The blog entry on the "mysterious" best TV show ever will have to wait at least one more week. I haven't prepped quite enough for that yet. Also, because a lot has already been written about that show being so great (and a lot that I have read already), I wanna make sure I can try to give you enough of my own to warrant reading it instead of linking to someone else's praise. Instead, we'll have a typical long entry on tonight's episode. It might even be longer than usual.
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Whaaaa Jin and Sun aren't married. At first, that doesn't even make sense. This set-up seemed more illogical than others just because it's so odd that Sun's dad would have Sun go with Jin on a business trip with questionable clients. Sure, Sun's dad might be different in this world, but still. Of course, this view changes when it's revealed that Sun's dad actually wants Keamy to kill Jin. GASP. Yet, once again, why'd Sun have to come along? Was she going down too? That would be a twisted parent thing to do. Or maybe she had to be there to suffer the knowledge that she caused Jin's death by hollering at him?
Either way, my patience for the flash-sideways is running thin (although I'm probably holding out longer than others, like, say, my boy Alan Sepinwall. This one continued a lack of progress towards my hope of seeing the way this world will collide with the other world. It also didn't convince me toward that other theory of these sideways being the epilogues. It just doesn't add up for me. We had more "hey, it's that person!" cameos with Mikhail (with both eyes! and then he gets shot in the eye! Hilarious!) and some more Keamy love, and then we had a lot of show focusing on a seemingly irrelevant plot. I want to learn more about the stuff on the Island, not on Sun getting shot and randomly exclaiming that she's pregnant. Just all seems poorly put together.
It's funny to see Ben going back to an unlikable, annoying type again after joining the crew. He's already nagging Nadia about how Richard Alpert isn't coming back and how they're screwed. Pretty soon Ben's gonna just start asking "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?". It was good to see Sun assertive on the Island in her anger rant at Jack, considering she's been really passive and underused since the return to the Island. Sun's been a lame character since Season 5, really, with her cop-out in trying to come up with some special revenge plan with Widmore and her weird charade with the gun and Aaron, followed by her uselessness on the Island. It's cool to see her complaining about the situation and how she doesn't care about candidates.
Then, the show frustrates again by throwing in a plot of Sun forgetting how to speak English. WTF man I don't need this. At least this plot device provided us with a scene of sweet and kind Jack. How can you not like Jack? He means well. Remember when he was like this all the time in Season 1, helping others with his doctorly ways and his earnestness? That's my boy, Jack! You have what it takes! I did sort of raise my eyebrow (really, I tried to raise my eyebrow when it happened. OK, not really) when Jack promised to get Sun/Jin far away from the Island. I feel like he's said that before, probably even right before he kind of abandoned Jin on the freighter and made Kate come with him and Jin blew up (remember when we thought Jin was dead? That seems like it never even happened). Does anyone else remember any promises like that directly between Jack and Sun or Jack and Jin? Then again, either way, he's a different man now, and so the promise would have different weight behind it.
Kate and Sawyer were sadly underused this episode, as were most people, thanks to the flash-sideways. Thanks a lot, flash-sideways! You ruin everything! Also, how scary is the prospect of Kate getting killed by Claire by the end of the series? Either way, there looks to be a definite face-off coming between the two. Why can't we all just be friends, crazy Claire?
Seeing a greater importance with Jin is definitely intriguing when you consider the lack of major importance assigned to Jin/Sun for most of the show. What could make Jin so important? Or, perhaps, are Jin/Sun combined important? Maybe the happy married couple is the answer to the Island's salvation. Man in Black did want Jin and Sun reunited too. I dunno. I'm rambling... The scene where Jin sees the pictures of Sun and Ji-Yeon was quite moving. His expression, the background music, imagining what he must be feeling when he sees those pictures. It got a little dusty in the room during that scene. Probably spring awakening or something. SPRING AWAKENING WHAT A MUSICAL.
