I guess the "Hearts" of this episode are Sayid and Shannon while the "Minds" are Locke and Boone. With the focus on Boone and Shannon we get to see what Sayid and Locke are up to which is cool since they are two guys who are trying to find out more about the island.
Sayid discovers or surmises that there might be some sort of magnetic field that is throwing off his compass which is cool because there is something throwing off his compass, he just doesn't know it yet.
Locke and Boone go back to the hatch and we see that they have cleared a good section of dirt off of it and they can't figure out how to open it. Locke tells a pretty cool story about Michaelangelo, but that's about it for the good parts of the episode.
The meat of the episode focuses on Boone and Shannon pre-island and how Shannon plays him and Boone is a little bitch about it. He does get to have sex with her, but even that is awkward after the fact. On island Boone hallucinates thanks to John applying some sort of concoction to Boone's head. In his hallucination Shannon dies and Boon realizes that he is relived. Now after said realization, John deems his ready to move on and concentrate on their task at hand, which is figuring out how to open the hatch since John has deemed it high priority.
Interesting tidbits: Claire is STILL missing and NO one is looking for her. (I think Walt has been in more episodes than Claire. LOL! ) Everyone is pretty much operating their own agenda and while I understand the trail is cold, I would think they would attempt a search party like Jack said they would. What made me think of Claire is Charlie's line about him having faith in John to save them all. When if his faith is so high for Locke, then go talk to him while he's just hanging out on the beach and ask him to help you out. I digress.
I'm looking forward to more hatch happenings. :)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
S1: Whatever the Case May Be
When I was watching this episode I remember waiting an extremely long time to finally see a flashback. Unfortunately, there was a lot of cat and mouse on the island with Kate and Sawyer before the viewer got to see some pre-island Kate.
Kate was not being a good girl. She spearheaded an operation to rob a bank for a tiny toy plane. She reveals to Jack that it belonged to the man she loved...the man she killed.
So recap - Kate is bad yet she has a conscious and only killed/shot the bad guys in the bank and she got her tiny toy plane that was the only thing on her in Sydney. We also get a little more flirtation between her and Jack and Sawyer developing the impending love triangle even more. Overall, it wasn't a very strong episode, but that's expected when Kate is the focus.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
S1: All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
When I see the title of this episode, my mind always drifts to Sawyer being somewhat of a "cowboy" and this episode being about him, but this episode isn't about him at all. This is a Jack episode.
While this episode delves into the troubled relationship between Jack and his father pre-island, we see an on island Jack committed to not giving up and trying against all odds to find Claire and Charlie who have somehow been captured by Ethan, a man who has been on the island for a long time now and was NOT part of the plane crash.
Thankfully Jack finds Charlie hung from a tree and despite Kate's attempts to stop him he does not give up trying to save his life. He pounds on his chest trying to jump start his heart while dramatic music plays. It's a very powerful scene showcasing that Jack is the man he is today largely because of his father, for bad and for good.
The big reveal in the final scene of this episode is what Locke and Boone stumble upon - the hatch!
While this episode delves into the troubled relationship between Jack and his father pre-island, we see an on island Jack committed to not giving up and trying against all odds to find Claire and Charlie who have somehow been captured by Ethan, a man who has been on the island for a long time now and was NOT part of the plane crash.
Thankfully Jack finds Charlie hung from a tree and despite Kate's attempts to stop him he does not give up trying to save his life. He pounds on his chest trying to jump start his heart while dramatic music plays. It's a very powerful scene showcasing that Jack is the man he is today largely because of his father, for bad and for good.
The big reveal in the final scene of this episode is what Locke and Boone stumble upon - the hatch!
Monday, June 6, 2011
S1: Raised by Another
The viewer is treated to a Claire episode. As one of our featured Losties, we are shown that she didn't have the best life before crashing on the island. Come to think of it, none of the Losties were really living particularly "good" lives before the crash.
Despite the bad, things look promising for Claire. She's decided to take the advice of a crazy psychic who thinks that her baby needs to be raised by her and obviously the answer to that is stranding her on an island for that to happen. Yet, little did the psychic see that this would set forth a series of events that would ultimately lead to Claire giving her son to Kate who then gives her son to Claire's mother. Sure, Claire gets re-united with her son, or we can assume that happens in the end, but what was really SO bad about her child being raised by another? What did the psychic see?
Unfortunately, I don't think these questions get answered, but we get more mystery that will surround Claire for reasons that I can not see at the moment.
The real treat, in LOST fashion, was giving us what we REALLY wanted in the last 2 minutes: Sayid returning to came and uttering to Jack that there are others on the island and Hurley confirming it before closing with Ethan confronting Claire and Charlie. BOOM! LOST!
Despite the bad, things look promising for Claire. She's decided to take the advice of a crazy psychic who thinks that her baby needs to be raised by her and obviously the answer to that is stranding her on an island for that to happen. Yet, little did the psychic see that this would set forth a series of events that would ultimately lead to Claire giving her son to Kate who then gives her son to Claire's mother. Sure, Claire gets re-united with her son, or we can assume that happens in the end, but what was really SO bad about her child being raised by another? What did the psychic see?
Unfortunately, I don't think these questions get answered, but we get more mystery that will surround Claire for reasons that I can not see at the moment.
