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