Locke's Dad is a good guy. He didn't throw him out the window and break his back. It was Locke who injured himself and his father in a plane crash. Because ... everything is better in LA X land. It's also in LA X land that Sun and Jin are well and good. Not so much here. Sun and Jin finally get reunited only to die together in this episode. How utterly heartbreaking. Who is going to take care of their kid? Is she a candidate? Clearly, it can't be that deep, we only have three epsidoes left.
I could totally deal with Sayid dying, as he has been kind of dead this whole season. But let it be known for a long, long time he was my most favorite character. But we've been dealing with Z-ayid a lot, lately. And he kind of sucked it up. But right before Z-ayid saved most everyone, he seemed so normal. He even tipped Jack off about Desmond. And then tells Jack "it's going to be you." Does that mean Jack is it? The candidate? That is the name of this episode. And we are kicking candidates off the show faster than slower with the mass murders. So, is it Jack? I'm starting to think yes, it really is. He was so insighful on the ship when the bomb emerged. But he was wrong. It was a bomb. And Locke did cause people to die. If Sawyer hadn't pulled the plug, would the bomb had still gone off?
Oh, and where the hell is Ben in all of this?
Fake Locke is evil to the core. He is hell-bent on killing everyone. But why? If he kills all of them, how can they replace him? Doesn't he need them to get off the island? Is that all a ploy, too? And what does he need Desmond for? Ugh, I have no idea what is going on. And we are so quickly running out of time. Furthermore, what does Whidmore have to do with any of it? Is Whidmore a former candidate who got booted for someone else? Is he also trying to pick everyone off so he can lurch himself back into the candidate spot? What does it all mean, man? What does it all mean?
In other trivial questions, where did this jewelry box come from and what does that mean? We haven't seen anything about it before. The only think it makes me think of is the mirror Jacob used to show Jack his life. Another mystery.
And speaking of things we have/have not seen before, did anyone notice the repeat of lines between Sun and Jin being the same as those between Richard and his wife? And again between Jack and Locke at the end when Jack tells Locke "I wish you believed me." The roll reversal is just another neon aarow showing that Jack is the one. He's come around. It's him, totally him. But why and for what? Ugh, now we just need to figure that out.
Next week's preview looks interesting, maybe a throwback episode like we got with Richard. And that's all I've ever wanted for the end of this show, to backtrack to the beginning to show us how we ended up where we are.
So, this time in LA X land we learn Locke's Dad is a good guy. He didn't throw him out the window and break his back. It was Locke who injured himself and his father in a plane crash. Because ... everything is better in LA X land. It's also in LA X land that Sun and Jin are well and good. Not so much here. Sun and Jin finally get reunited only to die together in this episode. How utterly heartbreaking. Who is going to take care of their kid? Is she a candidate? Clearly, it can't be that deep, we only have three epsidoes left.
I could totally deal with Sayid dying, as he has been kind of dead this whole season. But let it be known for a long, long time he was my most favorite character. But we've been dealing with Z-ayid a lot, lately. And he kind of sucked it up. But right before Z-ayid saved most everyone, he seemed so normal. He even tipped Jack off about Desmond. And then tells Jack "it's going to be you." Does that mean Jack is it? The candidate? That is the name of this episode. And we are kicking candidates off the show faster than slower with the mass murders. So, is it Jack? I'm starting to think yes, it really is. He was so insighful on the ship when the bomb emerged. But he was wrong. It was a bomb. And Locke did cause people to die. If Sawyer hadn't pulled the plug, would the bomb had still gone off?
Oh, and where the hell is Ben in all of this?
Fake Locke is evil to the core. He is hell-bent on killing everyone. But why? If he kills all of them, how can they replace him? Doesn't he need them to get off the island? Is that all a ploy, too? And what does he need Desmond for? Ugh, I have no idea what is going on. And we are so quickly running out of time. Furthermore, what does Whidmore have to do with any of it? Is Whidmore a former candidate who got booted for someone else? Is he also trying to pick everyone off so he can lurch himself back into the candidate spot? What does it all mean, man? What does it all mean?
In other trivial questions, where did this jewelry box come from and what does that mean? We haven't seen anything about it before. The only think it makes me think of is the mirror Jacob used to show Jack his life. Another mystery.
And speaking of things we have/have not seen before, did anyone notice the repeat of lines between Sun and Jin being the same as those between Richard and his wife? And again between Jack and Locke at the end when Jack tells Locke "I wish you believed me." The roll reversal is just another neon aarow showing that Jack is the one. He's come around. It's him, totally him. But why and for what? Ugh, now we just need to figure that out.
Next week's preview looks interesting, maybe a throwback episode like we got with Richard. And that's all I've ever wanted for the end of this show, to backtrack to the beginning to show us how we ended up where we are.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Season Six, Episode 12
Ugh, how did they manage to work Alanna back into this episode? I did notice that in her other life she was sent to protect Jacob's law. In this life, she is protecting another type of law.
OK, so yeah, Jin and Sun are reunited. Finally.
Now on to what was revealed:
Confirmed that Jack's dad was the Smoke Monster. Now let's look back on what Jack's Dad made out Lostees do in his time on the island: He lead Claire away from the pack. He sent Locke down the well to turn the wheel (probably knowing he would kill himself and come back so he could take over his body. And, he went to the hospital and tormented Jack. I'm betting all my bottom dollars he's evil. And I'm betting the farm that the reason we still don't know his name is because he isn't Easu, he's the devil.
Sun recognizes Locke when they are wheeling both of them to the ER. That's another ah ha moment.
In LA X land Sayid, who is unstoppable, totally gets stopped by a garden hose.
Also in LA X Desmond intervenes in Claire's life in a very Jacob-esque way. I really think he is the new Jacob.
Locke tells Jack during the episode he can't get off the island because he needs everyone to be there. Well, he gets exactly what he wants at the end of the show because everyone, save Jack, winds up on the boat. Even Claire. And then Jack goes back to Locke, so, essentially, Locke has him, too.
I know this episode is trying to get us to believe that Jack is evil. But it seems to me that Jack is unable to control his own free will. He goes back because he feels they shouldn't leave. He gets sucked in my Locke again. Jack becomes a version of old Locke—thinking the island has a purpose, thinking there is more to why they are there—while unLocke becomes the old Jack, hating the island and trying to get off. There, obviously, is more to it than that. I just need to mill it over.
Oh, I almost forgot, last week Desmond was number 23 at the chicken place. This week, Claire is number 15 on the elevator. Clearly, and I've thought this for a long, long time, they are the numbers. I think we are just getting that confirmed at this point.
Desmond does some good psycho babbling with Zayid while he is in the well. It's like here on the island he is influencing the decisions Zayid will make, in the same way he is doing it off the island.
Jack having to operate on Locke ... we get that same little sac mentioned that he burst in his wife and intentionally cut on Ben. I haven't pieced together what it means, other than their paths crossing again, just like Sawyer and Kate at the police station.
Whidmore is hot and heavy going after Easu-Smoke-Monster-Devil Unlocke. But man, how can you kill him? You can't! You just can't. And it looks like next week, he is doing a lot of killing on his own.
Four more to go and it's not headed anywhere in the direction I thought it would. Thoughts, feelings?
OK, so yeah, Jin and Sun are reunited. Finally.
Now on to what was revealed:
Confirmed that Jack's dad was the Smoke Monster. Now let's look back on what Jack's Dad made out Lostees do in his time on the island: He lead Claire away from the pack. He sent Locke down the well to turn the wheel (probably knowing he would kill himself and come back so he could take over his body. And, he went to the hospital and tormented Jack. I'm betting all my bottom dollars he's evil. And I'm betting the farm that the reason we still don't know his name is because he isn't Easu, he's the devil.
Sun recognizes Locke when they are wheeling both of them to the ER. That's another ah ha moment.
In LA X land Sayid, who is unstoppable, totally gets stopped by a garden hose.
Also in LA X Desmond intervenes in Claire's life in a very Jacob-esque way. I really think he is the new Jacob.
Locke tells Jack during the episode he can't get off the island because he needs everyone to be there. Well, he gets exactly what he wants at the end of the show because everyone, save Jack, winds up on the boat. Even Claire. And then Jack goes back to Locke, so, essentially, Locke has him, too.
I know this episode is trying to get us to believe that Jack is evil. But it seems to me that Jack is unable to control his own free will. He goes back because he feels they shouldn't leave. He gets sucked in my Locke again. Jack becomes a version of old Locke—thinking the island has a purpose, thinking there is more to why they are there—while unLocke becomes the old Jack, hating the island and trying to get off. There, obviously, is more to it than that. I just need to mill it over.
Oh, I almost forgot, last week Desmond was number 23 at the chicken place. This week, Claire is number 15 on the elevator. Clearly, and I've thought this for a long, long time, they are the numbers. I think we are just getting that confirmed at this point.
Desmond does some good psycho babbling with Zayid while he is in the well. It's like here on the island he is influencing the decisions Zayid will make, in the same way he is doing it off the island.
