Season 3 Episode 6: "I Do"
Well I hoped you all enjoyed it, because we will be Lost free for the next 13 weeks. I liked last night's episode, but thought that maybe there would be more of a cliffhanger than what happened (did anyone else kinda want Sawyer to get popped? Now that would have been intense). Furthermore, there wasn't a whole lot going on last night in terms of new learnings, but let's work with what we got. Not too much went down in the first half of the episode, so let's move right to the juicy parts.
We've run into a "who's conning who" scenario lately and it will be interesting to see how it pans out next year. But for now we don't know who to trust. Ben's initial plan to break Jack went down the tubes after Jack saw his X-Ray, and it's been a game of cat and mouse ever since. Last night Ben brings in Kate to try and talk some sense into Jack but obviously that encounter did not work according to plan. But then Ben and Co. lucked out when Kate esacped and crawled over to Sawyers cage for some long overdue sexy time*. Thinking they once again had the advantage, Ben lured Jack out to the monitors so that he could see that the only worthwhile person on the island for him was bangin' the bad boy so he predictably made the deal with Ben to proceed with the surgery and get the hell outta there. But we now know that Jack was a step ahead of Ben in this case, and took back all the leverage by committig medical malpractice and giving him an hour to live unless Kate and Sawyer were released. Jack, always the good guy, the hero. Little does he know that Kate and Sawyer have no where to run (or do they?). Meanwhile Juliette obviously doesn't want Ben to live so who knows if this threat means anything. And how many others are on her side, anyways?
For us, the most important piece of information to come from this scene was (another) new name/character. Frustrated with the fact that Ben agreed to go under Jack's knife, Pickett utters "I can't believe he turned over his life to one of them. Shephard (Jack) wasn't even on Jacob's list." So who's this Jacob fellow? The eye patch dude? The "Him" that Ben refers to while in captivity in the Hatch? Another undercover other on the beach (Paulo?)? As you can imagine there are already quite a few theories out there - including a number of biblical references - but don't worry, I'm not going to get into any at this point. But it's clear that this will be a theme for the second half of the season.
Alex returned to the party last night, equipped with a Simpsons approved slingshot that would certainly raise a welt, but may not be a good match against a number of semi-automatic weapons aimed at her head. She again warns Kate and Sawyer about the Others (duh), and leads us to believe that they've killed her boyfriend Carl (the dude that temporarily escaped the cage in episode 1). Curiously, Ben finds out about this infiltration and asks Juliette if Alex asked about him. I may be reading too much into this, but it would not surprise me if it turned out that Ben and Juliette essentially raised Alex as their daughter, and that they have now had some sort of falling out. We know that Alex is the biological daughter of Rousseau, but she was stolen from her at such an early age that Alex wouldn't know the difference. But what's she so angry about?
Now let's talk about Locke, Mr. Eko (RIP), and the Jesus Stick. While saying goodbye to Mr. Eko, Locke notices a specific message on Eko's stick, "Lift up and look your eyes North. John 3:06." Upon further investigation, that passage is not from the Book of John, 3:06, but instead was from Genesis 13:14 (which can be seen to the left of the passage). So the message really reads, "lift up and look your eyes North, John." Now that Locke is back on the fate/destiny bandwagon, he thinks Eko died for a reason, and in his eyes, it was to communicate this message to him. We should expect John to try and find the highest point on the island and look North, which should lead to the discovery of the second island. Rescue party here we come.
Finally, here's some easter eggs:
Kate's tickets to her honeymoon in Costa Rica...Oceanic Air.
Well I hoped you all enjoyed it, because we will be Lost free for the next 13 weeks. I liked last night's episode, but thought that maybe there would be more of a cliffhanger than what happened (did anyone else kinda want Sawyer to get popped? Now that would have been intense). Furthermore, there wasn't a whole lot going on last night in terms of new learnings, but let's work with what we got. Not too much went down in the first half of the episode, so let's move right to the juicy parts.
