The final regular episode of Lost and the first thing we come up with is…the series premiere?
A lot of mirror images this week especially to the series premiere, and especially when Jacob tells Jack that the heart of the Island was right behind where he landed and where the very first scene of the entire series was.
We first see Jack with a cut in the sideways world with a cut that he got on the island. As time passes the two are getting more and more connected. I just wish they had been this connected in the very beginning, I think would have liked them a lot more at the beginning of the season.
Back in the real world Kate finally brings up Ji Yeon, it’s about time someone did so. I don’t think her fate will be answered in the finale. But I’m glad someone at least mentioned her.
Next Desmond beats up Ben to make him see his flashes, which is interesting and something we should have all figured out from the beginning of Desmond’s quest. After all how many times has Ben been beaten up over the course of the series? Added to this apparently Henry Ian Cusiak got so into the beating up Ben scene he actually hit Michael Emerson giving him a black eye in real life. This can be seen for most of the episode even though it is covered up by make up. I love little stories like this in Lost.
Right after this we finally see again Ben, Richard and Miles and get the revelation that Richard buried Alex, which I thought was a very sweet motion. Another nice moment in all of this was Miles awesome line: “Well, I lived in these house 30 years before you did; otherwise known as last week.”
As well I loved to see Danielle back and it may seem like Ben and Danielle will get together in the sideways world and Ben will be a father to Alex, which would be interesting for the sideways world. Especially if my whole theory on choosing the reality you want to live in comes true on Sunday.
Next, we put C4 in a back pack…again. Seriously hasn’t anyone on this island learned anything about putting C4 in backpacks? It goes kaboom!
Of course almost right after this we find that Widmore is back on the main island, but not for long.
I found this weeks sideways story a lot more interesting then usual especially with all of the interactions of the characters. We seem to be racing to the end now, which is a very good thing. Desmond’s story line is the most interesting with getting himself arrested just so he could be near Kate, Sayid, and Sawyer. Then having Anna Lucia being the van driver that sneaks Kate and Sayid out of Jail with Hurley meeting them there to bribe out Anna Lucia. Who according to Desmond isn’t ready yet. Even though Hurley does recognize her.
It seems instead of the wedding we thought we were all racing to as the event that would get everyone together, it will be the concert that David is in that will bring them all together. Lets take count: Jack will be there, Jacks ex wife will be there, (Please be Juliet), Miles will be there, Sawyer will be there, Kate will be there, Sayid, Hurley and Desmond. Our main people, all in one place…except for Ben and John Locke. So will there be a way that they will get there?
Speaking of John Locke, alt Locke was saying a lot of stuff about fate in an awesome conversation with alt Jack very similar to season one conversations.
Back in the real world things get even more interesting. Especially when Hurley meets Little Jacob, awesome scene. And then Jacob goes and says “When the ashes burn out you will never see me again.” NOOO…I like Jacob. Then he goes and says: "Were very close to the end" - yes we are ---cry.
One of the next moments Richard gets thrown across the jungle my smoky…man I hope he’s alive. Ben then turns evil again – darn you Ben. And watches on the sidelines as Evil Locke kills Zoey in a horrible way by knife to the throat…ouch. Ben then kills Widmore saying: "He doesn’t get to save his daughter" ben - and off goes Widmore. ehh dont care. His story line was getting a little boring.
But one of the most interesting scenes came when it was revealed that all of the remaining Losties can now see Jacob. Which brought up my theory that was disproven, Jacob did in fact write the names on the wall. Where I thought that the cave was MIB’s and Jacob had the Lighthouse. I guess Jacob was just being obsessive compulsive.
Jacob then says in what made the highlight of my night that he made MIB the way he was. I WAS RIGHT!!!. MIB is Jacobs Brother and got turned into Smokey when he got thrown into the light cave.
He says to the Losties “"I chose you because you were all alone, and needed it." And while they protested, he was so right. All of them were alone and in that moment needed the island a lot. He also reveals why he crossed Kate’s name off of the list because she became a mom...if she wanted the job it was hers, dun dun dun - she is still in the running and still a good person. Which means everyone should love Kate as I do.