Jack having to operate on Locke ... we get that same little sac mentioned that he burst in his wife and intentionally cut on Ben. I haven't pieced together what it means, other than their paths crossing again, just like Sawyer and Kate at the police station.
Whidmore is hot and heavy going after Easu-Smoke-Monster-Devil Unlocke. But man, how can you kill him? You can't! You just can't. And it looks like next week, he is doing a lot of killing on his own.
Four more to go and it's not headed anywhere in the direction I thought it would. Thoughts, feelings?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Season Six, Episode 11
Ding dong Alanna's dead ... thank God. She was as annoying as Anna Lucia.
My thoughts for tonight's episode: Is Hurley the new Alanna? It seems to be his mission to save everyone. And that, too, was Alanna's mission. And clearly, as Ben pointed out, now that Hurley is on the field, they no longer needed Alanna.
Is Desmond the new Jacob? There's def. a parallel where he is interfering in our LOSTees lives, case in point: Charlie and Hurley. And Locke HATES him (ie throwing him down the well), so that makes yet another point for my case. It doesn't, however, explain why Jack was shown what he was shown in the mirror, nor does it explain why Locke had such a distasty welcome for him at the end of the show. Maybe Jack was the front runner because Desmond didn't come back.
Answers we got tonight: The whispers are voices of those who wronged on the island and cannot leave. Interesting. How many eons worth of people are there that cannot leave? That's a lot of whispers.
Hurley was never in the mental institution in LA X life.
Michael is def. dead.
The tally for those who can remember the island pre-LA X moves up and now includes Libby. She has a full grasp of the island, not just little glimpses like Farraday. Does that mean the more out of touch you are with "parallel" reality, the more in touch you are with the island?
So why did Desmond run Locke over with his car? David says its because he remembers Locke throwing him down the well. I think, maybe, some of Easu's evil is left in this LA X Locke and Desmond is trying to kill the evil. Or maybe by running him over, he is giving him his legs back. It's the one thing that he should have in this new LA X life, the happy-go-lucky life. And he did get them back by surviving a plane crash last time, so who knows.
So what was in the bag that Hurley snagged from Alanna? Jacob's ashes, of course. And David thinks Hurley is interested in talking to Locke because he knows if he has the bag of Jacob's ashes, he can make one of those circles, get in it and be protected. We'll see.
Final thought: David has renamed new Sayid "Zayid"—as in zombie Sayid. Fitting.
My thoughts for tonight's episode: Is Hurley the new Alanna? It seems to be his mission to save everyone. And that, too, was Alanna's mission. And clearly, as Ben pointed out, now that Hurley is on the field, they no longer needed Alanna.
Is Desmond the new Jacob? There's def. a parallel where he is interfering in our LOSTees lives, case in point: Charlie and Hurley. And Locke HATES him (ie throwing him down the well), so that makes yet another point for my case. It doesn't, however, explain why Jack was shown what he was shown in the mirror, nor does it explain why Locke had such a distasty welcome for him at the end of the show. Maybe Jack was the front runner because Desmond didn't come back.
Answers we got tonight: The whispers are voices of those who wronged on the island and cannot leave. Interesting. How many eons worth of people are there that cannot leave? That's a lot of whispers.
Hurley was never in the mental institution in LA X life.
Michael is def. dead.
The tally for those who can remember the island pre-LA X moves up and now includes Libby. She has a full grasp of the island, not just little glimpses like Farraday. Does that mean the more out of touch you are with "parallel" reality, the more in touch you are with the island?
So why did Desmond run Locke over with his car? David says its because he remembers Locke throwing him down the well. I think, maybe, some of Easu's evil is left in this LA X Locke and Desmond is trying to kill the evil. Or maybe by running him over, he is giving him his legs back. It's the one thing that he should have in this new LA X life, the happy-go-lucky life. And he did get them back by surviving a plane crash last time, so who knows.
So what was in the bag that Hurley snagged from Alanna? Jacob's ashes, of course. And David thinks Hurley is interested in talking to Locke because he knows if he has the bag of Jacob's ashes, he can make one of those circles, get in it and be protected. We'll see.
Final thought: David has renamed new Sayid "Zayid"—as in zombie Sayid. Fitting.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Season Six, Episode 10, Part 2
OK, so I watched this last one again, partially, and I'm pretty sure the drawing in Farraday's notebook explains the two different realities. It's talks about real time and fake time, along with his "what if we weren't meant to be here" speech. Where they are in LA X land isn't real. And it isn't supposed to be happening.
Thoughts ...
Thoughts ...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Season Six, Episode 10
That was a great episode. I have no idea what it means, nevertheless, it was still good. Before I backtrack, I'll just mention a few things that stuck out to me:
Whidmore's office had two significant works of art: A Black Rock replica and a painting of scales hold both black and white stones.
OK, so here's what we've got:
This box they've put Desmond in, it was mentioned a zillion season's ago when Ben told Locke he had a box on the island where he could make anything appear, hence The Man From Tallahassee (Locke's dad). Is this the same box? This box is electromagnetic. It's basically the hatch. The last time Desmond got tossed around in the hatch, he could see the future. This time, he can see the past, the past that is supposed to be invisible to him. The past he wasn't supposed to see. And parts of that past will become his future (recreating a life with Penny). It seems all of our misplaced in LA X-land Lostees remember parts of their unpast pasts: Jack and his scar, Kate with Aaron's toys, Charlie with Claire, Farraday and his super smarty pants scientist stuff. But there appear to be only three people in this LA X-land that know what really happened/happens: Whidmore, Eloise and now Desmond. What does it all mean? I have no freaking clue.
So why did they put Desmond in the box? Because, he's Farradays constant. He's always been there. And Eloise has Farraday's journal. The one he may or may not have written yet. The thing, for me anyway, that's confusing the hell out of me is when in time we are when we are in LA X-land. Is it pre-Island, did any of it exist? Did Farraday actually go to the island yet and see Desmond as his constant? Or has none of it happened yet and eventually it will? Or has it never happened and never will? This is the major thorn in the LOST theory's side. But we know that Farraday's mom knows what's going on. And we've known for some time now that Desmond is the constant and Whidmore has island art on his walls, so I'm guessing that they have been there. It has happened. I'm just happy Farraday is back because he really drives things home for the audience.
There's a definite destiny theme in this episode. Whidmore tried to alter Desmond's future/past/whatever it is by making him his righthand man and preventing him from being with Penny. But you can't fight what is destined to happen, and he finds Penny, just as Charlie will find Claire, Sawyer found Kate, etc ...
The one unsolved mystery from this episode: Who in the hell is Penny's mom? Why do we still not know that yet? And when are we going to find out?
Hubby thinks LA X-land is a world where Jacob never interferred. He is dead set on believing that Jacob is evil. It's a theory—although I don't agree with it.
Only time will tell. Tick tock. Tick tock.
Whidmore's office had two significant works of art: A Black Rock replica and a painting of scales hold both black and white stones.
OK, so here's what we've got:
This box they've put Desmond in, it was mentioned a zillion season's ago when Ben told Locke he had a box on the island where he could make anything appear, hence The Man From Tallahassee (Locke's dad). Is this the same box? This box is electromagnetic. It's basically the hatch. The last time Desmond got tossed around in the hatch, he could see the future. This time, he can see the past, the past that is supposed to be invisible to him. The past he wasn't supposed to see. And parts of that past will become his future (recreating a life with Penny). It seems all of our misplaced in LA X-land Lostees remember parts of their unpast pasts: Jack and his scar, Kate with Aaron's toys, Charlie with Claire, Farraday and his super smarty pants scientist stuff. But there appear to be only three people in this LA X-land that know what really happened/happens: Whidmore, Eloise and now Desmond. What does it all mean? I have no freaking clue.
So why did they put Desmond in the box? Because, he's Farradays constant. He's always been there. And Eloise has Farraday's journal. The one he may or may not have written yet. The thing, for me anyway, that's confusing the hell out of me is when in time we are when we are in LA X-land. Is it pre-Island, did any of it exist? Did Farraday actually go to the island yet and see Desmond as his constant? Or has none of it happened yet and eventually it will? Or has it never happened and never will? This is the major thorn in the LOST theory's side. But we know that Farraday's mom knows what's going on. And we've known for some time now that Desmond is the constant and Whidmore has island art on his walls, so I'm guessing that they have been there. It has happened. I'm just happy Farraday is back because he really drives things home for the audience.
There's a definite destiny theme in this episode. Whidmore tried to alter Desmond's future/past/whatever it is by making him his righthand man and preventing him from being with Penny. But you can't fight what is destined to happen, and he finds Penny, just as Charlie will find Claire, Sawyer found Kate, etc ...
The one unsolved mystery from this episode: Who in the hell is Penny's mom? Why do we still not know that yet? And when are we going to find out?
