Friday, May 25, 2007

Lost was 2 hours last night. This might take you 2 hours to read.

Oh. My. God. I think it's going to be almost impossible for me to write about this in chronological order, but I will do my best. Just try and stay with me. Warnings:

1. Spoilers galore within.
2. People who don't watch Lost shouldn't read this. It will seriously be a waste of your time.
3. I'm like 99% sure the word "awesome" will appear upwards of 2700 times.
4. This post is LOOOONG. I thought about editing out a bunch of stuff and making it shorter, but I couldn't do it. If I lose you halfway through, I'm sorry.
5. I can't stop dropping the f-bomb when talking about this episode so you prudes out there might want to look away. Or learn to drop the f-bomb with me.

I don't know about you guys, but that was 2 of the best hours of television I have ever seen. When the show started, and everyone was saying their goodbyes to Jin, Sayid and Bernard, I was convinced the jig was up for Bernard. Diane and I both said, "I have a bad feeling Bernard's not going to make it out of this." Thank goodness we were wrong because how can you not love a guy whose wife makes him say things like, "I am a dentist. I am not Rambo."

When the first two explosions happened, instead of "BOOM" I heard "Boo-ya" because the revenge was so sweet. Hey, Ben, how about some fried Others with a side of Fuck You? By the way, nice effing shot, Bernard! Who knew? Poor Jin got stuck with the little handgun so he couldn't get a clean shot. As soon as he started crawling forward, I knew we were in for bumpy times.

I don't envy Jack in any way, shape or form. He only saw two explosions, but he absolutely could not go back. He would've risked the lives of everyone. He had an almost impossible decision to make, but he made the right choice. Even Sayid specifically told him not to turn back-not for any reason whatsoever. By the way, how awesome is Sayid? "I am willing to give my life if it means securing rescue." Um. You are amazing, Sayid

Ben is completely playing all his own people against each other, and they are catching on. Blonde bitch from the Looking Glass totally gave up the code because she was pissed at Ben. He is totally losing it, and something huge is about to happen with him and The Others. He will be overthrown. Perhaps by Locke? Boy Ben is a master manipulator, though. He got Bernard to talk by threatening to kill Jin. He asked who the 3 people were, took a couple seconds to think and picked Jin. It was a careful and calculated decision. He literally scares the crap out of me.

Sawyer is completely tortured by killing Locke's dad. He wanted it his whole life, but as is sometimes the case, what he thought he wanted may not have been exactly what he actually wanted. I knew he would end up volunteering to go back for them. As much as he tries to pretend he's disconnected from everyone, he cares about them like a family. Honestly it's probably the closest thing he's had to a family in a long time. When Juliet said she would go back with him and Jack said, "You don't need to do this." I was like, "Um, yes you do actually." She still needed to prove herself to me. And, you guys, I hate to say it, but she kind of did. I mean she still sucks with her little smirk and kissing Jack-I'm sorry WTF? Lay the hell off, hor. But…she helped them. So I need to cut her a bit of slack. But seriously she better keep her smirky lips off of Jack.

Okay we need to talk about the best 20ish minutes of the entire show. Ben confronting Jack on the hill and the beach scene.

First the confrontation on the hill. Okay I can't believe Ben tried to introduce himself to Naomi-like a normal introduction. Psycho! I was so hoping when he killed Sayid, Jin and Bernard that it wasn't real. Seriously when we first heard the gunshots, I almost immediately started writing a nasty letter to ABC. But then we realized we did not see it happen onscreen so there was a good chance they were still alive. Poor Jack was put in an impossible situation yet again. And again I think he did the right thing. He didn't have a choice. He couldn't trust Ben. He had to go with the best odds of getting the most people off the island.

But Oh. My. God. After Ben shot them, Jack just went after him and beat the ever-loving shit out of him. We were screaming. Baby, that was the payoff. We've all been waiting for it. Jack finally loses his freaking cool and goes all Sayid on Ben after trying to be so level-headed in earlier seasons. My God it was fantastic. What is it about this show that brings out my bloodlust? It's scary. But all of us were screaming, "Yeah-hit him harder!!" I thought it was particularly nice when he stopped beating on him, and there was a pause and then BAM-one more shot to the face for good measure. Then he picked up the walkie and told Tom he was coming to kill him. Not only that but later on he said he was keeping Ben alive so that he can see them get off the island and know he failed. Then he'll kill him. Jack, release that inner badass mofo, baby. You can keep crying since you are so good at it, but just keep the revenge coming.

