Wednesday, April 18, 2012
TV Guide's "Our Favorite TV Nerds" - Fringe's Walter Bishop
Love the show, love the character, love this guy!! John Noble is excellent as Walter Bishop.
He's got the highest amount of "thumbs up", way more than any of the other 19 characters. You go John... er... I mean Walter!
http://www.tvguide.com/PhotoGallery/Favorite-TV-Nerds-1037861
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Chemo: Cycle 5...

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Labels: Health, Lymphoma/Cancer, Me Stuff, Pics, TV Shows
Monday, March 7, 2011
"Harry's Law"
If you're not watching this show... you're missing a darn good one! It's a drama with humor, sarcasm, heart and she's says the stuff we all say in our heads but never out loud. I realize it's on late for a lot of folks, but it's worth watching. Also, they have been running it again on weekends. I've seen it on Saturday and Sunday nights.
Harry's Law - w/Kathy Bates
NBC
Monday @ 10 PM
Also at Hulu.com: http://www.hulu.com/harrys-law
Friday, May 21, 2010
"Grey's Anatomy" - Season 6 Finale
For anyone who missed last nights 2-hour "Grey's Anatomy" season finale… you missed one of the best finales I have ever seen. Granted I sobbed for two hours, but that's beside the point. In my opinion, it was the most emotionally traumatic, heroic, stunning, jaw-dropping, powerful, heartfelt, tragic, hold your breath finale ever! I'm all geared up for the "LOST" series finale on Sunday… but not sure if they will be able to deliver the emotional roller-coaster ride "Grey's" provided. I'm hopin' for the best… but, WOW!... "Grey's" left me stunned and speechless for quite some time.
In case you missed it, you can watch the episodes here:
ABC.com - Grey's Anatomy: http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy
Grey's Anatomy - s06e23 - Sanctuary (Season Finale P1)
http://abc.go.com/watch/greys-anatomy/93515/261783/sanctuary-finale-part-1?cid=fullepisodeaccess
Grey's Anatomy - s06e24 - Death And All His Friends (Season Finale P2)
http://abc.go.com/watch/greys-anatomy/93515/261805/death-and-all-his-friends-finale-part-2?cid=fullepisodeaccess
Hulu.com - Grey's Anatomy: http://www.hulu.com/greys-anatomy
Grey's Anatomy - s06e23 - Sanctuary (Season Finale P1)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/148529/greys-anatomy-sanctuary#s-p1-so-i0
Grey's Anatomy - s06e24 - Death And All His Friends (Season Finale P2)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/151241/greys-anatomy-death-and-all-his-friends#s-p1-so-i0
Sunday, May 16, 2010
"LOST" - Across The Sea
May 11 Episode: Across The Sea
I've had difficulty with this episode... torn between liking it and not-so-much. The episode, in of itself, was interesting... getting more background on Jacob and MIB... but I'm not sure I'm liking some of the implications. I'm trying to think things through, but I keep coming back to, "One day you can make up your own game and everyone else will have to follow your rules." If this turns out to be one big game that Jacob made up... then I'm gonna be extremely irritated. It's almost like... Mother liked you best and I got stuck with this stupid job; I'm not gonna be stuck here by myself! Like a petulant child throwing a temper tantrum.
I just cannot accept this and I refuse to believe that's what all this has been about.
Anyhoo... here's my random thinking on the whole smoke-monster thing. MIB is NOT the smoke monster... the smoke monster has been imitating him all those years like he is doing with John Locke now. We now know that Jacob retrieved his brother's body and laid him to rest next to his surrogate mother in the cave (and I so thought that island Adam and Eve was going to be Rose and Bernard left behind in the 70's), just as we know Locke's body was laid to rest by Ilana, Ben, Sun, and Lapidus. The smoke-monster took on some personality and mindset of it's hosts, previously MIB (wanting to get off the island), just like it is doing now with Locke (don't tell me what I can't do).
So the smoke-monster seems to be an entity in of itself, whether it already existed or was formed by the entrance of a life into the water-cave? I'm not sure, but leaning more toward already existed. Was it bad beforehand or was it corrupted by absorbing traces of anger, lying, deceit and murder through it's host?
And what about the destruction of the well and the camp... Mother did that?? Looks more like the work of a smoke-monster!
How many of you think that Claudia's ghostly appearance might actually be a smoke-monster appearance?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
"LOST" Fans - Useless Trivia
I was watching a rerun of "Grey's Anatomy" tonight, s04e05 - Haunt You Every Day, the Halloween episode where the dude takes a chainsaw to his own foot and Meredith took her mom's ashes to the hospital in a baggy... when I saw the kid that needed new ears. As soon as I saw him I thought... that's David, Jack Shephard's kid!
His name is Dylan Minnette and he's been in alot... or so I found out when I checked on IMDB to verify.
On another note... on a different "Grey's Anatomy" episode, s02e24 - Damage Case, John Cho from "FlashForward" plays an intern from another hospital that fell asleep at the wheel thus causing an accident that killed someone.
