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Yessssss! Let’s be honest, this season got off on the wrong statue foot, but it is finally getting Spider-Man 3 pie scene good. (So good!) Oh, it is ridiculous, and sometimes I am just like, “Oh, Lost,” but the past couple weeks have really picked up the pace, y/y? And you can’t really go wrong with a Hurley episode, especially a Hurley episode without any Cheech in it. (Sorry, Cheech!) Anyway, we begin this week in Bizarro LA, where Bizarro Hurley is being honored at a bizarro banquet. As we know, he is now a very lucky and successful rich person, as opposed to a terribly unlucky and unsuccessful rich person (whuuuut, TOPSO TURVO!), and this banquet is an opportunity for the local business community to celebrate him. That’s nice! There are photos of him cutting ribbons and shoveling “experimental farms” (sure, Lost). Also: Mr. Clucks in Paris, yes.
But wait a second, the voice of the person giving this speech sounds awfully familiar. Luckily, this banquet is lit normally like a regular banquet with just the right number of lights:
Wait for it.
WHUUUUT?
Actually, this particular Lost surprise was not really that surprising. For one thing, I have gotten pretty used to surprising mix-em-ups over there in Weirdowood. But even more importantly, Dr. Chang of the Dharma Initiative is the one character whose voice we are used to hearing as a disembodied narration. Nice try, Lost. I am one step ahead of you in regards to the secrets of this banquet scene!
After the banquet, Hurley’s mom tells him that she has set him up on a blind date. Fair enough. You can’t have it all, even in Bizarro LA. Hurley reluctantly goes, although I don’t know what he is so reluctant about, his mom has clearly set up the date at the finest Spanish restaurant the multi-verse has to offer:
I wish that Spanish Johnny’s was a real place so bad. Sometimes I think about getting in a plane and just criss-crossing the ocean back and forth, hoping that I crash. Into a Spanish Johnny’s. The waiter comes over and asks Hurley if he would like some more tortilla chips and he is like “I guess so.”
WHUUUUUUUT? You GUESS SO, Hurley? Man things really are different in Bizzaro LA. Hurley’s blind date arrives, and OMG it is Libby. Except that she isn’t his blind date. She is a mental patient who just happened to be at Spanish Johnny’s. Classic hang out for the mentally infirm. She explains that they know each other in a different life. She makes a pretty solid case:
The doctor comes over and is like “I’m so sorry that this crazy person for the crazy hospital is bothering you with her crazy talk.” Hurley follows them outside (normal) and realizes that the doctor wasn’t kidding.
Why was Hurley’s blind date in the middle of the day? NEVERMIND, ONE MYSTERY AT A TIME. Hurley decides to drown his misery in chicken.
But that is when Desmond shows up. He is like “Hey, don’t I know you from that airplane a few weeks ago.” Normal conversation. Desmond tells Hurley that he should definitely follow up with Libby and see what she is talking about. And Hurley is instantly like “I am for sure going to do that.” You know how it is when millionaire business owners meet someone at a fried chicken restaurant who claims to have been on an airplane with them and insists that they visit a mental institution to see why a patient from Spanish Johnny’s claims to have known them in a separate universe and the millionaire business owners are like, you’re right. This guy knows:
So Hurley goes to the mental hospital, and the doctor is like “I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to visit her,” and Hurley is like “do you think $100,000 is a good idea to visit your bank account?” And the doctor is like, “I will take your money and violate my medical ethics, because I need that money to reverse whatever Magneto did to my face.
Libby, once again, makes a very strong case for herself.
But Hurley still isn’t buying it. Nevertheless, he does enjoy the company of the insane, and so he takes Libby out to a picnic on the beach, and that is where Hurley finally FEELS IT.
Desmond’s work here is done, whatever Desmond’s work is. When you are trapped in the wrong life because a hydrogen bomb was detonated by a dying woman with a rock in her hand on a paranormal island in the 1970s, the important thing is to just FEEL IT. As Alec Baldwin said in Glengarry Glenn Ross, “ABFI, Always Be Feeling It.” (He also said “Coffee is for Smoke Monsters.” It was a weird movie.)