An aside that has nothing to do with the confrontation on the hill or the beach scene: I love bloody Ben introducing Alex to her mother. Danielle is so moved to finally be able to touch her and talk to her, and what's the first thing she says? "Will you help me tie him up?" And Alex totally goes for it. Yes I will help you tie up this man I thought was my father. Hilarious and awesome.

OMG beach scene. Can we talk about the beach scene immediately please. When Sawyer and Juliet were spying on The Others keeping our Losties captive, I had completely forgotten that earlier in the show Sawyer, with tears in his eyes (beautiful moment), had told Hurley he couldn't come with them because he's too fat. So I was actually taken by surprise at what happened next in the beach scene. And what happened next was a whole lot of Hurley in the van RUNNING A MAN OVER. Let me try to write out exactly what Diane, Drew, Loyd's and my reaction was to that:

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT MOTHER OF ALL THAT IS-AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" multiplied by 4 and at 100 million decibels.

Hurley, you sweet-and sick-son of a bitch! I knew you had it in you! Then when Sawyer picked up the gun, I figured he'd shoot the guy in front of Sayid. But no, Sayid went all Jack Bauer on the guy and tripped him then broke his fucking neck with his fucking legs! Are you kidding me!? So then I thought, 'There's no way it can get better and more badass than this.' And what happened? Tom surrendered, and Sawyer shot him anyway. "That's for taking the kid off the raft." Um, holy crap. As if that line wasn't awesome enough, this happened next:

Hurley: Dude it was over. He surrendered.
Sawyer: I didn't believe him.

Oh my holy Jesus. After that scene I turned to Diane, Drew and Loyd and said, "That one scene just made up for the entire season of 24 this year."

When Hurley started talking into the walkie, I was laughing so hard. He does not have an intimidating voice, but boy he was really trying. "Attention, Others. Come in, Others." Do The Others even know they are called The Others? "If you're listening to this, I want you to know that we got you bastards. And unless the rest of you want to be blown up, it's best to stay away from our beach!" Yeah, Hurley! You go! I love how he tells Jack he saved everyone. Jack's like, "Wait-Bernard and Jin and Sayid? They're with you?" and Hurley says, "Yeah dude I told you I saved them all." Man Hurley's awesome. And seriously when I realized that those three were alive, I wanted to kiss someone. But the boys were all the way across the room so I didn't.

Oh you guys. The scene in the forest. Jack loves Kate. And it's not just me saying it. He said it. He said it to her face, nonchalantly like it was a fact of his life, of his just being alive-like breathing. He loves her. Oh good Lord, I freaked out completely and made Drew rewind it so I could watch it again. Drew, Diane and Loyd complained, but I'll tell you what-you guys got off easy. If we had been at my house, and I was in charge of the controller, you guys might still be at my house and we'd be on the 7,000th viewing of that scene. I'll be honest here, I love action and everything, but I am a girlie-girl at my core, and I need my romance. Sarah happy.

Um…so Eye Patch. What is the freaking deal? A) Half the time he was on the screen I was like, "Can we get the eye patch back on please" because that was nasty. B) WHY DOESN'T HE EVER DIE!? I loved how Desmond burst out of the equipment locker all bare chested and did the one handed shoot-a-guy-with-a-spear-gun move. So classic.

Okay I guess the time has come to discuss Charlie. I've been avoiding it thinking if I just didn't talk about it, it would make it not true. How fantastic was he in this episode. Funny, brave, resigned to his fate but determined to do his duty. I honestly can't believe the writers went through with it. I brought Kleenex with me to Diane's house to prepare for such an event, and I'm glad I did because I needed it.

I loved when the blonde biatch called Ben to tell him that one of them was there, and he said, "Who?" and Charlie yelled, "It's Charlie! Tell him I said hi!" So funny. And he completely knew exactly what to say to that girl to get her to tell him the code. He turned her against Ben and told her it would piss him off. Perfect! And the code. The signal was jammed by a musician and unjammed (dejammed?) by a musician. It's fate. What I did not expect was to see Penny waiting on the other end of that screen. Why was she just sitting there? How is she connected to the Looking Glass? It must've been part of the Dharma Initiative which means she was too, yes?

