Season VI, Episode 6 – Sundown

Line of the night – “She (Claire) just strolled in here an hour ago acting all weird…still HOT though.” - Miles




Well that was pretty dark, literally. I guess the darkness really did grow inside Sayid, enough to make him murder two people! We start out with a Flash-sideways and Sayid has a lovely bouquet of flowers for presumably Nadia. Let’s see who answers the door. Yep, Nadia is there and this should be a nice reunion for the two of them, except for the fact that two little Iraqi children enter the scene and call him “Uncle Sayid”?! Sayid’s brother, Omer, has married Nadia? You can obviously tell there are feelings between Nadia and Sayid.

The Jarrah family sits down to quaint Iraqi dinner, and little Sally Jarrah finds a picture of mommy in Uncle Sayid’s bag. For a second I thought Sayid was going to fly across the table and snap her neck, but no luck. Omer hears his daughter, and Sayid is BUUUSTED.

Metal-Airplane-landing WHOOSH to 2007 and the Temple. My new favorite ninja, Dogen, explains to Sayid that the electrical machine they used on him works like a scale (one side is good and one side is evil). The scale tipped the wrong way for Sayid which means he’s becoming evil. Mental note - I really enjoy Dogen’s character so I hope he is around for a while. Dogen busts out his karate moves like Sho’nuff the Shogun of Harlem. Sayid retaliates by throwing little clay pots and various herbs and spices back at Dogen. Quite comical. A baseball drops from Dogen’s ancient desk, and he stops. “Go, leave this place and never come back.”

We transition to Flocke and Claire standing at the base of the gray ash surrounding the perimeter of the Temple. “Are you ready?” Claire responds, “Why me, you could send Sawyer or Jin?” Claire also adds, “I need to know you will do what you said you would, I want my son back!” It would appear that Flocke has made a promise to Claire and manipulated her in a way that she’ll do whatever he says in order to get Aaron back. Flocke is only going to hurt those that won’t listen. This is going to be an interesting episode.

Flash Sideways and Omer wakes up Sayid. Omer reveals to us that in this timeline Sayid was still an interrogator for the Iraqi Republican guard. Omer says, “I know what kind of man you are!” But Sayid is not that man anymore. I guess we won’t see any bad-ass Sayid fighting in this timeline.

WHOOSH to 2007, Sayid is leaving because apparently he is evil. Miles reveals that Sayid was lying there dead for 2 hours (I thought it was like 15 minutes). “They tried to save you, but you were dead, so whatever brought you back, it wasn’t them!” Very interesting, so who or what brought Sayid back from the dead? Claire enters the temple and wants Dogen to meet Flocke outside. Sayid really doesn’t seem overly surprised to see a disheveled Claire (after 3 years when they all thought she died somewhere in the jungle). Dogen tells the 5th Beatle, Lennon, to put Claire in the hole and get Shephard and Reyes to his room immediately. Not gonna happen since Shephard and Hurley are at the Lighthouse with Jacob.

Sayid asks Dogen why Claire is at the temple. His response reveals a lot (answers we have been waiting to confirm for quite some time). “Claire is under the influence of an ANGRY man. For years he was trapped, and now with Jacob gone, he is free. He is EVIL INCARNET!” Dogen wants Sayid to kill Flocke with a small version of Gryffindors’ Sword

“He will come to you as someone you know, someone who has died. As SOON as you see him, drive this deep into his chest. If you allow him to speak, it’s already too late.”

WHOOSH to 2004 where Nadia and Sayid arrive at a very familiar hospital. Nice cameo by Dr. Jack Shephard. Turns out Omer borrowed money from a loanshark, and can’t payback his debt so they beat the crap out of him.

Back to 2007, and Kate arrives at the Temple. NICE, we are going to see a little cat fight go down between Claire and Kate. Miles reveals that Claire is there, and was taken into custody. Kate’s going to find her…fantastic. Sayid leaves the Temple and makes his way into the jungle. The pillar of smoke that makes that ‘ticka ticka’ sound and always seems pissed off is surrounding him, when out of the brush comes Flocke. “Hello Sayid.” (Note to self, Dogen said Sayid had to stab him before he spoke, so I don’t think this is going to work). Sayid stabs Flocke in his chest. Flock removes the blade, “Now why would you go and do that?” Flocke gives him the Gryffindor mini-sword back, and explains how Dogen was attempting to have Flocke kill him. Flocke wants Sayid to deliver a message to the Others in the Temple. Flocke goes on to say, “what if I told you, you could have anything in the world!” Sayid replies, “the only thing I ever wanted died in my arms, and I’ll never see it again.” (Is he talking about Nadia…or Shannon?) Flocke retorts, “What if you could?!” Hmm, me thinks we are beginning to see how this alternate flash sideways timeline is going to develop.

Sayid makes it back to the Temple and delivers the message, “Jacob is dead, you no longer have to stay here, you are free.” The Others have an ultimatum; either leave the temple and join him (Flocke) or stay and die. They have until ‘sundown’.

Kate finally gets a moment with Claire, and Claire is sitting in the ‘hole’ singing that nursery song back from Season I, “Catch a Falling Star”

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day

It’s eerie because she is singing to a large boulder on the ground. Claire is excited to see Kate, “they have my son!” Kate’s quick to inform Claire that she took Aaron when he was left in the jungle. She took him off the island and raised him. Claire looks like she is about to open a can of whoop-ass on Kate and even busts out a Reese Witherspoon “under-bite of distain” towards Kate. “I’m not the one that needs to be rescued Kate…(you bitch!)”

WHOOSH to a sideways 2004, and Sayid is playing the role of ‘super-fun and happy’ Uncle Sayid. The kids are off to school, and a dark SUV rolls up. It’s Omar from the Freighter crew?!? Omar takes Sayid to a restaurant. Why is it that all these mob guys ALWAYS have a restaurant as their hideout? It’s just like the Russian Arms dealer from 24. Turns out this mob loan-shark is Martin Keamy, the other prick from the Freighter crew. Keamy wants his money, and bad-ass Sayid is back. He shoots all three guys in the chest without hesitation or mercy. Welcome back Sayid. There is a rustle from the refrigerator and Jin is all tied up and not speaking any English.

WHOOSH to the Temple in 2007, and Sayid enters the inner spring room of the Temple where Dogen says, “You let him talk to you!” (This could be important later). Dogen reveals that he used to work at a bank in Osaka (not the Osaka from the Christiana mall in the mid 1980’s, but the city in Japan). His son was killed in a car accident because Dogen was driving him around while intoxicated. Jacob came to him in the hospital and said that he could save his son’s life, but that Dogen would have to go to the island for a new job and never see his son again. “The man outside I take it has offered you a similar bargain?” Sayid politely asks, “I’d like to stay…” and then goes airborne. He leaps at Dogen and pulls him into the “healing spring”. Dogen drowns. Lennon sees this, “He was the only thing keeping it out…you idiot, you just let it in.” Sayid has had enough of Lennon and slits his throat like a hog going to slaughter. Party time.

The ‘ticka ticka’ sound can be heard on the outside of the temple, and then like a freight train rolling through the station, Smokey slithers through the temple grounds killing everyone in his path. Kate jumps into the hole with Claire, and Miles runs and hides like Carter Burke did in Aliens. Ilana breaks down the door, and this is the first time Miles has seen Frank, Sun and Ben Linus. Jordin Sparks is only concerned with the location of Shephard, Reyes and Ford for some reason, but does add, “where is Jarrah, is he in here too?” Ben runs off to save Sayid. “C’mon Sayid, we’ve gotta get out of here, there is still time!” Sayid painfully responds, “not for me…” Ben gets the picture and books out of there.

Kate, Claire and Sayid walk out of the Temple courtyard to an eerie version of the “Catch a Falling Star” song from earlier. Flocke gives Claire a nod, and seems a bit annoyed/concerned that Kate is with them. The group of Flocke, Sayid, Kate, Claire and several Others walk of into the jungle….

BAMM- LOST

So is this the war that Charles Widmore referred to?

Is it going to be Jack, Hurley, Ilana and a couple Lostie stragglers like Jin vs. Flocke and the rest of them?

