I loved Kate the first time through, but her and her flashback episodes are disappointing. She wishes to know why her mom turned her in and she risks everything to get the answer. Well why doesn't she just call? I guess that's not an option and Kate gets help from the woman Sawyer conned and impregnated. Kate eventually gets her answer - Kate's mom loved the man and she didn't agree with Kate's murder of him. Well, that's a relief! Lost writers answering those burning questions one by one!
Back on the island, Kate is handcuffed to Juliet and we learn that Jack and Sayid were also left behind at the Barracks while all the Others left without a trace or trail. Juliet used the handcuffs to grow closer to Kate and only unlocked them to turn the sonic fence on and be safe from the Smoke Monster. I feel that we're going to have the whole gang reunite very soon save for Locke who is with the Others now.
On the beach Hugo convinces Sawyer to be nice to be the new leader since they all look to Sawyer in a time of crisis. Sawyer doesn't want the job, but he looks around at all the people he made happy. If Jack's heading back to the beach, then I'm sure this will be short lived moment for Sawyer.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
S3: Exposé
This episode has gotten a lot of flack in the past because the writers take a "break" from telling us anything new and focus on two VERY minor characters that have nothing to do with the overall story. I heard that they wanted to show the audience that they can take anything and incorporate it into the story. And despite that the story is meaningless in the grand scheme of things, the writers do a great job and I was actually entertained upon second viewing of this episode.
It was great seeing and reliving moments like the crash, Jack's live together - die alone speech, and seeing dead characters - alive again - like Boone, Shannon and Arzt. These scenes made the episode enjoyable plus Nikki isn't bad on the eyes either. The ongoing joke of Sawyer's "Who's Nikki?" or "Who's Paulo?" didn't stop being funny at all.
The writers did decide to sneak one thing in - Charlie came clean about kidnapping Sun pretending to be the Others to get back at Locke. Not sure how she retaliated towards Charlie besides walking away, but she smacked Sawyer for giving Charlie the idea and told him that she wasn't going to tell her husband because she wouldn't want to have another funeral.
In the end it was great that Nikki and Paulo only paralyzed each other with the Medusa spider and the Losties ending up burying them alive. It was a very fitting end to two characters that added nothing to the show and thankfully I don't think the writers pull this stunt again.
It was great seeing and reliving moments like the crash, Jack's live together - die alone speech, and seeing dead characters - alive again - like Boone, Shannon and Arzt. These scenes made the episode enjoyable plus Nikki isn't bad on the eyes either. The ongoing joke of Sawyer's "Who's Nikki?" or "Who's Paulo?" didn't stop being funny at all.
The writers did decide to sneak one thing in - Charlie came clean about kidnapping Sun pretending to be the Others to get back at Locke. Not sure how she retaliated towards Charlie besides walking away, but she smacked Sawyer for giving Charlie the idea and told him that she wasn't going to tell her husband because she wouldn't want to have another funeral.
In the end it was great that Nikki and Paulo only paralyzed each other with the Medusa spider and the Losties ending up burying them alive. It was a very fitting end to two characters that added nothing to the show and thankfully I don't think the writers pull this stunt again.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
S3: The Man from Tallahassee
Our first time at the Barracks is spent in the shade of darkness which is fitting since the overall theme of the episode was a very dark one. Locke gets it in his head that he must blow up the submarine that the Others use to come and go off the island. It's ironic that he blows it up moments before Jack and Juliet were going to leave the island on it.
Off island, Locke interacts with his father and we learn how Locke ends up in his wheelchair - by being thrown 8 stories out of a window by his father. Devastated and crushed, Locke not only has lost a kidney but now has lost the use of his legs thanks to his father.
The icing on the cake of the episode is that Locke' father, the Man from Tallahassee, is somehow brought or finds his way onto the island before the screen goes to black.
Off island, Locke interacts with his father and we learn how Locke ends up in his wheelchair - by being thrown 8 stories out of a window by his father. Devastated and crushed, Locke not only has lost a kidney but now has lost the use of his legs thanks to his father.
The icing on the cake of the episode is that Locke' father, the Man from Tallahassee, is somehow brought or finds his way onto the island before the screen goes to black.
S3: Par Avion
This Claire focused episode reminds us that there are some people still trying to get off the island this season while others are lost (no pun intended) in the mysteries of the island.
Claire gets an idea to tie a note to a tagged seagull and hope that whomever did the tagging finds the note and will, in turn, find the Losties. It's finally revealed to Claire by Desmond that if Charlie would have helped, he would have slipped on the rocks and died. This marks the third time that Desmond has saved Charlie from his seemingly unescapable death. Off island we learn that Claire's mother is in a coma and Christian, Jack's father, is also her father.
Speaking of Jack, the group that is looking for him finally finds him...tossing around the old pigskin with his captors. The look of confusion on Kate (Locke, Sayid) is priceless.
Claire gets an idea to tie a note to a tagged seagull and hope that whomever did the tagging finds the note and will, in turn, find the Losties. It's finally revealed to Claire by Desmond that if Charlie would have helped, he would have slipped on the rocks and died. This marks the third time that Desmond has saved Charlie from his seemingly unescapable death. Off island we learn that Claire's mother is in a coma and Christian, Jack's father, is also her father.
Speaking of Jack, the group that is looking for him finally finds him...tossing around the old pigskin with his captors. The look of confusion on Kate (Locke, Sayid) is priceless.