Jacob is giving them the choice where he did not, love that, Jack chooses it though which is what I thought might happen. Jack has to save everyone and help everyone. It is in his nature to do this. But I’m not sure if this new change will stick.
Over all I loved the Jacob scene, it is so unique, has so many great lines, answered a lot of questions and had a lot of great moments, that will stick with lost fans for a very long time.
In the end we learn that anti Locke wants to destroy the island…KNEW IT. But then we also come to the well again, and Desmond is not there? So how did he get out? Did someone help him out? My leading theory…Rose and Bernard. We haven’t seen them since the end of last season, and I miss them a lot.
So till Sunday, when the End really will come.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Across the Sea Review
Across the Sea may go down as one of the most debated episodes ever, and for good reason. We got even more questions over what Smokey and MIB are. As well as questions as to what time period we were in, and how early was the island inhibited, plus I have some serious questions for Jack and his medical skills.
The more I think about the more I realize that this was the ultimate filler episode. It filled us into the past of the island, and clued us into some of its mysteries like never before. a great episode, with some great performances by mark Pellegrino, Titius Welliver and Allison Janey aka CJ Craig from the West Wing in a performance that made you question whether the character was crazy or not. Since her character was just named woman, I am renaming the character Allison.
As many of you know I am obsessed with the time line, I believe it will ultimately reveal the true nature of the island and show what it is all about. Has the island always been special or did it occur at some time.
So of course the first thing I thought of when I saw Claudia shipwrecked on this island I began to wonder what timeline were we in. How early are we in the time line? According to lostpedia it is an unknown date. However going by the game that the boys were playing we were as early as 3500bc, which was when the game first started popping up. According to other sources we were Between 452 BC and 900 AD. This is a large area of time.
So were the Egyptians there before MIB and Jacob were born, or did they come after. And who were the people who came to the island with Claudia? According to Jeff Jensen from EW.com the language was Northern Highlands Sweedish, which I do believe, however Lostpedia says it is Latin. So what language was it?? Argh this bothers but I don’t know why.
One of the reasons why I liked this episode was because of Allison Janey who kicks ass, I never expected to see her on this show. I’m glad I wasn’t spoiled on her coming on the show, because it was a great surprise, but why did she have to kill Claudia?? Guess she just wanted the boys to her self. That being said we found out in this episode that Jacob and MIB are twins, which I think is a great twist. Allison says that MIB is special but Jacob isn’t why? Did Jacob have to drink the wine to become special?
That doesn’t sit right for me, because to me it’s always felt that Jacob has always been special. Also confirmation this week that the little boy that has been appearing in the forest is Jacob. Which is great, I thought it probably was all along. That says to me that ghosts or at least ghost Jacob can change his ghost form to what ever age he wants to appear as.
It was especially interesting when she said: "Dying is something you never have to worry about.” So does this apply to those people who succeed Jacob and MIB?
Another interesting thing that Allison says that Jacob can not tell a lie, that tells me we should always trust Jacob before MIB. But then again when have we ever trusted MIB?
It still bothers me that we don’t know what MIB’s name is, there were so many chances for them to give that to us, and they still haven’t. This is really starting to tick me off, everyone has a name so they can’t go with that route. We also found out that MIB built the donkey wheel, never saw that coming.
Next we come to the Light. Where is it on the island exactly and what is it exactly. Allison says it is the source, the heart of the Island. Allison says that “if the light goes out here, it will go out everywhere." So what makes the light go out? Does it go out if MIB leaves the island? That seems to make the most sense to me.
But the ultimate question of the light right now is. Did Jacob create Smokey? Or did Jacob release Smokey?
Ultimately my final say is that Jacob created Smokey. I say this because he put MIB in the light cave and Smokey came out. He took the form of himself, because his real body was dead. Anti Locke says that Jacob stole his body his soul. And in a way what happened in this episode is what Anti Locke described. Many things can be twisted to the truth for Anti Locke.
