Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Recon
First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIN-D!
In the immortal words of Comic Book Guy, “WORST EPISODE EVER!” I’m not kidding; I thought that episode was horrible. Here is why:
1. Sawyer is a tool, which makes me sad as I really loved him as James.
2. The Charlotte hook-up. Really? That’s just wrong on so many levels. First of all, we don’t need yet another woman in the mix (JULIET FOREVER). Second of all, shouldn’t she be off meeting and making happy Daniel?
3. VOMIT, VOMIT, VOMIT. Sawyer flirting with Kate.
4. The way Sawyer was smelling Kate’s shirt that was left in the cages. Gross.
5. Just when I was starting to hate her a little less, KATE CRIES (8:24 starts getting a little weepy, full—blown hysterics by 8:33)
6. Making all the redheads look likes skanks. What up with that?
7. Car crash with Kate.
All the same, I will try to give some insight into the (worst ever) episode.
Islandland
1. Creeper baby is back!
2. Lockeness is very candid with James – why? Or is he playing him? He’s also candid with Kate. My theory? In the words of Shakespeare in Macbeth, “Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence.”
3. Sending James back to Hydra Island. HOLY CRAPPER! A setup to find the dead bodies? A warning to James not to f with Lockeness? Who’s the chick? Why do I recognize her? What’s she been in? Is she really the only one left? Zoey. Knew she wasn’t really on the plane. (Shout out to kid Mr. Mom and Kate&Allie)
4. Widmore’s people. This is like déjà vu, I must say. The sub at the dock. We’ve seen people getting on or off the sub at this dock at least four or five times now.
5. Flocke tells Sawyer he’s the “Best liar I ever met.” Makes James flinch.
6. Sayid all creeper. All part of the plan to take Kate down. Yeah! Awe, too bad that Flocke stopped her.
BTW -- Where are Rose and Bernard hanging these days?
7. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: Lockeness working the angle hard with Kate. Is he talking as Locke? Or as Smokey? If as Smokey, who was his mother? BLAME THE MOTHER.
In the bible, Esau and Jacob are the sons of Rebekah. Genesis 25:28 explains the conflict between the parents and their children: "Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob."
So is his mother really crazy?
“Now Aaron has a crazy mother too.” Will things turn out badly for him? See http://www.essortment.com/all/bibleexodusm_rram.htm for a refresher on Aaron (connection to Moses makes me think he is more Moses-y)
8. What’s all locked up on the submarine?
9. Is Claire for real now? A little of the real her shining through? Or another setup? Or is Claire just batshit crazy?
10. James playing all sides of the coin. Does he really think Widmore is stupid enough to buy it? Is he really “with” Lockeness?
Alternaworld
1. Sawyer’s a cop. Miles is his partner. Didn’t see that twist coming. Remember, Sawyer let Kate go . . . knowing she was a criminal.
2. Anthony Cooper – name Locke’s dad used when he was conning.
3. Sawyer’s still reading Watership Down . . .
4. Charlie’s brother Liam trying to get him out of jail.
5. MIRROR!!!!! Doesn’t like what he sees.
6. Little House on the Prairie. “Half Pint” “People aren’t really gone when they die. They jus tlive in our memories til we see tham again.”
7. So many bromances on this show! Although Miles seems to be at the center of them. Miles and James. Miles and Hurley. Hurley and Charlie.
Next week – Hell, yeah! Hopefully that will erase the memory of this week’s sucky-ass episode.
Namaste,
LLL
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Dr. Linus
I don’t know about you, but I freaking loved this episode! Can’t put my finger on it . . . maybe it was cause as a teacher, Ben did the right thing (cause teachers rule!), that Jack FINALLY didn’t annoy me and was actually likable to me, or because Richard was a central character.
Islandland:
1. Reveal #1: Ilana knows Miles can communicate with the dead. That’s why Ilana took his ashes. “Linus killed him.” Love that guy!
2. What else we learned about/from Ilana:
--“Closest thing I ever had to a father.”
-- Ilana condnfirms the candidates to replace Jacob.
-- Jacob was hoping he was wrong about Ben.
3. BIG QUESTION #1: Six candidates left (jack, hurley, sawyer, jin, sun, ?) (jack, hurley, sawyer, jin/sun, ?, ?). Kate? Desmond? Frank? (Frank was supposed to be flying Oceanic 815 after all).
4. TWIBS (this week in bible studies): I refer you back to the episode “The Man Behind the Curtain,” Season 3.
Benjamin, was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob. His mother was Rachel, Jacob's wife. Benjamin was born during the journey that Jacob and his family took from Padan Aram to Canaan. His mother Rachel named him "Ben-oni," meaning "Son of my sorrow," before she died during the childbirth, but Jacob called him Benjamin. Joseph, Benjamin's brother was sold into slavery by his other brothers.
Now we know that Richard came on the Black Rock, a slave ship. Was he a slave? Is he our symbolic Joseph? Does that make him Ben’s “brother”?
Jacob had hope for Ben (both biblically and island-ly); should we, too?
Ben earns Ilana’s (another “child” of Jacob) empathy. “All in the name of Jacob. I sacrificed everything for him.” He’s honest with her . . . knows Flocke is the only one who will have him. Ilana says she will have him. Another chance at redemption? Looking for a family? Isn’t that what many of the Losties seem to want?
5. This Week in Guyliner, or What We Gleaned about Richard Alpert:
n Richard came on the Black Rock. His actions imply that he was on the ship as a slave. From where? When? Why did Jacob choose him to touch?
n Jacob’s touch gave him “eternal life” (how very Jesus-y of him)
n Can’t kill himself. Jacob touched him.
n Considered a gift; it’s not a gift, it’s a curse. Told me everything was happening for a reason. Had a plan. Feels now that his life has no purpose, that there is no plan. HAS LOST HIS FAITH . . . Strangely . . .
6. JACK IS A MAN OF FAITH NOW? Though Mr. LLL thinks that he is just selfish, I think he is demonstrating the qualities of a man of faith now. He took Hurley’s word on faith, he has faith he won’t blow up . . . he seems to restore Richard’s faith, at least to some extent.
7. I still think there is something to it: Jack and John – same name, really. Two parts of a whole man? Jack has “absorbed” the good qualities of John?
8. Nikki and Paolo reference! Awesome!
9. Ben is digging his own grave – how ironic. Isn’t that what he is always doing?
10. LLL’s other half says that the Kwon canidate is the kid, not Sun or Jin.
11. Awwwe, snap!! Charles Widmore submarining his way back to the island! How the hell did he finally find it?
Alternaland:
1. Principal Reynolds – that actor always gives me the heebeegeebees.
2. Works with Artz (dude who blew himself up).
3. Why Ben is Wise: An administrator not a teacher; forgotten what education is about. Refuses to give up.
4. Alternalocke: Maybe Dr. Linus should be a principal. If the man in charge doesn’t care, maybe it’s time for a change. Reflection of the island? (note – if you are a teacher, don’t become an administrator. Please.)
