Game Changing and Soul Eating....

These are two comments I'm hearing about this week's finale. Yikes! I keep hearing that it's beyond Season 3's end when we first got Flash Forwards a la "We have to go back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Apparently this week's ending will leave us wondering how the show can go on.

What?

And you know we have to wait 9 months to find out! Geez..............................

Quick recap from this week- I was pumped for this Richard centric episode and I was a little disappointed. I wanted more Richard backstory. We get it, we get it- he's old and has been on the Island a wicked long time.

What's the deal with Locke? I've always been a big Locke fan/believer, but he wants to kill Jacob?!? I guess we're finally going to "see" the real Jacob (not Christian, or a horse, or whatever else he appears as) Jacob is going to be "visiting" some of our Losties as children- to see what they were or what they are, and are they worthy. (Hey, whatever happened to that "list" that the others had. Was the list good or bad? And where are those kids and that flight attendant Cindy?) How about how Locke and Jack seeming to be switching sides in a sense.
Locke is becoming more the man of science and Jack the man of faith.

Nice to finally see Sayid again- love that he came to Kate's rescue and that she's ditching Jack.
Uncomfortable sub ride though.....We saw from the previews that they are back on the island, so I guess the sub doesn't go very far.

And the big death is coming...I'm getting sad.......sorry this post is so random, trying to write thoughts quick.

Let's hear what you have to say- put yourself as Anonymous if you must:)

Take me to my Mother, She's an Other!

Goodbye Daniel Farraday- I feel like I hardly knew ya!

What did you think of the 100th episode, "The Variable". I enjoyed it- I felt like it returned to a format that I prefer- where flashbacks are all for one person, and seem mostly logical and add to the episode. If you didn't know that Daniel was set to die (which I did because I spoil way too much for myself) then you should've known as soon as we were seeing all the flashbacks of his life. That's usually an automatic, "you're a goner".

A year ago when we met these Freighter people, I guess I naively thought they all wouldn't be connected to the island, but of course they had to be. Daniel was brilliant and gifted, but damaged and going to the island would heal him (according to his formerly head Other parents).

I was annoyed when he confronted Jack about how the Oceanic 6 got back- and alluded that his mother had been wrong about it being their destiny that they return. Are they supposed to be there or not.....seriously? I loved when he told Dr. Chang/Halliwax/Candle that this Miles was also his son- he almost believed him? I think it's interesting that the Hatch turned out to be necessary- so what happened after Des let it blow and the sky went purple? Is it okay now, or could continue to be problematic?

I'm really not sure what to think of Charles Widmore- is he bad afterall, or is Ms. Hawking just worse? Did Eloise truly intend to kill her son? Picky, picky- How does the child of two Brits not have a British accent....

All the commentators out there were saying there would be two big deaths at the end of this season- one was Majorish- that would be Daniel. The one that is left is meant to be MAJOR- and I'm growing concerned. I wish they would just kill Kate, she's just useless. I can't believe I'm completely on board the James and Juliet bandwagon, but I am. I will sad if their happiness has to come to an end.....

Some like it Hoth, some like it Hoth..

I'm a big Star Wars fan- now, not the dress up and go to the convention type of fan, but I am still a fan. (No offense Chris:) Infact, I would say my favorite episode is Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back

Tonight's "Lost" steals it's title from that movie- Hoth being the ice planet that hides the secret rebel base- remember Luke gets attacked by the weird abominable snowman creature- makes me think of those mysterious polar bears.

Anyway- as always Doc Jensen at EW did his usual pre-Lost episode discussion. I have stolen these ideas from someone called Tim Birmingham, from somewhere near Ann Arbor, Michigan (home of the Dharma Initiative you know). I liked what Tim had to say, and maybe we're related because my middle name happens to be Birmingham, and so here we go:

''A reference to contemporary pop-culture seems out of sorts for an episode title, until one reviews the plot synopsis and the year the action takes place. First, the plot: 'Miles and Hurley are instructed to deliver a package to a high ranking Dharma official.' Second, the year: 1977, which is the year Star Wars was released. Okay, here's what we're thinking.