Where is Richard? He would have made it back to the Temple way before Kate did. (I am getting a little anxious for his back story).

Which side will Rose and Bernard take?

Are they setting us up for some apocalyptic ending that will result with the alternate sideways timeline?

Is Kate Gosselin really going to be on Dancing with the Stars?

RIP Dogen, you will be missed.

Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice

Season VI, Episode 5 – The Lighthouse

Line of the night – “Nothing, just you know…looking because I’m a big fan of temples, and history, Indiana Jones stuff.” - Hurley



The Lighthouse was a fitting title for tonight’s episode. A lighthouse emits light to aid in navigation, or in our case, guide a lost soul on the right path. So far we are still replicating Season I’s format with a Jack-centered episode for the 5th installment of the season. We start out with Jack in a sideways 2004 universe just returning home from a hospital shift. He cleans up, and notices his appendix scar (the same scar that Juliet gave him when she removed his appendix in Season 4). He is clearly unsure as to the origin of the scar, and looks in the mirror again like something is slightly off-center. Hmmm. Jack pulls up to St. Mary’s Academy where a young David is impatiently waiting for his…dad?!?

We transition back to the Temple in 2007 and Jack has an 'honest' conversation with our Asian friend, Dogen. It turns out Ford, Austen and Quan are not coming back to the Temple. Hurley finishes a game of tic-tac-toe with Miles, enters the Temple to find some food, and look who’s testing the pH of the waters but none other than Jacob. He needs Hurley’s help, “Someone’s coming to the island, and I need you to help them find it.”

Whoosh to 2004 and Jack’s at home with his son? I didn’t realize they had Ipods in 2004, but I guess I’m being ignorant. I wonder if David is listening to Drive Shaft? David doesn’t seem too happy about spending time with his dad, and it appears that Jack is either separated or divorced from David’s mother…but who could that be?

Back to 2007, Sayid makes a brief appearance and talks to Jack about his infection and how Jack did not want him to take the pill. Jack reveals to Sayid that the pill was poison and they wanted him to kill Sayid. “Whatever is happening to you, they said it already happened to someone else too.”

Perfect segue to a disheveled Courtney Love…I mean Claire Littleton. She’s helping Jin get out of the bear trap. “How long have you been out here?” Claire's responds, “Since you all left, how long ago was that?” Jin explaims, “3 years!” The lead singer of Hole is definitely out there. The first thing I would have said to Jin was, "when the hell did you learn to speak English?" Did Claire time travel with the rest of the Losties and live in 1977 for a bit, or did she remain on the same time line as Richard and the others when Benry moved the island?

Back to the temple and Dogen catches Hurley snooping around. Hurley sees Jacob again. “Tell him you’re a candidate.” Dogen gets a little spooked and leaves Hurley, but Hurley can’t go without Jack. Jacob gives Hurley some fuel for Jack's fire to come along. “Be cool man, act natural.” Hurley tells Jack that he needs to come with him. Jack is not going anywhere until Hurley says, “You have what it takes!” Jack is taken back…”What did you say, who told you that?” Jack now wants to know where Jacob is, but Hurley explains, “He turns up anytime he wants, like Obi-won Kenobi.” (Score 1 for Charlie Boucher).

We are back at Claire’s tent and I'm thinking she would be a 'candidate' for A&E's Hoarders. She has explosives, medical supplies and a Sorelle bassinet filled with something that resembles the skeleton of General Grievous from Star Wars. But seriously, when did she have time to visit Closic’s and score a Sorelle baby bassinet? Claire is ready to kill Justin (the Other) if he doesn’t tell her where her son is located, and at the same time she is ready to clean up Jin’s wounded ankle. “If there’s one thing that will kill you around here, it’s infection!” (I love irony.) Claire informs Jin that she is not by herself…So who’s with her? The young boy that appeared to Flocke maybe?

Kate makes a 20 second cameo and is out to find Claire. Evangeline Lilly just got paid $108,000 for that scene.

Whoosh back to 2004 and Jack arrives at the house where he grew up. His mom can’t find Christian Shephard’s Last Will and Testament, but apparently has no trouble finding a cheap plastic surgeon. God, she looks like Jocelyn Wildenstein, the notorious catwoman from NYC. “Jack, did your father ever mention a Claire Littleton?” So in this parallel timeline, Christian still had an illegitimate daughter in Australia.

Back to Claire and Jin, and Claire is fanatical about finding her son. Her DAD told her that the Others took Aaron, so she’s been picking off Others one by one in the jungle in hopes of getting her baby back. Jin is concerned that she is all alone. “Oh I’m not alone, I’ve got a friend!” Again, could this be the young boy who plays referee for the island?

Jack and Hurley are at the cave sanctuary from Season I. Jack finds Shannon’s asthma inhaler on the ground. I’ve been wondering what happened to that since Sawyer was falsely accused of stealing it, and tortured by Sayid in the first season. It is kind of weird, yet cool to see Jack back in the caves where he chased the ghost of his dead father so long ago. We see the 2 skeletons (referred to as Adam and Eve throughout the course of the series) lying there in the cave, and Hurley says, “Dude, what if we time travel again, like back to dinosaur times, died and we are buried here…what if these skeletons are us?” Excellent hypothesis Hurley, but I’ll take it one step further, what if the 2 skeletons are really Adam and Eve or the original human remains of Jacob and Essau/Smokey/Flocke? Just sayin.

Whoosh to 2004, and Jack can’t find his son. He ventures over to David’s mothers house and I’m hoping that Juliet answers the door. No luck and I can’t see any photos of David’s mother in the background so this will be a mystery for now. Turns out that his son is trying out for a conservatory at 7:30 pm. Gotta run.

Whoosh to 2007 and good times with Hurley and Jack in the jungle. Hurley reveals that he came back to the island because Jacob hopped in his cab and told him that he was supposed to go back, so he did. Jack’s replies with, “I came back because I was broken, and I was stupid enough to think that this place could fix me.” Don’t worry Jack…don’t you worry. There is a lighthouse on the edge of a cliff which they never saw before because they weren’t looking for it.

Still on the island and we are back with Claire Bear Grylls. Justin (the Other) says that they captured Claire because she was picking off their people. Claire was tortured in the same fashion as Sayid in the Temple, but she managed to escape. Claire questions Justin on the location of Aaron and he still swears they don’t have him. Jin jumps in and says that Kate has Aaron and watched over him for the past 3 years. Claire Bear Grylls kills Justin anyway with an axe to the gut…ouch.

Whoosh to 2004, Jack sees his son play the piano and a little Asian boy compliments David’s talent, and guess who his dad is? Turns out Dogen also has a music aficionado for a son. “They are too young to have this kind of pressure aren’t they?” Yes Dogen, they are.

Whoosh to the best scene so far this season. Jack and Hurley are in the tower of the lighthouse and Hurley is turning the dial to 108 degrees. The mirrors were used with the central signal fire to bring people to the island when it was set to the proper bearing, which according to Jacob is 108 degrees (the summation of the numbers). As he pulls down, I notice that each ‘degree’ on the dial has a name next to it, and the names match up with the names / corresponding numbers in the cave! It’s tough to make out the name next to the number 108, but I read somewhere that it says "Lighthouse". However, it should be noted that “Austen” was next to the number 51.

As the bearing of the dial is turned, Jack looks in the mirror and we see the pagoda where Jin and Sun got married and then the church for Sawyer's parents funeral. Jack notices the “23 – Shephard”, and when the bearing is set to 23 degrees we see Jack’s childhood home in the mirrors. Our first “awe yeah” moment of the season, nice. So Jacob’s been watching them the whole time, and Jack wants to know why. “What’s he want from me!?” Hurley doesn’t know the answer. Jacob is no where to be found, so Jack goes ballistic and breaks all the mirrors (7 years bad luck dude, thanks).

Whoosh sideways and Jack gets sentimental with his son, David. Jack reveals that his dad always used to tell him that he didn’t have what it takes, and Jack tells his son that he’ll love him no matter what. This is all well and good, but I want to know who Dave’s mom is!

