Every Man For Himself (S:3,E:4)

"Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own. But after they come to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley their hopes, like "the best laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry."

1) I'm going to get Desmond out of the way so I can focus on the other stuff. Desmond shows us more evidence that he can see into the future. He asked Claire to move her lodging, and when she refuses and Charlie attempts to act manly, he builds a lightening rod with a 5-Iron. The lightening rod attracts the bolt of lightening. Charlie has a look of amazement, as he stares at Desmond. I expect Charlie to confront Desmond about his power. It also seems like Desmond knows he can see into the future. In the previous episode, it seemed more like an accident, when he told Hurley about Locke's speech. My favorite line (Hurley): "Is that art?" I don't know about you guys...but that rivaled the "Dude, you got some Arzt on you" line.

2) Paulo seems like an arse so far. That was either a Brazilian soccer shirt he was wearing, or I need to adjust the color on the TV. Desmond's line about being Sco'ish was great.

3) Ok...so we get a little more info on James Ford's (Sawyer's) background. They've been trying to soften up his character to us since season one. We have to remember that not only did his mother cheat on his father (and Sawyer could be someone else's kid...namely Locke's father's, making him Locke's half-bro), his father killed Sawyer's mother and himself when Sawyer was a young kid. That's gotta do some permanent psychological damage. Sawyer has a good heart, it seems, but he has this need to be hated. Trauma like that can cause someone to think that they were at fault or they are not good enough, therefore they don't deserve anything good in life. A form of self-torture. The guy finally comes into some legit money, and what does he do with it? He leaves it all for his daughter. The same daughter who he refused to accept in front of the mother (Cassidy...the girl he pulled the Long Con on, and who is responsible for Sawyer being in prison). Guess you can say he does care for the child. The complexity of Sawyer's character makes him, if not the most, one of the most interesting characters on the show. Oh...and..."Dear goo goo gaa gaa"...LOL

4) I said from the beginning, there is no way they put a pacemaker in him. Here's some info on pacemakers: Pacemakers are electronic clocks, which send a small current through a lead to stimulate the heart beat. There are two components to a pacemaker. The generator is the battery and the electronics. It is a small metal can, which is sealed. The generator is placed under the skin below the collarbone. It can be placed on the right side or the left side of the chest. Attached to the generator is one or two wires called leads. The leads travel through the veins to the heart and carry the small electrical current to the heart muscle. A pacemaker is usually implanted under local anesthesia and sedation. A small incision is made under the collarbone and the generator is placed under the skin in a pocket created above the muscle. The lead or leads are passed to the heart via a vein and placed in the right atrium and or right ventricle. Source: http://www.cardioassoc.com/patient_pgs/procedures/cardiapace.asp

5) Kate, much like Sawyer, lives life like she doesn't deserve anything good, but strives to make things good for her and those she cares about. She says she doesn't love Sawyer...but it's hard to say. I wouldn't put it past her to lie about that. She doesn't want to let anyone in. It's one of the most common defense mechanism in our society today. Don't let anyone in...you won't get hurt.

6) Wasn't the bank that Kate robbed in her flashback in Albequerque? She saved Clementine's money from being stolen, didn't she? See...she's already taking care of Sawyer's kid.

7) When Benry takes Sawyer to the edge of the island, and does the "Con the con-man" bit, did anyone notice something white (like Desmond's boat) flashing in the bottom right corner of the screen in the water? I haven't had a chance to go watch the episode again, but will report on this later.

8) Did you guys notice the cartoon that Jack was watching with the buzzard and the little swans? That was one of my favorites back in the day. In the end, a baby Daffy Duck is adopted into the family of swans. We saw the book Of Mice and Men ("Which way did he go, George, which way did he go?"), and this cartoon is the Ugly Duckling with a twist (since Daffy actually is a duck). I wonder how either of those will parallel into the stories.

9) So, the intercom system works. Did Jack really hear his father? Did the island bring his father back to life?

10) Alright...so did Benry say something about a Sub when he went to get Juliette? That's what I thought I heard.

