Friday, May 16, 2008

Episode 12 - There's No Place Like Home - Part 1

Ah! Season 4 of LOST is coming to an end. It seems like only yesterday I was watching the season premiere with my bud Sarah, (sans our wizard costumes Stephen) ... haha. All in all it's shaping up to be a great season ... and although last night wasn't one of my faves, it was still very interesting. Let's get on with it then, shall we?

FLASH FORWARD
The Oceanic 6 are being transported on a military plane back to a base on Hawaii. They are waiting to land while a representative for Oceanic tells them that they are a big deal and that there is a ton of press waiting to talk to them. Jack agrees that they will talk to the world and reassures the rest of the Oceanic 6 that they will stick with their story and not answer any questions they don't have the answer to. He tells them to blame it on being shocked to which Sun agrees that they all are actually in shock. The plane lands and when the back opens, the Oceanic 6 run to their families. Jack to his mom, Hurley to his entire family, Sun to her parents, and the rest have no relatives to greet them. They attend the press conference where Kate is asked about her pregnancy. She claims to have given birth to Aaron on the island, making her six months pregnant when she crashed. They also claimed that the plane landed in the water and they waded for a day until the current carried them to shore. Everyone else died on impact. After the press conference, Sayid is greeted by Nadia. The Oceanic 6 remain friends after the crash. They attend Hurley's Island themed surprise birthday party where his father gives him the car they've been working on since they were kids. Hurley freaks out when he gets in the car and the speedometer has the numbers from his past. We also see the Oceanic 6 attend Jack's father's funeral where he says goodbye to his father and is approached by a blond Australian woman. She tells Jack that Christian was the father to her child and that her child, Claire, was also on board flight 815 and died. Jack is stunned by the revelation that Claire is his sister and Aaron his nephew. Back in Korea, Sun's father is upset that a shareholder has purchased parts of his company using five separate banks. Sun comes in to see him and he asks about the baby. She tells him never to ask since he hated her husband. She also informs him that with her large settlement from the crash, she is the one who purchased his company and that they are now partners.

BEN & CO.
Locke, Hurley, and Ben continue through the jungle towards the station the Orchid to move the island. Following Ben, he travels to a secret place where he uses a mirror to communicate with someone to see if it is safe to continue on to the Orchid. Ben reassures Locke and Hurley that he always has a plan. When they reach it, they find that Keamy and his team have already arrived. Panicked, Ben tells Locke exactly what to do in the Orchid station to move the island. He then gives himself up to Keamy and his team. They knock Ben unconscious.

THE BEACH
Jack and the others wonder about the satellite phone that was dropped from the helicopter. When they turn it on, they can overhear Keamy's conversation. They realize Desmond and Sayid were not on the chopper but Kate and Jack, despite Juliet's protests, travel into the jungle after it. They run into Miles and Sawyer who is holding Aaron. He tells them how Claire just left and they spent a day looking for her. Kate takes Aaron back to the beach while Sawyer and Jack continue on. Kate returns to the beach to give Aaron to Sun and she and Sayid who has reached the beach run off after Jack and Sawyer. Daniel takes about six people, Sun and Jin included back to the boat. Kate and Sayid try to track Jack and Sawyer only to realize that they are being tracked by Richard Alpert and the others. Jack and Sawyer reach the Orchid station. Back on the boat, the first of the survivors reach and Sun and Jin are surprised to see Michael working on the boat. He tries to tell them that he is not working for Ben and he's trying make up for what he did when Desmond calls to him to come to the engine room. There they find tons of explosives.

On to the discussion. Also, add your comments, I get bored just reading what I wrote.

1. So I truly thought that the end of the series would be the rescue, but I guess with the invention of the flash forward, we realized that their lives post island would be just as important as pre-island. My guess is that we will still visit the losties stuck on the island and see more of an attempt from the Oceanic 6 to get back to the island, perhaps the finale even being that they get back to it. But despite that, the rescue scene was awesome. It kind of gave me chills. What a weird situation that would be. It was very tender when they were all reunited with their families.