5. BEEN TO THE ISLAND – Roger took him there to give him a better opportunity. Wishes they had stayed. Why did they leave? How did they leave? “The Incident”? Did Dr. Chang’s warning push them to leave? Was it before or after KidBen was shot by Sayid? And visited the temple? Arrrgh! Furthermore . . .
6. Alex not his daughter; a member of the History Club. Students really don’t show up at teachers’ houses. “Tutoring” her? How the hell would Alex be in LA? Did Roger save her from the island along w/ Ben? How did they convince Islandanielle, if she ever was that, to trust them? Goes along with previous theory that . . .
7. Alternaland is what they deeply wish for, but with a twist. Ben wants to save Alex, but in order for that to happen, she can no longer be his family. Is this Flockeland or Jacobland?
8. Ben worries that he is “more a loser than any of [the kids in detention].” Isn’t this what he is always worried about?
9. Ben finally makes the right decision and chooses “family” over power. That’s because TEACHERS RULE!
I just can’t quite get my head around it all! There was so much in the episode to think about. But for me, it is all coming down to a question of faith. You gotta have it . . . It’s also an issue of free will. Your fate is not set in stone; you have choice . . . I think they can exist together, which is what I think Jack’s growth is proving.
I’m sure there’s more, but my head is now spinning!
Namaste,
LLL
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sundown
Farewell, Ninja Dogen, we hardly knew ye. Farewell, Hippie Lennon, we hardly knew ye either. And yet, somehow, I will miss both of you!
Holy mind trip! That episode was heavy duty and very mind-f-y. Kudos to Emilie De Ravine and Naveen Andrews (and of course, Terry O’Quinn) for making a seamless transition to the dark side. I never thought Claire could be convincing as a badass, but she hooked me tonight.
And, really, if Smokey/Flocke/Lockeness is not a bad guy, I’m going to feel a little annoyed and misled. I mean, really, have you ever seen creepier, darker folk then Claire and Sayid at the end of that episode?
But then again, this is Lost, so I am prepared to be completely flabbergasted in the end.
Alternaworld
1. Nadia is his sister-in-law! Omar a drycleaner . . . Sayid is still in love with Nadia. Sayid pushed Nadia to his brother because he cannot cleanse himself of what he’s done.
2. I know we’ve seen that dude who picks up Sayid before . . . France? Shipper?
3. “I am the Eggman!” Martin Keamy! (badass mercenary from the ship) Is there some connection here to Widmore or is Keamy an independent operator? (Admission – I find Keamy strangely attractive and it disturbs me). “Relax and forget about it.” Sayid kills Keamy . . . you can’t change your killer instinct.
4. WTF! Jin in the freezer! Is Keamy the man to whom he was bringing the watch . . . or could it be Widmore? Did Jin try to keep the money he was supposed to give Widmore and Keamy is making him pay? Note, he is separated from Sun in this reality now, too.
Island-land
1. Machine a scale measuring balance of good and evil. Sayid’s is tipped the wrong way. “I am a good man.” – Sorry, Sayid, but you clearly are not. You can’t seem to overcome your killer instinct (fate or freewill?) I think you CHOSE to side w/ Smokey because it gave you an excuse . . .
2. Baseball falls of table, Dogen relents. Baseball doesn’t really roll or bounce. It is Dogen’s tie to his son (who we met at the recital last week) and his sad story about that. RECURRING THEME: Fathers and Sons!!
Last week, in Alternaworld, Dogen said to Jack, “It’s hard to watch and be unable to help.” This seems to, in some ways, be his punishment on the island as well.
3. Lockeness could have sent Sawyer or Jin into the temple? DOES THIS MEAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLAIMED/INFECTED, TOO????
4. Lockeness tells Claire, “I always do what I say.” Will only hurt the ones “who don’t listen.” There is no way this guy is up to good . . .
5. Random Commercial Observation: Kate Gosselin on Dancing With The Stars? With extensions to boot!
6. Miles informs Sayid that the templars did not save his life. Something else did.
7. According to Dogen, Smokey is “Evil Incarnate”. Will come to you as someone you know; someone who has died. If he speaks, it is too late. Please note, LOCKENESS DID SPEAK BEFORE SAYID STABBED HIM. So, of course, it was too late.
8. I HATE KATE MOMENT: Kate: “What’d I miss?” Always worried about not being the center of attention. “Sawyer cut you loose?” Ha! Claire “still hot, though.” LOVE MILES.
9. I had nightmares last night with that “clickety” sound . . . you know what I’m talking about!
10. Did Dogen set Sayid up to be killed, like Flocke said? Or was Sayid being given a chance to CHOOSE the right path?
11. Can’t kill Lockeness! Or at least Sayid can’t . . . a set-up by Dogen? Is Flocke tell the truth? Promises him Nadia if he will deliver a message. Could alternaworld be Smokey granting the Losties their wishes? But in some twisted Looking Glass way?
12. This episode had me thinking a lot about Mr. Eko. Remember, he was the original parallel reality, back with his brother when they were children. What parallels do you note? I miss the big guy! He was one of my favorites. Do you think he is at all relevant?
13. “Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away . . .” I will never sing THAT song to MY children. Well, my children aren’t strange animal skulls that I’ve dressed up, either. But note, both Claire and Kate sang this to Aaron (real and imagined).
14. What do you think Claire is going to do to Kate now that she knows the truth? And clearly doesn’t like it?
15. Ilana leads Miles, Frank, and Sun to a hidden room that is marked by a hieroglyph. Shen ring: the hieroglyph tile on the wall in the temple hallway that Ilana pushes to open the secret passage is a Shen ring. The Shen ring is an ancient Egyptian symbol of eternity and protection. In ancient Egypt, the Shen Ring also represents dual concepts of time; the cyclic line of periodicity and lineal time (into infinity).
Ok, so here’s my current theory: Alternaworld is like Through the Looking Glass (THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass) . It is what the losties most want, but not exactly HOW they want it. Sayid wants Nadia to be alive, but the trade is that he cannot be with her. Jack wants to have a strong father/son relationship, but it is not with his father (and I don’t think this looking glass is in full view yet). Locke accepts his paralysis and has Helen, but he no longer has his faith. Both Jacob and Lockeness can give them this alternaworld, but Jacob does so hoping that they will make better choices (Jack?) while Smokey pushes them toward their “fated” destinies (Sayid – once a killer, always a killer). Obviously not a complete theory, but I think it still all ties back to fate v. free will.
BTW – Do you think Ben is really going to bite the big one next week?!!
Ok, that’s all for now . . .
Namaste, LLL
Holy mind trip! That episode was heavy duty and very mind-f-y. Kudos to Emilie De Ravine and Naveen Andrews (and of course, Terry O’Quinn) for making a seamless transition to the dark side. I never thought Claire could be convincing as a badass, but she hooked me tonight.
