Lost Reviews and News
Key Points from "Every Man for Himself"
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Season 3, Episode 4 Episode Air Date: 10/25/06 |
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Something about last
week's episode didn't sit right with me, and I finally figured out
what it was: The mythology was missing.
Don't get me wrong. There were aspects of last week's Locke-centric episode I enjoyed, and there was plenty of table-setting for something interesting to come, but the slack-jawed wonder I'm so accustomed to experiencing with this show wasn't there. We just didn't have that "WHOA!" moment. But this week, the "Whoa" returns. The story returns to DharmaWorld, and as it does, the mystery of the Others, the Dharma Initiative and the island (or should that be plural? ...) comes back into focus. So let's get to it! As the episode opens, Kate and Sawyer are still stuck in their bear cages. Kate continues to wear the same sun dress, but the long day of manual labor we witnessed in "The Glass Ballerina" has left both Kate and the dress a little ripe. Sawyer also looks like hell, but that's mostly due to the beat-down he received at the hands of Danny Pickett and his merry band of Others in the same episode. As a new day dawns, karma swoops down and hands Sawyer a gift. Sawyer and Kate watch as Others suddenly appear and scramble down a nearby path. The hub-bub is odd for the Others -- their creepy calm is their stock in trade. But on this occasion, panic is tangible. And with good reason. Sawyer and Kate watch as Ben, Juliet, Zeke and a number of other Others (my spell check is gonna love that phrasing) emerge from the treeline carrying Colleen on a stretcher. Colleen, you'll recall, was last seen on the receiving end of Sun's gun in "The Glass Ballerina." Alas, the last few hours haven't been good ones for Colleen. As she and her Other cronies arrive back at Dharma Central, Colleen's life is dangling by a thread. The Other crew haul Colleen between Kate and Sawyer's cages, and as they zip by, Sawyer can hardly contain his enthusiasm. Kate notices Sawyer's schadenfreude smirk and she seems stunned by his total lack of compassion. What Kate doesn't realize is that Sawyer has more than revenge on his mind. Sawyer figures that Colleen's pain represents his gain. He correctly guesses that Colleen's sucking gut wound will distract the Others, which gives him time to lay a trap and stage an escape. And it just so happens that he's already developed an exit strategy. With the Others safely out of view (but not out of sight -- remember, we've already learned that the Others are monitoring Sawyer and Kate through closed-circuit cameras), Sawyer takes this opportunity to tell Kate -- and us -- his Master Plan. It goes something like this:
Like most of Sawyer's plans, there's a few grey areas with the Shock Scheme. The plan assumes that Sawyer will be able to both withstand the electric shock and recover faster than the Other victim (Sawyer tells Kate that his previous experience with the shock leads him to believe he can "take it"). Even if we give Sawyer the benefit of the doubt with the shock, there's still one massive assumption he's making -- and it's an assumption that has no basis in reality. Sawyer's plan requires the Others to act like complete morons. As we've discovered, idiocy isn't part of the Other oeuvre. You can probably see where this is going. Sometime later, Sawyer's eyes light up as he sees Ben approach his cage. The armed Others who typically flit through the background are nowhere to be seen. Sawyer can't believe his luck. He's seconds away from barbecuing the big dog! Ben, dressed in white slacks and carrying the anal-retentive air of a 10th grade English teacher, doesn't bother with a greeting or other social formalities. Instead, he fires two random questions at Sawyer:
As Sawyer answers Ben's random questions (perhaps confusing Ben Linus with Ben Stein), he sees Ben step into the puddle outside the bear cage. Ben rests his hand on the bars of the cage. Sawyer snares Ben's hand and pins it against the bars! Moving with the dexterity of a 32-year-old, he spins and pounds the reward button on the other side of the cell. SUCK IT BEN! ... SUCK IT! ... Uhh ... oh ... crap ... Nothing happens! Ben was on to the plan from the start (damn those hidden cameras!) and he made sure the shocker was turned off before he ventured out for his visit. Sawyer, confused, twists Ben's arm into the cell (for a second it looked like he broke it, but no such luck), but Ben is a sly Other and he cracks Sawyer across the face with a telescopic baton. Sawyer drops and Ben whips the cell door open. For a little guy, Ben certainly knows how to kick ass. He blasts Sawyer with a series of well-placed shots across the back and abdomen and then, just as Sawyer collapses on the ground, he sends our burly con-man into unconsciousness with a swift kick across the chin. Sawyer goes down like Glass Joe. Things get much worse when Sawyer wakes up. As he groggily comes-to, he hears the grumbling voice of Zeke telling someone that the Others' communication equipment has been screwy for the last two days, "ever since the sky turned purple." Sawyer hears all this, but he's in no state to join the conversation. As he opens his eyes he sees that he's been strapped to a long, metal table (it looks similar to the table in Jack's aquarium cell). Heavy leather restraints hold Sawyer's arms against the table. Sawyer, wide-eyed and wigged out, scans the room and sees Zeke and Ben standing in the far corner. Two armed Other henchmen line opposite walls. Ben orders the henchmen to approach Sawyer, and both comply. One slaps a slick piece of bamboo between Sawyer's teeth -- "It's for the pain," Ben explains -- and the second Other produces a comically huge syringe (the needle on this thing is at least four inches long). Sawyer senses imminent pain ... and he's right. The Other with the needle raises the syringe and prepares to slam it into Sawyer's heart (this whole thing is a big homage to "Pulp Fiction"). In itself a four-inch needle is a frightening prospect, but when the guy holding the syringe seems unsure of his ability to "land" that syringe, the situation reaches horror-film heights. WHACK! The syringe digs into Sawyer's chest! Sawyer loses consciousness (again). He wakes sometime later (judging by the timeline of this episode, he's out for maybe an hour or two). The restraints are still wrapped around Sawyer's arms and he's still pinned to the metal table. Ben is standing in the room, holding a metal cage that contains a fluffy white bunny (seriously ... this really happens). Ben steps over Sawyer and begins to vigorously shake the bunny cage, all the while shouting "C'mon, c'mon! We've gotta go! C'mon!" The panic and confusion etched into Sawyer's face mimic our own. When did this become "A Clockwork Orange"? Ben's cage-shaking grows violent. "C'MON! C'MON!" he screams at the bunny. The bunny twitches and moves around the cage (as it moves, we see that it has the number "8" painted/branded on its backside, begging the question: are bunnies 4, 15, 16, 23 and 42 back in the Dharma Hutch?). Sawyer's eyes bulge! The bunny's eyes bulge! "C'MON C'MON C'MON!" Ben yells. And that's when the bunny shuffles off its mortal coil, runs down the curtain and joins the choir invisible! It is ... an ex-bunny! Sawyer is shocked. He might be a callous con-man who would steal an orphan's last nickel, but dammit, that was a bunny and killing bunnies just ain't right. Ben looks at Sawyer with his placid evil glare (can anyone do "dead eye evil" better than Michael Emerson?). Sawyer's day is about to get so much worse. He tells Sawyer that the bunny was implanted with a pacemaker, and when the bunny's heart rate reached a certain level (such as the 2.5 billion beats per minute it just experienced), the pacemaker stops and the bunny's heart explodes -- hence, dead bunny. And it just so happens that the exact same scenario has been cooked up for Sawyer. Using the weight and age information Sawyer provided earlier, Ben says the Others assembled a witch's brew for Sawyer's chest. Now, if Sawyer's heart-rate cracks 140, Sawyer's fate will mirror the bunny: his heart will pop in his chest cavity. Ew. As Ben talks, he straps a heart-rate watch around Sawyer's wrist. The monitor, Ben says, will beep whenever Sawyer's heart rate gets within 15 clicks of 140. When that happens -- say, during an escape attempt or while looking at Kate's naked backside (sorry, getting ahead of myself) -- Sawyer needs to calm himself less his heart burst into bits. But Ben's got one last bit of information to pass along -- and it's a kicker. He tells Sawyer that if Sawyer breathes a word of this pacemaker business to Kate, "we'll put one in her, too." Oh you bastards. You deliciously evil bastards. Sawyer drops his head against the metal table and sneers like a caged bobcat ... with a pacemaker planted in its chest. Later in the day, the Others unstrap Sawyer and toss him back in his cage. Zeke props a bucket of soapy water in both cages and drops a bag of clothes near Kate's feet. (Sidenote: Zeke seems to have a soft spot for Katie -- he tells her that if any of the clothes don't fit, she should "give a holler" and Zeke'll come running). When Zeke and his Other drones leave, Kate blasts Sawyer with questions: Where were you? What did they do to you? Where'd you get that sweet watch? With Ben's warning ringing in his ears, Sawyer deflects Kate's questions with non-answers ("Nowhere," "Nuthin'"). Seeing that her inquisition is