MEANWHILE, back on the island, Hurley is seeing ghosts again.
Michael tells Hurley that he has to stop everyone from blowing up the airplane because it’s going to get everyone killed. Hurley is like, “OK, you’re the ghost!” He goes back to camp and is like, “We definitely shouldn’t blow up that airplane.” To be honest, I think that should have been the end of it. Because remember how two weeks ago Sun refused to help blow up the airplane? So it’s really just Ricardo Alperto and Ilana who want to blow up the airplane. I mean, Lapides don’t give a fuuuuuuck, Miles is too busy playing coconut solitaire, and Jack is completely worthless. Nevertheless, Ilana insists that they blow up the airplane using this messenger bag of dynamite that she is way to casually tossing around. Uh, dude? That stuff is unstable! Have you not even seen Season 2? Oh, hold on, Ilana just has to violently throw a ton of bottles of water into the bag with the sweaty dynamite. OK, she’s ready to go.
At first, no one knows what to do. Especially Jack:
They have an argument about whether or not they should get some more dynamite and go blow up that plane, which, again, I don’t even understand the dynamite/plane thing in the first place. Ricardo Alperto is an unblow-uppable immortal creature with Natural Eyeliner and even he believes that a shape-shifting smoke monster that is evil incarnate for whom the island seems to have been designed as a paranormal prison is going to escape via AIRPLANE? No, David Blaine.
Anyway, Hurley finds a pouch!
WHAT’S IN THE POUCH? Pouch is the new hatch! Hurley tells everyone that he changed his mind and they should definitely go get some dynamite and blow up the airplane. Hurley is such a terrible liar! But everyone is like “You are a great liar, Hurley!” And so they go to the Black Rock and Hurley blows it up. Now there isn’t any more dynamite, so they can’t blow up the plane. Whatever with the plane already, shut up about the stupid plane. Hurely explains that Jacob told him they have to go talk to Locke, even though Hurley is obviously lying again. This time people are like “You’re a terrible liar, Hurley.” Really? Because he seems as good as he was the last lie, and you loved that one. Anyway, the team splits in two, with Hurley, Jack, Sun, and Lapides (hi, Lapides!) going to find Locke, and Ricardo Alperto, Miles, and Ben going their separate ways. Hurley is like, “uh oh, I better think fast,” and he puts on his thinking face:
Over in Camp Locke, Sayid is back, and he has Desmond tied to a tree. Sawyer, meanwhile, is worthless. I love how in the last few episodes, if someone is not central to the plot, they don’t know anything and they don’t do anything, they just sit around sharpening sticks and asking stupid questions. Locke cuts Desmond free and takes him on a walk through the jungle. They see that weird kid again. This time, Locke isn’t the only one who can see him, Desmond can see him too.
Desmond is VERY chill. If anything, he is too chill. Locke takes him to a well and is like “this well is a million years old and blah blah blah, answers.” And Desmond is like “this well is pretty chill.” And then:
In the jungle, there are those creepy whispers, and Hurley is like, “Oh, wait, those creepy whispers are just the ghosts.” OH OK THAT’S WHAT IT IS. What? Sorry, Hurley, but ghosts aren’t LESS CREEPY than creepy whispers. They are EQUALLY CREEPY. Anyway, he sees Michael’s ghost and Michael’s ghost is like, “THEY TOOK MY BOOYYYYY!” Just kidding. Michael is like “I can’t let go.” Let go of what? Ugh, ghosts. Such basket cases! Hurley is like “We’re looking for Locke,” and Michael is like, “Oh, why didn’t you say so, yeah, Locke is right there.”
That was easy! So Hurley and Jack and Sun and Lapides (haha, Lapides) show up in Camp Locke. Hurley says they should talk. Locke is like “Here is my trust knife as a sign of trust,” and Jack is like “durrr,” and Sun is like “Jin?” and Kate is like “Jack Smile!” and Sawyer is worthless.
