Well friends, we're back (albeit a bit belated)! I can say in my random musings about Season 5's finale I considered the bomb working and Oceanic 815 not crashing, and the bomb not working and them still being stuck on the Island. Never once did I consider both options happening at the same time! I was so confused when Kate woke up in the tree, I initially thought "wait...was that first scene a dream??" So now we seem to have parallel universes. The Losties who blew up the bomb seem to now be in "present time" on the Island, which I assume means in the same time as new John Locke, Ben, Sun and Frank (yay for Jin and Sun). I base that off Jacob visiting Hurley a few hours after Jacob was killed by Ben. The second universe is back in 2004 with Oceanic 815 landing safely in LAX. Oh and one other point, the Island, including Dharmaville and The Foot, is now at the bottom of the ocean. So now instead of flashbacks or flashforwards, we get to see what each character is up to in their respective universe.It was fun seeing some of our old Losties like Boone and Charlie. Interesting how the Island being blown up has affected other parts of their lives—Shannon not being on the plane, and I also heard Desmond was wearing a wedding band. It sort of sucked seeing the folks whose lives improved on the island, like Jin and Sun and Charlie, back as their old selves. How strange that back on the Island Juliette told Sawyer that "it worked"...how would she know??
So now it seems we have an answer to what/who the Smoke Monster is. It seems that "spirit" of the man in black can take on any human form it wishes. It's now using the form of John Locke, but I believe we've also seen it as Jack's father Christian and Ben's dead daughter Alex (explains why Alex ordered Ben to follow the new Locke). What do you think was meant by the loophole comment though...is that because of him appearing as Locke, or manipulating Ben to kill Jacob? Does this mean Locke is now a bad guy? Funny how parallel Locke comes across Jack's path in L.A., it would be an interesting twist of events if Jack fixed his paralysis with surgery. On to the next eppy...
So parallel Kate is kind of a biatch, but at least she feels bad about it. I was so convinced that the adoption couple not picking up Claire at the airport meant they didn't actually exist. I remembered her psychic (or whoever he was) telling her to go on that specific flight because he knew it would crash and she'd have to raise Aaron herself, so I thought he made up the couple. It was pretty sad seeing the mom apologize to Claire, nice to see Kate come through as a friend though and take care of her. But how creepy was it seeing Ethan as her doctor?!?Back on the Island it seemed as though the new Others were testing Sayid to see if he was possessed by the smoke monster. What do you think the poisonous pill would have done...kill the "monster" virus, or kill Sayid? It was heartbreaking seeing Sawyer mourn Juliette on the dock, but I couldn't help but wonder, where would he get an engagement ring in Dharmaville? Ah well, I digress...
So Claire seems to be the new Danielle/wild jungle woman. The Other leader (what was his name...Tokah or something?) said the "virus" consumed Jack's sister (meaning Claire I assume), so is she crazy/sick now? She did seem to recognize Jin...maybe...
What are all your thoughts? I'll repost Robetron's reaction to the first eppy...
4 comments:
As posted by Robetron in the previous article:
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It certainly has taken a "Heart of Darkness" direction. For the final group of episodes, I'm not sure about the wisdom of introducing a whole new set of mysteries and characters.
I confess, I don't get why the smoke monster found a "loop hole" by imitating the dead body of John Locke. There have been plenty of other people who have been murdered on the Island. ...and, are Widmore and Dan's mother working for Smokemonster, and that's why they paid so close attention to John in their own individual way?
There are just so many other new questions when questions from season one were never really resolved. I'm beginning to doubt the writers' ability to avoid another ALIAS-like ending.
I hate to be pessimistic about it, though. I'm going to be glued to the TV for each episode until the proverbial fat lady sings.
-R.
You are right about the heart breaking scenes with Sawyer. He really does emote well. You can just feel the hurt and loss within him burning with an unconsolable rage.
Hrm... thinking, thinking...
When you bank on a nuclear device with a rock and blow everything to smithereens, are you really supposed to be able to last a while, long enough for people to retrieve you from the aftermath, only to expire a few moments latter?
Did the Island save them all by pulling them out of the explosion, hurtling them back through time to the "present" a split (and I do mean fractional) second before they were all incinerated? *scratches head*
There is too much weird stuff, not enough explanation.
The new, tribal-Others... were they in conflict with Ben as they lived in the Darma compound? Or was Ben their leader? Girly-hair Chinese man does not seem the type to be lead around by the nose from Ben's manipulations.
Instead of trying to surprise us with new twists in the plot, I wish they would simply explain some of the more fundamental aspects. Everyone is so cryptic, withholding any form or type of explanation for what in the world is going on that it all just seems unnatural. Wouldn't you be pounding on the walls trying to get answers?
I'm not even on the Island, and I am. Bring on more episodes! :D
-R.
I was just watching "The Constant" from last season.
When Desmond Hume went to confront Mr. Widmore at the auction, the auctioneer was describing the Black Rock's history and said the manifest from the ship had been in the possession of "Tovar Hanso."
I wonder if our new Others-leader is somehow related to the Hanso family. Just a thought.
-R.
Ahh could be Robetron, good observation.
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