Hubby thinks LA X-land is a world where Jacob never interferred. He is dead set on believing that Jacob is evil. It's a theory—although I don't agree with it.
Only time will tell. Tick tock. Tick tock.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Season Six, Episode 9
Filler, filler, filler. After last week's episode, this one was bound to be a disappointment. No big breakthroughs. And the big surprise ending ... Desmond. Blah. They didn't really think we thought we'd seen the last of him, did they?
So, here's what we did get out of tonight's episode:
Hope that we will learn more about Dharma. David was so afraid that this was the end of Dharma. But with Whidmore back, we are getting more info about the magnetic energy. And we learned that Dharma was using subliminal message testing. So, what then was it Dharma was after, some sort of mind control? While we won't get it in a big dose, I do think little things like this will help us piece Dharma together.
Whidmore tells Easu smoke monster Locke he's heard about him in legends, horror stories, nightmare, etc ... And, he knows how to keep him at bay, with those big old smoke monster blockers. Further proof he's a bad, bad dude.
The missionary tells Jin that some people just aren't meant to be together. And that seems to be the case with Jin and Sun. They can't keep it together, both on and off the island. And, while we know one of them is a candidate, David thinks it's Jin because he was the one that was transported back to the '70s with the rest of the other candidates. I think he's on to something there.
And that's pretty much it. Man, LOST, one week it's caviar and champagne. And the next it's Shasta cola.
With nothing else to cover, I'll give my two cents on what the Harris clan thinks the series finale will be: We think the last episode will be a flashback to how Jacob and Easu got banished to the island. Now that would be some good TV.
So, here's what we did get out of tonight's episode:
Hope that we will learn more about Dharma. David was so afraid that this was the end of Dharma. But with Whidmore back, we are getting more info about the magnetic energy. And we learned that Dharma was using subliminal message testing. So, what then was it Dharma was after, some sort of mind control? While we won't get it in a big dose, I do think little things like this will help us piece Dharma together.
Whidmore tells Easu smoke monster Locke he's heard about him in legends, horror stories, nightmare, etc ... And, he knows how to keep him at bay, with those big old smoke monster blockers. Further proof he's a bad, bad dude.
The missionary tells Jin that some people just aren't meant to be together. And that seems to be the case with Jin and Sun. They can't keep it together, both on and off the island. And, while we know one of them is a candidate, David thinks it's Jin because he was the one that was transported back to the '70s with the rest of the other candidates. I think he's on to something there.
And that's pretty much it. Man, LOST, one week it's caviar and champagne. And the next it's Shasta cola.
With nothing else to cover, I'll give my two cents on what the Harris clan thinks the series finale will be: We think the last episode will be a flashback to how Jacob and Easu got banished to the island. Now that would be some good TV.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Season Six, Episode 8
And there's the brain-blowing episode we've patiently waited eight shows to watch. Let's hope we keep up this pace the rest of the season, er show.
Oh, where to start. First, do you really think they are all dead and in hell? I don't. I think Richard is frustrated. I think he is in his own personal hell. And he certainly isn't dead.
On to the back story: Tenerife is an Spanish island off the coast of Morocco (I only know this bc I have a friend who lives there). So, Richard is Spanish. Not Egyptian like so many of us, including myself, thought. And because he is Spanish, and so is his dead wife, Hurley was talking to her at the beginning of the episode. He tells her, "I can do that for you, but I don't know how to find him." (Thanks to David for the translation.)
Richard, like almost every other person to land on the island, finds himself in a bad situation prior to landing on the magical island. He kills the doc by accident, while trying to save his wife. And he is "saved" by the priest who told him he was damned. The verse he was reading in the bible in Luke is about the temptation of Christ, when Jesus, on a 40-day-food-and-thirst hiatus, was tempted by the devil. He was asked to turn stone to bread (and we see stones in tonight's episode). He was asked to worship the devil in exchange for all the power in the world (and the man in black offered Ricard anything he wanted—his wife). He was asked to throw himself from the highest point of the temple (and we see the boat crash into the top of a statue). And all of it was in exchange for something the devil was promising him. The rest of the scripture from that page talks about Jesus driving the demons out of a possessed man. It's more about ridding the world of evil.
So Captain Hanso is responsible for saving Richard from his untimely death. Hanso, that's the name we heard waaaaaaay back in the early seasons. He is the one who is behind Dharma, the one who founded it. And it looks like we may get an explanation about Dharma's roots after all. Don't freak out, David, they will talk about it! I promise!
Speaking of answers, tonight we got some serious answers: We now know where Black Rock came from. We now know what happened to the statue. And we now know why Richard has been the same age since any and everyone can remember. We also see the smoke monster judges Richard. Perhaps the "judging" the smoke monster has been doing all along is more about what it can use as leverage to get you to do what it wants you to do. Case in point: reminding Ben he let his daughter die and then using that anger to propel him to kill Jacob. For Richard, that leverage was his wife. And like so many of our Lostees, the smoke monster picks his brain and makes a ghost from his past (his wife) appear. He then uses it against him. And like Jesus in the desert, Easu (like the devil) waits until Richard it at his weakest before the temptations begin. Why, because Easu is pure evil.
Which leads me to Easu and his lies, lies, lies. Easu promises Richard he can find his wife. He gives him the same speech as Dogen gives Sayid about killing Jacob (only with team reversal). Apparently, that's been going on and on and on for a long, long time now. The show also spends a good deal of time trying to convince us that this is hell and that Jacob is evil. But then we get some face time with Jacob and we get back on track.
The scene with the wine bottle, well, that's it. (It starts at like 50 minutes in, in case you want to go back and watch it.) That's what we've been waiting for. We've now been told directly what the island is. It's a cork, a stopper, a place where evil is corralled so it doesn't escape to the outside world. It's the fine line between yin and yang. And Jacob says once you come there, your past doesn't matter any more. It's like you are washed anew. Jacob says, "That man who sent you here believes that everyone is corruptable because it's in their very nature to sin. I bring people here to prove him wrong. And when you get here, your past doesn't matter." If your past doesn't matter, then that's why Rose didn't have cancer anymore, why Locke could walk, why Charlie could kick the drugs. Your vices don't come with you. Finally, another answer. Could it also explain why babies can't be born on the island? Because they have no past yet? I'm sure we'll get to that before the end.
Back to Jacob: all of he and Easu's past experiments have ended in death. And he didn't help them because he wanted them to help themselves. He tells Richard it's meaningless for him to have to step in to show them the difference between right and wrong. But it's Richard who turns a light bulb on for Jacob (thus landing him a job and eternal life). If Jacob doesn't intervene then Easu will and the scales filled with rocks will lean toward the side of evil. Maybe it's because of Richard that Jacob goes out into the world and touches the candidates. He influences them for good, shows them the difference between right and wrong. Case in point: Kate and the lunch box. It's like he's giving them a heads up, if you will.
But back to Richard. So, that's it, Jacob touches him and he has eternal life. But we know he isn't God because he can't absolve Richard's sin. And we know he isn't God because he can't bring his wife back to life. So who is he exactly? That's an answer we're still waiting on.
The irony of it all, however, is that Richard has been on this island for forever, and he has no more answers than we do.
Anyone else get the feeling that Hurley is turning into more of a candidate than Jack? Just askin'.
Until next Tuesday.
Oh, where to start. First, do you really think they are all dead and in hell? I don't. I think Richard is frustrated. I think he is in his own personal hell. And he certainly isn't dead.
On to the back story: Tenerife is an Spanish island off the coast of Morocco (I only know this bc I have a friend who lives there). So, Richard is Spanish. Not Egyptian like so many of us, including myself, thought. And because he is Spanish, and so is his dead wife, Hurley was talking to her at the beginning of the episode. He tells her, "I can do that for you, but I don't know how to find him." (Thanks to David for the translation.)
Richard, like almost every other person to land on the island, finds himself in a bad situation prior to landing on the magical island. He kills the doc by accident, while trying to save his wife. And he is "saved" by the priest who told him he was damned. The verse he was reading in the bible in Luke is about the temptation of Christ, when Jesus, on a 40-day-food-and-thirst hiatus, was tempted by the devil. He was asked to turn stone to bread (and we see stones in tonight's episode). He was asked to worship the devil in exchange for all the power in the world (and the man in black offered Ricard anything he wanted—his wife). He was asked to throw himself from the highest point of the temple (and we see the boat crash into the top of a statue). And all of it was in exchange for something the devil was promising him. The rest of the scripture from that page talks about Jesus driving the demons out of a possessed man. It's more about ridding the world of evil.
So Captain Hanso is responsible for saving Richard from his untimely death. Hanso, that's the name we heard waaaaaaay back in the early seasons. He is the one who is behind Dharma, the one who founded it. And it looks like we may get an explanation about Dharma's roots after all. Don't freak out, David, they will talk about it! I promise!
