Kate Freakified

Two things bothered me about Kate's appearance at the end.

(1) Why did they need to meet in secret in darkness out behind the airport?

(2) Why did she look oddly different? No freckles, weird makeup, possibility of cosmetic surgery?

So... what if she is still on the run?

Why did Jack say...

"I'm tired of lying" to Kate at the airport?

Also another lost anagram
Hoffs/Drawlar (funeral home)= ''flash-forward.

Beautiful Men

Beautiful men are almost as endangered as black people on Lost Island! Richard and Rose need to go chill on the beach for the remainder of the series.

And Charlie better figure heavily in flashbacks/visions/black-smoke-monster manifestations from now on. Is all I'm saying.

Newspaper Clipping

LOVE it

I thought last night's episode was brilliant. It did so much to humanize Jack... plus I've gotten so used to feeling like every single episode is me on my knees BEGGING the producers for answers, that this huge major answer (Jack and Kate, at least, get off the island!) was really satisfying to me.

Walead, didn't you tell us that Oceanic had to close after the crash of 815? At the beginning of the episode when we first saw Beardjack, i thought, wow, what if this is in the future, after getting off the island... and then i saw the Oceanic logo on the wall of the plane and thought "well, hm, guess it's the past, because W told me that Oceanic had to close down..."

Walead and Sarah, I have to warn you in advance, me and Saffie and Tina and Juancy had an hour-plus speakerphone "WTF" conversation last night after watching, so we have already voiced our concerns and our comments will be sparse. PLUS anything smart or clever that I say was probably already said by someone else last night, and I am stealing the credit.

For example: "listen, if I'm on your plane, and it crashes, and i live on the island from hell for months, and then i get off the island, you can BET that I DON'T WANT YOUR FUCKING GOLDEN TICKET. Bitch I'm not getting on your planes! Bitch I'm probably not getting in a CAR ever again."

Uh, did anyone else notice this?

The woman Charlie saves from being mugged is Nadia, Sayid's love.


http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/Nadia

A Tisket, A Tasket...Who the Hell is in the Casket?

Okay, this has been the debate of the morning and part of last night. I wonder, could the casket dweller be Michael? I can't imagine why Walt wouldn't be at his funeral, but he has been busy delivering cryptic messages to the seemingly mortally wounded...or the about to be mortally wounded (Poor Shannon).

Also, Michael was always struggling with money which would account for the seedy neighborhood. He also may have no other family, because no one came to see him in the hospital when he got hit by a car. The only one that showed up was his ex who came to pay the bill.

Most importantly, he is neither friend nor family...you know, since his traitorous killing spree. Whatcha think?

Where to Begin?

Let me be the first to say... Holy Crap!!!

kate's so pretty... just thought to be = opportunity (for W)

Oceanic Flight 815-News Clip

Alice in Wonderland

Did anyone else notice that the logo of the Looking Glass Station is a white rabbit. Last week a young Ben followed a white rabbit into the forest. Why all the AIW imagery and what does it mean?

The Bizznitch

You know why Ben is waiting for Jack when he gets to the radio tower?

Hmm?

Because Jack got PLAYED.

Juliet: "There's this radio tower, where the signal jam is coming from..."

Oh, Sawyer!

So.... it's official, I'm in love and I've already had my heart broken.. My boyfriend... Sawyer... is married!!!! SOB! He was on The View today(5 minutes ago)- and he is just the HOTTEST thing ever. Seriously though, he really talks like that! I thought his lil' accent was just going with the character, but no. Ok... enough of my Sawyer talk, but one more time... he is beautiful!
As for last night's show.... I thought it was really good, but I'll be honest.. a small part of me wanted Charlie to die... because that would've been something the show never would do. YES, it's nice that we have this whole new element in the Looking Glass and the secret sharp shooters inside, and I'm sure that will be interesting(ps- don't you think they're bored in there... or claustrophobic??). Back to my original point... It just would've been nice for them to REALLY kill him off, and I like Charlie!
In terms of the preview... can the Losties EVER Win??? I mean seriously... how did Ben's men capture them? They had such a great plan! It's sooo sad. Can't wait for the TWO HOUR Season FInale.... Sawyer said it's going to be a GOOD ONE!!!

Through the Looking Glass

Listen, how much you wanna bet that the folks down in the L-G have been trapped since the sub blew up? And they're not happy about it? Because you know Ben wasn't like, let's go dive down with some food for them. It would be hot if they ended up being allies.

I have one thing to say.

Why not just cut the fucking cable?