11) We see Jack being taken to where Colleen is. They cover his head and turn on the sirens. It was hard to tell if he could hear Sawyer and Kate or not.

12) Jack saw the x-rays of the spine as he was "scrubbing in". I totally forgot that he's a spine surgeon. He didn't seem like he was trying too hard to save Colleen, but then again, he said later on that she would have died anyway. After that...he pulls Juliette closer and tells her that he's a spinal surgeon, and that he noticed the x-ray was for a man ~40 with a tumor on his spine. "Who am I here to save?" Any doubt that it's Benry? Slightly.

13) Can't wait to see the next episode. Here's a screen-cap of the alien or eye-patch dude. http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1191&pos=19 Wasn't that on the TV in the Pearl station? Wasn't that the same TV that saw into the Swan station? I thought it imploded. I guess since there were 9 screens in there, it must be another hatch. That episode is called "The Cost of Living"

God...please don't let this show be about aliens. I just might have to stop watching. Hopefully it's an eye-patch...it would explain the glass eye they found last season.

Update on Further Instructions

1) Interesting that the Hobbit, Merry, has a quote like this in the episode: "Trees, yeah I’ve heard they’re wonderful at conversation". What, do we have Ents on the island?

2) Remember the Terminator Trilogy. Whenever someone did time travel, they were naked. Desmond's naked, and he seems to know the future. Could the failsafe have caused a break in the 4th dimension while Desmond was right next to it?

3) Was the Tonka Truck Benry's? Were those his parents' corpses in the den?

4) If the Wolf that we saw as Locke left the sweat lodge was a Coyote...it takes on a whole new meaning. Actually...Locke would fit that description too.

5) Quote from a poster, that I found interesting: "The inability of Locke to speak reminds me of an incident in the bible. Since LOST has no shortage of biblical references I thought it would be worth a mention. The father of John the baptist Zechariah was in the temple one day when an angel appeared to him and said that his wife Elizabeth was going to have a baby. Since he thought that was impossible he did not believe the angel and was struck dumb. He later regained his speech at the circumcision of the baby when he wrote on a tablet, his name is John."

Further Instructions (S:3,E:3)

1) We start the episode in Locke’s eye. He’s laying in the jungle a bit disoriented. Desmond seems to run by him, but Locke, for some reason cannot speak. Locke goes back to the camp and begins building a sweat lodge, and asks Charlie to stand guard.

2) I had heard rumors about a character that died was going to come back to act as a spiritual guide to Locke (who’s back-story would be further revealed). I had a feeling it would be Boone. We saw Locke take the hallucinogenic fruit into the sweat lodge. Soon after, Boone appears, and tells Locke that someone in his vision needs his help. Through the vision, Locke realizes that he must clean up his own mess and that he must rescue Eko. Upon exiting the sweat lodge…Locke regains his ability to speak.

3) The Sweat Lodge involves a personal experience. While I lived in Arizona, I had a close friend out there. He was part of a group of Cherokee’s that migrated south and had a reservation in Arizona (Navajo and Hopi reservations are more prominent in Arizona). I participated in a sweat lodge with my friend, his father, and two other close friends of his. The fire was outside of the hut, across from the door. Red hot rocks would be pulled from the fire and placed in a small hole in the middle of the hut. Then water was poured on the rocks. I’m sure there was some sort of herb in the water, as the water was oddly fragrant (or the herbs were placed right on the rocks, for all I remember). We probably didn’t follow all the necessary protocols. I’ve read that you are usually either in silence, or chanting together. We were in deep conversation. What I saw (or thought I saw) was deeply spiritual. Whether they were visions, or me wanting so much to see visions, I don’t know. But, to this day, I keep what I saw in there close to heart, and have never shared it. Not sure how long I was in there…but when I came to (with a monstrous headache) a couple of people had also awoken and my friend’s father spoke to me. I was given the life symbol of the bear (he was the turtle, my friend was the lizard). I have to go back and check the exact significance…but the bear symbolizes spirituality, inner-strength and maternal instinct. I entered the sweat lodge as a human…I left the sweat lodge as a bear. Interestingly, I discovered something recently that my nickname “Mangy” (man-jee) is similar to Bear in Siberian dialects, mangi. It means “Spirit of Ancestors” in other dialects. Anyway…Why is this significant? When Locke exited the sweat lodge, we saw the image of the wolf…The Hunter. Locke is not a Farmer…he is a Hunter.