2. So the scene where Jack found out about Claire wasn't what I was expecting. I was hoping somehow Sawyer would connect the two .. but that was an intense scene. I guess that becomes the reason why he and Kate don't work out at first. I'm so sad it didn't happen while he was on the island ... maybe something happens where she comes back from Jacob's crew and Jack urges her to stay or something so now he feels guilty. Also, I'm a little surprised we didn't see any tears, I thought for sure his dad's funeral and realizing he left his sister behind and gave his nephew to Kate would conjure some up for sure!

3. Keamy is really scary. And when I saw him at the Orchid station I jumped. Speaking of the Orchid station, it's a greenhouse but not really? Obviously there would be an underground facility. And why didn't Ben just move the island in the first place. Yeah yeah it's dangerous but I'm pretty sure it's been dangerous the whole time. So now Locke has to move the island, I won't even try to guess how he will do that.

4. It was sort of mean for Hurley's mom to pick an island theme for his birthday. I think he spent enough time out there. But lots of easter eggs (LOST clues) in this episode. Geronimo Jackson music at the party, they were on the island for 108 days, the numbers on Hurley's dashboard.

5. Sooo no one else thinks it's weird that Kate was supposed to be 6 months preggers before she got on the plane? Hello, the marshall was with her! I'm sure he would have informed his team that she was pregnant. I think this will end badly for Kate. Someone is going to realize this and take Aaron away. I wouldn't be too upset if we never saw Aaron again, does that make me a bad person?

6. So Sun and Aaron are on the boat. And the rest of the Oceanic 6 are back traipsing around the island. So how do they all meet up again and get off the island? Maybe Sun and Aaron are the only people on the boat to make it off after Michael finally does blow it up and the others find her? Highly unlikely I think ... but maybe they volunteer to go back once they all meet up again because it is the least attractive option. Like staying on the island is better because Lock will move it but Sun goes back to have her baby, Kate goes back for Jack and Aaron, and Sayid because he is awesome.

7. So Michael tries to prove to Sun and Jin that he's sorry and he's there to help. Nice try but I wouldn't ever trust him. Ugh I just hate Michael. And give me a break that he acts all surprised about the explosives, that's the whole reason he's on the boat. To blow it up!

8. Yay Richard Alpert and the others are back! Its weird to think how scared I was of them in seasons 1 and 2 and now I'm happy to see them. Perhaps Ben was right, he is one of the good guys, but that's yet to be determined. So what is the secret to Richard's agelessness? I think he'll help Kate and Sayid because everyone except Keamy has the same goal, to protect the island from being blown up. So maybe they'll all swoop in to the Orchid station, destroy Keamy and his crew and save Jack, Sawyer, Ben, etc.

9. Ben is awesome. When he told John he always has a plan I totally believe that. Who was it that he was flashing the mirror to? Jacob? It couldn't be Richard and the other others because they were near Kate who was at least an hour behind. So I guess the only answer is Jacob. It would be interesting if we find out this season who he is. I heard we find out this season who is in the coffin ... I'll stick with Locke. He's gonna turn uber bad at the end. Either him or Ben.

10. So Sun was kick ass in this episode. Her father ruined her and Jin's life so she is returning the favor. So looks like Jin won't be returning to her post island but she can vindicate that by controlling her father and her company. Now that's some vengence but still very awesome.

So looks like we have to wait two weeks for the big Keamy vs. Ben vs. Jack and co. for the big Orchid show down. I'm clearly rooting for Jack and his hotness and it should be awesome. So next week I don't think there is an episode unless they play the first hour of the finale and then repeat it the following week before the hour closer. So if there is a new episode next week I'll be here for another update!

Okay now I'm demanding you all to post your theories ... I hate being the only one!

Friday, May 9, 2008

Episode 11 - Cabin Fever

Hi Everyone! Okay so what an episode ... like recent episodes, it confirmed a lot of our suspicions and didn't reveal anything too ground breaking but awesome nonetheless. Season four is shaping up to be one of my favorites! So let's get to it! Feel free to skip the plot summary although to be honest, I don't really want to write it so it's going to be skimpy.

