Let's get our nerd on now and analyze the data from this week's show in a very random and inaccurate manner...
I'm very curious to know whether Jin is stuck in Rousseau's time, or if he's jumping around with everyone else -- if so, it's awesome in a very Douglas Adams way that he drifted through all those different points of time only to be picked up by a hugely improbable rubber raft.
I don't think the show wants their to be any black and white/evil and good characters. Benjamin Linus is one of the most complex characters I've ever seen. And I guess my admiration for Benjamin Linus is of a piece with my admiration for Stringer Bell. (Don’t freak out, he’s from a different show, THE WIRE)
The difference between Stringer and Ben, or one important difference, is that Stringer didn't want to be a bad guy; he just saw it as the most efficient path that would end in his becoming a legitimate businessman. He was Joe Kennedy, let's say. Ben Linus just is who he is. He may not be gratuitously violent or manipulative (that's debatable, actually), but he will never try to leave manipulation behind like Stringer tried to move past killing.
Another difference is that Stringer's tactics were pretty identifiable -- he applied economic theory and robert's rules and public choice to violence and drug dealing. Ben relies more on an implausibly supernatural ability to read motives and to predict conduct. this makes String more believable and less of a comic book supervillain tan Ben.
When the jumps in time occurs and they go to a new time, what happens to theirselves (is that right?) in the time they just left? I know that’s confusing, but let me give you an example
Locke is talking to Richard in the tents last episode and all of a sudden locke and the others are transported to a different time and everything is gone. BUT WHAT DOES RICHARD SEE ON HIS END? Does locke just disappear in front of him mid sentence?
Just really confuses me
- So its official (or damn, damn close), the sickness that killed Rousseau's team was the time jumping, the bloody nose, etc.
- Are they are totally setting it up for Sawyer and Juliette to get together?
- I’m developing a nosebleed fetish.
- Jin is alive, cool. I wonder if that was the plan all along or they decided to bring him early (perhaps earlier than expected as I always assumed he was alive) because of negative feedback to Jin "dying" lasgtg season
- Jack has become a wishy washy dick who no longer stands for anything, man of science, my ass! Grow some nads, dude.
Okay - dark ufo has screenprints of Sun's package. It refers to the subject as SHE, staying at 103 pinecrest drive, driving a yellow VW Bug. If I'm reading the report correctly, the pictures we see attached to Sun's report are actually the pictures the subject under survelliance received in the mail (apparently so anxious to receive that the subject would go to the mailbox 7 times a day and camped out by the mailbox for 4 hours waiting for them). It also states subject was speaking on the phone and said Lee Chin is dead, a victim of suicide. It talks about HER calling Oxford City cab to take her to an animal clinic (Ben?). It also mentions HER going in a hardware store and buying all the black, green, and red spray paint. This is strange stuff - and it may be jibberish - but maybe it's not...
My opinion - Maybe Sun was running surveillance on Eloise Hawking for Mr. Widmore.
I would have to say that there is some evidence to support the fact that Ben's "moving" of the island and the Oceanic 6 leaving triggered a lot of the island's history that we already know. The island was moving through time and space, so it caught many things by surprise during that process:
The Black Rock
The French Crew
Desmond's boat
The real Henry Gail's balloon
The Nigerian Plane
The referees from Super Bowl XLIII (who clearly were not watching the game I was, so they must be time traveling)
Michael Phelps’ bong
Basically, the time jumping was already written into destiny, so anyone aware of it already knows what is going to happen and when. Ben and/or Widmore are such people.
Nose bleeds are happening to people who have been on the island along time. I’m guessing Charlotte and Miles (and, of course, Juliette) were all clearly on the island before and I’m sure Miles was born on the island before the whole baby-kill plotline was developed.
LIST:
People who appeared on the show who I’m pretty sure will have nothing to do with the final outcome:
Eko
Shannon
Walt
The dog (oops! My bad, the dog is time traveling)
Nikki (although she was smoking hot)
Paolo
Flaming arrow death guy
FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE LIST, and add your own comments as always, or do what you normally do and avoid this post because you hate the show and are sick of people talking about it…
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
LOST recap, 2/4/09
We open with Jack and Kate from years ago (we know this because Jack's lame beard is gone)...It's right after they were rescued by Penelope...Kate tells Jack Claire was going to give Aaron up for adoption...This is where Kate decides to tell everyone that Aaron is hers...Jack's okay with this despite knowing that Kate is a convicted felon...Jack then gets Kate to go along with his "master"lie...The plan that will ultimately lead to the undoing of the island, and all of mankind, and what's left of my six brain cells...
Flash ahead to today...Kate is staying with Sun, who gets a delivery of a box of candy...Only it's not just candy, there's a gun hidden in the second row where the crappy dark chocolates usually are...Millions of people scream at their TVs, "Shoot me, Sun, put me out of my misery!!!!"
Juliette confronts Faraday about whether he knew this time warp thing was going to go down, and dragged innocents like the viewing audience into hell for no reason...He whispers something incoherent...Charlotte continues the world's longest nose bleed...Did the Dharma Initiative not have any tissues?
