>: 58 ENTER 77
Quite an enticing Previously . . . there. The Pala Ferry docks, Ms. Klugh, and the eyepatch guy! Open with the ping-pong table B-plot. Any B-plot involving Sawyer, I’ve decided is just a winner. He manages to drop a trio of great new nicknames (Zorro, Avalanche, Crouching Tiger & Hidden Dragon) before wagering them away. Loved him asking Nikki who the hell she was.
So, they’re heading north on a bearing of 305? Was that the bearing Ben gave Michael back in 2.23? Or maybe 325? Not sure. We get a little more cowbell on the island, good times. That was wild how the Russian just put one in Sayid, there. The flashback was solid, though not particularly revelatory. I guess it gave a bit of insight at the end there to Sayid letting Mikhail live. This episode taught me that I am very gullible when it comes to all these hijinx. I was shocked that Mikhail was lying. I believed Sayid when he said he hadn’t tortured that chick. And I thought 77 was going to send out some sort of distress beacon to the mainland.
So, Locke is still just a freaking moron. Can’t believe they’ve castrated what was such a cool character in the first season. Great bit with the chess game. Always great to see Brother MC (Marvin Candle, Mark Wickman) again.
The outcome of the ping-pong game was predictable but just played so well. Sawyer has endured as one of the best characters all this time.
Naveen Andrews did a great job this week. The way he looked at Mikhail when he told him they’d killed “one of them” was priceless. He even outcried Matthew Fox at the end there, never saw that coming.
So, Ms. Klugh is one hardcore broad. Just like Ethan, the most badass Hostiles (I think the name has now officially changed from “Others”) get taken out with all questions unanswered. That actress was just chilling. Hopefully she be back in the massive Ben flashback that has to one day happen.
Here’s the last conversation of her life, translated from Russian:
K.: Mikhail. Mikhail! You know what to do!
M.: We still have a way out. (meaning: out of the situation)
K.: We can't risk.
M.: There's...
K.: You know the terms! (as of a contract, treaty etc of a kind)
M.: There is another way.
K.: They've taken us (hostage). We shouldn't let them come on the territory. (which territory is not specified, but the accent is so dreadful (esp. here), that this is what I could get from what she said) You know what to do! This is an order!
M.: There's still a way out!
K.: Just do it, Mikhail!
M.: Forgive me.
Here’s a partial of what Locke pulled from Mikhail’s typewriter, courtesy of a fella name of Morgunov Alexey:
“Hi. I am Russian.
The first underlined text is a declension form of a name Andrey, which is also mentioned nearby with red ink, saying "My name is also Andrey". Andrey has no feminine version, it is a widely used masculine name.
The red text on the second sheet says "I've forgotten so much about Afganistan".
The text itself seems to be a kind of narrative about events before/during the conflict in Afganistan ("The fall of Afganistan may be a nudge to a worldwide socialist revolution."). Andrey appears to be a key figure in the text.
I'll try to translate as much as possible from it:
...were lost in his counry, and they have to be...
...with force, and if neccessary, through complete social...
...in some extent repulsed Andrey. Nadzhi was not...
...of afgan resistance, however, he was an excellent...
...he was a half-cousin (second cousin) of an influential...
...who controlled one of north-eastern...
...(some kind of - only the end of the word is present) specialist, who helped...
...Mudzhahedins used...
...he compensated with his brains...
...as all of the radicals of the time, Nadzhi...
...believed that they restrain the West and...
...they make way to Allah, so that he erased from the face of the Earth all non-believers,
while Andrey believed that the fall of Afganistan may be a nudge to a worldwide socialist revolution.
The Pakistanis arrived today, - announced Nadzhi with a strong accent
in stilted Russian.
We knew that ISI would be involved in this. And you...
...report this? Andrey knew that he...
...as well. I reckoned that you...
If anyone has better images of the missing fragments, post them to homo.sapiens.alexis(at)gmail.com and I'll try to make something out of them.
Morgunov Alexey”
Cheers, Morgunov.
The only other easter egg: there were some dharma wheels in the Parisian restaurant where Sayid did not get hired on as chef, we last saw those on the wall of Isaac, the healer Bernard and Rose visited in Australia.
Great episode. Loved the throwdown between Sayid and Mikhail. Thought we’d storm the camp, but this was a hell of a detour, we got some interesting clarification that the Others DO NOT equal Dharma Initiative and got a glimpse of a great deal of precious data. Too bad all you have to do to make Locke push a button is put it in front of him. Freaking dumbass.