The other big reason why I believe this is because in the 1700’s Jacob and MIB were sitting on the beach, and re watching that scene I am more inclined to believe that it is Jacob and his dark brother. MIB wants revenge on his brother for killing him or doing something that lead to his death. Why else would he say “do you know how much I want to kill you.” So that is my final say, and as you know I am never wrong.
And finally the revelation that MIB and Allison are Adam and Even in our caves which is awesome, but how did they stay so well preserved? I mean they still had clothing and didn’t look over 2000 years old! After all Jack did say that he thought they were only 40-50 years old. Is jack just bad at looking at dead bodies, or were what we saw in season one. Think of it a revolving door of Adam and Eve’s replacing the old ones as they bodies detirioted. Or is the fact that this is the island and its different why the bodies didn’t detirote why they should normally?
Please let me know what you think, and if you think I’m crazy.
The more I think about the more I realize that this was the ultimate filler episode. It filled us into the past of the island, and clued us into some of its mysteries like never before. a great episode, with some great performances by mark Pellegrino, Titius Welliver and Allison Janey aka CJ Craig from the West Wing in a performance that made you question whether the character was crazy or not. Since her character was just named woman, I am renaming the character Allison.
As many of you know I am obsessed with the time line, I believe it will ultimately reveal the true nature of the island and show what it is all about. Has the island always been special or did it occur at some time.
So of course the first thing I thought of when I saw Claudia shipwrecked on this island I began to wonder what timeline were we in. How early are we in the time line? According to lostpedia it is an unknown date. However going by the game that the boys were playing we were as early as 3500bc, which was when the game first started popping up. According to other sources we were Between 452 BC and 900 AD. This is a large area of time.
So were the Egyptians there before MIB and Jacob were born, or did they come after. And who were the people who came to the island with Claudia? According to Jeff Jensen from EW.com the language was Northern Highlands Sweedish, which I do believe, however Lostpedia says it is Latin. So what language was it?? Argh this bothers but I don’t know why.
One of the reasons why I liked this episode was because of Allison Janey who kicks ass, I never expected to see her on this show. I’m glad I wasn’t spoiled on her coming on the show, because it was a great surprise, but why did she have to kill Claudia?? Guess she just wanted the boys to her self. That being said we found out in this episode that Jacob and MIB are twins, which I think is a great twist. Allison says that MIB is special but Jacob isn’t why? Did Jacob have to drink the wine to become special?
That doesn’t sit right for me, because to me it’s always felt that Jacob has always been special. Also confirmation this week that the little boy that has been appearing in the forest is Jacob. Which is great, I thought it probably was all along. That says to me that ghosts or at least ghost Jacob can change his ghost form to what ever age he wants to appear as.
It was especially interesting when she said: "Dying is something you never have to worry about.” So does this apply to those people who succeed Jacob and MIB?
Another interesting thing that Allison says that Jacob can not tell a lie, that tells me we should always trust Jacob before MIB. But then again when have we ever trusted MIB?
It still bothers me that we don’t know what MIB’s name is, there were so many chances for them to give that to us, and they still haven’t. This is really starting to tick me off, everyone has a name so they can’t go with that route. We also found out that MIB built the donkey wheel, never saw that coming.
Next we come to the Light. Where is it on the island exactly and what is it exactly. Allison says it is the source, the heart of the Island. Allison says that “if the light goes out here, it will go out everywhere." So what makes the light go out? Does it go out if MIB leaves the island? That seems to make the most sense to me.
But the ultimate question of the light right now is. Did Jacob create Smokey? Or did Jacob release Smokey?
Ultimately my final say is that Jacob created Smokey. I say this because he put MIB in the light cave and Smokey came out. He took the form of himself, because his real body was dead. Anti Locke says that Jacob stole his body his soul. And in a way what happened in this episode is what Anti Locke described. Many things can be twisted to the truth for Anti Locke.
