Lost, Season 2: Episodes 7-9

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In 2009, Peter watched through the first five seasons of Lost for the first time, live-tweeting all thoughts as he had them. Nicknames were created, awards were invented and dispensed, and predictions were made. If you’ve never seen Lost (or even if it’s been a while), these may not make much sense.
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Lost
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[[Episode 7]]
Peter:
Oh cool! It looks like we’re seeing the crash from Group B’s point of view.
Peter:
Very exciting!
Peter:
I would be really happy to just have the next 4 or 5 episodes just be Group B.
Peter:
Regarding Shannon, I can’t work out if she’ll die or not.
Peter:
Could go either way.
Peter:
Anna’s quite nice so far.
Peter:
Will be interesting to see her turn angry and cruel.
Peter:
One of the magical properties of the island seems to be allowing people to be resuscitated long after they should have died.
Peter:
Prediction: When Crazy Danielle heard the Others talking about “getting him”, they were referring to someone from Group B.
Peter:
We’ve met “Goodwin”. Apparently something horrible is going to happen to him.
Peter:
Theory: he is betrothed to a polar bear.
Peter:
2 hours after crashing: “Where the hell are the rescue planes?”
Peter:
Jesus people, learn some patience.
Peter:
No wonder Group A (Jack, Kate etc.) were left alone by The Others. They were busy harassing Group B.
Peter:
Damn, they’re just flying through these days. Already at Day 7.
Peter:
That took half a season for Group A.
Peter:
Ethan doesn’t seem like he fits with The Others, but his actions definitely seem to match.
Peter:
Known groups: Group A, Group B, The Others, Craazy Danielle, the Inhatchibant, Adam and Eve’s group…Ethan?
Peter:
Known places: Group A’s Beach, Group A (/Adam and Eve)’s cave, the Hatch, Black Rock, Danielle’s old lair, Group B’s beach, Group B’s lair.
Peter:
Unknown places: Danielle’s new lair, wherever Danielle’s signal came from, The Other’s home base (if they have one), the third science lab.
Peter:
In the time it took me to type those lists, we’re up to Day 19.
Peter:
Nathan is in the pit.
Peter:
“Nathan” sounds a lot like “Ethan”.
Peter:
Ethan’s full name was an anagram of The Other Man.
Peter:
I’m willing to bet Nathan’s name anagrams to Another Man.
Peter:
Mr Echo is one of those men who look like they were just built to be topless.
Peter:
No wonder he stripped off first chance he got.
Peter:
Sure there are more of them, but Group A did a LOT more than Group B in the same amount of time.
Peter:
All kinds of sexual tension.
Peter:
Why did only the Americans survive from Group B? 🙁
Peter:
I liked the Aussie chick.
Peter:
I assume the mountains are the cause of Group A and Group B not being able to see each others’ smoke.
Peter:
They’ve really nicely justified Anna being as bitchy as she is.
Peter:
Also, she’s asking all the right questions, which endears me to her.
Peter:
Another knife-fight.
Peter:
My money’s on no one getting stabbed.
Peter:
That Anna/Goodwin scene, by the way, was one of the most beautifully tense scenes I’ve ever seen.
Peter:
Great telly.
Peter:
Haha, Group B is on the other end of the Boon-just-before-he-dies conversation.
Peter:
Brilliant. I only guessed it about a minute before it happened.
Peter:
Group A managed to build and destroy entire relationships in 41 days. Mr Echo and Anna’s sexual tension looks like it’s just starting.
Peter:
Haha, Jin’s handcuff has come back in a cool way. Love the handcuff.
Peter:
This is a great episode. Early contender for best episode of season 2.
Peter:
“Day 48. Today.”
Peter:
Well, let’s be fair. Not really “today”, is it?
Peter:
My money’s back on Shannon dying. We’ve had the emotional set-up for it now.
Peter:
Great episode.
Peter:
Most likeable: Anna, though Goodwin’s a close second.
Peter:
Least likeable: Nathan, even tho he wasn’t evil.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Goodwin.
Peter:
Predictions:
Peter:
-Sawyer will survive
Peter:
-Shannon will die
Peter:
-Kate will be jealous of Anna/Jack’s sexual tension
Peter:
-no-one from Group B will believe Group A about the polar bears.
Peter:
[[Episode 8]]
Peter:
Anna’s flashbacks! Awesome! Finally, someone new.
Peter:
Anna = ex-cop? Shot someone in line of duty, had to see a psychiatrist? (predictions)
Peter:
Yup. Was part of the Los-Angeles police.
Peter:
Meanwhile, Sayeed and Mr Locke are mud-wrestling.
Peter:
She’s one of those sassy hispanic cops, like the bad guy in Pineapple Express.
Peter:
Or JayLo in Out of Sight.
Peter:
Anna’s gone crayzy. She’s almost a lock for Least Likeable this episode.
