Holy Explodiness! That episode had me swearing in shock more than once! Where is this ride taking us? I don’t know if I can handle it, seriously.
I apologize in advance for the length and randomness of this post.
Alternaworld
1. If you really want to get your geek on, check out this recap of Everybody Hates Hugo. http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Everybody_Hates_Hugo
2. Why does everybody love Hurley (including Pierre Chang aka Dr Marvin Candle aka Miles’ daddy)? Well, Mr. Cluck’s Home for Children should be reason enough, don’t you think?
3. He’s currently benefitting the Paliontology Wing at the museum. I sense a Charlotte connection coming on . . .
4. Laugh Out Loud Moment: Hurley tells Mama that next week, they have “The Human Fund” awards. Ha!
5. Ditched by a date at “Spanish Johnny’s” . . . Libby shows up; he thinks it’s his date. She remembers? Bruce Davison (Dr from Santa Rosa and the melty guy from XMen) always signals creepiness is about to ensue. He seems to know something, if you ask me. A Widmore associate? A former Dharma doctor? A lover for Eloise?
6. Hurley is not as happy as he appeared in earlier episodes this season. Perhaps because he LACKS LOVE!
7. Des, oh Des. How I love thee. You are hot. But I think you are hotter as Island Des, not all clean cut and pretty. But all the same . . .
8. WHAT DES DID:
--Des has tracked Hurley down . . . “Did you believe her when she said she knew ya?”
--Des counsels him not to give up.
--Order #42 . . .
9. SANTA ROSA:
- Dr. lets go of his concerns for a cost . . .
- Libby remembers the island and being the institution, too.
- CONNECT FOUR GUY! The one Hurley got the numbers from?
10. By the way . . . did Hugo win the lottery with the same numbers in alternaworld? If so, how did he come across them in alternaworld?
11. TOO CUTE FOR WORDS! Picnic on the beach, just like they were supposed to have on the island. Same discussion about why she would like him. The kiss helps him remember! All instigated by Desmond.
I’ll be back to Alternaworld soon . . .
Islandland
1. Hurley visits Libby and wants her to visit with him. What do you suppose is the reason she won’t? Could it be cause she did nothing wrong on the island? Since we now know . . .
2. Ominous voices in the jungle are the voices of those who cannot leave . . . this is gonna piss people off, this whole purgatory bit. Other than Michael, whose voices d you think we hear? Ana Lucia? Juliet? Eko? Paulo and Nikki (haha)?
3. HOLY CRAP MOMENT ARTZ Part 2: Ilana has been training her whole life “to protect” Hugo and the other candidates! I kinda liked her, too. Now she’s failed her mission? Or will she return to guide Hurley (you know, since he sees dead people)?
Was the island “done” with Ilana? Or was it her stupid decision to carry dynamite in her purse?
Hurley blew up the Black Rock. Go Hugo!
4. Lockeness waiting for the rest of the Losties to get off “this God-forsaken Rock.” Is that because Locke is God-forsaken? Could he . . . cue the Church-Lady . . . Satan? I don’t know if I think he is Satan, but he is some connection to the fallen angel.
5. THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE: Notes From the Underground by Dostevesky. Another existential novella . . .
From Wikipedia: Like many of Dostoevsky's novels, Notes from Underground was unpopular with Soviet literary critics due to its explicit rejection of socialist utopianism[4] and its portrait of humans as irrational, uncontrollable, and uncooperative. His claim that human needs can never be satisfied even through technological progress, also goes against Marxist beliefs. Many existentialist critics, notably Jean-Paul Sartre, considered the novel to be a forerunner of existentialist thought and an inspiration to their own philosophies.
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was very impressed with Dostoevsky, claiming that "Dostoevsky is one of the few psychologists from whom I have learned something,"[5] and that Notes from Underground "cried truth from the blood."[citation needed]
The novel has also been cited by Paul Schrader as an influence when he wrote the screenplay for the film Taxi Driver, which has existential themes. The novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis quotes a passage from the introduction of Notes from Underground as one of its epigraphs, as a means of comparing the use of the Underground Man as a symbol of his generation and environment to the novel's protagonist Patrick Bateman as a similar contemporary symbol.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THE MAN IN BLACK WOULD BE READING?
6. Never thought this would happen . . . LINE OF THE NIGHT GOES TO . . . JACK! “Maybe she [Ilana] died to show us to stay the hell away from dynamite.” RUNNER UP? Hurley does trust Michael. Why? “Dead people are more reliable than live people.”
