>: 34 THE 23RD PSALM
well, the 42-day drought is over and it is again gotime. yahweh on the cross that was good, best single episode of the season, must surely take its place with 'walkabout', 'numbers', and the three-hour finale as one of the top episodes. not only did the flashbacks matter, they provided crucial elucidation, giving us new insight to someone we thought we already understood.
nice opening, nigerian life is good, percussive, i had the big kid pegged as eko though was still surprised when he grabbed the gun. a born killer. couldn't believe it when it went to eko on the beach in the afternoon 'what happened last NIGHT?' i hollered. later for you, maybewalt (i'm not buying it, that kid is a ghost). seemed like just a mellow character development conversation with claire but the plot, it did thicken, awesome to smash the statue before the title. that eko is an intimidating walker. i'm calling emmy nom. i enjoyed he and charlie riffing off each other on the hike, the latter's been in the background this season, nice to see him step forward. loved every flashback, just the way the guy smiles and says 'hello, brother'. interesting how running drugs almost got manipulated into the morally correct thing, get em out of the country, $ for vaccines. of course yimi can afford to rock the black and white morality, dug eko calling him on it with the cross.
single best thing, though, has to be eko facing down the monster. incredible, beautifully shot and worth the wait. so, it's certainly foglets, subterranean nanotech, same thing that grabbed the pilot in the pilot (harhar, an all-time classic, that) and, more importantly, the most important thing of the episode, we finally got to see EXACTLY what happened to locke way back in october '04 on 'walkabout' (episode 4, too, for the #s-watchers) when he 'saw the face of the island'. as usual though, best answers lead to more questions. what, exactly, was the process there? was the security system/monster evaluating him, wondering why he didn't scatter like everyone else? or, crazier, was it reprogramming him? there were certainly images flashing in it, showing him something at the very least. he doesn't seem initially altered, though i'm going to pay even closer attention, if that's possible, to all of eko and locke's future exchanges. any subterfuge on their part now must certainly relate back to whatever picture those tiny little machines show willing eyes. or it could be nothing and locke's a crazed zealot casting about for fate and religion, certainly a possibility. cheers, ambiguity.
when i first saw eko walk up and cream the raft guys with his jesusstick (my favorite exchange last night, that bit with charlie), the klaxons went off in my head, o nigerian plane! for once, they adhered to the first impression, but not quite, he wasn't actually on the plane, 'this man saved my life.' nice. so, all we know is he assumed a cover as a priest to get away, why was he flying sydney -->LA? how did the plane wind up there? is the island freaking moving, did it just go after the raft, is that what happened? one more massively improbable coincidence to toss on the pile. what is the explanation??>? ultimate question of the show, of course.
y'all see the episode title, the 23rd psalm? of course, can't believe that 'lord is my shepherd' bit (get it? jack shepherd) falls into one of the #s, complete with a valley of death. killer move to have eko recite it over his brother's jedi funeral. chah-lie gets the boot, nice to shake up the status quo. and he's got a hoard!!! looks untouched, don't think he's been using again, but man only a matter of time. nice of the koreans to welcome crazy to their side of the island. i love this show.
nice opening, nigerian life is good, percussive, i had the big kid pegged as eko though was still surprised when he grabbed the gun. a born killer. couldn't believe it when it went to eko on the beach in the afternoon 'what happened last NIGHT?' i hollered. later for you, maybewalt (i'm not buying it, that kid is a ghost). seemed like just a mellow character development conversation with claire but the plot, it did thicken, awesome to smash the statue before the title. that eko is an intimidating walker. i'm calling emmy nom. i enjoyed he and charlie riffing off each other on the hike, the latter's been in the background this season, nice to see him step forward. loved every flashback, just the way the guy smiles and says 'hello, brother'. interesting how running drugs almost got manipulated into the morally correct thing, get em out of the country, $ for vaccines. of course yimi can afford to rock the black and white morality, dug eko calling him on it with the cross.
single best thing, though, has to be eko facing down the monster. incredible, beautifully shot and worth the wait. so, it's certainly foglets, subterranean nanotech, same thing that grabbed the pilot in the pilot (harhar, an all-time classic, that) and, more importantly, the most important thing of the episode, we finally got to see EXACTLY what happened to locke way back in october '04 on 'walkabout' (episode 4, too, for the #s-watchers) when he 'saw the face of the island'. as usual though, best answers lead to more questions. what, exactly, was the process there? was the security system/monster evaluating him, wondering why he didn't scatter like everyone else? or, crazier, was it reprogramming him? there were certainly images flashing in it, showing him something at the very least. he doesn't seem initially altered, though i'm going to pay even closer attention, if that's possible, to all of eko and locke's future exchanges. any subterfuge on their part now must certainly relate back to whatever picture those tiny little machines show willing eyes. or it could be nothing and locke's a crazed zealot casting about for fate and religion, certainly a possibility. cheers, ambiguity.
when i first saw eko walk up and cream the raft guys with his jesusstick (my favorite exchange last night, that bit with charlie), the klaxons went off in my head, o nigerian plane! for once, they adhered to the first impression, but not quite, he wasn't actually on the plane, 'this man saved my life.' nice. so, all we know is he assumed a cover as a priest to get away, why was he flying sydney -->LA? how did the plane wind up there? is the island freaking moving, did it just go after the raft, is that what happened? one more massively improbable coincidence to toss on the pile. what is the explanation??>? ultimate question of the show, of course.
y'all see the episode title, the 23rd psalm? of course, can't believe that 'lord is my shepherd' bit (get it? jack shepherd) falls into one of the #s, complete with a valley of death. killer move to have eko recite it over his brother's jedi funeral. chah-lie gets the boot, nice to shake up the status quo. and he's got a hoard!!! looks untouched, don't think he's been using again, but man only a matter of time. nice of the koreans to welcome crazy to their side of the island. i love this show.
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