Speaking of "FlashForward"... I noticed that Jack Davenport who plays Lloyd Simcoe is the same guy who played Norrington in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy... and when I rewatched "The Wedding Date" I noticed he was the groom, Ed, marrying Kat's sister.
Friday, April 16, 2010
"LOST" - Everybody Loves Hugo
Apr. 13 Episode: Everybody Loves Hugo
At Libby's gravesite, Hurley is wearing a brown t-shirt... swoosh to the flash-sideways, he's still wearing brown, but now it's a casual dress shirt. Just thought it was interesting...
Back to the island and in the middle of a disagreement with Ilana... BOOM!.. she blows up. Poor Hurley... second time he's been traumatized by someone blowing up while they're off on a tangent. And what the heck do you think is in that bag he picked up out of Ilana's stuff?
Then there's Desmond! This calm, collected Desmond is a little unsettling, albeit in an interesting 'I wanna know what he knows' way. In previous episodes, Desmond always reminded me of one of those small yappy dogs that shake all the time. Always chaotic and "I don't know what's going on, I'm just trying to get through it and survive'. Now it's like he's driven with some sort of specific purpose and I want to know what he's thinking! What's his game plan? He went with Sayid... and now John, way too easily.
When Hurley blew up the "Black Rock"... whoa, dude! Miles: "Warning might have been nice there, Hugo." Hurley's response... "I did say run." LMAO!! Note: Hugo says, "Dead people are more reliable than live people." Tell that to John Locke! The dead people that were talking to him were manipulating liars.
The appearance of the "wild-child"... this time a dark-haired boy carrying a staff... wearing the same outfit the blonde boy was wearing. The way he smiled at Desmond...? Like he was pleased... about what? That Desmond was here and things were going according to plan, or maybe just pleased that John was so irritated with his presence? John was none to pleased to see this kid, it really seemed to irk him; unlike the blond boy, whom didn't smile, but turned and ran with John right behind him.
Random thinking... 2 boys, one blond, one dark. ???
Jacob - MIB
Jack - Sawyer
Aaron - Charlie Hume
My mind keeps wanting to go back to Aaron and what his significance was. Early on it was stressed that it was important that only Claire raise him...
Lost - s01e10 - Raised By Another: In her "dream" John said, "he (the baby) was your responsibility, but you gave him away, Claire. Everyone pays the price now." He looked up and one eye was a black stone, the other a white stone.
What's up with that?? What happened to all that? What about Aaron and his role in all this?
I've been reading and listening to other people's (blogs/podcasts) and some seem to question what Alpert asked Hugo to ask Jacob about the island. What is the island? They're like... oooo, what does that mean? Uh, the island is the cork! Remember the metaphor Jacob gave Richard in Ab Aeterno. Richard was testing Hurley... he didn't believe Jacob was there talking to Hurley... so, prove it, Hurley; what did Jacob say the island is?
I gasped when MIB/NotLocke pushed Desmond down the well... I wasn't surprised that he'd do something like that, just didn't expect it.
Notice that Desmond said he had a son, Charlie. Charlie doesn't exist in this time 'whatever'. Then when Desmond ran John Locke down... hoo-wee! Did not expect that. Thought he wanted to talk with Locke. My mind is spinning over this one.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
"LOST" - Rose & Bernard
Note: I have brought this up, a few times... What happened to Rose & Bernard when the bomb went off? Did they get left back in 1977?? And that I think the cave "Adam & Eve" is Rose & Bernard.
Well check this out! I came across this and thought WOW!!
When Sawyer, Kate, and Alex were rescuing Karl from the brainwashing room there was some speech you couldn't make out through the noise. I came across a video of that being played backwards and the voice says:
"Only fools are enslaved by time and space."
Someone states in a comment that it is an anagram for, "Bones of Nadlers may lay lost deep in cave."
Rose & Bernard's last name is Nadler.
Here is the link to the brainwashing room video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmAz86uHq4
Saturday, April 10, 2010
"LOST" - Happily Ever After & My Ramblings
Apr. 6 Episode: Happily Ever After
OH MY... OH MY GOSH!!! My mind is racing over so much information.
Someone's blog had mentioned that the island time and the flash-sideways were bleeding more and more into each other every episode. I wasn't really buying it... until last week when Sun looked into the mirror. I mentioned it in my last "LOST" post, her look was just... odd.
I was not surprised when Desmond walked into Charles Widmore's office as his right-hand man... kind of got the feeling when he was in the limo. Exactly what I would expect from "LOST".
The MacCutcheon scotch keeps showing up... when Desmond meets with Widmore in his office in the flash-sideways.
In Season 3, Episode 8: Flashes Before Your Eyes...
...on the island when Hurley and Charlie got Desmond drunk to find out his secret.
Also at the bar after breaking up with Penny.
Oh, and check out the art piece on the wall in Widmore's office... it's like a child's rendition of the Dharma barracks... a cabin, the fence, the jungle surrounding, the monster behind the fence, namaste written backwards across the top almost like we're see the backside of the painting, and a man hanging down from the top.
