As one of my friends who is a fellow Lost fan put it, this was a filler episode. Really the only important event happened at the very end. There's not much to reflect on with Hurley's continued backstory, though it was kind of funny to see Cheech as his father. We found out his dad left him around the age of 10, introduced him to forbidden candybars (bastard) and only returned after Hurley won the lottery. Vincent led Hugo to finding a flipped over Dharmamobile which he somehow knew would give him hope if he could get it running. Sawyer, who had his share of humorous quips throughout the eppy, Jin, Charlie and Hurley all bonded after pushing the van down a hill toward rocks and it miraculously starting up at the last possible moment. Meanwhile Kate is determined to rescue Jack and goes off on her own only to be followed by Sayid and John. They catch up to her right as she enters Danielle's dwelling, who is stunned when Kate tells her a 16-year old girl named Alex helped her escape the Others. Next week it looks like we get to see who the dude w/ the eye patch is, and John evidently does something crazy (wouldn't be the first time). That's about it, short and sweet. :)
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Ugh. More of the same sluggish drivel. I actually do like the lighter moments with Hurley, and he has been tormented a great deal recently. He needed something "good to happen." Have we considered what actually happened? There is no way that VW van would have started. Supposing that the humidity (which seems to keep a continual layer of sweat on everyone's shirts) didn't corrode all of the moving parts within the engine so as to make it a giant steel paperweight... and assuming the moisture of the ground didn't eat through the side of the vehicle causing the structural ridgidity to completely fail and render it impossible to hold its own weight... assuming that the intensity of the sun did not, long ago, dry rot the tires until they would no longer hold air, much less enough psi to keep the van rolling... assuming all of that... the fuel (assuming the gas cap remained sealed) would have broken down, returning to a petrolium tarnish and then an oilly paste. Even if it didn't do this either... there is no way the fuel pump could have sent it to the carborator in the 1/2 second that he "popped the clutch" before hurtling headlong into the rocks.
Ladies and gentlemen...
What we have seen in this episode is not another "fluff piece" like Tricia Tanaka wanted. We have witnessed yet another miracle performed by the island.
Think about how unexplanable things keep happening just because one of the Losties 'really, really want it.' Jack healed his wife in an impossible situation. Watsername managed to cause her cancer ridden, kemo-balded sister to become impreganted. Benry managed to have a spinal surgeon show up when he needed it most. If we thought about it, I bet we could think of several weird examples of people "willing" things to happen.
I think what this episode was giving us was evidence that the people had been there for long enough to begin developing an ability to tap into the mysterious power of the island. The Others have already known about the power, but have yet to master it (for the island has a will all its own), and they are not willing to let it go. They have discovered that some people have the ability while others do not, and they are recruiting "test subjects" from the real world. When things like the plane crash happens, they (meniacally) decide who is "good" and give them a better life, and those not chosen are a different psychological experiment.
Anyone else seeing this as the main development? Anything to add?
-R.
Hurley, "Who's your Daddy?"
Robetron, how about Charlie wanting heroine so bad that, BAM, all of a sudden he finds a whole bunch of Virgin Mary's full of his drug of choice.
Too bad Hurley hadn't managed to reign in the power of the island before his honey got wasted by the crazed Michael...and before Cheech became his deadbeat daddy. Also makes you wonder what Eko wanted.
This installment reminded me of one of those offbeat episodes on Bonanza when the Cartwrights used to go for the yuks. There had better be more substance to this one than met my eye, otherwise, I'm with you srg-alias, it was all filler, no killer.
I like your insight Robby, the possibility that this episode is evidence of the miraculous power of the island is intriguing. We already know it holds some sort of healing power given John and Rose's situations, but maybe there's more to it. In a way this makes me think of the book Sphere where people end up getting the power to make whatever they want a reality, but ultimately can't handle the responsibility that power gives them (ah Spiderman flashback, with great power comes great responsibility, I'm totally making myself out to be a dork aren't I??)
At any rate it was nice to see something good happen for Hurley and the boys bond over nasty-ass beer and their "victory."
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