We've run into a "who's conning who" scenario lately and it will be interesting to see how it pans out next year. But for now we don't know who to trust. Ben's initial plan to break Jack went down the tubes after Jack saw his X-Ray, and it's been a game of cat and mouse ever since. Last night Ben brings in Kate to try and talk some sense into Jack but obviously that encounter did not work according to plan. But then Ben and Co. lucked out when Kate esacped and crawled over to Sawyers cage for some long overdue sexy time*. Thinking they once again had the advantage, Ben lured Jack out to the monitors so that he could see that the only worthwhile person on the island for him was bangin' the bad boy so he predictably made the deal with Ben to proceed with the surgery and get the hell outta there. But we now know that Jack was a step ahead of Ben in this case, and took back all the leverage by committig medical malpractice and giving him an hour to live unless Kate and Sawyer were released. Jack, always the good guy, the hero. Little does he know that Kate and Sawyer have no where to run (or do they?). Meanwhile Juliette obviously doesn't want Ben to live so who knows if this threat means anything. And how many others are on her side, anyways?
For us, the most important piece of information to come from this scene was (another) new name/character. Frustrated with the fact that Ben agreed to go under Jack's knife, Pickett utters "I can't believe he turned over his life to one of them. Shephard (Jack) wasn't even on Jacob's list." So who's this Jacob fellow? The eye patch dude? The "Him" that Ben refers to while in captivity in the Hatch? Another undercover other on the beach (Paulo?)? As you can imagine there are already quite a few theories out there - including a number of biblical references - but don't worry, I'm not going to get into any at this point. But it's clear that this will be a theme for the second half of the season.
Alex returned to the party last night, equipped with a Simpsons approved slingshot that would certainly raise a welt, but may not be a good match against a number of semi-automatic weapons aimed at her head. She again warns Kate and Sawyer about the Others (duh), and leads us to believe that they've killed her boyfriend Carl (the dude that temporarily escaped the cage in episode 1). Curiously, Ben finds out about this infiltration and asks Juliette if Alex asked about him. I may be reading too much into this, but it would not surprise me if it turned out that Ben and Juliette essentially raised Alex as their daughter, and that they have now had some sort of falling out. We know that Alex is the biological daughter of Rousseau, but she was stolen from her at such an early age that Alex wouldn't know the difference. But what's she so angry about?
Now let's talk about Locke, Mr. Eko (RIP), and the Jesus Stick. While saying goodbye to Mr. Eko, Locke notices a specific message on Eko's stick, "Lift up and look your eyes North. John 3:06." Upon further investigation, that passage is not from the Book of John, 3:06, but instead was from Genesis 13:14 (which can be seen to the left of the passage). So the message really reads, "lift up and look your eyes North, John." Now that Locke is back on the fate/destiny bandwagon, he thinks Eko died for a reason, and in his eyes, it was to communicate this message to him. We should expect John to try and find the highest point on the island and look North, which should lead to the discovery of the second island. Rescue party here we come.
Finally, here's some easter eggs:
Kate's tickets to her honeymoon in Costa Rica...Oceanic Air. 
Kate's home pregnancy test - Widmore Labs - the same brand that Sun used on the island (inset)
So that's about it. A quick FYI, ABC will be running what they are calling Lost "Nuggets" every week until the 2/7/07 spring premiere. The nuggets will be :30 promos cluing us in to what we might expect for the next mini season. However, they will be running only in the new show Daybreak that will be filling Lost's Wed, 9pm time slot. So that none of you have to actually watch this trainwreck of a show, I will be posting the nuggets here when they eventually show up on YouTube or ABC.com after Daybreak is inevitably cancelled. So check back if your bored. Till then, have a happy Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Christmas, New Years, and see you in 2007!
*and if you haven't already, go see Borat
posted by Rutherford at
12:13 PM
4 Comments:
you forgot Kwanzaa
That's a good point, Sam. Definitely thought of that as well. To bring a step further, you could say that even the whole surgury is a set up for something else, but that would be a long shot...but at the same time, Ben basically has already put his life at risk when he allowed himself to be captured in the first place, so why not do so again, the guy obviously has balls of steel. And again, we know Jack pretty well, and he's not a killer.
or maybe the mysterious forces of the island prevent some from actually "dying," but rather provide a gateway to another dimension, and Ben knows this, so he figures, what the hell, let Jack cut me open.
ps - it's spelled 'surgery.' c'mon, Chuck! WOOP!
Ouch! Well, while that's an interesting thought, the producers have mentioned that when someone croaks on the island, they're dead for good. (Although they do keep joking about how season 7 will be the "Zombie season" where everyone comes back to life to create havoc on the island). Of course, that doesn't mean that the deceased can't make appearances in flashbanks and/or dream sequences. And finally, the biggest reason people die on the show is that the characters' contracts run out and/or they simply want off the show (as in Shannon and Mr. Eko's case). Boo.
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