Saffie, please. Help me talk some sense into these people.

The Looking Glass

Yay! There's a new station. Anyone have any ideas about this one? It seems like Ben was lying about it being flooded -- why is he trying to keep the Others from going down there? Maybe to protect some Dharmas who still live? (The one chick looked an awful lot like Annie...)

And what is the purpose of the station? Is it what keeps the island hidden (hence, "mirror")? Or maybe it's how the submarine gets in and out of the island? Like it's a portal?

Saffie, I too was excited to see sassy Rose return. This was actually her first appearance in Season 3 -- that's how long it's been since we've seen her no-nonsense self. While I'm glad to see her, I'm worried that now that she has resurfaced, her death is that much more imminent. She survives a plane crash, beats cancer, and now she's going to end up dying by falling off the radio tower or something.

ROSE!!!!

That's where you've been...off gettin' your hair did!! I like how they tried to sneak her in the episode (complete with Bernard and new hair twists) as if she had never left. At long LOST Rose's redebut, I yelled her name as if my mom had just appeared on screen. Can we have a moment of celebration at the fact that Rose has returned with just as much, if not more, sass as when she left?

Hmm, sass, Juancy loves the word sass.

The Prisoner

Hey, have any of you seen the British show "The Prisoner"? It is clearly an inspiration for "Lost." "The Prisoner" is about a British secret agent who one day gets gassed, and when he wakes up he's in "the village," this small town surrounded by forests and mountains. The townspeople are all sort of weird and unhelpful. Everyone is known by a number and the everyday leader is "Number 2." The "prisoner" is named "Number 6" and while he's trying to escape the village, he's also trying to figure out who "Number 1" is (he's only referred to, but not seen until the last episode). Despite Number 6's attempts to leave the village, he keeps being re-captured and brought back by a security system in the form of a large white balloon that comes up from the surrounding waters and chases him down (it is known as "rover"). In many ways "rover" is similar to the black smoke on "Lost." Number 6 is also prevented from leaving through occasional gasings and the use of drugs. It was quite a cult show from the 70s.

Also, if the above sounds familiar, it might be because the Simpsons did a parody of it in which the Simpson family gets gassed and sent to the same resort-like village where a white balloon chases them.

Heads Up

Hey! Non-TIVO owners! ABC is airing a Lost special on Thurs, May 17th at 10 PM.

It's that time again. In anticipation of the Lost season finale, a special called Lost: The Answers is scheduled to air twice this month. The special will be similar to Lost: Survivor Guide, a clip show that aired before the winter premiere. Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will co-host the show, which will "recap the secrets that have been revealed, as well as those that remain unanswered."

Among the topics that will be covered: the father of Sun's baby, what caused the Oceanic 815 crash, what happened to DHARMA, why polar bears are on the island, how Locke ended up in a wheelchair, and the identity of the real Sawyer.

Jacob

There he is.

Incidentally, anyone else notice that Roger's Dharma uniform had the Swan on it? I don't recall what Ben's uniform had on it.

I like the fact that Season 2 was all about Dharma and we all assumed it was the key to the show, when it kinah turns out they appear to be just a group of socialist hippies who got in over their heads. I think we'll see that the real mysteries of the island and the real key to the show are the natives. Do they not age? If not, then why don't they realize that Ben is aging?

Patricide

Kudos to Juancy for spotting the patricide theme running through the show... Locke having to kill his dad, Ben killing his dad, Jack killing his dad... who am i missing?

Richard's ever-youthful Armenian good looks are my real concern here. WTF?

Also... How the hell did The Others go from being the hostile savages living in the woods (richard looked pretty grungy when he met kid-Ben) and killing off the well-funded fancypants Dharmaites so they could squat in their houses... to being the cozy, book-club-having, muffin-baking, massive-global-operation-with-cameramen-and-operatives-all-over-the-world outfit we know and love? Some of that is probably just the shit they stole when they moved in (the submarine, the electricity generators...) but come on, modern ultrasound equipment? Evil buses in the real world that can kill at will?

xo

S

possible reasons: Richard's life extension/the shack-shake

click to enlarge Life Extension Project

Life Extension Project
Main Article: Life Extension Project
"Given enough time, there is no end to what human beings can accomplish, no frontiers that we cannot cross, and no experiences that we cannot live to pass on to future generations." - Alvar Hanso
"The Life Extension Project can be described as the grand summation of all of the Foundation's work from prevention and wellness to the development of new gene therapies and the development of young minds is nothing less than the extension of life itself. If it is, indeed, an instinctive human drive -- as basic as the need to eat, to sleep, to love -- to see mortality itself arrested, the Life Extension Project humbly accepts the mantle of responsibility to see this done -- to push the boundaries of science and technology to see the human race go farther than ever before."
[edit] Joop's Corner

Joop's Corner
Main Article Joop's Corner.
Joop's Corner is a section of the Hanso Foundation website dedicated to their 105-year old orangutan Joop, who is a test subject for The Hanso Foundation's Life Extension Project.
The page features a short press release regarding their accomplishment with Joop as well as a quote pertaining to their Life Extension Project and a way to send Joop messages.


