>: 103 SUNDOWN
I’ve already said that I’m counting double-sized finales (and premieres, this time out) as a single episode, but, based on the week that they were going around announcing that the show had hit 100 episodes, I believe that this right here, was the 108th hour of L O S T. (though, I’ve still got to count whatever it is we get in five weeks)
But the episode itself! Open with a break from the Season One structure, this one’s about Sayid, not the Koreans. Which, you know, clearly this was the point in the on-Island X timeline when he needed to be featured, so that makes sense, but it is too bad that they couldn’t keep the old Season One structure going, just from an elegance of form standpoint.
We all knew that he was taking those flowers to Nadia, but it was certainly a surprise to have those kids roll up yelling to Uncle Sayid. Weird shuffling here, based on their interaction, it seems that Sayid was still a torturer, but maybe he didn’t mess with Nadia? Maybe he did. His brother has never been in the present-day picture before now, though, right? The only time we saw him was that flashback when they were boys and Sayid snapped that chicken’s neck. Wonder how the Island sinking got Nadia together with Omar, instead of our tortured torturer heartthrob. Hilarious, the kids busting him with that old picture of her. “Mommy, why does Uncle Sayid have this crumpled up old photo of you with tearstains all over it?”
Can anyone on this show say something like, “I want some answers,” without it getting too meta? Probably not. “Don’t say that, Sayid! The answers only lead to more questions!” America screams back at him.
“I think it would be best if you were dead,” are about the most unadorned fightin’ words there are. I love how Sayid realizes he’s outclassed and just starts fighting Dogen with the entire room, pots, the rack, whatever comes to hand. “Take THIS and THIS and THIS . .” Looney Tunes kung-fu should be a pre-titles requirement from now on, I’d say.
That baseball seemed really wedged in there when it first showed up a few weeks ago, but I like how they built it, turned out to be pretty resonant imagery.
Any chance that the Monster’s really the good guy?
Can’t believe Sayid’s brother plays the you-love-my-wife-so-help-me card.
I really love that sound effect transitioning the flash-sideways.
What is the deal with Sayid having died? Is this still our boy? And how does that tie into Claire? Could she have died off-screen back in 4.10?
Possible episode titles: A Good Man; Evil Incarnate
Can’t imagine how they’re going to explain to us what rules there are that trapped the Monster on the Island only while Jacob was alive, but that still keep him from crossing circles made of ash. Never occurred to me before to wonder just what the ash used to be, could be important.
Jack! Nice seeing you for two seconds, my man. Don’t you know we’ve got a couple of things here what could use some fixing? This does bring up the absent folks this episode. Jack and Hurley are presumably still at or on their way back from the lighthouse. Sawyer and Jin are, I guess, holed up somewhere being held in reserve by the Monster. Where the hell is Richard? Still running? Hope he’s not MIA for the next two months, though something like that is always on the table.
Nice bit with the monster surrounding Sayid, very end of 1.09. Was the stab through the heart not a kill because the beast managed to utter a greeting before it happened? “Take it, I won’t bite,” is probably going to be a lot funnier in a little while, tying back into that “I just ate,” or whatever it was back on the 1845 beach at the top of 5.16. Shame on you, Sayid! His answer to having anything he ever wanted is certainly an argument for still being our boy.
Oh, unfortunate incidents involving boomerangs.
A Man in the Jungle, also a contender for episode title before the actual gets dropped (though I sure didn’t get it).
Ah, Mad Claire still remembers the words to Perry Como. Man, her delivery of, “He’s coming and they can’t stop him,” is almost my favorite thing this week out, the look on her face, just creepy as hell.
Then KVUE breaks in during the telecast to give us primary results with 6% of the polls reporting. Crucial! That certainly couldn’t have waited 15 more minutes.
Ha ha, always a pleasure to see old Anthony Azizi. Certainly not much question who he’s taking Sayid to see. What’s Kimi got cut up on that island there across from the stove? That camera pan seems to indicate that we should care, but maybe they’re just messing with us. Then his whole “I make good eggs,” thing kind of recalls Willy Wonka and takes us back to the Good Man question. And Azizi’s out again! Kimi dies a little bit easier this time out. But what’s Subtited Enforcer Jin doing in that freezer? We haven’t seen him in this timeline since he got arrested after 815 landed in the premiere.
Dogen’s secret origin isn’t really answering Sayid’s question about why Dogen didn’t try to kill him himself. Also, quoting the Clash took me out of it just a bit. Those might turn out to have been his last words. The question is (ha, ONE of the questions) will Dogen come back? Sayid just inverted what happened in the premiere. Same thing goes for old Lennon. I mean, his throat did get cut, but the pool healed Sayid up just fine. We’ll see. Though my guess is they’re out.
Then we hit the accelerator! Great chase sequence, Miles and Kate running from the monster. I was positive one of them would be toast when they split up. Didn’t think it was the monster behind the door Miles was up against, though was certainly surprised to see those folks burst in. Looking for Jack and Hurley and Sawyer because they’re candidates? Ben’s eyes and backwards retreat when confronted with that look on Sayid’s face (not to mention the knife and pair of bodies floating in the pool) was perfect. But then, yeah, Kate in there with Claire, it wasn’t looking too good for Freckles. She made it this time out, but isn’t in too good of a place, a member of the wrong army by defacto, and Claire probably ready to take her out the first chance that she gets.
So, the Monster’s got his army walking through the night in slow motion. My guess is next week’s going to focus on the other side, maybe showing us how Ilana and company got to the Temple, or just going forward from there. Or, we might focus on the Koreans, if only to immediately follow up on that set-up at the end of Sayid’s LA flashback. Maybe Richard Donner’s going to show up out of nowhere and cast Sayid and Jin in Lethal Weapon 5. I'd show up on opening night.