And, really, if Smokey/Flocke/Lockeness is not a bad guy, I’m going to feel a little annoyed and misled. I mean, really, have you ever seen creepier, darker folk then Claire and Sayid at the end of that episode?
But then again, this is Lost, so I am prepared to be completely flabbergasted in the end.
Alternaworld
1. Nadia is his sister-in-law! Omar a drycleaner . . . Sayid is still in love with Nadia. Sayid pushed Nadia to his brother because he cannot cleanse himself of what he’s done.
2. I know we’ve seen that dude who picks up Sayid before . . . France? Shipper?
3. “I am the Eggman!” Martin Keamy! (badass mercenary from the ship) Is there some connection here to Widmore or is Keamy an independent operator? (Admission – I find Keamy strangely attractive and it disturbs me). “Relax and forget about it.” Sayid kills Keamy . . . you can’t change your killer instinct.
4. WTF! Jin in the freezer! Is Keamy the man to whom he was bringing the watch . . . or could it be Widmore? Did Jin try to keep the money he was supposed to give Widmore and Keamy is making him pay? Note, he is separated from Sun in this reality now, too.
Island-land
1. Machine a scale measuring balance of good and evil. Sayid’s is tipped the wrong way. “I am a good man.” – Sorry, Sayid, but you clearly are not. You can’t seem to overcome your killer instinct (fate or freewill?) I think you CHOSE to side w/ Smokey because it gave you an excuse . . .
2. Baseball falls of table, Dogen relents. Baseball doesn’t really roll or bounce. It is Dogen’s tie to his son (who we met at the recital last week) and his sad story about that. RECURRING THEME: Fathers and Sons!!
Last week, in Alternaworld, Dogen said to Jack, “It’s hard to watch and be unable to help.” This seems to, in some ways, be his punishment on the island as well.
3. Lockeness could have sent Sawyer or Jin into the temple? DOES THIS MEAN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLAIMED/INFECTED, TOO????
4. Lockeness tells Claire, “I always do what I say.” Will only hurt the ones “who don’t listen.” There is no way this guy is up to good . . .
5. Random Commercial Observation: Kate Gosselin on Dancing With The Stars? With extensions to boot!
6. Miles informs Sayid that the templars did not save his life. Something else did.
7. According to Dogen, Smokey is “Evil Incarnate”. Will come to you as someone you know; someone who has died. If he speaks, it is too late. Please note, LOCKENESS DID SPEAK BEFORE SAYID STABBED HIM. So, of course, it was too late.
8. I HATE KATE MOMENT: Kate: “What’d I miss?” Always worried about not being the center of attention. “Sawyer cut you loose?” Ha! Claire “still hot, though.” LOVE MILES.
9. I had nightmares last night with that “clickety” sound . . . you know what I’m talking about!
10. Did Dogen set Sayid up to be killed, like Flocke said? Or was Sayid being given a chance to CHOOSE the right path?
11. Can’t kill Lockeness! Or at least Sayid can’t . . . a set-up by Dogen? Is Flocke tell the truth? Promises him Nadia if he will deliver a message. Could alternaworld be Smokey granting the Losties their wishes? But in some twisted Looking Glass way?
12. This episode had me thinking a lot about Mr. Eko. Remember, he was the original parallel reality, back with his brother when they were children. What parallels do you note? I miss the big guy! He was one of my favorites. Do you think he is at all relevant?
13. “Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away . . .” I will never sing THAT song to MY children. Well, my children aren’t strange animal skulls that I’ve dressed up, either. But note, both Claire and Kate sang this to Aaron (real and imagined).
14. What do you think Claire is going to do to Kate now that she knows the truth? And clearly doesn’t like it?
15. Ilana leads Miles, Frank, and Sun to a hidden room that is marked by a hieroglyph. Shen ring: the hieroglyph tile on the wall in the temple hallway that Ilana pushes to open the secret passage is a Shen ring. The Shen ring is an ancient Egyptian symbol of eternity and protection. In ancient Egypt, the Shen Ring also represents dual concepts of time; the cyclic line of periodicity and lineal time (into infinity).
Ok, so here’s my current theory: Alternaworld is like Through the Looking Glass (THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass) . It is what the losties most want, but not exactly HOW they want it. Sayid wants Nadia to be alive, but the trade is that he cannot be with her. Jack wants to have a strong father/son relationship, but it is not with his father (and I don’t think this looking glass is in full view yet). Locke accepts his paralysis and has Helen, but he no longer has his faith. Both Jacob and Lockeness can give them this alternaworld, but Jacob does so hoping that they will make better choices (Jack?) while Smokey pushes them toward their “fated” destinies (Sayid – once a killer, always a killer). Obviously not a complete theory, but I think it still all ties back to fate v. free will.
BTW – Do you think Ben is really going to bite the big one next week?!!
Ok, that’s all for now . . .
Namaste, LLL
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Lighthouse
I know some of you are getting frustrated with the alternate realities, but I am kinda digging it. As you will see below, some of the biblical stuff (might be) is starting to come together for me . . . but then again, maybe I am totally pulling it out of my . . . you know.
Alternate Reality:
1.Jack’s scar – now appendicitis, though Jack does not remember this. Jack seems to be forgetting a lot . . . and remembering/recognizing weird things
2. David – Jack’s son. With Sarah? Or perhaps someone else . . . he looks an awful lot like Kate. But Jack said that he knew “mom” was out of town. Kate’s a little more than “out of town.” Another possibility? See TWIBS . . .
3. The WILL – Claire Littleton (Jack seems to recognize the name)
4. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: David (before becoming King or even the slayer of Goliath) was known as . . . wait for it . . .A musician who soothed King Saul as he was being tormented. Another interesting tidbit . . . David was the son of RUTH (think, think, who is Ruth? Could this be a super bizarre twist?) Some Jewish tradition also states that Adam gave up 70 years of his own life for David’s.
Could the Shephard be the descendant of Jack?
Ok, my Sunday School memory is a little hazy, so help me out here (Jan, I’m talking to you): Biblically speaking, are Aaron (brother of Moses, prevented from entering the Promised Land) and David both forefathers of the promised land? Not quite sure where to go with this, but it seems brilliant and relevant somehow.
5. David is brilliant with his hands, just like his father and grandfather – was Jack at some point disappointed? No, he was obsessive about it. Really, Jack was obsessive and overbearing? I can’t believe it.
6. DOGEN!!! “They’re too young to have this kind of pressure.” “Hard to watch and be unable to help” (talking about the kids or the Losties?)
7. THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE: Annotated Alice – David always loved it as a kid. Was Jack, again, drawn to share his “island” story with his son? See http://lostloserramblings.blogspot.com/2007/05/through-looking-glass.html for more . . .
. . . and . . .
The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf – a philosophical novel about relationships and time . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Lighthouse
ARRRRGHGHGHGHGH!!! I’m so confused!
Temple/Island World
1.Dogen – “Everything is an option.”
2. Asthma inhaler – Shannon’s. Relevance?
3. Adam and Eve
“What if these skeletons are us?”