useless, Kate opts to change out of the stanky dress she's been wearing for two days. She instructs Sawyer to turn around so she can disrobe. Sawyer momentarily complies, but as Kate strips down in the background, Sawyer cocks his head and catches a glimpse of Kate's bare back. Beep .... Beep ... Beep ... Sawyer looks at the heart-rate watch. He just crossed 125. He looks back at Kate and continues to ogle her goods (there's a lot of Kate-ogling going on this season). Beep ... Beep ... Beep ... As he stares, Sawyer imagines doing Very Bad Things ... BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEP! He's gonna blow! Kate hears the beeping and spins. Sawyer looks away. He grabs the nearby bucket of water and douses his head and face. BEEP ... beep ....... beep ....... beep His heart rate settles. Later in the day -- after Kate has donned a far more practical outfit (she's finally wearing shoes) -- Kate tells Sawyer that she's been studying the layout of her cell and she believes she can squeeze herself through two bars in the roof. Sawyer, normally an enthusiastic supporter of escape attempts, tells Kate that escape is a stupid idea. He suggests they keep a low profile and "get the lay of the land." Kate suggests he stop being such a ninny. Despite her protestations, Kate opts to couch the escape attempt ... for the moment. Shortly thereafter, an ear-piercing horn blasts a deep, guttural siren near Kate and Sawyer's cages. The two prisoners spin, trying to make sense of the alarm. Kate sees a group of Others rushing nearby. Kate's eyes pop as she sees a tall man in the center of the group wearing a blindfold/bag over his head. "Jack!" she shouts. "Jack!" Sawyer joins the chorus. "Doc! Doc!" But Jack's hearing is dulled by the massive siren. At one point he turns his head in recognition, but before he can respond, the Others push him forward, out of range of Kate and Sawyer's cries. The siren cuts and the prisoner area falls silent. But not for long. A few minutes later, Danny Pickett strides up to Sawyer's cage and unlocks the cell door. Pickett is churning with rage. To make it worse, Sawyer has no idea why Pickett is so pissed (we know, but we'll get to that in a minute). Pickett throws Sawyer to the ground, then tosses him from the cell and slams him against Kate's cage. BLAM! Pickett whips his fist across Sawyer's face. "Do you love this guy?" Pickett snarls at Kate. Pickett's random question and random act of violence confuse Kate. She doesn't answer. BLAM! Another punch pierces Sawyer's mug. "DO YOU LOVE HIM!?" Pickett screams. Sawyer's watch begins to beep. Tears form in Kate's eyes. She throws her arms through the bars and tries to cradle Sawyer. BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Pickett's fury intensifies. Sawyer's watch beeps faster. "Do ... YOU ... LOVE ... HIM!" Pickett yells again. Sensing that an answer is the only want to stop Pickett's March to the Sea, she shouts, "Yes! Yes I love him!" Pickett steps back. His rage passes. He speaks to unseen Dharma drones and orders them to toss Sawyer back into his cell. Pickett walks off to grab a beer and watch the game at Alvar Hanso's Bar & Grill. Kate is officially fed up. Jack's Abu Ghraib appearance coupled with Pickett's unexplained beat-down have convinced her it's time to blow this popstand. With squirrel-like skill, she shimmies up her cage, grasps onto the bars lining the roof, and POPS OUT THE TOP. I need to pause a moment to discuss just how ridiculous this is. Kate doesn't struggle through the bars. She POPS THROUGH THEM. This isn't an escape, it's an exit. If she could do this so easily, why didn't she try it before? Anyway, Kate zips out the top of the cage and climbs back to the ground. She grabs a rock and tries to break the lock on Sawyer's cage, but as she does Sawyer pleads with her to run. "Every man for himself," Sawyer snarls. "Run!" Kate won't hear it. She slams the rock against the lock over and over, but the bolt holds. Sawyer tries a different approach. "If you really love me," he says, looking into Kate's eyes, "Go." Kate clamps her jaw. "I only said that so he'd stop hitting you," she says. OH C'MON KATE! You don't have to tell him that! The guy's had his ass kicked twice in the last 10 hours and now you've gotta deliver the death blow? Sawyer looks down and turns away. Kate drops the rock and steps into the dirt area between the two cells. She weighs her options: escape alone or return to her cell ... Kate scrambles up her cage and slips back through the GAPING HOLE in the roof. As she lands within the cell, Sawyer barks: "Dammit freckles, it's every man for himself!" Kate looks at Sawyer. Evangeline Lilly can't believe she's about to utter the dumbest line in series history. "Live together, die alone," Kate says, referring to the title of the season two finale. "Oh yeah?" Sawyer challenges, instigating an epic Episode Title battle. "Well, Everybody Hates Hugo! Ha!" "House of the Rising Sun! Three Minutes!" Kate retorts "White Rabbit! Lockdown! What ... Kate ... Did!" Sawyer shoots back. Okay. Enough of that. You get the idea. Let's now cleanse ourselves of this unfortunate scene with a little backstory ... CUE BACKSTORY SWOOSH Sawyer gets the backstory spotlight this week. Like other long-time characters, the historical milestones in Sawyer's life don't have the punch they once did (there are only so many "shocking coincidences" we can experience), but the "Lost" crew does unload one major curveball that no one expected. In this week's backstory we see/learn:
Returning to island events ... In the closing moments of this episode, Ben pays an early-morning visit to Sawyer in his cell and invites our bloodied and beaten con-man out for a walk. Of course, Ben's idea of a walk is a 5-mile hike over mountainous terrain, which is perfect for a guy who's heart rate needs to remain below 140. So Ben and Sawyer head into the hinterlands with two armed Dharma drones in tow. Toward the end of the journey, Ben -- ever the drama queen -- pauses to build Sawyer's anticipation. He tells Sawyer he brought him all this way because there's "something I want you to see." Sawyer responds by quoting "Of Mice and Men" (See? I told you it'd be relevant): "Is it that little place you've always wanted, George?" Ben doesn't recognize the quote. Sawyer relishes the opportunity to tweak Ben for his seemingly illiterate ways. "It's from 'Of Mice and Men,'" Sawyer smirks. "You'd like it. Puppies get killed." Point, Sawyer! Unfortunately, the victory is short-lived. This exchange takes place as the group hikes a particularly steep hill, and as Sawyer pants, his heart rate watch starts to beep. Sawyer touches his chest. He asks Ben if he's brought him into the hills to make his heart explode from the exertion. And this is when Ben regains the upper hand. "Your heart's not going to blow up, James," Ben snarls. "The only thing we put inside you was doubt." Sawyer is stunned. But Ben has more surprises. He reaches into a bag slung across his shoulder and pulls out the dead bunny, which, judging by its twitching and blinking, has staged a dramatic resurrection. Ben tells Sawyer the bunny was sedated, not killed. Ben turns to put the bunny back in his sack. THWACK! Sawyer lands a wicked hook across Ben's jaw. Ben spins, but holds his ground. A trickle of blood seeps from his mouth. "The rabbit wasn't the thing I wanted to show you," Ben says, massaging his jaw. Ben guides Sawyer to the crest of a nearby hill. As he looks out across the water, Sawyer's mouth drops. The shot spins ... and there, not far off-shore ... IS ANOTHER ISLAND! And it's not just a random island, it's The Island. Sawyer, Jack and Kate are prisoners on an adjacent land mass; they're not even on the same island as the other castaways! Ben tells Sawyer that the island they're on -- the Others' island -- is roughly twice the size of Alcatraz. And like, Alcatraz, escape is futile: you'd have to be a champion swimmer to even think of crossing the gash of ocean between the two islands. Sawyer is floored. He asks Ben if they orchestrated all this -- the work, the pacemaker, all of it -- just to keep him in a cage. "We did all this because the only way to gain a con man's respect is to con him," Ben says. "You're pretty good, Sawyer ... we're a lot better." And at this point, Ben suddenly morphs into Dr. Phil (it's a credit to Michael Emerson that this next bit doesn't come across as complete nonsense). Ben points out that it wasn't the pacemaker that kept Sawyer in line, it was the threat toward Kate. Drawing upon previously unknown reservoirs of relationship training, Dr. Ben tells Sawyer that his attempts at making Kate believe he doesn't need her are clearly an attempt to veil his own deep feelings. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody," Ben says. Sawyer is confused by Ben's sudden regression into Twain-like vocabulary. "It don't make no difference who the guy is, long as he's with you" Ben continues, summoning his best summer stock inflection. "I tell you ... I tell you a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick." "What the hell you talking about?" Sawyer growls. Ben juts his chin toward Sawyer. He was hoping he'd ask that. "It's from 'Of Mice and Men'," Ben says, brimming with self-righteousness. "Don't you read?" Sawyer drops his head. Point, Ben! And with that, Sawyer's plotline ends.
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For the first time in ages, Jack doesn't act like an asshole. We
finally catch a glimpse of the confident leader we saw way back
in Season 1. Thank God. Whiny Jack is a bore.
