Lost, Season 3: Episodes 4-6

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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 4]]
Peter:
Things I am addicted to at the moment:
Peter:
-watermelon
Peter:
Lost
Peter:
-Liveblogging Lost
Peter:
Things I spent way too much time doing today:
Peter:
-waiting to get home to watch more Lost
Peter:
-mentally going “Prediction:” about everyday things.
Peter:
Things I’m currently waiting for:
Peter:
-fame & fortune
Peter:
-my dinner to finish cooking so I can put on Lost
Peter:
-Kate & Sawyer to get it on
Peter:
-answers!!
Peter:
While I wait, my current questions:
Peter:
-what do the Weirdtopians want with Jack, Sawyer and Kate? (most specifically Jack, it seems)
Peter:
-how did everyone survive the Hatch’s implosion?
Peter:
-why did the Others ask for Hurley?
Peter:
(it can’t have just been to deliver the message)
Peter:
-what is the purpose of the Dharma Initiative?
Peter:
-is Weirdtopia on another island?
Peter:
-If not, why can it only be accessed by boat?
Peter:
-when are we going to see more of Desmond’s lover?
Peter:
-is the Dharma Initiative still formally going, or have the Weirdtopians broken away?
Peter:
Note: Of COURSE not hitting the timer was going to do something. I should have figured that out when I knew it was going to finish the season.
Peter:
You end a season on a bang, not a whimper.
Peter:
Also: the season finale last season was actually quite good, once you realise 2 things:
Peter:
1) That it WAS the season finale, and
Peter:
2) That they knew they were coming back.
Peter:
It ended with my head buzzing full of questions, which is quite an accomplishment.
Peter:
I am really enjoying this season so far too. Dying to watch more. Stupid dinner.
Peter:
Theories:
Peter:
-the hatch’s implosion…caused a slowdown in time, so that someone could get them all out safely and remove Desmond’s clothes?
Peter:
OR the Hatch’s implosion was mystically guided by the Island so everyone survived.
Peter:
The Island seems more and more sentient each episode.
Peter:
-they asked for Hurley because his bad luck would guarantee the group’s failure?
Peter:
OR it was important that he specifically see them.
Peter:
I could be overtheorising, and it could have just been
Peter:
a) to send back the message and
Peter:
b) to make the audience go “Why Hurley???”
Peter:
Speaking of which, I’d like to see more about the numbers.
Peter:
Haven’t heard about them in quite some time now.
Peter:
I can’t remember the shots, otherwise I’d have been able to see if Weirdtopia was on another island.
Peter:
Theory: the only entrance to it is through a cave opening that’s only accessible by water.
Peter:
I like that one. I hope it’s true.
Peter:
 My dinner is cooked! On with Lost!
Peter:
Previously on Lost: The girl that Sun murdered (henceforth referred to as “Maggie”)
Peter:
-Sawyer and the fight.
Peter:
We open with a shot of Desmond, which is never a bad thing.
Peter:
I’ve warmed quite a lot to the inHatchibant.
Peter:
Prediction: his flashbacks this ep.
Peter:
Charlie has been so great this season.
Peter:
“I was building a church before Eko exploded.”
Peter:
And now: cartoons.
Peter:
Why do characters in movies/TV always watch such old-timey cartoons?
Peter:
I’ve never seen anyone watching anime or Animaniacs.
Peter:
Oh come on Juliet, don’t fall for Jack’s power plays.
Peter:
He’s just doing EXACTLY what Ben did when captured by you guys.
Peter:
Maggie’s still alive. Prediction: she doesn’t survive the episode.
Peter:
Sawyer: “We just got our ticket out of here.”
Peter:
What? How d’you figure?
Peter:
Maggie’s man is Picket.
Peter:
Sawyer has got to stop discussing his plans with the microphones listening. He still rocks so hard though.
Peter:
Sawyer flashback episode!
Peter:
Now: in jail. I think going to jail would be an interesting experience, but only for a while.
Peter:
Maybe a month or 2 tops.
Peter:
I guess that’s rarely an option, really.
Peter:
This show has actually been really good about shaky-cam.
Peter:
It’s only used sparingly, and when it is, it’s completely comprehendible.
Peter:
Can’t work out if someone from Sawyer’s prison life is going to appear on the island.
Peter:
That would be a bit of a stretch, but interesting.
Peter:
Who the crap is Desmond talking to?
Peter:
I don’t like all of these island extras being given lines.
Peter:
They are not part of “the group” or “the loop” or the “cool kids”.