Chasing the ghost of my dead father.
4. Jungle Claire:
a. How about the “baby doll”? – creep!
b. Tortures temple dude – Has totally become Danielle
c. I kept saying, “doesn’t Jin know where Aaron is? Did no one bother to tell him? He never bothered to ask what happened to the baby?” WTF took him so long. Turns out to be a decent decision . . .
d. Was shot in the leg by whom?
e. “Stuck me with needles, branded me” – trying to save her from Flocke?
f. Knew she would kill him anyway . . . cause she straight up CRAZY!!!!!
g. Which is why Jin now has to lie. Why would she kill Kate for raising Aaron? Could it be that the psychic way back in Sydney was an agent of Smokey? He kept saying she has to raise Aaron. Or was he being an agent of Jacob and warning Claire that if she did not raise Aaron, she would become Darkness? The name Claire means clear . . . which she no longer is.
a. “My father told me and my friend told me” – Flocke/Lockeness/Smokey has infected her. So are you convinced yet that Flocke/Lockeness/Smokey is “bad”? I think I’m about there. “He’s not Locke; he’s my friend.” \ Now Jin is lying so Claire won’t kill him.
b. Are Christian and Smokey separate entities or does Smokey inhabit Christian to gain Claire’s trust? I’m leaning toward separate . . .
5. Jacob and Hurley and Jack, oh my!:
a. Someone is coming ot the island. I need you to help them find it.
b. Hurley writes on arm – push (symbol) was all I managed to read . . . anyone able to read more of it?
c. Favorite line: “I just lied to a Samurai”
d. “You have what it takes” Something Christian once said?
e. “I’d make a terrible dad” – Jack
f. “Why did you come back” Hurley – “cause Jacob told me to”; Jack – “because I was broken and I was stupid enough to think this place could fix me.”
g. Jacob really wanted Jack to see . . . “needs to find himself”
h. As far away from the temple as possible . . . someone really bad . . . can’t warn them . . . too late. Is Jacob protecting them from Flockey?
6. Lighthouse –
108 degrees -- Just a rouse? (says Wallace)
HOLY CRAP MOMENT: Flashing on other realities – 23 Shephard -- Watching us the whole time. Jack’s childhood house. “Why was he watching us?” Isn’t an equally important question “how was he watching us?” I’m just sayin . . .
WHAT A DUMBASS!!! Why the hell would he break it? It’s a connection to the outside world . . .
In case you’re wondering, #109 = Friendly (as in Mr. Friendly). Ha ha!
So what do you think? Jacob benevolent? Smokey malevolent? Jack the new Jacob? Jack the messiah? So much to think about . . . and the preview promised more answers next week (yes, I felt there was some clarity this week, shoot me).
Namaste,
LLL
Alternate Reality:
1.Jack’s scar – now appendicitis, though Jack does not remember this. Jack seems to be forgetting a lot . . . and remembering/recognizing weird things
2. David – Jack’s son. With Sarah? Or perhaps someone else . . . he looks an awful lot like Kate. But Jack said that he knew “mom” was out of town. Kate’s a little more than “out of town.” Another possibility? See TWIBS . . .
3. The WILL – Claire Littleton (Jack seems to recognize the name)
4. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: David (before becoming King or even the slayer of Goliath) was known as . . . wait for it . . .A musician who soothed King Saul as he was being tormented. Another interesting tidbit . . . David was the son of RUTH (think, think, who is Ruth? Could this be a super bizarre twist?) Some Jewish tradition also states that Adam gave up 70 years of his own life for David’s.
Could the Shephard be the descendant of Jack?
Ok, my Sunday School memory is a little hazy, so help me out here (Jan, I’m talking to you): Biblically speaking, are Aaron (brother of Moses, prevented from entering the Promised Land) and David both forefathers of the promised land? Not quite sure where to go with this, but it seems brilliant and relevant somehow.
5. David is brilliant with his hands, just like his father and grandfather – was Jack at some point disappointed? No, he was obsessive about it. Really, Jack was obsessive and overbearing? I can’t believe it.
6. DOGEN!!! “They’re too young to have this kind of pressure.” “Hard to watch and be unable to help” (talking about the kids or the Losties?)
7. THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE: Annotated Alice – David always loved it as a kid. Was Jack, again, drawn to share his “island” story with his son? See http://lostloserramblings.blogspot.com/2007/05/through-looking-glass.html for more . . .
. . . and . . .
The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf – a philosophical novel about relationships and time . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Lighthouse
ARRRRGHGHGHGHGH!!! I’m so confused!
Temple/Island World
1.Dogen – “Everything is an option.”
2. Asthma inhaler – Shannon’s. Relevance?
3. Adam and Eve
“What if these skeletons are us?”
Chasing the ghost of my dead father.
4. Jungle Claire:
a. How about the “baby doll”? – creep!
b. Tortures temple dude – Has totally become Danielle
c. I kept saying, “doesn’t Jin know where Aaron is? Did no one bother to tell him? He never bothered to ask what happened to the baby?” WTF took him so long. Turns out to be a decent decision . . .
d. Was shot in the leg by whom?
e. “Stuck me with needles, branded me” – trying to save her from Flocke?
f. Knew she would kill him anyway . . . cause she straight up CRAZY!!!!!
g. Which is why Jin now has to lie. Why would she kill Kate for raising Aaron? Could it be that the psychic way back in Sydney was an agent of Smokey? He kept saying she has to raise Aaron. Or was he being an agent of Jacob and warning Claire that if she did not raise Aaron, she would become Darkness? The name Claire means clear . . . which she no longer is.
a. “My father told me and my friend told me” – Flocke/Lockeness/Smokey has infected her. So are you convinced yet that Flocke/Lockeness/Smokey is “bad”? I think I’m about there. “He’s not Locke; he’s my friend.” \ Now Jin is lying so Claire won’t kill him.
b. Are Christian and Smokey separate entities or does Smokey inhabit Christian to gain Claire’s trust? I’m leaning toward separate . . .
5. Jacob and Hurley and Jack, oh my!:
a. Someone is coming ot the island. I need you to help them find it.
b. Hurley writes on arm – push (symbol) was all I managed to read . . . anyone able to read more of it?
c. Favorite line: “I just lied to a Samurai”
d. “You have what it takes” Something Christian once said?
e. “I’d make a terrible dad” – Jack
f. “Why did you come back” Hurley – “cause Jacob told me to”; Jack – “because I was broken and I was stupid enough to think this place could fix me.”
g. Jacob really wanted Jack to see . . . “needs to find himself”
h. As far away from the temple as possible . . . someone really bad . . . can’t warn them . . . too late. Is Jacob protecting them from Flockey?
6. Lighthouse –
108 degrees -- Just a rouse? (says Wallace)
HOLY CRAP MOMENT: Flashing on other realities – 23 Shephard -- Watching us the whole time. Jack’s childhood house. “Why was he watching us?” Isn’t an equally important question “how was he watching us?” I’m just sayin . . .
