So it would seem we atleast have been privy to ONE answer. Jack's dad; Christian Shephard was really then the Smoke Monster taking his form. To his defense it was so they could find water? Possible? Again - what if this Smoke-Locke is NOT a bad guy...it may be about perspective.
Just to backtrack: Anyone have any clue as to who the Little Boy was in last weeks episode?
Most importantly....SUN & JIN!!!!!!! FINALLY! I definitely went through a tissue or two. Its about damn time. I was hoping however they would have done that "hazy=slo-mo reunion thing" but it was still moving. And both Kwons...STILL wearing the pearly white clothing. I have a feeling that this is not a coincidence. Maybe neither of them have been tainted with evil.
Ummm also, am i the only sick-o who expected them to be zapped by the gavel-looking fence thing on the beach?!
In the scene before the anticipated reunion, we see the Kwons in the hospital and everything for ALL of them was going to "be okay". Is this the cause or the effect of Island life.
The concept of Cause & Effect has become a key theme to me, especially in tonights episode. Maybe this is the turning of the tide. Going from "finding your true love" (trite) to somehow trying to figure out which world is the cause to the effect. In other words is the flashsideways the "cause" or the "effect" of the island life.
I love how it is (and i use this term heavily) slightly coming together. We see the chosen 6 all somehow come together and intertwine in the flashsideways: Sayid - Miles & Sawyer : Sawyer - Kate : Desmond - Claire & Ilana : Jack - Claire, Ilana, Locke...etc etc
(I was watching some episodes from Season 5 with Schwimmer a few weeks back and noticed that when we first meet Ilana she has an irritatingly fake accent, and now she doesnt - AT ALL. It makes me wonder, did they phase out the accent because it was so god-awful or because it was part of her undercover persona?)
Im not sure if i missed it or not... Did sayid really shoot desmond? Is he really dead or are we left up in the air to guess?
Who the hell is Jack's wife in the alternate-life?!?!?! Its killing me!!!!
Is it safe to say that Desmond is now sort of the facilitator of fate? Too bad he isnt one of the candidates. That would really be the gum on his shoe if that were to happen.
*Small easter egg: The numbers popped up again in tonights episode. The building claire was entering was "48" and she was going to the "15th" floor
And ive been saying that Whidmore would renig on his promise...bastard!
Thats all I have really, my apologies for this not being all that clever...im confused!
P.S. I am starting the pool now: Who will end up being Jacob's replacement? Anyone care to make as assumption?
I feel its too obvious but Im going to say Jack since he has made the biggest change. And the show pretty much focused around him since the beginning. I wont be super thrilled if this is how it ends, but thats my feeling as of this point.
Happy Posting!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Hugo's the Boss?
I dont really have much to analyze and pick apart tonight because...well basically I was blown away by the episode (no pun intended considering all the dynamite set off!)
I will say that I was happy to see the "Bizzaro" world alternative for Hurley. This weeks episode title couldnt have been more dead on: "Everyone Loves Hurly". It was good to see Libby again, and in this alternate life, they got to have their first date unlike the unfortunate outcome in season 2. On that note, I thought it was a funny twist that in this flashsideways world, Hurley asked out Libby...whereas on the island she asked him out to which he responded "you mean...like a date?" CUTE!
I see (a little bit) where this is going, as I have been saying the survivors somehow in someway are replaying in their Flashsideways what has happened in their previous life (i.e. when we see hurley sitting in the Psych Rec room - VERY similar to when we saw this same scene a few seasons back. I dont think that was coincidence)
I fear that the show is taking a strange and trite turn. Since last week the show has alluded to the idea that our Survivors are looking for "love" in order to make their worlds mesh. Im not really 100% supportive of this theory, but its one that i've heard tossed around recently a few times. If the show ends with an emphasis on searching for your "true love", i will be disappointed.( Shocking, i know, since you all know I'm a sucker for cheesy-over the moon-sappy-love stories )
The closer we get to the end, the more we are being served of new information and connections. Am i the only one not being able to fuse all these connections IF they exist? 4 episodes left people!! And every tuesday night, i ask myself: "how the hell are they going to wrap this up?!!?"
What I can gather so far is that now desmond is the ringleader on the mainland and Hurley is the new "protector" on the island.
*(Athena this is especially for you)Did you notice: in the "scenes for next week" snipit the background "music" was the crazy-schizo monologue that Willy Wonka recites while on the Wonkatania when they go through the Tunnel of CREEPY?!?!?! I thought that was fitting. The writers not only have great taste in classic movies but have a sense of humor as well.