Of course, it takes a while before Jack returns to his former self. There's a slow build-up throughout the episode toward Jack's triumphant return. Here's how it plays out: The episode opens with Jack diligently obeying Juliet's instructions. She knocks, he sits against the wall of his aquarium cell, she comes in with food, they both revel in their underlying attraction, blah, blah, blah. But on this particular day, Jack feels a little saucy, so he opts to challenge Juliet's standing in the Other community. Jack wants to know why he's holed up in this cell, and if Juliet can't give him answers, he wants to talk to Ben. Nice move, Jack! The mention of Ben's name momentarily stuns Juliet. Jack sees the chink in her armor, so he aims right for it. "Should I talk to Benjamin? 'Cause I'm starting to think you're just the person who brings me my food," Jack says. Ohhhhh, Juliet is pissed now! Juliet composes herself. She tells Jack he can talk to Ben as much as he likes, but Ben won't tell him anything. Jack doesn't back down. "You work for him," Jack says, digging the dagger deeper. Juliet bristles at the notion that Ben is her boss. She tells Jack it doesn't "work that way ... we make decisions together." And here's where Jack starts to get his mojo back. Summoning all of his smarmy skill, Jack notes that when he was gouging a shard of broken plate into Juliet's jugular, Ben seemed all too happy to let her die. "It felt like he made that decision on his own," Jack says, his eyes full of mock sincerity. Juliet's face stays still, but her Impenetrable Wall of Calm has weakened. Fortunately for her, Ben suddenly appears at the door. He marches in and says he needs Juliet immediately. Juliet, still smarting from Jack's comment, tries to exert power by tossing Ben off. But Ben's got no time for relationship nonsense. "The sub is back," he says, leaning in so Jack can't hear. "We have a situation." WHOA! WHAT? SUB?! The Others have a submarine? Ben and Juliet race from the room and slam the door behind them. Jack momentarily morphs into an adolescent girl and rushes to the door to eavesdrop on the arguing adults. Unfortunately, the door is three-inches thick, so Jack fails to learn anything more about this sub business. For the time being, he's forced to cool his heels in his aquarium cell. During the middle portions of this episode, there are two moments when the storyline quickly shifts to Jack as he rests in the cell. Both moments are important. In the first instance, the supposedly broken intercom near the door of Jack's cell crackles to life and, for a few seconds, Jack can hear the sound of a man struggling. The man is Sawyer, and the sound is him straining against the Others, trying to avoid the four-inch needle hovering above his chest. Jack listens intently, but the intercom cuts out. In the second instance, the intercom sparks to life and Jack rushes to listen. Thanks to the glory of closed captioning, we know exactly what Jack hears:
Man's Voice: "... under control." Jack's listening session is cut short by Juliet's entrance. She rushes into the adjacent room and approaches the Plexiglass divider. Jack sees that she's wearing a blood-stained hospital smock. He asks if that's Sawyer's blood (he recognized Sawyer's voice from the intercom), but Juliet says it's from a woman -- it's Colleen's -- and if Jack doesn't help, Colleen is gonna bite it. Here's the weird thing about this scene: Jack has just been placed in a power position, but he doesn't take advantage of it. Juliet pleads with him to help and Jack doesn't even take a moment to consider the options. Why didn't he bargain? Why didn't make a demand, like, say, "release my friends"? I don't get it. So, Jack agrees to help. His head is covered with a blindfold bag and he's led outside (this is when Kate and Sawyer see him). Juliet guides him toward a nearby medical station. Ben, Pickett and Zeke are all inside, and all three are shocked at Jack's unexpected entrance. Juliet tosses off their questions, insisting that Jack's expertise is needed to save Colleen. With the blindfold off, Jack snaps into Doctor Mode. He's taken into a washroom and he instinctually scrubs his hands and arms in preparation for surgery. Juliet also scrubs up (it's becoming clear she's a doctor). As Jack washes, he spots a series of spinal x-rays on a nearby wall. Juliet beckons Jack toward the operating room, but Jack pauses to get a good long look at those x-rays. Inside the OR, Jack takes command. He deftly clamps and positions and does his doctor stuff, all the while telling Juliet what to get and where to apply pressure. Their roles have been reversed: Jack's confidence soars as Juliet stumbles. She tells Jack she's not a surgeon. Having seen her in action, Jack is already aware of Juliet's skill set (or lack thereof). Suddenly, Colleen's heart flatlines (maybe she needs a pacemaker ...). Jack calls for paddles, but Juliet says they're broken. "We've never had anything happen," she whines. Jack tries to pump Colleen's heart back to life, but his efforts are for naught (thankfully, Jack doesn't stage one of those "Live, damn you, live!" scenes; he simply pumps a few times then backs off). Jack strips his gloves. Colleen is toast. In an observation room perched above the OR, Ben, Zeke and Pickett watch as Colleen's soul floats up to Dharma Heaven. Pickett (whom Colleen was involved with), goes apeshit. He wants blood ... and he soon gets it courtesy of Sawyer (Colleen's death catalyzes Pickett to beat the crap out of Sawyer in the "Do you love him?" scene). In Pickett's mind, Colleen's death was a senseless tragedy, but for us, it's a vital event that leads to an important scene between Jack and Juliet. At some point following Colleen's demise, the Others handcuffed Jack to the gurney holding Colleen's dead body (nice). Juliet eventually returns to the OR, and, for the first time, we get a long look behind her Impenetrable Wall of Calm. Colleen's death shook Juliet, and seeing Jack chained to the gurney inspires a moment of regret. Juliet tells Jack that she's a fertility doctor (hence the medical training), and, as such, she's not used to being around death. Juliet feels guilty about Colleen's death, but Jack, still in Alpha Doctor mode, tells her there's nothing more that could have been done. Juliet mistakenly interprets this as Jack trying to make her feel better, but Jack makes it abundantly clear he has no concern about Juliet's feelings; he's just telling it like it is. (Lie. Jack digs her, especially now the he knows she's a fellow doctor and together they could breed lil' surgeons and fertility specialists). Juliet calmly moves to remove Jack's handcuffs, but as she approaches, Jack grips her wrist. It's not a violent move, but it's not gentle, either. And this, my friends, is one of Jack's finest moments. Jack pierces Juliet's eyes. He tells her that the x-ray in the washroom shows the spine of a 40 year-old man. "Whoever he is, he has a large tumor on his L-4 vertebrae," Jack pauses -- this is where it gets good! "And I just happen to be a spinal surgeon. So you tell me, Juliet, who am I here to save?" YEAAAAAH! Jack's back baby! | |
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Desmond is going to freak a lot of people out in the coming episodes. Last week, he blew Hurley's mind with an off-hand mention of a future event (Locke's speech) and this week, he extends
his Circle of Freakatude to Charlie and Claire.
Early in the episode, Desmond strides up to Claire as she sits in her tent with Aaron. Desmond, ever the gentleman, offers to repair the roof of Claire's tent. In itself this is a lovely gesture, but there's just one problem: There's nothing wrong with the roof. Charlie notices Desmond chatting up Claire, so he rushes over before Desmond woos her with his Scottish charm. Desmond reiterates his desire to fix Claire's roof, but he picks up on Charlie's "back-off" vibe so he calmly turns and leaves. Confused, Charlie and Claire give the roof a once-over, then peer back toward Desmond as he walks down the beach. During his beach travels, Desmond encounters newbie castaway Paulo. We briefly encountered Paulo last week during the final moments of the episode and, for those unimpressed with his single line of dialog, I'm afraid there's little in this episode to suggest a future Emmy victory. When Desmond comes upon Paulo, he's launching limes into the ocean with a golf club. Lime after lime arcs high into the waves as Paulo refines his fruit-smacking skills. Desmond asks if he can borrow one of his clubs and Paulo instructs him to take the five-iron. Desmond grabs the club and happily skips back to camp. Desmond spends the remainder of the episode constructing a tall tower. The structure is a mix of bamboo, wires and, at the very tip, a five-iron reaching into the sky. It looks like an antennae or ... a lighting rod. Hurley spots the device and asks Desmond if he's building a piece of art (for a second I thought he said "piece of Artz," but that was wishful thinking on my part). Desmond responds by hopping up on a nearby table and instructing Hurley to wait a moment. Thunder rumbles across the sky and torrential rain pummels the beach camp. Charlie and Claire take shelter beneath Claire's tent as rain drips across their faces. Desmond watches, his face etched into a preternatural grin. He knows what's coming. CRACK! ZIZZZZZ! A lighting bolt slams into Desmond's structure! The five-iron absorbs the current and the structure crumples to the sand. Desmond smiles. Nearby, Charlie and Claire look on, officially freaked out by what they've just seen. Did Desmond just save them from a lighting strike? |
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We'll close with a few questions and observations:
That's it for now. Be sure to drop by our "Lost" Forum for stimulating conversation and conjecture. |
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"The Cost of Living" -- Eko confronts his past (backstory alert!)
while Locke hunts for clues in the Pearl station. Meanwhile, an Other
rift puts Jack in a mental pickle. Airs: Wednesday, November 1, 9
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Review by Mac Slocum. All photos and episode descriptions © ABC Inc. |
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Posted by Mac on October 26, 2006 1:40 PM | Email This
Hey Mac,
I'm sure I'll thank you again for the great reading!!!
I know you always do a bang-up job and your reviews are top-notch, but I haven't read them just yet.
I loved that episode, but I wanted to comment on the "time-travelling Des' thing".
Even if the heavy-handed way in which they pointed out that Des’ can see the future was… well, heavy-handed… it was still very cool the way he set-up his lightning rod!
I just wish Ben would die a slow and painful death, but I’m not cruel, I just like our Losties!!
THEY HAVE A SUB!! that explains everything.
→ 3. Posted by: JAC at October 26, 2006 2:02 PMWhat if Desmond soaked up all the electromagnetic energy from the explosion and is now psychic?
Hey, it could happen. And with LOST, you never really know.
→ 4. Posted by: forever_lost at October 26, 2006 2:05 PMI refrained from commenting on the past 2 episodes because I thought they were so subpar ... but I can't refrain any longer after this one. (Note: Lost is one of my top 5 favorite shows ever).
This season is batting 0-4 so far as I'm concerned. In this episode, Sawyer is our focus. Mac, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see you mention the fact that Sawyer's "con" made absolutely no sense.
Let's see ... some guy is in prison for stealing $8M from the government ... money the government could not find. And yet Sawyer - who is in prison - takes it upon himself to conveniently locate this money (did I mention he is in prison) ... and where is the secret location of this $8M. Why, it's in a pick-up truck on the side of the highway! Of course!
And Sawyer - the man who said to Charlie that he himself has "never done a good thing" his whole life - decides to take his "commission" and set up an account for a child he illegitimately fathered to a woman who is responsible for him being in prison in the first place. Right. (Can I also wonder how Sawyer got convicted in the first place? He stole a bag full of cash from Mullet Lady, who, I'm pretty sure, didn't even know his name - how did she find him? How did they prove he stole the money? Minor details).
As for the island action ... I thought the last scene was really good. The Mice & Men stuff was great. The spinal cancer on Henry, and the X-rays, that was well done. So are we to assume Jack was captured in the first place to cure Henry?
Now ... the whole scene with Sawyer getting wailed on, and Pickett screaming "Do you love him!?" ... I mean, that was brutal. I was almost embarrassed for the show itself when that scene was going on. It was just so over-the-top it was unbearable - and not because it was gory, but because it was so stuipd. And the pacemaker thing? Well, at least it turned out they were lying to Sawyer about that ...
As for Desmond - umm, his character is now supposed to be based upon the fact that he can see the future? Really? That's where his character is heading? What happened to the whole Penny Widmore angle? I'm confused.
Bottom line - there are way too many characters involved. We have seen four episodes in Season 4 and Locke has been in exactly one of them. Totally baffling. Gale is the only Other that I care about, and I cared about him way before this season started. I am afraid to say that when this whole series is finished we will look back on it and judge that its first 2 seasons were some of the best television ever produced while everything thereafter simply fell flat.
→ 5. Posted by: Mike NYC at October 26, 2006 2:07 PMBravo Mac. A terrific episode recap, again. My reaction to this episode is that finally they are providing some answers. I'm not saying they should leave all threads tied, just give us some answers. For example, we know why they took Jack. They need a spine doctor for that nasty tumor. We also know why Sawyer. Certainly not to keep Jack in line, but they need his help running a con. Maybe they already have it and we don't even know about it. A clues blog I also like is at http://www.LostExposed.com/ . I also am starting to get skeptical on whether Ben lied when he claimed to Jack that the Others can get off the island. After all, if they really need a surgeon, why not hop on the submarine or boat and sail away to the HMO? Apparently it is not that easy for them.
→ 6. Posted by: allen at October 26, 2006 2:07 PMAMAZING as always, Mac.
"I need to pause a moment to discuss just how ridiculous this is. Kate doesn't struggle through the bars. She POPS THROUGH THEM. This isn't an escape, it's an exit. If she could do this so easily, why didn't she try it before?"
Okay- anyone up for a discussion on this one? I've read and heard rumors that Kate is an Other, but I've dismissed them...too easy, right? But come on, nobody is bothering her all that much in Dharmawold, she gets clean clothes, never a beating, etc... Any takers?
