Lost: Everybody Loves Hugo

Favorite Moments
I cheered when Ilana blew up.

WTF
This whole episode made me very angry. I thought it was insulting to the loyal viewers. At least in previous episodes they have made an effort to be creative in how the characters in the sideways world are glimpsing the Island world. In this epi, they just sat Hurley down and had Libby explain it to him as if he were a child. Then when they kiss, he remembers?! If this all boils down to LOVE I will strangle someone.

How they split Ilana's camp into two groups was so contrived. Miles would never have gone with Ben and Richard, but now they conveniently have that group, which is pretty much worthless at this point, and the candidate group together with (again, how convenient) a pilot. Please!

The whispers! Souls that are stuck! Purgatory! They said the island was NOT Purgatory! Oh, it's not purgatory for the survivors so it's okay? Cheap, Cheap, Cheap!

Last week, I couldn't understand why Jin was on Hydra Island. Now I know it was to keep him and Sun from reuniting this week. BS!

In our Parallel Universe...
Desmond's car would have been filled with seaweed and water damaged from last week's trip into the drink.

Lost: Happily Ever After

Favorite Moments
I liked this episode a lot better the second time around. After the first watch, I just kind of sat in my big comfy chair staring at the television waiting for some sort of understanding to wash over me. Needless to say, it never came.

Desmond! Love him.

I loved that Desmond and Charles Widmore are now BFFs. I got a good feeling inside when Charles offered Des the MacCutcheon.

WTF
Is with Eloise's hair? Does all that knowledge of all the different 'realities' send a continuous electric charge through her brain that makes her hair blow out like that?

If they boil 6 seasons of mystery, drama, and confusion down to "All you need is Love" I will strangle someone.

Yeah Right Moments
Did that hospital have no security whatsoever?

Penny, who obviously is not a runner at all based on how she was running, wasn't scared out of her mind by the creepy stranger stalking her at the stadium? Creepy guy comes out of nowhere, is obviously coming on to her, passes out, then asks her out for coffee. Sure, why not? Let me just get my cell phone out and alert the police and then we will all meet wherever you want.

In my feeble opinion...
When someone is near death or in an altered consciousness he/she gets a glimpse of the "other life".

Random Thoughts
Why didn't Sayid kill Dirty Tina Fey?

Lost: The Package

Favorite Moments
This episode didn't give us much meat, but it really moved us forward. I liked that it involved everyone on the island, and the sidestory moved along quickly.

I liked the interaction between Jack and Sun on the beach. I got the feeling Jack is becoming Jacob-like.

Yeah Desmond! However, I don't think he is going to last very long.

WTF Moment
That Clockwork Orange torture room on Hydra Island still gives me the creeps.

Random Thoughts
Sun's hair is really long on the island.

Why didn't Widmore's Dork Patrol just kill everyone in Smokey-Locke's camp instead of tranquilizing them?

I am still sticking by my theory that the sidestories are life as if Jacob never interfered, and could possibly be if Jacob never existed.

Was it wrong to gloat when Mikail's (SP?) eye got shot out?

Why can't Smokey-Locke cross water in smoke form?

In our parallel universe...
When Jin was carrying Sun out of the restaurant and she told him she was pregnant, he would have dropped her.

An episode about "The Package" would have been about Sawyer. Get it?

Lost: Ab Aeterno

Favorite Moments
A kinder, gentler Esau (MIB).

Any time Richard said "Isabella."

Jacob pulling some Sayid moves when he was beating the crap out of Richard.

WTF Moments
Why didn't Richard ever use his feet when trying to get water or get the nail back?

What was the point of the boar eating the corpses on the ship? How did it get down there and back up again?

In my feeble opinion...
Jacob is an ass. He is not all good and MIB is not all bad.

This is all a game between Jacob and MIB, and everyone is just a pawn.

Richard was the first other.

Yeah Right
That was the easiest necklace clasp in the world. Not to mention a modern one. I cannot do clasps like that with two good hands in bright light in good health with the aid of a 3-way mirror, but Isabella on her death bed, no problem, and then Richard, not even looking, with one hand has it on in a second.

Randon Thoughts
Jacob and MIB got haircuts.

That was one heavy-duty close up shot of Jacob on the beach, I think I saw his nose hairs.

Everybody's got a price.