LOCKE
Locke, Ben, and Hurley travel through the jungle in search of casa de Jacob. Locke has a dream vision about Horace Goodspeed to tells John to find him if he wants to find Jacob. When he wakes, they traipse back to the place where Ben shot Locke just days before and he explores the dead bodies for Horace's. He finds a map to the cabin in his uniform pocket. Hurley discovers that Ben helped to kill all of the people in the pit and is no longer the special one. They travel onward to locate the cabin and when they find it, only Locke goes inside. Once inside, he asks for Jacob but Christian Shephard appears and says he can answer for him. He introduces himself as Christian and then Claire appears in the corner of the room very calm and relaxed, welcoming Locke. Locke wants to know why he is there and Christian says there is no time for these questions, only one. Locke asks how he can save the island to which Christian reveals to him. Locke returns to Ben and Hurley and tells them they need to move the island.

FLASH FORWARD
Locke's mother was a teenage mother dating a guy twice her age. She was hit by a car while running away from her mother to him and as a result, John was born prematurely. When Emily was allowed to see her baby, she ran away from it and the mother wanted to put him up for adoption. Several times in John's life Richard Alpert comes to see him. He tests John as a little boy to see which object he would choose. He disappoints Alpert when John chooses the knife over the other island objects. Once again as a teen John refuses to attend Mittelos summer camp claiming "No one tells me what I can't do" a familiar mantra of his. We then see John in rehab being helped by the orderly Abbadon. He tries to force John to use his legs on the stairs and become something greater but John again refuses to see this and Abbaddon suggest the walkabout for when he is ready.

BOATIES
Keamy and company return to the boat. They are roughed up from Smokey and the doctor tends to them. Keamy and his men suit up for another trip to the island, this time with a strange device attached to his arm. Keamy realizes that Michael was the one who was giving Ben information and he tries to shoot him, only to have his gun jam. Keamy suits up to return when the captain tries to prevent him as does Frank the pilot. At that moment, they receive a message in Morse code from the losties. Clearly the time on the island and the time on the boat are different because this message said the doctor washed ashore when he was still on the boat. In an effort to get Frank in the chopper, Keamy kills the captain and the doctor. As they headed off towards the island, Sayid had jumped in a raft to go save his losties while Desmond stayed on the boat. Back on the island the chopper flew over the beach and a backpack dropped from it with a satellite phone inside.

haha well so much for skimpy, on to the discussion!

1. Move the island. So this idea I'm not so sure I love. So Locke has the power now, not Ben to take care of the island. It makes sense since the island is so hard to find, but why move the island? Why run and hide Jacob? Don't even get me started on how the hell you move an island. I'm interested to see how this one plays out.

2. Severe lack of my man jack in this episode. I was glad they threw us a little bone at the end ... I think that Frank threw the pack out of the chopper. He probably wants them to contact the boat since he has all of Keamy and the bad people with him, they can all get to the boat and escape. So perfect timing that Sayid is coming back for them. My question is how will they decide who gets on the raft. Looks like in next week's preview is the flash forward to them getting rescued, it looks awesome.

3. So last night's episode sparked a lengthy conversation between myself and my roommate about time travel. Now, I'm a sci-fi dork, I don't think its a secret anymore, but we had an interesting debate. I think time travel is certainly possible, and LOST wants to accept that it is as well. Now, LOST is clearly toying with the idea of time travel with the Desmond flashbacks, the Morse code message about the doctor, and even the appearance of the ghosts on and off the island. I think present time is the boat. The island is located in the future. The travel between the two times is what is causing people to get sick if they can't handle it. Sayid appears to be fine but Desmond is thrown back and forth, same with Wachowski. Keamy seems fine too, as does Daniel and Charlotte, so maybe the time travel depends on the person? Does Ben time travel to get on and off the island? Does Richard Alpert and Abbaddon?

4. Richard Alpert - So i love this guy, he's very intriguing. He doesn't age or does he time travel? I think he doesn't age ... part of the island. So it seems that he has been tracking John all his life. He asks John to choose which item belongs to him. I think he wanted him to choose the sand signifying the island but John chose the knife. They try again several more times throughout his life. How did they know he was going to be special? Is he special because he hasn't proved it to me yet?! He's just a crazy old bald man in my opinion. And he was an ugly kid. Haha.

