What an episode!
Well, the writers sucked us into Ana Lucia's back story then killed her off--the same way they got us with Shannon. We have to assume at least one of them is dead and the other is at least unconsicious or klinging precariously to life because (a) we heard in the scenes for next week that "She's dead." not "They're both dead" which makes me think one may still be alive, (b) Michael is shown in the armory with his arm in the sling (from the self inflicted wound), which makes me think that maybe one of the girls was able to dime him out and now they are keeping him "in jail" (c) Scenes for next week showing Hurley showed him to be pretty laid back and not upset at all, which is not how I would think he would be if Libby died. Of course the scenes from next week could be showing Hurley before he knows what has happened.
Did anyone catch the commercial for the Hanso Organization during the last half of the show? I wasn't really paying attention when it came on, but I know they gave a website and a toll free number (1-877-HANSORG). the website address is www.thehansofoundation.org. Will check that out later.
Was Locke in on Michael's plan? Did he know Michael was there to spring Henry? Michael was obviously lying about the others, or purposely being decieved by them in his reconaissance report that he gave to the Losties. By the end we all know he's working for them, but is it because he has been brainwashed or is it because he is so desperate to get Walt back that he made a deal with them? I think it's the latter--you could see the regret and the sorrow in his eyes as he pulled the trigger on Ana and Libby. In any event, I think Locke will be the one to watch in the coming weeks--I'm not quite sure where his loyalties lie. There was a little more information from NotHenry about the Others and their "brilliant" leader. I think NotHenry is still manipulating Locke--I think everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. Still as creepy as ever. We haven't seen the last of him.
The back story about Ana and Jack's dad was intriguing (an a nice touch having Sawyer get banged by the door--- the scene where Sawyer meets Jacks dad is in that bar and happens right after that scene, chronologically) Jack's dad was arguing with the Australian woman about having a right to see his daughter--probably from an affair--so it looks like Jack has a half-sister and I'm going to bet it's Claire, just based on the fact that she's the only native Aussie and the woman kind of looked like her. I liked that Ana overheard Jack's conversation with the Airline worker--so she knows who he is, even if he is unaware of her connection to his father.
I think the Others have set up some sort of utopian society elsewhere on the island. Refering to my hard copy of the "Map", and assuming that the hatches identified had been discovered by whoever drew the map and that the hatches done in dotted lines are assumed hatches, the hatch Michael refered to as where the Others were set up must be one of those dotted line hatches. Of the identified hatches on the map, we have seen the Swan, the Arrow (where the tailies were camped out) and the Staff (where Claire was held hostage). The Flame hatch has not been explored yet leaving two definite and one more possible hatch (the one scribbled out) to be discovered.
No MMR discussion this morning! Hopefully there will be tomorrow. Can't wait till next week. What an awesome episode!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
? SE2 EP21
As I sit here and try to recap last night's episode, it occurs to me that while last week's episode was far more dramatic, this week's episode gave us far more information. Which is why I'm so late getting this out. (Danielle, make sure your boss is at lunch before you open!)
The entire episode revolves around the whole faith vs. science theme.
Eko's backstory: We are re-introduced to Claire's psychic, this time as the father of a young girl who supposedly died and came back to life and Eko is investigating this incident for the Catholic Church. It was significant when Eko told monsignor that he was the wrong person to investigate because he did not believe the story, then monsignor says, "That is why I chose you." I think the psychic was lying about his abilities to Eko to throw off the Church's investigation. Obviously the daughter experienced something because of the message she gave to Eko at the airport. The tape of her screaming was absolutely chilling. I'll have to look around on the internet to see if anyone isolated that scream. I'd be willing to be dollars to donuts that there's a message in there somewhere. In Eko's dreams, Ana says "John needs help" and Yemi says "John has lost his way" Does this refer to Locke buying into NotHenry's story of the Others choosing him? Is Eko really saving Locke from the influence/brainwashing of Others?