Peter:
Incidentally, I love sassy hispanic cops.
Peter:
Theory: The Others is a nature cult.
Peter:
That’s why they like the young. Easier to convert.
Peter:
Things that Lost has a lot of: professionals working for their parent of the same gender.
Peter:
Jack/Dad, Anna/Mum, Jin/Sun’s Dad.
Peter:
My guess would be that J.J. Abrams worked for his parent of the same gender at some point.
Peter:
Kate hit a golf-ball into the drinking trough.
Peter:
I was really really hoping it would be the glass eye they found earlier.
Peter:
Prediction: -The glass eye becomes important/a clue later. (duh)
Peter:
-Someone accidentally hits it with a golf club.
Peter:
Oh boy. I am heartily looking forward to the Mr Locke/Mr Echo meeting scene.
Peter:
See, this is how the flashbacks are meant to work. They colour the non-flashback scenes, add depth & extra information.
Peter:
They can’t really do that when
Peter:
a) they’re irrelevant, and
Peter:
b) there’s no new information to add.
Peter:
Like most of them have been lately.
Peter:
Michael: “They took him. The Others.”
Peter:
Woah, really? You think those pirate guys were part of…oh!! That’s what the conversation was.
Peter:
I was typing some theory or another when the “That boat couldn’t survive the ocean” conversation happened.
Peter:
Makes sense now. However:
Peter:
a) Why do the Others have working guns (/possibly grenades?)
Peter:
b) They have a working boat, just for when people try to leave??
Peter:
Mr Echo just appeared, carrying Sawyer.
Peter:
Echo: “Where is the Doctor?”
Peter:
What is this, Doctor Who?
Peter:
Watching Lost is like watching juggling.
Peter:
It’s fun the more balls there are, but only if they all stay in the air and are caught at the end.
Peter:
Mr Locke and Mr Echo just met! It was pretty hard-core.
Peter:
They are my two favourite characters.
Peter:
Unless he does something incredibly uncool I am giving Mr Echo my “Coolest character on Lost” award, shared with Mr Locke and almost shared with Mr Arzt.
Peter:
Yeah, there’s no competition.
Peter:
Anna is Least Likeable character in this episode.
Peter:
Least Likeable I’ve seen for a while, really.
Peter:
So Sawyer when TRYING to shoot someone who is already dying fails, but a chance shot by Anna manages to kill a healthy girl?
Peter:
Although on this island, there’s probably still time for Jack to jog out and resuscitate her.
Peter:
I just want Mr Locke and Mr Echo to get married and have babies.
Peter:
And adopt a polar bear.
Peter:
That would make me happy.
Peter:
Jack watching Kate watching Sawyer is interesting to watch.
Peter:
Echo and Locke should have their own spin-off series.
Peter:
They could be a pair of bodyguards who solve mysteries.
Peter:
Both Locke AND Echo are telling you not to go! That is some pretty sage advice, Jack!
Peter:
“I was pregnant” = great twist, but I still can’t feel for this character at all.
Peter:
She’s too extreme.
Peter:
Sayid and Anna have got a lot of sexual tension going on there.
Peter:
I think there’s a law against sleeping with your girlfriend’s murderer.
Peter:
We had an improvisor from Chicago, Jason Chin, come to Canberra and teach us some improv theory.
Peter:
One of his focuses was on 2-person scenes.
Peter:
Ever since, I’ve been noticing 2-person scenes a lot more.
Peter:
2 person scenes seem to be the most dramatic, 3-person the most comedic.
Peter:
We just had a few more kisses: Rose/Bernard, Jin/Sun.
Peter:
Feelings I hope never to experience but enjoy watching on Lost:
Peter:
-Holding a loved one’s dead body in my arms
Peter:
-fear of ending the world
Peter:
Lessons you can learn from Lost:
Peter:
-If you sleep with a step-sibling, you will die
Peter:
-Don’t sit up the back of the plane
Peter:
-doctors save lives
Peter:
Episode end!
Peter:
Most likeable: Sayid, though I’ll give a point to Shannon as well.
Peter:
Least likeable: Anna.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Mr Echo.
Peter:
Was going to predict that inside the concrete was the radio tower sending the signals, but that doesn’t make sense.
Peter:
If Mr Echo’s origin story is any good, he’s definitely getting The Locke Award. (as it shall henceforth be known.)
Peter:
[[Episode 9]]
Peter:
No “previously on”.
Peter:
Start with a bit of topless Jin, which is rather enjoyable. I assume.
Peter:
So does this mean no more Shannon/Boom backstory, or can we have it even though they’re both dead?
Peter:
So far everyone who’s had a hallucination has ended up dead except for Jack.
Peter:
He gets “main character” immunity.
Peter:
What I want to see more of:
Peter:
-Number Fever
Peter:
-The Inhatchibant
Peter:
-Crazy Susan
Peter:
-Locke/Echo interaction
Peter:
-Polar Bears
Peter:
-…black horses?