Peter:
Prediction: the rabbit (and Sawyer) have been injected with something that when their heart-rate goes too fast, they explode.
Peter:
Awww. The rabbit just died, didn’t explode.
Peter:
Ask Monty Python and the Holy Grail – exploding rabbits are hilarious.
Peter:
This is incredibly cruel and also makes the show much less interesting.
Peter:
Sawyer’s escape plans were awesome. I loved them so.
Peter:
Prediction (obvious one): Sawyer and Kate are getting it on at some point, and the watch goes off. Sawyer has to stop the sexytime.
Peter:
Ha! His heartrate went off just from watching Kate undress. Genius.
Peter:
Awww! Sawyer had a daughter! Little baby girl Sawyer.
Peter:
Jack’s communications box is working.
Peter:
I don’t think it’s an elaborate trick by the Weirdtopians.
Peter:
My guess: gift from the Island.
Peter:
I have become a complete conspiracy theorist.
Peter:
EVERYTHING the Others do I assume is a trick, including the Ben/Juliet tension.
Peter:
Maggie dying seems pretty genuine, I have to admit.
Peter:
Still, COULD be to see what Jack would do in an emergency.
Peter:
CONSPIRACY
Peter:
The Sawyer-watch thing is coming into play pretty quickly.
Peter:
Initially assumed that it was a long-term thing.
Peter:
May be quickly solved?
Peter:
Prediction: Sawyer and the Warden were in it together from the start, playing both sides of the con.
Peter:
How that’ll relate to this episode, I don’t know.
Peter:
Monkey!Kate rocks (escaping from the cage.)
Peter:
Stupid!Kate does not (climbing back in.)
Peter:
Also, she’s totally lying, she loves him.
Peter:
Live together, die alone is a pretty good catchphrase.
Peter:
After Lost I’m going to live-Tweet Heroes.
Peter:
Curious about “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.”
Peter:
I want him to sit with the body a while longer.
Peter:
Damn you, Ben!
Peter:
I can’t work out how many strings you’re genuinely pulling.
Peter:
Evidence for Ben/Juliet tension being genuine:
Peter:
the season opener, Ben to Juliet: “Looks like I’m no longer in the book club.”
Peter:
Evidence for it not being genuine:
Peter:
EVERYTHING THEY DO IS A CONSPIRACY
Peter:
Jack’s purpose seems to be to perform spinal surgery on a man with a tumor.
Peter:
Evidence against this theory:
Peter:
-it’s way too early in the season
Peter:
-why can’t they get a mainland doctor?
Peter:
They clearly have access to/communications with the world.
Peter:
Aww. Sawyer/Warden were working together, but not for the cool “let’s steal together” reason that I had hoped.
Peter:
Booo.
Peter:
Warden: “Congratulations. You just lied and cheated your way out of prison.”
Peter:
Hot damn, Sawyer never stops rocking.
Peter:
I really hope that Sawyer’s heart explodey condition is removed sooner rather than later.
Peter:
It…oh, they just removed it.
Peter:
I am SURE I saw a “rabbit with an 8 painted on it” meme go around the ‘net a while back.
Peter:
Oh. They were on a second island after all.
Peter:
The underwater cave theory was much more impressive.
Peter:
I’m much better than the writers this ep.
Peter:
How come they can’t just see this island from the other island?
Peter:
It seems pretty visible.
Peter:
Ben/Henry/Frank’s introduction was great.
Peter:
He couldn’t have had the great role he has this season without the little role he had in the last season.
Peter:
Episode end.
Peter:
Most likeable: Sawyer.
Peter:
Least likeable: Still Ben. Will be Ben for a while I suspect.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Still Juliet.
Peter:
The “most/least/intriguing” numbers seem to be fairly consistent this season. Sawyer rocks, Ben sucks, Juliet is fascinating.
Peter:
Predictions:
Peter:
-Ben is the one with the spinal tumour. Too obvious?
Peter:
-Jack is given the option to leave for the mainland, refuses.
Peter:
Oh, meant to mention: the language menu on disc 1 looked like the inside of Michael’s boat.
Peter:
Does that mean we’ll see them this season?
Peter:
Prediction:
Peter:
-in a couple of episodes (2-6 from now) we follow Michael.
Peter:
He’s contacted by Desmond’s lover, paid to help find the Island.
Peter:
[[Episode 5]]
Peter:
Previously on Lost is all about Eko and the heroin.
Peter:
More Eko this episode?
Peter:
I’d be happy if it was entirely Weirdtopia, but I do miss Eko.