MEANWHILE, back in Bizarro LA, Desmond has gone to an elementary school to hang around the parking lot. A lot of things are different in Bizarro LA, but the creepiness of what Desmond is doing is still entirely creepy. Ben knows.
Desmond pretends that he is just there to check out the school for his son, Charley (LOL, Charley is a grown man! And a heroin addict!), but in reality he is there to RUN LOCKE THE FUCK OVER KABOOM.
Yikes. Ben is like “Annie, Annie, are you OK? Someone call EMS!” But Desmond wasn’t trying to kill Locke, no duh, he was trying to make him FEEL IT.
Apparently, there are two ways to FEEL IT, a near fatal accident, and kissing. Yikes. If I was one of the Losties trapped in the multi-verse who still needed to FEEL IT, I would be like, “ONE ADULT FOR KISSING, PLEASE.” I would be like, “I’m happy to FEEL IT, just please don’t run me over with your rental car!” That being said, I am genuinely excited to see what happens now that Locke knows about his other life. I don’t know if he’s going to have to fight the Smoke Monster, or what, but I do know this: WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER WHEELCHAIR. Ouch.
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When you are a major philanthropist, you always get the highest quality awards.
Another job well done, props department!
Props props department.
Mad props, yo
I’ve seen regional business journalism awards that look nicer than that.
“I have a journalism award” –me.
HA HA beat you guys.
To Meaverly, for an Oustanding Acheivments in Staying One Step Ahead:
I’m sorry but that is a fucking awesome award. That award should be the new Oscar and Nobel Prize.
Dynamite: Ilana as Shark: Samuel L. Jackson, because I did NOT see that coming!
Ah…I forgot to add this to the list of things I predicted. I was hoping she wouldn’t end up being a completely useless character, but she was. Well, she did provide us with a touching Ben moment, but that’s all.
I was hoping her and Ben would get it on… oh well…
I had that exact same discussion last night!
God, I love that movie. Man v. predator are the best and genetically enhanced and enlarged sharks are the bestest.
Okay back on topic: GLEEEEE, oh no wait LOOOSSTT!!!
Aaand boom goes the dynamite.
fuckin’ dynamite – how does it work?!
Hang in there, island Desmond! We’re sending you our love!
ALL THE WAY DOOOOWN.
Like I could love you anymore, wertrew.
Like I could misspell your Monster tag anymore, wurrtru.
anti-locke is getting off that cork.
I guessed Chang was the speaker. Also, guessed Libby was going to show up at the blind date. I knew Flocke was going to push Desmond down the well and predicted Alt-Desmond was going to run Alt-Locke down in the parking lot. Either I’m an amazing guesser or LOST has gotten very predictable.
IRREGARDLESS, I loved this episode. The Willy Wonka music in the preview for next week freaked me the fuck out!
I said it after the Ricardo episode and I’m saying it again now. If this show ends with a Hurley in a glass elevator over the island with Jacob I am going to lose it.
I’d be ok with him drowning in some sort of chocolate river (how did we never notice THIS before?) or Kate turning into a blueberry.
Well, the preview for next week did have a sample from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKCc4NlrjY
mainly because the writers have been running around this season like chickens with their heads cut off
Who are those horrible orange creatures over there? Tell them I hate them!
AAAH! that is my favorite line from futurama.
It’s totally gonna end with Lepidus in the glass elevator that no one ever noticed because duh, glass is clear and windex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6kYbVxoW7A And he’ll be all like, “We’re not going to bizarro LA, are we?!”
Were these predictions made moments before those scenes occurred or earlier in the day while sitting alone in your home? There’s quite a large difference between the two.
Jack Welch has such unparalleled management skills that they named Welch’s grape juice after him… because he squeezes the sweetest juice out of his workers’ mind grapes.
The Whispers = Ghost Gossip
That island would make Jennifer Love Hewitts head explode!
The ghosts are literally whispering!
xoxo, Gossip Ghost.
Hurley: “What’s that sound?”
Ghost Michael: “The Ying Yang Twins.”
1. I couldn’t love this recap more.
2. Is it just me, or is Lapidus really starting to look like an old lesbian?
more like neil diamond.