There's other paintings of similar style... would like to see a close-up of those.
The event hardly seems forgetful.
I wonder, did Desmond and Penny name their son Charlie after Charlie Pace or Penny's father, Charles? I choose to believe it was after Desmond's friend, Charlie Pace, who, in a sense, brought them back together.
Back to this episode... when Desmond and Charlie crashed into the water and Charlie put his hand up...
Whoa! It's all coming to a head... the original timeline and this flash-sideways 'timeline' ARE bleeding into each other! Then when he started having flashes of Penny and his son... I got goose bumps and teared up a little. For me, Desmond and Penny's love seemed so strong... I knew she'd find him someday, and when she finally did in s04e13 - There's No Place Like Home (P2)... oh my, that was one of my favorite scenes. When he realized it was her... and then she realized she had finally found him. The "is this really real" moment. To the reunion kiss.
Right up there with the s04e05 - The Constant... when Desmond was on the boat and made the call to Penny.
Now check out Widmore's office in the flash-sideways...
Basically the same picture... one framed in white, the other in black. Mmmm-hmm!
So... Eloise Hawking is now Mrs. Widmore... and Daniel Faraday is now Daniel Widmore... and Penny Widmore is now Penny Milton. Eloise tells Desmond, "Someone has clearly affected the way you see things. This is a serious problem. It is, in fact, a violation." A violation?? Of what?
Something bothers me about this conversation... Something about Eloise has been constant throughout the entire show... no matter what timeline (past, present, or future?) with the exception of the beginning when she was on the island as a young woman (in 1954 when she was Ellie)... she seems to be the only person that knows or seems to have a complete knowledge of what IS going on/what IS to happen. That brings me to Daniel's journal? Does she have it and has had it since she shot him in 1977?
She knew the path leading Desmond to the island, she knew that Daniel was meant to be or needed to be a scientist instead of a musician, that all the women in his life would be terribly hurt, she sent him to the island knowing that she will eventually shoot and kill him, she gave him that journal at his graduation with the message inside, "No matter what, remember, I will always love you. Mother". In s05e14 - The Variable, when Eloise met Penny in the hospital after Desmond was shot, Eloise told her, "For the first time, in a long time, I don't know what's going to happen next."
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
"LOST" - Another Look At Past Episodes
After watching some past episodes, a few things jumped out at me that didn't really stand out so much at the time... but after last week's episode, they strike a whole new chord.
Season 3, Episode 8: Flashes Before Your Eyes
After Desmond blows the hatch and temporarily goes back in time...
Charles Widmore says to Desmond, when he asks for Penny's hand, "You will never be a great man."
Eloise Hawking was in the store showing Desmond the ring, but she wouldn't let him buy it. According to her, he wasn't supposed to, Desmond David Hume. Then she proceeded to tell him his life story leading to the island. She tells him, "Pushing that button is the only truly great thing you'll ever do."
Season 3, Episode 9: Stranger In A Strange Land
In Jack's flashback there's this Asian chick, and her gift is to see who people are and mark them. She tells Jack, "You are a leader, a great man."
Isabelle (an Other) tells him his mark (tattoos) read: He walks amongst us, but he is not one of us. Jack tells Isabelle, "That's what they say, it's not what they mean."
Saturday, April 3, 2010
"LOST" - The Package
Behind the "magical mystery" door on the sub was Desmond... whew! Good to see #108 wasn't Charles Widmore!
So, in the Alternate Timeline, Jin and Sun are not married... but, by the end of the show we find out she is pregnant. Very interesting.
When MIB/NotLocke approached Sun at the garden and reached out his hand to her, instead of accepting it and letting MIB/NotLocke take her to Jin, Sun ran. **Lesson learned: This is why we watch where we are running!** So, Sun is either:
- a candidate and that's why MIB/NotLocke couldn't hurt or take her, he needed her to come willingly.
- he just didn't want to scare her because he needs her to keep Jin in his camp.
Why didn't MIB/NotLocke pick her up and take her to Jin?
- She's a candidate?
- He can't touch her?
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
"LOST" - Ab Aeterno
Mar. 23 Episode: Ab Aeterno
This was an exciting episode... we finally got Richard's back story, plus we had some questions answered: When did Richard come to the island? How long has he been there? How and when was the statue destroyed? How did the 'Black Rock' come to rest in the middle of the island? Now we know!
Richard begins to believe that he's been chump'd, that he believed the wrong guy. Richard has lost faith.
There seems to be much debate online about who is "really" the bad dude... to me there is no question. The MIB continues to deceive and make promises he can't keep. Jacob does not.
When MIB asks Richard to kill Jacob, Richard says, "You killed the officers on the ship." MIB deflects with, "I'm not the one you need to worry about. The devil has your wife and you are going to have to kill him if you ever want to get her back." Instead of answering the accusation, MIB just turns the conversation in another direction... then offers Richard something his heart desires... to see his wife again. This is the evil deceit.
