. He bites. Hard. 
Missing Pieces - "Because You Left/The Lie"
Hey, everyone. My regular recapping gig for "Lost" over at Recapist.com got shuttered thanks to the crap-ass economy, so in its place, I've decided to throw out some ideas regarding each episode right here instead. This is in no way a full recap (that would take entirely too much of my unpaid time), but merely a brainfart or two to get some discussion going. It might be only with myself, but for now, that's just fine. Alright, here we go.
So where exactly did the island go? Not in time, mind you, but in space. The actual geographic location of the island, I mean. Well, here's a thought - remember down in the Orchid station when Locke was watching the orientation video? Well, if you paid attention, it said that when the rabbit test subjects were subjected to the tests that moved them 10 milliseconds through time, it would appear for a moment as if they had disappeared. Well, I think that's what happened to the island, too. Jack and his crew up in the helicopter thought they saw the island disappear completely, but what if they actually didn't? Maybe the island subjected itself to the same kind of time-shifting that the Dharma people were testing on those rabbits, and as a result of that shift, it 'disappeared'. I'm not saying that the island doesn't move geographically, as it very obviously does. Remember when we saw Yemi's plane crash on the island as a time-displaced Locke watched it go by? Well, that plane took off from Africa, so at that moment in time, the island was located somewhere in that general vicinity. A tiny little plane like that wouldn't be able to make it all the way out to the South Pacific on its own from Africa, would it?
Speaking of islands magically appearing in random places all over the globe, wouldn't that kind of explain how the Black Rock got so far inland on the island? Land ho!
Why do the Oceanic 6 really need to come back? Well, one of two theories are running around in my brain. First, those six people need to be on the island for whatever reason so that time itself can play out as it is supposed to. Second, the Oceanic Six are the island's constants. Pick and choose either one of those you like.
I called this last season, but that baby we saw with Marvin Candle/Pierre Cheng/whatever the hell that man's name is has GOT to be Miles Straum. It HAS to be. And no, not only because he's Asian. Candle's dickish behavior towards his crew in the Orchid seemed rather familiar, didn't it? Also, not only was that opening sequence just about the coolest stuff ever, but it was practically a direct mirror of our introduction to Desmond back at the top of Season 2, don't you think? Nice to hear some Willie Nelson, too.
How bad-ass was that fight scene with Sayid and the two assassins? Death by dishwasher! It really had the feel of a Jason Bourne movie, didn't it?
So when do you think the scene where Juliet and Sawyer were captured by those soldiers took place? Right around World War II, maybe? The guns and uniforms those guys had on didn't exactly look current, and taking an enemies' hand off just for the hell of it doesn't exactly sound like anything any modern military outfit would do now that Bush & Cheney are out of office. Speaking of that scene, who do you figure the people shooting flaming arrows were? Some past incarnation of the Others, maybe?
Speaking of flaming arrows, fan favorite Neil Frogurt made another cameo! My favorite part about that guy's backstory is that his last name might not even be Frogurt. According to his Lostpedia entry, the only real reason anyone calls him Frogurt is because Bernard once referred to him as "that guy that makes frozen yogurt." Wondering why Steve Buscemi lookalike Neil kept getting so pissed off last night when people wouldn't call him by his first name? Now you know. "My name is NEIL!"
Anyone remember that 'Got Milk?' commercial with the Aaron Burr enthusiast? Watch it again and see if there's anyone in it that looks familiar.
My favorite internet theory right now is that Mrs. Hawking is Daniel Faraday's mother. Cool, right? What was even cooler was that Illuminati-type weirdness that she and Ben were up to at the end of the second hour. With all the physics calculations that she was running on that blackboard while Foucault's Pendulum clicked away behind her, it's easy to see how any son of hers might turn out to be someone like Daniel Faraday.
If Charlotte needs a Constant to stop those nosebleeds, I'm more than willing to volunteer. Man, is Rebecca Mader hot. Wow. I swear I can hear her jeans sigh contentedly every time she shows up on screen in them.
The look on Locke's face when Ethan Rom (ETHAN ROM!) showed up pointing a rifle at him scared the crap out of me. Probably out of him, too.
Whose side is Sun on here? Widmore's? Kate's? Her own? My money's on that last option, as the woman clearly seems out for blood. I think she's playing Kate like a harmonica, myself. As she pointed out this episode, it kinda-sorta was her fault that Jin never made it onto the chopper. Or was it Jack's? Or both? I'd say she's got more than a few targets to start picking through here, and her manipulation of Kate this time around was only the beginning. Once again, Yunjin Kim brings the goods.
Cheech Marin eating a caviar-and-salami sandwich while watching 'Expose'' is just about the best thing ever. You know what would be cool? If Hurley's imaginary friend Dave calls him up sometime. Dave's not here, man.
Ana-Lucia looking HOT! Wow! Boy, I bet they really had a hard time convincing Michelle Rodriguez to come back to Hawaii for a few days to have a couple drinks. Heh. I liked her advice to Hurley the most - "Whatever you do, don't get arrested!" Indeed. Cattiness aside, though, her mention to Hurley about Libby brought the tiniest of tears to my eye. Awwww.