Who also kinda looks like an old lesbian.
The Mr. Cluck’s brand is valuable, but they always overspend on real estate for insisting that all their chicken shacks are international landmark adjacent.
You have just made my WEEK, little baby!
what exactly is the international landmark in the 3rd picture?
The international summit known as the Gathering of the Juggalos
Obviously the final resting place of Ass-Dan.
Sometimes, it’s in Peoria, Illinois and sometimes it’s somewhere else in the mid-west. Either way if you see a guy/girl like the one pictured he somehow ends up on the summit point, as if by destiny. Sometimes their noses bleed and they lose track of time for days. They speak with a lot of conviction but you can tell they are actually pretty confused. They follow two mysterious figures who communicate very cryptically. And they can never leave this place…until the Gathering is done with him/her.
Gabe’s Lost Recaps: Kid tested, Juggalo approved!
I love how out of control Jack is given the fakest looking beard,besides Katie Holmes, and an alcohol problem but out of control Hurley is just regular, stranded in an island Hurley.
Oh c’mon Jack’s Shame Beard is the best. It perfectly compliments his erratic driving and early nineties alt-rock soundtrack.
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Failwood
The internet is really large
Feel free to find the Triple B (breaking bad blog) you seek, and populate their comment section with ridiculous complaints (Why can’t we have recaps of LOST?).
Can I request Deadliest Catch recaps? I’m assuming everyone here DVRed it because it ran against Lost. You will not be disappointed with last night’s episode. RIP Phil. (spoiler alert?)
After Lost is done, can we all rent Twin Peaks and try to deconstruct that? Please Gabe? Pretty please? I’m pretty sure where “v” is going.
YES. I’ve been meaning to watch Twin Peaks for a while, and it would be pure motherfucking magic to have people to discuss it with.
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A Always
B Be
C Complaining about Lost in a transparent attempt to get the most downvotes in the week
you’ve gotta be more subtle to get downvotes from me, steve. this is not your best work.
You continue to be the best.
Winwood forever Videogumfaces!.
Does anyone else get the feeling that the “Island” is a metaphor for the producers?
“The Island was done with her”. Yeah that, and she signed a three movie deal with Paramount. One strike, you’re dynamite!
Yeah for real. Sorry but the ISLAND did not make her an idiot with a bad accent (<-relevant) who just tosses around extremely volatile dynamite like a satchel full of so many bocce balls (what?). I don't miss her.
Love Love LOVED this Ep and the Recap was bang up as well.
Favorite Parts – The Behind the Scenes look at the Making of Ilana Chili; Locke Getting rag dolled.
Also, You forgot Electromagnetism, Gabe.
Feelin it, How does that Shit Fucking Work?”
Near Death Experiences, Electromagnetism, and Making Out.
Poor Baby Desmond, I hope they get him out of that well!
I look forward to Taco Tuesdays at my insane asylum WAY more than electroshock saturdays.
You know what I wouldn’t skip? My blind date with a billionaire. Jeez Rosalita, get it together.
This well is so old that the people who dug it had to use their hands, but that spot also made their compasses spin like crazy? Are compasses a less complex tool than shovels? I dunno, I’m no Eagle Scout.
I will admit to tearing up a little bit when Hurley and Libby finally got to go on their date, and when they finally kissed. However, reliable sources tell me that I’m a big big, stupid baby.
I loved this episode a whole lot, but I have one major problem: How the hell does everyone remember their flight number, like, weeks after they flew? I have a hard time remembering it when I’m sitting at the airport.
Yeah, that made sense when the plane crashed, but a week later I barely remember I was on a plane, much less the flight number.
I was wondering this too, but I paid attention and they only agree after Desmond mentions it, and mentions it came in from Sydney. They don’t voluntarily offer up, “Oh you mean Flight 815? Oh yeah I was totally on that plane”
Yeah, I mean I guess Desmond would’ve memorized it after he spent like 15 minutes looking at the baggage claim board last episode. And of course they would remember it in crash-reality, but without clues like “Coming from Australia” and “Two weeks ago” or whatever, a flight number would mean literally nothing to me.