→ 7. Posted by: Sillygirl0630 at October 26, 2006 2:10 PMA few subtleties I think I picked up on, and if I am wrong, please let me know...
-Ok, was the treasury agent's name "Freeman" or "Freedman"? Funny play on words if it is considering that's exactly what Sawyer just did for himself. Also, was this the same guy who stuck the needle in Sawyer's chest? (I know....I have been on a "we've-seen-these-seemingly-insignificant-characters-somewhere-in this-series-before" kick lately, but I am hoping one, just one, of them actually pans out...)
-If that damn siren was so loud, how come they couldn't faintly hear it on the survivors' island? Is it really that far away? Are we sure that second island is really over there? Maybe it was one gigantic green screen joke Benry was playing on Sawyer?
-How does this communications speaker actually work this episode when the last time we heard from it, it was spewing words from Jack's dead father in the beyond???? Or is that because Jack's father isn't dead?
-Munson's number in the jail was 248....I think we mentioned this in the forum for episode one this season, but wasn't "2" one of the numbers on Jack's beeper in the flashbacks?
Can't wait to hear what y'all have to say about this week....looking forward to it!
WGNABB
Namaste
IWAE
"Live together...die alone!!!"
Great review, as usual, Mac. I did not put the lightning rod and saving Claire's roof together on my own. Thanks for that.
1) Did Cassie pull the final con on Sawyer? Did she really have a baby - or his baby?
2) Kate kept looking up and around. I thought she was figuring out that there were hidden microphones or cameras. Then it was revealed that she could get out the top of the cage.
3) Now we're getting a hint of why Jack/Sawyer/Kate... Jack for his skills. Kate to be the carrot that controls Jack. Sawyer - not absolutely sure on this one yet.
→ 9. Posted by: djrmsn at October 26, 2006 2:20 PMI'm guessing the x-rays for the spinal cancer are Jack's dad. He has to save his own father...
→ 10. Posted by: John at October 26, 2006 2:21 PMWuttup wuttup its your boy Evil blizzle, thought last nights episode was tight! Did anyone see Sawyer in prison? Did he have the #'s on his prison gear?
GGG GGG G-Unit!
Mac, your reviews just rock ! I´m from Brazil, and on thursdays I set my computer to download the latest episode, but I just can´t seem to wait and everytime I read your recap first ...
Keep up the nice job!
Great review, Mac! (as always)
Question: Why did Benry want the sailboat so bad (risking injury to his counterparts to get it) if they already had a friggin' sub?
I think Kate has been compromised. I think she's pulling the ultimate long con on Sawyer.
Where was Locke this episode? We see Charlie. We don't see Locke or Eko. Were they sleeping the whole time?
→ 13. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 2:27 PMWas anyone else disappointed that Hurley still hasn't said anything about Michael, Jack, Sawyer, Walt, or Kate? Anyone disappointed that Hurley didn't say "DUUUUUDE," when the lightning hit that 5-iron?
→ 14. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 2:29 PMjohn, xrays belong to benjamin linus aka benry, pdiddy is da man!
→ 15. Posted by: ramo smada at October 26, 2006 2:31 PMI really liked this episode. Wouldn't it be something if the tumor is Jack's and his father is there to save him. Before I get blasted too much, remember that this is Lost. We haven't seen Jack's dads body yet. The promos show Jack talking to Ben but I don't think they'd give it away that easy. Jack may be there to save himself !?!
→ 16. Posted by: MrEko237 at October 26, 2006 2:32 PMI will be extremely shocked if the tumor is Benry's. Jack said that the patient was a near 40 year old man, so it couldn't be Jack's Dad (unless they can really supress time). Could be Benry, Jack, Sawyer, Tom....?
→ 17. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 2:41 PM@MrEko237
Love your theory! That would be amazing...but highly unlikely! How would they have taken those xrays until AFTER they had already taken and drugged him? But that would be so cool....I have to agree with Ramo Smada and say that they're probobly Benry's. That would explain why he hasn't left the island his whole life. Perhaps the island is keeping him alive with this tumor.
→ 18. Posted by: Sillygirl0630 at October 26, 2006 2:42 PMOK, the x-rays are most likely not Jack's padre, how about Sawyer? He has to save the man that stands between he and Kate. Sawyer was knocked out for a while this episode, they could have taken x-rays...
→ 19. Posted by: John at October 26, 2006 2:44 PM"Pickett walks off to grab a beer and watch the game at Alvar Hanso's Bar & Grill."
ROTFLMFAO!! Best line ever, Mac!!
I also wondered if Jack is there to save himself (what a wonderful twist of irony that would be!). I'm just thankful that no bunnies were harmed in the making of this episode. (Good call on the "Python" reference, though!)
@ djrmsn: I think you could be right about Cassie conning Sawyer out of his commission. He did teach her a lot during his long con with her. But, if that's the case, would she have access to the money if it's in Clementine's name?
→ 20. Posted by: Trinity at October 26, 2006 2:45 PMI guess its evil of me to say this, but I'm really hoping it is Benjamin Linus' Xrays on the wall. Its obvious that Jack was captured for a reason, and the fact that the Others are well equipped medically, but not equipped ENOUGH for serious ailments. Thus, they kidnapped Jack.
I don't think that the death of Colleen was planned, but I do believe that Sawyer and Kate were to be involved in the 'Long Con' to get Jack to operate on Benry. Colleen... just sped things up a bit. I guess Ben showed Sawyer the 'home' island just to reinforce the fact that even if he does escape... where will he go?
Which brings me to the Other other island... sigh. Now that we know there are two (at least) islands, lets think back to Michael and Walt. The heading they gave them from the Pala Ferry that would take them into open waters.... Would it take them to the Others' island? Seems stupid as they're both obviously visible.
Also, Rousseau has made a full map of the island, and its pretty detailed... Wouldn't she or Sayid have seen this other island in their journey? Methinks a game is afoot.
I wasn't as pleased with this episode, but it did have its exciting points. I think I need to see a few more before I make my final judgement.
→ 21. Posted by: Illusivemuse at October 26, 2006 2:53 PMHey folks. I have some questions from this episode that I'm hoping one of you genius people can help me with.
1. Why was it daylight when they brought Colleen back? How fast do subs go b/c it was pretty freakin dark when they stole the boat.
2. When Ben says the part about "I tell you a guy gets lonely and he gets sick" - is that tumor sick? violent sicko sick? or somehow emotionally sick?
3. Do you think that they are trying to get bone marrow from Sawyer or blood or something? Maybe that's why they are so obsessed with fertility. Ben needs to have a kid to get bone marrow? Just a thought.
That's all for now, any help would be appreciated.
→ 22. Posted by: KT at October 26, 2006 3:00 PMI was waiting for Ben to say, (In an Arnold voice) "It's not a tumor!"
HA!!
Love the show, want more answers.
I was waiting for Ben to say, (In an Arnold voice) "It's not a tumor!"
HA!!
Love the show, want more answers.
It can't be Jack's dad's x-ray, since he can't be 40.
→ 25. Posted by: madiera at October 26, 2006 3:04 PMI wonder if they take an escalator, an elevator, or stairs down to their sub? Hmmmmmmm. LOL.
I'm guessing it was an escalator.
→ 26. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 3:06 PM"Stor-Quik facility in Sawgrass. Right off 441. Unit 23C."
I wonder if this place exists. I have a summer house in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It's right near the intersection of the Sawgrass Expressway and rt 441.
Very interesting.
→ 27. Posted by: schiano at October 26, 2006 3:10 PMIf he has a tumor, why isn't Benry hanging on the other island where the restorative powers of the island could save him... well i wonder if those powers are gone now that the hatch is hatch-less
→ 28. Posted by: WuLost at October 26, 2006 3:12 PM(441)4+4+1=9; (23C)2+3+3(C is the 3rd letter)=8. 9+8=17.
What the significance? I...DON'T...KNOW!
→ 29. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 3:12 PMFew points/questions:
1. Could the sub be the shark the rafties saw in the water?
2. Juliet is a fertility doc., rabbits are used to detect pregancy...
3. Sawyer loves Kate/Kate loves Sawyer; babies in the future... with the help of Juliet and rabbits?
4. Maybe all this has to do with cloning or stem cell research.
Definitely think the Tumor belongs to one of the 815ers, not the Others.
→ 31. Posted by: Wolf at October 26, 2006 3:14 PMBig Question.
If you can see the island from the "Other's" island (the point where Sawyer & Ben were standing)Then why can't the castaways see the "Other's" island. If you can see them they should be able to see you don't you think?
→ 32. Posted by: Scott at October 26, 2006 3:17 PMI thought this episode was great. Best one of the season thus far. The revelations of another island and a submarine explains a great deal about the others and makes them seem more real. Before we had no idea how they came and went so freely and could not be tracked. Well now we know how they do it and the answer is a feesible one (I know, how feesible can it be that they have a sub but I'm speaking in LOST terms here). Before we knew this they had a spooky aura about them. My biggest question now is where do they go from here. If Jack saves whoever he is meant to save, does that buy him a ticket out of there? And since Jack was brought there for a specific reason, and it appears Sawyer was too although we do not know what yet, for what specific purpose were Kate and Sawyer kidnapped? I can say with all certainty that it wasn't to move rocks. Great job as always Mac!
JAC
Maybe Sayid, Sun, and Jin will discover the "Other" island on their walk back from Pala Ferry dock? I should think so. I mean they've pretty much covered the perimeter of the entire island between Sayid, Sun, and Jin on the sailboat, Sayid's trek in S1, and Locke and Boone's travels.
You would have thought that Hurley could have seen it from the high point he was at when his "buddy" jumped the cliff and Libby talked him down, or in S1 when Sayid took the radio to a high point and was knocked out.
→ 34. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 3:22 PM@Kathy
Bunnies are used to detect pregnancy??? Really?
awesome review mac, the only thing that can make a birthday spent all day at school a little more bearable.
- I think the others needed the sailboat to prevent to losties from sailing over to their island(if there are even two seperate islands)
→ 36. Posted by: blazinnoah at October 26, 2006 3:24 PMObservations:
1. A poor con man is one with a conscious. Sawyer is a poor con man; Benry claims he is better. (Locke’s father appears to be a master in comparison).