“Jack broke your lighthouse, dude…mission unaccomplished…whoever needed your help to find the island is totally screwed!” Jacob views this outcome in a different way. In fact, he wanted Jack to see what was in the mirrors, and Jacob needs Jack to realizes how important he is. However, according to Jacob, Jack has to do it on his own, and has to find it himself…all he needed was a little guidance. A light to guide him on his path…mission accomplished. While Hurley and Jack are on the coastline, a very bad person is going to the Temple. It’s too late to warn those at the Temple (sucks for Miles and Sayid).

Final scene of the night in Claire’s tent again. Now she’s scored a Nalgene water bottle, seriously!? Jin tells Claire that he lied about Kate having the baby, and that the Others have Aaron. “Good, because if what you said were true, if Kate was raising Aaron, I’d kill her!” Wow Claire…really? Flocke enters the tent and Jin is taken back. “Oh that’s not Locke, this is my friend!”

BAMM – LOST Credits…

So does this mean that every time we saw Christian, it was really Smokey? Maybe when Christian appeared to Claire in Season 4, he took Aaron and used Claire to kick away some of the gray ash protecting Jacob’s cabin, causing a break in the ash seal, and allowing Smokey/Flocke access to the cabin.

Have you noticed every time Jack looks at his reflection in the sideways 2004, he seems unsure of this reality?

Who's David's mom?

What's going to happen when Flocke and Claire go to the Temple?

And where are Bernard and Rose (again)?

Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice

Season VI, Episode 4 – The Substitute

Line of the night – “This is the weirdest damn funeral I’ve ever been to…” – Captain Frank Lapidas.





Soooo do the paper lists originate from the ‘cave of chalk names’, and how did Jacob come up with these names, and why did Jacob have to touch each individual off the island to bring them to the island, and why were there numbers before each name, and why didn’t Sawyer ask about Kate’s name??? More and more questions…

We start out in 2004 and John Locke arrives home from his Sydney flight. I say to myself, “A hundred bucks says the ramp doesn’t go down…uhhh yahtzee.” Then I say, “double or nothing he’s gonna try to hop off the ramp and fall flat on his face.” Man, I should be at the Craps tables in Vegas right now! How sad is John Locke…really? A sad, unfortunate man to say the least. We get a nice surprise from the front door when Peg Bundy aka ‘Helen’ walks out to help him. Locke’s enjoying a Mr. Bubble bubble bath (I know I do) and Helen mentions that she would rather forego the lavish wedding, and just have her parents AND “YOUR DAD” be there when they get married. Interesting that in this 2004, John appears to have a good relationship with his father (so why is he in a wheelchair???).

John is no longer a man of faith, but now a man of science and pessimistic reality. He mentions to Helen that he met a spinal surgeon, and she responds with, “what are the odds of you running into a spinal surgeon…maybe its destiny?” John’s not buying it at all.

Whoosh to the jungle. “Alright Richard, it’s time to talk!”
Ricardos – What do you want from me?
Flocke – For you to come with me.
Ricardos – Why do you look like John Locke?
Flocke – I knew he could get me access to Jacob, and he was a candidate, or at least he WAS a candidate.
Ricardos – What do you mean…candidate?
Flocke – Jacob never told you…you followed all those instructions without question or reservation, and he never told you?
(Just then something, or should I say someone, spooks Flocke and we see a blonde haired boy in ‘others’ clothing with blood on his hands in the background). Flocke really seems freaked out. Richard’s not going anywhere and he bolts. Flocke takes off, manifests into Smokey and heads for Dharmaville. So who's this kid? A manifestation of Jacob? God? Aaron all grown up?

We transition to the beach and Jordin Sparks aka Ilana is crying. Ben lies about killing Jacob, and I hear the John Williams symphony orchestra in the background playing Indiana Jones music. Ilana takes some of the ash from the fire pit and puts it into a sack (I’m guessing she’s going to use this to offset the weight of some golden deity at a later date). Ben asks why Flocke took Richard. Ilana’s response, “he’s recruiting.”

Flocke enters Dharmaville in his human form and visits a wasted Sawyer drinking whiskey in his boxers. Stay classy Sawyer. “I thought you were dead!”…Flocke’s response, “I am.” “Well I don’t care if you’re dead, time traveling, or the ghost of Christmas past.” Love that line too. Sawyer knows that Flocke is not Locke because Locke was always scared, even if he pretended not to be. This intrigues Flocke. “What if I told you I was the person who could answer the most important question in the world?” Sawyer’s not concerned about that, he’s only concerned about his whiskey…until Flocke says, “Why are you on this island?” (Umm…hey Sawyer…tell Flocke that you’d like to find out, because this has been on ALL of our minds for 5 years!!!)

Whoosh to 2004, and John Locke has just been fired by Randy Nations. He can’t gain access to his van because a Yellow Hummer is blocking the door. Now who do we know that owns one of those…enter Hugo Reyes. Hurley owns the company, and also owns a temp agency where he tells John to go for a job. “Chin up dude, things are going to work out!”

Flocke and Sawyer are now in the jungle and Sawyer sees the same kid Flocke sees. Flocke runs after him (why didn’t he manifest into Smokey?) and falls to the ground. The boy says, “You know the rules, you can’t kill him.” Flocke responds with, ironically, a classic John Locke line, “Don’t tell me what I can’t do!!!” Sawyer’s back in the jungle calling for Locke and Richard comes out to tell him to follow him to the temple. Sawyer has no interest.

Back in 2004 and Locke meets Rose at the temp agency. She’s the supervisor and still has terminal cancer. Poor Rose.

Welcome to the Jungle, we’ve got fun and games, we’ve got everything you want…including an interesting dialogue between Sawyer and Flocke. Sawyer explains a scene from ‘Of Mice and Men’ and pulls out a gun to see what happens if he puts a bullet in Flocke’s head. Flocke talks him out of it, “What I am…what I am is TRAPPED. Before I was trapped I was a man just like you. I could feel joy, I could feel pain (LIKE SUNSHINE AND RAIN…GIVE IT TO EM’ ROB BASE), I could feel anger, fear, to experience betrayal, and I know what it feels like to lose someone you love." Aha, Flocke is trying to empathize with Sawyer to get him on his side (the dark side). Nice move Flocke.

Back to the beach and Jordin Sparks wants to get to the temple. Ben’s concerned that Flocke will change his appearance and Ilana responds with, “he can’t…not anymore…he’s stuck this way!” (OK so why is that?) Sun is surprised to learn that Jin may be at the temple too, and is ready to mobilize but first they must bury John Locke’s body. They visit the Flight 815 make-shift cemetery and I can see Sun putting a flower on the grave of Nikki and Paulo. Ben gives a quick eulogy and Frank Lapidas delivers the line of the night.

Whoosh to 2004, John Locke doesn’t believe in miracles. You essentially just have to deal with life as it comes to you…these are the cards that you are dealt. Peg Bundy thinks that miracles happen all the time.

Back to sidekicks Fred and Barney as they make their way to the edge of a cliff. Sawyer almost falls into the ocean as the ladder gives way, but Flocke is there to save the day. We see a scale that is perfectly balanced with a white stone and a black stone (light and dark, good and evil, angels and demons, Jedi and Sith Lord). Flocke throws the white stone into the ocean, “Inside Joke.” Flocke leads Sawyer deep into the cave and “That’s why you are here!” The walls of the cave are covered by names proceeded by numbers! I can see the following: 19-Almeda, 195-Pace (Charlie Pace?), 222-O’Toole, 90-Troup, 8-Reyes, 16-Jarrah, 15-Ford, 42-Kwon. Holy s--- what the hell does this all mean?

Back from commercial and John Locke is a substitute junior high school teacher. And now we find out what happened to one of the ‘others’. Ben Linus - European History…and he’s anal about making more coffee…just like me. You kill the Joe…you make some Mo…

Now I want some answers from the cliffside cave. Sawyer wants to know what’s up with the numbers before each name. Flocke’s response, “Jacob had a thing for numbers.” (Weak sauce Lost writers) We get a number of transition scenes showing Jacob making physical contact with members of the Oceanic survivors as Sawyer reads the names off the cave wall. Flocke also reassures James Ford that some time in his life when he was miserable and vulnerable, Jacob visited him and ‘pushed him to the island’. (4 – Locke, 8 – Reyes, 15 – Ford, 16 – Jarrah, 23 – Sheppard, 42 – Kwon) Note to self, I did not see Kate’s name any where in the cave. I did see a 313 – Littleton, which is Claire's (and technically Aaron’s) last name.

