>: 39 MATERNITY LEAVE
enjoyed it very much, quite a bit to process.
that was certainly the opposite of a dead-weight flashback. guess it was always the plan to do it like that, very effective. i couldn't believe at the time that they just let the mystery of claire's missing two weeks dangle, but all good things...cool how the first flashback was ambiguous enough, we weren't sure if she was still in sydney or we were having our first island flashback or what. it would have been chilling to have ethan stalking her pre-815, but works either way. he's such a weirdo. tom cruise's cousin, you know. explains everything. ethan rom, other man, fun with anagrams. great how gentle and almost loving he was with claire, in between his bouts of ridiculous violence toward the castaways. remember, he hung charlie beforehand and killed scott/steve when she got away. what a good, loving family he belongs to. what was up with that sour stuff in his canteen? forgetful lemonade? that shot of the doctors getting ready to cut aaron out was ominous. and the mobile with the oceanic planes wasn't just a dream! those others are odd ducks, yes. i guess that's the first definitive link we've seen between the dharma initiative and oceanic airlines.
finally finally finally saw alex's face. we've only been hearing about her since episode 9! did anyone notice that she seemed to be wearing freddy kreuger's clothes? no blades of course, but i swear the shirt and pants were the same. it's this horror novel i'm editing making me say that, but it's true dammit! very cool how seeing that log triggered the conversation with ethan then we actually saw present-day claire in her own flashback, viewing it, the first one we've seen on the island. i'd imagine in a few seasons, they'll have more stuff like this, some pertinent new scene in the foreground, while jack tries to save boone in the background. let him go, man, he releases you from your promise!
(i think it was stew who pointed out that jack is always making so many promises, in a season and a half, we've already had rose, boone and his wife sarah let him off the hook)
so, the vaccine. hope everyone caught the numbers this time around. were they shooting her up with anything else? you wouldn't think, her being pregnant and all, but it made her pretty bombed, pliable and what not. one more reason why desmond was acting so crazy at the top of the season. i think there can be no doubt that there is some sort of airborne virus on the island. i would expect it to hit at the 108-day mark. we're barely halfway there, i'm sure plenty of people will get shot and blown up before that happens.
anybody recognize that dude in the hall that was bitching out ethan? sure sounded like zeke/old pirate claus, we were shocked when we saw his clean-shaven face. but then they went ahead and confirmed it with the theatrical spirit gum and beard claire found at the end. so, he's in disguise. and that was crazy, we found another station! so, we've seen half of them now, the swan, the arrow (where eko et al were chilling) and this one, the one with a caduceus in the logo. bummed they didn't find a film clip then they were looking around but i guess they didn't open any books. rousseau was especially haunted and disturbed. great how she saved claire with the butt end of a rifle to her temple.
eko's search for absolution was great. i love how he didn't even begin to buy into gale's bullshit, just laid it out there for an acknowledged other. as opposed to locke. we keep getting conflicting views of mr clean and last night he definitely came down in the chump column as opposed to the evil machiavelli. henry gale = bad, bad news but everyone's forgotten except sayid and charlie, and they're not spreading the word.
i'll give line of the night to sawyer's 'watch.......why?'
looks like zeke is not the patriarch of the island as we've had every reason to assume, he was all worried about what he was 'going to tell him.' degroot? hanso? this ep DID establish that zeke in fact knew ethan, something we had doubted. i'm sure there's more but that's all i got out of the single viewing. that was ep 15 of this season. tune in next week, island faithful, for 16.
that was certainly the opposite of a dead-weight flashback. guess it was always the plan to do it like that, very effective. i couldn't believe at the time that they just let the mystery of claire's missing two weeks dangle, but all good things...cool how the first flashback was ambiguous enough, we weren't sure if she was still in sydney or we were having our first island flashback or what. it would have been chilling to have ethan stalking her pre-815, but works either way. he's such a weirdo. tom cruise's cousin, you know. explains everything. ethan rom, other man, fun with anagrams. great how gentle and almost loving he was with claire, in between his bouts of ridiculous violence toward the castaways. remember, he hung charlie beforehand and killed scott/steve when she got away. what a good, loving family he belongs to. what was up with that sour stuff in his canteen? forgetful lemonade? that shot of the doctors getting ready to cut aaron out was ominous. and the mobile with the oceanic planes wasn't just a dream! those others are odd ducks, yes. i guess that's the first definitive link we've seen between the dharma initiative and oceanic airlines.
finally finally finally saw alex's face. we've only been hearing about her since episode 9! did anyone notice that she seemed to be wearing freddy kreuger's clothes? no blades of course, but i swear the shirt and pants were the same. it's this horror novel i'm editing making me say that, but it's true dammit! very cool how seeing that log triggered the conversation with ethan then we actually saw present-day claire in her own flashback, viewing it, the first one we've seen on the island. i'd imagine in a few seasons, they'll have more stuff like this, some pertinent new scene in the foreground, while jack tries to save boone in the background. let him go, man, he releases you from your promise!
(i think it was stew who pointed out that jack is always making so many promises, in a season and a half, we've already had rose, boone and his wife sarah let him off the hook)
so, the vaccine. hope everyone caught the numbers this time around. were they shooting her up with anything else? you wouldn't think, her being pregnant and all, but it made her pretty bombed, pliable and what not. one more reason why desmond was acting so crazy at the top of the season. i think there can be no doubt that there is some sort of airborne virus on the island. i would expect it to hit at the 108-day mark. we're barely halfway there, i'm sure plenty of people will get shot and blown up before that happens.
anybody recognize that dude in the hall that was bitching out ethan? sure sounded like zeke/old pirate claus, we were shocked when we saw his clean-shaven face. but then they went ahead and confirmed it with the theatrical spirit gum and beard claire found at the end. so, he's in disguise. and that was crazy, we found another station! so, we've seen half of them now, the swan, the arrow (where eko et al were chilling) and this one, the one with a caduceus in the logo. bummed they didn't find a film clip then they were looking around but i guess they didn't open any books. rousseau was especially haunted and disturbed. great how she saved claire with the butt end of a rifle to her temple.
eko's search for absolution was great. i love how he didn't even begin to buy into gale's bullshit, just laid it out there for an acknowledged other. as opposed to locke. we keep getting conflicting views of mr clean and last night he definitely came down in the chump column as opposed to the evil machiavelli. henry gale = bad, bad news but everyone's forgotten except sayid and charlie, and they're not spreading the word.
i'll give line of the night to sawyer's 'watch.......why?'
looks like zeke is not the patriarch of the island as we've had every reason to assume, he was all worried about what he was 'going to tell him.' degroot? hanso? this ep DID establish that zeke in fact knew ethan, something we had doubted. i'm sure there's more but that's all i got out of the single viewing. that was ep 15 of this season. tune in next week, island faithful, for 16.
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