2. Kate’s real island protector is Zeke. Thee has been a connection between the two. When new clothes arrive, Zeke tells her to call him if there are any problems. When Danny goes nuts when his Colleen dies in OR, he vents his rage to Zeke, not Benry. When Danny in a rage for his loss beats up Sawyer, he asks Kate the question - - - which stops the beating. But in reality, Kate’s answer should have enraged Danny more because his only revenge would be killing Sawyer. (Manslaughter: murder in the heat of passion/emotion).
3. The beach camp survivors have turned into drones; they have no concern about getting off the island or rescue; their activities resemble a collective a cabana residents during a Club Med vacation. The crisp and clean polo/golf shirt of Paulo seems clearly out of place. And as a character, driftwood.
4. If Desmond has the gift to see the future, then should not Locke, who was in the hatch at the time of the implosion, have a similar gift? But Locke has no such vision, because he threw the knife at the polar bear which was really Hurley. And was it a nice clear day for golf when Desmond created the lightning rod. He told Hurley to wait a moment (to observe) and then suddenly lightning appears and strikes the 5-iron perfectly (even though it would have been more probable that such a lightning strike would have hit the surrounding, taller objects -- the trees). Desmond may not be seeing the future, but creating it.
5. Jack misread the x-ray of the tumor at L4 (screen shot shows tumor at L2).(prop error?)
Any person with that rare and serious medical condition would not be located on an isolated Pacific island. (Even a nut case like a Howard Hughes would rent/donate a hospital wing with the best specialists stateside in order to get the best treatment possible.)
6. The medical facility had the look and feel of a military base clinic (spray paint stencil lettering). A medical facility with no staff; there were no nurses or med techs in Colleen’s OR, and the people in the observation deck look like they can’t stand the sight of blood. If this was a functioning medical research facility, would not it have a basic staff in place? (Or is this a bad HMO?)
@ blazinnoah.
Great thought. That's probably true. Without a boat, the Losties have no way of getting over to their island.
Wow, nice going Sayid. Let's see what kind of clever plan Locke comes up with to get over there (you know he will, he said he would).
→ 38. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 3:26 PMJust a thought, but maybe the tumor is Locke's and that is what causes him to be paralyzed. I am really hoping that it is Benry's though. Jack should operate and accidentally slip and cut something serious.
→ 39. Posted by: ydnewc1 at October 26, 2006 3:27 PM@JAC
Yes, have you never heard "The rabbit is dead"? It is a saying some people make when a person finds out they are pregnant.
Also they needed the sailboat because the Others gave their boat to Walt and his dad.
→ 40. Posted by: Kathy at October 26, 2006 3:28 PM@Mike NYC: Sawyer was chosen by the warden/government to pull the scam on Munson. He made a deal with them to get out of jail and get a cut. No writer's cheats involved.
Why did Kate get her wrists all banged up, Zeke's shower scene, and Beach Blanket Benry Breakfast if she is with the Others? If she was an Other wouldn't they have just let her take a normal shower and give her some comfortable clothing?
How big is this sub? There were about 5 people on the boat. They can't all get off the island on a mini-sub.
I also wondered why Danielle's map did not include the other island. Is it invisible to eyesight? Didn't Sayid and Co. sail right by it?
To all: Patience is a virtue. Many people are expecting answers to every question every week. Just wait and see where the story goes. It's fun to come here and postulate but to constantly complain about what happened to ______ and why doesn't every character have 15 minutes of screen time in every episode doesn't make for fun reading.
→ 41. Posted by: PiecesofArzt at October 26, 2006 3:33 PM@ Kathy
No I've never heard that so that means you must be wrong. Just kidding. I'll take your word for it. Good call on the need for the sailboat.
JAC
→ 42. Posted by: JAC at October 26, 2006 3:35 PMAlso "cool" their heels not "cook" them.
→ 43. Posted by: PiecesofArzt at October 26, 2006 3:35 PMOK so when the Others had our losties tied up on the dock and let Michael and walt go, were they still on the Losties island? If not, how did Hurley walk back to camp?
→ 44. Posted by: El at October 26, 2006 3:36 PM@JAC
A long time ago, long before the advent of the EPT home pregnancy tests, doctors would draw blood from a woman who thought she was pregnant and inject it into a rabbit.
If the rabbit died... the woman was pregnant.
→ 45. Posted by: Illusivemuse at October 26, 2006 3:36 PMDoes anyone think there's a coorelation between the fact that the others are very explicate that the losties don't pass a certain line on the island... couldn't that be because from a certain peripheral, you would be able to see their other island?
→ 46. Posted by: KT at October 26, 2006 3:38 PMI know I'm not stupid so am I the only one confused? If there are two islands, aren't Jin, Sun and Sayid marooned on the Others' island?
→ 47. Posted by: El at October 26, 2006 3:40 PMThis would also explain why the rabbits were numbered. The Others were very interested in Clair's baby and Rousso's baby. Lord help Sun when they find out about her!! I know we have heard alot about embryonic stem cell research lately, which brings this to mind, but maybe that is why the Others are interested in the people having babies and creating more babies.
→ 48. Posted by: Kathy at October 26, 2006 3:44 PMThe Pala Ferry dock is on the Losties island. The dock that Michael and Walt left and Jack, Sawyer, and Kate were taken and Hurley was released. The same dock that Sayid, Sun, and Jin had the sailboat taken from.
Where that dock is in relation to the Others island, I have no idea.
We haven't seen anything on the Others island other than the Hydra, the beach scene with Benry and Kate, the rock moving work on the path by Sawyer and Kate, and the cliff we saw Sawyer and Benry on.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that the Other's camp we saw at the opening of S3 is also on the Others island, which is probably why the Losties never saw or found their houses. The "area" where Walt was kept and Michael was taken once captured is also likely on the Losties island, because Sayid stopped there in the sailboat and no one was there. Clearly he would have known if it was an "other" island.
I am more than a little confused about this "Other Island" thing. Why is the castaway Island so visable to Sawyer and Ben, yet the castaways see nothing but ocean from their Island, and in the season 3 premiere when thay saw the plane break up, Ethan and the other guy who's name I can't remember, took off running in different directions. They were not going to any submarine. Can anyone clear tis up? And in that same show the camera panned up from "Othersville" and it clearly showed where the plane had crashed on the same Island. funny review Mac. The buuny stuff was killing me.
→ 50. Posted by: dlostinboston at October 26, 2006 3:48 PM@El: I believe Sawyer, Kate and Jack woke up on the new island (in the cage, shower, and aquarium, respectively). They could have been knocked out by tranquilizer and shipped across the water to Other Island.
→ 51. Posted by: PiecesofArzt at October 26, 2006 3:48 PMIf Juliette is a fertility doctor, could that have something to do with the fact that Sun is now pregnant even though Jin was infertile? Perhaps it's not Kareem's baby after all!
→ 52. Posted by: Trinity at October 26, 2006 3:49 PMCheck out this awesome Dharma 3D sign on ebay. It is Item number:290043983278
Great episode last night. And as always another superb review from the master Mac.
"we're gonna need a bigger boat"
→ 53. Posted by: thinng at October 26, 2006 3:49 PMGreat job again Mac.
I can accept the new island, but that seems to conflict with the season opener where the Others camp witnessed the plane crash and Ethan and Goodwin seemingly ran in different directions to the two plane crash sites. If they were on the *other* island, I'd imagine that Ethan and Goodwin would have to take the sub to the main island and then run to the two different sides. Thoughts?
Marty.
→ 54. Posted by: Marty at October 26, 2006 3:52 PMThanks Dudelost for the explanation and for not getting pissed off at having to explain things.
dlostinboston, that was another confysing thing. That the Others ran when the plane crashed. Unless they have a tunnel to the other island, they they wouldn't need a sub.
I meant to add to my posting regarding the presence of a second island, that would explain why Russuo never found them in the 15 years that she has been on the island.
I don't know. I mean, if the island is hidden from the world (by some sort of magnetic/force field), then I'm not quite sure why the second island can see it, yet you can't see the second island from the first island.
Marty.
→ 56. Posted by: Marty at October 26, 2006 3:54 PMSorry, apparently I can't spell today!
→ 57. Posted by: El at October 26, 2006 3:55 PMRemember, the tailies landed on one side of the island, the losties on another side of the island. Also remember that the Others had more than one water vessel at that time. They (I assume) had the sub, and they had the water craft that they captured Walt with (motorboat).
Ethan takes the sub, Goodwin takes the motorboat, or vice versa. They could have been docked at two different locations for getting to one side of the losties island, or the other.
→ 58. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 3:56 PMCan't catch me cause the rabbit done died...
→ 59. Posted by: Steven Tyler at October 26, 2006 3:59 PMMaybe the Others relocated after the plane crashed? We haven't seen Happyville since the crash and they seem to be all around the dreary dorms. Maybe that's why they are clearing a new area from rocks and tiny pebbles.
→ 60. Posted by: PiecesofArzt at October 26, 2006 4:00 PMWho knows? They could have a whole fleet of boats. I wouldn't be surprised to see Juliette go Ski-Doo'ing past the Losties beach and flip them off or moon them at this point.
AHHH, why did I start watching this show? LOL.
Hi
i was just wondering if anyone else read like me that the others have jacks father for tests
was he on the plane cos if so why isnt jack lukin for ghis body
Hi
i was just wondering if anyone else read like me that the others have jacks father for tests
was he on the plane cos if so why isnt jack lukin for ghis body
Dudelost, rotflmao!!!
→ 64. Posted by: John at October 26, 2006 4:06 PMDudelost, you are funny!
I hate to admit it too, but it's gettin kinda hard for me to keep track of all this stuff....
I am with all of you...the two island thing is confusing....How big is the survivors' island? B/c I am also not understanding how they wouldn't know there is another island right next to them. At the beginning of season 2, what island are Sawyer and Michael looking at after their raft gets blown to bits...the one they call "home"?
What real proof do we have that 2 islands exist? Don't we know by now not to take anything for granted with this show?
And who the hell is the eye patch guy in next week's previews???? Huh????
Thinng, WADGNABB!
→ 65. Posted by: Vikki at October 26, 2006 4:07 PMWhen the guards lead Sawyer to the meeting with the warden, I thought I noticed one of the guards looked like Ben. Am I wrong about this or not?