Desmond's reveal as the package and the man behind the locked door = sweet. Well, first, sad because the preferred ending for Desmond (For me. Maybe you have a crueler heart) would be to have Des, Penny, and Charlie H. living happily ever after on a boat somewhere with T-Pain and Lonely Island. Still, this had to be expected at some point considering all the crap from Eloise about how the Island isn't done with him and because, well, he's been in the main cast all season (and he wasn't gonna earn those reps in the LAX universe!). Why is Desmond so important to this situation?
One random theory off the cuff: Desmond has always had weird timeline powers. He introduced us to that concept with his jumping around in Season 3 after the hatch explosion and his foresight of Charlie's death. He was the man who starred in The Constant, another timeline-jumping episode that was also one of the best episodes of the series for many people. We saw him randomly show up at the beginning of the first episode and then disappear randomly. Why? Is this all part of Desmond's weird power to jump about places? Is he the key to uniting these two universes and thus saving the Island from Man in Black? I think he must have some role in that. That's my preferred basic theory right now, without the intricacies of any other stuff since I'd probably be wrong anyway.
Concerning Desmond showing up on the Island, let's also remember how soon this probably is after he got shot. It might be a week or so since he got shot. Widmore must have stolen him from the hospital bed (I'm guessing he didn't gain any progress with his damaged relationship with Penny). This seems contradictory to his scene with Desmond in Season 5 where he told Desmond to go back into hiding. Perhaps he didn't realize at that point that he was going back to the Island and taking Desmond with him. What made him act? Did Jacob send him a message somehow? Did he and Eloise realize that Locke's dead body would become Man in Black (ehhhh)? Hmm. Not sure.
Desmond is important. I feel like Kate must still be important, and so is Richard. And probably Ben. Just because you aren't a candidate doesn't mean you aren't important.
Sayid and Desmond. You know, seeing Sayid spot Desmond gives me a glimmer of hope, probably false hope, that Sayid could turn it around. Sayid and Desmond had a connection with their trip to the freighter and their stuff in The Constant. Could Desmond be his chance at salvation? Ehhh doubtful.
Finally, Widmore's people stealing Jin and then Locke asking for Jin back reminded me of the Trojan War. Random, I know. But let's roll with it. Why not? Why can't I have a Doc Jensen-ian moment?
So check it. Man in Black is Agamemnon, the unlikable leader of a group filled with otherwise more likable people. We got the hero, Achilles/Sawyer, pretty boy who isn't completely good and has a bad-boy edge to him. We got Jin as Helen of Troy, the vaunted treasure of both parties who will start a war between the two sides. We got Widmore as Priam, since both are old dudes. We got Kate as... I dunno, Achilles' homeboy Patrocles, since she might die and since Patrocles and Achilles were rumored to be in a romantic relationship too. And we got.... alright I think I ran out of ideas with that analogy. But that was amusing.
Random notes:
-I noticed a couple of lines of dialogue that were mentioned in this episode that are repeated themes from before. I jotted them down, but I don't actually remember the context of either. We had "what's done is done" and "Whatever happens, happens."
-I definitely enjoyed Sawyer's conversation with Locke, especially when Sawyer said "No, cause that would be ridiculous!" in response to the thought of Locke being unable to leave the Island even though he's a Smoke Monster. Well played, Josh Holloway.
-Man in Black is pretty amusing. His defense of his actions is so indirect. Sun calls him out for murdering everyone at the Temple and Locke's just like "Those people were...confused." So I murdered all of them, even the random ones who probably would have succumbed to me once Dogen and Lennon were dead. Yeah OK, Man in Black. You're a good guy. Right.
-The V countdown really irked me during the episode. A lot. Heck, all the campaigning for it in commercial breaks was annoying too. The creepy short-haired lady with the white background, that same rock song they play halfway through the commercial. It's repeated stuff like this that makes me dislike watching stuff live. But with LOST I make an exception. Begrudgingly.
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