The real treat, in LOST fashion, was giving us what we REALLY wanted in the last 2 minutes: Sayid returning to came and uttering to Jack that there are others on the island and Hurley confirming it before closing with Ethan confronting Claire and Charlie. BOOM! LOST!
S1: Solitary
Sayid gets his turn to shine in this episode that centers on his relationship with Nadia pre-island and his new "friendship" with the Frenchwoman, Rousseau.
What do we learn? Well, we already know that Rousseau has been on the island for 16 years, and we learn that in that time she has killed all her science friends because they were "sick" and she is missing her child Alex. She remains hidden from the "Others" on the island and she claims to hear their whispers in the jungle.
I did find it weird that she didn't specify if Alex was a boy or girl, but maybe it hadn't been decided yet by the writing staff so they left it ambiguous, OR maybe they thought that the audience would assume that Alex is typically a boy's name and they intended to surprise us later on by revealing that Alex is, in fact, her daughter.
So we get a little island lore above, the mention of the "Black Rock", and of course, our character development of Sayid to show that he's not a monster, but he has a lot of heart. He's a good man with a very bad job. He does what his heart tells him and he saves Nadia, but to this day, he believes that she has been dead since it's been 7 years since he's seen her, yet he still holds onto her memory. In the end, Rousseau finally lets Sayid go and he makes his way back to camp to tell the Losties his news.
What do we learn? Well, we already know that Rousseau has been on the island for 16 years, and we learn that in that time she has killed all her science friends because they were "sick" and she is missing her child Alex. She remains hidden from the "Others" on the island and she claims to hear their whispers in the jungle.
I did find it weird that she didn't specify if Alex was a boy or girl, but maybe it hadn't been decided yet by the writing staff so they left it ambiguous, OR maybe they thought that the audience would assume that Alex is typically a boy's name and they intended to surprise us later on by revealing that Alex is, in fact, her daughter.
So we get a little island lore above, the mention of the "Black Rock", and of course, our character development of Sayid to show that he's not a monster, but he has a lot of heart. He's a good man with a very bad job. He does what his heart tells him and he saves Nadia, but to this day, he believes that she has been dead since it's been 7 years since he's seen her, yet he still holds onto her memory. In the end, Rousseau finally lets Sayid go and he makes his way back to camp to tell the Losties his news.
Friday, June 3, 2011
S1: Confidence Man
Sawyer gets his moment to shine in Confidence Man. And we also get the beginning of the Jack-Kate-Sawyer love triangle. Since Sawyer is one of the better characters that I like, this storyline hasn't left my long term memory and this episode didn't move me as much as some of the others thus far. If you know Sawyer is the good bad guy, or the bad good guy, depending on how you look at it.
To say it a different way, Sawyer is obviously the bad boy that everybody loves to hate, and hates to love. This episode gives you more reason to do either. Maybe you begin to love/hate Kate for kissing him. Maybe you love/hate Jack and Sayid for going to extremes and doing the opposite of what they preach which is bringing people together, not tearing them apart. I guess it's just fun when you add Sawyer to the mix, everybody else goes crazy and doesn't act like themselves.
Bonus: Claire is back and Charlie appears to be all better. Hooray!
I forgot that Sayid decided to leave the group, but I definitely agree with his decision because we have to move the story forward somehow and that isn't going to happen with people just hanging out on a beach or in a cave because this is Lost and if it were just about watching people that were lost then that would be boring. Until next time, just keep breathing and if you're having trouble, some eucalyptus may help.
To say it a different way, Sawyer is obviously the bad boy that everybody loves to hate, and hates to love. This episode gives you more reason to do either. Maybe you begin to love/hate Kate for kissing him. Maybe you love/hate Jack and Sayid for going to extremes and doing the opposite of what they preach which is bringing people together, not tearing them apart. I guess it's just fun when you add Sawyer to the mix, everybody else goes crazy and doesn't act like themselves.
Bonus: Claire is back and Charlie appears to be all better. Hooray!
I forgot that Sayid decided to leave the group, but I definitely agree with his decision because we have to move the story forward somehow and that isn't going to happen with people just hanging out on a beach or in a cave because this is Lost and if it were just about watching people that were lost then that would be boring. Until next time, just keep breathing and if you're having trouble, some eucalyptus may help.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
S1: The Moth
When I began watching this episode for a second time, I forgot that Jack got trapped in the caves. Then I realized it was a Charlie episode, and I thought it wasn't going to be a good episode since he's not one of my favorite characters. In fact, he WAS hanging out with Claire and she has been MIA these past two episodes. I haven't seen her in the caves, so I'm assuming she's still on the beach. But if she had been developing a friendship with Charlie and partly with Jack, it's strange she wouldn't go where her friend and doctor are. I digress about Claire. Concerning this episode, despite my initial thoughts, it WAS a good episode.
Thanks to Locke's intervention and lesson in metamorphosis, the viewer is treated to the metamorphosis of Charlie from junkie to a better man. He proves himself in action and integrity. The formula was a little obvious, which is hard to say since I've already seen this episode once, but it was still a joy to watch and relive.
The side story of Sayid is also interesting that while the Lost writers develop the characters and their back stories off island, we are given a storyline of those trying to get to figure out the mysteries of the island and in doing so, hopefully attempting some sort of method of getting off the island. Unfortunately for Sayid, he gets knocked out by an unknown person. I can't remember but I think it's the French woman and if that's the case, then we should be getting a Sayid episode very soon.
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