“I am driving.”
“나는 차를 몰고!”
But the episode itself! Open with a break from the Season One structure, this one’s about Sayid, not the Koreans. Which, you know, clearly this was the point in the on-Island X timeline when he needed to be featured, so that makes sense, but it is too bad that they couldn’t keep the old Season One structure going, just from an elegance of form standpoint.
We all knew that he was taking those flowers to Nadia, but it was certainly a surprise to have those kids roll up yelling to Uncle Sayid. Weird shuffling here, based on their interaction, it seems that Sayid was still a torturer, but maybe he didn’t mess with Nadia? Maybe he did. His brother has never been in the present-day picture before now, though, right? The only time we saw him was that flashback when they were boys and Sayid snapped that chicken’s neck. Wonder how the Island sinking got Nadia together with Omar, instead of our tortured torturer heartthrob. Hilarious, the kids busting him with that old picture of her. “Mommy, why does Uncle Sayid have this crumpled up old photo of you with tearstains all over it?”
Can anyone on this show say something like, “I want some answers,” without it getting too meta? Probably not. “Don’t say that, Sayid! The answers only lead to more questions!” America screams back at him.
“I think it would be best if you were dead,” are about the most unadorned fightin’ words there are. I love how Sayid realizes he’s outclassed and just starts fighting Dogen with the entire room, pots, the rack, whatever comes to hand. “Take THIS and THIS and THIS . .” Looney Tunes kung-fu should be a pre-titles requirement from now on, I’d say.
That baseball seemed really wedged in there when it first showed up a few weeks ago, but I like how they built it, turned out to be pretty resonant imagery.
Any chance that the Monster’s really the good guy?
Can’t believe Sayid’s brother plays the you-love-my-wife-so-help-me card.
I really love that sound effect transitioning the flash-sideways.
What is the deal with Sayid having died? Is this still our boy? And how does that tie into Claire? Could she have died off-screen back in 4.10?
Possible episode titles: A Good Man; Evil Incarnate
Can’t imagine how they’re going to explain to us what rules there are that trapped the Monster on the Island only while Jacob was alive, but that still keep him from crossing circles made of ash. Never occurred to me before to wonder just what the ash used to be, could be important.
Jack! Nice seeing you for two seconds, my man. Don’t you know we’ve got a couple of things here what could use some fixing? This does bring up the absent folks this episode. Jack and Hurley are presumably still at or on their way back from the lighthouse. Sawyer and Jin are, I guess, holed up somewhere being held in reserve by the Monster. Where the hell is Richard? Still running? Hope he’s not MIA for the next two months, though something like that is always on the table.
Nice bit with the monster surrounding Sayid, very end of 1.09. Was the stab through the heart not a kill because the beast managed to utter a greeting before it happened? “Take it, I won’t bite,” is probably going to be a lot funnier in a little while, tying back into that “I just ate,” or whatever it was back on the 1845 beach at the top of 5.16. Shame on you, Sayid! His answer to having anything he ever wanted is certainly an argument for still being our boy.
Oh, unfortunate incidents involving boomerangs.
A Man in the Jungle, also a contender for episode title before the actual gets dropped (though I sure didn’t get it).
Ah, Mad Claire still remembers the words to Perry Como. Man, her delivery of, “He’s coming and they can’t stop him,” is almost my favorite thing this week out, the look on her face, just creepy as hell.
Then KVUE breaks in during the telecast to give us primary results with 6% of the polls reporting. Crucial! That certainly couldn’t have waited 15 more minutes.
Ha ha, always a pleasure to see old Anthony Azizi. Certainly not much question who he’s taking Sayid to see. What’s Kimi got cut up on that island there across from the stove? That camera pan seems to indicate that we should care, but maybe they’re just messing with us. Then his whole “I make good eggs,” thing kind of recalls Willy Wonka and takes us back to the Good Man question. And Azizi’s out again! Kimi dies a little bit easier this time out. But what’s Subtited Enforcer Jin doing in that freezer? We haven’t seen him in this timeline since he got arrested after 815 landed in the premiere.
Dogen’s secret origin isn’t really answering Sayid’s question about why Dogen didn’t try to kill him himself. Also, quoting the Clash took me out of it just a bit. Those might turn out to have been his last words. The question is (ha, ONE of the questions) will Dogen come back? Sayid just inverted what happened in the premiere. Same thing goes for old Lennon. I mean, his throat did get cut, but the pool healed Sayid up just fine. We’ll see. Though my guess is they’re out.
Then we hit the accelerator! Great chase sequence, Miles and Kate running from the monster. I was positive one of them would be toast when they split up. Didn’t think it was the monster behind the door Miles was up against, though was certainly surprised to see those folks burst in. Looking for Jack and Hurley and Sawyer because they’re candidates? Ben’s eyes and backwards retreat when confronted with that look on Sayid’s face (not to mention the knife and pair of bodies floating in the pool) was perfect. But then, yeah, Kate in there with Claire, it wasn’t looking too good for Freckles. She made it this time out, but isn’t in too good of a place, a member of the wrong army by defacto, and Claire probably ready to take her out the first chance that she gets.
So, the Monster’s got his army walking through the night in slow motion. My guess is next week’s going to focus on the other side, maybe showing us how Ilana and company got to the Temple, or just going forward from there. Or, we might focus on the Koreans, if only to immediately follow up on that set-up at the end of Sayid’s LA flashback. Maybe Richard Donner’s going to show up out of nowhere and cast Sayid and Jin in Lethal Weapon 5. I'd show up on opening night.
“I am driving.”
“나는 차를 몰고!”
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