→ 66. Posted by: Mr. Cube at October 26, 2006 4:08 PMWhile watching the episode last night when Benry said the sub is back, I thought it was just a code word. If they do have a sub, that means that had to take Colleen off the sailboat, put her on the sub and then transport her to the other island. Having a sub seems a little weird, but whatever.
→ 67. Posted by: ydnewc1 at October 26, 2006 4:09 PMMac,
First off, let me say that I love your reviews. I think you do a great job, this is the best Lost review/blog on the web. This may seem insignificant, but as I writer I thought you'd want to know about 2 typos in your review.
"Munson, susicious of Sawyer's motivation" - I think you meant to write "suspicious".
"For the time being, he's forced to cook his heels in his aquarium cell" - I'm sure you meant "cool" his heels.
WGNABB-
Stephanie
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe when Jack opened the door and nearly drowned himself and Juliet, the point was made that this was because the Hydra was under water. I envisioned an underwater facility. Or maybe they are just holding him in an area under land-based aquarium tanks.
Either way, Jack and Sawyer and Kate are all held in the same place, and it seems more a zoo facility than a medical facility.
I continue to think that "Others" != "Dharma". It seems to me that the "Others" are occupying abandoned Dharma facilities. Seems Dharma was there, left for some reason, the Others came along and are now caretakers of some sort.
Am I theorizing? Dang, I said I wouldn't.
Btw, more on the expression, "The rabbit died" here if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test
→ 69. Posted by: Darryl at October 26, 2006 4:13 PMWaaaaaait a minute.
ydnewc1's post just triggered something. Why would they need a sub? They just stole the sailboat! Why would they take her off the sailboat and put her in the sub unless the only entrance to the hydra and medical room was to go under the island in some Batcave like way?
Maybe it was code that they spoke in front of Jack so he wouldn't know they captured the sailboat?
→ 70. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 4:15 PMI've gotta think we'll see the warden again. There's no way they got Bill Duke to be on the show and only give him like five lines. He's too recognizeable an actor for so small a part.
@ ydnewc1
I had the same thought that the tumor could be Locke's. It would tie some things together.
Speaking of Locke, where was he? After the big speech on how they were going to go find their friends, how come no one was out trying to find their friends? Paolo, who was supposedly so concerned about Jack et al, last episode, is now hitting golf balls into the ocean! Where's the big rescue Locke promised? Where's all that concern everyone had last week?
I wish they'd focus one group of people per episode. They try to squeez too much in and then the inconsistencies show.
@Stephanie
""Munson, susicious of Sawyer's motivation" - I think you meant to write "suspicious".
"For the time being, he's forced to cook his heels in his aquarium cell" - I'm sure you meant "cool" his heels."
- thanks for clearing that up b/c I was LOST.
Also
- at first I did not think the Kate as an Other theory was possible, but something may have happened to her in between brunch with Benry and being brought to the cages. She may have been "compromised" - wish I could write that in Sayid's accent, it just sounds cool.
- hate to admit it but I too thought one of those prison guards looked like Benry.
- the 2 island theory is insane, talk about raising new questions! I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be crap.
CS
→ 72. Posted by: Charlie Salinger at October 26, 2006 4:21 PMCan someone explain to me please why Sayid, Jin, or Sun didn't notice the other island as they were galivanting around their island on the sailboat? Or is this an obvious oversight?
→ 73. Posted by: Dave at October 26, 2006 4:23 PM@ Dudelost: Presumably, they had to transport Colleen back to Island #2 on the sailboat in order to get it back there, which would take longer than a submarine. (Maybe someone driving the sub dropped them off then ran off.) And it could be that they tried working on her for a while before taking her to the medical station which would explain the fact that it was now daylight (I know someone asked about that earlier).
About the Losties not seeing the island and/or Otherville, Perhaps those huge-ass mountains are blocking their view. I kind of think that "Happyville" is on the same island as the Losties, but the Hydra and bear cages are on the Alcatraz one. The Others' camp is just so well-hidden by all those mountains it would be pretty hard to find.
@PiecesOfArtz and Stephanie -- thanks for the typo catches! -- mac
→ 75. Posted by: mac at October 26, 2006 4:25 PMMac, I've been reading for a few weeks now and LOVE coming here. Funniest part of this recap: The name-dropping of previous episode titles.
Can I just jump in? ... The whole tumor thing ... First of all -- the promo is edited to make it appear that Ben is the one with the tumor. This would be an obvious choice.
However ... Another choice would be that JULIETTE HAS THE TUMOR. This would be an amazing character theme for Jack. Think of it ... First, saving his wife. Now, on the island, having to save another woman he is attracted to.
Finally ... it looks like the find a new hatch in the preview. But the alien/eye patch guy is really freaking me out!! LOL. Can't wait to see what that is.
Thanks, Mac!
→ 76. Posted by: Matt at October 26, 2006 4:30 PMMac:
Great review as always. You amaze me with your powers of observation. I did notice one thing. Benry tells Sawyer that they aren't killers. That they (the Others) haven't killed anyone. That is a blatant lie. In season 2 Goodwin snapped Nathan's neck like a Thanksgiving turkey, and in Season 1 Ethan strung up poor Charlie like a Christmas goose. Charlie was dead when Jack and Kate found him hanging, Jack saved him with the S&M CPR procedure.
There were so many things in last nights ep that I don't have the energy to repeat everything you've already addressed above, and in a much better way than I could ever hope to do.
I look forward to reading everyone's posts. You guys are all too funny sometimes.
WGNABB
NAMASTE
IWAE
Oh yeah - i forgot to mention the preview for next week. Looks like there's a one-eyed man on the island. Perhaps a nod to "The Fugitive"? You know - one armed man / one eyed man. Just a thought.
→ 78. Posted by: Mr. Grimm at October 26, 2006 4:35 PMDidn' Kate rob a bank in Albuquerque?
→ 79. Posted by: Craig at October 26, 2006 4:41 PM@Craig -awesome catch. I love for those two things to come up in the future.
→ 80. Posted by: Dude at October 26, 2006 4:43 PMJust for clarification, I made that post to Craig.
Don't know why the system "lost" my handle there. :)
IWAE.
→ 81. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 4:45 PMZeke is TOM we already know that from the season 2 finale. What if Desmund was not building a lightening rod to save Claire but what if he was doing to create one of those glass thingy that you get when you mix lightening and sand?
→ 82. Posted by: matt at October 26, 2006 4:49 PM@Matt.
Fulgerites. From wikipedia:
Petrified lightning featured in the movie Sweet Home Alabama where the lead male character 'Jake' attempts to manufacture fulgurite by placing metal poles into the sandy beach during a thunderstorm to channel the lightning into the ground. Something similar happened in 2004 on Memorial Day in Huntsville Alabama when lightning struck a high tension power pole. The lightning bolt travelled through the metal guy-wire into the sandy soil at the base of the pole forming a green coloured glassy substance.
Memorial Day. 2004? Hmmmm..
→ 83. Posted by: Dudelost at October 26, 2006 4:56 PMAt the momnet when "The Other Guy"
Other than Benry or Zeke, has the needle and about to plung it into Sawyers chest.
You can sense that he "No-Name"
does not know exactly what he is doing.
So he "No-Name" pauses briefly,
When Zeke says something like.
"No ! through the sternum,
just like in the movie."
They had no idea what they were doing,
or again just a ploy do mess with Sawyers groggie head?
I think the Others village and medical building appear newer and cleaner than the Dharma facilities. The Others are occupying the abandoned Dharma complex. If the second island is true, then there would be little reason for the Others to have continual contact with the Losties island if their purpose, technology and living quarters was on the Alcatraz island. On the Losties island, we are sure that the Others expedition parties have been near the survivor's camps, in the jungle and in the secret medical hatch where Claire was taken. Then it is also possible that Benry's crew may not know of the existence of the Hatch, or even Desmond.
→ 85. Posted by: cyberbarf at October 26, 2006 5:01 PMMany people have been wondering why the losties haven't spotted this "other" island. It's quite possible that our intrepid survivors haven't travelled the entire island yet. If they had they would have found Dharmaville, the Pala Ferry, the Tailees (pre-reunion), and a thousand and one other things. The fact is that the island they are on enormous.
Mac, do you have anyway of posting Jpegs on this blog. I ask because last year I was surfing the web for any and all things related to the show and I found one posting of an island map. This island map showed all the relevant points of interest on the island up to that point in the season. It also showed a small island to the south. In the representation it was close enough that it could be the one from last night's ep. The key events noted on the map showed that none had taken place anywhere near a vantage point to see it. The representation was a recreation of Crazy Danielle's map from season 1 that Sayid had. The person apparently copied it from a screen capture. Let me know if there is any way to post it.
→ 86. Posted by: Mr. Grimm at October 26, 2006 5:02 PM@dudelost -
"I wouldn't be surprised to see Juliette go Ski-Doo'ing past the Losties beach and flip them off or moon them at this point."
HA! That was hysterical.
Just a couple of random thoughts: I don't buy the "woe is me, I'm not used to death" act from Juliet for one minute. I think Sawyer had her pegged when he told Kate she would have shot Kate with no problem. I think this is all for Jack's benefit and for now, he doesn't seem to be buying it, but we'll see.
I tend to also believe as has been previously posted that the islands are in some way connected (tunnel? shallow water/sandbar? escalator?). That would explain how the polar bears got the the Losties island and how the Others appear so frequenly over there.
Ok, I never posted before, but I have a question. How did they get to the Others Island with Jack, Kate, and Sawyer? Wouldn't they realize they were on a boat, raft, ferry or something? Is there an underwater passage?
Mac, great recaps. I found this late last season. The other recaps don't hold fish biscuits to yours.
→ 88. Posted by: Olimax at October 26, 2006 5:08 PMI really think that we are going to be introduced to a second group of others very soon. Maybe the "bad ones". The creepy guy in the preview is probably part of that group.
I have to admit the presence of another island that nobody ever noticed is a little convenient.
I also appreciate the recollection about the bank job that kate was involved with. Could it be the same bank Sawyer used?
Mac, just wanted to say that you are a great writer. The recaps are perfect. Only picky thing...abdominal wounds aren't sucking, chest wounds suck. (well, all wounds suck but you know what i mean)
look forward to this recap every week...thanks again.
