So, what did you all think? We've really been spoiled- an amazing episode week after, week. They make us wait two weeks, and give us, "Namasate". I thought it was okay, and we learned a few things, but I wasn't terribly shocked and didn't stare in awe.
What we know- Jack, Kate, Hurley, and Sayid made the transition to 1977. Thanks to James LaFleur, the first three have made the transition to being part of the Dharma Initiative. (How much did you love Hurley, "Dude, you know they die? I saw them in that pit." Those three all landed together in the lagoon, but Sayid appeared somewhere else. As a result, they couldn't get him on the manifest, and he must now be classified as a "hostile".
Jack was ready to talk strategy with Sawyer, but Sawyer wasn't playing. (Sawyer likes to read a book everynight, like Winston Chruchill did.) He's the sheriff now-literally because he's the head of security. Jack has been relegated to janitorial services- that's all he scored on the aptitude test- ha! I guess he'll be meeting up with Ben's boozebad dad, whom we know as Roger "Workman".
Why didn't Sun or Ben transtion back in time with the rest of the Scooby gang? I find this concerning. Did you love Sun decking Ben? When she and Frank make it back to the other island, it is clearly not 1977 and New Otherton is in shambles. They are greeted by no other than, Christian Shephard. This had me concerned. If they can see Christian, they must be dead, right? But Locke saw him back in the day before he died (but he was uber special) and Sun couldn't have decked Ben if she was a ghost, right?
Should Juliet be worried? Things between the quadrangle are certainly going to be heating up, but can Sawyer and Juliet resist the return of Jack and Kate? Sawyer definitely referred to her as "Kate", not Freckles, so who knows.
How perfectly cast was "Little Ben"? Down to the lips, a deadringer!
We know Miles is still kicking around (still remains to be seen whether he will turn out to be the baby we saw in the seaon premiere- the son of Pierre Chang/Marvin Candle etc., the guy from all the videos) Where is Daniel Farraday? I fear it is not looking good. Sawyer seemed to imply he was no longer around....doesn't mean we are doomed to never see him again. We could certainly get some addtional info about him....and they are predicting a MAJOR death. Could it be good old time travelling Daniel?
"Other" thoughts:
1. We now know that Amy and Horace are the parents of none other than , Ethan Rom. (The creepy William Mapother, and cousin of Tom Cruise, who kidnapped Claire and strung up Charlie in season 1.) So, if Ethan was originally part of the DI, did he make the transition with Ben to the Others when Ben gassed them all?
2. Will Sayid resist doing away with Little Ben? Don't forget the torture that Sayid set upon "Henry Gale" back in the day?
3. Kazinsky- He seems like a paranoid fellow. You will recall that Kazinsky was the original partner of Kelvin Inman at the lovely "Swan" station. Kazinsky was the one who designed that blacklight map on the blast door, and then killed himself. Kelvin then replaced him with Desmond after he found him washed up on the beach. Now, I'm curious to see that he appeared to be designing the Swan station. He was very concerned that Sayid may have seen his little toothpick model. I assume then that Kazinsky knew the false nature of the Swan. I think in the past we were lead to believe that the people in the Swan didn't know that they were kind of being watched by the people from the Pearl.
4. What happened to Aaron?
5. Where are Bernard and Rose? 2004, 1977, another time?
Your thoughts, predictions, comments.....
Silver and Gold
10 years ago
4 comments:
TOO MANY QUESTIONS! I didn't read as much into the ep as you but that is why I love your posts.
I know! I thought it was good-ish. Not the best ever. But I have no answers to your thought- provoking questions. And I was also freaked out by Frank and Sun seeing Dr. Shephard- BUT, John saw them, died, and is now alive again kicking around on the island in 2007. I think.
But how will we get Sun back to 77 to Jin? And I am interested to see the quadrangle play out, but I don't like Sawyer's contentedness to hang out in the DI- seems unlike him. Or is it just an act?
And how old was Ben when he gassed them all? How much time do we have? And good question- how did baby Ethan survive? And that actor is really Tom Cruise's cousin? I'd hate to be the creepy ugly cousin. Too bad for him.
Remember what Daniel said: you can't change what has already happened. It already happened and it always will. That means Sayid will not be able to kill young Ben because Ben would be dead and we never would have seen him. Paradox!
For Daniel, we are going to have to see him be the crazy man going to scare the hell out of Charlotte, plus remember earlier in the season we saw him walking into the Orchid while it is being constructed.
On Christian, I really think that we are going to find out that he isn't dead - remember his body was never recovered. I think the island revived him and has made him into the surrogate for Jacob's will.
I finally watched this week's episode and also wasn't wowed. I am concerned about the direction that the writers are taking by not having Sun or Locke (although he makes more sense) not being in 1977. I don't think she's dead and by the way, is it just me or does Frank the Pilot look hot without the beard? I assume we will have a Ben centric episode soon in 1977 which may explain how Ethan gets roped into the Others...
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