According to Jacob, MIB believes that everyone is corruptible because it's in their very nature to sin. "I bring people here to prove him wrong. And when they get here, their past doesn't matter."
MIB... just like Satan... finds your weakness, your desire, and uses that, along with his promises, to persuade you to sell your soul. For many, it really doesn't take much.
Richard asks Jacob why he didn't help the others who have come before... Jacob replies, "Because I wanted them to help themselves." This is what God wants... for people to help themselves, not bemoan 'Why me, why doesn't God fix it." We are not puppets for God to manipulate. Jacob, like God, wants people to know the difference between right and wrong, he wants people to do what's right... but he doesn't force them... he gives them free will. (In season 5 finale, Jacob tells Ben (before Ben kills Jacob, of course), "You have a choice. You can do what he (Locke) asks or you can go." Jacob tells Hugo in the cab when discussing coming back to the island, "It's your choice Hugo, you don't have to do anything you don't want to.")
One thing I noticed... maybe I'm reading too much into it... but when Jacob states, "Why should I have to step in?" Richard replies, "If you don't, he (MIB) will!" Jacob pauses with a look of contemplation, almost like this is when he begins to devise this plan! So, in essence, Richard is the one who gave Jacob this idea... which begins this whole production to finally convince MIB that people are not inherently bad.
As Jacob says to MIB and Ben in the season 5 finale... "It takes a very long time when you're making a thread."
Then Jacob offers Richard a job... as Jacob's representative. Richard asks for something in return:
1. His wife back. Jacob says, "Can't do that."
2. To absolve him of his sins so he doesn't go to hell. Jacob says, "Can't do that either."
3. I never want to die, I want to live forever. Jacob, "Now that I can do."
Unlike MIB, Jacob doesn't make promises he can't keep. He can't bring Richard's dead wife back to life. He can't absolve Richard of his sins. Jacob is not God. It's like Jacob is the gatekeeper that keeps true evil 'the devil incarnate' at bay. Of course MIB is going to see it differently... he's not getting his way. He wants to run rampant across the earth causing death and destruction. Some people theorized that Jacob AND the Man In Black are to be replaced... I don't think that's correct. MIB was looking for a loophole to kill Jacob... that's why Jacob set out to find a replacement.
Jacob = Good
MIB = Bad
The only way I think this could possibly be wrong is the whole mirror image thing... that what is right is wrong and vice versa. I don't see any other way around it.
When I saw Hurley speaking to no one in what sounded like Spanish or something... I didn't think much of it and kind of disregarded it as someone who had previously died on the island. When Isabella appeared to Richard I thought, "That's who Hurley was talking to!!!" Then thought no, it couldn't be, you're reaching. She died somewhere else a long time ago. Then when Richard is shouting out to MIB that he's changed his mind... I was like... hurry, Hugo, hurry... you have to save Richard from making this mistake... and I knew that I had been right in the beginning, Hurley had been talking to Isabella.
I liked the analogy of the wine bottle and the island, with the cork keeping evil contained. Then at the end when MIB breaks the bottle of wine... I was like... the cork is the island, keeping evil at bay, unless he finds another way out. He has to break the island! Is that what Jack did by blowing up the bomb?? Did Jack break the island thus enabling evil a way to escape?? I guess we'll find out.
Check out this site (Geronimo Jack's Beard) for Podcasts by Jorge Garcia (Hurley) and his girlfriend, Beth (Sidekick22). They discuss the scripts when they receive them, then release the podcast after the episode airs. They also have guests like Michael Emerson (Ben Linus) and this last one was with Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert). Here's the link to the latest podcast... GJB #609 Ab Aeterno.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
"LOST" - Episode Remarks & Flash-Sideways Theories
Mar 9 Episode: Dr. Linus
Okay, for me, this episode wasn't an in-your-face "WOW" episode... I felt a little disappointment at the end, like, "Is that it?" After going over it in my head for a bit, I realized that a lot more happened in more subtle, but just as majorly important, ways. So I watched the episode again believing I may have dismissed important information because I was too busy looking for stuff I wanted to see or have answered.
I noticed there was much about hope, faith, forgiveness:
Miles tells Ben that... right up to the second Ben shoved the knife into Jacob, Jacob was hoping he was wrong about Ben. I think that hit Ben like a ton of bricks. Ben now feels guilt and remorse, understands real importance of life. Ilana shows Ben forgiveness.
Man of science (Jack) is becoming man of faith. Shows Richard faith and possibly restores hope for him.
Hurley is constantly faithful and obedient, has become more of a leader.
Mar. 16 Episode: Recon
Okay, I don't know about you guys, but the whole Sawyer and Charlotte thing was creepin' me out! Don't know why, it just wasn't sittin' well with me. It was so cool to see Sawyer as a cop instead of a criminal, and that Miles was his partner. They have a great 'buddy' chemistry... like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the "Lethal Weapon" movies... great choice.
