Lost: Do You Know What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue?
Yes. If you were to list out all the episodes of Lost and write down one word next to each episode, the word next to this episode would be: yes.
So, Miles has a gift. He can make the whole world go all jump-cutty and heavy breathing and suddenly he's "talking" to dead people. The writers might want to clean this up a little bit and get on the same page, because baby Miles is screaming about how he can "hear" the dead guy, while adult, gray-sideburns Miles tells Hurley that it's just a feeling you get. And I'm not real clear why he had to open the body bag to ask the dead guy a question when in an earlier episode he could feel what happened by touching the ground. I know that it's more dramatic to open the body bag and go real Dave Caruso (OK, what really happened?--YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!) but it is also inconsistent, and if this show is going to suggest that the only true way to enjoy it is to have a separate hard drive for storing your Myth Notes, then they should repay the favor by knowing what's what. ANYWAY, Horace (or Worstace, depending on whether or not you think he's the worst) brings Miles into the Circle of Trust, which as far as I can tell is synonymous with the Circle Of Transporting Dead Bodies Without Complaint. Dharma is shooting people in the head for some reason. Must have something to do with Ann Arbor.
So Corduroy Blazer Miles (not to be confused with Siouxie and the Banshees Miles) is selling his gift for money, which is when he is approached by Naomi, who, by the way, YOWZA! I wouldn't kick her out of the tent for eating Dharma Saltines IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. But she hires Miles to be the ghostwhisperer for Team Widmore, because all Miles cares about is money. But then a van kidnaps him Lambda Epsilon Omega-style and urges him to join Team Not Widmore.
SURPRISE, that guy is already on the island! But in the present! He's one of the new Losties!
Yikes. What are those new Losties up to? Careful, Piggy!
But so, the episode had lots of great classic Lost moments, in particular:
ZAP! That guy from all that stuff is Miles's dad! He's also kind of a jerk! Hurley likes the kitchen! How come those two construction workers were so easily brought into the Circle Of Transporting Dead Bodies Without Complaint? Worstace really made me think it was an elite Circle, but that Circle takes just about anybody as long as there is strict adherence to the Without Complaint part.
I also enjoyed this scene:
What's in the hatch?! More importantly, WHEN's in the hatch?!
The scene I did not enjoy was the Star Wars scene. Talk about low-hanging fruit. If I were a nerd I would be insulted. I'm surprised Hurley didn't try to get rich by pre-writing the script for JJ Abrams upcoming Star Trek reboot, in theaters May 8, 2009.
But the real MOMENT of the show was the triumphant return of Daniel Faraday!
I like your new look, Dan. You know who else likes it?
Black is the new black.
But seriously, can we talk about this? WHERE WAS DANIEL FARADAY? I thought he was back in the '70s, but he wasn't? He was in Ann Arbor working at the Dharma office on North Campus? He got the submarine's flux capacitor working and hit 88 miles per hour? Beards are his constant? Tha mind reelz.
Posted by Gabe at 12:00 PM in Love-Watching
Tags: Lost
Hurley: "That Namaste guy is a douche".
Miles: "That douchey Namaste guy is my dad"
Score = 1
Dude, first of all Hurley, don't be so epically stupid. "Oh I won't tell anyone about the body". GOD. Shut up.
Two, that dude died cause the magnet weird shit that goes down around the Hatch. Magnets put his FILLING THROUGH HIS FUCKING BRAIN. Awesome.
Score = 13
That dude weren't shot in the head.
His filling was pulled out through his skull by the magnet in the soon-to-be Swan station.
Score = 4
I like angsty/rebel/punk-rock MIles the best
Score = 14
Also, Horace = Horus. Yes, I am with you till the end, LOST.
Score = 11
Miles is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters.. and this episode was awesome. The most touching moment of Lost in a long time was Miles watching his father read his younger self a book and then Miles being all like 'I'm too cool to be choked up, but fuck it, I'm choked up'.
Score = 20
I was totally unable to resist chanting "Rufio! Rufio!" when it showed younger punk Miles.
Score = 27
i wish i could thumbs up this times infinity.
Score = 4
Can we talk about how teenage Miles looks like Rufio? He's the most bangarang of all the Lost boys.