WHAT A DUMBASS!!! Why the hell would he break it? It’s a connection to the outside world . . .
In case you’re wondering, #109 = Friendly (as in Mr. Friendly). Ha ha!
So what do you think? Jacob benevolent? Smokey malevolent? Jack the new Jacob? Jack the messiah? So much to think about . . . and the preview promised more answers next week (yes, I felt there was some clarity this week, shoot me).
Namaste,
LLL
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Substitute
That was a good one, huh? Flocke/Smokey/Nemesis addressed some issues, though in true Lost fashion, answered many questions with more questions.
Locke in the Real World:
1. “FML” . . still.
2. FML . . . not so much . . . he has Helen and is planning a wedding. He seems to have a better perspective when things go wrong, and at last he is trying to accept who he is. No longer held captive by the things he cannot do. No longer shouting “You can’t tell me what I cannot do” . . .instead, he is discovering the things he can. And once again, he was given great wisdom by . . .
3. ROSE! Terminal cancer . . .
4. Tries to scratch up Hurley’s big ass car. As a reminder – Hurley always owned the company, in both realities. “Randy? That guy’s a huge douche” – Hurley -- “chin up, things are gonna work out.”
5. I appreciate the old cellphone as an authentic nod to 2004.
6. BEST MOMENT FOR A NERD LIKE ME: Locke a substitute teacher and coach. Ben Linus a teacher, too. A history teacher. Or is he . . .?
SNUGGIE ENDORSEMENT – Allow me a moment to extol the virtues of the snuggie. No, seriously, it allowed me to be comfy cozy and type at the same time.
Locke as Smokey/Flocke:
1. I dug the smokey perspective as the scene began, flying around the island.
2. Jacob and Richard:
a. John is (was) a candidate – for what?
b. Richard does not know why he is doing what Jacob asked.
c. Tells James of Flocke, “He wants everyone dead.” This is not the line Flocke feeds James, but I am tending to be a bit more believing of Richard.
d. Apparently Richard does not wear guyliner – he is naturally pretty.
e. Why couldn’t Richard see the kid in the jungle? James could . . . is James getting “infected”?
3. Ilana –
a. On Flocke -- “he’s recruiting.”
b. Ilana KNOWS things (Jin, recruiting, etc).
4. My poor, poor James, who is sitting around in a wife beater and undies, not looking so good. (I read somewhere that Josh Holloway requested not to be shirtless so often. Why would he do that to us?)
a. “locke was scared, even when he was pretending that he wasn’t”
b. “Most important question in the world – why are you on this island?”
c. “Guess I better put some pants on.”
d. “Trapped” before that a man just like you
5. THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE: “Tell me about the rabbits, George.” Of Mice and Men
a. Although James seems to think that he is Lenny, putting George (Flocke) down, I think he is in fact the George character. Flocke is trying to pull the wool over his eyes by implying that they will “leave and go home.”
6. Poor Sun -- Headed to temple . . . too bad Jin already took off. Will these two ever reunite?
7. Motif: “Don’t tell me what I can’t do” – sound familiar? Locke’s creed.
8. WTF moment: Why are they letting Ben come with them?
9. Scales of justice? White rock and black rock in balance. “inside joke”
10. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: Flocke takes James down JACOB’S LADDER:
a. Jacob's Ladder is a ladder to heaven, described in the Book of Genesis, which the biblical patriarch Jacob envisions during his flight from his brother Esau.
b. Flocke trying to regain his place as the first son?
c. The ladder breaks as James tries to go down. Could this be symbolic of his return to the dark guy he used to be? A break from the goodness he had discovered with Dharma and Juliet?
d. According to Jewish interpretation of lore, one of Esau’s descendants was the farthest climber and that Jacob worried all was lost; however, God assured him that at the End of Days, Esau’s descendant would fall, allowing the true believers to reclaim heaven.
e. The angels ascended and descended the ladder . . . moving between heaven and earth. Is/was Jacob trying to maintain the connection of faith? Connecting heaven and earth? God and man?
11. HOLY CRAP MOMENT: 4 – Locke 8 -Reyes, 15 – Ford 16 – Jarrah 23 - Shephard 42 – Kwon all over the ceiling, as well as hundreds of other names all crossed off – all the folks that Jacob has brought to the island . . . throughout history.
a. Why is each person assigned each number?
b. All are “candidates.”
c. Jacob pushing you to island. Do you think Flocke is telling the truth? Is Jacob looking for a successor to be the keeper of the island?
d. Flocke claims there is nothing to protect.
e. So I guess Frank isn’t a candidate after all.
f. MOST IMPORTANTLY: KATE IS NOT A CANDIDATE. Why not? Jacob “touched” her after all.
12. Flocke says that all the people were candidates for Jacob's job, for protecting this place "from nothing." He then gives Sawyer three options:
a. Do nothing. See how all this plays out. And possibly your name will get crossed out - MiB crosses out Locke's name).
b. Perform Jacob's job. Protect the Island "from nothing, there's nothing to protect it from, It's just a damn Island."
c. We just go. We get the hell off this Island and we never look back. We do that together.
MiB asks Sawyer if he is ready to go home. Sawyer says "Hell yes". Sing along with me; “Should he stay or should he go now? If he goes there will be trouble; if he stays it will be double. Flocke’s just gotta let him know . . .”
But really, back to the literary allusion, this has got to be a set-up.
Phew . . . I could go on and on, but I should probably work; you know, do my job. Looking forward to your thoughts and observations!
Namaste,
LLL
Locke in the Real World:
1. “FML” . . still.
2. FML . . . not so much . . . he has Helen and is planning a wedding. He seems to have a better perspective when things go wrong, and at last he is trying to accept who he is. No longer held captive by the things he cannot do. No longer shouting “You can’t tell me what I cannot do” . . .instead, he is discovering the things he can. And once again, he was given great wisdom by . . .
3. ROSE! Terminal cancer . . .
4. Tries to scratch up Hurley’s big ass car. As a reminder – Hurley always owned the company, in both realities. “Randy? That guy’s a huge douche” – Hurley -- “chin up, things are gonna work out.”
5. I appreciate the old cellphone as an authentic nod to 2004.
6. BEST MOMENT FOR A NERD LIKE ME: Locke a substitute teacher and coach. Ben Linus a teacher, too. A history teacher. Or is he . . .?
SNUGGIE ENDORSEMENT – Allow me a moment to extol the virtues of the snuggie. No, seriously, it allowed me to be comfy cozy and type at the same time.
Locke as Smokey/Flocke:
1. I dug the smokey perspective as the scene began, flying around the island.
2. Jacob and Richard:
a. John is (was) a candidate – for what?
b. Richard does not know why he is doing what Jacob asked.
c. Tells James of Flocke, “He wants everyone dead.” This is not the line Flocke feeds James, but I am tending to be a bit more believing of Richard.
d. Apparently Richard does not wear guyliner – he is naturally pretty.
e. Why couldn’t Richard see the kid in the jungle? James could . . . is James getting “infected”?