4) The fact that Locke lost his ability to speak, but gained it back gives us a glimpse into his mental issues. I’m more convinced than ever that his paralysis was psychosomatic. His inability to speak sure was.

5) So Locke became a Tree-Hugger. The back-story didn't reveal much, other than to confirm that Locke is easily tricked. We kinda knew this with everything his father did to him. Looks like the pot helped out his anger issues. Funny thing is...right before the kid said "What are you going to blow up?" I was thinking the greenhouse was either for pot, or for a bomb. In the end, the kid/cop straight up tells Locke that he was chosen by the cops, because he would be the easiest to dupe. Then he tells Locke that Locke doesn't have what it takes to shoot him. Sure enough...Locke doesn't.

6) Another rumor I heard was that the implosion of the hatch gave one of the three within the hatch special powers, similar to one of the powers on the new show Heroes. Well…there’s a guy on Heroes…he’s a painter. His paintings are an oracle of the future. And now it seems that Desmond can see into the future. He told Hurley of a speech from Locke that didn’t happen until later.

7) And now we get an introduction to two new survivors that will play bigger roles in the show. Paulo and Nikki. Not much info on them yet. But, I would expect flashbacks from them at some point this season.

More to come.

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Live Together, Die Alone (S:2,E:23&24...Season Finale)

Alright…so…I'm sure many of us loved that season finale. I loved it. I'll tell you what was disappointing though. They packed so much into one episode, that they could have stretched out a bit and made better. Couple that with the fact that we had the middle of the season stretched so thin that it got a little bland (not to mention all the weeks they took off). I think they could have planned it better. Anyway…back to what I was saying…the season finale was awesome.
Some of my ponderings mixed with stuff I've come across on the message boards. I'm sure I'm only touching on half the things that happened, so please feel free to bring up other topics.

1) So how many of you thought that when it went to the snowy scene, that it was some commercial, and you were waiting for the punch line? Maybe I was the only one…anyway. Did you notice that the guy who called Penelope was Matthew Fox. It wasn't him as Jack (obviously). Was that the "Bad Twin"? I know, I know…there's been a lot of references to the Bad Twin.

2) A lot of references to snow: Snow Globe, the Snowman joke, Polar Bears, Sharks (larger sharks tend to feed in colder water). There were some other references in the filmstrip and other things people mentioned. Some posters (message posters) have a theory that the island is in a snow globe type of environment, protected from the cold of the Antarctic. If Flight 815 went off track, leaving Australia, it's conceivable that they ended up closer to the Antarctic.

3) So Elizabeth's (Libby's) husband died. Maybe that's why she was in the asylum. I loved the part how she mentioned that her husband name was David. Could that be the same Dave as Hurley's imaginary friend. Could she see Dave too? We've been promised more flashbacks with Libby in Season 3, so stay tuned. Here's my pondering with Libby...Libby may have been an other and/or worked with Hanso. Penelope's dad might be part of Hanso...he has money. He sent Desmond on the race (regatta) knowing the magnet would pull him in, or that they'd make him crash on the island somehow. Meeting Libby in the Starbucks, and her having a boat may have been more than a coincidence. Hanso may have helped her when she was in the asylum.

4) Great line by Sayid. Not in these exact words, but…"I don't know whether to be more concerned about where the rest of the statue is, or the fact that it has four toes." There's some scientists who believe that as humans evolve, we will lose our little toe. There's also the theory that the Atlanteans (of Atlantis) were an evolved species of humans, and that they were slightly different. I wonder if there are any stories of them having 4 toes. However, this series seems to be based more on mythology than anything.