Charlie's death scene was a bit perplexing to us. We kept saying, "Why didn't he get out of the room and then close the door?" Did he not have time? Or after the water had poured in, why didn't he go out of the port hole and swim to the surface? It seemed to me there were ways to avoid the drowning. But alas, he didn't, and I was/am devastated. They kind of didn't give his character much to do there in the middle, but when the show started out, I just felt he was such an important part of it. He and Hurley were the humor and the hope. I felt their friendship was the heart of the show. And now he's gone. Oh my God it's so depressing, I can't even talk about it. Except did anyone else notice that right before he died he did the sign of the cross thing? I don't know what it's called because I'm not Catholic, but you know what I mean. I didn't notice this until the second time I watched the episode. It's gut wrenching. Don't go back and watch it.

Do we believe Ben's story about Naomi bringing trouble? I think we do. And dammit that sucks. Um, Locke finally killed someone. In a totally disgusting way, too. Oh damn I almost forgot about Walt. WTF? Why was he there? The makeup department didn't do that great of a job covering up his 5 o'clock shadow. Seriously Walt's like 20 now. I'm pretty sure he drove himself to the show after his college classes were over for the day. What is the significance of bringing him back? So Locke told Jack when Jack was about to answer the guys on the radio, "You're not supposed to do this." How does he know that? Did Jacob tell him? I must find out immediately.

And that brings us to the very end. None of us saw the twist coming-that those were flash forwards and not flashbacks. The only thing we remarked on was that Jack was using a RAZR phone, and we were like, "Ooh that's a mistake. RAZRs weren't available back then." But we didn't think anything else of it. So to put it lightly, we were shocked as hell.

You guys, I loathed this look into the grim future. Jack is a mess. My God they did a good job making him a mess. He was seriously about to kill himself. And he and Kate are not together! Boo! But here is why I am holding onto hope. The first thing is that I don’t honestly feel the writers would reveal the ending to us with 3 seasons left to go. I believe this is a possible scenario for the future. But as Claire on "Heroes" said, "The future is not set in stone." Desmond is the reason this future isn't going to happen. I'm convinced. He saw the future. He knew Charlie had to go down to the Looking Glass. Because of this vision, Charlie found out that the boat is not Penny's boat. When Charlie first started writing on his hand, we all assumed it would be a message for Claire, but no. It was Charlie's final act of heroism. He gave them a chance to avoid the fate we saw in that glimpse of the future. Because now Desmond has the information they need to save themselves from whatever is on that boat thus steering them onto a different course. Not only that, but Penny now knows that Desmond is alive somewhere. And as I keep mentioning because I thought it was such a great moment, she already told him there is nowhere in the world she can't find him. She's coming, you guys!

Other questions that arose from this episode:
- Why was Penny on the other end of that video phone?
- What is on that boat?
- What is up with Locke?
- Why do some people heal and some don't?
- Why is Walt so freaky?
- Who's funeral was that? (My guess is Locke)
- Who is the 'He' Kate was referring to? (If it's Sawyer, I will cut someone)
- Why in the hell did Jack say he would go get his dad and bring him down so they can see who's drunker? Was that a drug-fueled statement or is his dad alive again?

Please, please discuss this show with me in the comments. I know I missed stuff in this epic novel I've written, plus I need to hear everyone's theories.

P.S. This show isn't coming back until February of 2008. That is 9 months, folks. I…am not okay with that. Not at all.

12 comments:

Sarah said...

I can't believe it doesn't start again until February. That is a butt-long time. But are they doing the 24 thing where they don't have any stupid breaks? That'd be nice, and hopefully worth the ridiculous wait.

I totally didn't notice Charlie crossing himself and I'm glad because if I had I probably would have completely dissolved and locked myself in my bedroom and never come out.

Hurley = amazing. Also how awesome was it when Danielle just right out elbowed Ben in the face? She's just standing there all calm and then she's just fed up and hits him. That was great.

I think Penny was there because maybe something alerted her to the fact that she could now send a signal? I don't know how that could happen. Maybe it was just a coincidence - a result of Desmond's premonition coming true and him not stopping Charlie from dying that time.

Sarah said...

