Lost!
…yeah, I got nothing. I miss Paris. Someone come up with some insane theories based on tonight’s episodes. Rachel?
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They kind of just gave us information tonight that anyone who watches the show could have figured out. Widmore is trying to find the island. That’s not too shocking. Ben is really fucking good at what he does. Also not a shock.
The writers are doing a good job of making Ben as confusing as possible. Part of this show I was thinking he’s really not the bad guy. Then he says things like “YOU’RE MINE” which shows, once again, how creepy he is.
I think after last week’s episode this one was going to be a bit of a letdown. And it wasn’t as interesting, but it pushed things along a little bit. I liked hearing voices again. That’s always a good time.
And I don’t know if I’ve said it before, but I would love a Hurley and Sawyer spin-off show. Those two are great together. Just a little half-hour sitcom about the two of them living in a house together on the island. It could be a 13 episode summer series.
It’s not often that an episode of Lost is predictable, but come on. This one was very cheesy, and I could see all of the “wow” moments coming from a mile away.
There really was no point to this episode either. We already knew that the freighter people were after Ben, and we already knew that Ben knew they were coming for him. We also already knew that Ben is a super-manipulative weirdo who can sometimes be charming enough to make you think he isn’t so bad. We already knew that Jack and Juliette had a thing for each other.
We did learn that now there’s a poisonous gas emitting power station (?) on the island and Charlotte and Faraday saved the day, and that Widmore is going to try to exploit the island for monetary gain. 10 minutes of new stuff and the rest was filler. Shitty, boring filler.
Michael comes back next week. In case you missed the “a face you thought you would never see again” riff.
This usually happens on Lost. Whenever they have a big, mind-blowing episode they follow it up with a week of housecleaning. They’re tidying up the strands of the plot so they can move forward and setting a few things in stone. I kinda enjoy an OCD satisfaction when they slide some of the smaller pieces into place, even if it’s not nearly as fun as the bigger episodes. In other words, I don’t mind flashbacks when they take place on the island. It means that, at any given moment, someone might say something important.
The inevitable Michael reveal, and the writer’s (and network’s) treatment of this as some huge and massive surprise, makes me laugh. EVERYONE knows who the damn spy is.
This one didn’t add any more to my crazy theories, but I LOOOOVED Ben and his YOU ARE MINE…take as long as you need thing haha.
I’d like to know who the therapist was referring to when she told Juliet she looked just like “her.” I don’t know if that means a woman Ben was in love with or his dead mother or what.
I want Chah-lawt to get impaled on something soon, and if Juliet doesn’t wipe that goddamn smirk off her face…ugh.
But Ben was awesome and Jack cried and all was right with the world.
And what I was saying about Widmore last week checks out after that episode. What I want to know is how did Ben tape over the Red Sox game…when whoever was videotaping Widmore was obviously not on the island. Do the Others really only have one VHS tape? Haha.
And really whether or not last night’s episode blew any minds, it was still good television. I would never call it shitty boring filler. I had a good time.
I really really hope it’s not michael on that boat and he turns up in a flash forward. Otherwise it’s this year’s “OH NO CLAIRE IS JACK’S SISTER!!!!”
…I want it to be Patchy.
In the writers’ defense, they never know what ABC will say in those promos, and they hate it when they say stuff like “A face you never thought you’d see again” haha.
Rachel said:and if Juliet doesn’t wipe that goddamn smirk off her face…ugh.
yes you are definitely right.
also, seems as there IS some truth to the whole desmond’s fingerprints thing eh? eh? eh?
after all, it was because of widmore/whidmore/whittmore that desmond got to that island. he’s using him. he needed his prints man.
The actor playing Ben definitely gets to have the most fun and juiciest lines. I thought the creepiest part of his performance this week was the way he danced around the room when Juliet came over to his house for dinner… it was the creepy stalker-dance of a man obsessing over a woman and not getting that she isn’t into him.
I honestly don’t understand this whole fingerprints business haha.
I think that book he bought at the auction could have lead him there though.
Oh and guys I want to brag for a second. I write these retarded Lost recaps and post them on my blog, and for the second time this year I was linked on the USAToday.com Pop Candy blog.
And apparently someone has been leaving Jorge Garcia links to my recaps on his blog.
i liked when ben asked if the rabbit had a number on it.
Ben’s hair was ridiculously high/awesome in that part.
I always have seen Ben as part Stewie Griffin/part D&D nerd. He is socially clueless and all about POWAH and is like a total child when you get right down to it. His little YOU ARE MINE outburst proved that, not to mention all his sulking and scheming. I love it.
Jesus Christ. The fingerprints.
mandy said:i liked when ben asked if the rabbit had a number on it.
Hahaha, I loved that line. Ben is such a great character on the show. And the actor is excellent; very good casting.
I agree with everyone about this episode settling down after last week’s mind-blower. I enjoy the flashbacks of the Others’ days on the island surrounding the crash. It pulls things together nicely.
This episode gave us quite a bit of insight into Juliet’s motivations. I was never 100% sure about her until now.
So Widmore wants to make the island Disneyland? No cooler scheme than that? If that’s so, then he is the bad guy.
Happy to hear the whispers are back as well. It made me think for a second that the appearance of Harper was another Jacob-form. By the way, that’s my wild theory for this episode. Ben actually didn’t send Harper, Jacob appeared to Juliet (yes, and Jack) with that information. My support is the whispers at the beginning/end of Harper’s appearance and Harper’s sudden, magical disappearance.
Just think of the untold billions and billions of dollars you’d stand to reap if you controlled an island that offered a cure for cancer, paralysis, and other ailments to any visitors. Since it’s so impossible to find the place, you could restrict opening up its secrets for the good of mankind and instead pilfer the wallets of the sick, needy, and desperate. It wouldn’t be surprising if all this magic got sucked dry from overuse. That’s plain evil in my book. Sets up a really nice metaphor for the rape of natural resources and mankind’s desire for profit over preservation.
Just don’t make any babies while you’re there!