We finally get some very important answers from Flocke to end the episode, but who knows if he is telling the truth. Jacob thought he was the protector of the island so a candidate is a nominee, so to speak, to take over that job. Flocke explains that there are 3 choices: 1) Do nothing and see how all this plays out and possibly your name could be crossed off. 2) Accept the job, protect the island (but it’s just an island and there is nothing to protect it from...its a joke). 3) We just go; we just get the hell off this island and never look back.

Sawyer asks, “How do we do that?” Flocke – “Together…so what do you say James, are you ready to go home?”

Sawyer - “HELL Yes!” BAMMMM - LOST

And now the dark lord of the Sith has his apprentice...Mwhahaha. These writers love to throw in Star Wars references all the time.

OK – I’m going to take it one superlostnerd step further, because I believe in the theory that Aaron is the key to everything. Maybe Aaron is the “candidate” that will replace Jacob and ‘protect the island’ in the future. I went back and checked the numbers proceeding his last name in the cave (313-Littleton). I looked up some bible versus (since there are so many Christian theology overtones in the show), to see if any one verse made sense to go along with the show. Here is what I came up with.

Matthew 3:13 – “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.”
Luke 3:13 – “Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told.”
John 3:13 - “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.”
Acts 3:13 – “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.”
Mark 3:13 – “Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.” (Maybe some significance here? – Jacob bringing those individuals to the island?)

I don’t know if it matters at all, but just found it interesting. It is going to be extremely fascinating to see how this all plays out and what, if any, significance Aaron has in the grand plot of LOST.

It's also interesting that Ilana knows that Flocke can't manifest into any other individuals moving forward. Why is that? It's a little disappointing because Smokey has only ever appeared as people that have died...it would have been cool to see Juliet appear to Sawyer (Smokey in disguise).

Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice

Season VI, Episode 3 – What Kate Does

Line of the night – “You’re not a zombie, right?” - Hurley is classic.






Facts - Sayid’s alive and the snow outside really stinks. But is this really the Iraqi torturer we know and love...and exactly how many inches of snow are we really going to get (again)? Anyway, I've learned that the body can survive without blood flow to the brain for up to 10 minutes, and I think our friend Sayid was lying there…dead…for more than 10 minutes. Lennon, (these writers love the Beatles) the Hippie Other, informs Asian Jack Sparrow that Sayid is indeed alive. Kate can’t seem to grasp how it is possible, and Sawyer’s response is, “He’s an Iraqi torturer who shoots kids, he definitely needs another go around.”

We transition to a different sort of Whoosh…the kind of Whoosh that sounds like an airplane landing on a sheet metal runway. We see Kate carjacking the Puppet Master from NBC’s “Heroes” and Claire just happens to be the passenger. Before I go any further, I have a hunch that we are witnessing the actual events of the end of the series and not an alternate time line as stated last week…discuss amongst yourselves. Jack’s on his cell as Kate takes the cab hostage AND...building off of what Nurse Kim commented last week, it looks like Jack knows her (Kate). Puppet Master almost hits Doc Artz as he’s crossing the street. “I’m walking here, I’m walking here.” – another classic Back to the Future reference.

Metal grinding Whoosh to the island. “Thank you Jack for saving my life.” Sayid seems a little…off, don't you think? Sawyer commandeers a gun somehow and plans on leaving the Temple. Kate assures Lennon that she can bring him back. Key Line Here – “It’s VERY important that he gets back here safely.” Hmmmmmmm.

Whoosh to 2004, and Kate gets her handcuffs taken off by a Mickey Rourke stunt double. She opens Claire’s LeSportsac bag to find baby bottles and a Shamu doll (would have been funnier if it were a stuffed polar bear). She’s disgusted with herself and I can’t blame her…you make me sick Kate.

Back on the island - Kate has a little heart to heart with Jack, “you be careful out there” WAIT FOR IT…cue the soft piano and violin soundtrack. Lennon and Asian Jack Sparrow have Sayid tied down, and it looks as if they are going to torture him…isn’t it ironic…don’t cha think. After an Indian rug burn, a titty-twister and 2 wet-willys, Sayid has had enough. Lennon informs Sayid that he passed the test, and as Sayid is being carried out he says, “I just lied to him didn’t I.”

Whoosh to 2004, Kate finds Claire and offers to take her to the couple planning to adopt Claire’s unborn child. Note to self, the last time we watched a Kate/Claire episode was in Season 4, and it had a great ending with Kate giving Aaron a hug! One of the best "Holy Sh--" moments ever. I wonder if we are in store for another great reveal at the end of tonight’s episode. I wonder...

Transition to Kate in the jungle with Jin, the dude from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Aldo), and another Other named Justin. Kate and Jin ask why the others are protecting them, and finally we get a legitimate question from the Losties. Aldo informs them that they are protecting the Losties from the pillar of smoke that makes that ‘ticka ticka’ sound and always seems pissed off. Jin asks about the other plane that landed on the island, and just before he's about to get his answer Kate pistol whips Aldo and sets off the 'big sack of rocks' trap on Justin. Kate is about to do what she does best…RUN.

Asian Jack Sparrow still has yet to introduce himself to anyone and appears to be using Joker rolling papers to hold some sort of substance. It looks a lot like the pill Neo swallowed in the Matrix. Jack Shephard’s informed that he has to get Sayid to take the pill, or it won’t work. They need to diagnose Sayid to see if he is infected. As Asian Jack Sparrow puts it, “this is your chance to redeem yourself Jack.” At this point, Sayid is still slightly off-center, and Hurley delivers, “You’re not a zombie, right?” Jack informs Sayid that the Others want him to take this pill, and Sayid says he will take the pill if Jack wants him too, “I only care about those who I trust.”

Metal Whoosh to 2004, Kate pulls up to the adopting family’s home…my guess is that Juliet’s behind the door! Wrong Answer McFly. Turns out the woman who answers the door is no longer interested in Claire’s baby because her husband left her. (I wonder who her husband is.) Claire goes into labor and it's very coincidental that Kate is with her, again, to experience this.

Whoosh to 2007 (I think), and Kate tracks Sawyer to the former Dharma camp. Sawyer's on a Goonie adventure prying up floor boards in his 1977 house. Instead of discovering One-Eyed Willie's treasure, he finds a shoebox with a black velvet sack. Wide angle pan to the dock in Dharmaville and Sawyer reveals that it’s his fault Juliet is dead. Kate informs Sawyer that she’s on the island to find Claire, and bring her back to Aaron. Sawyer admits that he was selfish and didn’t want to be alone when they first got accepted into Dharmaville. We see an engagement ring in his hand. “I was going to ask her to marry me,” and he throws the ring into the water. RIP Juliet.

I bet we see Claire on the island before the end of the episode…just another hunch.

Metal Whoosh to 2004 and Kate takes Claire to the hospital instead of delivering the baby on a jungle log like the first time we witnessed this. We need a doctor, and who happens to turn around, but none other than Ethan Rom (Goodspeed). I guess the Dharma initiative still happened in this reality because Horace and Amy Goodspeed are his parents. The irony of this scene is that the first time around when Ethan helped Claire with the pregnancy he was ALL ABOUT drugging her up. In this reality, Ethan is very apprehensive about giving her drugs. “Is Aaron Ok?” Yes Claire, Aaron’s fine, he just moves around a lot.

Jack is back at the Temple and we find out the real name of Asian Jack Sparrow. He introduces himself as Dogen. Dogen reveals that he prefers to speak Japanese because he has to separate himself from the rest of the group. Sometimes his instructions are frowned upon. After Jack goes nutty and attempts to swallow the Matrix pill, Dogen stops him and reveals it was poison. By the way, he was brought to the island, just like everyone else.

