>: 80 CABIN FEVER
Wow, what an opening. Everything’s so charged at this point. The record player, recalling Desmond and Mama Cass and all the rest. And then we actually get Buddy playing a song that Pearl Jam learned special just to play in Lubbock. It can’t be real, we think, surely that’s Kate in the poodle skirt. This episode is not really starting in the late 50s. Girl’s name is Emily, with a fellow twice her age. Who’s the guy?
Who hit her?
(too early for the FuckYouUp Car.)
(Walt’s mom is an Emily)
At this point, I was primed for this to be the birth of Jacob and/or Christian. Shocking she names him John.
And the Island is still not done with Michael. Again, a lot before the opening title.
Nice symmetry, last time Jack got the delayed eye-open, now it shifts to Locke, maintaining the horizontal tilt. What a whacked out way to open. The Horace Mathematician Godspeed dream. Horace delivers Ben. And now he delivers John to Jacob (Cheers, Paul). Man, the answer about all these ghosts, electromagnetic resonances or whatnot, that’s a huge part of it.
So, John and Ben both survived improbably. Because of the Island. Most of the present scenes between them this time seem to be Ben handing the baton off to John (if you ever want to actually, really, trust Ben)
And Richard! Horrifying! Been waiting all season to see him, who was so important when we did not realize. And now he’s back to test John, Dalai Xavier Lama-style. The real question here is: Is he an immortal, as he seemed to be when he projected that ageless vibe last season with Ben in 3.20? (Aww, Young John drops the Monster drawing as a child) OR. Did Richard travel through time to check on him? That seems to be the deal with the Orchid.
What was the correct choice that Young John failed to make? The vial of sand? The compass? Obviously, I’m going to go with MYSTERY TALES, the comic book whose cover blurbs a Hidden Land and implores the prospective buyer to “heed the voice of learning”. But they all seemed like solid ideas. Except the knife. Oh, John.
Emerson drops some serious supporting acting again this time, so deadpan opposite Hurley.
And Widmore’s got secondary Dharma Initiative protocols? Quite interesting. “What do you mean ‘torch the island’?” Serious and ominous.
How did the doctor, the doctor’s body, travel backwards through time? Regina’s payload seemed to skip 31 minutes.
And wow, there are like five ways you can read that exchange between John and Ben, re: Hurley.
HighSchool Locke is a fan of Geronimo Jackson, the 60s power trio that is probably 2/3rds DeGroot, the record that Charlie and Sayid listened to in the Swan way back when.
As soon as somebody point-blank tells me that I can’t be a super-hero, yeah, they plummet in my mind as well. Of course, that’s the secret origin of Locke’s ultimate catchphrase.
What is the nature of Martin Kimi’s custom-XM?
Very interesting, the Desmond/Sayid split. Given that surely Desmond lives and we know that Sayid does as well. And Giacchino goes on and resurrects the original search-party-trudge across the Island cello-heavy theme from the pilot for Sayid’s departure across the ocean. Who wouldn’t tune in week after week for the tales of Sayid, Assassin/Torturer?
Emerson steals every damn scene. Locke might as well hand his Emmy over, it’s so overt.
And Daniels. I know, Abadou. How huge, hell of a retcon. He’s the one who set the miracle/walkabout wheel spinning with our guy Locke. This is my destiny! And now, Locke owes him one, monstrous.
How odd of them to just time-stamp everything with the doctor. The Morse Code definitely came in, he already washed up, then Kimi kills him and tosses him overboard to drift 80 miles back to the island to arrive last episode.
Didn’t expect to get back to the beach camp. And then, man, thought they were doomed, the sound of that chopper, everyone gathering just like for the monster heading in to the first-ever commercial break. But no, it’s okay, Jack is front and center.
And John in the cabin. Man, how creepy. I love Christian’s line about the question that does matter, and Claire, there’s the really crazy thing. I mean, she must be dead, right? From the RPG? Why else would she leave Aaron? That smile she shares with her dad, macabre. And Giacchino drops the Silence of the Lambs Shore score.
Masterfully acted-out candy bar scene.