Peter:
Yup, Eko flashback episode. Meanwhile, question:
Peter:
-why did the Others use kids like Alex (Danielle’s daughter) etc on raids?
Peter:
Just rewatched opener of 1st episode, and the suburban Weirdtopia is fairly obviously on the Island.
Peter:
Was it dismantled after plane crash?
Peter:
Also, they were all “Make lists” like it was a regular thing that they did.
Peter:
Want to know what’s going on so damned hard.
Peter:
Crap, completely tuned out of episode while I was thinking about that.
Peter:
Rewinding, going from the beginning again.
Peter:
Stupid Peter moment.
Peter:
I feel so rude when someone comes in to watch with me and wants to chat.
Peter:
I don’t have the mental capacity to watch, Tweet AND talk!
Peter:
Eko’s brother is his spirit guide. Locke’s is Boone, Jack’s is his Dad, Hurley’s seems to be Dave, Kate’s is a big black horse.
Peter:
Where do Charlie and Locke stand?
Peter:
They’re getting along, they bonded a few episodes back, but then why bother including the conflict in the first place?
Peter:
Weirdtopians are dressed in white, are casting Maggie’s body (we did learn her name but I’ve forgotten) into the ocean.
Peter:
Definitely a cult.
Peter:
Burning the raft like the Vikings did.
Peter:
Meanwhile, Juliet and Ben tension seems genuine.
Peter:
They’re bickering even when Jack’s not around.
Peter:
Had forgotten that Desmond was now psychic.
Peter:
Always had it, or was it a side-effect of the Hatchsplosion?
Peter:
Sayid, Locke & Charlie are heading to Lab Epsilon (under the plane) to try to use the computer to communicate w/other computers.
Peter:
Did last episode have any flashbacks? I don’t recall any.
Peter:
Housemate just insisted I rewind, ‘cos I missed smoke-monster cameo.
Peter:
Eko’s flashbacks and hallucinations are tying together/into the episode quite nicely at this point.
Peter:
Lol!! Locke was all like “anyone want to come?”, and an extra we’ve never seen before was all “Okay!”
Peter:
Girlfriend of Spanish extra.
Peter:
I’d better start giving these characters names, because Lost doesn’t want to. Spanish extra is “Berto”, his g/f is VHE (Very Hot Extra).
Peter:
Again, we’ve got “Hey, do x or I’ll kill b. If you don’t do x, b’s life is on your conscience.”
Peter:
It’s a really interesting moral issue.
Peter:
I assume that they’re looking to introduce VHE and Berto as regulars.
Peter:
It’s a very cool way of doing it.
Peter:
Prediction: Jack and Juliet sleep together before the series ends.
Peter:
Or she dies. Maybe both.
Peter:
Hopefully in that order.
Peter:
One of the special guest stars has the last name of “Bowen” but isn’t Julie Bowen (Denise, Jack’s ex-wife.)
Peter:
Coincidence? CONSPIRACY.
Peter:
I think I’m going to go back to calling Ben Henry.
Peter:
It’s slightly longer, but sits better in my brain. Sorry for any confusion.
Peter:
Just realised something: Henry, the real Henry, the one from the balloon, had a real wife.
Peter:
They didn’t find her body. She’s an Other?
Peter:
I’m enjoying
Peter:
a) Eko’s moral history, and
Peter:
b) how nicely it’s tying in with the episode.
Peter:
Well played, Lost!
Peter:
There were 6 Labs. We’ve seen Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Epsilon. That just leaves Delta (where I thought the Others were) and Zeta.
Peter:
I suppose the Island’s suburban Weirdtopia could have been Delta or Zeta, or both. I like to think we’ll find them though.
Peter:
The ex-zoo where the Jack Pack are currently being held is Weirdtopia. The suburban place from the 1st ep can be “Suburbtown.”
Peter:
Eko is kicking some arse.
Peter:
I don’t give out The Locke Award without good reason, folks.
Peter:
Eko rocks.
Peter:
Prediction:
Peter:
-we get VHE and/or Berto’s flashback episode before the season is done.
Peter:
Rock! VHE has just brought up the fact that there’s 6 stations.
Peter:
Should point out that the alpha beta numbering system is mine, not Lost’s.
Peter:
Berto’s an idiot. He’s getting Least Likeable just for being a tool.
Peter:
Also I suspect he’s dating VHE which I want to be the one doing.
Peter:
Holy crap!
Peter:
There is a man with an eyepatch in another one of the bases.
Peter:
Just what this show needs, more characters.
