Welcome to my third "Lost" post as we countdown to the bittersweet finale of what's the most intriguing show I've watched. And I've watched much TV ...
Alright, folks, six episodes until the finale. Island-speak translation: Eight hours to learn if Fake Locke/Smoke Monster/Man in Black finds a way off the island; if Jin and Sun are reunited; if Clarie and Aaron are united; if Charlie is going to make an appearance; if Kate is ever going to choose a love of her life; what Charles Widmore really is about and whose side he's really on; what's gotten into [literally?] Sayid; and ... well, lots more questions need answered in these coming eight hours.
Now, back to "The Package," which aired tonight. If you haven't watched, don't read anymore, unless plot talk won't bother you.
1. Jin and Sun aren't married in the flash-sideways? [And later in the episode...] Oh, so, they weren't supposed to be involved, according to her father. These flash-sideways are like a whole new show.
2. Sun tells Jin: "No one is watching us." Um, actually, Sun, I am not so sure that is true. One of you is a candidate. That must mean something. To someone.
3. I watched an episode of "Party of Five" earlier today from 1994. Matthew Fox is the "leader" of the family of five kids on that drama. In some ways, he seems the same now ... 16 years later. I am glad he managed a haircut in the last decade and a half.
4. Sun is running on the island from Locke and hopefully to Jin [although she just ends up back at the beach] and then in the flash-sideways she proposes running away with Jin.
5. Richard to the beach survivors: "Pack your bags; we're leaving." Right. Because decisions like that on the island are that simple.
6. The hotel bathroom. Room 23. The fridge. Poor Jin was locked [by emotional or physical force] in many small rooms. I did love Jin seeing his daughter for the first time ... on a camera while he was in a room with Widmore.
7. Jin shot Mikhail [who was supposedly dead in the island world] in the right eye. In the past, he wore a patch over his right eye. See, these flash-sideways seem to be the present but with the past included and sometimes changed.
8. I liked Widmore's description of the Smoke Monster, etc.: "That thing masquerading as John Locke." Oh, and a bonus for you, while thinking about Widmore: Desmond! I guess maybe he's his father-in-law's secret weapon.
It's your turn. What do you think? About tonight's episode? About the show in general?
have you noticed how they (the original lost folks) tend to pause while looking in a mirror in the flash sideways? almost like they are seeing something they don't recognize or understand. and while i was thinking about it, realized that the lighthouse had a huge mirror that allowed jacob to view them.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. Maybe that is how Jacob watches them.
ReplyDeleteCharles Widmore never was a bad guy. He only treated Desmond the way he did to keep Penny from being hurt because he knew that Desmond would have to go to the island. Desmond is special and the rules don’t apply to him. He can use the electromagnetic anomaly to destroy the MIB (and my guess is that will put the island under water) because he is the only one who can come in contact with the electromagnetism and not be harmed.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in Season 4 Finale when the island “disappeared” as the Oceanic 6 were flying back on the helicopter…didn’t it look like the island went under the water? Perhaps when the island “moves” it goes under water…perhaps the island has been under water since Ben turned the frozen donkey wheel at the end of Season 4. Just a thought.
My Thoughts on "The Package"