On my list of topics to cover before the premiere next week, tackling the "quadrangle" was obviously a necessity. Literature, TV, and movies are littered with great love triangles; but how many great quadrangles are there? Lost has given us quite a doozy.
From the beginning there was something between Jack and Kate. They met in the jungle just after the crash. She sewed up his wound; he taught her how to count to five and conquer her fears. Jack represented what Katie wanted to want. Sawyer and Kate were cut from the same long-con cloth. Kate definitely wanted Sawyer, and that was made clear in the polar bear cage. Personally, at this point I was more of a "Jater". (I'm not into bad boys:)
Enter, Other Fertility Specialist Juliet. She and Jack start batting eyes at each other, and Kate definitely didn't like it. Fast forward to the set of events that lead Jack and Kate to be part of the Oceanic 6, and Sawyer and Juliet back on the island. Jack and Kate finally hook up, shack up, and even get engaged. This I never bought. It just never seemed to click. Back on the island, Sawyer and Juliet commiserate with some Dharma booze on the beach watching what they believe is the freighter with their loved ones burning away in the distance. Flashback to the love, peace, and science of Dharmaville and there are Juliet and "James" playing house. I didn't see it coming and couldn't believe how much I loved it! Maybe it was Sawyer all cleaned up and finding a way to channel his sheriff energy, but I totally bought them "hook, line and sinker".
Juliet and Sawyer are both shaken by the return of Jack and Kate; but there was definitely a shift to more Juliet, Sawyer and Kate. Watching the "end" of Juliet and Sawyer again the other night was hard. Gut wrenching, even.
So what will happen now? Everyone starts over? Will some combination of this group find their way back to each other? Who are you rooting for?
So are you a Skater, or a Jater, or...
2 comments:
a trapezoid - to pick a least common answer,
which brings me to...
I'm a Juli-ack. They're both doctors, deep family baggage, leaders among their people and really good looking. My memory is not as Cam Jansen as HBS, but I know that I was sucked in when Juliette channeled her inner INXS video and help up the big note cards when she was giving Jack his ticket to ride. She also brought him a sandwich back in the shark tank.
I hate Kate for killing her childhood sweetheart when he was already moved on and a daddy to that little one.
I love Sawyer for being the little boy under the bed when his dad did in his mom and for wearing the mismatched eye glasses to read Judy Blume books.
I don't think I want them together though...
I wonder if we'll ever find out what exactly made women die while bearing children? I love Juliette and Sawyer but hate that he couldn't commit to her fully. And considering she is on V now will she be back for the last season? I hope she's not dead/dead.
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