“The only thing we implanted in you was doubt”
Intense---yet a little predictable and therefore disappointing--is how I would describe last night's episode.
I'm hoping that these first four episodes are setting us up for some big reveals in the next two episodes before the break. This is not to say that I didn't enjoy the show...just am tired of only getting more questions.
Once again, no big reveals and more questions. Although, we may know now what the Others want with Jack due o the x-ray with the tumor on the spine. How convenient that Jack just so happens to be a spine surgeon.
I saw the Sawyer back story coming from a mile away and knew from the beginning he was working with/for the warden for his freedom. The revelation that Sawyer has a daughter was interesting, but doesn't tie in with anything we've seen so far--just adds more data to the pile. It may just have been another way to demonstrate that Sawyer is not quite as heartless as he lets on--since he left all his "reward" money to the daughter. Sawyer did say something interesting which was something to the tune of "Once you care about someone, that's how they get you." That tied in nicely with the whole "pacemaker con" on the island.
Only I never thought that they had implanted a pacemaker into Sawyer's chest--the whole story didn't seem plausible since they clearly injected him with a liquid. The big show with the bunny dying had the distinct feel of a con and Sawyer should have seen it coming. I'm disappointed that Sawyer fell for the con--except as Benry pointed out, they didn't really have any control over him until they threatened Kate. We now know why Benry was so concerned about our survivors having a boat and perhaps discovering the "Other" island--"Alcatraz". They are using a "Sub" or some kind of underwater tunnel to travel back and forth.
So, I guess we've pretty much confirmed that Desmond can see into the future after last night when he tried to get Claire to move down the beach ostensibly to "fix her roof". When Charlie questioned him, he backed completely off and instead built a lightning rod with the golf club. Shades of Back to the Future. And a nod to Pulp Fiction with the needle in Sawyer's chest.
Jack's little mind game with Juliet--"Who's in charge here?"--was a great turn about to Benry's little mind games between Jack and Locke last season. The other great exchange between Juliet and Jack was when Juliet asked Jack if he told her "Col" was a hopelss case when they brought her in just to make her feel better. Jack's incredulous, "I don't care how you feel." was great. I find myself continually rooting for Jack , Kate and Sawyer to not be manipulated by the Others, and am disappointed when they give in to the conditioning. In the very beginning of the episode, when Jack got the signal Juliet was coming in, he very promptly went over and sat in the corner--just like he was trained. Just like Kate, Sawyer "giving up" scares me more than anything else.
Benry's insistence that they are not killers is a lie, since Goodwin killed Nathan, Ethan tried to kill Charlie and they were almost certainly going to kill Claire to get her baby had Alex not saved her. Oh, and let's not forget that they fire-bombed Michael's raft when they kidnapped Walt. MMR floated the theory that perhaps the Others truly are the "good guys" but I'm not buying it.
So like I said, a good solid episode, but I'm starting to need some answers. Rest assured, I won't be giving up on the show anytime soon though!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Further Instructions SE3 EP3
The Hunter Returns
Another great episode last night with --unfortunately--more questions raised than answered. The best part is that the self-doubting, wishy-washy pitty-partying Locke is gone, and the hunter who is also the man of faith, is back.
I think we can assume that the release of the electro magnetic pulse (EMP) had some residual effect on those that were in the hatch when it went off--and we are just beginning to get a glimpse of what those effects are. If you remember last season, Charlie was acting quite stoned when he came back from the hatch and wandered into camp. He also could not hear--probably due to the blast in the enclosed chamber, but viewed in conjunction with last night's episode where Locke could not talk at first and Desmond seeing into the future, there may be something more going on. Also, I found it odd that Boone returns in the same episode that Charlie is now sporting the very same horrible mullet that Boone had in the Shannon back story episode from last season.
With regards to Locke's trippy "vision" sequence: Boone repeated what Locke had said earlier: that he was the sacrifice the island demanded. But imporrtantly Boone did not deny this. Which makes me think that Locke was right all along to put his faith in the island.
To further my "Jack Dies This Season" theory, Locke sees every one of the main characters on the island in the airport--but the only one whose face we never see is Jack's--Jack's back is to the camera the whole time, and we see him taking off his watch to Benry's security guard--a physical metaphor for "Jack is out of time"???? Perhaps.....