I think if your plane broke in half and stranded you on a bizarre island full of mysteries, you might reserve a special place in your memory.
Wait, ok, you mean in bizarro-LA world. Maybe they just FEEL IT?
That’s what you get John Locke for throwing me down a well, you invalid! – Desmond
I’ve been a lurker for over six months now, and although I have nothing witty to say, Gabe’s Lost recap is the only thing that helps me cope with my miserable Wednesday mornings.
welcome junkthought! keep coming back!
I knew Smocke was gonna throw Desmond in the well, everybody knew Desmond would end up in the well (Desmond : well as Samara : well), but I still gasped when it happened. Hang in there, Desmond! You can’t die before the finale, Desmond!
I’m also worried for everyone on Team Richard. The not-dying-before-the-finale thing counts for you too, Miles and Ben! Let’s stay alive! The island is not done with you yet!
Also, I recommend following nedroid on Twitter, if you’re not already, because his #lostcomics bring the laffs every Tuesday.
i agree, i knew that Locke would throw Desmond down that well as soon as a saw it.
yeah the LOST producers have been trying to save money everywhere they can (ie killing off a character immediately after his/her story is through = one less paycheck!)
i knew that they wouldn’t sped $10 on that Styrofoam well for nothing!
This season needs to take a few episodes to explain what’s happening with Nikki, Paulo, Cesar, and Illana in the sideways world because they all were very important and crucial to the story.
Well let’s see if I can’t clear any of this up for you!
In the sideways reality I know that Cesar and Jack are secretly plotting to assassinate William Hurt’s body double.
Nikki winds up vacationing on the Island only this time with Raylan from JUSTIFIED. They all die except for Steve Zahn, who, with his ninja-like prowess as seen in Sahara, manages to pull the cork on the island, sinking it, and escapes by the skin of his teeth on an ancient civil war submarine that he then crash-lands in the Egypt.
Paulo, never having met Nikki, winds up in Central America, where he is possessed by the ghost of Che and opens a t-shirt screen-printing company.
Ilana is a mail-order bride who Ben will soon order in an upcoming episode.
Hope that helps!
Is it so clear that Desmond was trying to help Locke feel it? I kind of get the impression he was just trying to run him over with his car because Locke through him down a well – Feel This Asshole! – you know, “an eye for a well” or whatever.
I know this is really not the place for genuine theories, but at the time I kinda thought bizarro Desmond was intentionally trying to kill Locke so that his island self would have no place to go if everyone transitions or blends with their bizarro selves.
It seems pretty clear to me that rather than FEELING IT, Locke will most likely end up at the hospital where a certain worthless spinal surgeon happens to work.
I thought the same thing.
So is Desmond the bizarro sideways Jacob? Instead of touching you he makes you feel it brotha.
I knew immediately that Libby was crazy Libby and not put-together psychologist Libby because of her crazy hair and greasy face. Hello, supporting Desmond on his boat-race around the world Libby has a sensible bun.
Also, Sawyer’s only role in this episode was to ask people where they’d been?
Smoke Monster: “Do you have any idea how long it took them to dig this well?”
Desmond: “Well, it couldn’t have been that long, brotha. It is made of styrofoam.”
Smoke Monster: “No, be real. Srsly.” (Pushes Desmond into well.)
Desmond: “It’s only a few feet deep.”
Smoke Monster: “Shhhhhhh.”
Desmond: “No really. I can touch the top. See.”
I thought Desmond hit Locke so that Locke would see Jack again (at the hospital). Because Locke and Jack are having a sideways bromance, and… you know, spine things.
I’m pretty sure when Locke wakes up he will find his spine is working again, and Jack will be there to verify that yes, it’s a miracle. Then they’ll do spins, locked arm-in-arm, and Desmond will continue GTA-ing the rest of the cast.
Speaking of cars and accidents tho, it’s funny how on Lostpedia under “themes” or whatever, “car accidents” is a theme of the show. Always Be getting into Car Accidents, apparently. I think it’s particularly funny considering the actors are always getting busted in Hawaii for car-related offenses (DUI’s, speeding, etc).
