>: 87 THIS PLACE IS DEATH
Open back on the Marina at #23, certainly the way to dive back in.
The way Sun tells Ji Yeon about Aaron sounds like she was planning to just take the kid back to Korea. Wasn’t really worried about Ben, though I did enjoy Sun walking up and cocking the pistol, not messing around.
Then so much went down, I completely forgot about these folks.
That really REALLY sounded like Hurley reciting the famous numbers over the radio that doomed prick Montaun was listening to. Makes sense. But makes the implications of his plot endgame just horrifying to consider. Guess LA County Lockup will not last. But listen, his tone, how resigned he sounds about it all. His thread has always been sort of the horror portion of the show and this latest potential wrinkle is definitely chilling, Stephen King all the way.
And what a week to get the HD happening on my tube. The monster returns. I kind of thought Jin was going to mess around with Rousseau’s gang for at least a couple of episodes and we were going to get the full story, but instead, madness! Old Montaun gets dragged into a vent just like Locke back in the Season One finale, but instead gets his arm torn off! That was just as much over the top as I needed. (and those vents, realized today reading Cervantes that on Radzinsky’s map, that CV III, what I was thinking was Cerberus Vent III is also Roman numerals for 108, so something really special in that one) “Help me. I’m hurt.” Bit of an understatement down there, buddy! Try and draw a picture in the sand!
Of course, does the way he was talking, so calm, mean that he was already assimilated? That quick? And luring them all in. Christian, Claire, all the people who die on the Island and reappear, they all seem to be in thrall.
And this is not our first one-armed man in LOST, remember it looked like Chang/Candle was rocking a prosthetic in two out of the three Orientation tapes (not the Pearl, I think maybe, but don't hold me to it)
And those flashes are getting worse…just realizing. This is a temple that Cerberus dragged the guy into. Isn’t the Temple where Ben told Richard to take all the Others/Natives at the end of Season…Three, wasn’t it? “The only safe place left on the island.”? That sounds right. And we’ve got some Egyptian glyphs straight out of the 108 timer at the Swan. I miss that place. Need to figure out what these new ones mean, I forget exactly what was up at the Swan, something about imminent death, seems like. So, don’t push the button, Locke, see what happens.
Was expecting the arm to be all bony, but I guess Jin just flashed a few weeks later if Danielle still had Alex in the proverbial oven. (and dammit, I always try not to check out the guest stars, but couldn’t help seeing John Terry’s name, which knocked me out of the show for about a minute, all pumped about Christian Shephard showing back up; wish they would’ve held off on that, put his name in at the end or something). Great misdirection here, because the entire time, it seems like Danielle is crazy, reinforced by Robert saying that the monster is just a security system (which, maybe it’s not, maybe it’s the combined electromagnetic essences of everyone who’s ever died on the Island, hence the whispering that debuted at the end of 1.9) and she’s all “You’re infected!” and we think, Oh no, you’re just already crazy is all. But then they flip it, Robert does try to shoot her for whatever reason. IS he infected? Replaced by nano-bodysnatcher? Just converted to new Island dogma? Would he have cut his daughter out of Danielle’s dead body, if there had been a bullet in that chamber? Brilliant writing, instead of simply answering questions, they create more. As ever. Wonder if that music box will ever come back into it. Surely we’re going to flash back into that gap sometime for an answer.
Bet everyone recognized Sawyer’s voice at once, but you’ve got to love his reaction to seeing Jin, “Well, what do you say?” Worried about his toe.
Wow, and just like that the crew at the marina falls apart. I was thinking they just need to get Hurley and all is well but Kate blasts off with Aaron and Sayid doesn’t even want anything to do with Jack.
Charlotte speaks Klingon. For nerds, by nerds. Thankee-sai.
Her delivery of the episode’s title freaked me out, especially not knowing it going in. Cool little PRISONER riff, maybe. Wonderful. Thought she was safe at least until she got a flashback episode, but looks like that’s simply off the table. They’ll work it in when Daniel goes back.
And wonderful scene in the car with Ben, Jack, and Sun. Fantastic character interaction, loved him having enough, hitting the brakes. Fine job, all around.
And weird parallel, Jack apologizing for leaving Jin behind opposite the French folks’ attitude toward their missing comrade.
“I know more about ancient Cathars than Hannibal himself.” Strange times. Charlotte loves Geronimo Jackson (the band that Sayid and Charlie were listening to in the hatch back in 2.11 when Michael was getting himself captured and Jack was backing down from Tom in his second ever appearance, the classic “This is not your island” speech)(also, it looks like maybe the DeGroots were in that groovy power trio).
And Miles just walks away from his comrades without a word.
Loved Sawyer’s response to Juliet’s jinx.
(Juliet’s Jinx might be an acceptable band name)
“I’ve been here before.” This line keeps haunting me. One morning in 2002, I was driving to class listening to Rufus Wainwright’s first album and had been over at Catherine’s the previous night rereading a chapter of FROM HELL in which Moore was pretty much ramming that theme home, and then Rufus sang it in three-part harmony and whenever that line comes up now anywhere, it’s a short-cut burrow into my heart, I always remember driving down University past the 7-11 on 34th where I bought my first comics and being crippled by possibly reverse-nostalgia for this very moment, but I believe that we’ve strayed off-topic (though the digressions in DON QUIXOTE are like 100 times longer than this, tell you what).