Sarah, yes they are going to do the 24 thing with no breaks which will be pretty awesome. I just wish we didn't have to wait so long. And OMG thanks for reminding me about Danielle elbowing Ben in the face! That was fantastic. Remember when she said to Jack that she wasn't going to leave the island because "there's nothing left for her back home"? Do you think that is foreshadowing that none of them should leave the island? If you think about all of their lives, none of them really have anything back home waiting for them. Just a thought.

Anonymous said...

This may be wierd...but I kind of predicted the funeral is Ben's. Somehow Jack is more attached to him in the future because he thinks they made a mistake ever leaving the island, but Kate still hates him because, well, he's Ben and he sucks.

russ said...

Great episode.

My favorite part is how Sawyer is now all effed up. He's not a guy that liked to kill, but now he's alternately self-loathing and callous.

My current prediction on the future -- Kate is with Sawyer because he needs her to be the soft, cuddly, good Sawyer. If she left him he'd fall back into this abyss we're seeing now.

Another theory I came up with was that Kate isn't _with_ anyone... she's working with Ben, which might've been some kind of condition to get them off the island.

Regardless of how it works out, and I really think that while the writers have a plan they don't have a huge history of sticking to those, they did a great job opening up possibilities for the future.

As for the funeral... they could go about any way they want with that. Do we know it's a guy? I forget but had that impression.

I had an inkling that the flashback was flashforward -- but when I realized he was flying Oceanic I thought maybe it was unlikely he'd do that again. When I thought it was past I was super-pissed, because Jack has never shown any of this wishy-washy bad-decision self-pity stuff before, and it is a major friction between him and many others with checkered pasts (esp. Kate). I was very happy with the reveal there.

armalicious said...

OMG! I totally did a Lost post yesterday! And my entire day was consumed by discussions of the show. Now, I found your blog and you have brought up some things that I hadn't thought of! So much for my no Lost talk today!

First of all, this line:
"Half the time he was on the screen I was like, "Can we get the eye patch back on please" because that was nasty."
Amen! I kept saying that to my husband. It was freaking me out! Eye-patch guy gets on my nerves with his constant coming back to life!

Ok...about the part where Desmond knowing it's not Penny's boat and will be able to help change the future we saw. Brilliant! Seriously, I hadn't thought about that.

I didn't think about Locke being the one in the casket. I was thinking Ben or Juliet.

I also said something about the Razr phone and didn't put it together until the end. DUH!

Anwyay, some of the discussion over at my place has to do with some of the stuff Jack said to Kate at the end. About the being sick of lying about it and wanting to go back. Jack is having major survivors guilt because not everyone got off the island.

And I do think Ben is telling the truth. Of course, I always love the villains. He's a liar and a manipulator, but he's telling the truth about this.

My mind is so full of theories and thoughts about this stupid show.

armalicious said...

Also, I love the post. I went back & read some of your other posts about Lost. You crack me up! You said a similar thing about Juliet last week that I did this week. Too funny!

XYZinn said...

If you slow down the part where Jack is looking at the pape and you can see it says Man found downtown in his loft dead, but you can't see the name. It looked like it started with a Jo or Ja, but we weren't exactly sure. It could be John or Jacob. They definitely made sure it wasn't another Tivo moment where you could figure it out.
Maybe it is Juliet.

Sassy Blondie said...

Holy shit, Sarah! I whole-heartedly agree about the best 2 hours on tv!

Jack telling Kate he loved her? I DID rewind it 8 times to hear him say it and study her face. WTF that she didn't say anything or even tear up? All I've got to say is that I will be the one writing a nasty letter to ABC if they don't let this happen. And kissing Juliet? Double WTF??? I don't care how much she "helps", I hate that hobag, and she needs to keep her botoxed face away from Jack.

Charlie was amazing! And I think Penny W is a fucking badass! She's going to be the reason 3 seasons from now that our Losties will be rescued. Can't wait...want to see Jack kill Ben so badly.

Ok all, did no one think that Kate telling Sawyer that the Others were coming to test her to see if she were pregnant a tiny bit scary? If they make her pregnant with Sawyer's bastard, I will jump off the bridge in the future with Jack. Don't get me wrong, I love Sawyer, but I don't love Kate with Sawyer. I need my happy ending with her and Jack. It. Must. Happen!

Hurley was like a little kid! I loved his walkie talk as well. Priceless. And Sayid...damn! I found myself incredibly attracted to him after the leg induced neck snapping. Now THAT'S a man, ladies!My dogs even sat down to watch after that scene.