We are back in 2004, Claire’s looking at an ultrasound dated October 22, 2004 (I wonder if that is important to know). The cops come in to ask her questions about a “Joan Hart”. Now why would the cops care about Melissa Joan Hart from Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

Now to the really important stuff as we hear a metal Whoosh that takes us back to the Temple and Jack/Dogen. The pill is poison and they want Sayid to take it because they believe he’s been claimed by a darkness growing inside him, and "once that darkness reaches his heart, the man you once knew will be gone." Jack still has trust issues with Dogen, “and how do you know that!?” Dogen – “because it happened to your sister!” NICE.

Final scene and Jin is off to find Sun. He gets jacked by Aldo and Justin. Aldo wants to kill Jin as a payback for Kate kicking his ass twice now. Key Dialogue Here – “We should take him back, he’s one of them!” Aldo responds, “he MAY BE one of them.” One of what…who…huh? Aldo gets shot and Sayid turns around to face the marksman…it’s a very dirty and badly-permed……CLAIRE!

Nice, glad to see Claire is roaming the jungle on the island, but it still does not make any sense as to why she would just leave Aaron in the jungle in Season 4, completely disappear, and then end up in Jacob’s cabin with Christian. We really need some answers with her.

Also, why are the Others so interested in our LOSTIES. “He MAY BE one of them.” Really, well what is that supposed to mean?

Finally, why can't Jack just be civil. Sit down Jack, ask Dogen the important questions like, "4 hours ago we were in 1977 and now we are here, what happened?"

Until next week when we get our first 'Flocke' episode, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice

Season VI, Episode 1 – LA X Part I and II

Line of the night – “If it’s confidential (a 314) then how am I supposed to know if I see one…(alternate time line Sawyer)


Yeah I said it…alternate freaking timeline.

To quote Doctor Emmit L. Brown from Back to the Future II, “Assuming we succeed in our mission, this alternate 1985 will be changed back into the real 1985, instantaneously transforming around Jennifer and Einie. Jennifer and Einie will be fine, and they will have absolutely no memory of this horrible place.”

Digest that and we’ll talk later.

To the episode: Alyssa B. will be relieved to know that I DID have my fancy dancy Daniel Faraday notebook with me as I took notes at a transcriber’s pace this evening. We open with the finale of Season V, and Juliet is covered in blood trying to detonate the hydrogen bomb. It worked! The camera shot pans back to a much older Jack Shepard waking up from a day dream (hmmm) on an airplane?! He starts up a very familiar conversation with Rose and all of the sudden we hit some turbulence.

Jack – “Looks like we made it.”
Rose – “Yeah, we sure did.”
Slice – “What in the sam hell is going on here!”

Jack visits the airplane bathroom to regain his composure, and looks completely freaked out…like something is not right, and what’s that on his neck??? Jack sits back down (I can see Locke in the next row sitting next to Frogurt) and is joined by DESMOND? Desmond mentions that since they took off from Sydney he had to move because the guy next to him was snoring. Jack seems perplexed, “Do I know you from somewhere?” Desmond responds with, “Well nice to meet you ..or see you again.” (Side note – when Jack ran into Desmond in the premiere of season II, he remembered Desmond instantaneously from his time running the steps at the LA Coliseum).

Here’s the kicker – the camera goes back to the window…pans towards the clouds and we travel down expecting to see the island. Well we travel into the ocean, and instead of seeing Ed Harris and his team from the movie The Abyss, we see the old Dharma houses…a swing set…and finally a foot of the giant statue of the Egyptian goddess Tawere…all underwater? My nose just started to bleed.

Whoosh – we are in the woods and Kate is in a tree...she climbs down and the 1977 losties regroup at the Hatch (or what’s left of it). It appears that by detonating the bomb, the group was transported back to their own time (2007 at this point), and they all still on the island…including Juliet who is at the bottom of the drill boring. Sawyer kicks Jack in the face, “You were wrong! You said you could stop it! This ain’t LAX and we are right back where we started, except Juliet is dead!” Way to pour salt in the wound Sawyer…

Whoosh and we are back on the plane. Sawyer is here and he strolls by a hand-cuffed Kate Austen. Sawyer gives her a look like he knows her and they are in cahoots…muy interesante. We see Doc Artz (who literally blew up in Season I) talking to the owner of Mr. Clucks, Hugo Reyes. Also, interesting to note that Hurley says nothing bad ever happens to him and he’s the luckiest guy alive.

Whoosh back to the hatch scene and Kate hears Juliet. They start to remove the metal debris. Hurley is back at the Dharma bus getting Sayid’s blood all over him, “Oh god…this is so gross.” Jacob shows up, “Hurley, you got a minute?”

Back on the Oceanic Flight and now we see Boone alive and well talking to John Locke about his Walkabout in Australia. I am beginning to think that some sort of alternate time line has been created...or perhaps we are getting a glimpse of the ENDING of the series...we may literally be seeing the end of Season 6.

“If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Remember this for future episodes....just sayin.

Whoosh to 2007, and Hurley is talking to a dead Jacob. My buddy Charlie cries out that Jacob is now like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hurley is like Luke Skywalker. Jin won’t be able to see Jacob because he died about an hour ago. He explains that an old friend killed him who was tired of his company, and that if Hurley wants to save Sayid, he needs to bring him to the temple (and don’t forget the guitar case). Back at the Hatch and Sawyer gets in far enough to find a bloody mess that kinda looks like Juliet. She reminds me of the way little Carolann looked after she returned from ‘the light’ in Poltergeist. “It didn’t work, we are still on the island, I hit the bomb and we are still here!” Sawyer didn’t realize that Juliet hit the bomb until that moment.

WHOOSH and we are back on the plane. Cindy the stewardess needs a doctor. Turns out our buddy from Drive Shaft is not breathing in the cabin bathroom. Sayid comes back to help and kicks in the door (bad-ass Sayid style). Jack attempts CPR, but finds a bag of heroine blocking his airway. Jack fixes the situation, saves Charlie’s life, and Charlie is pissed because, "I was supposed to die!"

We transition to Jacob’s home at the base of the Tawere statue on the beach. Team Jordin Sparks lead by Bram enter the base of Jacob’s sanctuary with Ben and lots of firepower. They come face to face with Essau (as we shall refer to him) who has taken on the form of John Locke. Essau refers to Bram and his boys as “Jacob’s body guards”. One of them fires their rifle at Essau and he disappears. Within moments SMOKEY shows up and bangs the ‘extras’ around like little rag dolls. Bram grabs a sack of gray powder and encircles himself. He’s safe until he comes out of the circle (and is quickly disposed of). KEY LINE – “I’m sorry you had to see me like that!” Sooo Essau is Smokey who is the security line of defense for the island.

Whoosh to the other side of the island (in 2007 I am guessing) and Sawyer is having his final moment with Juliet. She finally dies and we all share a moment of silence. Sawyer comes out of the drill boring, “You did this!” as he looks in Jack’s direction. To be accurate Sawyer, Jack didn’t do this, the extremely strong magnetism of the area sucked Juliet down the drill boring. If anyone should be at fault, it should be Radzinsky.

Whoosh back to the airplane. Matt Parkman is reprising his role as the pilot and he announces their approach into Los Angeles. As the plane lands and they are all safe, I don’t recall ever seeing Claire, Michael, Walt, Ana Lucia, Libby, or even Nicki and Paulo? END OF Episode 1 Part 1...Oceanic Flight 815 has safely landed in Los Angeles = weaksauce in my book.

Part II – Hurley is off to the temple with Kate, Jack and Jin to try and save Sayid. Miles hangs back with Sawyer to play ghost whisperer with Juliet’s fresh grave. Miles starts to quiver and shake…and Sawyer has officially gone loco. “It worked…she said that it worked!” (ok – I am guessing she is referring to the alternate time line that has been going on so far).

