LOST: Week 4

I got some random other topics on here before getting to the LOST episode. I figure, why not throw some other thoughts in here. So if you don't wanna read about LOST, but you wanna read about podcasts or the Miracle on Ice, then come on down!

I was listening today to the LOST podcast with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Pretty funny stuff. They've been doing the podcast for some time now, but I would never listen to it because I didn't do podcasts... until this summer. And then I got into all sorts of podcasts, like a fiend! If you haven't ever checked out any podcasts, I highly recommend it. It's like talk radio at its best, only it's even better because there are some awesome programs that aren't on radio, like the LOST podcast, for example.

You can find all kinds of podcasts for various interests. Sports podcasts, TV shows, political, music, spiritual/religious, comedic, news, etc. Way better than just listening to music all the time. Trust me. It's great stuff.

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The U.S.-Canada hockey game was awesome, but hopefully Canada won't get vengeance in some way, like how Japan did to South Korea in the World Baseball Classic. That sucked. The talk about the Miracle on Ice, with the Canada game being a much lighter version of it and with the Miracle's anniversary was also really cool. The Miracle of Ice is so incredible that a good movie was made about it even though everyone knows what happens and it was only 30 years ago.

Here's what I'm wondering. How awesome would it be to watch the movie "Miracle" without knowing what was gonna happen? Like, say you showed the movie to a kid, without the kid knowing anything about it. They would see the Americans getting owned by the Soviets in the scrimmage, the team not being so great, how amazing the Soviet Union is, and then WOW the U.S. wins! How fun would that be? That would be crazy. Unless, of course, the smart-aleck kid saw that the title of the movie was "Miracle" and assume that USA would win. Whatever, smart-aleck hypothetical kid.

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Now, to talk about LOST. And SPOILER ALERT TO ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE.

A young Jack in the first picture. Party of Five in the house! I don't even remember much at all about that show, but I remember watching some episodes from it, and I remember when LOST came out, and I was like, that's the dude from Party of Five. Anyway, Jack asking his mom about his appendix, the mark on his neck, the meeting with Desmond on the airplane where he asks if he's met him before, all this, at least to me, makes me think that there had to be some kind of switch or something that happened because of the Oceanic 815 flight. Something triggered inside the passengers. It's only a matter of time before they put the pieces together, I think. Maybe you already figured that out. I just like seeing more evidence towards it. Then, we find out that Jack has a son. Holy crap! Holy crap! Whaaaaaaa. Unlike Locke and Helen, where we at least had some context, this is a total surprise. And I am intrigued, ladies and gentlemen. I am very intrigued.

I'm amused at how they won't say Claire's name when they're talking about her. Jack asks them who else got infected, and they say "your sister". Sayid asks Jack who else was infected, and Lost does its typical pause and wait for the person to almost say it before switching to what they're talking about. She-who-must-not-be-named! Clairedemort!

A Hurly-centric plot gives us wonderful pop culture lines, like "I just lied to a samurai" (and the guy who plays Dogen was a samurai in The Last Samurai!) or Jacob "turns up whenever he wants. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi."

In the whole love triangle category, we have the Jack and Kate exchange along the creek, and Kate telling Jack "I hope you find what you're looking for." And right after she says that, Jack has this long, gazing look deep into her eyes. Romantic longing!

Claire's craziness is interesting. I was glad to see the Other alive still, because he seemed like a decent guy, but man, she just straight up executes that dude. No messing. Speaking of Claire though, did you know that only she and Jack were on the EW cover (http://www.ew.com/ew/inside/issue/0,,ewTax:1091,00.html)? And yeah, I just don't feel like writing their real names.

I love how they use Hurley as a mouthpiece for what fans are thinking. Like how he was confused about time travel last year. And this episode, with him wondering if the bodies in the caves are actually them, having died in the past, just like fans theorize with Adam and Eve. Then, when he and Jack are in the forest and he talks about how this is like old times when they were in the forest and were doing something for reasons they didn't quite understand why.

Dogen in the real world. Fascinating. So how long was he on the Island for in the Island timeline? Does this mean he's not like Richard Alpert, timeless and from a long age ago? Is Alpert in the real world in the LAX timeline? Also, what the heck is up with Dogen's son asking Jack if David's his son? Besides that being the truth, that doesn't seem like a logical guess at all. Jack came near the end of David's performance, and Jack's standing in the back like a random dude. I chalk that up to lame scriptmaking or Dogen's son being a weird kid who asks random guys if they're some kid's daddy.

When Jack smashed the lighthouse glass, I was pretty frustrated with Jack, honestly, but then Jacob's all like "No I kinda wanted him to do that", so mark that up to Jack being awesome yet again. At this point I'll note that this whole episode was action-packed, and the pace was good, and I really enjoyed it. Yet again though, still really confused about what Jacob wants from Jack, what's going on in general, etc. But answers will come. Oh they'll get there.

I was confused with Jin's reasoning in lying to Claire. Is he trying to mainly protect Kate in that case? Or is he just wanting to get back to the Temple somehow so that he can get away from crazy Claire? Claire says Fake Locke is her "friend", and she doesn't think it's Locke. What does that mean? Who does she see? The Man In Black's true form?

Who's coming to the Island? Widmore? That would be my best guess and the one I would find most intriguing. Although I wouldn't guess that Jacob and Widmore are on the same side.

Some random notes:

-There's a Season 1 reference again with Jack telling Hurley how he really found the caves.

-I thought Jack was gonna use the rabbit to smash a window in or something. Kinda like how he knocked the Lighthouse door down.

-Oh shiz, Claire's gonna try to kill Kate this season.

Is The Middle or Cougartown funny? Just curious. Never seen an episode of either.