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Twitter'Lost': Good strategy, bad strategy
When the Others boarded Desmond's boat, taking Sun and the land-bound Jin and Sayid by surprise on Lost Wednesday, it appeared they did so from land. But shouldn't it have occurred to Jin to let Sayid know they had a boat? I mean, it's been no more than a month than Jin, Sawyer and Michael were ambushed on their raft -- you'd think the son of a fisherman would remember something like that.
Dramatically, Wednesday's episode wasn't as clean and sharp as last week's season premiere, though it did offer up plenty of things to think about, including how ABC got permission from FOX to use footage of the 2004 World Series (nice touch, by the way, having Jack initially scoff at the notion of the Red Sox winning it all). By spreading out its focus between the three captives and the search party, the story didn't flow quite as well.
The Jin/Sun flashbacks revealed that maybe Jin wasn't quite as oblivious to his wife's secret life than he was letting on, and that Sun's father knew of her affair with hotel worker Jae. We're led to assume that A) Jin intuited Jae was messing around with his wife when Sun's dad said "Your shame is my shame; and B) pops sent someone along to finish the job in case Jin had an attack of conscience, underscoring Jae's misdeed by sending him out the window with Sun's pearls in his hand.
I have to wonder why Sayid figured the Others would come straight to the source of the fire, when everything we know (and he should know) about them says they're smarter than that. And, sure enough, that's what happened, leaving them boatless and a long way from home.
Props, though, to Sawyer for purposely picking a fight as a way of discovering the strengths and weaknesses of the others at the work camp. Plus, hey, he got to plant a really good kiss on his girl. Also lurking around the camp was Alex, Rousseau's daughter, who was asking about Carl, the kid who tried to escape from the cage. Given that Alex helped Claire get back to the survivors' camp previously, that might bolster the idea that Carl really was a prisoner.
Other bits and pieces from "The Glass Ballerina":
- Who knew Sun had it in her to shoot someone? And why did it have to be Trixie?
- Henry/Ben's revelation to Jack that his full name is Benjamin Lyons, and that he's lived on the island "all his life." Not sure I'm buying that last part -- I can't entirely support my suspicion, but something just doesn't jibe.
- It's Nov. 29, 2004, in the show's timeline, a month and two days after the Red Sox completed their World Series sweep. How'd Ben get footage the broadcast?
- Ben's promise to Jack that if the doctor cooperates, "I'll take you home." Show of hands -- anyone believe that? Or does anyone, for that matter, believe Michael and Walt are at all close to home.
- The leader of the Others has at least his part of the island equipped with cameras, including one trained on Sawyer's cage, which means his dust-up at the work camp may have been for naught. As far as I could tell, though, he's not able to look in on the crash survivors.
- Speaking of the work camp, anyone have any thoughts on what was actually going on there?
So, fellow Lostafarians, what did you think of Wednesday's episodes and all the hints it dropped?
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Benjamin LINUS, actually. And the room with the cameras is clearly of Dharma built design, as the style is identical to the sets inside the Pearl. As such, I doubt it has much in the way of cameras to anywhere not connected to the Hydra.
I did enjoy the symmetry involving the Gl*** Ballerina of the title. Jin truly is Mr Paik's son, as they've both had something of value shattered by Sun only to have her lie to their faces about it.
What happened in the last couple of minuts of LOST. Laat I saw was Ben turning on TV to show Jack about Soxs.
I'm fairly certain that Sun murdered Jae. If Sun's father had sent someone along to ensure Jin did the job, and he didn't do it I think that would have ended badly for Jin. I think Sun killed him so her father wouldn't learn Jin didn't go through with it, "What does it take to be married to you?" she asked.
Which, of course, also ties into the end of the episode, and your question above of who knew Sun had it in her to shoot someone. Trixie was sure she didn't, but Trixie doesn't know Sun as well as she thought she did... but then again who does?
I think there was a big question at the end of last season on whether Lost could return to its roots of providing meaningful flashbacks tied in well with the current events on the island. This episode answered that question with a resounding "yes" for me. A Clues Blog I like is in LostExposed.com. I think there was more meaning to the gl*** ballerina. Not just that Sun is a pretty good liar, practicing since birth, but that she has continued repeatedly to practice, and bears incredible guilt for doing so.
In response to Jaimie's comments: Does this mean that Sun's pregnancy may also be a lie? If so why?
That is an interesting question. There is a lot of debate on whether the pregnancy is a product of the island or her tryst with Jae, paid for with his life. If it is an island product, it may very well be a lie, but not necessarily one in which she is lying about being pregnant, but lying as to its source. Personally, I do not think that the pregnancy is fake. The writers are leaving the cir***stances of conception deliberately ambiguous.
Does anyone dislike Juliette as much as I do? Oh man, I can't stand her!!
Maybe why they are breaking the show into three plots right now is to make it last longer. I'm not sure if they can make any more than 5 seasons and still not have an end. It would get annoying.
I miss Michael, and if we don't see him soon, I am boycotting Lost. You hear that ABC? I really just need that storyline to come back. And Walt too.
In response to Alex'a comment about Michael and Walt's absence, I could care less that the storyline returns. C'mon, Michael shot Anna Luisa and Libby , they were far more interesting than the father/son story.