Kate confronts the people who want a DNA sample from Aaron...She demands to know who put them up to this...They say "neener neener we don't have to tell you" but in a real adult way...Kate says she needs to know who's doing this to her and her son, dammit!!
Back at the island, Locke tells Sawyer he has to bring the oceanic 6 back...Sawyer looks at him like he's crazy...But then he says "you want HER back don't you?" Sawyer gets wood.
Charlotte comes to and I notice somebody wiped her nose. But she has no clue who Faraday is. Neither do I.
Jack has taken Sayid to the hospital despite being suspended from medicine. Jack calls Hurley in lock up (who knew they had size XXXXXXXXL orange jump suits?). Hurley tells Jack Ben won't find him in the looney bin.
A strange visitor tries to kill Sayid, but the Iraqi strangles him with his IV line and asks who sent him. The guy says the address is in his pocket. Sayid then shoots him with a tranquilizer gun and gets the address, it's KATE'S!!!
Jack and Ben rush to get Kate and Sayid goes to get Hurley. They're going back to the island!!!
Back on the island, Locke steers the posse away from a strange light. I know this references a past show, but I'll be damned if I can remember what one.
Faraday asks Locke a great question for time travelers "Do you know WHEN we are?" Try asking that to your drunk friends this weekend, chances are they will punch you in the head.
Saywer stumbles upon Claire giving birth to Aaron with Kate's assistance. Clearly it's four years ago. Then the white light comes and takes them to another time. Sawyer wistfully tells Locke it doesn't matter what he saw because he ain't getting any tonight unless Locke wants to be the catcher.
Back in now, Kate compliments Jack for shaving the goofy beard. She tells Jack what's going down with all the DNA testing and what not. She tells Jack to get in the car because "she's gotta go" to follow the lawyer.
Locke presses for more info, but Sawyer twists it on him and asks "How come you know what time it is?" Locke's answer confuses Sawyer and me, but I'll pretend I know what it meant tomorrow at the water cooler.
Miles gets a mystery nose bleed but tells Faraday not to tell anyone else so as to save them a "freak out".
The island posse comes upon some outrigger canoes on the beach...They take them out on the ocean for some purpose unclear to me...Sawyer starts to reveal to Juliette what he saw in the jungle when someone starts shooting at them...Luckily a time warp comes and Sawyer yells "Thank the Lord", but the time warp takes them to a tropical storm in the flimsy outriggers in the ocean. "I take that back"...
Kate follows the lawyer to a hotel where she finds out it's Claire's mom who's responsible for seeking out the DNA test. This really isn't an "a-ha" moment, because for the first time, a chain of events on this show makes perfect logical sense. Your pregnant daughter is in a plane crash. Survivors are found, including a kid who would be the exact age as your daughter's kid, and it looks just like her. Yeah, I think I would order a DNA test too. Or at least try and get on the Maury Povich Show.
Jack says he'll go talk to Claire's mother and come clean about the whole situation. Keep in mind, Jack's father and Claire's mother were doing the nasty, resulting in Claire. Claire's mom knows nothing about the kid. (Creepy music sting). WTF???? I'm about to go Christian Bale at this point.
Ben is driving with Sayid in a van down by the river. I believe it's the MIX van and they're going out for a remote at a gas station. Ben meets with the nebulous lawyer that was seeking the DNA. He's also working with Ben to get Hurley out of the slammer. His master plan to get everyone back to the island is in full effect...
Back on the island, the posse comes across wreckage that has French writing on it...Juliette presses Sawyer to tell her about seeing Kate. (CUE WISTFUL NEW AGE MUSIC) Sawyer says he was close enough to touch her when he notices her nose is bleeding...Damn it. can we get some Kleenex please?...
Switch to some survivors floating in a life boat, they are speaking French (which leads one to believe they're tied in to Rousseau somehow)...They see some flotsom on the water...A body is floating on it...They get closer and turn him over ...It's JIN!!! Holy Hell!!! He's been floating in a different time!!! Or continually time travelling while half dead on a board...
back to today, Kate asks Jack why he came to her place...He tells her what's going on with Sayid and Hurley...She gets out to see Ben walking along the dock...Kate is stunned to learn that Jack is with Ben and they're together...Kate figures out that its Ben who's trying to take Aaron away from her...Sun pulls up in a car with Aaron, she has a gun...
Back on the island, the French quiz Jin about his origins, he notices the French girl is pregnant, she tells him her name is ROUSSEAU!!!! The music swells as if we didn't figure that one out already....
Things ar eplace for a kick ass reunion of everyone. Well, everyone except Eko, Paolo and Nikki. Those are characters that are never coming back because they were created before this show had a point, thus confusing us even further...
As always, love to hear your thoughts, and I'll be back again tomorrow wfter I watch the show again and let it all sink in...UNTIL THEN, HAPPY TIME TRAVELING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flash ahead to today...Kate is staying with Sun, who gets a delivery of a box of candy...Only it's not just candy, there's a gun hidden in the second row where the crappy dark chocolates usually are...Millions of people scream at their TVs, "Shoot me, Sun, put me out of my misery!!!!"
