too fucking clever

Apparently the time Sayid was in the dirty pool earlier this season was 1:08

also, hurley's jowls weigh EXACTLY 108 lbs.

fixed

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1. Sayid seemed surprised to discover The Temple was actually being used as a filming location for the martial arts epic “Enter the Dogen.”

2. Speaking of Dogen, I’m glad his fixation on the baseball was finally explained, because I was starting to wonder if it was autographed by Hideki Matsui or something.

3. So, how long after you kill somebody IN The Dirty Hot Tub of Eternal Life do they come back from the dead…or DO they???

4. Did everybody catch that blink-and-you-missed-it cameo by Dr. Jack at the hospital? I wonder if we’ll soon find out that Dr. Juliet is also working at the flash sideways St. Sebastian.

5. Is it just me, or has the role of Miles been reduced to generic status update guy? Seems like all he ever does anymore is play games to pass the time between requests from major characters wanting to know what’s been happening while they were gone. At least he’s delivering these updates in true Miles style (“Crazy Aussie chick’s back, but she’s still hot.”).

6. Excuse me, Claire, but while you’re down there do me a favor and PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!

7. What are we to make of a Korean hit man being bound and gagged in a walk-in refrigerator? You guessed it…it’s COLD JIN TIME AGAIN! (apologies to Mssrs. Simmons and Stanley).

8. As enjoyable as it was to see Keamy finally get his come-uppance, I can’t help but wishing it would have been Ben pulling the trigger. Sure, Ben’s a despicable a-hole and all that, but he’s OUR despicable a-hole.

9. I have a theory about why Sayid’s plunging of the dagger didn’t kill The Locke-ness Monster: Sayid is now inhabited by Jacob, who can’t kill The Man in Black.

10. When everyone in The Temple was running through the halls in a full panic, I almost expected Ilana, Lapidus and Sun to pull off The Smoke Monster’s mask and for him to say, “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!!!”

Speaking of Claire (whom I loathe), I read this funny tidbit on a fashion blog of all places:



My DVR was having issues last night so of course, during all the pivotal scenes, I got a garbled nonsensical mess, but I've since figured out some of the stuff I missed. And I've stopped trying to read any meaning into ANYTHING on this show because it's futile.

Aaaand...scene.

(yes, Bob, I did notice Jack in the hospital scene)

Agreed, d, it's futile and meaning is superfluous. I only enjoy the show by letting it wash over me. Not interested in how clever and calculated it gets on their way to bringing it full circle.

6. Excuse me, Claire, but while you’re down there do me a favor and PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!

True movie magic FT.

That was a good episode.

Couple of things:

1. Didn't it seem a little too far out of character for Ben to be going back for Sayid and sheepishly pleading with him to leave the temple with them? I know Ben's been pretty much broken at this point, but that's a little too much of an about face, a little too soon. Of course this is probably just foreshadowing Ben's demise in the next episode or two. They always make a formerly despicable character suddenly sympathetic just before offing him/her.

2. Is it possible that there have been two groups of "Others" on the island all along? Seeing the group with unLocke at the end reminded me of how inhuman and stealthy the Others seemed in Season 1 (remember seeing the bare feet moving swiftly and silently through the woods?), but in every subsequent season they've just been increasingly humanized. But maybe it's just the followers of Jacob that we've been getting to know, and there was always this other mysterious group lurking around in the shadows. Maybe this was already explained, and I've forgotten about it.

What is also confusing is that Ben's Others dressed up in disguises similar to this set of Others too, before they revealed that they were just pretending (the group that kidnapped Walt). I don't believe its been explained, but I believe they are having us believe that there has always been two groups of Others, and we've only seen glimpses of this group - the bare feet from earlier seasons you mentioned.

yeah it was that bad.

haha



You mean this week's episode? It was still better than the Kate one, but yeah, kind of a serious drop off from the last few. It's to be expected that we get a few of these I guess.

i thought it was horrible this week. aside from the brief plot line with jack and richard, and the coming of widmore, that was on par with the most banal of lost episodes. schlost. ben is an extremely small penis.

Ilana: "I'll take you"
Ben: "Ok mommy"

I thought the episode was great. Sue me.

It was such a weak episode, FT couldn't come up with his Top 10.

I liked the use of Leonard Cohen "Bird on the Wire" for the preview of next weeks scenes.

hahaha. "We're not going to prom, are we?" brought the lulz.

I was hoping somebody would get that.

1. Nobody does the “accidental” spilling open of a briefcase full of money better than Sawyer…that is, with the possible exception of one Det. James Ford.

2. You know, I just realized that the title of this particular episode has a double meaning. Recon refers to both the reconnaissance mission Sawyer was sent on by The Locke-ness Monster to gather intel on Hydra Island, as well as the scene in the hotel room, which was a repeat of an almost identical con (“re-con,” get it?) Sawyer perpetrated way back when (albeit with a much different ending).

3. I don’t know exactly why, but I just don’t buy Miles as a cop. James Ford, on the other hand, at least comes a little closer to believable – although he gives off much more of a loose cannon private eye vibe, kind of like a modern day Jim Rockford.

4. I guess when thinking in terms of NBC investigative dramas from the ’70s, Miles seems better suited to be Quincy’s sidekick, Sam.

5. I’m not really sure what got all of these ’70s NBC shows bouncing around in my head, unless it was Det. Ford coming to his senses while watching a poignant moment from Little House on the Prairie in his bachelor pad.

6. Interesting to see Charlotte without a nosebleed for once. Of course, I can’t imagine ol’ Twitchy’s gonna be too thrilled to find out Det. Ford performed his own private body cavity search on the lovely Ms. Lewis.

7. Speaking of Faraday, remember his theory about needing a “constant” to survive time travel? Seems to me that Sawyer’s only “constant” is getting laid, regardless of dimension: flash-back, flash-forward, flash-sideways, and apparently even a little flash-from-behind.

8. I don’t know about you, but I Was totally shocked when the mysterious hooded figure fleeing down the alley away from the crash scene was revealed as Kate! I mean, I was absolutely certain it had to be Frogurt. Masterfully played, Darlton.

9. I’m not sure what I find more amusing – the fact that everyone seems convinced they’ll be able to pop the keys into the ignition of the Ajira jet and just take off for the friendly skies without any repairs or refueling, OR hearing Sawyer explain away Kate’s concern about not having a pilot for the plane by telling her they’ll just hop into Widmore’s sub and burn rubber like so much McQueen and McGraw.

10. I usually don’t comment on the previews of next week’s episode, but I was thrilled to see we’re about to have all our questions about Richard Alpert finally answered, such as, “Why don’t you ever age?”, “Where do you store your seemingly endless supply of Maybelline?” and “What’s The Tick really like?”

Ha, I'm with you on this. I thought the same thing as the episode finished up.

Sawyer: "We aren't going to do this impossible task that requires hundreds of hours of training, INSTEAD we will be doing this OTHER impossible task that ALSO requires hundreds of hours of training."



I'm really interested into the Richard ep next week, but I'm not holding my breath that ALL our questions about him will be answered.

I guess as far as sub vs. plane, maybe the thought is that Sawyer could hijack the sub, basically get the people already on board to pilot it for him. He can't really do that with the plane. Or maybe we're supposed to believe that he learned how to pilot a sub during his time with Dharma.

Anyway, pretty good episode, silly parts aside. I've just come to accept that the whole parallel reality thing is going to be completely ridiculous, and at least this one was fun.

Yeah, I'm still enjoying it, despite the numerous gaping (and often silly beyond ridiculousness) plot holes. At this point, I'm just enjoying the ride all the way to the end. It's far from perfect, but I still love it.