Speaking of answers, tonight we got some serious answers: We now know where Black Rock came from. We now know what happened to the statue. And we now know why Richard has been the same age since any and everyone can remember. We also see the smoke monster judges Richard. Perhaps the "judging" the smoke monster has been doing all along is more about what it can use as leverage to get you to do what it wants you to do. Case in point: reminding Ben he let his daughter die and then using that anger to propel him to kill Jacob. For Richard, that leverage was his wife. And like so many of our Lostees, the smoke monster picks his brain and makes a ghost from his past (his wife) appear. He then uses it against him. And like Jesus in the desert, Easu (like the devil) waits until Richard it at his weakest before the temptations begin. Why, because Easu is pure evil.
Which leads me to Easu and his lies, lies, lies. Easu promises Richard he can find his wife. He gives him the same speech as Dogen gives Sayid about killing Jacob (only with team reversal). Apparently, that's been going on and on and on for a long, long time now. The show also spends a good deal of time trying to convince us that this is hell and that Jacob is evil. But then we get some face time with Jacob and we get back on track.
The scene with the wine bottle, well, that's it. (It starts at like 50 minutes in, in case you want to go back and watch it.) That's what we've been waiting for. We've now been told directly what the island is. It's a cork, a stopper, a place where evil is corralled so it doesn't escape to the outside world. It's the fine line between yin and yang. And Jacob says once you come there, your past doesn't matter any more. It's like you are washed anew. Jacob says, "That man who sent you here believes that everyone is corruptable because it's in their very nature to sin. I bring people here to prove him wrong. And when you get here, your past doesn't matter." If your past doesn't matter, then that's why Rose didn't have cancer anymore, why Locke could walk, why Charlie could kick the drugs. Your vices don't come with you. Finally, another answer. Could it also explain why babies can't be born on the island? Because they have no past yet? I'm sure we'll get to that before the end.
Back to Jacob: all of he and Easu's past experiments have ended in death. And he didn't help them because he wanted them to help themselves. He tells Richard it's meaningless for him to have to step in to show them the difference between right and wrong. But it's Richard who turns a light bulb on for Jacob (thus landing him a job and eternal life). If Jacob doesn't intervene then Easu will and the scales filled with rocks will lean toward the side of evil. Maybe it's because of Richard that Jacob goes out into the world and touches the candidates. He influences them for good, shows them the difference between right and wrong. Case in point: Kate and the lunch box. It's like he's giving them a heads up, if you will.
But back to Richard. So, that's it, Jacob touches him and he has eternal life. But we know he isn't God because he can't absolve Richard's sin. And we know he isn't God because he can't bring his wife back to life. So who is he exactly? That's an answer we're still waiting on.
The irony of it all, however, is that Richard has been on this island for forever, and he has no more answers than we do.
Anyone else get the feeling that Hurley is turning into more of a candidate than Jack? Just askin'.
Until next Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Season Six, Episode 7
So, tonight's episode just made me believe even more in my yin/yang theory. On the other side, everyone's life seems to be better. I mean Sawyer, who was such a lost cause before, is now a cop. Does it get any more obvious than that? The island is that thin line between yin and yang. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.
And we have Miles, who has a dad who is a scientist. That didn't change. Good to know.
And look who didn't die: Charlotte. Now when are we going to get Farraday?
But what most blew my mind about tonight's episode were the books on Sawyer's table. First, we had Watership Down. I looked it up and it's a book about rabbits who start their own Utopian society of sorts. OK, we've seen that. And we've seen rabbits from the planted Dharma videos on Youtube.
Next was A Wrinkle in Time. I never read this book when I was a kid, so I googled it. And look what I found. It's like the whole freaking plot of LOST. They even have a smoke monster. Start with the fourth paragraph and just keep going. NUTS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time
And then, Lancelot, which is a book about a lawyer who wakes up in a mental institution with memories he can't fully remember (Jack and his appendix scar). He finds out his daughter isn't really his daughter in his new life. Lancelot then tries to go back and reverse the past with revenge fueling his quest. Kinda sounds like a mix between Hurley, Claire and Sawyer all rolled into one character.
These books make me feel like a lot of my assumptions are on par. And they confirm a lot of things we've seen. Man, now I feel like I should go back and look up all the books since the show started. But I won't.
As for fake Locke, which we are now calling Flocke, he has some super mind control over his followers. And he has something up his sleeve with regards to Kate. He is trying to win her over. What does he need her for? Will he pick Kate as his replacement. And will she have to square off against Jack in the end? That could be interesting.
As for Whidmore, we all knew he was coming. We saw it last episode and he had a whole week to get there. And while it has always seemed that he and Ben were on separate sides, I'm now starting to think he and Ben are playing for the same team, both against whatever it is Un-Locke stands for.
Until next week when we get the cheese, allegedly, on Richard. Whoo hoo!
And we have Miles, who has a dad who is a scientist. That didn't change. Good to know.
And look who didn't die: Charlotte. Now when are we going to get Farraday?
But what most blew my mind about tonight's episode were the books on Sawyer's table. First, we had Watership Down. I looked it up and it's a book about rabbits who start their own Utopian society of sorts. OK, we've seen that. And we've seen rabbits from the planted Dharma videos on Youtube.
Next was A Wrinkle in Time. I never read this book when I was a kid, so I googled it. And look what I found. It's like the whole freaking plot of LOST. They even have a smoke monster. Start with the fourth paragraph and just keep going. NUTS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time
And then, Lancelot, which is a book about a lawyer who wakes up in a mental institution with memories he can't fully remember (Jack and his appendix scar). He finds out his daughter isn't really his daughter in his new life. Lancelot then tries to go back and reverse the past with revenge fueling his quest. Kinda sounds like a mix between Hurley, Claire and Sawyer all rolled into one character.
These books make me feel like a lot of my assumptions are on par. And they confirm a lot of things we've seen. Man, now I feel like I should go back and look up all the books since the show started. But I won't.
As for fake Locke, which we are now calling Flocke, he has some super mind control over his followers. And he has something up his sleeve with regards to Kate. He is trying to win her over. What does he need her for? Will he pick Kate as his replacement. And will she have to square off against Jack in the end? That could be interesting.
As for Whidmore, we all knew he was coming. We saw it last episode and he had a whole week to get there. And while it has always seemed that he and Ben were on separate sides, I'm now starting to think he and Ben are playing for the same team, both against whatever it is Un-Locke stands for.
Until next week when we get the cheese, allegedly, on Richard. Whoo hoo!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Season Six, Episode 6
So, we kick it off with Ben telling the history of Napoleon, which seems to be a recap of his own history with Whidmore. And it foreshadows Ben's whole history with the island, too. He is a little man with false power. And they are letting him stick around for whatever reason. This whole show, Ben has been nothing more than a pawn. And now he is an outsider who has to make decisions to get back into the graces of everyone else.
Now's here's head exploder No. 1: Ben and his dad were on the island. They were part of Dharma. So, the island was still there. Dharma was still there. But what caused them to leave? What make the island sink? What HAPPENED????? This little sentenced added into his dad's dinner scene blows like all my theories out of the water. Damnit.
The last time we saw Alex, she was getting shot in the head because of selfish, selfish Ben. This time around, Ben saves her. He does the right thing. And now this life outside of the island is better to a degree, which is a theme we've got going here that I talked about last week.
In both LA X land and on the island, Easu (as Locke) and Locke "the substitute" try to propel Ben in a direction that will benefit themselves. And, Locke is referred to in the scene again as "the substitute," which is fitting because he is a substitute for Easu back on the island. While Ben initially goes to follow their instruction (by taking over as principal and by joining UnLocke's team and taking over the island), he chooses a better fate for himself and those around him in both ends. Miles tells Ben Jacob hoped he was wrong about him, and I think now, maybe he is. Ben's finally making decisions for himself, not the island. And it only took him six and a half episodes.
There seems to be some bad blood between Jacob, Ben and Richard. Maybe Jacob isn't the good guy we've been chalking him up to being all along (which is what hubby has been saying all along). Nevertheless, he still has a Jesus-inspired story because, apparently, if Jacob touches you, you are given a gift, like Richard, of what I am guessing is eternal life. But now poor Richard feels lost because he dedicated his life to Jacob who is dead. What I think Richard doesn't realize is that he is to be the guide for all of Jacob's fill-ins forever. And up next as Jacob 2.0 is Jack.
So, was the whole "blow-me-up" scene between Richard and Jack just a test to see if Jack is the right candidate? I think it was. And I love how Richard tells Jack "not yet" when he asks him for his story. So, if not yet, then when? He was def. a slave on that ship. But how much longer are we going to have to wait for them to spill the beans? I'm just glad Black Rock was in the episode. I was starting to think they forgot they had to explain that little mystery. And yes, I'm still waiting for answers.
We now know there are six candidates and there were six Oceanic survivors, do you think they are the same? If so, I think Sayid is out of the running. He seems to have gone to the dark side. I don't think Hurley is still in the running either because Jacob speaks to him directly. And if it's one Quan, I'm going to go with Sun, not Jin.