1. Hurley and Miles must travel to Ann Arbor to deliver the package. Is it possible they make a slight diversion to catch Star Wars while it's still playing in theaters? Also, given Miles' character, isn't it reasonable to infer that he would scream to the audience 'Darth is Luke's father!' three years before anyone would know that? (Imagine someone from the future telling you how Lost ends. Good? Bad? Very meta.) We could also see Miles grabbing up as many packaged Star Wars action figures, too, cashing in on their future value.

2. The parallels between Star Wars and Lost. Miles and Hurley are like C-3PO and R2-D2: They're delivering plans to their leaders. Will they get caught? Who's their Obi-Wan?

3. Like Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back, the Island may be the hidden rebel base of our heroes. This season may end with the discovery of the Island by whatever represents the Empire. Will Sawyer get Kate out on his version of the Millennium Falcon?''

Talk more this weekend- I'm on vacation, so I should hopefully have some time for some really blogging!

The Writers are wicked smart...

Halfway throught tonight's episode, "Whatever Happened, Happened" and I'm in awe of the writers. Obviously these episodes were written and filmed quite awhile ago. How did the super awesome writers know every little silly thought that we would have? How much do I love that it's Hurley and Miles who are having the same deep conversation that I've had with every fan that I know.

Hurley holding up his hand, and alluding to "Back to the Future" priceless......

more to come- what has happened to Aaron? Perhaps living safely with Sawyer's chick and Clementine?

Holy Flaming Vans, Batman...

or my other title was to be "Dharma Karma". I loved them both, and lifted them from other fabulous professional bloggers.

Sorry that I've been so delayed in posting- busy, busy.

Let's recap quickly- In this past week's "He's Our You", Sayid is in trouble. Little more Sayid back story, apparently a born killer (and a nod to Mr. Ekho's back story when he killed so his brother didn't have to) I thought Sayid would get pummeled, but he just got some acid slipped to him. Can't believe got seduced again, and this time didn't get away! How great was Sayid's reaction to who else would be on his flight to Guam- "Can we please take the next flight?" Could this really be a coincidence?

Did you almost want to cry when Juliet said to Sawyer, "so this is over now". Ugh! I can't believe that I've become a fan of their pairing.

This week sure ended with a bang- literally. In my opinion, Ben can't be dead. Cause if he's dead, what happens to future Ben and everything (mostly bad) that he's done. Did little Ben recognize Sayid? or not at all like Rousseau and Jin's interaction. (Also, when Ben's good for nothing dad, "Roger Workman" says to Ben, "you've never brought me a sandwhich", that's the same thing that Ben said in turn to Juliet when she was trying to be Jack a sandwhich.

Speaking of Jack, will he have to save the life of little Ben with perhaps some more surgery?

What is the deal with dead people on this island? Lisa T at the Killam school believes the Ajira people are all dead- and that is why Sun and Frank could see Christian. I would like to know how Sun decked Ben if they are both dead? I'm also wondering about the Others/Hostiles and their ability to travel around the island, through the sonic fence, and off the island. Is Richard dead, is this why he doesn't age? Was Christian brought back to life when the coffin landed on the island- because that coffin was empty when Jack found it? And we've seen Locke walking around seemingly fit again, out of his coffin.

My other big question for all you- can the space time continuum be changed- is this like other time travel storylines that we know so well, like Star Trek: The Next Generation or Back to the Future, or is some kind of new fangled time travel?

Where the heck is Daniel Farraday, and Desmond? Remember brother, Farraday's mother, Eloise Hawking, said that the island wasn't done with Des? (keep praying for Penny)

Namaste

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.....

Death becomes Lost

Lot of speculation brewing in the world of tv discussion/spoilers that a major character will die before the end of the season.

Oh no! I don't know if there's anyone I can part with!

I have some spoilers, hints at who it might be, and not be. If you want to know....highlight to reveal below:

1. A current series regular is getting killed before the end of season five.
2. The character who will die is someone who is much-loved by many of you fans.
3. This is a real leaving-the-show death, à la Shannon or Charlie, not a quick-fix time-travel death like Jeremy Bentham/John Locke.
4. There was some speculation that it was Kate, but it is apparently not.

Thoughts?