The end is near, my friends. After a dangerously close call of totally missing tonight's episode, we managed to scrounge up a decent stream of it online. Yay.
So this is the second-to-last episode of the season. Last year at this time we feared for the lives of castaways at the overgrown, beefcake hands of Keamy, while we watched the Oceanic 6 get the heck out of dodge. So much has changed. Enter time travel, a heaping dose of Richard Alpert, the foyer to Smokey's place, and "the constant" in every season of Lost: overwhelming confusion— and you have season 5 thus far. This episode was an excellent ramp into the finale. I was pumped, there were a number gasps and screeches, so enough of this, let's recap, shall we?
Yeah, but Seriously, We're From the Future
I, for one, am really glad that all the groovy scientists and mercenaries in the 70's are open-minded, forward thinkers. When someone says "Yes, I am from the future" and their only proof is that they can't produce their birth year and the name of the current president, that's apparently proof enough, you are who you say you are. Whether you're Dr. Chang or Eloise Hawking, you believe it. Also, what a fascinating and stark contrast…
Freighties Revisited
Both Faraday and Miles traveled to the 70's and discovered the truth about their parents. Faraday, unfortunately received the key to his mother's strange behavior— she apparently knew all along that one day, he would be killed by a younger version of her. Miles got quite the opposite news, his father, Chang, whom he and his mother believed to be a horrible deserter, was in fact (fuzzy moment) doing all he could to save their lives. From there, I wonder if Faraday was born on the island, if so, that would mean 3/4 freighties were island babies. And where is that pesky Frank Lapidus, anyway?
Freckles or Sun Spots?
Kate is slowly slipping into "ruin everything for everyone" mode again. Just when you thought it was safe in the water, good ol' freckles drops in on your submarine of happiness. Poor Jules! I don't quite know why, but I desparately want Sawyer and Juliet to make it. After Sawyer's tough guy routine went all mushykins when Phil (creepy) punched Juliet, c'mon!! Oh and Juliet's face when Kate climbed into the sub, definitely in the top 10 facial moments of Lost. I guess Kate's quest to find Aaron's mom, Claire is officially on the backburner?
Tunnels
Oh now there are tunnels too? Mysterious, underground hatches could never be enough for Lost, throw another layer on that bad boy and you have a system of tunnels, litered with anceint hieroglyphs no doubt! I'm glad all the characters have fantastic lung capacity. That whole swimming underwater to a secret tunnel was nothing shy of awesome. Surely they're in Smokey's territory now. It's about to get downright Indiana Jones in there. Can you picture Sayid uttering the phrase "It's Dr. Shepard, dollface"? I can.
Locke Down
I must say, I'm quite fond of John's, no nonsense policy. It's like he's ripping massive holes in the Lost shrouds of mystery. He's not waiting to get answers in season 6, he wants his answers now AND he's taking everyone with him. No BS here folks. Ben, you have fun trying to pit everyone against each, Locke will be busy getting answers. Also, how rad was it when we got to see the other side of the time flash when Locke was shot in the leg?!
Jacob's Going Down?
Do you really think Locke is going to try to kill Jacob? What could this mean? Is his privvy to the real dish on Jacob? What could he know? Is this all a big mind-game for Ben? I need to know!
Ben, Still Lying
In true Ben fashion, we had the privelege of witnessing his trickery. He told Richard that he killed Locke because he could be trouble, meanwhile, he's held that he only killed Locke because he had to, because it was part of the grand plan.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dare they? Would they really erase it all (like in my favorite movie, the aforementioned Eternal Sunshine)? Will we get to see the whole season 1 cast in their glory? Will they retain any memories, would they know each other and everything that had happened? Will they follow all of Faraday's instructions, rewind back to 815 and then have time correct them, and take the plane down some other way? Question after question!!
I'm tired and I hope the finale is packed with action, adventure, surprises and of course, answers!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Recap: Follow the Leader
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Nice recap. Hurley and his not being able to answer the president question made me laugh. Kate dropping in on the sub irritated me for both the 'forget about finding Claire' reason, and also as the possible means to disrupt the love boat that is Sawyer and Juliet. It seems like she's running away again at the possibility that time will revert back to normal, 815 will land in LA, and she'll be in handcuffs. She's so freakin' selfish.
Anyway, the underwater swim to the Egyptian labyrinth was great and Jack seemed to get his leader groove back this ep.
2 hour season finale next week...oh yes. Bring. It. On.
Great recap! So why does it seem like there is no true hierarchy of leadership in dharma? It's curious that Radzinsky can just decide that he is now in charge when he feels like Horace wasn't doing enough. I kept thinking that Dr. Chang must be the top of the dharma totem pole, but as we saw he got bossed around too.
Oh and Kate, pls stop ticking us off and ruining other people's lives. Let Jules be with Sawyer. You had your chance, so quit taking her men, you can have Jack! Thanks.
Next week is going to be on like Donkey Kong!
But what am I going to do until next season?
Nate- Yeah that Hurley part was hilarious. That and when he said they were being wishy-washy, trying to get back to the island, then leaving it. He's totally become the voice of the audience.
Dirk- I think I will make a chart of how much I like Kate throughout the series. That will be funny.
Archa- What do we ever do when Lost is off-season? Nothing, watch reality tv until we're all inches from taking our own lives, then Lost comes back on and restores our faith in humanity. The real question is what will we do after next season. Yuck. I don't even want to think about it.
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