And lastly, what the hell is Whidmore doing on a sub looking at the island? It's all going to come together—eventually. But how they are going to tie up all these ends? Ugh, that drama that is LOST.
Now's here's head exploder No. 1: Ben and his dad were on the island. They were part of Dharma. So, the island was still there. Dharma was still there. But what caused them to leave? What make the island sink? What HAPPENED????? This little sentenced added into his dad's dinner scene blows like all my theories out of the water. Damnit.
The last time we saw Alex, she was getting shot in the head because of selfish, selfish Ben. This time around, Ben saves her. He does the right thing. And now this life outside of the island is better to a degree, which is a theme we've got going here that I talked about last week.
In both LA X land and on the island, Easu (as Locke) and Locke "the substitute" try to propel Ben in a direction that will benefit themselves. And, Locke is referred to in the scene again as "the substitute," which is fitting because he is a substitute for Easu back on the island. While Ben initially goes to follow their instruction (by taking over as principal and by joining UnLocke's team and taking over the island), he chooses a better fate for himself and those around him in both ends. Miles tells Ben Jacob hoped he was wrong about him, and I think now, maybe he is. Ben's finally making decisions for himself, not the island. And it only took him six and a half episodes.
There seems to be some bad blood between Jacob, Ben and Richard. Maybe Jacob isn't the good guy we've been chalking him up to being all along (which is what hubby has been saying all along). Nevertheless, he still has a Jesus-inspired story because, apparently, if Jacob touches you, you are given a gift, like Richard, of what I am guessing is eternal life. But now poor Richard feels lost because he dedicated his life to Jacob who is dead. What I think Richard doesn't realize is that he is to be the guide for all of Jacob's fill-ins forever. And up next as Jacob 2.0 is Jack.
So, was the whole "blow-me-up" scene between Richard and Jack just a test to see if Jack is the right candidate? I think it was. And I love how Richard tells Jack "not yet" when he asks him for his story. So, if not yet, then when? He was def. a slave on that ship. But how much longer are we going to have to wait for them to spill the beans? I'm just glad Black Rock was in the episode. I was starting to think they forgot they had to explain that little mystery. And yes, I'm still waiting for answers.
We now know there are six candidates and there were six Oceanic survivors, do you think they are the same? If so, I think Sayid is out of the running. He seems to have gone to the dark side. I don't think Hurley is still in the running either because Jacob speaks to him directly. And if it's one Quan, I'm going to go with Sun, not Jin.
And lastly, what the hell is Whidmore doing on a sub looking at the island? It's all going to come together—eventually. But how they are going to tie up all these ends? Ugh, that drama that is LOST.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Season Six, Episode 5
OK, so I've got a whole new theory based on tonight's show. Asian pirate guy, Dogen, says something to the effect that everyone has scales in their lives and one side is good and one is evil. Yin and yang, if you will. Now, what if our Lostees lives pre-island are the yin, the dark side? And what if this parallel universe of LA X is the yang, the light? Because, it seems life in LA X is, for the most part, better for everyone in it. And what if, in this theory, it's the island that determines where you fall on this scale? The decisions you make on the island determine if you lean to the good or the bad. And it's Jacob's intervening and Easu's coniving that nudge you in the direction you'll untimately go, which I guess goes back to my theory of free will. I think Dogen's story about his son supports the theory. In his pre-island life, he killed his son by drunk driving. In his LA X life, he is a loving father with his son at an audition. It was Jacob who nudged him to the island where he decided to sacrifice his former life so his son could live (tipping the scale for the good). And this isn't the first time we've seen someone sacrifice their former life for a greater good. Juliet came to the island to ultimately find a cure for her sister. And now we see that Easu is pushing Sayid so that he will tilt the scale toward evil in order to save Nadia. The decision he makes further tilts his scale for evil: more killing. And how about the bounty hunter? What he chose on the island, to kill Ben's daughter, causes him to further tilt in the direction of evil and he untimately dies in both scenarios. And why is Jin in the freezer? He must still be hooked up with Sun's dad doing the dirty work, getting involved with all sorts of shady people. What decisions has he made on the island? He's still just a messenger. And he is a messenger in both of his lives, doing what he is told.
So, if that's the case, what about Claire? Claire is drawing people out of the temple. She is hooked up completly with Unlock (Easu). What is going to happen to her LA X life? Thus far, we know she is about to have Aaron. But that's all we know, that and Kate totally screwed up by telling her she took Aaron. Look for Claire to try and whack her with the axe, too. But you can't kill Kate, she the lead female character.
Speaking of sharp objects, this whole knife thing with Sayid killing UnLocke, wow. You just can't stop that guy. And Dogen tells him, now that Jacob is dead, Easu is free. And there doesn't seem to be a lot anyone can do about it. And now we've lost Sayid to the darkness, thanks to Easu. He's just pure evil. The look on his face coming out of the temple says it all. Now that Dogen is dead, there is no stopping the darkness from getting into the temple. What, exactly, was his job that he agreed upon with Jacob? Do you also get the feeling that Sayid is now the keeper of the temple?
Ironic that Sayid kills Dogen the same way he killed him? That seems to be another example of karma. And that's a theme that's also been running throughout LOST. And while we are on the topic of death, there was another purge on the island tonight. This is the second one we've seen. First, it was Ben killing all of Dharma. Now we have Sayid leading all of the Others to their deaths. We keep getting instances of history repeating itself. I pointed that out last week, too. Rousseau died and we got a new Rousseau, Claire. Ironically, the two responsible for the purges, Sayid and Ben, meet up in the temple and Ben urges Sayid to get out, but Sayid tells him there is no more time left for him. Also ironic, this is where both of them were brought back to life, here at these waters. Back when Ben was a kid and Sayid killed him, he was brought here to the temple and healed. And we saw Sayid literally come back from the dead here. And like the sands running through the hourglass, Sayid feels his time has, again, run out.
I have a feeling if Kate doesn't get out of the grips of UnLocke and his followers, her time might appear like it is running out, too (even though we all know she won't die). But it's going to be through her that we find out what this group is up to, and she will be able to report it to the good guys, who, at this point are Hurley and Jack. Speaking of which, does anyone else think Jacob sent them to the lighthouse just to get them out of the temple so they wouldn't be a part of Easu's massacre?
Alanna seems to be taking on a leadership role. She's been completely clued in thanks to a visit from Jacob in her past. But where will she lead us? We only have 11 episodes left to find out.
So, if that's the case, what about Claire? Claire is drawing people out of the temple. She is hooked up completly with Unlock (Easu). What is going to happen to her LA X life? Thus far, we know she is about to have Aaron. But that's all we know, that and Kate totally screwed up by telling her she took Aaron. Look for Claire to try and whack her with the axe, too. But you can't kill Kate, she the lead female character.
Speaking of sharp objects, this whole knife thing with Sayid killing UnLocke, wow. You just can't stop that guy. And Dogen tells him, now that Jacob is dead, Easu is free. And there doesn't seem to be a lot anyone can do about it. And now we've lost Sayid to the darkness, thanks to Easu. He's just pure evil. The look on his face coming out of the temple says it all. Now that Dogen is dead, there is no stopping the darkness from getting into the temple. What, exactly, was his job that he agreed upon with Jacob? Do you also get the feeling that Sayid is now the keeper of the temple?
Ironic that Sayid kills Dogen the same way he killed him? That seems to be another example of karma. And that's a theme that's also been running throughout LOST. And while we are on the topic of death, there was another purge on the island tonight. This is the second one we've seen. First, it was Ben killing all of Dharma. Now we have Sayid leading all of the Others to their deaths. We keep getting instances of history repeating itself. I pointed that out last week, too. Rousseau died and we got a new Rousseau, Claire. Ironically, the two responsible for the purges, Sayid and Ben, meet up in the temple and Ben urges Sayid to get out, but Sayid tells him there is no more time left for him. Also ironic, this is where both of them were brought back to life, here at these waters. Back when Ben was a kid and Sayid killed him, he was brought here to the temple and healed. And we saw Sayid literally come back from the dead here. And like the sands running through the hourglass, Sayid feels his time has, again, run out.
I have a feeling if Kate doesn't get out of the grips of UnLocke and his followers, her time might appear like it is running out, too (even though we all know she won't die). But it's going to be through her that we find out what this group is up to, and she will be able to report it to the good guys, who, at this point are Hurley and Jack. Speaking of which, does anyone else think Jacob sent them to the lighthouse just to get them out of the temple so they wouldn't be a part of Easu's massacre?
Alanna seems to be taking on a leadership role. She's been completely clued in thanks to a visit from Jacob in her past. But where will she lead us? We only have 11 episodes left to find out.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Season Six, Episode 4
First, let me thank for DVR for crapping out 37 minutes into the episode so I had to move to the bedroom to watch on the less-than-big-enough TV. And this, Comcast, is why we record LOST on two different DVRs. Now that we have that out of the way, let me just say, welcome back, LOST. Welcome back.