Hurley and the gang get to the temple only to be Sayid-jacked by a bunch of other others. They are brought to the attention of an Asian Captain Jack Sparrow. Cindy the former Oceanic Flight 815 stewardess says, “They were on the FIRST plane, Oceanic Flight 815 with me.” (Hmmm the FIRST plane huh…thanks Cindy). Asian Captain Jack (as I will refer to him) wants them killed, but Hurley mentions that they were sent by Jacob. The guitar case houses an Egyptian Cross that represents life. Inside the cross, the names of all of the Losties are written down on a famous “Jacob list”.

They bring Sayid into the temple and a ‘fountain of life’ awaits him. Asian Captain Jack slices his hand just like Alan from the Hangover when he tried to recruit more wolves for his pack….could it be? Instead of becoming blood brothers with Sayid, Asian Captain Jack looks for his own hand to heal and then they place the lifeless body of Sayid face down in the water. Like the sands of time drop in an hour glass so do the days of our lives, and the others finally bring Sayid’s body to the surface. “Your friend is dead!” Jack tries CPR anyway.

Throughout this episode there have been a few flashes to the LAX airport where Kate, again, beats the living piss out of the Federal Marshall, interacts with Sawyer in an elevator (I guess they don’t know each other), attempts to steal a cab from Frogurt, and finally jumps into a cab with Claire!

Whoosh - Back at the Temple and Hurley informs Asian Captain Jack that Jacob is dead. The others go into GI Joe mode and transform the temple into a barricade to keep Essau out. They send out a flare to warn Richard’s group on the beach.

Back at the beach with Richard’s group and Essau explains to Ben that the last thought in John Locke’s mind was “I don’t understand’. Essau confirms that John is and ever will be a weak, pathetic, broken man…whom despite all this is the only one out of the survivors from 815 that wanted to stay. The ironic part of this is that Essau wants the one thing that the actual John Locke didn’t, “I want to go home!”

Back to the airport and Oceanic has lost Christian Shepard’s coffin and has also lost Locke’s bag o knives. Jack chats it up and offers to give John a free consultation regarding back surgery. “Nothing is irreversible”.

Back to the beach in 2007, Essau emerges from the sanctuary and Richard looks scared to death. “It’s good to see you out of those chains!” “YOU!” Essau knocks out Richard and marches into the jungle, only to say that he is very disappointed in ‘all of you’. (I am guessing that Richard was on the Black Rock British Trading Ship as a Slave or Laborer).

Finally back to the Temple and Jack has been asked by Asian Captain Jack to have a private conversation. Jack does not go quietly. We hear a ruckus and HOLY CRAP SAYID’S ALIVE!!!

BOOM _ END CREDITS!

What did you think of the final premiere EVER?

By the end of the episode, the room where we watched the premiere was a cascade of blank stares.
Andre was still confused on why there were 2 John Locke’s,
Rebecca was researching the symbol in the guitar case,
Angela was annoyed that the Asian leader wouldn't just speak english,
Charlie was so overwhelmed that at one point he thought the 1977 Dharma Losties had caught up to the 2007 Others (with Sun and Frank Lapidas) but they were exactly one hour behind them in time?! Huh?
And I still couldn’t get over how the HELL the island was 200 feet underwater?

Was there anything else we learned that I may have missed?

Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice

Season V, Episode 16 - The Incident

Line of the night – Tonight it wasn’t that it was a funny line, but it was the most significant - “They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt…it always ends the same….” Silas Esau (or at least that’s what I refer to him as).

We open with a torch lit sanctuary (is this the temple?) and some dude in hemp pants and linen shirt is making a tapestry. This same guy catches a white fish in a very primitive fish ‘cage’. This has to be Jacob, right? As he sitting on the beach, there’s a sailboat in the distance which looks a hellava lot like the Black Rock, so I am guessing the time period is the mid-1800’s. Oh snap, here comes Silas from Deadwood (HBO Series). “I guess you’re here for the ship.” Silas Esau (which I’ll explain later) says, “You brought them here…you’re still trying to prove me wrong!” “You are wrong!” Silas looks frustrated, “They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt, it always ends the same.” Jacob’s response, “It only ends ONCE, anything that happens before that is just progress.” Which makes me think that Jacob draws tribes/groups to the island almost for a sociological study to see how they deal on the island, like a game! I get the sense that Jacob and his nemesis in black have been there a very very long time, and have encountered numerous groups of people.

“Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you…one of these days, I’ll find a loophole my friend.” Jacob doesn’t seem bothered by the fact that Silas wants to murder him. They part ways and Silas heads back to the jungle, while Jacob chills on the beach. We get a wide angle and see that Jacob is relaxing at the base of the fertility statue. Immediately my list of unanswered questions for the show was expanded from 108 to 316…damnit.

Did you notice the interesting parallel between Silas and Jacob and when Ben visited Charles Widmore. “Are you here to kill me Benjamin?” Ben had responded to Charles, “Now we both now I can’t do that…” Very intriguing.

We flashback to little Kate Austin and her dork friend Tommy with his toy airplane. They go into the local grocery store and she attempts to steal a NKOTB lunch box. I’m sure my wife and Stephanie Britz would have done the same thing back in the day. They get busted, but Jacob is there and pays for the lunchbox to get her off the hook. He makes physical contact with her and off she goes. (I mention this because he touches every one of the Oceanic 815 peeps during his brief encounter with each of them).

We transition quickly to Sayid removing the plutonium core from the H-bomb. I guess if they don’t use it on the pocket of energy at the swan, they can always use it to power the Delorean’s Flux Capacitor and get back to 2007 that way?!?

Off to the Swan Station location and Dr. Chang is trying to stop the drilling while d-bag Radzinsky wants to keep going, because he came to the island to change the world and that’s what he’s gonna do.

WHOOSH to 2007, and we get our first scene with the Others led by the rejuvenated John Locke. Richard and J-Lo have an interesting conversation. Richard still can’t believe John’s alive. “If anyone would have an explanation, I thought it would be you.” Richard’s seen a lot of things on the island, but never someone come back to life. “And I’ve never seen anyone who doesn’t age, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen!” Richard reveals that, “I’m this way because of Jacob.” Interesting.

Jordin Sparks aka Ilana and her goons arrive at the mainland with Frank Lapidas. Bram says, “Do you think he’s a candidate?” So what the hell does that mean, a candidate for what? Frank shares my sentiments. They say they are ‘friends’ and show him what’s in the big silver cargo box they carried over. Frank’s only response after seeing what’s in the box is, “TERRIFIC!” Now I really want to see what the hell is in there.

WHOOSH and we see a little boy at a funeral for 2 people. My brother Dave calls it, we are seeing Sawyer as a kid. Jacob shows up, gives him a pen so he can write the infamous letter to Mr. Sawyer, and makes physical contact with his hand. We flash to 1977 and Juliet has a change of heart. She opens a can of whoop ass and takes out the Dharma guard. They commandeer the sub, and leave on a life raft once the submarine surfaces.

Jack and Richard are in the tunnels and Richard asks if Jack knows John. Jack admits to their friendship. Richard mentions that he’s visited John three separate times and each time he never seemed ‘particularly special’ (like Walt was). Jack responds, “If I were you I wouldn’t give up on him.”

Back to the Beach and Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are having a bonfire beach party in the background. John is amazed that Benry did not tell Richard about his actual plan to kill Jacob. “Well I started thinking differently when my dead daughter threatened to destroy me if I didn’t do everything you said.” (Runner up for line of the night). But John’s not gonna kill Jacob, Benry is!

Back from commercial and Sayid and Nadia are about to cross the street. This must be where Nadia bites the bullet, and there’s Jacob looking at a map. Jacob grabs Sayid’s attention and makes contact with his shoulder. In the background Nadia gets nailed by a Jeep the same way Terry (the jock’s girlfriend) got railed by a bus in Final Destination. I had to cringe when this went down.

Back to the tunnels and Richard knocks out Ellie so that he can get her out of there. Sayid and Jack are on their own and they make their way through what looks like Horace and Amy’s house. They covertly make their way through Dharmaville when Uncle Rico Wolfman (Roger Linus) recognizes Sayid. Sayid takes a bullet to the gut and Jack goes postal. Jack might as well have been Doc Holliday walking through the streets of Tombstone as he fired away. They take cover and get picked up by Miles, Jin and Hurley.