The other big reason why I believe this is because in the 1700’s Jacob and MIB were sitting on the beach, and re watching that scene I am more inclined to believe that it is Jacob and his dark brother. MIB wants revenge on his brother for killing him or doing something that lead to his death. Why else would he say “do you know how much I want to kill you.” So that is my final say, and as you know I am never wrong.
And finally the revelation that MIB and Allison are Adam and Even in our caves which is awesome, but how did they stay so well preserved? I mean they still had clothing and didn’t look over 2000 years old! After all Jack did say that he thought they were only 40-50 years old. Is jack just bad at looking at dead bodies, or were what we saw in season one. Think of it a revolving door of Adam and Eve’s replacing the old ones as they bodies detirioted. Or is the fact that this is the island and its different why the bodies didn’t detirote why they should normally?
Please let me know what you think, and if you think I’m crazy.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Candidate Review...Heartbreaking
DAM YOU DAMON AND CARLTON FOR BREAKING MY HEART!!!
Now that that’s done with. I can not believe they killed off Sun and Jin in one episode. That has to be one of the most shocking deaths I’ve ever seen even on this show.
To start at the very beginning, all week I heard lost sayings in other shows particularly “The Heart wants what the heart wants,” and “We have to go back” also after watching this episode Lost was specifically mentioned in a Modern Family episode so that was awesome.
We find out that John is a "candidate" for surgery. Perked my ears up. And then we find ourselves having a flashback of our own as our losties are taken back to the cages, and I totally understand why Sawyer didnt want to go back in, I mean seriously they spent way too long in those cages.
We then see Bernard being a dentist, claiming Jack was hitting on rose…lol…which how does he remember a patient from 3 years ago. And why would he be treating both john and his father after a plane crash...speaking of we finally see Anthony Cooper, who is a shadow of his former self. I kept wondering what Sawyer would do when those two meet up, if they meet up. At this point with 3 episodes left, I don’t think they will, and I’m ok with that.
Claire meets back with anti locke and already becomes under his influence…at first, at the very end of the episode she seemed appalled and horrified that everyone was dead, something she wouldn’t have been before she came back into contact with the other losties.
We next come to John Locke in bed recovering from surgery, murmuring: "Push the Button, wish you would have believed me.” Locke was so getting flashes...so that makes me think was that desmonds plan all along?
And then we come to Kate getting shot. I’m sure plenty of Lost fans cheered but I didn’t…I yelled at the TV. I hope she survives because my theory in the end is that she will be the one to save them all and be the hero in the end. But then again Jack has been taking the hero mantle up again a lot. And so has Hurley in the last few episodes, but he seems pretty devastated by all of the death surrounding them. But perhaps he will be the new Richard. And then there is Sawyer, who was such a great leader during the time flashes and in the 1970’s. But he has been a shadow of this self lately.
Next Anti Locke…why did nothing happen to him when he was pushed in the water? He has said that he can’t touch water. He has an aversion to it. And can’t just turn into smoke and go across the ocean. But nothing happened!!! Ok he did look maybe a little weakened. But he didn’t melt. Ok maybe I’m thinking a little too much wicked wise and the wizard of oz, but he is evil…pure evil. Which is what Damon and Carlton said in an interview that was published right after this episode aired.
Anti Locke is evil, pure evil - if anyone doubts it now they are crazy, “Because now you know this show is willing and capable of killing anyone,” they say. I agree with them. We thought we knew this before they have killed one person in an episode but never 3 in one episode or 4.
A note on the number of deaths: Sayid, Sun and Jin are all confirmed of course, but in no article that I read was Lapidus mentioned as being dead. He could of course be dead. But we have no real confirmation, and I think he deserved more then being knocked unconsciousness.
After all most of the main characters who have died on this show have gotten their moments Sayid sacrifices himself for everyone else and gains his redemption for killing so many people. But not before saying to Jack:
“SAYID [to Jack]: Listen carefully. There's a well on the main island, half mile south from the camp we just left. Desmond's inside it. Locke wants him dead, which means you're going to need him. Do you understand me?
JACK: Why are you telling me this?