Juliette confronts Faraday about whether he knew this time warp thing was going to go down, and dragged innocents like the viewing audience into hell for no reason...He whispers something incoherent...Charlotte continues the world's longest nose bleed...Did the Dharma Initiative not have any tissues?
Kate confronts the people who want a DNA sample from Aaron...She demands to know who put them up to this...They say "neener neener we don't have to tell you" but in a real adult way...Kate says she needs to know who's doing this to her and her son, dammit!!
Back at the island, Locke tells Sawyer he has to bring the oceanic 6 back...Sawyer looks at him like he's crazy...But then he says "you want HER back don't you?" Sawyer gets wood.
Charlotte comes to and I notice somebody wiped her nose. But she has no clue who Faraday is. Neither do I.
Jack has taken Sayid to the hospital despite being suspended from medicine. Jack calls Hurley in lock up (who knew they had size XXXXXXXXL orange jump suits?). Hurley tells Jack Ben won't find him in the looney bin.
A strange visitor tries to kill Sayid, but the Iraqi strangles him with his IV line and asks who sent him. The guy says the address is in his pocket. Sayid then shoots him with a tranquilizer gun and gets the address, it's KATE'S!!!
Jack and Ben rush to get Kate and Sayid goes to get Hurley. They're going back to the island!!!
Back on the island, Locke steers the posse away from a strange light. I know this references a past show, but I'll be damned if I can remember what one.
Faraday asks Locke a great question for time travelers "Do you know WHEN we are?" Try asking that to your drunk friends this weekend, chances are they will punch you in the head.
Saywer stumbles upon Claire giving birth to Aaron with Kate's assistance. Clearly it's four years ago. Then the white light comes and takes them to another time. Sawyer wistfully tells Locke it doesn't matter what he saw because he ain't getting any tonight unless Locke wants to be the catcher.
Back in now, Kate compliments Jack for shaving the goofy beard. She tells Jack what's going down with all the DNA testing and what not. She tells Jack to get in the car because "she's gotta go" to follow the lawyer.
Locke presses for more info, but Sawyer twists it on him and asks "How come you know what time it is?" Locke's answer confuses Sawyer and me, but I'll pretend I know what it meant tomorrow at the water cooler.
Miles gets a mystery nose bleed but tells Faraday not to tell anyone else so as to save them a "freak out".
The island posse comes upon some outrigger canoes on the beach...They take them out on the ocean for some purpose unclear to me...Sawyer starts to reveal to Juliette what he saw in the jungle when someone starts shooting at them...Luckily a time warp comes and Sawyer yells "Thank the Lord", but the time warp takes them to a tropical storm in the flimsy outriggers in the ocean. "I take that back"...
Kate follows the lawyer to a hotel where she finds out it's Claire's mom who's responsible for seeking out the DNA test. This really isn't an "a-ha" moment, because for the first time, a chain of events on this show makes perfect logical sense. Your pregnant daughter is in a plane crash. Survivors are found, including a kid who would be the exact age as your daughter's kid, and it looks just like her. Yeah, I think I would order a DNA test too. Or at least try and get on the Maury Povich Show.
Jack says he'll go talk to Claire's mother and come clean about the whole situation. Keep in mind, Jack's father and Claire's mother were doing the nasty, resulting in Claire. Claire's mom knows nothing about the kid. (Creepy music sting). WTF???? I'm about to go Christian Bale at this point.
Ben is driving with Sayid in a van down by the river. I believe it's the MIX van and they're going out for a remote at a gas station. Ben meets with the nebulous lawyer that was seeking the DNA. He's also working with Ben to get Hurley out of the slammer. His master plan to get everyone back to the island is in full effect...
Back on the island, the posse comes across wreckage that has French writing on it...Juliette presses Sawyer to tell her about seeing Kate. (CUE WISTFUL NEW AGE MUSIC) Sawyer says he was close enough to touch her when he notices her nose is bleeding...Damn it. can we get some Kleenex please?...
Switch to some survivors floating in a life boat, they are speaking French (which leads one to believe they're tied in to Rousseau somehow)...They see some flotsom on the water...A body is floating on it...They get closer and turn him over ...It's JIN!!! Holy Hell!!! He's been floating in a different time!!! Or continually time travelling while half dead on a board...
back to today, Kate asks Jack why he came to her place...He tells her what's going on with Sayid and Hurley...She gets out to see Ben walking along the dock...Kate is stunned to learn that Jack is with Ben and they're together...Kate figures out that its Ben who's trying to take Aaron away from her...Sun pulls up in a car with Aaron, she has a gun...
Back on the island, the French quiz Jin about his origins, he notices the French girl is pregnant, she tells him her name is ROUSSEAU!!!! The music swells as if we didn't figure that one out already....
Things ar eplace for a kick ass reunion of everyone. Well, everyone except Eko, Paolo and Nikki. Those are characters that are never coming back because they were created before this show had a point, thus confusing us even further...
As always, love to hear your thoughts, and I'll be back again tomorrow wfter I watch the show again and let it all sink in...UNTIL THEN, HAPPY TIME TRAVELING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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