Did the EMP create or enhance precognitive abilities in Desmond? In Jack's back story last season when he encounters Desmond in the stadium, Desmond seems certain that Jack has fixed Sarah, then backs off and kind of backpeddles a little bit when Jack reacts in a negative way. Later, as Desmond is running for his life through the jungle after the computer breaks and Sayid is fixing it (he beleives they will not be able to push the button) he stops long enough to ask Jack what happened to the girl they talked about. He seemed almost desperate to verify his original statement to Jack. Last night, he was way more specific in what he predicted: "Locke says he will go after Kate, Jack & Sawyer in his speech." Even though what Locke says is more like a short statement than a speech, Charlie looks at Hurley and says "Nice Speech, eh?" Hurley is all weirded out by it. By the way, classic Hurley reaction with Locke throwing his knife into the canteen Hurley was drinking from: "Dude."
What's up with the Tonka Truck and the Dharma shirted skeleton in the bear cave? Seems like this could be an indication that Dharma lost control of their "Hydra" station project, since obviously many of those animals are running loose on or about the island: Shark, Bears, Horse, and giant bird that said Hurley's name.
Eko talks to Locke about finding Kate, Jack and Sawyer because he is a Hunter. Could be a little telepathy going on here--is Eko reading Locke's mind from the past, when he calls himself a hunter, or is Eko simply communicating with Locke telepathically since Eko is obviously unconscious when Charlie returns and too weak to rouse himself? Or is it simply another manifestation of the island communicating with Locke?
In the back story, again we have the reference to Locke being a "Good Man" when he is unable to shoot Eddie after Eddie's cover as a cop is blown. Eddie tells him that the psych profile says he'd be amenable to coersion--Locke feels he's been suckered yet again, which makes him madder than the fact that the guy is actually there to bust his hippie pot growing commune "family". The way "Mike" and "Jan" turn so quickly on Locke after they find out about Eddie is upsetting--calling him an idiot, etc. They didn't figure it out either, yet they feel free to blame it all on Locke. Mike looked very much like Goodwin--so much so that I thought it was him until this morning when Preston & Steve dispelled that notion. Also, Locke looks genuinely happy living with these people--for the first time since he was hiding Helen's ring in the picnic basket. Locke's biggest fear and biggest failing is being taken for a fool--however, he has consistently been able to see through professional con man Sawyer. Again, watch Locke. The show is all about him.
Couple things of note: Eddie is wearing a Geronimo Jackson tee shirt and one of the commune guys actually comments on it. Geronimo Jackson is one of the albums that Hurley and Charlie were looking at in the hatch last season. Zeke showed up on the operating table in one of Jack's back stories. Every survivor on the island has either killed or felt responsible for someone else's death--except Locke. Locke. Locke. Locke.
Next week we're back at Camp Other and Sawyer looks to be having a rough go of it. I will have to peruse some websites later on tonight for more I may have missed (I'll include the tasty nuggets next week)
Another great episode last night with --unfortunately--more questions raised than answered. The best part is that the self-doubting, wishy-washy pitty-partying Locke is gone, and the hunter who is also the man of faith, is back.
I think we can assume that the release of the electro magnetic pulse (EMP) had some residual effect on those that were in the hatch when it went off--and we are just beginning to get a glimpse of what those effects are. If you remember last season, Charlie was acting quite stoned when he came back from the hatch and wandered into camp. He also could not hear--probably due to the blast in the enclosed chamber, but viewed in conjunction with last night's episode where Locke could not talk at first and Desmond seeing into the future, there may be something more going on. Also, I found it odd that Boone returns in the same episode that Charlie is now sporting the very same horrible mullet that Boone had in the Shannon back story episode from last season.
With regards to Locke's trippy "vision" sequence: Boone repeated what Locke had said earlier: that he was the sacrifice the island demanded. But imporrtantly Boone did not deny this. Which makes me think that Locke was right all along to put his faith in the island.
To further my "Jack Dies This Season" theory, Locke sees every one of the main characters on the island in the airport--but the only one whose face we never see is Jack's--Jack's back is to the camera the whole time, and we see him taking off his watch to Benry's security guard--a physical metaphor for "Jack is out of time"???? Perhaps.....
Did the EMP create or enhance precognitive abilities in Desmond? In Jack's back story last season when he encounters Desmond in the stadium, Desmond seems certain that Jack has fixed Sarah, then backs off and kind of backpeddles a little bit when Jack reacts in a negative way. Later, as Desmond is running for his life through the jungle after the computer breaks and Sayid is fixing it (he beleives they will not be able to push the button) he stops long enough to ask Jack what happened to the girl they talked about. He seemed almost desperate to verify his original statement to Jack. Last night, he was way more specific in what he predicted: "Locke says he will go after Kate, Jack & Sawyer in his speech." Even though what Locke says is more like a short statement than a speech, Charlie looks at Hurley and says "Nice Speech, eh?" Hurley is all weirded out by it. By the way, classic Hurley reaction with Locke throwing his knife into the canteen Hurley was drinking from: "Dude."