SAYID: Because it's going to be you, Jack
That to me is one big, huge moment for Sayid, and really advances the story line and points to Jack as being the one to replace Jacob. I’ve been thinking a lot about Jack this week, his beginnings, his journey on the island, faith vs. science. Live together die alone. And the more I think about it the more I think that he may be the one to replace Jacob. He has made a tremendous journey from season one to know, he has made a full circle, coming back to the island. But in ways it’s not a circle, he’s flipped from being a man of science to a man of faith. Before he would have needed to diffuse that bomb, or try and logically talk Richard out of killing himself. Now he talks about faith that the bomb won’t blow up. In a lot of ways its Sawyer who has become the Jack of Season 1, I’m not sure if that’s progression or regression for sawyer, but it is a change.
Jack on the other hand has become the flip of himself, as my friend Dan would say it’s all apart of the mobius strip of Jacks character. He’s on a journey, and is now on the flip side of where he began.
Getting back to the dead characters, Jin and Sun definitely had their moment, they have been reunited at last, they are crying, I was crying, if you have emotions you were crying. It was a mirror image to Titanic, except they both died, a much sadder ending then Sayid. And I personally think Hurley was crying more for them then Sayid. Why: Lets see, he was friends with Jin, he was there right after Ji Yeon was born for Sun, and he just seemed closer to them. Though he did have some great moments in season one with Sayid.
Getting back to Ji Yeon….why in the world did they not mention her? I checked the scripts…no mention of Ji Yeon. The have now left her parentless to be raised by her grandparents, one of which is a ruthless owner of a company which has done a lot of bad things. I would have smacked Jin in the face if I had been sun and told him to go take care of Ji Yeon, but that’s just me.
It is because Lapidus that I do not believe that he is dead. He may be dead, but we just haven’t seen the actual death yet.
Of course right after I got done crying because of the double Jin/Sun death we come to the alternate world, and Locke sees Jin, does a double take and I cry because we see Jin again.
So now there are four: Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley. Who knew at the beginning of the series that they would be our four that are left…to be the good guys at least. However…Claire is still in the picture I believe, she seemed horrified at the deaths of her friends on the sub, and doesn’t seem to be real taken with Anti Locke right now. And like they say: “Blood is thicker then water.” And Jack is Blood. So in the end I think we will raise our number back up to 5.
I can not wait till the next episode, but I also realize that there are only 3 episodes left before it will all be over, and I’m not ready for that to happen yet.
Now that that’s done with. I can not believe they killed off Sun and Jin in one episode. That has to be one of the most shocking deaths I’ve ever seen even on this show.
To start at the very beginning, all week I heard lost sayings in other shows particularly “The Heart wants what the heart wants,” and “We have to go back” also after watching this episode Lost was specifically mentioned in a Modern Family episode so that was awesome.
We find out that John is a "candidate" for surgery. Perked my ears up. And then we find ourselves having a flashback of our own as our losties are taken back to the cages, and I totally understand why Sawyer didnt want to go back in, I mean seriously they spent way too long in those cages.
We then see Bernard being a dentist, claiming Jack was hitting on rose…lol…which how does he remember a patient from 3 years ago. And why would he be treating both john and his father after a plane crash...speaking of we finally see Anthony Cooper, who is a shadow of his former self. I kept wondering what Sawyer would do when those two meet up, if they meet up. At this point with 3 episodes left, I don’t think they will, and I’m ok with that.
Claire meets back with anti locke and already becomes under his influence…at first, at the very end of the episode she seemed appalled and horrified that everyone was dead, something she wouldn’t have been before she came back into contact with the other losties.
We next come to John Locke in bed recovering from surgery, murmuring: "Push the Button, wish you would have believed me.” Locke was so getting flashes...so that makes me think was that desmonds plan all along?