And Locke’s last line. Probably my favorite non-finale ending of an episode (well, not counting the original classic goodness of Walkabout, which tractor-beamed me in in the first place). Of course, teeing the next one up. But ever since we found out that was Eko’s plane, the island just had to be mobile. I mean, Nigeria?
Who hit her?
(too early for the FuckYouUp Car.)
(Walt’s mom is an Emily)
At this point, I was primed for this to be the birth of Jacob and/or Christian. Shocking she names him John.
And the Island is still not done with Michael. Again, a lot before the opening title.
Nice symmetry, last time Jack got the delayed eye-open, now it shifts to Locke, maintaining the horizontal tilt. What a whacked out way to open. The Horace Mathematician Godspeed dream. Horace delivers Ben. And now he delivers John to Jacob (Cheers, Paul). Man, the answer about all these ghosts, electromagnetic resonances or whatnot, that’s a huge part of it.
So, John and Ben both survived improbably. Because of the Island. Most of the present scenes between them this time seem to be Ben handing the baton off to John (if you ever want to actually, really, trust Ben)
And Richard! Horrifying! Been waiting all season to see him, who was so important when we did not realize. And now he’s back to test John, Dalai Xavier Lama-style. The real question here is: Is he an immortal, as he seemed to be when he projected that ageless vibe last season with Ben in 3.20? (Aww, Young John drops the Monster drawing as a child) OR. Did Richard travel through time to check on him? That seems to be the deal with the Orchid.
What was the correct choice that Young John failed to make? The vial of sand? The compass? Obviously, I’m going to go with MYSTERY TALES, the comic book whose cover blurbs a Hidden Land and implores the prospective buyer to “heed the voice of learning”. But they all seemed like solid ideas. Except the knife. Oh, John.
Emerson drops some serious supporting acting again this time, so deadpan opposite Hurley.
And Widmore’s got secondary Dharma Initiative protocols? Quite interesting. “What do you mean ‘torch the island’?” Serious and ominous.
How did the doctor, the doctor’s body, travel backwards through time? Regina’s payload seemed to skip 31 minutes.
And wow, there are like five ways you can read that exchange between John and Ben, re: Hurley.
HighSchool Locke is a fan of Geronimo Jackson, the 60s power trio that is probably 2/3rds DeGroot, the record that Charlie and Sayid listened to in the Swan way back when.
As soon as somebody point-blank tells me that I can’t be a super-hero, yeah, they plummet in my mind as well. Of course, that’s the secret origin of Locke’s ultimate catchphrase.
What is the nature of Martin Kimi’s custom-XM?
Very interesting, the Desmond/Sayid split. Given that surely Desmond lives and we know that Sayid does as well. And Giacchino goes on and resurrects the original search-party-trudge across the Island cello-heavy theme from the pilot for Sayid’s departure across the ocean. Who wouldn’t tune in week after week for the tales of Sayid, Assassin/Torturer?
Emerson steals every damn scene. Locke might as well hand his Emmy over, it’s so overt.
And Daniels. I know, Abadou. How huge, hell of a retcon. He’s the one who set the miracle/walkabout wheel spinning with our guy Locke. This is my destiny! And now, Locke owes him one, monstrous.
How odd of them to just time-stamp everything with the doctor. The Morse Code definitely came in, he already washed up, then Kimi kills him and tosses him overboard to drift 80 miles back to the island to arrive last episode.
Didn’t expect to get back to the beach camp. And then, man, thought they were doomed, the sound of that chopper, everyone gathering just like for the monster heading in to the first-ever commercial break. But no, it’s okay, Jack is front and center.
And John in the cabin. Man, how creepy. I love Christian’s line about the question that does matter, and Claire, there’s the really crazy thing. I mean, she must be dead, right? From the RPG? Why else would she leave Aaron? That smile she shares with her dad, macabre. And Giacchino drops the Silence of the Lambs Shore score.
Masterfully acted-out candy bar scene.
And Locke’s last line. Probably my favorite non-finale ending of an episode (well, not counting the original classic goodness of Walkabout, which tractor-beamed me in in the first place). Of course, teeing the next one up. But ever since we found out that was Eko’s plane, the island just had to be mobile. I mean, Nigeria?
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