→ 89. Posted by: Scott at October 26, 2006 5:09 PMI really think that we are going to be introduced to a second group of others very soon. Maybe the "bad ones". The creepy guy in the preview is probably part of that group.
I have to admit the presence of another island that nobody ever noticed is a little convenient.
I also appreciate the recollection about the bank job that kate was involved with. Could it be the same bank Sawyer used?
Mac, just wanted to say that you are a great writer. The recaps are perfect. Only picky thing...abdominal wounds aren't sucking, chest wounds suck. (well, all wounds suck but you know what i mean)
look forward to this recap every week...thanks again.
→ 90. Posted by: Scott at October 26, 2006 5:10 PMWhat if the smoke from the Pala Ferry going back and forth between the 2 islands is the "black smoke" that means that "the others are coming" -- remember Danielle's warning?
This would be a nice tie-in to season 1 (was that in season 1? I'm starting to get confused by what happened when...)
the 2 islands thinng is pissin' me off... how can that be ???
Are they gonna kill Sawyer ?
"we're gonna need a bigger boat"
→ 92. Posted by: thinng at October 26, 2006 5:17 PMmac - your comment about that 10th grade English teacher...some of us may resemble that remark - so be careful..:)
I haven't finished the points you made yet, or read the posts, but I wanted to pose this question first about the "sub" group. Maybe they didn't mean sub as in submarine?? Or, am I totally off. I finally gave up and put on the cc so I could understand mumbles better.
→ 93. Posted by: meg at October 26, 2006 5:24 PMI just assumed the tumor was Benry's. Don't the previews from next week imply this?
→ 94. Posted by: meg at October 26, 2006 5:30 PMIf there is another island, that would answer the question as to why Benry wanted the saiboat - so the Losties could not sail to the island where the Others actually reside.
With the Others on a different island, there is seemingly no way for the Losties to find them - they can search their guts out, but will only walk in circles around their own island.
Perhaps the Losties CAN see the other island - but it is so far off as to be unreachable in their minds. Or maybe that is where Michael, Jin, Sawyer and Walt were headed on the raft. The Others wouldn't have liked that, thus they intercepted the raft.
The "do you love him" thing was utterly ridiculous. It did not seem relevant and made no sense whatsoever.
Where the hell is Penny Widmore. Perhaps she has been melted down for the copper as she sure has hell hasn't been heard from in Season 3. Yet at the end of season 2, we were led to belive that she was an important piece of the puzzle.
Where the hell were Locke and Eko this episode? And how about Sayid, Jin and Sun? TNCS (the new characters suck)
Whoever it was that said the beach camp was too calm and the Losties were too comfortable in their surroundings was correct. Gawd, you'd think they'd do SOMETHING positive. Think of the mixed drinks those limes could be a part of.
I also thought the use of the word "sub" was a code word. If they truly have a submarine, it brings up many questions. And if our Losties can capture it, then WGNABB will become passe - in favor of WHAS (we have a sub).
WMHAS (we might have a sub)
→ 95. Posted by: ButchM at October 26, 2006 5:33 PM@meg -
I tend to agree with you. I think the tumor is Benry's, but I think some are saying that because of that implication in the previews it would be too obvious. I know some are speculating that the tumor could belong to one of the Losties: Jack, Locke, but I can't see the Others caring enough to try to save any of them. This seems a stretch for me.
→ 96. Posted by: Amy at October 26, 2006 5:33 PM@Illusivemuse
Sorry to disagree with you, but I had never heard of the "rabbit test" and checked what you were saying about the blood being injected and the rabbit dying.
It is a urban legend...
http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/rabbit.htm
→ 97. Posted by: Cesco at October 26, 2006 5:35 PMI'm getting to the bottom of the posts, but when I think of something I am scrolling down and saying it. About the second island thing. There have been references such as "God can't see this island". Maybe the second island is invisible from the other one. This wouls also explain being "stuck in a bloody snowglobe."
→ 98. Posted by: meg at October 26, 2006 5:36 PMA reminder (clue?) and a question:
Reminder: At the end of last season's closer, when Benry had Jack, Kate and Sawyer bound up and kneeling on the dock, remember what he said...when Michael asked "What's gonna happen to them?" (or something to that effect), Benry answered, "They're coming home with us." That, to me is no perfectly clear. "Home" is the Other island (the one they live on, scheme on, now keep Kate, jack and Sawyer imprisoned on. The ending scenes from last season with Micahel and Mrs. Klugh all took place on the Losties island. Remeber, when Sayid found this "camp" he discovered it was somehat of a ruse (supposed doors that openend into the sides of a hill, uninhabitable tents, no signs of life, etc.). I believe this was all a ruse -- another brilliant/creepy Other tactic to keep their real secret (i.e. the important "home" island) ac secret.
Now for the question:
This has been bugging me -- why can Kate and Sawyer not see or locate these hidden cameras? If all you had to do all day was sit in a cage and stare, don't you think you would examine the smallest of details? I mean, it isn't like the cameras had to be hidden if they were there to observe the bears. I just find it odd that nethier Kate nor Sawyer have even entertained the thought that they might be being watched/observed. And, one final question, can the observees (i.e. Bennry in his little surveilance lair) HEAR Kate and Sawyer or just see them? We know that Jack's tank is miked for sound, but what about the cages?
→ 99. Posted by: GatorGal at October 26, 2006 5:41 PMRemember the pan-out from the S3 premier of the other village? Definitely not on an island only twice as big as Alcatraz.
→ 100. Posted by: Brian at October 26, 2006 5:42 PMNEW TOPIC (Spoilerish).....
Who DIES next week?
The spoilerfix site is reporting that "Next week, a major character (as in a series regular) whose name is not Sawyer will join Boone, Shannon, Ana Lucia and Libby in the big island in the sky."
All I can say is, thank heaven it isn't Sawyer!
→ 101. Posted by: GatorGal at October 26, 2006 5:46 PMNEW TOPIC (Spoilerish).....
Who DIES next week?
The spoilerfix site is reporting that "Next week, a major character (as in a series regular) whose name is not Sawyer will join Boone, Shannon, Ana Lucia and Libby in the big island in the sky."
All I can say is, thank heaven it isn't Sawyer!
→ 102. Posted by: GatorGal at October 26, 2006 5:46 PM@ GatorGal
Benry can hear Kate and Sawyer. He listened in on their conversation last week (or was it the week before) when they plotted to escape.
@ Cesco
You'd make a good P.I. Good going.
@ Mr. Grimm
Congrats on being the number 1 to post!
→ 103. Posted by: ButchM at October 26, 2006 5:49 PM"I really think that we are going to be introduced to a second group of others very soon. Maybe the "bad ones". The creepy guy in the preview is probably part of that group."
Oh lord I hope not, I can't keep up with the two groups we have now.
→ 104. Posted by: El at October 26, 2006 5:51 PMin next weeks episode, is there an alien on the monitor??? did anyone catch that in the previews?
→ 105. Posted by: dopey at October 26, 2006 6:04 PMthe alien looking thing was actually a guy in an eye patch,
→ 106. Posted by: eyepatchguy at October 26, 2006 6:12 PMThanks for the KP. I usauly watch LOST on HD as the show airs. but last night I was sick. So I watched it in speed time this morning. SO it was nice to read the key points for a few things I missed. BUt I have to say I also thought Hurley said ARTZ. but I did not have time to bakc. up.LOL (for a second I thought he said "piece of Artz," but that was wishful thinking on my part).
→ 107. Posted by: Tiff at October 26, 2006 6:21 PM@ButchM:
Don't worry about Penny. I remember reading over the summer that the first 6 eps of this season would deal with the Others, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and the fate of the hatch dwellers. Penny should show up in the eps after the break. I also read on another site the ep description of ep #8 (I think) that it will be desmond centric and that Penny will make an appearance.
→ 108. Posted by: Mr. Grimm at October 26, 2006 6:23 PMIs it just me or was there never a libby-centric episode???
→ 109. Posted by: Sabrin at October 26, 2006 6:26 PM@Sabrin:
No - there wasn't a Libby centric ep.
→ 110. Posted by: Mr. Grimm at October 26, 2006 6:28 PM@ Mr. Grimm
Thanks for the tip on Penny. It's going to be a loonnnnnng haul until after the break, that's for sure.
Another group of Others? Goodness and mercy! I hope I don't go into cardiac arrest!
→ 111. Posted by: ButchM at October 26, 2006 6:30 PMI only got a quick look at the previews for next week, but I didn't see an alien, or a guy with an eye patch -- I saw a guy in a clean suit/gas mask hood on. Like a hazardous waste suit, sort of like what kelvin used to wear when he went out on the island.
→ 112. Posted by: lost chao at October 26, 2006 6:31 PMThanks for the great recap Mac! Loved Jack last night - at least he wasn't weeping. And Des? Gots to love the Des.
→ 113. Posted by: Sheridan at October 26, 2006 6:36 PMWho dies next week? Well, let's see: who is currently seriously injured, having been mauled by a large animal? Hmmm, let's see: On the episode where Shannon died, the flashbacks featured Shannon. On the episode where Ana Lucia died, she had all the flashbacks. On next week's episode, the flashbacks feature Mr. Eko. You do the math.
→ 114. Posted by: Luke Cordoba at October 26, 2006 6:40 PMOK, the word "escalator" gets me every time. Can't stop laughing...
Just wondering...where the heck is Mrs. Klugh?? I had forgotten about her!
Haven't seen any other mention of the previews for next week ... the very last scene, an image on one of Ben's tv monitors --
My wife was in another room watching, and at the same time we both shouted "Space Monsters"!!
Did anyone else see an Area 51 type alien in that shot?? It was standing on the right side of the frame, the rest of the shot seemed to be a locker room. Yikes!
→ 116. Posted by: walterchepple at October 26, 2006 6:51 PMIf Jack is now watching (taped)? cartoons he must have watched the Sox take out the Yanks and Cards for the title. He would soon have to ask the big question that seems to dog every character on the show: "Who's your Daddy"?
→ 117. Posted by: lostsox at October 26, 2006 6:55 PMSorry, but am I the only one that thought there were more commercials than actual episode this week? I mean, geez, they averaged once every 5 minutes. Lost is quickly going to be relegated to TIVO status that is, I record it than skip the commercials.