This show's attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. When Candle woke up and put the record on, there was actually a single hair on the needle, thus initiating the skip.
Speaking of detail, anyone notice the pregnant woman walking behind Marvin Candle as he walked to work? Does that mean that the island's fertility problem only started taking place after the Purge?
I have to add that getting an up-close, in-person visual history of the island's past through these time jumps is very, very cool. I hope they use it to tell us about everything - the Dharma Initiative, the Black Rock, the four-toed statue, who and what has been on this island in the past, everything. I'm kinda hoping they don't take the 'Back To The Future' route and start having the castaways run into past versions of themselves, but we'll see. Although, I really wouldn't mind hearing Sawyer call Faraday 'McFly' sometime. Hell, I'd even settle for 'Butthead'.
Best part about seeing Hurley throw a Hot Pocket at Ben? Ben not even flinching. That's what.
You know the mysterious voices that we keep hearing out in the jungle? I'm thinking they might be the voices of the Others as they travel through time on the future version of the island. Thoughts?
There were a lot of them, but I'd say the line of the night would have to go to Sawyer - "Open up, it's the Ghost of Christmas Future!" Either that, or Richard Alpert getting all sarcastic on Locke with "It points north, John."
Obama is president AND Lost is back? Man, life is sweet.
Until next week!
So where exactly did the island go? Not in time, mind you, but in space. The actual geographic location of the island, I mean. Well, here's a thought - remember down in the Orchid station when Locke was watching the orientation video? Well, if you paid attention, it said that when the rabbit test subjects were subjected to the tests that moved them 10 milliseconds through time, it would appear for a moment as if they had disappeared. Well, I think that's what happened to the island, too. Jack and his crew up in the helicopter thought they saw the island disappear completely, but what if they actually didn't? Maybe the island subjected itself to the same kind of time-shifting that the Dharma people were testing on those rabbits, and as a result of that shift, it 'disappeared'. I'm not saying that the island doesn't move geographically, as it very obviously does. Remember when we saw Yemi's plane crash on the island as a time-displaced Locke watched it go by? Well, that plane took off from Africa, so at that moment in time, the island was located somewhere in that general vicinity. A tiny little plane like that wouldn't be able to make it all the way out to the South Pacific on its own from Africa, would it?
Speaking of islands magically appearing in random places all over the globe, wouldn't that kind of explain how the Black Rock got so far inland on the island? Land ho!
Why do the Oceanic 6 really need to come back? Well, one of two theories are running around in my brain. First, those six people need to be on the island for whatever reason so that time itself can play out as it is supposed to. Second, the Oceanic Six are the island's constants. Pick and choose either one of those you like.
I called this last season, but that baby we saw with Marvin Candle/Pierre Cheng/whatever the hell that man's name is has GOT to be Miles Straum. It HAS to be. And no, not only because he's Asian. Candle's dickish behavior towards his crew in the Orchid seemed rather familiar, didn't it? Also, not only was that opening sequence just about the coolest stuff ever, but it was practically a direct mirror of our introduction to Desmond back at the top of Season 2, don't you think? Nice to hear some Willie Nelson, too.
How bad-ass was that fight scene with Sayid and the two assassins? Death by dishwasher! It really had the feel of a Jason Bourne movie, didn't it?
So when do you think the scene where Juliet and Sawyer were captured by those soldiers took place? Right around World War II, maybe? The guns and uniforms those guys had on didn't exactly look current, and taking an enemies' hand off just for the hell of it doesn't exactly sound like anything any modern military outfit would do now that Bush & Cheney are out of office. Speaking of that scene, who do you figure the people shooting flaming arrows were? Some past incarnation of the Others, maybe?
Speaking of flaming arrows, fan favorite Neil Frogurt made another cameo! My favorite part about that guy's backstory is that his last name might not even be Frogurt. According to his Lostpedia entry, the only real reason anyone calls him Frogurt is because Bernard once referred to him as "that guy that makes frozen yogurt." Wondering why Steve Buscemi lookalike Neil kept getting so pissed off last night when people wouldn't call him by his first name? Now you know. "My name is NEIL!"
Anyone remember that 'Got Milk?' commercial with the Aaron Burr enthusiast? Watch it again and see if there's anyone in it that looks familiar.
My favorite internet theory right now is that Mrs. Hawking is Daniel Faraday's mother. Cool, right? What was even cooler was that Illuminati-type weirdness that she and Ben were up to at the end of the second hour. With all the physics calculations that she was running on that blackboard while Foucault's Pendulum clicked away behind her, it's easy to see how any son of hers might turn out to be someone like Daniel Faraday.
If Charlotte needs a Constant to stop those nosebleeds, I'm more than willing to volunteer. Man, is Rebecca Mader hot. Wow. I swear I can hear her jeans sigh contentedly every time she shows up on screen in them.
The look on Locke's face when Ethan Rom (ETHAN ROM!) showed up pointing a rifle at him scared the crap out of me. Probably out of him, too.