Score = 17
"You're just jealous that my powers are better than yours!"
Score = 10
Sitcom spinoff: Hurley and Miles work as grief counselors, share apartment ("Dude, I finally cleaned out the fridge, and even though I can't recognize this thing in the tupperware, I know what it is!"), and teach us something about precious, precious life in each episode, becomes number one show in the time slot.
Score = 16
In the hatch = nuke, and there's another one under the Big House and that is why they spend so much fucking money on it all the time.
Score = 2
NORTH CAMPUS REFERENCE!
Score = 2
Bursley forever! 5th Ham REPREZZZENT!
Score = 0
you missed the ball on this one, gabe. like everyone has said, that guy wasn't shot, his filling was pulled out through his brain by electromagnetism. so the circle of trust is the circle of people that know about the crazy magnetic properties of the island and the building of the swan and the orchid.
also:
Score = 9
To be fair, I had already missed the ball on this one 11 comments before yours, when talkingstove corrected me, so it looks like we both missed the ball, Professor Lost.
Score = 7
If black is the new black then the 'shadow of the statue' people are the new Others. Bold Assertion: Fereday's mom is connected with them/one of them.
Score = 0
I totally thought "That Douche is my Dad" would be the title of your Lost post. You let me down, Gabe.
Score = 4
hurley's knowing conversation with douche-dad right in front of miles was the best. hurley is SO GOOD for this show.
Score = 4
Apparently being mildly dickish is genetic. At least we know where Miles gets it. Another Lost mystery solved!
Score = 11
I kept preemptively yelling "yes! faraday!" every time someone turned around at the Swan Station, so by the time the sub came in... Lost, you've done it again. Also, the newest Mystery Survivor/Kidnapper is totally with Alpert... do I see a vague hint of eye liner in that first screen cap?
And in all fairness to Hurley, every time he has a big episode, I want to love him just like the old days, but the writers continue to make that impossible.
Score = 0
Dharma isnt shooting people randomly in the head. If you listened to what Miles had said, a "tooth-filling" started to hurt in the guys mouth and then it went through his head. It probably had something to do with the islands "magnetic" qualities..they arent just randomly shooting people.
Score = -10
I think the most unrealistic thing about Lost would be the idea that a small child would correctly identify his apparent powers of contacting dead people.
I mean seriously, the kid isn't going to know what the hell is happening. COME ON!
Score = -3
For now I am Team Widmore but only cause the guy who kidnapped Miles to convince him to join Team Linus reminded me of a fat Brendan Fraser.
Score = 7
I thought Bram looked like a fat Glenn Ghoulia from "The Wedding Singer"
To me, Miles will always be the guy who beat up Junior Soprano...
Score = 4
1. how awesome and revealing was this line from naomi to miles: "this island has a number of deceased individuals residing on it"?
2. loved hurley's awkward yet effective social facilitation between miles and dr chang during the ride back from the swan. THAT is his real secret power. FTW.
Score = 7
I like the new guy for Team Not Witmore. He was in Choke and played the security guard in the first season of Dexter.
Score = 0
With all these dead people walking around the island and Locke's up-and-walking-aroundedness flying in the face of Ben's "once you're dead you're dead" theory (which, I know, I know, is wrong and just a coping mechanism for what baby Ben did because, obviously, Ben's not too fond of the idea of being visited by the ghosts of murders past...but still), I hold out hope that not-dead Naomi will become more of a constant presence on the island because, as previously alluded to, YOWZA. She can even wear that terrible wig if she wants to, I don't mind.
Score = 1
Can we please touch on gray-sideburns Miles watching himself as baby Miles through a window? Cause, HOW?
P.S. This episode was lame. I mean, Lame.
Score = -14
I like that we finally found out the reason Miles asked Ben for the $3.2 mil.
Score = 1
I agree about the total inconsistencies in Miles' powers. somebody f'ed up over yonder at ABC. Overall, this season isn't up to snuff, but I am still thankful for the show, because how many shows actually demonstrate that they have a plan for the entire run of the show?
I just about stood up and cheered when Faraday showed up at the cliffhanger.
Score = 0