We kicked things off tonight with Jack's scar, the one he doesn't seem to remember getting. Well, we know Jack version 1.0 had that removed on the island, but since Jack 2.0 was never on the island, then he has no recollection of it. Interesting. So what else are we going to stumble across that happened but never really happened? In other Jack news, not only does he turn down drinks, he also has a kid. And old kid. And his wife is no longer in the picture, so that divorce thing still happened. Island or not, there was nothing he could do to fix that. Is that because he is destined to be with Kate? What prompted the show to give Jack a kid is beyond me, other than to show that he can break the chain of bad-father-son-relations that plague his family. Maybe that's why Asian pirate guy and his kid are there, to push Jack to do the right thing. with not just his son, but whatever it is he is meant to do in life. That's appears to be what Asian pirate guy is doing in Lost-land, anyway. While I ponder that, I'll tell you this: The Alice in Wonderland reference was about her Kittens: Kitty and Snowdrop, who were BLACK AND WHITE. Another good vs. evil reference.
So, Claire is alone in the jungle and has no concept of time, because she's clearly lost her marbles. She has fake baby. She's been branded, just like Sayid. And she's partnered up with Un-Locke. She's also has visits with her dad, Christian. But the thing that most stands out to me is she is so much like Rousseau. She's even starting to look like her. She sets traps, she lives alone, she lost her baby. And she is hell-bent on killing The Others. It's like when someone on the island who has a role dies, they have to be replaced. Someone else has to fill that roll asap. LOST island must contain at least one crazy baby-less lady. But does it go further than that? Now that Jacob is dead (and apparently not living in Sayid's body, as I earlier thought), he needs to be replaced. That's what it appears Easu and Jacob are both up to, finding replacements. The other thing about Claire, in life version 2.0 she is still around. She is still Jack's sister and still in his dad's will. Those paths will still cross. Aaron will still be born. But where, oh, where will that path lead?
If Claire has partnered up with Easu and she has a heart of darkness and we are assuming he is the "black" in all of our black and white scenarios, then are we to assume he is assembling an army? Jacob tells Hurley that it's too late to go back and save anyone at the temple because someone bad is coming. I'm assuming that someone bad is Easu in smoke monster form. And I'm assuming he is heading back to get Sayid. That means Team Black has: Easu, Claire, Sayid and now possibly Sawyer. Now we have to figure out what he is going to do with this team.
Moving on to Hurley. He seems to really be our guide. I said that the first episode and it's becoming more and more true. It's because of him that we are finally getting some answers. What perplexes me most about Hurley in this episode is when he says: "If we timed traveled to dinosaur times and we died and then we got buried here and what if these skeletons are us?" Um, what? Is this an attempt by the producers to give us an overview of how things are going to end up? Or is it some lame question thrown in to make us think this is how it's going to end? Does it even make sense? Are the Lostees so far back in the past that the decisions they make will effect all of mankind's future? Is this the progress we've been hearing about? Time travel, we know is an element. But to what degree? Is the whole show taking place in the days of Adam and Eve, each set of people given a test, like Eve, to see if they will prevail above evil?
While we don't know where in time we are for sure, we do know that Jack came back to this place "bc I was broken and I was stupid enough to think this place can fix me." And that is what the island does. It's fixed so many: Locke, Rose, Ben, dead Sayid. And while those were just physical fixes, it, too, can have emotional healing powers. Sayid learned to love Shannon. Shannon learned to trust Sayid. Sawyer dropped his guard and became an entirely different human being. The island will heal Jack, in due time.
Now on to the dessert, what this show is all about: Mind-blowing crap you can't figure out. Where in God's name did this lighthouse come from? Another wheel? We have another wheel? Our last wheel was below ground in The Orchid. It made the island disappear. This one is above ground and it makes the island appear. And while Hurley has been sent to make the island appear to someone looking for it, I think that it was all metaphorical for making it appear to Jack in his mind, heart. Jack has been looking for the island, per sey. But what he is looking for has always been in front of him. Jacob has been watching him all his life through the looking glass (another Alice reference). The person Jacob needs to find the island is Jack and the place he needs to find it is within. He does, after all, "have what it takes." And I'm starting to think it's really Jack who is the candidate, perhaps the next Jacob. With Easu trying to recruit Sawyer as his candidate, we will have yet another showdown between these two. And I have a feeling, kids, that's the direction we're headed in. It's a showdown of foils: Kate vs. Claire (it's coming), Jack vs. Sawyer.
Now back to this whole mirror. Did you see all those names and numbers? How long has this been going on? Since the beginning of time? How many scenarios have they been through? And when does it end? For us, in 12 more episodes.
We kicked things off tonight with Jack's scar, the one he doesn't seem to remember getting. Well, we know Jack version 1.0 had that removed on the island, but since Jack 2.0 was never on the island, then he has no recollection of it. Interesting. So what else are we going to stumble across that happened but never really happened? In other Jack news, not only does he turn down drinks, he also has a kid. And old kid. And his wife is no longer in the picture, so that divorce thing still happened. Island or not, there was nothing he could do to fix that. Is that because he is destined to be with Kate? What prompted the show to give Jack a kid is beyond me, other than to show that he can break the chain of bad-father-son-relations that plague his family. Maybe that's why Asian pirate guy and his kid are there, to push Jack to do the right thing. with not just his son, but whatever it is he is meant to do in life. That's appears to be what Asian pirate guy is doing in Lost-land, anyway. While I ponder that, I'll tell you this: The Alice in Wonderland reference was about her Kittens: Kitty and Snowdrop, who were BLACK AND WHITE. Another good vs. evil reference.
So, Claire is alone in the jungle and has no concept of time, because she's clearly lost her marbles. She has fake baby. She's been branded, just like Sayid. And she's partnered up with Un-Locke. She's also has visits with her dad, Christian. But the thing that most stands out to me is she is so much like Rousseau. She's even starting to look like her. She sets traps, she lives alone, she lost her baby. And she is hell-bent on killing The Others. It's like when someone on the island who has a role dies, they have to be replaced. Someone else has to fill that roll asap. LOST island must contain at least one crazy baby-less lady. But does it go further than that? Now that Jacob is dead (and apparently not living in Sayid's body, as I earlier thought), he needs to be replaced. That's what it appears Easu and Jacob are both up to, finding replacements. The other thing about Claire, in life version 2.0 she is still around. She is still Jack's sister and still in his dad's will. Those paths will still cross. Aaron will still be born. But where, oh, where will that path lead?
If Claire has partnered up with Easu and she has a heart of darkness and we are assuming he is the "black" in all of our black and white scenarios, then are we to assume he is assembling an army? Jacob tells Hurley that it's too late to go back and save anyone at the temple because someone bad is coming. I'm assuming that someone bad is Easu in smoke monster form. And I'm assuming he is heading back to get Sayid. That means Team Black has: Easu, Claire, Sayid and now possibly Sawyer. Now we have to figure out what he is going to do with this team.
Moving on to Hurley. He seems to really be our guide. I said that the first episode and it's becoming more and more true. It's because of him that we are finally getting some answers. What perplexes me most about Hurley in this episode is when he says: "If we timed traveled to dinosaur times and we died and then we got buried here and what if these skeletons are us?" Um, what? Is this an attempt by the producers to give us an overview of how things are going to end up? Or is it some lame question thrown in to make us think this is how it's going to end? Does it even make sense? Are the Lostees so far back in the past that the decisions they make will effect all of mankind's future? Is this the progress we've been hearing about? Time travel, we know is an element. But to what degree? Is the whole show taking place in the days of Adam and Eve, each set of people given a test, like Eve, to see if they will prevail above evil?
While we don't know where in time we are for sure, we do know that Jack came back to this place "bc I was broken and I was stupid enough to think this place can fix me." And that is what the island does. It's fixed so many: Locke, Rose, Ben, dead Sayid. And while those were just physical fixes, it, too, can have emotional healing powers. Sayid learned to love Shannon. Shannon learned to trust Sayid. Sawyer dropped his guard and became an entirely different human being. The island will heal Jack, in due time.
Now on to the dessert, what this show is all about: Mind-blowing crap you can't figure out. Where in God's name did this lighthouse come from? Another wheel? We have another wheel? Our last wheel was below ground in The Orchid. It made the island disappear. This one is above ground and it makes the island appear. And while Hurley has been sent to make the island appear to someone looking for it, I think that it was all metaphorical for making it appear to Jack in his mind, heart. Jack has been looking for the island, per sey. But what he is looking for has always been in front of him. Jacob has been watching him all his life through the looking glass (another Alice reference). The person Jacob needs to find the island is Jack and the place he needs to find it is within. He does, after all, "have what it takes." And I'm starting to think it's really Jack who is the candidate, perhaps the next Jacob. With Easu trying to recruit Sawyer as his candidate, we will have yet another showdown between these two. And I have a feeling, kids, that's the direction we're headed in. It's a showdown of foils: Kate vs. Claire (it's coming), Jack vs. Sawyer.