5. So Claire and Christian in the cabin. I expected to see both of them ... I didn't expect Claire to be so calm. It's going to be awesome when Jack sees his dad again and finds out that Claire is his half sister. I wonder if they will reunite Claire and Aaron, I doubt it. I bet they will all think Claire went crazy or something and not give Aaron back to her, thinking he would be better off of the island. I think maybe she's already dead, just like Christian and is now working with Jacob. Maybe her death will be a flashback. Also, why is Christian so important to the LOST mythology. I get why he was important for Jack, Jack is the way he is because of his father, but what does he have to do with the island?

6. Hands down I am scared of the cabin. When they look for it, talk about it, think about it, I get scared. I'm scared now just typing this. Could be the fact that I watch LOST in the dark but it's scary as hell. Why does it move? If the house can move then the island can move I suppose. Who is Jacob and why is Christian speaking for him? Does Whidmore know about Jacob? Is that what the backup protocol was that Keamy pulled out of the safe? Did he get a map to Jacob's just like Locke had from Horace? How does Whidmore know???

7. Locke's flashbacks, as my roommate Maureen mentioned, the only flashbacks and flashforwards we've seen that aren't told through the perspective of the losties are those of Ben and Locke, and it was of their births. What could be the significance of it? Is it because they are "special"? And why is Ben not special anymore? Both their mother's play an important role. They come from loving mothers, even though Locke's was afraid and abandoned him, and both from terrible fathers. Maybe Ben and Locke are somehow related! Highly unlikely.

8. Abbadon, now he is scary. He appears as an orderly and after inferring that he would push Locke down the stairs just to see if he could fight his disability, he suggests that John go on his infamous walkabout in Australia. This makes me wonder if these people brought John to Australia and crashed his plane just to get him to the island, since all of their other attempts to get him there failed. And if that's the case, why didn't they just crash the first plane he was on? Abbadon was in charge of recruiting the scientists for the island, why did he bring them there? How does he differ from Keamy's mission? Keamy seems to be working for Whidmore but so does Abbadon, and they have very different missions. Seems like Abaddon is part of the island and wants to explore it while Keamy wants to destroy it. What's Whidmore's biz???

9. Keamy is off to destroy the island. He's got some sort of super bomb thing attached to his arm, if that's what it is. He's the "bad people" that Ben was talking about. Why is there a mix on the boat? Obviously people were brought on this mission without fully knowing what they were getting themselves in to. I was sad they killed off the captain, he seemed genuine to want to help the losties.

10. Easter Eggs - these are the little clues LOST throws to the viewers. There were a few. The Geronimo Jackson poster in teenage Locke's locker and the comic book on the table with the city floating above the city which is not unlike the season 4 promos? Let me know if you spotted anymore!

So it was mostly questions I asked this week because I'm kind of in the dark about a lot of this stuff. I feel like since they have confirmed the supernatural sci-fi aspect of the show, it can pretty much go anywhere. I guess the more interesting parts are about the characters and their motives for their actions. I'm really interested in finding out more about Whidmore and his role with the island. Here's what I hope happens soon: Desmond/Penny reuniting, Ben winning an Emmy because he seriously is the best character on tv, kate and jack just being awesome, keamy vs locke fight, and finally the rescue.

Only 2 more episodes ... feel free to comment because i love a LOST discussion :)

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Episode 10 - Something Nice Back Home

Hello Friends! Sorry for the delay, I've been a busy girl lately but hopefully the summary will refresh your memory. If you feel like you don't need it, feel free to skip to my 10 points. WARNING: there is a lot of gushing about you know who!

Also, I reformatted the summary to try to make it shorter and clearer. Each storyline gets its own paragraph. It's a little choppy but I wanted to keep it free from comments.