And then we come to Kate getting shot. I’m sure plenty of Lost fans cheered but I didn’t…I yelled at the TV. I hope she survives because my theory in the end is that she will be the one to save them all and be the hero in the end. But then again Jack has been taking the hero mantle up again a lot. And so has Hurley in the last few episodes, but he seems pretty devastated by all of the death surrounding them. But perhaps he will be the new Richard. And then there is Sawyer, who was such a great leader during the time flashes and in the 1970’s. But he has been a shadow of this self lately.
Next Anti Locke…why did nothing happen to him when he was pushed in the water? He has said that he can’t touch water. He has an aversion to it. And can’t just turn into smoke and go across the ocean. But nothing happened!!! Ok he did look maybe a little weakened. But he didn’t melt. Ok maybe I’m thinking a little too much wicked wise and the wizard of oz, but he is evil…pure evil. Which is what Damon and Carlton said in an interview that was published right after this episode aired.
Anti Locke is evil, pure evil - if anyone doubts it now they are crazy, “Because now you know this show is willing and capable of killing anyone,” they say. I agree with them. We thought we knew this before they have killed one person in an episode but never 3 in one episode or 4.
A note on the number of deaths: Sayid, Sun and Jin are all confirmed of course, but in no article that I read was Lapidus mentioned as being dead. He could of course be dead. But we have no real confirmation, and I think he deserved more then being knocked unconsciousness.
After all most of the main characters who have died on this show have gotten their moments Sayid sacrifices himself for everyone else and gains his redemption for killing so many people. But not before saying to Jack:
“SAYID [to Jack]: Listen carefully. There's a well on the main island, half mile south from the camp we just left. Desmond's inside it. Locke wants him dead, which means you're going to need him. Do you understand me?
JACK: Why are you telling me this?
SAYID: Because it's going to be you, Jack
That to me is one big, huge moment for Sayid, and really advances the story line and points to Jack as being the one to replace Jacob. I’ve been thinking a lot about Jack this week, his beginnings, his journey on the island, faith vs. science. Live together die alone. And the more I think about it the more I think that he may be the one to replace Jacob. He has made a tremendous journey from season one to know, he has made a full circle, coming back to the island. But in ways it’s not a circle, he’s flipped from being a man of science to a man of faith. Before he would have needed to diffuse that bomb, or try and logically talk Richard out of killing himself. Now he talks about faith that the bomb won’t blow up. In a lot of ways its Sawyer who has become the Jack of Season 1, I’m not sure if that’s progression or regression for sawyer, but it is a change.
Jack on the other hand has become the flip of himself, as my friend Dan would say it’s all apart of the mobius strip of Jacks character. He’s on a journey, and is now on the flip side of where he began.
Getting back to the dead characters, Jin and Sun definitely had their moment, they have been reunited at last, they are crying, I was crying, if you have emotions you were crying. It was a mirror image to Titanic, except they both died, a much sadder ending then Sayid. And I personally think Hurley was crying more for them then Sayid. Why: Lets see, he was friends with Jin, he was there right after Ji Yeon was born for Sun, and he just seemed closer to them. Though he did have some great moments in season one with Sayid.
Getting back to Ji Yeon….why in the world did they not mention her? I checked the scripts…no mention of Ji Yeon. The have now left her parentless to be raised by her grandparents, one of which is a ruthless owner of a company which has done a lot of bad things. I would have smacked Jin in the face if I had been sun and told him to go take care of Ji Yeon, but that’s just me.
It is because Lapidus that I do not believe that he is dead. He may be dead, but we just haven’t seen the actual death yet.
Of course right after I got done crying because of the double Jin/Sun death we come to the alternate world, and Locke sees Jin, does a double take and I cry because we see Jin again.
So now there are four: Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley. Who knew at the beginning of the series that they would be our four that are left…to be the good guys at least. However…Claire is still in the picture I believe, she seemed horrified at the deaths of her friends on the sub, and doesn’t seem to be real taken with Anti Locke right now. And like they say: “Blood is thicker then water.” And Jack is Blood. So in the end I think we will raise our number back up to 5.
I can not wait till the next episode, but I also realize that there are only 3 episodes left before it will all be over, and I’m not ready for that to happen yet.
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