P.S. While visiting my parents in HI, I once saw Henry Ian Cusick ride his bike right past me!
http://twitter.com/wildanduncouth/status/6980428736
Man crush ENGAGED.
So Hurley practically bought Libby from the mental hospital, which would constitute slavery. As you know, our rebel ancestors fought valiantly for the right to keep slaves and, therefore, the Southern agricultural economy stable and thriving.
It’s Confederate History Month y’all.
You and I both know perfectly well that the Confederacy had nothing to do with slavery. The two are tangentially related at best. Nothing to see here, please carry on.
I will seriously never stop thinking this is hilarious. Virginia, that’s your governor’s proclamation!
Oh, noes! That actually is my Commonwealth! Quick, someone airlift me out!
Yeah, why did it take $100,000 for Hurley to just SEE HER but really she can just leave whenever she feels like it? I feel like the writers don’t know anything about mental hospitals. (Uhh NOT THAT I DO) Especially because Libby’s doctor described her pathology as “issues with reality,” which of course is the first real-life medical phrase you learn about in Crazy People School 4 Total Pros.
Hahaha, in chat last night Duncan said, “A fell doon a well brother,” and I’m still laughing at it.
A thousand upvotes for Duncan, with my heart!
DUNCAN RULEZ
I lost track of chat for about a minute after that.
Let’s go upvote Duncan’s posts, regardless of quality.
Gabe your reviews are ace as always. The mystery pouch has Jacob’s ashes in it i think.
Some D&D dice that the target audience of this tv series will relate to
Suck my dice bag, Winwood.
I thought it might be filled with black and white rocks. Or backgammon pieces.
Sometimes I like to re-imagine the scenes from LOST in my head. Like while Bizarro Desmond was being all bizarro normal and creeping on Hurley/Libby’s makeouts he should have made a gun with his hand, pointed it at Hurley and Libby (who were both feeling it SO good) and *PEOW! pulled the trigger in smug satisfaction. “That’s love. FEEL IT brotha.”
Then, after giving Locke a tumbling lesson with his car (See, you have to hit him before he speaks to you or it won’t work, cuz magic), he could have blown the smoke off his finger gun, still warm from the love bullets he shot at Hurley/Libby. “Got ‘eem, brotha.”
Matchmaker Desmond totally nailed it.
I’m sorry. I can go back to lurking now.
don’t forget the part in the show where Hurley fashioned himself a harmonica bandolier and started Blues Traveler
Am I the only one who thinks that Desmond wasn’t just trying to make Locke “feel it?” It’s because Desmond is the only one who is existing contemporaneously in both existences – he’s bopping back and forth between them again! Which means that this happened AFTER Flocke through him down the well, so Desmond was all “not cool, bro,” and thus, in Sideways world, he realized Locke was a bad dude, so he went and mowed him down. Maybe?
That was my first thought, but I’m now hoping I was wrong and that this other interpretation is right.
Final espidode:
“What’s that Vincent?”
(bark! bark!)
“Desmond’s fallen down a well?”
I can’t be the only one who is concerned the ultimate take-away from Lost will be “Wuv. Twue wuv.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58LpHBnvsI
Yeah I’m not really buying the soulmate issue. Especially with Charlie and Claire, since when they were on the island it kinda seemed like Claire was tolerating Charlie at best? I always got the impression that she was stringing him along because he was helping her take care of Aaron. I definitely did not get the impression they were soulmates.
I was working under the assumption that Desmond being fried up by Widmore allowed his consciousness to travel somewhat between the universes. but do we think that if dez hadn’t gotten cooked that he wouldn’t have FELT IT in the opposite universe? because charlie knew what was going on from the instant he was revived on the plane. so do you think charlie would have done the same things, but the whole “let’s pretenddrown” thing wouldn’t have worked?
also, lindelof re-tweeted something about desmond wearing a wedding ring on 815, and how dat wuz not a coincerdence.
it was so good that Michael came back looking handsome and cool. I think that is a direct response to that Harold Perrineau interview discussing his unhappiness about the abysmal treatment received during the season 4 return. this final(?) appearance wasn’t showy or anything, it was reserved and that was by far, for me, the most emotionally resonant thing out of that episode. He wasn’t vilified and shitted on, he wasn’t magically redeemed and absolved of what he’d done. He was just, sorry.