Still waiting to see if someone runs into Rose and Bernard while tramping through those jungles! Still thinkin' it's them who are the "Adam & Eve" skeletons at the caves.
JUST A THOUGHT...
I think I'm getting the flash-sideways... the idea struck me like a bolt of lightening! Sort of an, "Oh my gosh! OH MY GOSH!! In all honesty I may be way off base here, but it TOTALLY makes sense to me at this point in time (as a possibility) with the information we have been given. Like little clues that can be easily overlooked or dismissed. Granted, I need to see a few more episodes that surround an individual to be sure if I'm on the right track.
Ok, so here it goes... The flash-sideways are like a mirror image of their lives. Granted, not everything fits just yet... and it's not a COMPLETE mirror image. Here are some notes I made, I started furiously making notes as the thought came to me.
Hurley:
No longer cursed; now the luckiest man alive.
Locke:
Constantly fighting his limitations, all the "shaking his fist at God" tirades; coming to accept his limitations, his paralysis.
Ben:
No longer thinking just about himself (the island and the power trip he was on being the leader); he now protects Alex, even going so far as to sacrifice his wants/power for her future.
Jack:
After returning home, he became quite the drinker and prescription pill popper; now more stable and not drinking.
Sawyer:
Was a con man, a criminal; now a cop.
Tonight I read this blog post...
http://superduperstream.blogspot.com/2010/03/lost-s6e8-recon-analysis.html
...and feel this may be closer on track. It definitely piqued my curiosity!
{excerpt from post}
The flash-sideways are the manifestation of promises made by Jacob and Smokey.
My theory basically states that, if a survivor chooses team Jacob, they will be rewarded in the alt timeline with a happy ending. If they choose team Smokey, although technically they will get their heart's desire, it will be warped and twisted to ensure an unhappy ending.
Lets take a look at the individual characters and see where their allegiances lie:
Hurley - The most pro-Jacob member of the survivors, and also the happiest in his alt life - rich, sane, successful, cheerful.
He is no longer cursed, or at least he no longer feels cursed.
Locke - Pre-death, Locke was also very pro-Jacob/Island. Although he accepted Smokey as part of the Island, his heart was always in the right place. If given a choice, he'd probably have chosen Jacob over Smokey, but he was unfortunately robbed of that choice. He is still paralysed, but he has Helen, his father (who it turns out, may be a con man after all. A retired con man, perhaps?) and above all, his happiness.
He is no longer the man who says "Don't tell me what I can't do!"
Jack - Beginning to come around to Jacob's way of thinking, but was never on Smokey's side anyway. In the future he may still have been estranged from his father, but he can cope better with his shortcomings, he has a son to love and make up for the mistakes of Christian, and he may be able to fully unite and bond with his half-sister soon.
He is no longer pushing away those closest to him in order to 'fix' everthing.
Ben - May have wobbled off the path slightly, and may have often been unaware there was a path, but he has generally been on Jacob's side (besides killing him!). Will probably side with team Jacob in the end. In the alt timeline, although he technically has Alex (alive again!) she is not his daughter, and will probably never visit him after she goes on to bigger and better things. Stuck obeying a lesser man instead of leading, stuck looking after his ill father, but generally seems happy, or at least delusionally optimistic, about his lot in life. Generally a good outcome.
He is no longer killing people like it was going out of style.
Rose - Pretty much the same Rose we always knew and loved. Seems rather neutral in the overall scheme of thing. Just wants to enjoy her life with her husband, however short or long it may be, and whatever location they may currently be in.
She is just herself.
Boone - He died long before he got a choice, but from the start he seemed to embrace the Island's message of change. He seems a good candidate for team Jacob. In the alt timeline, he has managed to seperate from Shannon, and feels a kinship with Locke.
He is just a background character at this point.
Claire - Hard to tell whether her alt timeline is a positive or negative outcome. She has her baby, Ethan hasn't tried to kill her, but how will it all pan out. On Island, she was 100% team Smokey, but I think she may finally be wavering.
She is just a confused young woman. [This one I'm not buying, but we'll see in time]
Sun & Jin - Nowhere near enough information about these two in their alt timeline, but things do not look good. Seemingy oblivious to Jacob and Smokey on the Island, they are only concerned about each other. However, they have a murky past and their moral compass seems permanently set to gray - a rather cute, lovable shade of gray, but a gray that would kill you if necessary nonetheless.
He is still finding himself involved in violence and the gangster underworld.
She is still seemingly lying about her bilingual status.
Charlie - Claims he was 'supposed to die', yet is alive. His brother seems concerned enough about him to fly out to bail him out. There's hope for him yet. On the Island, he tried to be at one with the Island's will, but cynical sarcasm and drug addiction made it hard. In the end, he may have enabled Jacob's downfall by flipping the switch, so who knows what side that counts as being for.
He is still a junkie. [I think his story will be like Sawyer's... some change in his life, but still dealing with his demons.]