3. Ilana –
a. On Flocke -- “he’s recruiting.”
b. Ilana KNOWS things (Jin, recruiting, etc).
4. My poor, poor James, who is sitting around in a wife beater and undies, not looking so good. (I read somewhere that Josh Holloway requested not to be shirtless so often. Why would he do that to us?)
a. “locke was scared, even when he was pretending that he wasn’t”
b. “Most important question in the world – why are you on this island?”
c. “Guess I better put some pants on.”
d. “Trapped” before that a man just like you
5. THIS WEEK IN LOST LITERATURE: “Tell me about the rabbits, George.” Of Mice and Men
a. Although James seems to think that he is Lenny, putting George (Flocke) down, I think he is in fact the George character. Flocke is trying to pull the wool over his eyes by implying that they will “leave and go home.”
6. Poor Sun -- Headed to temple . . . too bad Jin already took off. Will these two ever reunite?
7. Motif: “Don’t tell me what I can’t do” – sound familiar? Locke’s creed.
8. WTF moment: Why are they letting Ben come with them?
9. Scales of justice? White rock and black rock in balance. “inside joke”
10. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: Flocke takes James down JACOB’S LADDER:
a. Jacob's Ladder is a ladder to heaven, described in the Book of Genesis, which the biblical patriarch Jacob envisions during his flight from his brother Esau.
b. Flocke trying to regain his place as the first son?
c. The ladder breaks as James tries to go down. Could this be symbolic of his return to the dark guy he used to be? A break from the goodness he had discovered with Dharma and Juliet?
d. According to Jewish interpretation of lore, one of Esau’s descendants was the farthest climber and that Jacob worried all was lost; however, God assured him that at the End of Days, Esau’s descendant would fall, allowing the true believers to reclaim heaven.
e. The angels ascended and descended the ladder . . . moving between heaven and earth. Is/was Jacob trying to maintain the connection of faith? Connecting heaven and earth? God and man?
11. HOLY CRAP MOMENT: 4 – Locke 8 -Reyes, 15 – Ford 16 – Jarrah 23 - Shephard 42 – Kwon all over the ceiling, as well as hundreds of other names all crossed off – all the folks that Jacob has brought to the island . . . throughout history.
a. Why is each person assigned each number?
b. All are “candidates.”
c. Jacob pushing you to island. Do you think Flocke is telling the truth? Is Jacob looking for a successor to be the keeper of the island?
d. Flocke claims there is nothing to protect.
e. So I guess Frank isn’t a candidate after all.
f. MOST IMPORTANTLY: KATE IS NOT A CANDIDATE. Why not? Jacob “touched” her after all.
12. Flocke says that all the people were candidates for Jacob's job, for protecting this place "from nothing." He then gives Sawyer three options:
a. Do nothing. See how all this plays out. And possibly your name will get crossed out - MiB crosses out Locke's name).
b. Perform Jacob's job. Protect the Island "from nothing, there's nothing to protect it from, It's just a damn Island."
c. We just go. We get the hell off this Island and we never look back. We do that together.
MiB asks Sawyer if he is ready to go home. Sawyer says "Hell yes". Sing along with me; “Should he stay or should he go now? If he goes there will be trouble; if he stays it will be double. Flocke’s just gotta let him know . . .”
But really, back to the literary allusion, this has got to be a set-up.
Phew . . . I could go on and on, but I should probably work; you know, do my job. Looking forward to your thoughts and observations!
Namaste,
LLL
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
What Kate Does
While I thought I would hate this episode because it was Kate centered, I thoroughly enjoyed yelling at my tv, “What the hell is wrong with you?!!” Seriously, this episode confirmed my hatred of this character (although my understanding is that she is a perfectly nice person in real life).
Island Time:
1. Best lines:
James – “He’s an Iraqi torturer; of course he deserves another go around.”
Miles – “you can see that Hurley’s assumed a leadership position, so that’s great.”
2. All the mean thoughts I had about Kate:
a. Stay away from him, Kate!! Can’t you take a frickin hint?
b. Kate and Jack all googly-eyed. Vomit.
c. “Who do you care about, Kate?” Good question, Jin. Kate sucks!
d. Kate busts in on a private moment. How unlike her to stick her nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
e. Kate cries – 8:47 p.m.
3. Thoughts on Smokey/Nemesis
a. Was Christian infected by Nemesis? He was the last dead body delivered to the island. Or was he “infected” perhaps by Jacob? It seems that these entities jump from body to body.
b. Does that also mean that Claire is dead? She seemed a lot like Rousseau, so was Rousseau infected, too? Is it possible that you can be infected but hold on to some ounce of your own soul? Rousseau still had humanity in her; does Claire?
c. Is being claimed what Nemesis has done to Locke, or is it merely an “infection”? In Sayid’s case, he was dead . . .
d. Is Sayid claimed by Nemesis? Or is he claimed by Jacob? I think they were hoping for Jacob but think he is claimed by Nemesis. They were putting down ash in hopes that it would keep Nemesis away, but they believe they weren’t quick enough. I think they may be wrong because . . .
e.Isn’t Nemesis still walking around in Locke? Heading to the temple?
4. Guy accompanying Kate? Waldo? Really? He was a guard she knocked out . . .
5. The torturer is tortured (this has happened before. Danielle also hooked him up and shocked him by the nipples). A test to make sure he is not Smokey? Lied to him? Sayid doesn’t know what is happening to him? Or is he hiding it?
6. SADDEST MOMENT: “I made her stay cause I didn’t want to be alone. Some of us are meant to be alone.”
7. Dogen – Stay away from those I am in charge of. Brought here, just like everyone else. You know what I mean.
8. “I need to find Claire.” It’s all about Claire . . . or Aaron . . . After all, Dogen tells Jack, “IT HAPPENED TO YOUR SISTER!!” The truth will be revealed to Jack soon . . .
9. Waldo can’t kill Jin, because “he may be one of them” Jin is saved by . . . CLAIRE OF THE JUNGLE!
World 2
1. Love that dude who plays the mechanic . . . China Beach anyone?
2. Claire was planning to meet the adoptive parents, who ditched her at the airport. What up with that? Husband ditched wife; that sucks. Same couple she was planning to give up in crash reality.
3. Kate almost delivers the baby . . . again.
4. WTF MOMENT: What is Ethan doing in LA? Is he still an agent of the island? He’s going by Goodspeed, which was the name of Juliet’s lover, if you recall. He also ironically says he does not want to stick Claire with unnecessary needles . . . he had no qualms on the island, after all.
5. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: Aaron even off the island. Doesn’t know why she called him that. A little reminder of who Aaron was . . .
· The brother of Moses
· Started the worship of the Golden Calf, but was forgiven by God.
· Aaron was appointed directly by God to be the first high priest. He and his sons were consecrated to continue the priesthood through time (Leviticus 8 and 9).
