Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Catching up on "Lost".....
I've fallen behind in my blog, but I've still been keeping up with "Lost". And I've had some very interesting conversations with other viewers on The Lost Forum. Check it out.....it's on my Links list.
I particularly liked the episode the week before last entitled "Everybody Hates Hugo". It begins with Hurley, whose real name is Hugo, in the pantry in the hatch, helping himself to a little bit of everything and then some. It gets pretty surreal when you see him drinking out of a milk carton featuring a picture of Walt, and then he somehow finds a complete steak dinner in a box. Jin starts speaking to him in English, saying, "Everything's going to change." Standing next to Jin is Hurley's former boss, Randy (who incidentally, was ALSO Locke's former boss), in a chicken suit. Hurley responds, but he is speaking in Korean! Right before Hurley wakes up from his dream (you KNEW it had to be a dream!), he is told to "have a cluckety cluck cluck day". Funniest dream sequence I have seen in years.
Hurley, it seems, has been assigned the dubious task of itemizing and being in charge of the pantry. Jack tells him that he can't tell anyone about the food or distribute it. Hurley, however, can't keep a secret to save his ass and is one of the world's worst liars. He shows the pantry to Rose and asks her to help figure out what to do. While conducting an inventory, Kate wanders in and takes a bottle of shampoo. Hurley protests but is ignored. He is rather paranoid about becoming disliked, and his worst fears are confirmed when Charlie tries to hit him up for some peanut butter and he has to say no. For some reason, Hurley decides the best solution to the problem is to blow up the pantry so no one gets any of the contents. Rose gets him to chill and come up with a better solution. In the end, Hurley decides to freely distribute all of the food, much to the delight of the other survivors.
Jack and Sayid go exploring in the hatch to see what it's made of. Mostly they find thick concrete walls. Sayid says the last time he heard of any construction like this, it was in Chernobyl. Jack hears a noise and goes to investigate. He just misses Kate taking a shower. There is some playful banter, and then Kate departs. Yeah, there's a lot of flirting going on, but I just don't think those two are going to end up together.
On the other side of the island, Jin, Michael, and Sawyer are let out of the pit by Ana Lucia and her co-horts. Sawyer is being his usual charming self and gets smacked around by Ana Lucia some more. He says he'll kill her if she hits him again, but you can tell he doesn't mean it and is secretly pleased when she grins at him. I'm not sure why Michael doesn't make a break for it and start searching for Walt at this point, but he follows the rest as Ana Lucia leads them to ANOTHER hatch. This one is small and dingy. Michael had been told that 23 people in the tail section of the plane survived, but there are only a half dozen or less, which of course makes you wonder what happened. One of the people in the hatch, a nervous-looking fellow, asks Michael if there was a woman named Rose among the survivors in the front of the plane. Yep, it's BERNARD! He's so relieved to hear his wife is ok that he begins to cry. Back on the other side of the island, Rose puts a candy bar in her pocket to save for her husband and kisses his wedding ring that she has on a chain around her neck. I really hope there is a reunion between those two very soon. That would be sweet.
Also, Claire makes a discovery.....the bottle that had been on the raft containing messages from the survivors washes up on shore. She gives it to Sun, who decides to bury it in the sand, I guess because she thinks her husband is dead and wants to bury something. In last week's episode "....and Found", Sun discovers her wedding ring is missing. She is quite distraught because it was a tangible link to Jin. No one is being particularly helpful or sympathetic. Jack tells Sun about the time he lost his own ring. Hurley decides that Vincent ate the ring and actually wants to hang around the dog and wait for him to poop it out! Locke tells Sun that sometimes we find what we want when we stop looking for it. Kate, upon hearing that the bottle had washed up, realizes that Sawyer may be dead and wants to look at the bottle, so Sun shows her where it was buried. Naturally, that's where her ring is. Very symbolic. Makes you wonder if something will happen to her before she ever gets to see Jin again.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, Ana Lucia and her crew decide to gather supplies for a trek to find Michael's, Jin's and Sawyer's group. The enormous man Sawyer had been referring to as Shaft introduces himself as Mr. Eko. Jin goes with Ana Lucia and Bernard to catch some fish. While Ana Lucia is being a bitch and chewing out Jin for not being helpful, Jin pulls in a net full of fish. Michael goes with a blonde woman named Libby to look for fruit. She comments that Sawyer looked frightened and that she knew a thing or two about being scared. Michael asks her why he, Jin and Sawyer were thrown into the pit. Her response was that they have "trust issues". Michael at this point seizes on opportunity to run off to look for Walt.
When Libby returns to the rest of her party to announce that Michael has disappeared, Jin decides to go after him. Interestingly, Mr. Eko wants to go along too, which comes in handy since he seems to know that part of the island better than anyone else and can pick up a trail in the jungle. I suspect Mr. Eko was not on Flight 815. Eko and Jin converse a little; Jin's English is getting better enough that he can indicate that he is married and that his wife was on the plane. Jin gets quite a shock when he stumbles upon a dead body with a weapon still in its chest. Eko knows the man's name. He convinces Jin to hide in the underbrush because someone's coming. We see the legs of people walking by; are these the "others" everyone has been fearing? One is carrying a teddy bear. After Jin and Mr. Eko reach a stream to take a break, Michael shows up and tries to shoo Jin away, but Jin and Eko manage to convince Michael to come back with them. This doesn't make any sense to me. If he was gonna give up that easily, why'd he make a break for it in the first place??
The story of Michael in season 2 seems weak to me, and inconsistent. Otherwise, I'm having a great time watching "Lost" unfold. I'm seriously bummed that there won't be any new episodes for two more weeks. I guess I'll have to content myself with re-watching some of the episodes from season 1 off the DVD. There are a few audio commentaries I missed.