Parapsychology is one of the fields studied by the DHARMA Initiative (as stated in the Swan Orientation Film).

Parapsychology is the study of the evidence of mental awareness or influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means. Most objects of study fall within the realm of "mind-to-mind" influence (such as extra-sensory perception, folie a deux and telepathy), "mind-to-environment" influence (such as psychokinesis and remote viewing) and "environment-to-mind" (such as hauntings and near death experiences). Collectively, these abilities are often referred to as "psionics".
The scientific validity of parapsychology research is a matter of frequent dispute and criticism, and is generally referred to as a pseudoscience, refuted by numerous rigorous scientific studies (unlike psychology, which is a recognized field of conventional science).

Courtesy of: http://lostpedia.com/wiki/

Say WHA!?

Oh boy. Only Lost would have the balls to hype up the reveal of perhaps the most important character on the island, only to present to us an empty chair. There was no funnier scene than Ben talking to an empty chair and Locke looking at Ben as though he had lost his freaking mind. Locke looked at Ben like he wanted to say "I'm sorry, psycho says what?"

And boy, it was such a great "Psycho" moment (only with Jacob as a father rather than mother figure). It was such a fun episode, and so outrageous, in a good way.

But back to what the hell is going on. You woulda thought Ben really had lost his mind, except I think for a split second there actually was a shot of someone in the chair when Locke started using the flashlight? Can anyone confirm this? I'm going to check my DVR when I get home. Also, someone was clearly using telepathy or something to shake the room around.

My humble thoughts: assuming Jacob is real, I think Ben's got him imprisoned in there. When I first saw the gray stuff surrounding the house that Locke picks up, I thought it was gun powder, but now I'm thinking it might be some sort of ritualistic fence keeping Jacob from leaving the area. This makes sense with his "help me" to Locke. It seems like he's some kind of spirit that Ben has tied to a chair. I think his conversation with Jacob was made up -- not that Jacob wasn't speaking, but I think Ben was making up what he was saying (why would Jacob be mad that Ben brought Locke if he wanted Locke to help him?). I think that's all part of the show so that Ben can tell people that Jacob is an angry person that controls them all -- when, in truth, Ben IS the man behind the curtain because he actually controls Jacob.

Two episodes left! With the finale being a 2-hr Jack-centric episode called "Through the Looking Glass." There's a clip show in between the last two, but after a series of great episodes, I can't be too mad at them for taking a week break.

Big-ups!

These big-ups are overdue but I'd like to big up Saffie for commenting "Now for the show...They can't be dead! If they were, how did Rosario Dawson get there?" cuz on the real that chick looks like Rosario Dawson and I almost spit out my coffee at work

And the best subject line award goes to Sam for "Snitches and Tricky Bitches", which has lead me to call the girls at work tricky bitches anytime, anything goes down. This will probably get me fired but damn it if it isn't' amusing.

My Big Question

Here's my big question from last night. Why the hell would Kate tell Jack about the helicopter lady? That doesn't make any sense to me. Did she just want to rub it in his face that his friends don't trust him anymore? She seemed too sincere and concerned for it to be like that. On the other hand, even if she trusts Jack, she damn sure doesn't trust Heifer Juliet, so why would she under any circumstances let her find out? You know that bitch is gonna tell the Others SOME kindaway! If it was me, and i was all "Jack i need to talk to you alone" and he was all "anything you can say to me you can say to her" i would have been "okay bye then nevermind."

I knew it!!

Come'on we all knew Anthony Cooper was the real Sawyer. And we all knew that Locke didn't have Ben down there.

She ain't just purty, she's smart too...

I invite Tina to start off this week's LOST discussion. Ah yes, and Tina, I fully expect the first line to be, "I KNEW IT!!"

As far as tonight's show is concerned:
Oh yeah...shit's about to go down.

Word on the street is...

The next week's flash back person is Ben (Not this week, it's a Locke week)! I'm so excited! This means some answers for sure!