· Never allowed to enter the promised land . . . hmmmm . . .
6. Kate asks Claire if she would believe that she was innocent. Was she in this world?
Next week looks BA! Can’t wait.
Namaste,
LLL
Island Time:
1. Best lines:
James – “He’s an Iraqi torturer; of course he deserves another go around.”
Miles – “you can see that Hurley’s assumed a leadership position, so that’s great.”
2. All the mean thoughts I had about Kate:
a. Stay away from him, Kate!! Can’t you take a frickin hint?
b. Kate and Jack all googly-eyed. Vomit.
c. “Who do you care about, Kate?” Good question, Jin. Kate sucks!
d. Kate busts in on a private moment. How unlike her to stick her nose in somewhere it doesn’t belong.
e. Kate cries – 8:47 p.m.
3. Thoughts on Smokey/Nemesis
a. Was Christian infected by Nemesis? He was the last dead body delivered to the island. Or was he “infected” perhaps by Jacob? It seems that these entities jump from body to body.
b. Does that also mean that Claire is dead? She seemed a lot like Rousseau, so was Rousseau infected, too? Is it possible that you can be infected but hold on to some ounce of your own soul? Rousseau still had humanity in her; does Claire?
c. Is being claimed what Nemesis has done to Locke, or is it merely an “infection”? In Sayid’s case, he was dead . . .
d. Is Sayid claimed by Nemesis? Or is he claimed by Jacob? I think they were hoping for Jacob but think he is claimed by Nemesis. They were putting down ash in hopes that it would keep Nemesis away, but they believe they weren’t quick enough. I think they may be wrong because . . .
e.Isn’t Nemesis still walking around in Locke? Heading to the temple?
4. Guy accompanying Kate? Waldo? Really? He was a guard she knocked out . . .
5. The torturer is tortured (this has happened before. Danielle also hooked him up and shocked him by the nipples). A test to make sure he is not Smokey? Lied to him? Sayid doesn’t know what is happening to him? Or is he hiding it?
6. SADDEST MOMENT: “I made her stay cause I didn’t want to be alone. Some of us are meant to be alone.”
7. Dogen – Stay away from those I am in charge of. Brought here, just like everyone else. You know what I mean.
8. “I need to find Claire.” It’s all about Claire . . . or Aaron . . . After all, Dogen tells Jack, “IT HAPPENED TO YOUR SISTER!!” The truth will be revealed to Jack soon . . .
9. Waldo can’t kill Jin, because “he may be one of them” Jin is saved by . . . CLAIRE OF THE JUNGLE!
World 2
1. Love that dude who plays the mechanic . . . China Beach anyone?
2. Claire was planning to meet the adoptive parents, who ditched her at the airport. What up with that? Husband ditched wife; that sucks. Same couple she was planning to give up in crash reality.
3. Kate almost delivers the baby . . . again.
4. WTF MOMENT: What is Ethan doing in LA? Is he still an agent of the island? He’s going by Goodspeed, which was the name of Juliet’s lover, if you recall. He also ironically says he does not want to stick Claire with unnecessary needles . . . he had no qualms on the island, after all.
5. THIS WEEK IN BIBLE STUDIES: Aaron even off the island. Doesn’t know why she called him that. A little reminder of who Aaron was . . .
· The brother of Moses
· Started the worship of the Golden Calf, but was forgiven by God.
· Aaron was appointed directly by God to be the first high priest. He and his sons were consecrated to continue the priesthood through time (Leviticus 8 and 9).
· Never allowed to enter the promised land . . . hmmmm . . .
6. Kate asks Claire if she would believe that she was innocent. Was she in this world?
Next week looks BA! Can’t wait.
Namaste,
LLL
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
LA X Parts 1 and 2
Welcome back, Lost Losers! It’s been a long wait, but the final season is finally here. Only a few more months for me to entertain and astound you with my ridiculous obsession with this show. For me, it’s like reading a book, which, as though of you who know me know, is my true passion. Yes, I am super nerdy, and I like it!
I’m not sure how I felt about this episode; I was pretty ticked off about a couple of things (did they REALLY have to kill Juliet a SECOND time, for instance), and I don’t know how I feel about the Templars, but I’m hoping all will pay off in the end . . .
To refresh your memories, here are the questions I posed at the end of last season. Did we get any answers . . . a few . . . ok, not really.
Questions I’m still dying to find the answers to:
a. Where is Claire?
b. What role does Christian play? (Could he be the form that Nemesis took before John’s body arrived?)
c. Why can’t babies be born on the island after Dharmaville?
d. Walt . . . will he be back?
e. Why doesn’t Richard age?
f. Who built the statue?
New Questions:
a. Who is Jacob’s enemy (aka Nemesis)?
b. Why does he want to kill Jacob?
c. What is the loophole? How does Locke fit into it?
d. How does Jacob "bring" people to the Island?
e. Why did Jacob choose to visit each person at pivotal moments of their lives?
f. Who did Locke and Hurley see/hear previously at the cabin? (Nemesis?)
g. Who are Ilana and her crew, and why are they referring to themselves as "the good guys?"
h. For what and why is Frank a candidate?
i. Why had Jacob never met with Ben? (he seemed to imply cause Ben is an insipid whiner sometimes)
j. How did Jacob come to be on the Island?
k. Who are "they" that are coming?
Now on to the episode . . .
1. Title of the episode --LA X –this might refer to the Los Angeles airport, but apparently X is a comic book reference (Williams family?) for “alternate reality.” It might also mean the “Los Angeles 10” . . .
2. The Flight:
· Leaked four minutes were right . . .
· Rose and Jack reversed – in pilot Jack said, “It’s normal” Did Bernard call Rose Viv? Also means that Rose will die.
· Des on flight! What up with that? Plus, Jack recognizes him . . . but remember, he met Des in the stadium one night when he went for a run.
· Island undersea . . . that was some crappy CG.
· Artz! Chattin it up w/ Hurley – knows he’s the owner of Mr. Cluck’s
· Hurley – nothing bad ever happens to me; I’m the luckiest guy alive
· Shannon not there because she didn’t want to be saved from bad relationship
· Did Locke really go on a walkabout? He is paralyzed, after all.
· Charlie “dead” in bathroom . . . how very Elvis of him . . . choking on a bag of horse – “I was supposed to die”
· What about Michael and Walt?
· No coffin on the plane? It is “lost” . . . meaning that one way or another, Jack is gonna have to “seek” his father.
· Claire’s back!
KEY LINES FROM FLIGHT 815/LAX: “They didn’t lose your father, they just lost his body.” “Nothing’s irreversible.” Jack and Locke find each other, only in this reality, they may actually be allies. One will use teach the other faith, while the other will inspire with reason. Hmmm . . .
3.Island:
· Kate’s eye – deafened by explosion? Why is she hanging in the tree?
