D.O.C.

D.O.C.= Date of Conception . . . Personally, I think this episode should have been titled, “Who the Daddy?” . . . and let me just give myself a shout out and say, “I told you! Jin’s the Daddy!” Go, me!


What we learned (or were further frustrated by):

1. Jin is the son of a prostitute, and he may or may not be the son of a fisherman. Sun is blackmailed by an old woman on the street, who it turns out is the streetwalker mama of Jin. What is it with old ladies harassing people on this show? Were the producers picked on by Grannies or what?
2. Nadia (parachute lady . . . learned her name on a Lost board) speaks at least four languages – Chinese, Spanish, Italian, and English. Of course, we got no closer to finding out who she is . . . well, maybe a little, but more on that later.
3. Sun is quite an accomplished liar. But it’s usually for a good reason . . . but does that make it right? All the Losties seem to have a flaw, and having her pants on fire seems to be Sun’s.
4. How hot was Jin kicking Mikhail’s butt?!!
5. Speaking of Mikhail, how is he alive? He was roasted on the security system last we saw him. Faker!
6. This week in religious studies . . . I got nothing. Anyone?
7. SHAME was the theme of this week’s episode. What lengths will we go to to protect ourselves or our loved ones from being shamed?
8. Nine women died during pregnancy in three years. They all died in the middle of the second trimester. Will Sun died since it has been confirmed she conceived on the island? Or will the Others experiment on her and save her life?
9. Speaking of those wily Others, what is the deal with hiding everything? Who are they hiding from? Obviously not the Losties, since the Others have been there much longer. Why all the security systems and hidden ultrasound machines? There is yet another faction somewhere on the island . . . the rulers of the black smoke.
10. It’s Sun’s fault Jin got pulled into the mob biz.
11. Men get potent on the island . . . the sperm count goes way up. Must be the lack of clean, tight undies.
12. Mikhail tells Des and co. that parachute girl will heal in about a day. “There’s something about this place.”
13. Holy crap moment of the night #1 – Juliet leaves a message for Ben in the hatch. Confirms details of Sun’s pregnancy. Switches off mic and says, “I hate you.” I love Juliet!
14. Only 30 seconds of Kate! Yay! And no crying!
15. Sun asks what many of us have been thinking . . . is Jack working with the Others?
16. Desmond points out that the Losties have killed more Others than Others have killed Losties. Charlie’s comeback? “They started it.” Good one, Charlie . . .
17. Holy crap moment of the night #2 – Hurley tells woman that they are the survivors of flight 815 . . . she tells him that is impossible . . . THEY FOUND THE PLANE AND THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. Now, don’t go thinking they are in purgatory, because they are not . . . that has been confirmed by the producers over and over again. However, someone went to a lot of trouble to make sure no one was looking for them.

Not my favorite episode, but as I love Jin, a palatable one. The previews for next week freaked me out . . . Locke kidnapped Ben? Wants Sawyer to kill Ben? Or is it all a set-up? Could it really be the Man from Tallahasssee he wants Sawyer to kill? . . . we’ll see.

Shambalah!

Catch 22

“Catch 22”

It took me about an hour and a half to watch this episode because I had to obsessively watch each flash in super slow motion. Sometimes Tivo is a curse!

1. The vision:
· Cable at the beach – Hurley pulls it
· Red light in sky flashes 8 times
· Penny photo
· Jin and Hurley (and another person) taking down the parachute
· Feet hanging from a tree – I initially thought they were a man’s
· Helmet with shadow of a man reflected