Ever read about Aurvandil? This was a great find by one of the posters on the ABC site. http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/myth.cgi/Aurvandil.html. Couple that with what's below from another poster.

Remember Lenny in the mental hospital playing connect-4? well, there are 42 (yes, 42) spots on the connect 4 board...if you number the spaces beginning with 1 at the lower left you get something like this...

6 12 18 24 30 36 42
5 11 17 23 29 35 41
4 10 16 22 28 34 40
3 9 15 21 27 33 39
2 8 14 20 26 32 38
1 7 13 19 25 31 37
the pattern made with the magic numbers 4,8,15,16,23,42 creates the BIG DIPPER!!!

5) Did the bird really say Hurley's name? I have to go back and watch my DVR'ed copy. I was too tired to go through it again last night.

6) Michael's not getting far on that boat, and not because that little boat has about a 100-150 mile range. He has the sickness. He was looking at that sore on his arm when he said he was looking for firewood (right after he had spoken to one of the others about the change in plans). Someone else mentioned that the scab on his forehead keeps getting bigger. The sore on his arm looked similar. Could just be over-analysis. Another issue with Michael is the compass. In season one, Sayid had a compass and said that an electro-magnetic field nearby was messing with the compass as it wasn't truly pointing North. Well, let's assume that Fenry (Fake Henry) took the electro-magnetic field into consideration (pre-meltdown). Then the direction he sent Michael and Walt in will now be altered to it's true direction. This could mean a lot of things. If he was sending Michael and Walt into a trap, they're not going to get there. Keep an eye on this.

7) The fake hatch was actually scratched off on the map in the hatch that Kelvin was drawing (in continuation of his partner's work).

8) That brings us to Kelvin. Anyone notice that he's the guy that released Sayid and gave him money after forcing him into interrogating his own people during the Gulf War? I don't think Kelvin's dead. Yes, he had head trauma, and there was nobody to treat him, but Desmond left quickly, and the island has healing powers. We don't know if Desmond ever went back to bury him or not (which would answer a lot of questions). The reason I don’t think he's dead…because shortly thereafter, the "Tailies" went through that area, and Kelvin's body would have still been there. The boat wouldn't be there, because Desmond ran before the tailies made it to the other side of the island.

9) So it now seems that The Pearl station was the behavioral test. Those tubes with their notes went nowhere. What I want to know is, where did they get all those tubes from? They must have a huge stock of those things if they're not getting sent back.

10) So, soon after the first episode of season 2, I thought the girl in the picture with Desmond was Jack's wife, and later on I thought that the person Jack's wife was cheating on Jack with was Desmond. However, Penelope wasn't Jack's wife, so nix that idea. But, Jack knows Penelope somehow, because of the way he reacted when he saw the picture and said "Who's that" before Desmond packed it in his bag. If her father is/was a bigwig at Hanso, and I believe Jack's father is still alive and working with Hanso, is it conceivable that Jack and Penelope may know each other somehow?

11) Looks like Fenry did hit the button when Locke was stuck under the blast door. He was just playing with Locke's head.

12) Add Desmond to the list of characters who's said a variation of the quote: "I'll see you in another life"

13) And what's with Charlie? Does he really not give a damn about Eko and Locke? Or is it the EMP that has him all loopy? The brain runs off of electric signals. The EMP could have knocked him out and disoriented him.

14) Apparently, all the stuff with the hackers on the Hanso website (Persephone, et al) will play out in the 3rd season. Did anyone catch the interview with the PR guy at Hanso on Jimmy Kimmel last night? It was pretty poorly done, with scientists in the background occasionally stopping to look at a blank wall and seeming very interested in it. But, it served its purpose too.

15) Word is that LOST is signed to an 8-year deal. Sheesh.


