Man, I hope tonight's episode is great. I'll need something interesting to watch after the Rockets and Nuggets games are over.
My friend sends us weekly emails every week. Here is the latest one. If y'all like it, I can put up the new ones when I get them: Welcome back to another edition of The "Lost" Diary. I try not to look too closely at episode titles, but the last two weeks have been tough to ignore. "Whatever Happened, Happened" told me we were going to discuss the rules of time travel, as they apply to "Lost." "Dead Is Dead" strongly suggests to me we're going to bring Locke back into focus and, hopefully, explain exactly what sort of state he is in. I am also holding out hope we get a little face time with another "dead" person -- Christian. Crossing my fingers on that one. Let's roll: 9:00 -- A very Ben-centric "Previously on 'Lost.'" Interesting. 9:01 -- "Jacob wanted it done" is how Richard explains to a young Russell Crowe why he took Little Ben to the Temple. 9:02 -- Russell Crowe is talking to Little Ben, who tells Russ he doesn't want to go back to Dharmaville. Apparently Russ is actually Charles Widmore, something I don't entirely buy (bad actor casting) but whatever. Widmore wants to turn Little Ben into an Others spy. We know how that turns out. 9:03 -- Ben looks as completely shocked as we have ever seen him when he sees Locke alive again. 9:04 -- "We don't have a word for it. But I believe you call it, The Monster" -- Ben. Sorry to correct you, but it's Black Smoke Monster, or just Smokie for short. 9:08 -- "I killed him? Because he looks fine to me." -- Ben 9:09 -- Ben is now trying to turn Caeser against Locke. As usual, Ben cannot be trusted. 9:10 -- Ok, now we're somewhere between the past and the present, and Ben and Ethan are hunting ... or something. 9:11 -- Wow, we're about to watch Ben steal Alex from Danielle. Her French whining is really quite annoying. 9:12 -- "Every time you hear whispers, you run the other way." -- Ben to Danielle 9:13 -- "I assume you're referring to the fact that I killed you." -- Ben to Locke 9:14 -- "I just didn't have time to talk you back into hanging yourself." -- Ben 9:15 -- "I was just hoping for an apology." -- Locke 9:16 -- Just when I thought things were moving along smoothly, Ben went and shot Caesar in the chest. I kinda liked him. 9:17 -- "Consider that my apology." -- Ben 9:20 -- "Home sweet home." -- Ben 9:21 -- "No sense in me dying twice." -- Locke. Is it just me or is the dialog particularly good tonight? 9:22 -- Back at mid 80s Others camp, Ben is battling with Widmore (with a weave) over the fate of Alex. I am starting to wonder -- is tonight the night we learn how Widmore got off the island? 9:24 -- Locke and Ben are playing The Island Loves Me More Than You. 9:25 -- Who is Ben going to find in Alex's room? Sun? Claire? Alex? Christian? 9:26 -- Sun and Lapidus are trying to explain to Ben about the 1970s Dharma cast photo. 9:27 -- "Well, you might want to look outside." -- Ben 9:30 -- Lapidus is trying to talk sense into Sun, which actually makes no sense at all. The least logical choices are usually the best ones. 9:31 -- Ben is heading into the Bat Cave to cast the Black Smoke Monster signal and bring out ol' Smokie ... which is apparently done by unclogging a drain. Um, what? 9:34 -- Toupee Ben is pushing Alex on the swing and talking to Richard about seeing someone off on the sub. 9:35 -- So it seems Widmore was exiled from the island for boffing Penny's mom on the outside. 9:36 -- "I'll be seeing you, boy." -- Widmore. Least threatening sounding threat I've ever heard. 9:37 -- "Dead is dead. You don't get to come back from that, not even here." -- Ben 9:38 -- "It's not a train, John." -- Ben 9:39 -- Locke says he knows where the Black Smoke Monster is. Must be where he almost got dragged into hole way back when. 9:43 -- "I assure you Sun, I'm the same man I've always been." -- Locke. Exactly the same, just undead. 9:44 -- Ben just called Charles and told him he was about to kill Penny. I don't think any of us believe he succeeds. 9:45 -- Locke has led Ben and Sun to the Temple and Ben remembers being healed there. That doesn't seem right. 9:46 -- "If you ever get off this island, find Desmond Hume and tell him I said I was sorry." -- Ben. Um, ok ... now I am a little worried for Penny. And for Little Charlie. 9:47 -- And now I'm worried for Desmond because Ben just shot him. 9:48 -- But Desmond cannot be taken down by a bullet! And he just served up quite the ass whoopin' to Ben. 9:52 -- Hey, I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but "The Unusuals" is premiering next on ABC. 9:53 -- Lapidus has returned back to the new Losties, who are now apparently armed and crazy. 9:54 -- "What lies in the shadow of the statue?" -- Ilana. Is that a trick question? 9:55 -- I am fully prepared to not exhale for the next five minutes. 9:56 -- Ben, seeming genuine, really does want to be judged for letting Alex die. 9:57 -- Ancient drawings on the wall seem to represent the Black Smoke Monster. 