Fried Others with a side of Fuck You...LMAO!

Eyepatch must die. I think it will have to be a burning. The fucker just keeps getting up with no real injuries. Explain how the fuck he can swim with a spear in his gut? And why haven't any sharks picked up on that? Surely they could kill him? What the hell? Die you fucking Russian, DIE!

Can I just say that while Jack is my number one, Desmond could totally get me to cheat on Jack? Fuego! Fuego! And I agree...Walt was practically 25 with his changed voice and everything. How are they going to handle that, eh?

I don't know how I will stand the wait until January. No Lost, Grey's sucked this season so repeats won't be on my Tivo list, and no "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World". I better get some decent filler shows somewhere.

And Sarah, did you see the promo for Big Shots with Michael Vartan and Dylan McDermott? OMG. Vaughn and Bobby Donnell back on my TV? My Tivo just might start smoking...

Fizzgig said...

I was cheering with you when the dynamite exploded! I yelled take that others!!! I was also cheering when Jack broke out the whoop-ass on Benry!

I still hate, and distrust Juliette! Betch!

Yea yea, i like danielle a little more every episode. at first i was like this chicks nuts. now its like, shes nuts but in a good way!

I totally thought the 3 were shot cus of all the rumors of regular cast members dying. I guess Charlie and Tom, are better than Jin, Sayid and Bernard. at least Charlie went out the way he did. On his terms. Charlie had to die, cus he was meant to. And this was his time. I think it was awesome how he took one for the team. But, he may not be dead.....

Yea Hurley kicked ass! my friend was like, thats hurly in the van...i couldnt tell the noise was so I said shut the hell up. Too bad he was right!

eye patch. Why dont you die? Ummm, why doesnt locke die? not that I want him to, but eye patch isnt the only death-defying Lostie on the island!

Im proud to say i knew jack was in the future from the beginning. you could tell he was way older and lost his mind. we saw him before the island, he was a totally different guy! when did he have time to be a pill popper while he was saving lives? I agree with you though...desmond messes with the future and his dad isn't dead in the future. I think this is why their paths all cross, from all the messing with the time travel stuff desmond is going to do.

i thought the funeral is either locke or ben. but then, they probably stayed on the island. It may be jacob. The article looked like the name started with a J and looked like something "gham". They have a bunch of screencaps at dark ufo. The paper was also dated april 2007. And the name of the funeral home is an anagram for flash forward. I totally stole tht from dark ufo!

penny has prob been trying to get thru for the last month or so, ever since the end of last season when the dudes in antartica got an alert from desmonds boat when they blew up the hatch on the island. I wonder how long the force field will be down?

who the hell is naomi really? will there be more 'others'. The losties will become te new others and take out the new group from the ship.

February? Well, that gives us time to watch the first three seasons all again I suppose.

Anonymous said...

The best ever 2 hours of TV in my life! My head is still spinning. I need to rewatch the entire eps real slow. And WTF Feb 2008 - unh unh - that is way too long to wait. What the F are we supposed to do

Anonymous said...

The sayid neck snap is easily the greatest thing ever. they should just run that scene in every promotional clip forever.

I also thought the guy in the coffin was ben but apparently the internets have deciphered the newspaper article and the mystery guest is one mr. jonathan lantham who was born in NY and was survived by a teenage son. Which could possibly be john locke's real identity.. or, and i know i'm gonna get shit for this but i'm not white so it's okay, the neighborhood was obviously a black neighborhood (the people outside, the preacher..) so maybe it's someone who hasn't been introduced yet?

As far as the direction of the show, I believe that everything else will now be in the future (present?) spliced with what happened immediately after they made contact with the ship. Sort of like an inversion of the original idea? Funeral Parlor is a an anagram for Flash Forward.. so perhaps that is the new conceit of the show.

also, kate was like a major fugitive before the crash, and yet appears to have escaped any jail time? that seems odd, unless she literally got a get out of jail free card after the whole ordeal.

and jacks tribute to fiddler on the roof was so not hot. shower, shave, get your shit together man. seriously.

Librarian Girl said...

Holy smokes, you are FUNNY!

You have voiced every single Lost fan's feelings with this post. I feel so much better that I'm not the only one that was freaking out while watching that episode.