Left Behind (S:3,E:15)

1) Found this tidbit on Wikipedia: The title of the episode, "Left Behind," is also the title of a novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins giving a fictional account of what might happen after the "rapture." (The rapture is the future vanishing of Christians to meet Christ in heaven, believed in by many evangelical and fundamentalist Christians.) After Kate, Juliet, Jack, and Sayid are left behind by the Others, Sayid says regarding the Others' sudden disappearance, "It's like fifty people disappeared into thin air." The novel "Left Behind" was later made into a movie.

1.1) The movie "Left Behind" was poked at by a Simpson's episode called "Thank God It's Doomsday" as a book called "Left Below"

1.2) This could also be a reason why there were advertisements for that new movie "The Reaping" as that movie is based on the "rapture"

2) Back to the storyline. We're back to classic LOST. We see another connection between two characters. Cassidy, who in flashbacks is carrying Sawyer's daughter, has a link to Kate. Although too much of the connections would be over-kill, I love this type of stuff. Especially the part where Kate is probably the one the convinces Cassidy to call the police and put Sawyer in jail. Imagine if Sawyer found that out. By the way, where can I get a "Cowboy Up" hat?

3) Kate is caught in a funny place. In this episode, whether it's flashbacks or the present, Kate is with a woman that's involved with one of her men. These triangles include Cassidy, Kate and Sawyer, and Juliet, Kate and Jack. Kate, in some ways reminds me of Emma in the book "Madame Bovary" (by Flaubert). She's considered by all to be beautiful, but to the trained eye they see the steely look in her eyes, her covert control in relationships, her afinity for doing things that you wouldn't expect from a lady (tracking, blowing things/people up, a mean left-hook), and, of course, her involvement in triangles. In fact, it's a masterful piece by Flaubert. I did a phychological profile of Emma back in college for my Gender Psychology class. Evangeline Lilly (acting similar to her role as Kate) would make a perfect Emma Bovary.

4) Has Juliet been banished by the others, or is this another one of Benry's mind games and she's in on it? It's very easy to say that she's been banished, and that her story of being afraid to be left behind was true. However, this would be a strong chess move by Benry and the Others, as they could have been mentally training Jack to think that Juliet is a "Stanger in a Strange Land" among the others. Gotta love the scenes from the next episode, and what Sayid says to Juliet. I'm growing a respect for Sayid's character. He's a trained professional. He can read anyone, and is a master of extracting information from people, through physical or mental avenues. If Sayid is cool with her after next episode...I think I'll be cool with her.

5) So Kate's mother, Diane, warned Kate about screaming for help next time she saw her. So I guess the next time they saw each other was in the hospital.

6) Once again, the conman (Sawyer) gets conned (by Hurley). We saw this happen in season one ("Outlaws") when Hibbs convinces Sawyer that a man named Duckett is the real Sawyer. It turned out that Sawyer was conned by Hibbs, when Duckett was actually someone that owed Hibbs money, and Sawyer was unknowingly doing Hibbs' work. However, this con put Sawyer into a good light. Hurley pulled the "Survivor Con" on Sawyer, telling him he was being voted off the island. Hurley's character is evolving. He's playing a deeper role. Before he was just good for jokes and silly moments. Now he's partly responsible for the evolution of Sawyer's character. My favorite (and probably everyone's favorite) part of the episode was the look on Sawyer's face when baby Aaron was handed over to him.

7) It turns out that the Others don't know much about the Monster (The Black Cloud), unless Juliet was lying. She said that she knows it doesn't like the sonic fence that they have. When the black cloud approaches Juliet the first time and made those flashing lights, it did not seem like the same thing that happened to Eko. Then again, the focus was on the cloud in that episode. In this episode, the focus was on Juliet's face. I'm interested to see what images it extracted from her. I guess we'll see when there is an episode about Juliet's flashbacks.

8) Is Locke one of the Others now? It seems that way. The writers, at the beginning of the season spoke of one of the Losties and one of the Others switching allegiences. This is probably it, with Locke and Juliet. Locke now knows of Kate's past, and while he said the Others aren't forgiving, it almost seemed like Locke was even less forgiving. One of the sites mentions that Locke's hand was bandaged. Did he beat the hell out of his dad? Why didn't we see anything else on Locke's reuniting with his dad?

9) Some Easter Eggs (Thanks to Wikipedia, LOST on ABC, and other websites dedicated to LOST): a) Kate goes by the name "Lucy". The Feast of Saint Lucy occurs on December 13, which is the same day that the events of Left Behind occur. The Losties have a feast on that day. b) We hear the same Patsy Cline song again...this seems to pop up at least once a season. c) In a previous episode, Locke talks about his favorite board game, Mousetrap (one of my favorites too) and there was one in the Others' rec room. d) Lots of pinball games and other things in the rec room. I would have just stayed there.

10) If the Others have vacated their village, will Jack consider bringing the Losties back to their. Running water and houses to live in would be nice. But, then again, it could bring about greed and other things that ruin our society. This could be an interesting plot if they choose to go with it.

11) Next Episode is called "One of Them" and focuses on this character's flashbacks.