Kate - Poor Kate, seemingly wrapped up in things she has no hope of understanding. She generally wants to do well, but is oblivious to other people half of the time. She'll most likely just go with the flow and do whatever Claire, Sawyer, Jin and Sayid do, until she is forced to choose between Jack (Jacob) and Sawyer (Smokey), again. In the future, she technically hasn't killed Wayne, unsure on the status of Tom, and may have helped Claire out, but she does not seem happy in the slightest.
She is still on the run and still a killer.
Sawyer - Eternally playing every side against each other in hopes of ending up the ultimate winner, Sawyer's role on the Island has been undefined from the very start. However, at present, he will happily hand Smokey the head of everyone on the Island, except the purely innocent, if it means he can escape. While not technically pro-Smokey, he sure ain't trying to stop him either. In alt world, Sawyer may be a cop, may have an awesome sidekick partner, but he sure ain't happy, still chasing his past demons, still drinking alone and his parents are still dead.
He is still alone, angry, unhappy, but trying to change.
Sayid - Sayid is a torturer. Sayid is a killer. Sayid has tried to change, but every time he ends up back at square one with no emotional growth. He could have been a great leader, but has now resigned himself to playing the villain. I don't think he has embraced this role, but he sure has accepted it, and now he has killed viciously in cold blood, there is no turning back. In the alt world, again technically Nadia is back in his life (alive!), but he can't have her, and although he has changed, the people around him, those he loves and wants to protect, force him back into his animal side.
He is still a killer.
Mirror Mirror, On The Wall
In all the 'flash-sideways', we have seen our centric characters glance at, or study themselves, in a mirror. Jack clearly pondered a strange blood mark in 'LA X', then studied a strange scar in 'Lighthouse'. Kate was caught in a mirror in 'What Kate Does'. Locke then clearly studies himself in a mirror in 'The Substitute'. Sayid's reflection is caught in Nadia's door, half in darkness, half in light. Ben was then caught in the microwave door of 'Dr Linus'. Finally, Sawyer takes time to clearly study himself in a mirror, before smashing it in 'Recon'.
By my theory, everyone who clearly looked at themselves in a mirror is in team Jacob, and those who were caught are in team Smokey. The wildcards are Ben, who may not have fully redeemed himself yet, and Sawyer, who may be sliding further into camp darkness.
MAN IN BLACK (MIB)/SMOKE MONSTER/LOCKE LOOK-A-LIKE
Man In Black (MIB): now am convinced that MIB appeared as many former characters over the last five seasons. I now believe he can impersonate the living as well as the dead. All in effort to confuse and manipulate people/situations.
Christian Shephard
- When he caused Jack to almost fall over the cliff as Jack was chasing him through the jungle.
- when he persuaded Claire to leave her baby in the jungle & come with him. Locke talked to him as Christian in the cabin with Claire. Locke also saw him in that underground place where he had to turn that "donkey wheel" looking thing.
Alex Rousseau
- To Ben when she threatened to kill him if he didn't do as Locke says.
Mr. Ecko's brother (Yemi?)
- To Mr. Ecko after the hatch blows up. "You must help John." "You need to help John."
Horace
- The "Dharma dude" building the cabin in Locke's "dream". Saying to "find" him... back when Locke dug through the Dharma bodies in the pit.
Charlie Pace
- When dead Charlie visited Hugo in the mental hospital, was that MIB deceiving Hugo into coming back?
Ana Lucia
- Appeared to Ecko. Appeared to Hurley after he got rescued.
Boone Carlyle
- To John during sweat lodge trance after hatch blew up.
Walt (?)
- Appeared to Shannon, thus leading to her death.
Ilana said at the cabin: Jacob hasn't been there for quite awhile, someone else has been using it. MIB posing as Christian to confuse Locke and Claire?
I believe MIB/Locke cannot kill Jacob, Ilana or the "candidates"... he has to manipulate and deceive others to do it. That's why chasing ghost Christian almost cost Jack his life. Appeared as Walt to Shannon, leading to her death... because as we now know, Shannon was also a candidate (#32). MIB was setting up Ben to kill Ilana with the escape and gun, impressing upon Ben "not to hesitate, she won't". Curious as to whether Charlie Pace or Boone were candidates also.
Unknown blonde boy/Jacob said to MIB when he was "recruiting" Sawyer, "You can't kill him."
Mr. Ecko was not a candidate, that's why the smoke monster could kill him.
Smoke monster retreats when John approaches?? Three different times when confronting/killing Mr. Echo.
Ilana said that the MIB/Smoke Monster/Locke whatever... Stuck this way, can't change it's appearance anymore. Why now?? Because people saw and know that it was not Locke... they had possession of Locke's body? Or because now Jacob is dead?? Kind of a ying/yang thing?
MORE QUESTIONS
What about Aaron? Claire was supposed to raise him. MUST NOT be raised by anyone else! What about Walt? His special gift? Early on in the show Walt & Aaron both seemed to be very important??
During Ben's spinal surgery, that Other dude (Danny) said Shephard wasn't even on Jacob's list. Was that because although he was a candidate, he didn't make the final cut? Or because that list really wasn't Jacob's list... it was Ben's?