2. “Superman can fly around the entire planet . . . “ -- Charley’s phrase repeated over and over throughout the episode. Who is Superman? Desi?
3. Monastery life is not the life for Des. He sacrifices his voice for more than a month, proving he is capable of sacrifice, but it is not what he was meant to do. The Monastery life certainly adds a whole new meaning to Desmond’s repeated use of “Brother”!
4. Desmond asks Jack if he can borrow the first aid kit for his twisted ankle. Jack probably knows this is a lie – it’s the same thing he suffered from when they met in the stadium.
5. WEEKLY KATE RANT --
· Who wears thong underwear when stranded on an island? Seriously! That’s just slutty. Just go commando and be done with it!
6. This week in Biblical Studies – Lots to cover and I need your help! I did a little research, but my Sunday School days were long ago . . .
· Moriah – Wine made by the Monks. Desmond is surprised by this name as it was the name given to a mountain range by the book of Genesis, in which context it is given as the location of the near sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. Des argues that it is not a very happy reference, but the Brother responds that maybe he does not understand the importance of sacrifice. Des thinks God should not have asked such a thing of Abraham
· Ruth – Desmond’s fiancée who he left a week before the wedding and joined the monastery. In the Bible (and this is where I need some help) there is a Book of Ruth (and a current novel by Jane Hamilton). Great Grandmother of David, King of Israelites. Ruth was a young widow who sacrificed to become the “daughter” of . . .
· Naomi – an older widow. She was apparently a very inspirational older widow. She helped Ruth find a husband and a family. Naomi is the name of the woman who parachuted down from the sky. She recognizes Des but we don’t know why . . . yet.
7. Sawyer is too freakin funny:
· “Do you need me to make you a mix tape?”
· “You two arguing over who’s your favorite Other?”
· “It fell from the purple haze. If we don’t play every 108 minutes – Silence!”
· The Best of Phil Collins – “If Bernard asks, I don’t know anything about it.”
8. Jin telling ghost stories: funny and hot!
9. KATE RANT #2: We’re back to old form – it only took 22 minutes for her to cry this week.
10. The monk had a picture on his desk – it was the old woman from the jewelry store who told Des he would not be marrying Penny. Monk’s mom?
11. Book in Naomi’s pack – ARDIL 22 – Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Portugese.
12. Desmond’s Catch 22 – Do the right thing now and save Charlie at Penny’s expense? Or sacrifice Charlie and save Penny? Would it have been Penny on the parachute if he had let Charlie take the arrow to the throat? That would be a wicked way to die! The image took my breath away the first time.
13. All right – You Idol fans know that Sanjaya finally got booted last night. Is it just me, or is he now playing Naomi?

Although I ASPIRE, I do not INSPIRE.

Shambalah and Namaste,
Your Loyal Lost Loser

One of Us

It was a goody! Juliet rocks . . . even if she might be evil.

1. Jack was only with the Others for one week. “It’s been one week since Kate cried at me . . .”
2. Juliet just loves the song “Downtown.” It’s what is playing when she goes to her new job at Herarat Industries/Mittelos BioScience. They might be anagrams for something, but I haven’t been able to find anything yet.
3. Juliet’s sister, Rachel, had cancer and the radiation ruined her reproductive organs. Juliet used some sort of miracle meds to help her get pregnant. This is why Mittelos BioScience wanted her – “to create life where it was not meant to be.”
4. Is it just me or does Juliet have a really nice set of tatas? Not to be gross, but they are impressive
5. When Juliet woke up on the sub, were those the same two Russian guys from last season’s finale? Maybe Penny is associated with Mittelos – She is a Windmore, and they are all associated with The Hanso Foundation. So maybe it wasn’t an airplane – maybe it was a submarine.
6. The island can apparently save lives and cure illness, but it will not give life. Every pregnant woman dies – except Claire. It seems to me that Ben brought down the plane for that reason . . . and maybe the psychic in Sydney knew that!
7. I love the new sides of Ethan and Goodwin we have seen this season. Ethan seemed so creepy before, but now he seems like a nice-ish guy. If anything Juliet said is to be believed, he might have saved Claire. But then again . . .
8. Goodwin was kind of a hotty. Juliet thought so!
9. Ben keeps Juliet on the island by holding her sister’s life over her head. Another allusion to the all-powerful Jacob – “Jacob will save her. Surely you have faith in him.”
10. Ben claims he doesn’t lie – but we know that’s not true.
11. Mikhail is the info collector/watcher of the real world. He gathers all the data about the Losties.
12. Favorite line – Sawyer: “Look, it’s three men and a baby . . . I counted Hugo twice . . . What? I called you Hugo.”
13. Do you think the Others know Sun is pregnant? I’m thinking that THEY impregnated her, which solve the whole baby daddy drama . . . but causes a whole new mama drama.
14. Now we know why Juliet was crying in the season premiere – Ben has cancer and she thinks he is a liar who didn’t save her sister. “If you can cure cancer, why do you have it?” Yes, why is Ben sick when everyone else gets better on the island? Is he losing his morality maybe?
15. Richard is the man filming Rachel and Julian on the playground . . . but who is Richard?
16. I loved when Juliet called out Sayid and Sawyer . . . the Losties are hypocrites quite often. But her face afterwards tells me that she is not as tough as she plays . . . but then again . . .
17. She is an AWESOME liar! The whole thing was a set-up . . . and in one week (Island time) the plan will be revealed (I’m guessing one week will be the season finale).
18. I think the show has it’s momentum back! Yay!

Just remember . . . when you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go


DOWNTOWN!