Locke is all business. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Hah. He will be walking around like Christian just as soon as they get back, though, no doubt. Wonder why he follows Jin’s wishes to tell Sun that he’s dead, but doesn’t follow up with the ring as proof. Guess we’ll find out, maybe sooner than I thought.
(That new Nathan Fillion show looks like garbage, but how can we not give it a shot? Mal!)
And a compound fracture for Boss Locke. Loved Sawyer’s rope in the ground.
Christian finally shows up. Enjoyed his breakdown of Locke’s misinterpretation of his instructions. Man, what the hell does Old Doc Shephard know? That’s the ultimate flashback at this point. Well, that or Jacob. Or Richard, maybe. Depending. But that makes me realize, this is the third one in a row that wasn’t really –centric in any way, just madness erupting on two or three fronts. But Locke finally makes it off-Island, much sooner than I would imagined he would. I bet we get an episode starring him pretty soon now. Next week. Or next month. Will be interesting to see when he shows back up, how long we wait before filling in the gap between where the O6 are now and when they arrived, those lost last conversations. Again with a missed parental connection, first it was Daniel and Desmond, now Christian and Locke.
And that Reincarnation van, Locke is just coming back for sure.
And Ben drops “We’re running out of time” again to Sun, second week in a row, and I think Juliet also said it earlier when they needed to leave Charlotte. Three mentions next week?
I just love Ben’s mannerisms, the way he reacts to Desmond calling her Faraday’s mother, just looks away, gears whirring, turns around and walks in to the church. Well played. This last scene fell just a little flat for me, if only because I was sure that this was where they were heading, who she was, not quite a shock. But she does a lot with half a minute of screen-time. So, the great Oceanic 6 recovery mission shows up minus four but plus two (-Kate, Aaron, Sayid, Hurley; +Desmond, Ben) and she’s just like, We can work with this.
What will happen next? Why is it so essential for those six to return to the Island? Why does Jacob care? Who built the Temple? What is the deal with the smoke monster infecting the frogs? Is the temporal location tied into more than dramatic necessity, meaning is the Island deliberately showing Jin exactly what he needed to see and no more (showing him and eliciting his help, keeping Danielle out of the shaft)? Who are Adam and Eve? What is the secret of the numbers? What is the true nature of the Island?
This is only going to happen thirty more times, Island Faithful.
And that makes me sad, so sad, but I can’t wait.
The way Sun tells Ji Yeon about Aaron sounds like she was planning to just take the kid back to Korea. Wasn’t really worried about Ben, though I did enjoy Sun walking up and cocking the pistol, not messing around.
Then so much went down, I completely forgot about these folks.
That really REALLY sounded like Hurley reciting the famous numbers over the radio that doomed prick Montaun was listening to. Makes sense. But makes the implications of his plot endgame just horrifying to consider. Guess LA County Lockup will not last. But listen, his tone, how resigned he sounds about it all. His thread has always been sort of the horror portion of the show and this latest potential wrinkle is definitely chilling, Stephen King all the way.
And what a week to get the HD happening on my tube. The monster returns. I kind of thought Jin was going to mess around with Rousseau’s gang for at least a couple of episodes and we were going to get the full story, but instead, madness! Old Montaun gets dragged into a vent just like Locke back in the Season One finale, but instead gets his arm torn off! That was just as much over the top as I needed. (and those vents, realized today reading Cervantes that on Radzinsky’s map, that CV III, what I was thinking was Cerberus Vent III is also Roman numerals for 108, so something really special in that one) “Help me. I’m hurt.” Bit of an understatement down there, buddy! Try and draw a picture in the sand!
Of course, does the way he was talking, so calm, mean that he was already assimilated? That quick? And luring them all in. Christian, Claire, all the people who die on the Island and reappear, they all seem to be in thrall.
And this is not our first one-armed man in LOST, remember it looked like Chang/Candle was rocking a prosthetic in two out of the three Orientation tapes (not the Pearl, I think maybe, but don't hold me to it)
And those flashes are getting worse…just realizing. This is a temple that Cerberus dragged the guy into. Isn’t the Temple where Ben told Richard to take all the Others/Natives at the end of Season…Three, wasn’t it? “The only safe place left on the island.”? That sounds right. And we’ve got some Egyptian glyphs straight out of the 108 timer at the Swan. I miss that place. Need to figure out what these new ones mean, I forget exactly what was up at the Swan, something about imminent death, seems like. So, don’t push the button, Locke, see what happens.