JOhn Locke's hit-and-run was the nail in the coffin of my confusion because he didnt have a flashBACK; which i assume is what Desmond was trying to do. Anyone with some goodies from tonights episodes, im dying to hear! Because im practically the mayor of Confusedville at the moment.
I will say that I was happy to see the "Bizzaro" world alternative for Hurley. This weeks episode title couldnt have been more dead on: "Everyone Loves Hurly". It was good to see Libby again, and in this alternate life, they got to have their first date unlike the unfortunate outcome in season 2. On that note, I thought it was a funny twist that in this flashsideways world, Hurley asked out Libby...whereas on the island she asked him out to which he responded "you mean...like a date?" CUTE!
I see (a little bit) where this is going, as I have been saying the survivors somehow in someway are replaying in their Flashsideways what has happened in their previous life (i.e. when we see hurley sitting in the Psych Rec room - VERY similar to when we saw this same scene a few seasons back. I dont think that was coincidence)
I fear that the show is taking a strange and trite turn. Since last week the show has alluded to the idea that our Survivors are looking for "love" in order to make their worlds mesh. Im not really 100% supportive of this theory, but its one that i've heard tossed around recently a few times. If the show ends with an emphasis on searching for your "true love", i will be disappointed.( Shocking, i know, since you all know I'm a sucker for cheesy-over the moon-sappy-love stories )
The closer we get to the end, the more we are being served of new information and connections. Am i the only one not being able to fuse all these connections IF they exist? 4 episodes left people!! And every tuesday night, i ask myself: "how the hell are they going to wrap this up?!!?"
What I can gather so far is that now desmond is the ringleader on the mainland and Hurley is the new "protector" on the island.
*(Athena this is especially for you)Did you notice: in the "scenes for next week" snipit the background "music" was the crazy-schizo monologue that Willy Wonka recites while on the Wonkatania when they go through the Tunnel of CREEPY?!?!?! I thought that was fitting. The writers not only have great taste in classic movies but have a sense of humor as well.
JOhn Locke's hit-and-run was the nail in the coffin of my confusion because he didnt have a flashBACK; which i assume is what Desmond was trying to do. Anyone with some goodies from tonights episodes, im dying to hear! Because im practically the mayor of Confusedville at the moment.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A Penny for your thoughts
note: my wonderfully clever husband has copyright over this week's title. I had writers block!
I fully anticipated Desmond having a Jerry Maguire-esque freak-out when waking up and realizing he was back on the island, with his less than loving father-in-law; Charles Widmore.
Which brings me to good ole Chuck! What a character, seriously! I still do not fully trust his intentions on the island.( Which, did any of us even ask HOW he got back there? And lets not be smart-asses and say "the submarine"!)
His parallel life is of interest as well. He no longer has a daughter, just Daniel (faraday) and is still married to Mrs. Pendulum. I feel that in the flashsideways: The new Widmores may be the hinge to this timetravel thing. I believe they ALL know what is going on!
Daniel: From quantum physisist to musician. Not that far fetched. Lets not forget that when Daniel was younger he was a musical prodigy which led him to lead an overachieving academic life. What we have learned in seasons past is that Daniel and Desmond have a unique talent of meandering the labyrinth of time. Is this how/why Daniel knows about his half-sister Penny? And where to find her...
Penny: What a great way to have Desmond and Penny reunite at the same place where Desmond first met Jack (season 1). Desmond was jogging up the steps to train for a "race around the world" when he stumbled upon Jack. I am confident that as many of us have shrewdly observed is that the sideways-lives of some of our survivors in some way turn out the same (So far its Sun, Hurley and Desmond). Maybe this may help us narrow it down to who will take over for Jacob. Those who follow similar paths in in both lives may have a better chance of being THE CANDIDATE?! Let me further analyze: is it possible for the survivors that showed purpose and upstanding values to be better candidates? Possible?
Eloise: Pendulum lady bothers me, I feel as though she always likes to throw a wrench in the gears of progress, shes a big old brick wall. Maybe she is still reeling from shooting her own son. Which didnt happen in the flashsideways. Maybe I just like to make her my scapegoat of when things go wrong for our survivors
Back to Charles Widmore: I LOVE LOVE LOVED that in the flashsideways he approves of desmond AND offered the whiskey with the comment that "nothing was too good" for him. Charles Widmore is aware of Desmonds "talents", but who then schooled Widmore on Time travel and the islands ability to enable these talents? Oh boy...