9:58 -- The Smoke Monster is playing "This Is Your Life" with Ben. 9:59 -- The Smoke Monster is gone and a ghost Alex has appeared and she's not happy. 10:00 -- Ghost Alex is a huge John Locke fan. Hard to blame her. 10:02 -- "It let me live." -- Ben A few weeks back I introduced the idea that I like to judge episodes now by how long it would take me to tell someone all the things they HAD to know about the episode in order keep up. This episode passes that test with flying colors. I once said about Ben, "He's always telling the truth. Except when he isn't." Ben has always said he has acted with the island's best interests in mind, not his own. And, by the island's account, that's true -- the Smoke Monster spared him. What greater sacrifice can the island ask for than his own daughter? He sacrificed her to keep Widmore from getting back control of the island, something the island clearly doesn't want. Now comes Ben's ultimate test of island faith -- can he play second fiddle to someone else? Can he truly follow John Locke, even when the island demands it? We're focusing a lot on Ben and Locke (and obviously so), but what's brewing with Ilana and the new Losties? That has all the makings of being something interesting. I thought about it long and hard, and I give tonight's episode an A. I thought the writing was utterly top notch, we got great information, and any episode with that many Ben/Locke scenes surely has to be great. I thought the actual showdown between Ben and the Monster was a little cheesy (would have preferred something more Mr. Eko like) but that's a small complaint. Two classic episodes in a row. Can we make it three? See you then ...
Tonight's episode is called Spoiler “Some Like it Hoth” With it being '77 on the island, there are a lot of possibilities. I'm DVRing it for late night feeding duties after the games...
Off the island. Chang mentioned that the sub was bringing in scientists from Ann Arbor. So I guess that's where he's been.
how did he get there? i thought he was with the other crew since he saw charlotte in the dharma camp as a little kid. did he magically leave the island and then come back?
He joined Dharma with everybody else in 1974. Next thing you know it's 1977 and we don't really know what happened, just that he isn't there. I'm guessing he just became a Dharma scientist and left on the same sub he came in on to do some kind of research on the mainland.
Dharma shuttled everyone with the sub. Given Dan's notebook and incredible knowledge, he'd be a lot more valuable to Dharma at U of M with the deGroots theorizing than he'd be working in the field. Volunteering for that duty would also get him away from baby Charlotte. 4 episodes left (recap ep next week, 2 new episode weeks, than double-episode finale on May 13). Presumably, one of them will be Hurley's flashback episode. One could be Faraday's. I'm hoping when Baby Benry returns, we get to see Annie again. My Widmore idea may be blown, but I still think "the incident" goes down at the Swan or the FDW and sends everyone Back To The Future. Dan sacrifices himself? It's plausible we'll also see what leads the Others to Purge Dharma in 5 years. The incident "harms" the island? And now we know Ilana and Co work for Benry after all*. Weird turn. I'm amazed Widmore didn't plant a team since he had been observing the Oc6. I wonder if that's proof for or against Benry faking Caesar's death. Good episode - nice dimension added to Miles' character. Everyone's got daddy issues. And I'd SO go off-island to watch Star Wars opening weekend in the theaters. Very pleased to see Star Wars take back center stage after Star Trek allusions all season. Evan * edit: or a third party (Dharma2)
I could use the recap FFB...I have to say that I'm not as interested in Lost as much as I use too...The story is still a little interesting but its not like I rush home to see it like I use to...oh well...
I am thinking Ilana and Co are working for a third group, like maybe the living Dharma scientists in Ann Arbor.
The next episode is called Spoiler The Variable . That kind of sounds like a Faraday flashback ep to me which would make sence since we just saw him return. But I could also see it being a Desmond episode. That's what I'm thinking too. Maybe this is the reconstituted Dharma Initiative.
Very good recaps can be found on Lostpedia. They're good to browse even just to catch things you may have missed the first viewing.
A very good episode it was, though I'm still not liking this superstition stuff. Daniel Farraday is back on board ladies and gentlemen!!!!!!!!!
pretty good episode, Miles story is pretty good, but it blows many people's theories that a person can't travel back into the same proximity as an earlier version of themselves.
Here is a video I found on youtube...I found it pretty interesting but beware it can/might be a spoiler. Basically it's Dr. Chan talking about his research and possibly why he kicked Miles and his wife out. Spoiler <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AdWLYVRiin8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AdWLYVRiin8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