· Juliet alive?! . . . Yay! . . . Just to kill her again?!! WTF! What important thing did she need to tell him? Miles can hear her and passes along the message -- “It worked” Somehow Juliet knows that there is an alternate reality? When she was talking about “going dutch,” was she in the other reality, meeting James, and asking him to go for coffee? I hope so . . .
· Hurley can see Jacob because he is dead . . . will Miles be able to hear him?
We interrupt this flow of thought to hate on Kate . . . I knew I would find a reason . . .
· Why does Kate think that it would be at all appropriate for her to help bury Juliet?
· Kate swoopin in at the temple to try to replace Juliet. Classy. Almost as classy as the pics of her in her underwear in Esquire. Yeah, I know, she’s hot and I’m jealous.
Now back to the island and the temple . . .
· Book by Kierkegaard . . . Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives, focusing on the priority of concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment.
· FA Cindy back in action with the Temple people. Also, note that the two children have not aged . . .
· In guitar case is an ancient Ank symbol with a note inside; what does it say? It also implies that Jacob knew he was going to die . . .
· Who is Ghengis Khan?
· Sayid in the Jesus pose coming out the well. And dead. To be resurrected . . . (hint, hint)
· Who’s the hippie translator dude? He looks familiar but I can’t place him. Can anyone help me out?
4. This Week in Bible Studies: Ashes scatted around temple; ashes used to keep Smokey/Nemesis away –
I’m not sure how I felt about this episode; I was pretty ticked off about a couple of things (did they REALLY have to kill Juliet a SECOND time, for instance), and I don’t know how I feel about the Templars, but I’m hoping all will pay off in the end . . .
To refresh your memories, here are the questions I posed at the end of last season. Did we get any answers . . . a few . . . ok, not really.
Questions I’m still dying to find the answers to:
a. Where is Claire?
b. What role does Christian play? (Could he be the form that Nemesis took before John’s body arrived?)
c. Why can’t babies be born on the island after Dharmaville?
d. Walt . . . will he be back?
e. Why doesn’t Richard age?
f. Who built the statue?
New Questions:
a. Who is Jacob’s enemy (aka Nemesis)?
b. Why does he want to kill Jacob?
c. What is the loophole? How does Locke fit into it?
d. How does Jacob "bring" people to the Island?
e. Why did Jacob choose to visit each person at pivotal moments of their lives?
f. Who did Locke and Hurley see/hear previously at the cabin? (Nemesis?)
g. Who are Ilana and her crew, and why are they referring to themselves as "the good guys?"
h. For what and why is Frank a candidate?
i. Why had Jacob never met with Ben? (he seemed to imply cause Ben is an insipid whiner sometimes)
j. How did Jacob come to be on the Island?
k. Who are "they" that are coming?
Now on to the episode . . .
1. Title of the episode --LA X –this might refer to the Los Angeles airport, but apparently X is a comic book reference (Williams family?) for “alternate reality.” It might also mean the “Los Angeles 10” . . .
2. The Flight:
· Leaked four minutes were right . . .
· Rose and Jack reversed – in pilot Jack said, “It’s normal” Did Bernard call Rose Viv? Also means that Rose will die.
· Des on flight! What up with that? Plus, Jack recognizes him . . . but remember, he met Des in the stadium one night when he went for a run.
· Island undersea . . . that was some crappy CG.
· Artz! Chattin it up w/ Hurley – knows he’s the owner of Mr. Cluck’s
· Hurley – nothing bad ever happens to me; I’m the luckiest guy alive
· Shannon not there because she didn’t want to be saved from bad relationship
· Did Locke really go on a walkabout? He is paralyzed, after all.
· Charlie “dead” in bathroom . . . how very Elvis of him . . . choking on a bag of horse – “I was supposed to die”
· What about Michael and Walt?
· No coffin on the plane? It is “lost” . . . meaning that one way or another, Jack is gonna have to “seek” his father.
· Claire’s back!
KEY LINES FROM FLIGHT 815/LAX: “They didn’t lose your father, they just lost his body.” “Nothing’s irreversible.” Jack and Locke find each other, only in this reality, they may actually be allies. One will use teach the other faith, while the other will inspire with reason. Hmmm . . .
3.Island:
· Kate’s eye – deafened by explosion? Why is she hanging in the tree?
· Juliet alive?! . . . Yay! . . . Just to kill her again?!! WTF! What important thing did she need to tell him? Miles can hear her and passes along the message -- “It worked” Somehow Juliet knows that there is an alternate reality? When she was talking about “going dutch,” was she in the other reality, meeting James, and asking him to go for coffee? I hope so . . .
· Hurley can see Jacob because he is dead . . . will Miles be able to hear him?
We interrupt this flow of thought to hate on Kate . . . I knew I would find a reason . . .
· Why does Kate think that it would be at all appropriate for her to help bury Juliet?
· Kate swoopin in at the temple to try to replace Juliet. Classy. Almost as classy as the pics of her in her underwear in Esquire. Yeah, I know, she’s hot and I’m jealous.
Now back to the island and the temple . . .
· Book by Kierkegaard . . . Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives, focusing on the priority of concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment.
· FA Cindy back in action with the Temple people. Also, note that the two children have not aged . . .
· In guitar case is an ancient Ank symbol with a note inside; what does it say? It also implies that Jacob knew he was going to die . . .
· Who is Ghengis Khan?
· Sayid in the Jesus pose coming out the well. And dead. To be resurrected . . . (hint, hint)
· Who’s the hippie translator dude? He looks familiar but I can’t place him. Can anyone help me out?
4. This Week in Bible Studies: Ashes scatted around temple; ashes used to keep Smokey/Nemesis away –
- According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, ashes were first used by the Jewish people in mourning rituals, connecting the living with the dead when the mourners rolled in the ashes. It was also seen as an act of purification.
- In Catholicism, ashes have also been used as penance for sins. My Catholic Losties perhaps can tell us more . . .
5. Under the statue:
· Locke/Nemesis /Smokey – He is a BAD MF’Er! Did you see how he overcame the ash system!
· Jacob nowhere to be seen – He is turned to ash. Will he return in another body, much as Nemesis took over Locke’s body. Could it be that Jacob is now in Sayid’s body???!!!! Could that be what the note said?
· “The only one who realized how pitiful the life he left behind was.” Fake Locke on Locke. Nemesis says he wants the one thing that Locke didn’t; to go home . . . could he be “Satan” (channeling the Church Lady)? Trying to re-enter heaven?
· “Hello, Richard. It’s nice to see you out of those chains.” – I think this is probably figurative, meaning being bound to Jacob, but could it also mean that Richard came on the Black Rock?
6. How about those wings on Lapidus’ head?
7. Everything That Rises Must Converge – The two realities will eventually collide. No matter which reality they exist, each of these people will eventually come to the same destiny – it’s just a question of how they get there. That’s my theory for the week.
I still hate Kate; Jack is still annoying as hell; James is hot; Hurley is finally embracing his “gift”; I want Vincent to make an appearance.
That’s it for now . . . looking forward to your insights!
Namaste,
LLL
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