Also who noticed the Harbor that Desmond and Charlie pass as they were driving?! This was the same harbor where Desmond, Penny and baby-charlie docked their houseboat/yacht before Desmond was shot by ben linus in order to try to convince him to return to the island. Now can we assume that soon after Ben shot Desmond, that he was somehow whisked to the island by some of Widmore's henchmen? Does this make the timeline of Desmond arriving to the island is plausible?
Love at First Sight: Tonight is not the first we hear of this novelty idea. Desmond once asked the same to Jack (if i recall correctly). Jin was also told by his Korean Brother that he would meet the women of his dreams by love at first sight, and the color of his love would be Orange. I like to believe that the "rapture and beauty" Charlie saw as he was dying on the flight was in fact Claire.
So where do we go from here? There is a new turn in the survivors parallel lives. Is it now going to be that for each survivor to remember their lives on the island they have to have a near-death experience?!
Sheesh...only 5 episodes left. I am interested to see what Michael has to say for himself to hurley next week.
OH!!! and bonus points to the first person to tell me who the limo driver ("george") was in the Island-Life!
I fully anticipated Desmond having a Jerry Maguire-esque freak-out when waking up and realizing he was back on the island, with his less than loving father-in-law; Charles Widmore.
Which brings me to good ole Chuck! What a character, seriously! I still do not fully trust his intentions on the island.( Which, did any of us even ask HOW he got back there? And lets not be smart-asses and say "the submarine"!)
His parallel life is of interest as well. He no longer has a daughter, just Daniel (faraday) and is still married to Mrs. Pendulum. I feel that in the flashsideways: The new Widmores may be the hinge to this timetravel thing. I believe they ALL know what is going on!
Daniel: From quantum physisist to musician. Not that far fetched. Lets not forget that when Daniel was younger he was a musical prodigy which led him to lead an overachieving academic life. What we have learned in seasons past is that Daniel and Desmond have a unique talent of meandering the labyrinth of time. Is this how/why Daniel knows about his half-sister Penny? And where to find her...
Penny: What a great way to have Desmond and Penny reunite at the same place where Desmond first met Jack (season 1). Desmond was jogging up the steps to train for a "race around the world" when he stumbled upon Jack. I am confident that as many of us have shrewdly observed is that the sideways-lives of some of our survivors in some way turn out the same (So far its Sun, Hurley and Desmond). Maybe this may help us narrow it down to who will take over for Jacob. Those who follow similar paths in in both lives may have a better chance of being THE CANDIDATE?! Let me further analyze: is it possible for the survivors that showed purpose and upstanding values to be better candidates? Possible?
Eloise: Pendulum lady bothers me, I feel as though she always likes to throw a wrench in the gears of progress, shes a big old brick wall. Maybe she is still reeling from shooting her own son. Which didnt happen in the flashsideways. Maybe I just like to make her my scapegoat of when things go wrong for our survivors
Back to Charles Widmore: I LOVE LOVE LOVED that in the flashsideways he approves of desmond AND offered the whiskey with the comment that "nothing was too good" for him. Charles Widmore is aware of Desmonds "talents", but who then schooled Widmore on Time travel and the islands ability to enable these talents? Oh boy...
Also who noticed the Harbor that Desmond and Charlie pass as they were driving?! This was the same harbor where Desmond, Penny and baby-charlie docked their houseboat/yacht before Desmond was shot by ben linus in order to try to convince him to return to the island. Now can we assume that soon after Ben shot Desmond, that he was somehow whisked to the island by some of Widmore's henchmen? Does this make the timeline of Desmond arriving to the island is plausible?
Love at First Sight: Tonight is not the first we hear of this novelty idea. Desmond once asked the same to Jack (if i recall correctly). Jin was also told by his Korean Brother that he would meet the women of his dreams by love at first sight, and the color of his love would be Orange. I like to believe that the "rapture and beauty" Charlie saw as he was dying on the flight was in fact Claire.
So where do we go from here? There is a new turn in the survivors parallel lives. Is it now going to be that for each survivor to remember their lives on the island they have to have a near-death experience?!
Sheesh...only 5 episodes left. I am interested to see what Michael has to say for himself to hurley next week.
OH!!! and bonus points to the first person to tell me who the limo driver ("george") was in the Island-Life!
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