Was expecting the arm to be all bony, but I guess Jin just flashed a few weeks later if Danielle still had Alex in the proverbial oven. (and dammit, I always try not to check out the guest stars, but couldn’t help seeing John Terry’s name, which knocked me out of the show for about a minute, all pumped about Christian Shephard showing back up; wish they would’ve held off on that, put his name in at the end or something). Great misdirection here, because the entire time, it seems like Danielle is crazy, reinforced by Robert saying that the monster is just a security system (which, maybe it’s not, maybe it’s the combined electromagnetic essences of everyone who’s ever died on the Island, hence the whispering that debuted at the end of 1.9) and she’s all “You’re infected!” and we think, Oh no, you’re just already crazy is all. But then they flip it, Robert does try to shoot her for whatever reason. IS he infected? Replaced by nano-bodysnatcher? Just converted to new Island dogma? Would he have cut his daughter out of Danielle’s dead body, if there had been a bullet in that chamber? Brilliant writing, instead of simply answering questions, they create more. As ever. Wonder if that music box will ever come back into it. Surely we’re going to flash back into that gap sometime for an answer.
Bet everyone recognized Sawyer’s voice at once, but you’ve got to love his reaction to seeing Jin, “Well, what do you say?” Worried about his toe.
Wow, and just like that the crew at the marina falls apart. I was thinking they just need to get Hurley and all is well but Kate blasts off with Aaron and Sayid doesn’t even want anything to do with Jack.
Charlotte speaks Klingon. For nerds, by nerds. Thankee-sai.
Her delivery of the episode’s title freaked me out, especially not knowing it going in. Cool little PRISONER riff, maybe. Wonderful. Thought she was safe at least until she got a flashback episode, but looks like that’s simply off the table. They’ll work it in when Daniel goes back.
And wonderful scene in the car with Ben, Jack, and Sun. Fantastic character interaction, loved him having enough, hitting the brakes. Fine job, all around.
And weird parallel, Jack apologizing for leaving Jin behind opposite the French folks’ attitude toward their missing comrade.
“I know more about ancient Cathars than Hannibal himself.” Strange times. Charlotte loves Geronimo Jackson (the band that Sayid and Charlie were listening to in the hatch back in 2.11 when Michael was getting himself captured and Jack was backing down from Tom in his second ever appearance, the classic “This is not your island” speech)(also, it looks like maybe the DeGroots were in that groovy power trio).
And Miles just walks away from his comrades without a word.
Loved Sawyer’s response to Juliet’s jinx.
(Juliet’s Jinx might be an acceptable band name)
“I’ve been here before.” This line keeps haunting me. One morning in 2002, I was driving to class listening to Rufus Wainwright’s first album and had been over at Catherine’s the previous night rereading a chapter of FROM HELL in which Moore was pretty much ramming that theme home, and then Rufus sang it in three-part harmony and whenever that line comes up now anywhere, it’s a short-cut burrow into my heart, I always remember driving down University past the 7-11 on 34th where I bought my first comics and being crippled by possibly reverse-nostalgia for this very moment, but I believe that we’ve strayed off-topic (though the digressions in DON QUIXOTE are like 100 times longer than this, tell you what).
Locke is all business. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Hah. He will be walking around like Christian just as soon as they get back, though, no doubt. Wonder why he follows Jin’s wishes to tell Sun that he’s dead, but doesn’t follow up with the ring as proof. Guess we’ll find out, maybe sooner than I thought.
(That new Nathan Fillion show looks like garbage, but how can we not give it a shot? Mal!)
And a compound fracture for Boss Locke. Loved Sawyer’s rope in the ground.
Christian finally shows up. Enjoyed his breakdown of Locke’s misinterpretation of his instructions. Man, what the hell does Old Doc Shephard know? That’s the ultimate flashback at this point. Well, that or Jacob. Or Richard, maybe. Depending. But that makes me realize, this is the third one in a row that wasn’t really –centric in any way, just madness erupting on two or three fronts. But Locke finally makes it off-Island, much sooner than I would imagined he would. I bet we get an episode starring him pretty soon now. Next week. Or next month. Will be interesting to see when he shows back up, how long we wait before filling in the gap between where the O6 are now and when they arrived, those lost last conversations. Again with a missed parental connection, first it was Daniel and Desmond, now Christian and Locke.
And that Reincarnation van, Locke is just coming back for sure.
And Ben drops “We’re running out of time” again to Sun, second week in a row, and I think Juliet also said it earlier when they needed to leave Charlotte. Three mentions next week?
I just love Ben’s mannerisms, the way he reacts to Desmond calling her Faraday’s mother, just looks away, gears whirring, turns around and walks in to the church. Well played. This last scene fell just a little flat for me, if only because I was sure that this was where they were heading, who she was, not quite a shock. But she does a lot with half a minute of screen-time. So, the great Oceanic 6 recovery mission shows up minus four but plus two (-Kate, Aaron, Sayid, Hurley; +Desmond, Ben) and she’s just like, We can work with this.
What will happen next? Why is it so essential for those six to return to the Island? Why does Jacob care? Who built the Temple? What is the deal with the smoke monster infecting the frogs? Is the temporal location tied into more than dramatic necessity, meaning is the Island deliberately showing Jin exactly what he needed to see and no more (showing him and eliciting his help, keeping Danielle out of the shaft)? Who are Adam and Eve? What is the secret of the numbers? What is the true nature of the Island?
This is only going to happen thirty more times, Island Faithful.
And that makes me sad, so sad, but I can’t wait.
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