Peter:
I’m really enjoying the intra-Weirdtopians drama/conflict.
Peter:
As soon as they stopped being “Others” (in both senses) they became human.
Peter:
Eko’s people’s accent pronounces “sacred” as “Sack-red”.
Peter:
Also, good line: “You say this was Yemi’s? You owe him one church.”
Peter:
Predictions: Yemi is leading Eko to another base.
Peter:
The Island works in mysterious ways.
Peter:
I really enjoy Eko’s morality.
Peter:
“I ask for no forgiveness. I have only done what I needed to do to survive.”
Peter:
“I did my best.”
Peter:
Yemi is all “You speak to me as if I was your brother.”
Peter:
Then he disappeared and the smoke monster appeared.
Peter:
The Smoke Monster causes/IS all the hallucinations?
Peter:
Sci-fi basis, or fantasy/spiritual basis?
Peter:
Very Hot Extra is Very Hot.
Peter:
She is my new number one hot girl on the island. (Kate is no longer technically on the island.)
Peter:
Holy crap, I think Eko is dying. His story’s been told, but…yup, he’s definitely dead.
Peter:
Down to just one “extraordinarily cool character”. 🙁
Peter:
Episode end!
Peter:
Most likeable character: VHE.
Peter:
Least likeable: …smoke monster? Let’s go with Berto, the tool.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Still Juliet.
Peter:
[[Episode 6]]
Peter:
“Previously on ” just a quick summary of Henry’s illness.
Peter:
Flashback is following someone without showing their face.
Peter:
Oh, it’s Kate.
Peter:
Good music. Very retro.
Peter:
Kate has stolen a veil, MAL!!!
Peter:
HOLY CRAP IT’S MAL! MAL FROM FIREFLY!
Peter:
OH MY GOD!
Peter:
Oh please, please have Mal somehow be the main character from now on.
Peter:
I don’t care how you do it, just do it.
Peter:
Prediction:
Peter:
-the smoke monster has the ability to put people’s brains in other people’s memories, turned to reality.
Peter:
-Jack dies, and the smoke monster puts his brain into a body from Kate’s memory.
Peter:
Result: MAL IS THE MAIN CHARACTER.
Peter:
Nathan Fillion (Mal)’s wikipedia picture is terrible.
Peter:
He’s 38, that photo makes him look 50.
Peter:
Alex, Crazy Danielle’s daughter, is staging a rescue.
Peter:
Sure, she was armed only with a slingshot, but it’s the thought that counts.
Peter:
I’ve still absolutely no idea why Kate and Sawyer were brought over with Jack. Just to avoid suspicion?
Peter:
What are the “lists”??
Peter:
Also, can’t remember if I’ve already said this, we haven’t had any Number Fever action in quite a while.
Peter:
Kate (posing as “Monica”) – why don’t you just marry him? Everyone’s so nice.
Peter:
Cut the con, just marry the lovely man.
Peter:
IT’S MAL!!
Peter:
I am a straight 21 year-old male, but if Mal wanted to marry me, I wouldn’t hesitate.
Peter:
I was just about to complain about the amount of filler in this show, when I realised the last few episodes have been breakneck speed.
Peter:
I thought we wouldn’t find out why they wanted Jack until the end of the season – not only do we know NOW, he’s about to kill Henry!
Peter:
Kate’s relationship with the cop’s quite similar to Leo & Tom Hanks in As Good As It Gets, or Hannibal Lecter/Clarice in Silence Of The Lambs.
Peter:
Have the Weirdtopians done nothing about the fact that Kate can just get out of the cage whenever she likes?
Peter:
I think I might have been tweeting while Locke and Sayid took their “detour” on the way to the camp to get the shovels.
Peter:
What’d they see?
Peter:
Characters referring to Sawyer as “James” is offputting.
Peter:
“Ford”, not so much, because he’s a bad-ass like Harrison Ford.
Peter:
James is a much more refined sort of name.
Peter:
I can’t think of any real badasses who have been called James.
Peter:
Even James Bond was classy.
Peter:
James Woods, classy.
Peter:
James and the Giant Peach…a kid. But still classy.
Peter:
Meanwhile, back on Lost, Sawyer and Kate are fucking.
Peter:
Even Jim Broadbent’s super-classy, and he’s not James, but its rough cousin from the streets, “Jim”.
Peter:
There is absolutely no chance that Kate is on the pill or Sawyer had a condom.
Peter:
I’m still willing to bet she’s not preggers.