→ 118. Posted by: Gables79 at October 26, 2006 7:03 PMI am a big fan of this blog. Mac you are a witty and intelligent writer. THanks for all your hard work.
I was just thinking about the spinal tumor. If the island holds the power to cure (Rose and Locke) why does anyone on the island need an operation from Jack? Could the x-rays sitting out for Jack to see be part of a trap or "other" experiment? Sidenote - I don't think it is Benry who has the tumor.
Also, did anyone else think that Desmond summoned that lightening at the end of the episode? I could not tell if he predicted it or caused it to happen somehow.
I like the theories about time travel. I think this is quite likely where the show is headed.
LAstly - great catch on Kate and Albuquerque.
Every time I get down to the bottom of this blog, whatever I wanted to say has been said already. But I'll say it anyway:
The Others village is NOT on the small island, remember when it panned up and you could see the whole village, it was definitley on the large island.
@Gatorgal: Yes, I seem to remember the first time we see Ben watching Sawyer's cage on the monitor, you could hear what he was saying also.
Which brings up another point someone else mentioned also: It does seem odd that Sawyer and Kate haven't thought they were being watched (especially since Kate has obviously been studying her cage, you'd think she'd see the camera).
Someone asked how they could post the image of Danielle's map. Just copy the link to your post. We'd love to see it!
→ 121. Posted by: Christina at October 26, 2006 7:21 PMMac, thanks for an excellent review. It really helped clarify for me what were a couple of particularly confusing moments.
Lousy episode, though. Might have been the weakest one in the history of the series to date. Glad to see that you pulled no punches on the glaring weaknesses, both in plot and characterization. (E.g the semi-pointlessness of Sawyer's flashbackstory, the deus ex-machina-like revelation of a gaping hole in Kate's cage, etc.) After the intense looking commercials, watching the episode was like buying an album and discovering that you just bought a radio hit and 9 filler tracks.
I propose a new nickname for Desmond. Since he's from the UK, apparently now experiences time in backwards flow, and is socially goofy on account of it, Desmond should now be "Merlin". All in favor . . .
→ 122. Posted by: Deep Cover at October 26, 2006 7:34 PMOkay, lots of speculation, but no one seems to remember important details. Episode 1 of Season 3, when we see the Others' Main Street Suburban Neighborhood, the shot pans out and gives us a view of their little community ON THE SAME ISLAND as the plane crash - go back to the episode and watch the first five minutes again. Having said that, it is entirely plausible that the Hydra Station (which appears to be underwater) connects the two islands. Is the second island a ruse? I doubt it. Sawyer (and we ourselves) would have picked up on it.
Tumor? Not worth speculating, because previews are always misleading. Yes, the preview made it APPEAR that the tumor is Ben's, but I highly doubt it. Beyond that, trying to figure it out is pointless - we simply don't have enough information.
I, too, saw the "alien-eye-patch-man-thing" in the video monitor, but the scene cut too quickly to tell what/who it was. I will point this out, however - Locke and Nikki are clearly in The Pearl, and the monitor in which the alien-eye-patch-man-thing appeared was probably the Swan (Locke's Hatch). That means that whoever/whatever it was is in what's left of the Hatch. Remember, we saw the remnants of the metal "hatch" part last week, but the entire structure is very large, and very deep underground. We still have no idea what happened to the structure itself.
In terms of unanswered questions, just wait. I can't remember who posted it, but he/she was right: we can't expect every question to be answered every week. As I recall, that was part of the allure that the show had at the beginning. Isn't that why we all tuned in week after week, because of the mystery? Everyone seems disappointed with this season, but it's just started. I recall most people being annoyed with the beginning of last season, too.
Just a few observations. I think, with patience, we will all be pretty satisified in due time.
→ 123. Posted by: TribbieSt at October 26, 2006 7:40 PM@Gatorgal.....Sawyer's name isn't really "Sawyer" so he could technically be the one who bites it next week. But, I think Luke Cordoba nailed it about Eko....I thought I saw some sort of axe or weapon hit his head in the preview....
And now for something completely different....Could the tumor be LOCKE'S????? How's that for an answer to why he can walk on the island, but no real answer to how he became paralyzed in the first place? But, due to my complete lack of medical knowledge, I have no idea if a tumor on an L-4 vertebre (if that is what it is called....) can cause someone to be paralyzed or not, but I am just tossing it out there....Maybe because the island properties heal him for the time being, the tumor doesn't affect him? But now I am going to shoot holes in my own theory....Yes, he's not 40. And how would they have gotten an xray of him? I have no clue....but that's my crazy out there theory for this week...
→ 124. Posted by: Vikki at October 26, 2006 7:42 PMWell, since they have a whole file on Jack, its plausible that they could have x-rays of a Lostie that were taken before the crash. I, too, thought, "how would they have gotten an x-ray of Locke?" Jack & Sawyer I can see, because they were knocked out.
→ 125. Posted by: Christina at October 26, 2006 7:52 PMI totally agree w/the thoughts that the tumor is someone elses. I'm not buying the skuttle that Jack is there to save Benry. I thought i read somewhere that Jack was going to save an Other - but I'm pretty sure its NOT Benry.
I am a tad frustated w/the season thus far.... and the whole two island thing isn't making me happy.... i love LOST so i'm sure that i'll be MUCH happier in January - and if it wasn't for you Mac I'd be less happy :)
→ 126. Posted by: orighu at October 26, 2006 8:15 PM@ Cesco
The phrase, "The rabbit died," came to be a euphemism for a positive pregnancy test in the late 1920 and early 1930s. Around 1927 it was discovered that if you injected the urine of a pregnant woman into a rabbit, there would be corpora hemorrhagica in the ovaries of the rabbit. These bulging masses on the ovaries could not be seen with out killing the rabbit to inspect the ovaries, so invariably, every rabbit died, even if the woman wasn't pregnant.
WGNABB!
(we gonna need a bigger bunny)
Great recap. If it wasnt for you, I would be (more) clueless.
The sub isn't the Other's.If it was it wouldnt be a "situaton"(am i the only one to notice how much the Others overuse that word) nor would it be "back"(unless it ran away).
Its Penny Widmore's.
OK OK!!!
I liked the episode! Anyway..if the tumor IS Locke's how would the "others" have his (Locke's) Xrays?
If Juliet is a fertility doctor then does that mean she came to the island from somewhere else? I suppose even if she were on the island her whole like I guess she could claim she was, but just thought that how she said it, it was like very serious...I also don't buy her "I'm not use to death thing" she's playing with Jack and I think he knows it.
→ 129. Posted by: Imissthefall at October 26, 2006 8:27 PMGreat recap. If it wasnt for you, I would be (more) clueless.
The sub isn't the Other's.If it was it wouldnt be a "situaton"(am i the only one to notice how much the Others overuse that word) nor would it be "back"(unless it ran away).
Its Penny Widmore's.
Great recap. If it wasnt for you, I would be (more) clueless.
The sub isn't the Other's.If it was it wouldnt be a "situaton"(am i the only one to notice how much the Others overuse that word) nor would it be "back"(unless it ran away).
Its Penny Widmore's.
A couple points:
The island where Kate, Sawyer and Jack are imprisoned is NOT the same as the "Other Island" where they have their little town set up. I believe the Others' town is on the SAME as the Losties' island.
That is because in the premiere, when the plane crashed, Ben told Ethan he could "run" to that shoreline in an hour. Obviously if it's on another island, he can't run there.
SO the hydra station (zoo) is on another island, but the Others' "town" is NOT on the same island as the Hydra station.
Also, I think the x-rays are Locke's. Obviously the Others can get stuff from the outside world, no reason they wouldn't be able to get Locke's medical records.
→ 132. Posted by: Jason Allen at October 26, 2006 8:29 PMOne more thing..there has been a lot of talk that Kate could be an other, but isn't that almost impossible to guarantee that she would survive the plane crash even if she or anyone else on that plane was?
→ 133. Posted by: Imissthefall at October 26, 2006 8:30 PMI really think the gaping hole in KATE's cage (not Sawyer's) was purposeful.
Vikki - I agree that he tumor being Locke's makes the most sense.
Yes, they most definitely live on the major island. I think the Hydra is connected by an underwater tunnel.
That scene with the guy in the eye patch freaked me out. I hope the show doesn't turn scary. Weird I can take, but scary isn't what I'm looking for.
→ 134. Posted by: meg at October 26, 2006 8:43 PMI also really think there is a chance that they are building Sawyer up for a "long con".
→ 135. Posted by: meg at October 26, 2006 8:45 PMI think that they took Jack to cure Henry and the "other two" to make Jack cooperate...isn't this the plan Sayid had (keep three of the Others and kill the rest?) in episode 3.2? Is it a common technique with prisoners?
→ 136. Posted by: bethanybarker@gmail.com at October 26, 2006 8:53 PMDoes anyone else think it's not coincidental that:
Jack, the spinal surgeon, is going to operate on a spinal tumor for the Others.
Kate, the Fugitive, has a gaping hole in her cage, so she can ESCAPE?
Sawyer, the Con Man, has been conned?
Its like the Others are turning the tables on them.
→ 137. Posted by: Christina at October 26, 2006 8:57 PMI hope no one has posted this yet, but polar bears are excelent swimmers. They could have swam from the Other's island to the Losties island easily.
→ 138. Posted by: Batteries Included at October 26, 2006 9:23 PMOkay, I'm going to bring up the same point I made last time.
The 'Others' are in a time warp. They've been removed from civilization for all/most of their lives.
Who listens to 'Downtown'? But more importantly, they stopped killing bunning in the '60s (wasn't that Petula Clark's heyday?..)
Also, I've been to a 'fertility doctor' and they never call themselves that. They are Reproductive Endocrinologists or (REs). As a fellow doctor she surely would have said that, unless she went to medical school in the freakin' '60s!
Stupid point, but I'm hangin' on to it.
p.s. I would think getting a bleeding woman across the sea to another island, getting her on a stretcher and then carrying her to the facility would take time and be arduous. Just me.
I love Benry!!!
→ 139. Posted by: katiedlc at October 26, 2006 9:53 PMChristina that is an excellent observation! It's like the Others are trying to make them wrestle with t
WOOHOO - Am i the first poster this week?
Gettin' ready to read your rockin' recap Mac.
→ 1. Posted by: Mr. Grimm at October 26, 2006 1:43 PM