Lost: Recon

Favorite Moments
Loved this episode mainly because it was about Sawyer, but also because it moved.

Loved that Miles and Sawyer were partners

Smokey-Locke kicking some Crazy Claire ass

Loved that Sawyer was playing everyone. Making deals with Smokey-Locke, then Widmore, then telling Kate his real plan. And he did this by telling everyone the truth. Deception through honesty. Awesome.

Tina Fey on Hydra Island!

WTF...
Is with Sayid and Claire?

Claire was creepy even when holding hands with Kate. What was up with that?

Sayid just watching as Claire is attacking Kate.

Claire has definitely left the land of the right minded people. That whole camp with Smokey-Locke's people is Crazytown.

Creepy pile of dead people on Hydra Island

This means something...maybe...
Kate didn't touch Smokey-Locke when he offered his hand to help her up.

Claire holding Kate's hand, besides being really creepy, gave me the impression she knew something about the way Smokey-Locke operates.

Random Thoughts
That is one huge sub to carry all those people.

Widmore has the dorkiest group of goons in the world.

They have been playing some really groovy music at the end of the last two episodes.

Who's gonna drive the sub?

According to my calculations after this episode, the Ajira flight landed like two days ago.

Why did the Hydra Island disappear too when Ben turned the donkey wheel?

Smokey-Locke's boobs are bigger than mine.

In our parallel universe...
When Charlotte and Sawyer were eating and he says "What?" She gives him a knowing look and says, "You know what." She would have followed it up with, "We're gonna get it on."

Lost: Dr. Linus

Favorite Moment
I have to admit that my favorite moment was the last scene. Giacchino score, slow-motion, reunion on the beach, reminiscent of Season 1. Gets me every time.

Yeah Right
All the phony baloney school scenes.

• Students in rapt attention of their European History teacher
• Totally condescending principal
• Getting a principal job through blackmail
• Giving heed to a substitute (I have been a substitute teacher and it wouldn't happen)
• Someone looking like Alex being in History Club

In my feeble opinion...

Widmore has always been aligned with Smokey-Locke. That is why he told John that if he didn't go back to the island, the wrong side would win in the 'war'.

Now we know why they kept Miles around. To 'read' Jacob's ashes.

Dr. Linus could have done both. He could have waited until Reynolds wrote the letter of rec and then used the emails to get the principal's job.

Random Thoughts

The Black Rock is in amazing condition.

Alex Rousseau has an Amy Winehouse head.

How did Ben get out of the Temple alive?

In our parallel universe...

Miles would have gotten all kinds of messages from a bunch of other people's ashes mixed in with Jacob's

Sundown

Favorite Moments
Ben finds Sayid in the dirty hot tub room and when he realizes Sayid is visiting, if not a permanent resident of, Crazytown, he slowly backs out of the room.

Crazy Claire singing the creepiest version of Catch a Falling Star ever at the end.

Keamy getting shot and Sayid killing off Dogen and Lennon. Thank God they did not drag that out any longer.

Look between Kate and Smokey Locke at the end was great. Not sure what it means, but it was great. I think the last we knew, Kate thought Locke was dead so it could be shock on her face.

WTF Moments
The whole first 45 minutes. What a waste of time.

In my feeble opinion...
They are totally underusing Miles, but for consolation they are giving him some of the best lines of the season.

Sayid looked really good in this episode. However, in the sideways world he looked much shorter and had creepy hands.

No matter what world Sayid is in, he is trying to get redemption for past actions, but always gets dragged into killing people.

Paik is somehow connected to Keamy and/or Widmore.

Dogen said when he tortured Sayid the machine "tipped the wrong way." This does not mean it tipped toward bad, just not the way Dogen wanted it to tip. I am still not convinced that Smokey Locke is the bad guy, and Jacob is the good guy.

Random Thoughts
Nadia's voice totally grated on my nerves.

The exodus out of the temple reminded of The Ten Commandments movie.

Scene with Keamy reminded me of a Quentin Tarentino movie.

For being these ninja like, know everything, be everywhere badasses, the Others are the dumbest, most gullible people in the world.

In our parallel universe...
Sayid would have stabbed Kate. She was the first person he came across that he knew.

The Lighthouse

Favorite Moments
Really liked the interactions between Hurley (apparently now being called Hugo) and Jacob.