Stay tuned.
I particularly liked the episode the week before last entitled "Everybody Hates Hugo". It begins with Hurley, whose real name is Hugo, in the pantry in the hatch, helping himself to a little bit of everything and then some. It gets pretty surreal when you see him drinking out of a milk carton featuring a picture of Walt, and then he somehow finds a complete steak dinner in a box. Jin starts speaking to him in English, saying, "Everything's going to change." Standing next to Jin is Hurley's former boss, Randy (who incidentally, was ALSO Locke's former boss), in a chicken suit. Hurley responds, but he is speaking in Korean! Right before Hurley wakes up from his dream (you KNEW it had to be a dream!), he is told to "have a cluckety cluck cluck day". Funniest dream sequence I have seen in years.
Hurley, it seems, has been assigned the dubious task of itemizing and being in charge of the pantry. Jack tells him that he can't tell anyone about the food or distribute it. Hurley, however, can't keep a secret to save his ass and is one of the world's worst liars. He shows the pantry to Rose and asks her to help figure out what to do. While conducting an inventory, Kate wanders in and takes a bottle of shampoo. Hurley protests but is ignored. He is rather paranoid about becoming disliked, and his worst fears are confirmed when Charlie tries to hit him up for some peanut butter and he has to say no. For some reason, Hurley decides the best solution to the problem is to blow up the pantry so no one gets any of the contents. Rose gets him to chill and come up with a better solution. In the end, Hurley decides to freely distribute all of the food, much to the delight of the other survivors.
Jack and Sayid go exploring in the hatch to see what it's made of. Mostly they find thick concrete walls. Sayid says the last time he heard of any construction like this, it was in Chernobyl. Jack hears a noise and goes to investigate. He just misses Kate taking a shower. There is some playful banter, and then Kate departs. Yeah, there's a lot of flirting going on, but I just don't think those two are going to end up together.
On the other side of the island, Jin, Michael, and Sawyer are let out of the pit by Ana Lucia and her co-horts. Sawyer is being his usual charming self and gets smacked around by Ana Lucia some more. He says he'll kill her if she hits him again, but you can tell he doesn't mean it and is secretly pleased when she grins at him. I'm not sure why Michael doesn't make a break for it and start searching for Walt at this point, but he follows the rest as Ana Lucia leads them to ANOTHER hatch. This one is small and dingy. Michael had been told that 23 people in the tail section of the plane survived, but there are only a half dozen or less, which of course makes you wonder what happened. One of the people in the hatch, a nervous-looking fellow, asks Michael if there was a woman named Rose among the survivors in the front of the plane. Yep, it's BERNARD! He's so relieved to hear his wife is ok that he begins to cry. Back on the other side of the island, Rose puts a candy bar in her pocket to save for her husband and kisses his wedding ring that she has on a chain around her neck. I really hope there is a reunion between those two very soon. That would be sweet.
Also, Claire makes a discovery.....the bottle that had been on the raft containing messages from the survivors washes up on shore. She gives it to Sun, who decides to bury it in the sand, I guess because she thinks her husband is dead and wants to bury something. In last week's episode "....and Found", Sun discovers her wedding ring is missing. She is quite distraught because it was a tangible link to Jin. No one is being particularly helpful or sympathetic. Jack tells Sun about the time he lost his own ring. Hurley decides that Vincent ate the ring and actually wants to hang around the dog and wait for him to poop it out! Locke tells Sun that sometimes we find what we want when we stop looking for it. Kate, upon hearing that the bottle had washed up, realizes that Sawyer may be dead and wants to look at the bottle, so Sun shows her where it was buried. Naturally, that's where her ring is. Very symbolic. Makes you wonder if something will happen to her before she ever gets to see Jin again.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, Ana Lucia and her crew decide to gather supplies for a trek to find Michael's, Jin's and Sawyer's group. The enormous man Sawyer had been referring to as Shaft introduces himself as Mr. Eko. Jin goes with Ana Lucia and Bernard to catch some fish. While Ana Lucia is being a bitch and chewing out Jin for not being helpful, Jin pulls in a net full of fish. Michael goes with a blonde woman named Libby to look for fruit. She comments that Sawyer looked frightened and that she knew a thing or two about being scared. Michael asks her why he, Jin and Sawyer were thrown into the pit. Her response was that they have "trust issues". Michael at this point seizes on opportunity to run off to look for Walt.
When Libby returns to the rest of her party to announce that Michael has disappeared, Jin decides to go after him. Interestingly, Mr. Eko wants to go along too, which comes in handy since he seems to know that part of the island better than anyone else and can pick up a trail in the jungle. I suspect Mr. Eko was not on Flight 815. Eko and Jin converse a little; Jin's English is getting better enough that he can indicate that he is married and that his wife was on the plane. Jin gets quite a shock when he stumbles upon a dead body with a weapon still in its chest. Eko knows the man's name. He convinces Jin to hide in the underbrush because someone's coming. We see the legs of people walking by; are these the "others" everyone has been fearing? One is carrying a teddy bear. After Jin and Mr. Eko reach a stream to take a break, Michael shows up and tries to shoo Jin away, but Jin and Eko manage to convince Michael to come back with them. This doesn't make any sense to me. If he was gonna give up that easily, why'd he make a break for it in the first place??
The story of Michael in season 2 seems weak to me, and inconsistent. Otherwise, I'm having a great time watching "Lost" unfold. I'm seriously bummed that there won't be any new episodes for two more weeks. I guess I'll have to content myself with re-watching some of the episodes from season 1 off the DVD. There are a few audio commentaries I missed.
Stay tuned.
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