UPDATE FROM BILL:

Penelope's dad is definitely in cahuts with the Hanso
Foundation. Penelope's last name is Widmore. The
Widmore Group (http://www.widmoregroup.com) owns such
things as Widmore Laboratories
(http://www.widmorelaboratories.com) where you will
see that the lab is the exclusive manufacturer of
Dharma and Infinity foods and pharmaceuticals.

A thing to note, from the Widmore Group's site is that
Locke's "dad" sits on the board of directors! Lower
right picture. Check it out for yourself:
http://www.widmoregroup.com/corporate.htm

The interview with Hugh McIntyre on the Kimmel show
apparently ruffled some feathers with the Widmore
group as he was immediately removed from the board of
directors following the interview. News release:
http://www.widmoregroup.com/news.htm

Joop's Corner

It happened again. I went to the website (<http://www.thehansofoundation.org/>).

Obviously they have some sort of cookie, because Persephone didn't have a new message for me. So I searched around a little more. There's a link to Joop's Corner. Joop is the 105 year-old Orangutan (that's old) that's part of the life-extension project. There's a link to send Joop a message. So I said, "Hi Joop". Next thing I know, the site does this strange stuff. So, I started clicking on the places where it would let me click (connecting the dots, so to say). And I came across something interesting. It looked like what you see below. You can move the mouse around to see the entire letter. Click on the signature and see another letter. Then click on the signature on that one, and see more.

Gotta love a show that takes their time to do stuff like this.

Persephone

Who the hell is Persephone?!?!?!? (Besides the Queen of the Underworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone)

Go to http://www.thehansofoundation.org/

There's a link to sign up for a news letter.

Type in your name.

Answer the Question.

When it asks for a password…

"Breaking Strain"

Two For The Road (S:2,E:20)

Can I just say What The F_ck?!?!?!?

Ok…that episode was so F'n confusing. So, Ana Lucia's character had kinda fallen by the wayside. The directors admitted that it wasn't quite going as they planned. The relationship with Jack wasn't going anywhere. The "building an army" thing never got off the ground. She randomly hooks up with Sawyer. And now we find out that she knew Jack's father…but, now Jack will never know……….cuz she got killed at the end of the episode.

And the whole thing with Libby possibly stalking Hurley for a long time and her whole story line was getting good. And she's dead too. Well…maybe. I think the red liquid we saw spilling was wine, and that may have saved her (as she had it under the blankets). Plus, in the preview for next week, they say "She's dead" not "They're dead". Michelle Rodriguez was on Good Morning America this morning confirming that her character (Anna Lucia) is dead.

Who's next? Eko? I know his story (which I loved that episode) hasn't really gone anywhere, and he's been non-existent lately.

I like the part where Sawyer bangs into the door of the car that Ana Lucia and Jack's father are sitting in. That's the same bar that Sawyer meets Jack's father in.

Michael, obviously, was only doing what he was told to do in order to get his son back (or the chance to join the others and be with his son again). We all knew he was lying when he said the others are savages who live in tents, etc, etc. At least, that's when I knew something was wrong with him.

If you remember what I said before, that I feel Locke would be invited to join the others. Looks like it may have been close, as "Henry" was coming to get him.

Another prediction that I'm revisiting…that Jack's father is the leader of the others. I'm so convinced of that right now. I have to go back and watch it, once I get my season 1 DVDs back. But, there was no body in the casket in the episode when Jack was chasing his father through the jungle.

Anyway…they can't keep killing off characters because they don't feel the character is developing. They have plenty of time to develop characters if they don't take 3 weeks off between each new episode. To me, this is bad writing.

In conclusion…I still liked the episode. It was above average. Sure, it had the shocker ending that will win over a lot of people. But, (in my best Randy Jackson impression) "It started out a little shaky, but it came together alright. It was okay, dog."

By the way…did y'all catch the Hanso commercial during one of the breaks. Silly MFers.

And what's with all the darn Patsy Cline music?

That's my commentary…now for what's out there on the internet:

1) Several people noted that the station Jack's father tuned into while driving with Ana Lucia was 99.9, which is 666 (evil) upside down. Yes…that's a stretch.