My favorite moment was quickly followed by my most frustrating moment. The whole mirror/ wheel in the lighthouse was really cool. So cool, I wanted to see what image came up for everyone on it. Well, everyone we know. However, in true Lost fashion, they didn't go there. It was quickly destroyed by selfish Jack.

I am starting to enjoy the sideways stories. At first, with Kate's sidestory, I was very disheartened and thought they were all going to be so contrived and far-fetched. Now with Locke's and Jack's, however, I have been very pleased. Plus, Jack was looking really good in his sidestory (and I have never been a Jack fan).

WTF...was that crazy animal skull baby in Clairsseau's cradle?

In my feeble opinion...

Juliet is David's mom.

Desmond is coming to the island. (Or maybe Widmore)

At first I thought the flash sideways gave us a view of the Losties' lives if they simply did not crash on the island. Now it seems as if Jacob never existed and meddled in their lives and this is the result.

The Substitute

Favorite Moments
I really, really liked this episode so just the fact of having an episode to get excited about was my favorite moment, but there were a few others that were particularly enjoyable.

Sawyer is back!!! Not sappy, crying James, but drunk, angry, sarcastic Sawyer. Yeah! And he called Smokey-Locke on the carpet instantly to boot.

Helen! Yeah!

Richard dropping out of the tree, and Richard being all frantic and scared when he meets up with Sawyer. Very funny.

Hurley as the smooth businessman.

"I guess I better put some pants on."

"This is the weirdest damn funeral I've ever been to." I love Lapidus.

WTF Moments
Only one: WTF was on Sawyer's underpants? Eewwww!

In my feeble opinion...
Smokey-Locke is not recruiting people to fight, he is recruiting his replacement. He cannot leave until he finds someone to take his place. Thus, he is conning the con-man into being his replacement.

Sawyer is conning Smokey-Locke and just letting him think he is going to join him.

Of course, these theories will probably be blown out of the water next week or in the near future.

This means something...maybe
Smokey-Locke does not drink the whisky.

Random Thoughts
Alterna-timeline Locke's dad did not push him out of the window.

In this timeline, Locke has no faith and does not believe in miracles or destiny while Jack had faith that "nothing is irreversible."

In our parallel universe...
The airlines would have delivered Christian's body to Locke.

Waxing Philosophical
I am rewatching Season 2 as I walk on my treadmill (thus it is taking me a long time). In a commentary by Darlton, they mention that every time we see the smoke monster, we get a little bit more information about it. For instance, the first time we just heard it, then we saw it, then we saw flashes in it, etc.. Now, in this last season, we have seen things from its perspective. Seems we have come full circle as far as the smoke monster is concerned. Kind of cool, but makes me kind of sad that we really are coming to the end of the series.

Lost: What Kate Does

Favorite Moments
Since I did not really care for this episode, it's kind of hard to narrow down some favorite moments, so these are kind of a stretch.

Miles (who seems to be just hanging around this season so far) appeared to be present for comic relief this episode and delivered the best lines of the hour.
"As you can see, Hugo here has assumed a leadership position so that's pretty great."
"We'll be in the food court if you need us."

Seeing Ethan Goodspeed, who is even more creepy as a really nice doctor.

Jack actually asking some questions. I have to say that I have never been a Jack fan, but this episode tilted me just the slightest in the not hating him direction.

WTF Moments
Another heartwrenching scene with Sawyer!? How many can I take?

Torturing Sayid, saying he passed the test, then saying he (Lennon) lied to him...what does all this mean? What reaction would he have had if he was not 'claimed'.

When Aldo and Justin were escorting Jin and Kate and Aldo kept telling Justin to shut up, just as he was going to possibly answer some questions.

Yeah Right Moments
A fugitive is going to return to pick up her 'hostage', keep driving a big yellow taxi around, and go into a hospital when her face is most likely plastered all over tv, where there is a nurse just waiting outside with a wheelchair, and eventually Claire just hands over her credit card.

Sawyer just walks out of the temple with one little gun, when there are at least 10 others with rifles pointed at him. While I am on this subject, why are the others supposedly so badass, yet so easy to kill?

In my feeble opinion...
We got the answer to why Dogen speaks Japanese when he doesn't really need to.

Dogen really went for Jack's jugular when he says "there have been others who have been hurt or killed helping you?"

This episode probably gave us a lot of information, but we just don't know it yet.