Peter:
There’s a black horse in Lost.
Peter:
Please, please tell me this is going to be a retelling of the Doctor Who episode “Girl in the Fireplace”.
Peter:
I really hope that the black horse doesn’t come from this Kate Flashback.
Peter:
Then it could be a real horse, not a hallucination.
Peter:
Kate, you shouldn’t ride a motorbike without a helmet!
Peter:
That’s very dangerous.
Peter:
Silly girl.
Peter:
Kate! You shouldn’t blow up the trailer you were just in.
Peter:
That’s very…aww, I can’t lie.
Peter:
Rock on!
Peter:
Increasing the explosion count!
Peter:
There’s a lot of parental stuff in this.
Peter:
Star Trek had its fair share too.
Peter:
JJ Abrams seems to have Daddy issues.
Peter:
Oooh, close call. The timer got down to 1 second that time.
Peter:
Second Lord of the Flies reference!
Peter:
Still no King Kong or Predator references though.
Peter:
Haven’t seen the caves for a while. Inside the Hatch has sort of taken over as the inside location of choice.
Peter:
Blast doors are pretty obviously there in case the timer runs out.
Peter:
They (and the timer) are quite Chekhovian.
Peter:
One or both will be used before the end of the season.
Peter:
First Kate/Jack kiss! Intense.
Peter:
Unexpected, too; the show’s been dripping with Kate/Sawyer lately.
Peter:
This dodgy home-made video has a cross-fade between a closeup and a mid shot.
Peter:
That is not at ALL realistic.
Peter:
They’re getting better (after having gotten worse) at integrating the flashbacks about characters we already know.
Peter:
Kate has extraordinary luck.
Peter:
Every time she’s being arrested by this guy, the vehicle crashes.
Peter:
Okay, the horse being a recurring kind of spirit animal, that I’m okay with.
Peter:
There’s fairly obviously more than an occasional frame missing from this footage.
Peter:
I’d estimate about 20-40 seconds is gone.
Peter:
Locke and Echo. Both men of faith, but radically different faiths.
Peter:
Oh cool! The missing footage.
Peter:
Echo, you are so great. I’m officially awarding you The Locke Award, even without backstory.
Peter:
Mystery I’d forgotten about until just now:
Peter:
-Why Hurley was in the mental hospital in the first place. (don’t think it was explained.)
Peter:
Sawyer in the coma: hotter or less hot than regular Sawyer?
Peter:
On one hand, vulnerable and half-naked.
Peter:
On the other, less witty quips.
Peter:
Theory: Desmond (the Inhatchitant) has become one of the Others.
Peter:
Death, horse, kiss, and explosion count have all increased in the last few episodes.
Peter:
Well footage specifically forbidding using the computer for anything other than for entering the code just makes me want to do so more!
Peter:
Oh GREAT cliffhanger.
Peter:
This season is rocking my socks so far.
Peter:
Most likeable: Kate.
Peter:
Least likeable: Mean cop, I guess.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Echo.
Peter:
Cliffhanger was the computer saying “Dad”, for the record.
Peter:
[[Running tally: All seasons]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Locke on 7 (Hurley on 6, Jack on 3, Sawyer, Jin and Sayid on 2, 11 characters on 1 – Charlie, Ray, Shannon, Sun, Turnip-head Ulrich, Walt, Jin, Arzt, Boom, Kate, Flirty Bar Girl)
Peter:
Least likeable: Jin at 5 (Anna (Flirty Bar Girl) on 4, Jack’s Dad, Shannon, Crazy Danielle, and Locke on 2, 15 on 1 – Locke’s Boss, Charlie’s Brother, Clare’s Boyfriend, Kate, Charlie, Michael, Shannon’s Boyfriend, Hurley’s Mum, Locke’s Dad, Sawyer, Arzt, Crazy Pirates, Jack, Nathan, the Mean Cop)
Peter:
Most intriguing: Kate on 4. (Ethan, Crazy Danielle, Locke, Walt and Mr Echo on 3, Desmond (The Inhatchibant) and Anna (Flirty Bar Girl) on 2, 8 characters on 1 – Sayeed, Asian Wife, Jack, Charlie, Boom, Shannon, Denise, Sawyer, Goodwin.)
Peter:
[[Current season]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Jin, Sayid and Kate on 2 (Jack, Hurley, and Anna all on 1)
Peter:
Least likeable: Anna (Flirty Bar Girl) on 4 (Susan (Walt’s mum), Jack, Locke, Mean Cop and Nathan all on 1)
Peter:
Most intriguing: Mr Echo (Mufasa) on 3 (Desmond and Anna (Flirty Bar Girl) on 2, Walt and Goodwin on 1)
Peter:
[[Awards Given:]]
Locke:
“Greatest character in all of Lost” (“The Locke Award”)
Echo:
The Locke Award

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