Now back to this whole mirror. Did you see all those names and numbers? How long has this been going on? Since the beginning of time? How many scenarios have they been through? And when does it end? For us, in 12 more episodes.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Season Six, Episode 3
And there you have it, our Lostees are the number. But what does it mean, man? What does it mean? Our Lostees are the numbers, Jacob has assigned them these numbers and he has also altered their lives in some way to push them toward the island. And that's about where I stop believing anything Easu says. I think everything else he fed Sawyer was a big old load of crap. I don't think what Locke tells Richard about our Lostees being candidates is true. I don't think Jacob picked them to be the next Jacob. I don't think he picked them to take over the island. I don't think he picked them for anything other than "the progress" he was talking about in the last episode of last season. Elana says Easu is recruiting. For a team of evil? For a new body to take over? For a replacement for himself so he can leave the island? If that's the case, we've seen that before with the hatch. They were always waiting for their replacements to come. It would be fitting for Sawyer to be the replacement, as he was always the outsider. He was always the darker one in the Jack vs. Sawyer plot. He was the one who looted the plane and told Jack that he was thinking like he was stranded while Jack was the one who was still thinking like the civilized. Jack seems to have an in with the Temple People. Sawyer seems to be in Easu's pocket. Do we have a new good vs. evil in the works? Hummm, maybe he wasn't lying about Jacob picking them as candidates.
Now let's get to the symbolism. The black and white rocks (good vs. evil) on the scale make me think of yin and yang. There was a balance between good and evil while Jacob was in control. And now the evil is winning. There is no balance, no harmony. Furthermore, I think Peggy Bundy's (Locke's lady) shirt said a lot about the season as a whole: Peace and Karma. I think that is what the island is looking for, the basis of the show, but now that the scales are tipped, the darkness is taking over.
And who is this kid? And why is it Sawyer can see him but Richard can't? This kid looks an awful lot like Jacob. But why is he bleeding? And why is he also dressed like he came from Black Rock? He tells Easu, "You know the rules, you can't kill him." If he says "him," he can't obviously be Jacob. I think the producers want us to think the him he is talking about Sawyer because that's who is with him at the time, but we have to focus on the big picture. And the big picture is Jacob. If Easu broke the rules, what is going to happen to the island? Is this why the island is at the bottom of the ocean? Because Easu broke the rules? Furthemore, the kid provoked new Locke (Easu) to use Locke mentality, causing him to scream, "Don't tell me what I can't do."
In alternative reality-land, Locke's life is peachy keen. But why? What caused his woman not to leave him? When the smoke monster judged Locke, did it alter his alternative reality for the better? Both Locke and Hurley have emerged as stronger people. Rose, on the other hand, still has cancer. Why do some re-emerge as triumphant while others suffer the same as before? Because Rose was at peace with being stranded on the island, did it also cause her to be at peace with her life off the island? Because Locke emerged as strong and confident on the island, has he taken that back to alternative reality? This entire paragraph is full of questions because we still have no answers. However, I feel we are—finally, after three episodes, making some progress.
And what has happened to our all-powerful Richard? Before this season, he seemed so in control. Now, he is nothing more than prey for new Locke. Clearly, the balance of power has shifted.
The episode is called The Substitute. Locke becomes a substitute teacher. Locke has become the substitute form for Easu. Is Sawyer going to sub for him in his place on the island?
Lastly, anyone else notice how everything in this episode is purple? Purple clothes for everyone. What is that all about? And that's what I have to digest for this week.
Oh, one more thing: Thanks to Cort for this mind-blowing little link. Apparently, LOST isn't an original idea for the current team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC3nfHUrxlY
Now let's get to the symbolism. The black and white rocks (good vs. evil) on the scale make me think of yin and yang. There was a balance between good and evil while Jacob was in control. And now the evil is winning. There is no balance, no harmony. Furthermore, I think Peggy Bundy's (Locke's lady) shirt said a lot about the season as a whole: Peace and Karma. I think that is what the island is looking for, the basis of the show, but now that the scales are tipped, the darkness is taking over.
And who is this kid? And why is it Sawyer can see him but Richard can't? This kid looks an awful lot like Jacob. But why is he bleeding? And why is he also dressed like he came from Black Rock? He tells Easu, "You know the rules, you can't kill him." If he says "him," he can't obviously be Jacob. I think the producers want us to think the him he is talking about Sawyer because that's who is with him at the time, but we have to focus on the big picture. And the big picture is Jacob. If Easu broke the rules, what is going to happen to the island? Is this why the island is at the bottom of the ocean? Because Easu broke the rules? Furthemore, the kid provoked new Locke (Easu) to use Locke mentality, causing him to scream, "Don't tell me what I can't do."
In alternative reality-land, Locke's life is peachy keen. But why? What caused his woman not to leave him? When the smoke monster judged Locke, did it alter his alternative reality for the better? Both Locke and Hurley have emerged as stronger people. Rose, on the other hand, still has cancer. Why do some re-emerge as triumphant while others suffer the same as before? Because Rose was at peace with being stranded on the island, did it also cause her to be at peace with her life off the island? Because Locke emerged as strong and confident on the island, has he taken that back to alternative reality? This entire paragraph is full of questions because we still have no answers. However, I feel we are—finally, after three episodes, making some progress.
And what has happened to our all-powerful Richard? Before this season, he seemed so in control. Now, he is nothing more than prey for new Locke. Clearly, the balance of power has shifted.
The episode is called The Substitute. Locke becomes a substitute teacher. Locke has become the substitute form for Easu. Is Sawyer going to sub for him in his place on the island?
Lastly, anyone else notice how everything in this episode is purple? Purple clothes for everyone. What is that all about? And that's what I have to digest for this week.
Oh, one more thing: Thanks to Cort for this mind-blowing little link. Apparently, LOST isn't an original idea for the current team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC3nfHUrxlY
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Season Six, Episode 2
What? LOST, you have 14 episodes left. Let's start wrapping stuff up guys, I mean come on. This isn't season two where you can just wait until the last three minutes of the episode to make something happen. But that's exactly what LOST did. And now we know Claire is still alive. Although, our dear sweet Claire has been "taken" and now has a heart of darkness (I hated that book in high school, but Black Rock kind of reminds me of that ... anyway). We also have Sayid with a heart of darkness, and I'm guessing Locke (Easu) with one, too. And while we're at it, I'm guess Christian has one also.
It's no secret the island is all about good vs. evil, but what I want to know is, why did Jacob, whom we've all decided is "good," send Sayid to the temple? Did he mean to inhabit him and just not get there fast enough? Or (and I don't want to believe this theory) is Jacob evil? You never know with LOST. You never know when they are going to flip it. So are temple people good or evil? In our Lostees eyes, they seem a little evil, trying to kill Sayid with a pill, poking him with a hot stick, shocking him. But I think in the grand scheme of things, the temple people are going to be the good guys. And I think they are the ones who took Walt to test him as well. And then freed him. But what do the tests mean? We've got a history of tests going here. We have this one on Sayid, we have the one done to Locke the kid and we have the ones done to Walt, of which we know nothing about. BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? Do we have a lot of lost souls floating around here looking for people to inhabit? I just keep reassuring myself that this is not purgatory. We've been told that time and time again.
Apparently Aaron is still very much a part of the big picture. When Claire tried to give him away, she went into labor. When she tried to delay the delivery, his heartbeat struggled. Oh, and hello, Ethan. Apparently it's Ethan's destiny to try and get this baby out of Claire. But doing so on the island ended up killing him. So, why isn't Ethan on the island? Because in LA X-land, the island doesn't exist. It's on the bottom of the ocean. No island, no Dharma. And like Ethan, who is destined to interact with preggo Claire, we have Kate who seems will also be a part of Aaron's life no matter what. Now if that theory holds true and there is no island and no Dharma, where or where is Ben?
For my closing thought tonight, in last week's episode Jack and Locke were chatting at the airport. Locke told Jack, you didn't lose your dad, you just lost his body (something to that effect). I'm really thinking that's the bigger picture here. Maybe your body is back at LA X, but your soul is on the island. And with all this body inhabiting-heart-of-darkness stuff, maybe that's where your soul stays.
It's no secret the island is all about good vs. evil, but what I want to know is, why did Jacob, whom we've all decided is "good," send Sayid to the temple? Did he mean to inhabit him and just not get there fast enough? Or (and I don't want to believe this theory) is Jacob evil? You never know with LOST. You never know when they are going to flip it. So are temple people good or evil? In our Lostees eyes, they seem a little evil, trying to kill Sayid with a pill, poking him with a hot stick, shocking him. But I think in the grand scheme of things, the temple people are going to be the good guys. And I think they are the ones who took Walt to test him as well. And then freed him. But what do the tests mean? We've got a history of tests going here. We have this one on Sayid, we have the one done to Locke the kid and we have the ones done to Walt, of which we know nothing about. BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? Do we have a lot of lost souls floating around here looking for people to inhabit? I just keep reassuring myself that this is not purgatory. We've been told that time and time again.