The Pearl: Ok, if it were all that simple, that this was just some grand psychological experiment, then the discovery of the Pearl station effectively ends the mystery of the series. We all know there is more to it than that! Here is where science vs. fate was bigtime in the forefront. I almost felt as disappointed as Locke when he sees that they are all just "rats in a maze"--however, when Eko starts enumerating the coincidences that led him to this spot, telling him this all has MEANING, and you start thinking back over the life of the series, there are too many coincidences to be explained away by just a psychological experiment---see below for a recap of a theory I read the other day in Entertainment Weekly that fits in nicely. Will the printouts prove that NotHenry did or did not push the button while Locke was trapped? What does it mean if he did push it--and what does it mean if he didn't? Is there a video tape from the Swan spycam that captures Michael killing Libby and Ana, and if so, where is it? What were the papers that Eko was scooping up? Where does the vacuum tube go and when will we see where Locke's map ends up--because you know we'll see it again. (My guess is the Centennial Wing and we'll see a lollipop come back through next week.)
The Orientation Film: On WMMR this morning, they noted that our narrator who is sometimes named Dr. Whitman and sometimes named Dr. Candle had both of his arms in this film, while he obviously had a prosthetic arm in the orientation film for the Swan. Which one was made first? VCR technology (the Pearl) is obviously more modern than 8mm film (The Swan) however, did the guy lose his arm as a result of the "incident" or was his arm "re-grown" as part of some kind of Hanso Foundation science project? The Pearl fim was copyrighted 1980 and those TV's were very 80's looking and sounding--right down to the little low "bmmmp" when they were turned on. I will have to look up the original orientation film to see the copyright date of that. Though the Pearl looks like it's been abandoned for some time, the Swan hatch has some more modern equipment in it--that washing machine and dryer are definitely newer than the ones in my basement! There was a brief flash of Dharma workers as part of the orientation film--one was a big guy with a black beard--could it be....ZEKE? Also, keep in mind that our narrator did not say the subjects in the other hatches were doing meaningless tasks, he said that they had been assigned tasks that they believed to be important--this doesn't necessarily mean that pressing the button is unimportant. It's a big distinction that Locke missed, but Eko understood. Pala Ferry: what is it and where does it go? Where is the dock?
Sawyer / Jack: Has anyone noticed that it seems as if Sawyer has become the more empathetic character while Jack seems to be becoming more of an opportunist? While Libby lay dying, Jack insisted that Kate accompany Sawyer to get the heroin, purely so that Kate would also know where Sawyer keeps the guns. Also, it was Sawyer who comforted Kate after Libby and Ana died, not Jack. Jack seems to think he is the self appointed president of the island--he says before Locke and Eko leave that they are to report back and then they would all discuss -- TOGETHER -- what was to be done. He just needs to have a say in everything and he's becoming obsessed with the Others.
Michael: Is he brainwashed, a traitor, or is he "infected" with whatever it was that made Rousseau kill her comrades? He just flat our gives me the creeps now--and I think he's actually lost weight to give him that edgy look. Libby spitting out that blood made me hit the ceiling. Too bad she didn't dime out Michael--but as usual, we saw from the previews, Sayid is the one who is on to him first "I think Michael has been compromised." We can only hope that Sayid will be "interrogating" him soon. Looks like we're in for a Lostie/Other battle next week, too.
Entertainment Weekly theory: In a nutshell: The island is alive with the psychic energy of Dharma initiative volunteers/victims. The psychological experiments either went hellishly wrong or accomplished exactly what they intended and in effect transferred the psychic / insane energy of the subjects / victims to the island. What ever happened to the "security system" and the Black Smoke?
Hanso commercial: Rip off Sprite/Coca-cola tie in. Lame lame lame. (however....remember the "Lymon" campaign from the eighties?--it did have an Eko-like spokesman....hmmm...maybe there's more here than we think!) But according to the P&S blog, there's more to it than that. I guess you have to click around until all the TV screens turn green then something happens. I'll check it out later. www.hansofoundation.org is worth a look, though. The password is "breakingstrain". It definitely ties in with the EW theory.
Ok--that was WAY over the top geeking out, but what the hell.
The entire episode revolves around the whole faith vs. science theme.
Eko's backstory: We are re-introduced to Claire's psychic, this time as the father of a young girl who supposedly died and came back to life and Eko is investigating this incident for the Catholic Church. It was significant when Eko told monsignor that he was the wrong person to investigate because he did not believe the story, then monsignor says, "That is why I chose you." I think the psychic was lying about his abilities to Eko to throw off the Church's investigation. Obviously the daughter experienced something because of the message she gave to Eko at the airport. The tape of her screaming was absolutely chilling. I'll have to look around on the internet to see if anyone isolated that scream. I'd be willing to be dollars to donuts that there's a message in there somewhere. In Eko's dreams, Ana says "John needs help" and Yemi says "John has lost his way" Does this refer to Locke buying into NotHenry's story of the Others choosing him? Is Eko really saving Locke from the influence/brainwashing of Others?
