The action is getting fast and furious as Lost aired its next to last episode until winter. What is the cost of living? Well, it seems death is the cost of living, at least on the island.
Oh, and I really think there's only one island, despite what we saw last week. I believe Ben showed Sawyer some sort of illusion. Had there been another island so close, how could they have not seen it?
Back to the island and the latest about those kooky fun-loving castaways and their demons.
This episode mainly centered around Eko, in flashbacks and on the island in the present. Last season, we saw a bit of Eko's backstory. Remember, his brother Yemi apparently died in a plane crash of some drug smugglers. When he found the plane on the island, Eko kept the cross that caused the smugglers to think Yemi had been Eko. Oh, perhaps you had to be there. Anyway, the flashbacks told more of the story of Yemi, Eko, a bit of their childhood, and the violence which ultimately would be the cost of living.
The show opened with an Eko/Yemi childhood bit in which Eko stole food and was admonished to apologize. "You have sinned." He thought he did what he had to do; he was hungry, he ate something.
Cut back to the "now" on the island, Eko's still in grave condition from the hatch blast, and Charlie, Hurley, and Sayid are concerned about him. Drifting in and out of consciousness, he has his own flashbacks to the drug running and his brother Yemi appears onto him. Yemi tells him it's time to confess, time to be judged. Uh-oh. That doesn't sound so good and I don't think a Jesus stick is going to help him.
Eko came to only briefly enough to mention his brother to Charlie, then he vanished without a trace from the camp. Locke, meanwhile, wanted to gather a group to head to the Pearl Station (hatch) in hopes of finding a clue to help them find Jack, Sawyer, and Kate, who are still in the clutches of the Others. Desmond thought the computers there could communicate with other computers. While others (not The Others) wanted to find Eko, Locke said he'd be going to the same place. Locke knew Eko would head to where the drug plane crashed right near the Pearl Station. So, two birds, one stone, and all that. "Don't mistake coincidence for fate," warned Locke.
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1 - Joan Hunt
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2 - Joan Hunt
I was truly saddened by Eko's death and more than a little suspicious of Paulo in the Pearl hatch -- the bathroom bit. Seemed he was pretty damn comfortable there, don't you think?
I don't know what to make of Juliet. On one hand, I think she's going to be the key to Jack's release. On the other, she could be the key to his undoing.
By the way, I thought the Black Smoke creature was a bit reminiscent of a gorilla once it solidified a bit.
I love the suspense, but wish I could get more answers!
3 - cedre
Is there a god? Fate or coincidence?
All through-out the show Eko seems to be resistent to confessing to his sins....and as we see at the end he doesn't even believe that he has sinned and claims he's done the best he could. So then why is he washing away his sins in holy water???
As for getting answers from this show...I don't think we ever will! Looking back at past shows like this, it's almost better if they don't answer anything because it's always a let down.
Remember Laura Palmer...as soon as we found out who really killed her the show went downhill and became just weird for the sake of being weird.
X-files never did answer the whole conspiracy thing, and left us hanging.
Why do we watch showes like this? because our brain craves exercise...it yearns for a mistery to solve...that's why CSI is such a hit too.
4 - Phillip Winn
I thought that Yemi was clearly "Smokey," which is what I've been calling the cloud of black smoke. The question for me is then this: Have mysterious figured *always* been Smokey? With the exception of Hurley's psych-buddy, it sure seems possible. Jack's Dad, Kate's horse, Walt -- could they all have been Smokey? 'Cause Yemi definitely was.
5 - Phillip Winn
Also, I think the bit with Eko at the end revealed a bit of mixed-up religious weirdness. We've been told previously that Eko was studying to be a priest before taking on a life of crime, and a flashback of him justifying stealing doesn't seem like it would be enough to prompt Eko's bizarre theology.
Then again, who knows? Most people have really odd ideas about Roman Catholic Church theology, so it's not all that surprising that Eko would.
6 - t-a
I hate the argument everyone is using about 2 islands: "how could they have not seen it?" There are at least 5 major LOGICAL reasons they wouldn't have seen it. 1)Most of our Losties have not left the beach area, or explored the island. And when they have been exploring the island (the cave, hatch, etc), they have been surrounded by jungleand mountains. No Lostie except Sayid has explored the coastline (or sailed completely around it), and he didn't get very far before being captured by Rousseau. 2)Rousseau's map, further evidence, shows 2 small islands off the main coast and she's been there 16 years supposedly. I know she's kinda gone crazy, but I don't think she's making these up. She even marked one "Alex," whom we've seen on the Hydra island. 3)Colleen, when telling Ben about Sayid, Jin, & Sun sailiing the Elizabeth around, exclaimed "they could find us!" why would she worry when the Hydra station is clearly surrounded by jungle? stands to reason she'd be worried about them seeing a 2nd island 4)The main island is HUGE. Michael said it would take them well over a full day to walk from the Swan hatch to the Other's camp. I don't know anyone that can see that distance, let alone through the miles of mountains & jungle. 5)The Hydra station was not on Radzinsky's invisible map! Makes sense if it's not on the main island w/ the other hatches. (and don't say how'd the polar bears get over, because they can swim many, many miles at a time)
I don't know for sure there are 2 islands (although i'm very willing to bet so), none of us will until the writers clue us in more, but you can't argue "how could they not know??" when logic says it's far more likely that they would NOT have seen a 2nd island.
closing note: amazing episode. we're definitely back to the high level of season 1.
7 - buzmeg
I believe the superimposed Juliet/Jack image is caused by a reflection from the glass/plexi-glass partition separating them.
8 - cedre
Initially I couldn't believe there are two islands either...my main complain was that Rousseau would have known about it. But the more I thought about it, I kept coming up with reasons why there should be another island mainly because how could Sayid and Jin miss the 'others' trying to get on their boat, especially if they were keeping a close eye for the 'others'. The only way they could have slipped by them would have been to get to the boat from another island (of course it could also be said that they came from another side of the island by boat)....but now t-a has set me totally straight ;)
Now...would it be faster to get to the crash sites by foot from somewhere on the island, or by boat from another island? Because Goodwin and Ethan got to the front and tail end of the crash sites pretty fast after they witnessed it. In fact Ben says to Goodwin "You run, you can make that shore in an hour"...so what does that prove?
9 - Triniman
I wasn't a big fan of the Mr. Eko character. He seemed a tad too one-dimensional to me. Everything with him seems to be about using his brute force to get his way.
What made Jack initially suspect the x-rays were of Ben in the first place? They could have been of any of the Others, so why guess that they were of Ben?
I think Juliet has a crush on Jack and she really wants to help him. Of course, help has to come at some terrible cost. She doesn't seem to like Ben as much as you would expect.
Overall, this was a more exciting episode than the previous one.