Apparently Aaron is still very much a part of the big picture. When Claire tried to give him away, she went into labor. When she tried to delay the delivery, his heartbeat struggled. Oh, and hello, Ethan. Apparently it's Ethan's destiny to try and get this baby out of Claire. But doing so on the island ended up killing him. So, why isn't Ethan on the island? Because in LA X-land, the island doesn't exist. It's on the bottom of the ocean. No island, no Dharma. And like Ethan, who is destined to interact with preggo Claire, we have Kate who seems will also be a part of Aaron's life no matter what. Now if that theory holds true and there is no island and no Dharma, where or where is Ben?
For my closing thought tonight, in last week's episode Jack and Locke were chatting at the airport. Locke told Jack, you didn't lose your dad, you just lost his body (something to that effect). I'm really thinking that's the bigger picture here. Maybe your body is back at LA X, but your soul is on the island. And with all this body inhabiting-heart-of-darkness stuff, maybe that's where your soul stays.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
More on the Separate Reality Theory
OK, so (based on something I read today), maybe we aren't in a separate reality, per say. What if they are back on the plane and the island sinks and is nothing because Jacob really is dead. With no more Jacob, none of it happened. And they didn't fix or make anything happen with the bomb. What happened, happened because Ben killed Jacob. No Jacob, no island. The end. But, now that Jacob has a new form (Sayid), life (and life on the island) goes on. If Jacob lives, so does the island, and they remain there. This is the reason Whidmore tried so hard to get them back to the island, because he needed them to save Jacob so the island could go on. This is why Locke couldn't let them leave the island. This is why Locke and Ben had to get them back.
Furthermore, Juliette's "it worked" is really plaguing me. I think the "it" she may be referring to goes back to the last episode of last season, when Jacob tells Easu that there's only one ending and everything in between is progress. I think Rose and her hubby are that progress. They came, they found peace, they made a home and they are content. After all, Easu says that the outcome is always the same: they come, they fight, blah, blah, blah. Rose and her hubby defy that. Could they be the "it worked" that Juliette is referring to? Is it a bigger picture that she is talking about? I know the "it" can't be them setting off the bomb and preventing Dharma from making the Swan hatch, because after the explosion, they wake to find Juliette at the exploded Swan hatch. And it's complete with the exercise bike Desmond was riding in the first episode of season 2. So the hatch still gets built. And Desmond still makes it explode with Charlie. So that "it" didn't work. And they are still on the island, so that it (being back at LAX) didn't work yet either. So which "it" is it that she is referring to?
Anyone else notice how the stewardess from the plane, also a member of the Temple People, seemed really routed with the Temple People? Like she had been there before, long before the plane crashed? Was she planted on the plane? And she referred to the Lostees as the ones who came from the "first plane." I'm assuming that means the Agira Air flight still crashes, so if they made the bomb crash in 1977, wouldn't it have stopped the Agira Air flight from crash landing? I think what this episode boils down to is that our Lostees and their bomb changed nothing, even the Lostees being back on the plane and landing at LA X. I think their level of self-importance, has them thinking they can do so much more than they have any control over. I think the heart of this episode is Jacob's "death" and "rebirth" and that is what has the power to change and control everything, including the island, their pasts, presents and futures.
Furthermore, Juliette's "it worked" is really plaguing me. I think the "it" she may be referring to goes back to the last episode of last season, when Jacob tells Easu that there's only one ending and everything in between is progress. I think Rose and her hubby are that progress. They came, they found peace, they made a home and they are content. After all, Easu says that the outcome is always the same: they come, they fight, blah, blah, blah. Rose and her hubby defy that. Could they be the "it worked" that Juliette is referring to? Is it a bigger picture that she is talking about? I know the "it" can't be them setting off the bomb and preventing Dharma from making the Swan hatch, because after the explosion, they wake to find Juliette at the exploded Swan hatch. And it's complete with the exercise bike Desmond was riding in the first episode of season 2. So the hatch still gets built. And Desmond still makes it explode with Charlie. So that "it" didn't work. And they are still on the island, so that it (being back at LAX) didn't work yet either. So which "it" is it that she is referring to?
Anyone else notice how the stewardess from the plane, also a member of the Temple People, seemed really routed with the Temple People? Like she had been there before, long before the plane crashed? Was she planted on the plane? And she referred to the Lostees as the ones who came from the "first plane." I'm assuming that means the Agira Air flight still crashes, so if they made the bomb crash in 1977, wouldn't it have stopped the Agira Air flight from crash landing? I think what this episode boils down to is that our Lostees and their bomb changed nothing, even the Lostees being back on the plane and landing at LA X. I think their level of self-importance, has them thinking they can do so much more than they have any control over. I think the heart of this episode is Jacob's "death" and "rebirth" and that is what has the power to change and control everything, including the island, their pasts, presents and futures.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Season Six, Episodes 1
So, is Jack really on the plane or is it an alternate universe? A Separate Reality (a book mentioned last season) if you will (like the movie Sliding Doors). Or, is that how the season is going to end? Is it a flash, flash forward to our last episode? While it's the least favorable ending (because it's highly predictable), it would be a proper close because if nothing ever happened, then this is how it would end. But we still have 14 or 15 more episodes to mull that over.
I understand we needed to give Juliet a proper farewell, as she had been with us for a long time, but I was ready for her to be written off last season. That, for me, was a waste of precious last LOST minutes. However, I understand that her coming back for this episode gave Miles the go ahead to let us all know "it worked." If that's so, then we do indeed have a separate reality kicking. But why oh why was Desmond on the plane?
It seems in Separate Reality-land that everything is the same as it ever was. Kate is still trying to get away. Sawyer is most likely going to con Hurley out of his lottery money, Locke is still in a wheelchair, Jin is a control freak. And our characters will continue bumping into each other none the wiser of what they have gone through together. No, God, please don't let it end that way! The only thing that stands apart: Hurley, who says he is the luckiest man in the world. Prior to all of this, didn't he think he was cursed? Hummm, how is it that he is the only one who didn't fall into the same old, same old?
In non-separate reality land, it looks as though Hurley is way more important than any of us could have ever imagined. Jacob picked him. He sees dead people. And he is the one who is demanding answers for us: "What's on the paper?"
We've now been told that the smoke monster is who I will refer to as Easu. We now know there is yet another group on the island (who I will refer to as Temple People), there is a fountain of life, Richard was once a slave and if you draw a black circle around yourself, you can't get eaten up by the smoke monster. All good to know. Also good to know: Jacob is now Sayid.
I'm going to go ahead and say that Richard being in chains meant that he was a slave on Black Rock. And I think he was enslaved with other Egyptians, who were forced to build the Temples, which is why we have hieroglyphics on just about everything.
Since my brain has suffered a nine month lapse in LOST analysis, I'm going to have to watch this again. I am, however, concerned they've introed a new group of people, because it's time to start wrapping this package up.
One final thought: Anyone else notice the episode is called "LA X" with a big old deliberate space between the LA and the X. Why not just LAX? What's that all about?
I understand we needed to give Juliet a proper farewell, as she had been with us for a long time, but I was ready for her to be written off last season. That, for me, was a waste of precious last LOST minutes. However, I understand that her coming back for this episode gave Miles the go ahead to let us all know "it worked." If that's so, then we do indeed have a separate reality kicking. But why oh why was Desmond on the plane?
It seems in Separate Reality-land that everything is the same as it ever was. Kate is still trying to get away. Sawyer is most likely going to con Hurley out of his lottery money, Locke is still in a wheelchair, Jin is a control freak. And our characters will continue bumping into each other none the wiser of what they have gone through together. No, God, please don't let it end that way! The only thing that stands apart: Hurley, who says he is the luckiest man in the world. Prior to all of this, didn't he think he was cursed? Hummm, how is it that he is the only one who didn't fall into the same old, same old?
In non-separate reality land, it looks as though Hurley is way more important than any of us could have ever imagined. Jacob picked him. He sees dead people. And he is the one who is demanding answers for us: "What's on the paper?"
We've now been told that the smoke monster is who I will refer to as Easu. We now know there is yet another group on the island (who I will refer to as Temple People), there is a fountain of life, Richard was once a slave and if you draw a black circle around yourself, you can't get eaten up by the smoke monster. All good to know. Also good to know: Jacob is now Sayid.
I'm going to go ahead and say that Richard being in chains meant that he was a slave on Black Rock. And I think he was enslaved with other Egyptians, who were forced to build the Temples, which is why we have hieroglyphics on just about everything.
Since my brain has suffered a nine month lapse in LOST analysis, I'm going to have to watch this again. I am, however, concerned they've introed a new group of people, because it's time to start wrapping this package up.
One final thought: Anyone else notice the episode is called "LA X" with a big old deliberate space between the LA and the X. Why not just LAX? What's that all about?
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