Friday, October 21, 2011
S3: Enter 77
On island, the Losties are separated in two groups currently - the "beach group" and the "hunting for Jack group" which is comprised of Locke, Kate, Sayid and Rousseau. The "beach group" are having fun with ping pong and Sawyer while the "hunting for Jack group" come upon the Dharma station "The Flame". Inside they meet the man with the eye patch seen briefly on screen at "The Pearl" in an earlier episode. After some conflict, we learn from Mikhail, the man with the eye patch, that "The Flame" is the communication station for the island, but the satellite doesn't work and hasn't worked for quite some time (he could be lying). Also we hear from Mikhail that there was a "Purge" between the Dharma Initiative and the Hostiles, the Hostiles being the group of people that have been on the island for a "very long" time before the Dharma Initiative got there. (This is probably the first time the word "Hostiles" is used and separates the "Others" into two groups.)
While Sayid is shot and not having a good day on island against Mikhail, flash backs are shown where Sayid spent some time in Paris after his service in the Republican Guard. A woman he tortured recognized him and in turn, her husband decides to torture Sayid. Later on, the woman sympathizes with Sayid, Sayid admits his guilt and will eventually be released.
Highlights:
Mikhail's cat's name is Nadia.
Hurley schools Sawyer in ping pong and thankfully we don't have to watch the entire match.
Rousseau leaves the Losties temporary stating that she has survived as long as she has by avoiding situations such as these.
Not really a highlight, but we see Bea, the black woman that held Walt get shot and killed per her instructions by Mikhail.
The cat, Nadia, staring at Sayid as they leave "The Flame" tying it back the story about the cat and the woman he tortured while serving in the Republican Guard.
While Sayid is shot and not having a good day on island against Mikhail, flash backs are shown where Sayid spent some time in Paris after his service in the Republican Guard. A woman he tortured recognized him and in turn, her husband decides to torture Sayid. Later on, the woman sympathizes with Sayid, Sayid admits his guilt and will eventually be released.
Highlights:
Mikhail's cat's name is Nadia.
Hurley schools Sawyer in ping pong and thankfully we don't have to watch the entire match.
Rousseau leaves the Losties temporary stating that she has survived as long as she has by avoiding situations such as these.
Not really a highlight, but we see Bea, the black woman that held Walt get shot and killed per her instructions by Mikhail.
The cat, Nadia, staring at Sayid as they leave "The Flame" tying it back the story about the cat and the woman he tortured while serving in the Republican Guard.
Friday, September 30, 2011
S3: Tricia Tanaka Is Dead
This Hugo-centric episode gives us a message of hope. Hugo finds a VW bus in the jungle and decides to get it working because he feels he could really use a win after all the bad things that have happened on the island. Hugo is successful in doing so with a little help from Jin and Sawyer and it's a small victory in the grand scheme of things.
Pre-island, Hugo's dad leaves him and his mom to come back 17 years later. He tries to rekindle his relationship with Hugo, but because of his belief in the numbers being cursed, it falls on deaf ears. A news reporter, Trica Tanaka is an unlucky victim of the curse while doing a puff piece about Hugo buying the Mr. Cluck franchise. Hugo decides to seek answers in Australia and his father told him he would be there when he got back. Unfortunately, Hugo doesn't make it back from a long time.
Note: This is the first appearance, I believe, of Roger, a Dharma Work Man aka janitor, who later turns out to be Ben's father.
Pre-island, Hugo's dad leaves him and his mom to come back 17 years later. He tries to rekindle his relationship with Hugo, but because of his belief in the numbers being cursed, it falls on deaf ears. A news reporter, Trica Tanaka is an unlucky victim of the curse while doing a puff piece about Hugo buying the Mr. Cluck franchise. Hugo decides to seek answers in Australia and his father told him he would be there when he got back. Unfortunately, Hugo doesn't make it back from a long time.
Note: This is the first appearance, I believe, of Roger, a Dharma Work Man aka janitor, who later turns out to be Ben's father.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
S3: Stranger in a Strange Land
"He walks among us, but he is not one of us."
Jack spends some time abroad and gets himself a tattoo that he should not have gotten from a woman who claims to see who he really is. What does his tattoo really mean? Is Jack from another planet? Is this another thing to make the viewer guess and form theories on what the tattoo artist really saw. Did the tattoo artist see anything?
I'm not sure where this episode falls in the timeline, but if I had to guess, Jack left the country sometime after his divorce. It's hard to keep track at this point since we are getting the pieces out of order, but as they pertain to what is happening on the island.
Jack decides to help Ben who stitches are infected which is turns help Juliet from being executed for killing Pickett who was going to shoot Sawyer and Kate. In the end, Jack's plan works and they all leave the island and go back "Home", but where is home? Could it be where they were when they saw the plane crash? Could be.
Jack spends some time abroad and gets himself a tattoo that he should not have gotten from a woman who claims to see who he really is. What does his tattoo really mean? Is Jack from another planet? Is this another thing to make the viewer guess and form theories on what the tattoo artist really saw. Did the tattoo artist see anything?
I'm not sure where this episode falls in the timeline, but if I had to guess, Jack left the country sometime after his divorce. It's hard to keep track at this point since we are getting the pieces out of order, but as they pertain to what is happening on the island.
Jack decides to help Ben who stitches are infected which is turns help Juliet from being executed for killing Pickett who was going to shoot Sawyer and Kate. In the end, Jack's plan works and they all leave the island and go back "Home", but where is home? Could it be where they were when they saw the plane crash? Could be.
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