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?

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.

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 ...

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.