Karl being mentally tortured. 'God loves you as He loved Jacob' on one of the flashing screens.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
"LOST" - More Thoughts & Questions, also A Must Read Recap Link
Mar 2 Episode: "Sundown"
The eeriest episode yet... downright freaky.... you could feel the pull of evil. It was like "Star Wars" and we were watching Sayid cross over to the dark side. I was pulling for him to overcome temptation, to fight the darkness... and was extremely crushed when he ultimately made his choice.
And how freaky is Claire? Gave me the willies!
On another note... now we KNOW Rousseau wasn't crazy when she killed the other members of her team because they were "sick/infected".
I was left wondering, "Where's Jin? And has he been recruited?" I also didn't see Sawyer at the group gathering?
What about poor Kate... she doesn't have a clue to what's happening. She's just following along. Judging by the look on her face at the end, she suspects that something 'just ain't right'.
According to some "LOST" blogs, I see that some viewers are questioning which side is actually the evil side. That Jacob is holding or forcing these people to stay on the island and that the MIB is just fighting for his freedom. As far as I can see, there is no question. MIB/Locke/Smoke Monster is using deceit to further his agenda. Jacob tries to lead individuals, but they still have free will.
Everything seems to point to Jack being Jacob's successor... but I think he just may be a means to the end. I'm beginning to suspect the thoughtful, caring, and OBEDIENT Hurley is actually the intended successor. Wondering if his feelings for Kate are gonna be a problem, anticipating a scenario where he feels he needs to rescue her from the MIB/Locke group.
Needless to say... there is so much that can still change at any moment. And I just can't figure out these flash-sideways and how it'll play into all this. I just keep coming back to... this would be their lives if the island never existed. That just seems so lame and way too easy. Keeps us on our toes!
Oh... and I saw something about Jack's kid David... who is his mother? His blue eyes struck some as odd. Go here for complete two episode analysis: http://superduperstream.blogspot.com/2010/02/s6e5.html
Now, I can take no credit for this (Fishbiscuitland, however, can), but I think the mystery of David's parentage can be put to rest. Compare these two pictures, and the blueness of David's eyes, and Juliet certainly gets my vote. The first is Juliet's house in Season 3, the second is David's mother's house (Juliet?) in Season 6. Take note of the hats and the mirror.
I thought it was an interesting take on things.
If you're a "LOST" fan... then you have to see this recap by Fishbiscuitland:
http://fishbiscuitlandblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/through-glass-darkly-i-your-glass-will.html
It brings so much to light that I would have never even contemplated or thought to contemplate!
- Stuff about mirrors and mirror images, scenes that mirror other scenes, David (Jack's son) and the Song of David, the 23rd Psalm, and the Shephard number of 23, David's piano piece in reflection to Daniel Faraday playing as a child, the Stargate symbol on the wall of the temple.... A must read!
Anyways... I'm counting down the hours... "LOST" is almost on!
To correct an error: On a previous blog entry I stated Kate Austen as #31, it's actually #51. Many of the numbers are really hard to make out. Other names/numbers on lighthouse dial:
#20 - Rousseau - which is crossed out
#32 - Rutherford (Shannon) - which is crossed out
#51 - Austen (Kate)
#117 - Linus (Ben) - which is already crossed out... Ben's gonna die!
Monday, March 1, 2010
"LOST" - My Notes, Questions, Thoughts
Oceanic Flight 815 - Australia to Los Angeles
Ajira Airlines Flight 316
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
108 Minutes
Dharma Initiative
Others
Smoke Monster, MIB, Jacob
The Black Rock (Slave Ship)
The Four-Toed Statue (Taweret or Sobek) What lies in the shadow of the statue?
- "Ille qui nos omnes servabit", which is Latin for "He who will save us all".
- "He/that which shall protect/save us all."
16 - Sayid Jarrah (name on dial was darker than others)
23 - Jack Shephard (name on dial was darker than others)
42 - Kwon, Jin or Sun... or both?
108 - ?? (Jacob to Hurley: Someone is coming to the island, and I need you to help them find it.)
Jacob to Hurley: Someone is coming to the island, and I need you to help them find it. Must take Jack, "He has what it takes." Then at the lighthouse, Hurley was setting the dial to 108. Since each name has a corresponding number... then the new person must be 108. ** The names and corresponding numbers on the cave match the numbers punched into the computer, Hurley's numbers... I think it's not a coincidence that the new person coming is 108... Punch numbers in computer every 108 minutes??
Also... if I'm remembering correctly... the only people Jacob went to see as children were Sawyer and Kate. Locke, Shepherd, and Kwon were adults... as were Hurley and Sayid, although for them it was after they left the island, not before crashing on it. Not sure if this means something.
On another note... what happened to island Rose & Bernard? Did they time jump back from the 70's?? Or were they not close enough to the bomb that they got left behind. What made me think of it? I thought it was peculiar that Hugo and Jack were at the caves and brought up the cave's "Adam & Eve". Maybe Rose & Bernard got left behind in the 70's and those decayed bodies are them.