What's up with the Tonka Truck and the Dharma shirted skeleton in the bear cave? Seems like this could be an indication that Dharma lost control of their "Hydra" station project, since obviously many of those animals are running loose on or about the island: Shark, Bears, Horse, and giant bird that said Hurley's name.
Eko talks to Locke about finding Kate, Jack and Sawyer because he is a Hunter. Could be a little telepathy going on here--is Eko reading Locke's mind from the past, when he calls himself a hunter, or is Eko simply communicating with Locke telepathically since Eko is obviously unconscious when Charlie returns and too weak to rouse himself? Or is it simply another manifestation of the island communicating with Locke?
In the back story, again we have the reference to Locke being a "Good Man" when he is unable to shoot Eddie after Eddie's cover as a cop is blown. Eddie tells him that the psych profile says he'd be amenable to coersion--Locke feels he's been suckered yet again, which makes him madder than the fact that the guy is actually there to bust his hippie pot growing commune "family". The way "Mike" and "Jan" turn so quickly on Locke after they find out about Eddie is upsetting--calling him an idiot, etc. They didn't figure it out either, yet they feel free to blame it all on Locke. Mike looked very much like Goodwin--so much so that I thought it was him until this morning when Preston & Steve dispelled that notion. Also, Locke looks genuinely happy living with these people--for the first time since he was hiding Helen's ring in the picnic basket. Locke's biggest fear and biggest failing is being taken for a fool--however, he has consistently been able to see through professional con man Sawyer. Again, watch Locke. The show is all about him.
Couple things of note: Eddie is wearing a Geronimo Jackson tee shirt and one of the commune guys actually comments on it. Geronimo Jackson is one of the albums that Hurley and Charlie were looking at in the hatch last season. Zeke showed up on the operating table in one of Jack's back stories. Every survivor on the island has either killed or felt responsible for someone else's death--except Locke. Locke. Locke. Locke.
Next week we're back at Camp Other and Sawyer looks to be having a rough go of it. I will have to peruse some websites later on tonight for more I may have missed (I'll include the tasty nuggets next week)
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
A Tale of Two Cities SE3 EP1
Did you get your fish biscuit?
Welcome to a new season of Lost! YAY!
First five minutes were excellent! More 60's lite pop music, this time on CD. We know Henry's real name in Ben and that he was married to Juliet, who is obviously not handling their break up well(burning muffins and hands). I knew to keep my eye on whoever was fixing the plumbing, since I knew it would be someone I recognized. When the earthquake hit, they all seemed to know what it was. Caught a quick glimpse of Ethan, then "Benry" coming out of his house. At first I thought it was some suburb in California and we were going to get some kind of Others back story from their hippie commune days before coming to the island. When they pulled back from the community and you saw that "Other-ville" was located on the island, it was pretty trippy. Great job on the special effects with the plane break up, too.
Obviously, Benry is in charge, or holds some kind of sway over the rest of the Others, since he was barking orders as soon as the plane hit and asking for lists in three days and they were all snapping to.
Other than the first 5 minutes, we didn't find out much more and no cool Easter Eggs. I think we can safely establish that the Others are definitely malicious--it seems pretty obvious they did something to Kate before they hauled her back to the cage, plus Walt's hysteria about getting away from them at the end of last season and Alex's determination at getting Claire away(plus, they WERE going to kill Claire after they took the "BAYBAY"). The scene with her and Benry solidified him as the creepiest character on TV. Juliet is definitely not to be trusted--everything she told Jack was a lie, with the exception of having his whole life in a file--but I don't believe she was telling the truth when she said Jack's ex-wife was happy. She was there to break Jack and Benry acknowledged that when he told her "Good job." She didn't seem all
that happy about it, though.
The Others seem to be some sort of evolution from the original Dharma project--when Jack asked if that's who they were, Juliet answered "That was a long time ago". Some sort of socialist utopia with behavior modification themes evolved into what is now "Other-ville".