2) The police cars had the numbers 23, 15, 16

3) More on the commercial: "The Hanso foundation commercial was placed into the regular commercial line up as if it were a real commercial. After the commercial the show did not resume but there were more commercials. ABC you have really pulled it off! My hats off to you for this cool trick. I hope you were not in the bathroom when this came on. The commercial showed Leonardo Davinci and one of his artworks. You also see the space shuttle and a strand of DNA. In the background you see the sun coming up over what looks like a mountain and there is a body of water in front of it. Do you dare call the number 1-877-hansorg? I called it but did not get through. Some folks on the board have claimed to have gotten through. They say that Geronimo Jackson is mentioned. I read one account that said it says what have you done with Alvar Hanso and who is in charge here? The Hanso foundation was first introduced in the episode Orientation when we saw it in the hatch film." This guy also claims that this is why he thinks Alvar Hanso is the "Him" they're talking about. The leader of the others.

4) A lot of talk about the "Daughter" that Jack's father wanted to see. Many are saying that it's Claire.

Maternity Leave (S:2,E:15)

(Updating this Blog with info from another old email)

What’s up with Zeke’s costume? For a place that looks abandoned, the Serpent Handler Hatch had Zeke’s beard and that costume glue. Wasn’t Zeke wearing that a few days earlier when Jack and the gang met up with him in the forest? Has Zeke been at the S.H. Hatch recently? Maybe he has more than one set.

The "others" have taken on a new definition. They have some way of getting to the "outside world". They dress up in their tattered clothes, for the Losties to see (Zeke's costume).

So, was Kate’s childhood friend an experimental kid in the hatch? He had the same plane for a toy that was on the mobile on the crib at the Serpent Handler Hatch.

Did Aaron pass the infection to Sun? If she is actually pregnant, I got my money on Hurley being the father.

So, Alex saved Claire. Right? The others must not have noticed that. Cuz, she was there in the forest when she brought out Kate (whom they had captured). Unless that wasn’t Alex. Or the Alex that brought out Kate, was a different Alex.

Another reference to the Wizard of Oz (The first being Henry Gale…same name as Dorothy's uncle…and the hot air balloon). Henry Gale referred to Stephen King. LOST lightly resembles one of Stephen King's greatest masterpieces. And I'm not talking about The Stand. Anyone want to take a guess? Someone on the message boards listed a bunch of the similarities. It was very interesting.

Someone on the message boards mentioned something that I also felt. Does Henry Gale remind you of Verbal Kent in the Usual Suspects. Could Gale turn out to be the "He" that Zeke was referring to in Claire’s flashback? Obviously, he's rubbed Locke the wrong way. But, for Locke to let something like that bother him that much…it strays from his character. I hope…really hope…we get into Locke's background story again. Was he really paralyzed? Was it psychological? How did he end up that way? And what happened to the lady? Did she die in the "accident"? They also need to revisit Locke's confrontation with the "Monster". What memories did it download?

Maybe the "He" is Jack’s father. I don't think he's dead.

Still trying to figure out the part with Eko cutting down the tree. Any significance? Stuff like that….if it has no real significance…it ends up on the cutting room floor.

Final Thought:

You know…these people have way too much to do with Hanso and each other. If you noticed, almost all of the main characters didn't purchase their own plane tickets. They were all given to them through other people in various circumstances. Did the Hanso's Dharma project include crashing the plane so they could do their experiment?

Rumors on "Further Instructions"

Both Unconfirmed:

1) A former cast member returns for this episode

2) Similar to the new TV series "Heroes", one of the three in the Hatch during the activation of the failsafe gains new powers

Did Sun kill Jae?

Found an interesting theory, and thought I should mention it:

Someone mentioned that a large amount of Losties have been the cause of someone's death in their life before the island.

Quoting the poster: "From the beginning of the episode, the theme seemed to be that Sun could destroy something beautiful that she loved, and coldly deny it."

Could this be Sun's secret...her "lie" that Jin was talking about?