Is it fate or a coincidence that I'm turning 30 on Sunday (3/11), four days after the airing of episode 3.11? Well, I've been alive 360 months and that's how many degrees there are in a circle, and I don't think that's coincidental at all.
So, they’re heading north on a bearing of 305? Was that the bearing Ben gave Michael back in 2.23? Or maybe 325? Not sure. We get a little more cowbell on the island, good times. That was wild how the Russian just put one in Sayid, there. The flashback was solid, though not particularly revelatory. I guess it gave a bit of insight at the end there to Sayid letting Mikhail live. This episode taught me that I am very gullible when it comes to all these hijinx. I was shocked that Mikhail was lying. I believed Sayid when he said he hadn’t tortured that chick. And I thought 77 was going to send out some sort of distress beacon to the mainland.
So, Locke is still just a freaking moron. Can’t believe they’ve castrated what was such a cool character in the first season. Great bit with the chess game. Always great to see Brother MC (Marvin Candle, Mark Wickman) again.
The outcome of the ping-pong game was predictable but just played so well. Sawyer has endured as one of the best characters all this time.
Naveen Andrews did a great job this week. The way he looked at Mikhail when he told him they’d killed “one of them” was priceless. He even outcried Matthew Fox at the end there, never saw that coming.
So, Ms. Klugh is one hardcore broad. Just like Ethan, the most badass Hostiles (I think the name has now officially changed from “Others”) get taken out with all questions unanswered. That actress was just chilling. Hopefully she be back in the massive Ben flashback that has to one day happen.
Here’s the last conversation of her life, translated from Russian:
K.: Mikhail. Mikhail! You know what to do!
M.: We still have a way out. (meaning: out of the situation)
K.: We can't risk.
M.: There's...
K.: You know the terms! (as of a contract, treaty etc of a kind)
M.: There is another way.
K.: They've taken us (hostage). We shouldn't let them come on the territory. (which territory is not specified, but the accent is so dreadful (esp. here), that this is what I could get from what she said) You know what to do! This is an order!
M.: There's still a way out!
K.: Just do it, Mikhail!
M.: Forgive me.
Here’s a partial of what Locke pulled from Mikhail’s typewriter, courtesy of a fella name of Morgunov Alexey:
“Hi. I am Russian.
The first underlined text is a declension form of a name Andrey, which is also mentioned nearby with red ink, saying "My name is also Andrey". Andrey has no feminine version, it is a widely used masculine name.
The red text on the second sheet says "I've forgotten so much about Afganistan".
The text itself seems to be a kind of narrative about events before/during the conflict in Afganistan ("The fall of Afganistan may be a nudge to a worldwide socialist revolution."). Andrey appears to be a key figure in the text.
I'll try to translate as much as possible from it:
...were lost in his counry, and they have to be...
...with force, and if neccessary, through complete social...
...in some extent repulsed Andrey. Nadzhi was not...
...of afgan resistance, however, he was an excellent...
...he was a half-cousin (second cousin) of an influential...
...who controlled one of north-eastern...
...(some kind of - only the end of the word is present) specialist, who helped...
...Mudzhahedins used...
...he compensated with his brains...
...as all of the radicals of the time, Nadzhi...
...believed that they restrain the West and...
...they make way to Allah, so that he erased from the face of the Earth all non-believers,
while Andrey believed that the fall of Afganistan may be a nudge to a worldwide socialist revolution.
The Pakistanis arrived today, - announced Nadzhi with a strong accent
in stilted Russian.
We knew that ISI would be involved in this. And you...
...report this? Andrey knew that he...
...as well. I reckoned that you...
If anyone has better images of the missing fragments, post them to homo.sapiens.alexis(at)gmail.com and I'll try to make something out of them.
Morgunov Alexey”
Cheers, Morgunov.
The only other easter egg: there were some dharma wheels in the Parisian restaurant where Sayid did not get hired on as chef, we last saw those on the wall of Isaac, the healer Bernard and Rose visited in Australia.
Great episode. Loved the throwdown between Sayid and Mikhail. Thought we’d storm the camp, but this was a hell of a detour, we got some interesting clarification that the Others DO NOT equal Dharma Initiative and got a glimpse of a great deal of precious data. Too bad all you have to do to make Locke push a button is put it in front of him. Freaking dumbass.
Is it fate or a coincidence that I'm turning 30 on Sunday (3/11), four days after the airing of episode 3.11? Well, I've been alive 360 months and that's how many degrees there are in a circle, and I don't think that's coincidental at all.
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