Peter:
Oh, and I know I was more excited just by seeing Mal, but I’m super-happy that Sawyer and Kate got together.
Peter:
They’re my top pairing atm!
Peter:
I genuinely can’t work out where this season is going.
Peter:
If Jack/Sawyer/Kate escape, the Weirdtopians will just come after them.
Peter:
I guess if Jack kills Ben, they’re much less likely to, but I can’t see them just returning to the Island and living as castaways.
Peter:
Ha! Henry: “If I were a betting man, I would have picked her and you.”
Peter:
He’s a Jack/Kate shipper.
Peter:
Oh Jack, no! That was terrible wording!
Peter:
“I need to get the hell off this island.”
Peter:
You are not on the island you think you’re on!!
Peter:
For you, “home” has several definitions!
Peter:
This will not end well!
Peter:
I’m glad I rewound that; I thought Kate was crying because her pregnancy test showed she was preggers.
Peter:
Rewinding it shows the opposite.
Peter:
It seems the only way to find love in the world of Lost is to be in a position where it’s the one thing you can’t have.
Peter:
I can’t imagine Jack throwing the operation. It really doesn’t seem to be in him as a character, as a doctor.
Peter:
I guess I’ve got a 50/50 chance here.
Peter:
Prediction: Benry survives the operation.
Peter:
No, wait! He dies, but because of genuine medical error.
Peter:
Jack is trying his hardest, but fails to save him.
Peter:
I love that their medical gowns have the Dharma logo on them.
Peter:
Irrelevant flashbacks really piss me off.
Peter:
It’s not just like a B-plot that doesn’t link to the A-plot, they actively intrude on the episode.
Peter:
Meanwhile, Jack’s actions piss me off as well.
Peter:
Just kill him, don’t hold him unconscious.
Peter:
That doesn’t endear you to anyone, especially not me.
Peter:
Maybe I’m feeling ornery ‘cos I didn’t get to watch Lost yesterday, but I’m nominating this episode as a contender for season worst.
Peter:
Although it did have Mal in it. It wins a lot of points for that.
Peter:
A LOT of points.
Peter:
Mal, I just realised, is falling unconscious because he was drugged by his wife who is a con-artist.
Peter:
Whoever wrote this was clearly a Firefly fan.
Peter:
If Sawyer was going to die, this would be a great moment for it.”
Peter:
He’s just had sex, it’s self-sacrificing, it’s raining, and he looks so damned sexy.
Peter:
I don’t remember what the story Jack told Kate on the beach was.
Peter:
Admittedly, I had no idea that they were called Jack or Kate at the time.
Peter:
Great episode end – Jack, not realising they’re trapped on an island, gives Sawyer and Kate an hour to run.
Peter:
This won’t end well!
Peter:
Most likeable: Sawyer (god I’m loving Sawyer this season).
Peter:
Least likeable: Jack. What a poonce.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Mal!! Need more Mal.
Peter:
Still nominating it for the worst episode of the season though.
Peter:
[[Running Tally: All seasons]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Saywer on 9 (Hurley on 7, Charlie on 5, Jack and Sayid on 4, Jin on 3, Turnip-head Ulrich and Sun on 2, 11 characters on 1 – Shannon, Walt, Jin, Arzt, Boom, Kate, Anna, the Aussie Psychic, Desmond, Tom, VHE)
Peter:
Least likeable: Jin and Benry at 5 (Anna and Michael on 4, Locke and Jack on 3, Jack’s Dad, Shannon, Crazy Danielle, Charlie, and Berto on 2, 11 on 1 – Liam, Kate, Locke’s Dad, Sawyer, Arzt, Nathan, Clare, Tom, Bernard, Denise, Juliet)
Peter:
Most intriguing: Eko on 5 (Kate, Locke, Walt and Juliet on 4, Ethan, Crazy Danielle and Benry on 3, Desmond, Anna, Sawyer, Michael, and Sun on 2, 11 characters on 1 – Sayid, Jack, Charlie, Boom, Shannon, Denise, Goodwin, Tom, Liam, Libby, Mal)
Peter:
[[Current season]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Sawyer on 4 (Charlie and VHE on 1)
Peter:
Least likeable: Berto on 2 (Denise, Juliet, Benry and Jack all on 1)
Peter:
Most intriguing: Juliet on 4 (Eko and Mal on 1)
Peter:
[[Awards presented:]]
Locke:
“The Locke Award” (previously on 7 “Most likeables”)
Eko:
“The Locke Award” (awarded before he even won any “Most likeables”)

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