This means something...maybe
Dogen says "The people I am in charge of," not the leader of.

Conversation between Aldo and Justin "He's one of them." He may be one of them."

As Kate is hijacking the taxi at LAX, she spots Jack and they share a meaningful glance.

Random Thoughts
Where did Sawyer get the ring?

Lost: LA X Parts 1 and 2

Favorite Moments
Ben comes out from Jacob's lair and immediately starts lying.
R: "What happened in there?"
B: "Everything's fine."

Richard actually showing some emotion for a change.

Sayid on the airplane says "Can I be of assistance?" and then kicks in the bathroom door.

Hurley creeping around the Dharma van pretending to know how to use a gun.

Hurley showing a little badass side taking the lead in bringing Sayid to the Temple and calling out Mr. Miyagi on understanding English.

WTF Moments
Juliet dying AGAIN! It just took away from the heart wrenching scene of her falling down the shaft in The Incident.

More Others?! No, No, No! No more new characters! Did you learn nothing from Paulo and Nikki? Especially the one who doesn't like to speak English. Now we have to hear everything he says twice! Once in Japanese and then translated into English. There better be a very good reason for this and we better find it out soon.

Darlton are up to their old tricks again with the gross lack of communication among characters. No one asks any questions, no one shares information, and people 'cleverly' avoid answering any questions. "There are risks involved" ('saving' Sayid in the Temple). The normal response to that is: "What kind of risks?" In Jacob's lair Ben posits, "You're the monster?" Instead of an answer or explanation, we get the adorable little quip "Let's not resort to name-calling." This tactic is what almost drove me to stop watching the show. Well, actually it was all that in the cage crap of early Season 3, but it has caused much unwarranted frustration for many of us viewers.

In my feeble opinion...
Juliet was seeing a glimpse of the alternate reality as she was dying when she talked about going out for a coffee sometime.

The things that happened on the island now happened on the plane, or will still happen in the alternate reality.
Jin telling Sun to button her top button.
Rose and Bernard missing each other and reuniting (after his bumpy trip to the bathroom)
Boone being impressed by Locke and telling him "If this thing goes down, I'm sticking with you" which is what he did on the island
Jack saving Charlie's life (in the process asking for a pen, this time really needing one)
Charlie thinking he was supposed to die
Jack recognizing Desmond
Arzt being annoying
Etc.

The ash is not that great of a protection if smokey can pretty easily knock you out of it.

I think the line that Smokey-Locke delivers towards the end when he is talking about Locke, "He's the only one who realized how pitiful the life he left behind actually was," is going to play a part of the whole thing. Whatever the 'whole thing' is.

Yeah right moments
Sawyer has to dig through piles of metal objects to get to Juliet, but then is just standing outside the hole with her in his arms. Did he just drag her through the rubble?

A fugitive running from the law would not wait in a taxi line.

Random Thoughts
Did anyone else wonder, for just a second, if something was wrong with the TV when Kate was stuck in the tree?

Don't know why but I liked seeing Lock without his under eye scar and a part of me wished he would have stood up and walked off the plane.

I was unexpectedly excited to hear the whispers again. They are really creepy cool.

How would you like to be the airline rep who has to tell someone they lost his father's body?

In our alternate reality...
Hurley would come out of his meeting with the Japanese guy and say, "Hey, guess what. That guy understands English perfectly."

Someone, anyone, would totally be grilling Cindy about where they are and what the heck is going on.

Obsession

I have few things that I would say I get obsessed about outside of the people I love and dogs. Books are one of them. I tend to get a little crazed when it comes to books. I love bookstores, libraries, other people's book collections, on-line book sites, used bookstores,- well, good used bookstores- otherwise they are just smelly stores. I am really not a TV or movie watcher, suspension of disbelief does not sit too well with me, which makes my one TV obsession even harder to understand: Lost.

I didn't start watching it until the 2nd season (then watched season 1 on DVD in a matter of a few weeks), but once I started I never looked back. I have my core group of fellow Lostphiles - coworkers and my reluctant husband. We come complete with Premiere and Finale parties including home-made costumes, t-shirts, posters, Dharma paraphernalia and our own DVD. So now the 6th and final season has begun and now my leisure thoughts, lunchtime and bedtime conversations and sometimes dreams return to musings about Lost, and there is nothing I can do to stop them.