7. WHAT DES DID:
n Willingly goes with Locke“Nowhere to run to, Brotha.”
n Doesn’t give up what he believes is the reason he was brought by Widmore, but does tell him about the magnetic blast.
n Plays like he believes Flocke is Locke. What is the purpose of this? It’s clear Flocke doesn’t buy it and it’s clear
8. WILD THEORY OF THE NIGHT: Return of the bloody-hands boy . . . Could he be the son of the MIB? A sacrifice he made that he regrets?
9. TWIBS: With the MIB, this idea of the “second” son (in love not birth order) keeps coming up. We’ve discussed Moses and Aaron. (for one example, see http://lostloserramblings.blogspot.com/2010/03/recon.html) We’ve discussed Jacob and Esau. For a moment, let me discuss Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac’s mother, Sarah, could not conceive, so she gave her servant girl, Hagar, up as a surrogate. Shortly afterward, Sarah conceived herself, and sent Hagar away so that her own son would be favored. This seems to be where many religious traditions split – in Christianity and Judaism, Isaac is the favored son. In Islam, it is Ismael.
So why the heck am I bringing this up? Well, for one, many considered Hagar to be wicked and crazy (as MIB considers his own mother). Secondly, perhaps it is not so simple as MIB is bad, Jacob is good. Maybe it is more complex than that. Maybe it is all a question of perception and belief. Then again, maybe I am just talking out my behind!
10. Richard calls out Hurley for lying about Jacob. Good point, Richard: Jacob never tells us what to do. BUT -- why didn’t anyone ask Richard what the island is?!!!!!
11. Ben and Miles go with Richard. Jack, Sun, Frank stick with Hurley. Do we now have THREE tribes . . . (hmmm . . . TWIBS #2? The three major religions and their belief systems? Talking out my behind again?)
12. I’m probably going to Jack realized he can’t always fix everything; needs to let go. Hurley questions whether or not Jack should have let go and listened to him.
13. GET AWAY FROM THE WELL, DESMOND!!! Didn’t you see that coming? Didn’t you yell at your tv for him to move? Locke trying to do away w/ Desmond? What’s the relevance of the hand dug well? Compass needles? Clearly the fact that Des is immune to magnetism is the reason Flocke threw him down there?
Crazy idea? Could he be sending AlternaDes back to Alternaworld?
Why isn’t Desmond afraid? “What’s the point of being afraid?”
14. Why does Jack look like he is going to cry when he sees Flocke?
Return to Alternaworld:
HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!: After being accused by Dr. Linus of perviness, Des RUNS DOWN Locke!! Why? Here’s what I think, though I don’t know if it makes any sense. He is trying to make Locke remember the island so he can avoid his death or fight Flocke. Somewhere, deep down in Flockey, lives Locke? After all, shouldn’t Locke’s soul be stuck on the island, as he did some “bad” things while he was there, just like Michael.
I guess that’s it for now. However, I cannot get that creepy Willy Wonka music from playing in my head over and over again. I feel like I am on that crazy-ass boat he took Charlie (hmmmm. . .) and the others on where they saw creepy images of giant bugs, screaming people, and Slugworth.
Looking forward to your comments . . . I’m dying to discuss.
Namaste,
LLL
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So which comes first in time - what is happening in Alternaworld, or what is happening in Islandworld? Which is affecting which?
I think people might be learning what they need to. Jack is finally letting go--finally learning that he can't fix everything that's broken and that he has to be a "team" player. If he's the story's protagonist maybe we're reaching its conclusion--he's finally no longer this flat, static character.
I miss normal, tragic Sayid.
I wonder if Evangeline Lilly is upset that we're reaching the end and she's very rarely involved in the storylines.
It was nice to see Libby (doesn't she look like Maxie from GH a little? Like an older version. I kept thinking she could play her mom in a film.
I totally saw Iliana going boom. How many time did they have to say the stuff was unstable and WHY would you take your bag full of UNSTABLE dynamite and THROW it on the ground. Dude.
I LOVE Des. I don't care what he's doing--I love him. Well, except this killer thing. So, what if he did that not so Locke would remember the island but so that he would die now and NOT return to the island in any way to be inhabited by the MIB? Remember Abbadon (was that his name? The tall African American man who is now Broyle on Fringe). What was that guy's role again? Is Des that guy now?
I like Des playing cupid. :) Cute.
And how cool is Frank's hair. WOW. That's some mane. :)
I don't know. I think I am going to be utterly disappointed in the finale. Trying to stay positive.
There are just too many things going on right now! I can't follow!
I just can't keep track of where everyone is.
I do agree with Gabriella that people are now learning what they need to learn. It seems the quiet characters are getting more mouthy and the mouthy ones are getting quiet.
I liked Richard, but I am beginning to dislike his panic. Ben was creepy and now he is a little kitten.
Kate has always sucked (that one was for your Kate!).
Or Quan not being able to talk now? Annoying.
What is going to happen???
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