Also, along those lines... Smooth rocks on cave "Adam & Eve", one white and one black. Good & Evil? Also brought to mind the backgammon game Locke was always playing... uses light and dark stones to represent the two sides?
Man In Black (MIB): now am convinced that MIB appeared as Christian, Alex, Mr. Ecko's brother, and Dharma dude building Jacob's cabin. All in effort to confuse and manipulate people/situations.
- As Christian when he persuaded Claire to leave her baby in the jungle & come with him. Locke talked to him as Christian in the cabin with Claire. Locke also saw him in that underground place where he had to turn that "donkey wheel" looking thing.
- Appeared as Alex to Ben when she threatened to kill him if he didn't do as Locke says.
- As the "Dharma dude" building the cabin in Locke's "dream". Saying to "find" him... back when Locke dug through the Dharma bodies in the pit.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
"LOST" continued...
Okay... here's my take on "LOST" Tuesday night.
There seems to be two storylines running. One on the island in present day (or at least in present day for them)... and the other is if the plane didn't crash.
The scenario going on with them still on the island and no longer in 1977 seems to be the continuation of what we have been following over the last five seasons.
The scenario of being back on the plane with some minor changes is either:
1. Showing what would have happened had the plane never crashed. To compare how their lives could have played out. Charlie... instead of dying a hero would have been arrested when the plane landed in LA. Locke, instead of the strong leader... is still a victim of his paralysis... lying to Boone about the walk-about, still feeling inferior. Kate, escaping and on the run yet again. Jin and Sun... marriage still in trouble, she's still hiding her knowledge of English from her husband (at least I'm assuming she is)... even though he's taken into custody for not declaring all the cash he had with him. Rose, instead of being cured, is returning to her fate of dying with cancer. It's like the island crash had been a blessing in disguise in it's ability to change these people so dramatically, to really bring out the best of them in the end.
2. Showing what would have happened if the situation was changed, they had not crashed... BUT... in time they still would have ended up on the island in another way. Like it was meant to be... there is a reason they needed to be there. A bigger plan! No matter what happened or happens... they are supposed to wind up on that island for the showdown between good and evil!
I am fairly certain it's scenario #2. These people were meant to be there... it was their destiny. That's why they think the bomb explosion didn't work. They thought it would put everything back and they would've never crashed there in the first place. So when they jump back through time and they are still on the island, they think it didn't work. (Even though Juliet's spirit tells Miles it did work.) But lo and behold... they end up on the island some other way yet to be revealed!
I have to say... this Locke thing took me by surprise. All this time I was seeing him as the chosen one... to defeat the evil encroaching the island. Now to find out he was being deceived by the evil one (which I should have seen coming)... I mean, seriously, isn't that just the way evil works! *lol* Anyways, after Jacob was killed and Sayid came back to life... my first reaction was, "Jacob just took over Sayid! Jacob must have seen this coming and that's why he needed Sayid to come back to the island! Sayid is now the chosen one." A showdown between Locke and Sayid... how cool!
I'm not saying that's what will happen, just a line of thought based on the information given up to this point. The direction is more than likely to change as more info is furnished. But, oooooo... the wheels of my mind are a turnin'!!
Some things I can't quite figure... Why is Desmond on the plane? I get the whole deja vu thing with Jack, he and Desmond met before when they were running the steps at that place, before Desmond left for the race. But Desmond was not on that flight, he was already on the island and had been for three years. And he wasn't one of the people who went back to the island. Another is when Hurley says he's lucky, no longer thinking he's cursed. Why would he be on that plane. The only reason he went to Australia was to find the guy about the cursed numbers. If he was no longer cursed, he wouldn't have had to go. And why was the island under water? And I thought when Jack looked out the plane window he saw the island through the cloud cover. Was that just my imagination? I'll have to go back and watch again. Oh, how did Locke get over on Richard? Richard is usually wisor, more intuitive or have more information. Maybe he had a stronger connection with Jacob than originally thought. Maybe since Jacob was dead, he couldn't see Locke's intention. It was hard to see Richard go down like that.
So, okay, for all you people who don't get this... fascination... this is how I explained it to my mom. It's like reading a much loved book. You become involved, invested, you come to really know and care about the characters and the story. I used to read books when I was a teen... but I am more of a visual person so I tend to get into tv & movies like someone else would a book.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
"LOST"
Ok, my "LOST" dorkiness is coming out! The final season begins tonight. It is just minutes away now and I CAN'T WAIT!!! Although I've been itching to get some answers and see how this all plays out... I know that at the end of this season, just a few short months away, the show is over. I will really miss this show... I'm a puzzle-person and this show was a big 'ol puzzle to solve. So it suited my nature just fine and I became hooked. I like the ones that make me think!
To see what you've missed just go to:
http://abc.go.com/watch/lost/93372
http://www.hulu.com/lost
and watch episodes from the beginning.