Whose side is Sun on here? Widmore's? Kate's? Her own? My money's on that last option, as the woman clearly seems out for blood. I think she's playing Kate like a harmonica, myself. As she pointed out this episode, it kinda-sorta was her fault that Jin never made it onto the chopper. Or was it Jack's? Or both? I'd say she's got more than a few targets to start picking through here, and her manipulation of Kate this time around was only the beginning. Once again, Yunjin Kim brings the goods.
Cheech Marin eating a caviar-and-salami sandwich while watching 'Expose'' is just about the best thing ever. You know what would be cool? If Hurley's imaginary friend Dave calls him up sometime. Dave's not here, man.
Ana-Lucia looking HOT! Wow! Boy, I bet they really had a hard time convincing Michelle Rodriguez to come back to Hawaii for a few days to have a couple drinks. Heh. I liked her advice to Hurley the most - "Whatever you do, don't get arrested!" Indeed. Cattiness aside, though, her mention to Hurley about Libby brought the tiniest of tears to my eye. Awwww.
This show's attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. When Candle woke up and put the record on, there was actually a single hair on the needle, thus initiating the skip.
Speaking of detail, anyone notice the pregnant woman walking behind Marvin Candle as he walked to work? Does that mean that the island's fertility problem only started taking place after the Purge?
I have to add that getting an up-close, in-person visual history of the island's past through these time jumps is very, very cool. I hope they use it to tell us about everything - the Dharma Initiative, the Black Rock, the four-toed statue, who and what has been on this island in the past, everything. I'm kinda hoping they don't take the 'Back To The Future' route and start having the castaways run into past versions of themselves, but we'll see. Although, I really wouldn't mind hearing Sawyer call Faraday 'McFly' sometime. Hell, I'd even settle for 'Butthead'.
Best part about seeing Hurley throw a Hot Pocket at Ben? Ben not even flinching. That's what.
You know the mysterious voices that we keep hearing out in the jungle? I'm thinking they might be the voices of the Others as they travel through time on the future version of the island. Thoughts?
There were a lot of them, but I'd say the line of the night would have to go to Sawyer - "Open up, it's the Ghost of Christmas Future!" Either that, or Richard Alpert getting all sarcastic on Locke with "It points north, John."
Obama is president AND Lost is back? Man, life is sweet.
Until next week!
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posted by Yummsh at 3:58 PM - Permalink
4 Comments:
Hey,
So, I'm commenting here rather than over at recapist because I'm still peeved at them. I am glad you posted this, because I am terrible at catching some of those little things in this show. Give me a mystery I can tell you the killer before the thirty minute mark, but this show I miss the little things.
First of all, while I take into account what you say about the island being like the rabbit and only moving through time and not space, I feel like it's done both. Or more specifically, the Island has moved in space, and the people on the island, though maybe not the Others, are moving through the different times on the Island. Daniel was obviously in the mine with what's his name, and I can only figure that he went there on one of their flashes, though I do wonder why he was there.
As for his mother, I haven't really been thinking much about who she is. It's certainly possible that it's Mrs. Hawking, but I'm happy to wait and see.
You know, I just thought of something. Maybe the Others aren't fixed in time. Maybe they can move about. It would explain how they can be in one place at one time, and another a second later, and how, well, at least one of them doesn't seem to age.
I've got to get back to you. I think I may be thinking of something.
Oh, I definitely think the island is moving through time AND space. I said as much in my post. What I was getting at is maybe the island only disappeared because of the whole 'rabbits disappearing' thing. Just an alternate way to think about it. It may be moving through time and space, but not necessarily both at the same time. Does that make sense? Probably not.
I'm betting large that Hawking is Daniel's mother. It really only makes sense if you think about it, especially with that last scene in 'The Lie'.
As for The Others, I think they do what the island does. If it moves, they do too. Alpert pretty much proved this when he was talking to Locke. It was as if he'd seen it all before, and was just doing what he knew he had to in order to move Locke in the right direction. I think the Oceanic 6 leaving REALLY threw the island out of whack, and Alpert knows that Locke is his only hope to get them back. That's why Jeremy Bentham dies. Alpert told Locke that he was going to have to die in order to get the O6 back, so what happens? Locke shows up dead. For now, anyway.
Drop me a comment or a mail any old time. Glad to hear from you. :)
I just had one further thought, I don't think that Locke is dead. I think he purposely got bitten by one of those spiders that got paralyzes you so you seem dead, but aren't. You know, the ones that took out that useless couple? This makes sense to me, since it makes no sense that Locke would be dead. :D:D
I've seen that theory out there before, but it can't be. The Medusa spider bite only lasts for eight hours. Locke's obviously been 'dead ' for longer than that. Even if it was a bite the first time around, he'd eventually wake up, right? Unless he just kept getting re-bitten, and that would be kinda ridiculous.
I do think the way Ben reacted to Jack's asking him if Locke was really dead was a bit shady, though. I don't think it's the Medusa spider bite, but we'll see.
Enjoy the episode tonight!
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