The Pearl: Ok, if it were all that simple, that this was just some grand psychological experiment, then the discovery of the Pearl station effectively ends the mystery of the series. We all know there is more to it than that! Here is where science vs. fate was bigtime in the forefront. I almost felt as disappointed as Locke when he sees that they are all just "rats in a maze"--however, when Eko starts enumerating the coincidences that led him to this spot, telling him this all has MEANING, and you start thinking back over the life of the series, there are too many coincidences to be explained away by just a psychological experiment---see below for a recap of a theory I read the other day in Entertainment Weekly that fits in nicely. Will the printouts prove that NotHenry did or did not push the button while Locke was trapped? What does it mean if he did push it--and what does it mean if he didn't? Is there a video tape from the Swan spycam that captures Michael killing Libby and Ana, and if so, where is it? What were the papers that Eko was scooping up? Where does the vacuum tube go and when will we see where Locke's map ends up--because you know we'll see it again. (My guess is the Centennial Wing and we'll see a lollipop come back through next week.)
The Orientation Film: On WMMR this morning, they noted that our narrator who is sometimes named Dr. Whitman and sometimes named Dr. Candle had both of his arms in this film, while he obviously had a prosthetic arm in the orientation film for the Swan. Which one was made first? VCR technology (the Pearl) is obviously more modern than 8mm film (The Swan) however, did the guy lose his arm as a result of the "incident" or was his arm "re-grown" as part of some kind of Hanso Foundation science project? The Pearl fim was copyrighted 1980 and those TV's were very 80's looking and sounding--right down to the little low "bmmmp" when they were turned on. I will have to look up the original orientation film to see the copyright date of that. Though the Pearl looks like it's been abandoned for some time, the Swan hatch has some more modern equipment in it--that washing machine and dryer are definitely newer than the ones in my basement! There was a brief flash of Dharma workers as part of the orientation film--one was a big guy with a black beard--could it be....ZEKE? Also, keep in mind that our narrator did not say the subjects in the other hatches were doing meaningless tasks, he said that they had been assigned tasks that they believed to be important--this doesn't necessarily mean that pressing the button is unimportant. It's a big distinction that Locke missed, but Eko understood. Pala Ferry: what is it and where does it go? Where is the dock?
Sawyer / Jack: Has anyone noticed that it seems as if Sawyer has become the more empathetic character while Jack seems to be becoming more of an opportunist? While Libby lay dying, Jack insisted that Kate accompany Sawyer to get the heroin, purely so that Kate would also know where Sawyer keeps the guns. Also, it was Sawyer who comforted Kate after Libby and Ana died, not Jack. Jack seems to think he is the self appointed president of the island--he says before Locke and Eko leave that they are to report back and then they would all discuss -- TOGETHER -- what was to be done. He just needs to have a say in everything and he's becoming obsessed with the Others.
Michael: Is he brainwashed, a traitor, or is he "infected" with whatever it was that made Rousseau kill her comrades? He just flat our gives me the creeps now--and I think he's actually lost weight to give him that edgy look. Libby spitting out that blood made me hit the ceiling. Too bad she didn't dime out Michael--but as usual, we saw from the previews, Sayid is the one who is on to him first "I think Michael has been compromised." We can only hope that Sayid will be "interrogating" him soon. Looks like we're in for a Lostie/Other battle next week, too.
Entertainment Weekly theory: In a nutshell: The island is alive with the psychic energy of Dharma initiative volunteers/victims. The psychological experiments either went hellishly wrong or accomplished exactly what they intended and in effect transferred the psychic / insane energy of the subjects / victims to the island. What ever happened to the "security system" and the Black Smoke?
Hanso commercial: Rip off Sprite/Coca-cola tie in. Lame lame lame. (however....remember the "Lymon" campaign from the eighties?--it did have an Eko-like spokesman....hmmm...maybe there's more here than we think!) But according to the P&S blog, there's more to it than that. I guess you have to click around until all the TV screens turn green then something happens. I'll check it out later. www.hansofoundation.org is worth a look, though. The password is "breakingstrain". It definitely ties in with the EW theory.
Ok--that was WAY over the top geeking out, but what the hell.
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