Yay I finally got to watch last week's episode! I'll tell ya, we have some very intuitive and smart bloggers on here. First Paul calls Michael out as the spy, then Robetron guesses that Widmore could be behind the 815 fake wreckage. Bravo! Katie posted that she's not completely convinced that is what REALLY happened instead of Ben staging the whole charade, and I agree, we can't trust any of the sources we've heard both tales from. Michael definitely went along w/ that story rather easily, but then again he had tried to shoot himself in the head only to have no bullet come out after Island-guy told him he couldn't die. Guess I'd be willing to believe that guy too...So basically the entire episode showed that Michael's life has completely sucked since he got off the island. I agree w/ Robby that it was not great having the entire episode be a flashback, I'm a fan of the back and forth, but it was interesting to see why Michael ended up on the freighter working for Ben, the most manipulative SOB I've ever seen. Speaking of which, I agree that Ben set up Carl and mommy dearest to be taken out, poor Alex. She obviously thought it was the freighter people shooting at them, IDing herself as Ben's daughter in defense, but I'm pretty sure it was the Others doing Ben's orders.
I also like seeing old characters in the flashbacks, like Libby and Naomi, it's like a little surprise treat since our mindset is they're dead. Guess it will be another month before the next new episode, sigh. What shall we do till then folks?
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Well, I know one thing we can do until then. I have found an absolutely fascinating theory about what is really going on in LOST at a site www.timelooptheory.com. (no, it is not my site. :)
Make sure you have some time (30 minutes or so to read and digest), but this guy has got me convinced. Even if you don't agree with it, it makes for a fascinating read! That one took some thought!
ooo I'm intrigued, but my fierce resistance to spoilers is making me hesitate to go to that link, do you think it's a possible spoiler paul or am I safe?? I'm forever burned from accidentally reading a spoiler on the 6th Harry Potter book, man I was pissed...
Well, here's the thing. It's not a spoiler in the sense of it telling you what is going to happen.
However, it creates a compelling case for the time bubbles that we are starting to see. What it does is gives you a basis to understand the "science" of the sci-fi world that is LOST, and ties all the information we have into the theory.
It's not telling you what is going to happen next, but if you feel that the science will be explained as the show progresses, and you would view knowing that now (or at least reading a cool theory) as a spoiler, then it may be for you.
Personally, I loved it. It won't spoil the show for me at all, but then I'm always a sucker for good sci-fi. :)
Wow, that was quite an interesting read, thanks for posting that Paul! It's very cool how he explains the theory, then brings up many of the odd occurrences that can be somewhat explained by his theory. I highly recommend our bloggers to check it out, and I agree that it's really not spoilerish, just quite interesting.
Not too much discussion on this episode! Well, I will put something out there.
We'll maybe find out within the month if I am right or wrong, but I believe our "shocker" ending where Rouseau and Carl got shot down was a hit ordered by Ben. I believe he purposely sent them out there to get those other 2 people who have such an influence on Alex now out of the way...Ben must control her.
Thoughts?
Paul,
A portion of my post in the previous thread, called "Post here," I wrote the following regarding that:
"Now... my reaction to the loss of two characters:
Uhhh? Whuah? Hey, they jus... bubbbblahblah... huh? I can't belie... duuuuuh. They jus did it again! What's goin'.... oh, poor girl! What?! The show is over?! They can't do this! Ugggghhhh!
I think Ben contacted his folks and instructed them to kill his daughter's interfering boyfreind and new-found mother so he could get her back for himself again. He seems to have a habit of killing people in order to manipulate others to stay under his control (like the maternity Dr.) I still suspect that the whole children dying on the island thing is a ruse set up by Ben."
Sorry. Way ahead of you.
-R.
Yeah I also agree that Ben arranged the murder of Carl and Danielle, poor Alex. :( She seemed to think it was the freighter people since she identified herself as Ben's daughter as a form of defense, but I'm pretty sure it was the Others following Ben's orders. I think he's the most manipulative character I've ever seen on a show...including Sloane from Alias...and that's saying a lot!
I just went back to watch this seasons first and second episodes. I noticed some things that I didn't catch before.
A. There may be a problem with the "different reality/ nightmare" scenario. In episode 1, we are ashow ona TV screen that someone was in a high-speed chase in an old orange camaro (which, we eventually find out is Hurley because this is his flash-foreward). What we only get a breif glimps of is that the watcher of that TV is Jack, it is early in the morning, and Jack is making himself a Screwdriver with orange juice and Absolute Vodka. He begins to nurse the drink before noticing Hurley's antics on TV. This would damage the view that Jack was "just fine" in Hurley's flash-foreward, as opposed to his own flash-foreward where he was a raging drunk. I think Hurley's flash-foreward was further back in time than Jack's, and that Jack was only in the process of his alcohol-induced problems.
Later, when Jack pays Hurley a visit in the mental institution, they discuss whether or not Hurley would "tell." I think they made it off the Island, but left everyone else alive on the Island and swore never to reveal it. This also is when the idea of "going back" was introduced to Jack. Hurley was way ahead of him, and suggested it. I don't know why, but it does seem to be the moment when Jack started to think about it, which of course, made him drink more, bringing him to the point of near lunacy and suiside.
B. Later, in Hurley's flash-foreward, a thin black man claiming to be a lawyer for Oceanic Airlines paid Hurley a visit. We do not discover much about him, but we get the sense that he is lying throughout the interview, until he reveals himself to believe that the rest of the Losties are still alive on the island, and Hurley freaks out about it. Then he disappears. Weird and mysterious, but not enough information for us to really think about it.
Come foreward into episode two where we get to know how the crew on the helicopter came to be a part of their "expedition." Naomi is protesting the selection of an untrained crew, and the guy who is convincing her is none other than --
--the guy who so disturbed Hurley in the mental hospital. He was working for (as we know now) the man who is funding the ship and the craziness of trying to capture Ben Linus as well as locate the island: Mr. Widmore. now there is an unexpected twist. Mr Widmore was having his lacky interogate Hurley in the future to see if the other Losties were still alive. That means that somehow, the "Oceanic 6" got back to the real world without letting anyone on that ship know anything about the other Losties, or the location of the Island. Maybe they forcably took Mr Widmore's ship away from the captain? I dunno, but this is very revealing!
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I will continue to watch the new season's episodes and make more observations if there are things I missed the first go-round.
-R.
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