Did she finish the job (killing Jae) to cover her tracks, so Jin wouldn't find out about the affair?

Not sure why it didn't stick out to me before...but she made the Ballerina fall...and lied about it. Did she make Jae fall?

At the very least...indirectly...she did.

Quick Thought on Karl

Karl was the kid in the other cage, opposite Sawyer, before Kate was put in there.

Could Karl have been one of the Tailies that was kidnapped early in Season 2? There were something like 7 or 9 people kidnapped on the 2nd attack (first being when Eko was dragged into the jungle and killed the two Others.

Also...there were no original Tailies around to identify him as one of the Tailies.

Just something to think about.

The Glass Ballerina (S:3,E:02)

LOST Thoughts:

0) So we see the Glass Ballerina falling to the floor, and Sun (as a child) runs out of the room. We learn that Sun learned to lie early on in her life.

1) So...is it Jin's Twins that are working again...or is it Jae's child that Sun's carrying? Morning sickness is usually through the first trimester. 69 days, and she's still getting morning sickness. Judging by the fact that she's only recently becoming sick makes me think that it's Jin's kid. But, then again...she could have been getting morning sickness in the previous two seasons...we just weren't privy to that information. So...it could be Jae's kid. But, we get a slight hint that there wasn't any sex involved (at least on that occasion in the episode...there could have been other occasions). Sun says that she "can't". I'm assuming the "can't" refers to sex. This is still somewhat unsolved.

2) So Jin understands some English, and he knew that Sun lied. But, about what...Sayid's plans, or the affair?

3) Sun's father tells Jin that Jin can't quit. I'm guessing that's why the guy was following Sun and Jin in the airport. He (the white dude in the bathroom after the drink spilled on Jin) worked for Sun's father. His final message to Jin in Korean (subtitled in English) "Yes. I know you're planning to run away. But you're going to take that watch to Mr. Paik's friend in California. You do anything else, anything. You will lose her. You are not free. You never have been, and you never will be."

4) Jae's death...was it suicide, or murder? He was clutching the pearls...making it look like a suicide. But, could Sun's father have sent someone to finish the job, knowing that Jin is weak in the killing aspect. We've already seen Jin's inability to kill in "In Translation", even at the orders of Mr. Paik (Sun's father). I do have to say I was impressed with Jin's skills with locking and loading a gun. Wasn't expecting that.

5) We see Alex again. If the Others are "good people" why is Alex rebelling? We find out that Karl was not planted by the Others. So who are Karl's parents? He seems about as young as Alex. His parents certainly can't be two of the Others...can they? Would they subject their own children to that treatment?

6) Sawyer and Kate work in a rock quarry type setting. I noticed that one of the guys was using a ground-pounding tool, used to smooth a road out after the asphault is poured on the ground. Are they building a runway?

7) Awwww...how cute...Sawyer and Kate finally kissed. Wait...they kissed before...in season one. Except, he bribed her into that. So...Sawyer is becoming a very likeable character. But, my question is...was he kissing her because he was actually turned on...or did he do it to start the fight so he could size up the Others? As a Con Man, getting a read on someone is probably the most critical success factor. Sawyer has been a Con Man for a long time...so I'm assuming he's very good at getting reads. We saw this later in his conversation with Kate (which Benry witnessed on the big screen)...he had reads on everyone there, even mentioning that Juliette would have no problem killing kate. He said that he was only really concerned about two of the guys...and possibly a third one that may have some martial arts skills.

8) (Crediting a poster by the screen name of qcotms) The theory on the Others being children during the days of the Dharma projects on the island, and being tested...and the fact that they have spent their whole lives on the island (hence their infatuation with testing other children), may have been on the money. The other similar theory is that they were the children of the original Dharma scientists...who ended up getting the sickness and died off (the kids may have even killed them). These children raised themselves on the island, and may have been immune to the sickness. This would explain the whole thing about the good/bad people. They may have been on their own as kids, so they still act like kids. My only problem with that is...Dharma started in the 70s...Benry seems too old to be one of their kids.