Two thoughts:
1) OK, I’ve been on the “Jack is 100% worthless” bandwagon pretty much since the series premiere when he was supposed to originally get killed off but didn’t, but last night he actually did OK by saying something not completely absurd/worthless/ridiculous. I know, I didn’t believe it either. But when Ilana blows herself up and Ricardo’s all like, “We still have to go get more dynamite so that she didn’t die for nothing,” Jack quips, “Maybe she blew up to tell us that we shouldn’t be playing with dynamite.” Score one for Jack, or rather, for the writers, for giving Jack one not-completely-worthless line in the past 6 seasons.
2) Was anyone else really irritated by the explanation of the creepy whispers? Like, Hurley’s been seeing dead people for a while now, and he runs into dead Michael, and is like, “Oh, cool, so you’re the whispers. I get it. Sweet. Hey, where’s Locke?” Like, WTF? Seriously? That’s it? That could not have happened in a more “hey, people are gonna get pissed if we don’t tell them what the whispers are, what are we gonna do…oh, I know, let’s just throw this really badly written dialogue in here like this…ok, perfect!” of the writers.
I strongly agree with your second point, Elisabeth Bromberg. I believe I made a similar point on an earlier LOST thread about how Hurley’s blase reactions to some things seem to sap the energy and mystery out of what should be a more compelling narrative. I grant you one upvote of validation for you.
Re 2) Yeah I don’t really understand why creepy ghost whispers would mean that Others are about to kidnap someone, which is what it always meant previously. Maybe the ghost whispers were trying to warn people? “Psst. Others are about to grab you!” And I understand why Hurley could hear ghost whispers but everyone else hears them too??
charlie is also the name of desmond’s son with penny in non-bizarro times.
And also named After Charlie Pace for different reasons.
I wouldn’t entirely say that ; )
Some of the #LostComics on Twitter are pretty good. This one comes from taip (http://twitter.com/taip):
I’m actually glad that the jpeg failed for whatever reason. It was a little too big.
Here’s the specific tweet-
http://twitter.com/taip/status/12140447190
LAPIDUS, FOR FUCK’S SAKE! NOT LAPIDES! THAT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE!
*breathes and goes back to reading the rest of the recap* Sorry, that’s been irritating me for weeks now.
Richard: Since you can’t die and all, maybe YOU carry all the unstable dynamite for this mission you’re so keen on. What a jerk!
I like how Sawyer has been reduced to just being fake Locke’s pissy girlfriend now. “What are you making, a spear?” “Where the hell have you been?” GET OFF MY BACK, I’M A SHAPE-SHIFTING SMOKE MONSTER DAMMIT!
So here’s my thing about LOST: endgame. this was sparked by the recap at NY Mag, really got me thinking
when Lost started out, one of the most remarkable things about it (besides the actual premise) was what a rainbow the cast was. people from different countries, of different ethnicities, age groups, all treated as mature well-rounded characters. the women were just as self-assured and powerful as the men.
now that Michael’s dead, Rousseau’s dead, Alex is dead, Eko’s dead, Illana’s dead, Ana Lucia’s dead, Naomi’s dead, Caesar’s dead-
not to mention all the characters under thirty (Charlie, Shannon, Boone, Walt) disappeared three seasons ago, the interracial couple is gone and not coming back, the only gay character is dead, Sun literally has no voice, Kate hasn’t done -anything- but pace back and forth the entire season, Claire’s just crazy, Sayid’s an emotionless plot device, and the only thing Jin does is look for Sun-
as of right now, this show’s entire fate rests in the hands of a bunch of white guys over 40.
can we get a gif of desmond putting on his sunglasses?