Stick with me people, sorry for the length of this entry, but it’s a two hour show and lots and lots of details. Back to a different beach and Vincent the dog comes out of the jungle to greet Sawyer, Kate and Juliet. FINALLY SOME CLOSURE…Rose and Bernard are ALIVE and make their way onto the beach. Bernard sees them and uses one of Sawyers’ lines, “Son of a bitch” Sooo apparently Bernard and Rose have been playing Swiss Family Robinson for the last 3 years. Kate explains their plan and Rose makes an interesting comment which ties into the first scene between Jacob and Silas Esau. “We travel back in time 30 years, and you are still finding ways to go shooting people.” Bernard doesn’t seem to care if the H-bomb goes off and they all die as long as he is with Rose, “As long as we are together.” At this point Sawyer looks at Kate (NOT JULIET), and a certain pouty-lipped former Other notices this. I just felt a disturbance in the force.

Frank and the Jordin Sparks group are making their way through the jungle. Frank asks what they are going to do with the contents of the box. Bram says that they have to show it to somebody, so they know who they are up against (which is apparently a lot scarier than whats in the box). They arrive at Jacob’s cabin and the ash circle has been broken. (SIDE NOTE – Do you think that this was NEVER really Jacob’s house and it was and always has been Silas Esau’s pad?) Ilana finds a piece of textile material on the wall which shows a picture of the statue from the beach. “I guess we know where we are going!”

Flashback to a crappy hospital and Ilana looks like Michael Jackson after that Pepsi commercial fire. Jacob visits her and needs her help. She agrees to help him. (Which makes me think that Ilana and her group have been to the island before. They have a wealth of knowledge about the island and knew exactly where to find Jacob’s cabin). Could they have been past inhabitants of the island, maybe crew members of the Black Rock??? They burn down the old rickety house and I don’t understand why.

WHOOSH and we Flash to Jacob sitting on a bench reading, “Everything that rises must converge”. My brother Dave jumps in and calls it ‘This is where John Locke gets pushed out of a window’. Just like he said, we hear a crash and a thump and there lies John Locke. Jacob comes over and presses his shoulder and brings him back to consciousness.

WHOOSH and we are at the Oceanic 815 beach camp. Now it’s Steph’s turn to call the scene. Sun walks over to the bassinet that John had built, and Steph says ‘I bet she finds Charlie’s Drive Shaft ring.’ Low and behold 3 seconds later, there’s the “DS” Ring. John uses this break time to manipulate Ben into believing that he SHOULD want to kill Jacob because of all of his hardships (he got cancer, Alex was murdered, and then he was banished).

WHOOSH to Jin and Sun’s wedding day. Jacob’s there too and his Korean is excellent. He touches them both on the shoulders and wishes them well.

Back to 1977 and the Mystery Machine is cut off at the pass by Sawyer, Kate and Juliet. Jack gives Sawyer 5 minutes to hear him out. We then flash to Jack in surgery. This time I called it, “this is where Jack tears the dural sac of his patient and he has to count to 5 to get over the fear!” Awesome to see this scene played out. Jack confronts his father for giving him a ‘time-out’ in the OR. In the meantime, Jacob shows up and retrieves Jack’s Apollo Bar from the vending machine. Again, he touches jack on the hand when he gives him the candy bar and off they both go. Weird stuff.

Back to the action. Jack and Sawyer have their little heart to heart while Sayid is back at the van bleeding out. Jack’s convinced that this is his destiny, but Sawyer thinks he has another motive. “What do you want Jack?” Jack responds, “I had her…I had her and I lost her.” Sawyer looks pissed and explains that even if it does work, Jack and Kate won’t know each other when they land. “If it’s meant to be, then it’s meant to be!” Jack motions to leave after the 5 minutes are up and a scene from Fight Club ensues. Sawyer and Jack beat the piss out of each other and Sawyer seals the deal with a kick to the Shepard family jewels. Bad form Sawyer. Juliet stops the madness.

We flash to Juliet’s parents explaining that even though they love each other, they are not meant to be together. (This is the only flashback in which Jacob is not present). So what the hell does that mean?

Jack and Kate plus 8 are ready to make their move on the Swan Drill Rig location. “Nothing in my life has ever felt so right. I need you to believe that.” Boom – they just hit the energy pocket…it’s showtime.

We Flash to Hurley getting released from jail. Finally some closure on this issue as well. Hurley leaves and unknowingly shares a cab with Jacob. “What if you weren’t cursed, what if you were blessed? You get to talk to people you lost, so that sounds like a wonderful gift to me.” Hurley still has no idea who Jacob is and he leaves the cab leaving behind a guitar case. Could this be Charlie’s guitar?

Jack’s off to detonate the bomb and the rest of the group contemplates if they will help him or not. Miles builds on Charlie/Joe’s point last week that what if the incident is actually caused by the detonation of the bomb and does not absorb all of the energy like it’s supposed to. Just as Jack is ready to make a move at the drill rig hole, the cavalry arrives and offers support. Jack drops the bomb down the hole and the look on everyone’s face’s is priceless. Sawyer jumps in, “this doesn’t look like LAX!” Nice line. All the sudden the magnetism takes over and all sorts of metal crap goes down the hole. Jack gets nailed by a Craftsman tool box. Then D-bag Phil takes a piece of rebar to the chest and I smile, justice. Juliet gets wrapped up in some heavy chains and gets pulled into the drill hole. This is a classic Indiana Jones scene, but this time Indy/Sawyer doesn’t save the day. Juliet says she loves Sawyer and down down the rabbit’s hole she goes. Wow, well that sucks if she is dead!

Back to 2007 and the Jordin Sparks group shows up at the Others camp. Ilana asks for “Ricardos” and asks the question, “what lies in the shadow of the statue?” Richard responds in latin and the translation is: “He who will protect/save us all.” Ok – so who is he referring too? Jacob? Ilana looks pleased and shows Richard and Sun what is in the box. The lifeless body of John Locke rolls out. I experience de ja vue as I say, “oh my god, Locke’s dead!” (like at the end of last season). So at this point I have to agree with Sun when she says, “so if this is Locke, who’s in there!”

So here we are in Jacob’s sanctuary. Benry admires the tapestry on the wall. The language translates to read: “May heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire.” Jacob says, “Well you found your loophole” J-Lo responds, “And you have no idea what I’ve gone through to be here.” Jacob explains that Ben has a choice in the matter (free will). Benry starts to whine about why he never got a chance to meet Jacob and what about him? “What about you!” Well Jacob, that wasn’t a very convincing way of dissuading Ben. Ben stabs Jacob weakly in the chest and down he goes. As blood is pouring out of Jacob’s mouth he says, “they are coming.”

Finally we are at the last scene of the episode. Juliet awakens and looks like Sissy Spacek from Carrie. She finds a rock and starts to knock on the h-bomb because Sayid had said the bomb will detonate on impact. We hear the final words of Season V, “C’mon you son of a bitch,” and BOOM the screen goes white and we see an inverted LOST come up on the screen.

So that’s it for Season V – Destiny Calls. So it looks like Season VI will be themed Destiny Found. So what’s next….where do we go from here? What are your thoughts?

It was good to see what the hell happened to Rose and Bernard, and finally get some closure on how Hurley agreed to go on the plane and showed up at the airport.

It was NOT good to see Juliet die, or realize that John Locke really is DEAD! It’s funny, this whole time we have been under the impression that J-Lo has been rejuvenated with purpose and is going to find and save his people. But when you think about it, John died a pathetic failure who was leader of the Others for about 10 minutes before the island moved, and then failed to recruit any of the Oceanic 6 to come back to the island after he was back on the mainland. He never amounted to anything, which is a true shame.

Now to the new theories and questions. I referred to Jacob’s nemesis as Silas Esau. From the bible, Esau was Jacob’s older brother, both son’s of Isaac. The story goes that Jacob that their father, Isaac, was going to pass the birthright to his older brother Esau. Jacob had smooth skin, and Esau was hairy. So Jacob put on an animal pelt and was blessed by the blind Isaac. When Esau returned (from an errand Jacob had sent him on) he realized the birthright had been passed to Jacob. So maybe the parallel to LOST is that Jacob lives in the base of the statue in a nice sanctuary while Silas Esau is left to the cabin. Are we supposed to assume that Silas Esau took on the form of John Locke, and everyone else that has died and appeared later in the show (Christian Shepard, Charlie, Mr. Ecko, Yemi, etc.)