9) More on the contact the Others have with the rest of the world. Benry knew about Bush, Jr., and the Red Sox winning the World Series. That's significant because of Christian Shepherd's line about something being so rare that it will happen when the Red Sox win the World Series (a big part of the whole "FATE" thing in LOST).

10) Speaking of the Others...Colleen and Juliette traded some nasty looks when Colleen interrupted the conversation between Benry and Juliette. Colleen was the one that spoke of the "Iraqi" (Sayid) and the decoy village. She was also shot by Sun on the boat, which could bring about an "eye for an eye" situation...as the Others do think like kids...and might take a LOSTie life.

11) How did they NOT know about Desmond's boat? That was a bit of a surprise, since the Others seem to know everything. Well...they have the boat now. Should be interesting to see how they utilize it (or keep it captive).

12) In the end, after Benry (a.k.a. Benjamin Linus) gives Jack the update about the outside world, he promises Jack that he'll send him home, if he cooperates. Jack doesn't believe him, until he sees the video of the World Series. Then the look on his face changed.

13) Another poster, beclost, found this gem:
"Here is the link to the Hanso Adoptions website which comes up on Google when you search Benjamin Linushttp://www.hansoadoptions.orgOk I have been looking through the site, and there are some weird things.Check out how the International Adoptions child looks like Walt, but when you look at where his picture is under Spanish, Nuevas oportunidades de la investigación, his picture becomes a big RED N???Also, throughout the different links and in different langauges, every once in a while there is a letter in RED? so far I have found x, o, and e in red.Also, at the very bottom of hte page, beside the copyright, there is a hidden link to the symbol page of Hanso Adoptions."

Some follow ups to that link from other posters:

"Clicking on the "client" link at the bottom takes you to the website for a fake lawyer named Mack Thompson who's sued the Hanso Foundation for its purchase of Oceanic Aire. "

"Actually, it says that he sued Hanso because Oceanic Flight 815 was the first jet liner utilizing a test version of the Artificial Intelligence Piloting System (AIPS) supplied by The hanso Foundation. "

ENJOY!!!

A Tale of Two Cities (S:3,E:01)

Lost is back!!!

So...I'll start this off with some of my thoughts...then I'll add some info from other sites afterwards.


My Quick Thoughts:
1) How many of you "Losties" had goose-bumps by the time it cut to the first commercials?
2) Henry…er…Fenry…er…Benry now has a name
3) Trying to figure things out…but it seemed like Sawyer knew Juliette from somewhere
4) Stephen King referenced again. The writers love Stephern King. I've heard that you get a lot of similarities between LOST and King's books "The Stand" and "The Dark Tower Series". They had his book "Carrie" in their book club. Carrie is a story about a girl with telekinetic powers. Forshadowing? Walt?
5) "Let it go" on the intercom. Mind game?
6) Looks like Sawyer's locked in a Skinner Box (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner_box )
7) Polar Bears….Sawyer in Bear Cage
8) Sharks…Jack in Shark Tank
9) The Siberian dude at the end of Season two that looks like Jack. It wasn't actually Matthew Fox, like I thought. It was Len Cordova ( http://imdb.com/name/nm0502653/).

Others' Thoughts (in my words, for the most part):

The title of the show refers to a book by Charles Dickens which opens with "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity."

Can we call it, "A Tale of Two Camps"?

The show opens in Juliet's eye. Much like the opening of season 2 with Desmond, we think she's somewhere other than the island (I thought she was Penelope for a while). In her book club, we see that someone (Ben) is not there. After the "earthquake" she runs into Ben who coyly remarks by saying he is no longer in the book club when he sees Juliet with the book Carrie. Ben is Fenry (now known as Benry).

The view of the plane coming down and breaking apart in mid air was a nice effect.

So...are the "Others" people that worked for Dharma who stayed on the island after the electromagnetic contamination? Or, are they children that were part of the Dharma Initiative testing that happened on the island before? Could this be why they are now testing other children? Walt...Alex?