Summary:

BEACH
In the beginning of the episode, Jack woke up to find that he wasn't feeling so well and Juliet determines that Jack's ailment is appendicitis. She starts to gather tools to perform the surgery when she asks Sun and Jin to go to the maternity ward to gather things. Daniel and Charlotte agree to go with them to help. Rose and Bernard chat about Jack's illness and that the island doesn't let people get sick. Bernard suggests that Jack offended the gods to get sick. Jack tells Juliet that he wants to watch the surgery by having Kate holding a mirror and Juliet tries to argue but Jack is adamant that Kate be a part of the surgery. As Sun and company reach the medical station, Jin discovers that Charlotte can understand Korean. We also learn that Dan has a crush on Charlotte. They wonder where all the power is coming from and Charlotte wants to add that question to the list. Jin confronts Charlotte about her being able to speak Korean and she tries to deny it but when Jin threatens to hurt Daniel, Charlotte agrees that Sun will be on the chopper when it leaves the island. They begin the surgery and Jack starts to freak out from the pain. Juliette asks Bernard to put Jack out and for Kate to leave. After the surgery Kate goes in to see Jack while Juliette is stitching him up. Juliette assures Kate that everything is fine and she admits that Jack kissed her but it wasn't for her, he was trying to prove that he loves someone else. Kate thanks her and Juliette tells Jack that she knows he heard the whole thing.

FLASH FORWARD
This week's flash forward is for Jack and it begins when Jack answers the house phone and hops in the shower with Kate. Jack is living with Kate and Aaron and Jack reads Alice in Wonderland to Aaron. Kate says she's glad Jack changed his mind about Aaron. Later, Jack thinks he sees his father at his office when he receives a call from Santa Rose about Hurley. He goes to pay him a visit where Hurley explains how he thinks all of the survivors are dead and never left the island. Jack tries to rationally explain that they left the island and Hurley is surprised he is living with Aaron, he equates their life now to heaven and Jack admits he's happy. Hurley says he was happy until he saw Charlie and Hurley explains how Charlie predicted that Jack would come by and to give him a message that "you're not supposed to raise him Jack". A clearly agitated Jack refutes the possibility that this could be in reference to Aaron. Hurley's parting words were that Charlie said someone would be visiting Jack soon. Jack wakes Kate up after his visit to Santa Rosa and proposes to her after she reassures him he's a good father. Off the island Jack is at work late when he is distracted by a broken smoke alarm. He walks outside to discover his father, Christian, sitting in the lobby. He's in his funeral outfit. Before a conversation can begin another doctor comes out and writes a prescription for Jack so he can calm down, per Jack's request. Jack returns home to hear Kate on the phone saying that she can stay for at least and hour because Jack is never home before 8. Jack begins his pill popping. Soon Jack is home waiting for Kate the next day and a dressed up Kate comes in, surprised to see Jack home early. He asks where Kate was and she confesses that she was out doing something for Sawyer. Kate asks Jack to clean himself up before he is around her son to which Jack retorts that she isn't even related to him in front of Aaron.

JUNGLE
Sawyer, Claire, and Miles are walking through the jungle when Miles hears the events that transpired in the place they currently are. He hears the deaths of Danielle and Karl and they discover their bodies buried beneath them. Miles freaks saying he isn't friends with the boaties and he didn't sign up for this. Back in the jungle the newly protective Sawyer gives Miles a restraining order from Claire. Miles, Sawyer, and Claire run into Lupidus, the chopper pilot and he warns them that Keamy is coming and they need to hide because he will kill them. Lupidus urges Keamy's crew to leave saying they need to get back to the chopper before nightfall. Claire & co are asleep in the jungle when Claire wakes up to see Christian holding her baby. She follows him into the jungle. Sawyer wakes up to find that Claire is gone. Miles says she wasn't alone and went off into the jungle with her dad. Sawyer finds Aaron near a tree.