Was it really Jacob that visited all the Oceanic Flight 815 passengers when they were on the mainland, or was that Silas Esau as well essentially trying to persuade and manipulate their lives to that they would eventually crash on the island?

As for me, I hope you have had as much fun reading and commenting on the Absolutely Lost Blog this season as I had writing it. It will be interesting to see if they invert the title for all of Season VI and how they are going to tie everything together.

Until next YEAR, Namaste and Good Luck!

Season V, Episode 15 - Follow the Leader

Line of the night – “What year were you born?” “Uhhh 1931?” - Hurley

I seriously can’t believe we are a week away from the Season Finale. I will pray on a daily basis that they do not end the series the way that the writers are currently foreshadowing…with Flight 815 safely landing in Los Angeles and every one is alive and well to lead their lives without ever knowing eachother. But these writers are brilliant, and there is always more than meets the eye with this show!

A repeat of last week’s final scene as Daniel enters the Hostiles camp in 1977. He holds a gun at Richard as he looks for Ellie, but then gets shot in the back by none other his own mother! We transition to Jack and Kate in the woods. “What if this is our chance to put things back the way they are supposed to be?” Then BAMM Jack takes a Shot Gun to the Jaw and gets kicked while he’s down by Charles Widmore. Side note: Charles went from Eddie Vedder to Ed Asner in 16 years…Does that make any sense? Remember that he was officially banished from the island around 1993 (when Alex was on the swings) and looked the way he does in 2007.

Ellie realizes that Jack and Kate are not part of the Dharma Initiative and she orders them to be placed in her tent.

Thirty Years Later and Richard is building a Ship in a bottle, could it be the “Black Rock” perhaps? John Locke arrives in “The Others” camp with Sun and Benry. Richard thinks John looks different. John’s response, “I have a purpose now!” and smirks. Ben explains to Sun a little reveal about Richard, “He’s kind of an Advisor, and he’s been doing that job for a very very long time.” Damn I want a Richard flashback! Please!

Sun shows Richard the Dharma recruit picture from 1977. Richard says he remembers them very clearly because he watched them all die. Well that doesn’t sound promising. John insists that Richard come with him into the jungle for a little excursion and they leave.

WHOOSH to 1977 Hostiles camp, and a bloody Jack looks like Tyler Durden and maybe just as crazy. “We can put things back the way they were supposed to be. Our plane never crashes, and everyone we’ve lost since we’ve been here will still be alive.” Kate doesn’t like that idea. Jack wants to wipe away all the misery like it never happened. Kate seems to think that it wasn’t misery that they had (referring to their personal relationship). Jack thinks “enough of it was”…Damn Jack, like a knife that cuts you, the wound heals, but the scar….that scar will remain.

Ellie enters her Lord of the Rings tent and is pretty sure that Jack and Kate are from the future as well. “When I was 17 years old, a man came to me and told me to bury the bomb underground, he said he was from the future, then he disappeared right in front of my bloody eyes!” Now this time around he says he is her son, so she wants some answers. Jack explains that if they follow what is in Daniel’s diary, then she can take it back (shooting her son), and none of this would have ever happened. The bomb is located in a tunnel that is directly beneath the Dharma Village.

WHOOSH and we are watching Sawyer get his ass pummeled by Radzinsky. By the way, Radzinsky is officially the biggest D-Bag in the Dharma Initiative. Horace tries to stop the beating because LaFleur’s not gonna talk. Security Phil steps in and says, “I can make him talk”. Wham – Juliet gets cracked in the grill. Correction, Security Phil is now officially the biggest D-Bag.

Transition to Dr. Chang noticing Hurley, Miles and Jin escaping into the woods, and he questions them to determine if they are really from the future. “What year were you born?” “Uhhh 1931!” “Ah so that makes you 46.” “Yeah , yes I am.” Great exchange. “Alright dude, we are from the future.” Miles admits that he really is his son and it’s such a sweet little sentimental moment for the Chang boys.

Back to the hostile camp and Ellie is going to take Jack/Kate to the bomb. Charles Widmore says something in a whisper and I hear the words, “about your condition” as he touched her stomach. So in 1977, Ellie must be pregnant with Daniel. Which I find ridiculous because he looks at least 5 years older than me.

WHOOSH and we are in present time 2007 on the island. According to Richard, when Ben turned the donkey wheel, there was a bright light, loud noise, and then JOHN just disappeared. John, Ben and Richard are still walking through the woods and John comes up on the Overturned Nigerian Plane. Richard has 3 minutes to get it right and help a man in the woods with a bullet wound. Ben says, “Who is that man John?” John’s response – “ME!” This whole scene is very Back to the Future II-esque with John watching himself getting medical attention from Richard. Ben asks another good question, “How did you know when to be here?” John’s response, “the island told me.”

WHOOSH to Dharma camp in 1977 and D-Bag Radzinsky agrees to put Sawyer and Juliet on the sub if LaFleur draws a diagram of the Hostiles Base Camp location. We transition back over the Hostiles and Kate wants no part of setting off the bomb. I guess she really doesn’t want to risk having to land safely in Los Angeles and being tried in a court of law by the U.S. Government. Hostile Extra #3 raises his rifle and is about to shoot Kate…Gun shots are fired and OMG KATE JUST GOT SHOT! No wait, it’s Hostile Extra #3 and it’s Sayid who shot him! Ohhh yeah, Badass Sayid is back! So now Jack tries to sell Sayid on the idea of blowing up the Jughead Hydrogen Bomb to change the past. “We vanished from the plane and ended up here, ended up now…to change things! This is our destiny!” (A reminder that Season 5’s theme is “Destiny Calls”)

Back to the Hostiles and I actually really like the team of Jack, Ellie, Richard and Sayid. They remind me of the Goonies or the A-Team off to save the world. They go underwater and enter the tunnels. Badass Sayid has a great line, “If this works, you just saved us all, and if it doesn’t then at least you’ll put us out of our misery.”

WHOOSH to 2007 at the Others Beach camp. John wants to leave right then and there to go see Jacob, but first he asks if every one of the others is there. Richard mentions that this is everyone, except there’s another group at the Temple. (Seriously I think this is going to be very important later…the temple group…could it be a much older Hurley, Miles, Jin etc.)? John’s going to take them all to see Jacob. Richard starts to think that John is going to be trouble and Ben says, “Why do you think I tried to kill him!”

Back to the Submarine Dock in 1977 and Sawyer and Juliet have some cutesy dialogue about being free when they get back to the mainland. Juliet says, I love you!” “I love you back…” When all of the sudden D-bag Security Phil brings down Home-wrecker Kate into the belly of the submarine. It reminds me of that scene from Saving Silverman when Jason Biggs (Darren) is happy and in love with Sandy, and then his old girlfriend, Amanda Peet’s character Judith. shows up. WTF? The submarine dives into the ocean and away they go.

Jack and the rest of my favorite Lost characters enter a large temple room which I guess were supposed to assume is underneath the Dharma camp. They find a large covered object, and wouldn’t be cool if they uncovered Rose and Bernard tied up and gagged like Indy and Marion at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Back to 2007, our final scene shows the others making their way down the beach to the “Nomadic” LOST theme music that they play toward the end of every season. John reveals that he is not going to see Jacob to find out how to find their friends. “I am going to see Jacob so I can kill him!” WOW…I didn’t think I was going to hear that!

BAMM END CREDITS.

Did anyone notice of Amy and Baby Ethan also got on the sub with the rest of the woman and children (including Mrs. Chang and baby Miles).

We’ve got 2 hours left in Season 5, and so far these last few episodes have not left me with that classic “HOLY CRAP, AWWW YEAH!” LOST ending, so hopefully the Season Finale will deliver.

Are Rose and Bernard finally gonna show up? Maybe there the one’s at the temple?