They are being held at the Dharma "Hydra" station, which looks like it was some sort of long abandoned zoo--probably where the polar bear, the horse and the shark with the Dharma logo came from. "Ciachi" was probably bait, or another one of the kids the Others have taken from a previous crash on the island (ala Danielle's daughter, Alex. Ciachi looked to be about the same age) He was definetly put there to as bait to Sawyer. Kate, Sawyer and Jack all seem to be subjects in Pavlovian experiments—behavior modification. Sawyer getting his fish biscuit through a complicated series of mechanical manipulations is an experiment I have seen before, just can't quite put my finger on where. It also speaks to Sawyer's tenaciousness--remember how he was last season with the tree frog and the season before with the boar?
Best scenes: Sawyer's interaction with "Zeke" who congenially congratulated him on getting his fish biscuit, then told him the bears got it in two hours. Sawyer's response, "How many bears?" was classic. I also liked the scene between him and Kate when he tossed her the rest of his fish biscuit after he had worked so hard to get it--Sawyer showing his tender side, which I don't think we've ever seen before. Since we've already been told that she chooses either Sawyer or Jack this season, I think the writers are trying to tell us she's going for Sawyer. But, As ususal, you can't trust anything you think you see coming.
I've heard a major character will be dying within the first six episodes. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it may be Jack, since Jack's character wasn't supposed to make it past episode one. I'm sure I'm wrong, but if not, you heard it here first.
Welcome to a new season of Lost! YAY!
First five minutes were excellent! More 60's lite pop music, this time on CD. We know Henry's real name in Ben and that he was married to Juliet, who is obviously not handling their break up well(burning muffins and hands). I knew to keep my eye on whoever was fixing the plumbing, since I knew it would be someone I recognized. When the earthquake hit, they all seemed to know what it was. Caught a quick glimpse of Ethan, then "Benry" coming out of his house. At first I thought it was some suburb in California and we were going to get some kind of Others back story from their hippie commune days before coming to the island. When they pulled back from the community and you saw that "Other-ville" was located on the island, it was pretty trippy. Great job on the special effects with the plane break up, too.
Obviously, Benry is in charge, or holds some kind of sway over the rest of the Others, since he was barking orders as soon as the plane hit and asking for lists in three days and they were all snapping to.
Other than the first 5 minutes, we didn't find out much more and no cool Easter Eggs. I think we can safely establish that the Others are definitely malicious--it seems pretty obvious they did something to Kate before they hauled her back to the cage, plus Walt's hysteria about getting away from them at the end of last season and Alex's determination at getting Claire away(plus, they WERE going to kill Claire after they took the "BAYBAY"). The scene with her and Benry solidified him as the creepiest character on TV. Juliet is definitely not to be trusted--everything she told Jack was a lie, with the exception of having his whole life in a file--but I don't believe she was telling the truth when she said Jack's ex-wife was happy. She was there to break Jack and Benry acknowledged that when he told her "Good job." She didn't seem all
that happy about it, though.
The Others seem to be some sort of evolution from the original Dharma project--when Jack asked if that's who they were, Juliet answered "That was a long time ago". Some sort of socialist utopia with behavior modification themes evolved into what is now "Other-ville".
They are being held at the Dharma "Hydra" station, which looks like it was some sort of long abandoned zoo--probably where the polar bear, the horse and the shark with the Dharma logo came from. "Ciachi" was probably bait, or another one of the kids the Others have taken from a previous crash on the island (ala Danielle's daughter, Alex. Ciachi looked to be about the same age) He was definetly put there to as bait to Sawyer. Kate, Sawyer and Jack all seem to be subjects in Pavlovian experiments—behavior modification. Sawyer getting his fish biscuit through a complicated series of mechanical manipulations is an experiment I have seen before, just can't quite put my finger on where. It also speaks to Sawyer's tenaciousness--remember how he was last season with the tree frog and the season before with the boar?
Best scenes: Sawyer's interaction with "Zeke" who congenially congratulated him on getting his fish biscuit, then told him the bears got it in two hours. Sawyer's response, "How many bears?" was classic. I also liked the scene between him and Kate when he tossed her the rest of his fish biscuit after he had worked so hard to get it--Sawyer showing his tender side, which I don't think we've ever seen before. Since we've already been told that she chooses either Sawyer or Jack this season, I think the writers are trying to tell us she's going for Sawyer. But, As ususal, you can't trust anything you think you see coming.
I've heard a major character will be dying within the first six episodes. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it may be Jack, since Jack's character wasn't supposed to make it past episode one. I'm sure I'm wrong, but if not, you heard it here first.
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