1. OMG OMG OMG, all my lost dreams have come true. The show could end because I know Jack and Kate end up together!! Okay, I know what you're thinking, yes they aren't officially together at the end of the episode but she does choose Jack and they do heart each other. Nice try LOST trying to make me think that it wasn't Kate in the shower. But I'm too smart for you because I knew it had to be her, who else could it be?! So Juliette sucks and her input in the love triangle is ovaaaa! She admitted to Kate that Jack kissed her and it wasn't meant for her. CLEARLY jack has always loved Kate, welcome to the table Juliette. And nice try with the whole shaving his stomach thing, she was just looking for an excuse to touch him! Oh, and one other thing about this little love triangle, what about Kate's husband? I was certain LOST would address this but I think since she wasn't who she said she was the marriage didn't really count. But he was cute so I'd like to see him back again.
2. Okay so as much as I love Jack, he was looking like he put on a few in the opening scene, hello my new love for sawyer, haha jk, Jack and Kate forever! Also, where was his scar from the surgery?? And looks like he brought back the tears. Its been a while since we've seen Jack cry which is weird since he usually does in like every episode. But to be fair this was the first Jack flash forward we got all season. I don't care if he's a cry baby, I still love him.

3. I was right about Danielle and Karl being dead. Sad and shocking. I'm so curious about Miles' ghost whispering powers. Scary talent. Also, I did love how Sawyer gave Miles a restraining order. So Sawyer is super tender, again to my point that I think they will kill him off. Although, Jack did elude at the end of the episode that Sawyer chose to stay and Jack chose to leave the island after he saved Kate. So does that mean that Sawyer chooses not to save Kate? Or that he died and couldn't? I think he died and in his death scene that will come he asks Kate to look after his daughter Clementine.

4. So speaking of Clementine, Kate is sneaking around behind Jack's back to help out Sawyer. So I think that basically she is talking to Cassidy since they helped each other out pre island times. Clearly Jack is pissed that she is still concerned with Sawyer. She even referred to Sawyer as "him" so if he is alive maybe he makes it off the island and that's who Kate is referring to at the end of season 3 at the airport? So the fact that Sawyer is still around theoretically doesn't make me happy but whatever, the mere fact that Jack and Kate are engaged is enough to make me turn a blind eye on all that affects their relationship. PS nice rock and super tender proposal.

5. For this island being remote and what not, they certainly get lucky with their doctors and the fact that they can have multiple complicated surgeries. Granted appendectomies are like the easiest surgery out there, not speaking from experience, but surgery is still risky. If Jack comes bouncing back next episode like nothing happened I'll be a little skeptical. Why did he even get sick if he was on the island? He wasn't on Jacob's list so maybe the island won't help him like it does to others.

6. So Charlotte and Dan. Dan likes Charlotte, it seems like she was please to hear this from Jin. I don't think there's much behind it plot wise but I think the four people who came to the island are the nice ones and the boaties are evil. Also, it looks like they don't really know much about the island and they are just as clueless as the losties.

7. So smokey didn't kill Keamy or any of his men. It looked like only one was injured. Call me crazy but that looked like a pretty bad fight in which Keamy was the loser. I don't think bullets can kill smokey so how they heck did they survive it?

8. Okay so I don't think much theory wise happened in this episode, it was really all about the Jack Kate love triangle. But what I do think is important is that Jack was reading Alice in Wonderland to Aaron and the important quote which sums up a lot of the lost mythology was "who in the world am i? ah, that's the great puzzle". LOST makes tons of reference to this story, so that was an interesting little clue.

9. The great return of Christian Shephard. He appeared right after Hurley said he would and then again in the lobby of Jack's hospital. He was dressed in the clothes he was in his coffin and actually spoke to Jack. My theory on the appearance of people posthumously is that they are the island. Also he appeared not only to Jack but to Claire. Hopefully this will lead to the discovery that Jack and Claire are bro and sis. Perhaps Sawyer is involved in this since he is the only one who knows what Christian looks like as a point of reference other than Jack and Claire.

10. Scenes from the next looked awesome. An appearance by Horace Goodspeed, the man who brought Ben to the island and he admits to being dead for 12 years. I don't think he is Jacob but maybe he and Ben are working together. He does seem like he was the only Dharma that Ben liked. Looks like the rescue is getting closer too. Also, did anyone see the news after LOST? I saw the lead in story was tossing babies off a roof onto bed sheets? haha I was just hoping someone watched it and could explain!

See you all next week! Feel free to add your comments :)