Lost, Season 4: Episodes 8-10

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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 8]]
Peter:
I’m sort of tempted to try to summarise everything that’s happened so far, but fuck doing that in 140 characters.
Peter:
Big mysteries being dealt with at the moment:
Peter:
-Why is Penny’s Dad interested in the Island?
Peter:
-What’s UP with the Island?
Peter:
-Why is Michael back/what’s Walt’s deal?
Peter:
-Why do only 6 escape the Island?
Peter:
-HOW do 6 escape the Island?
Peter:
-What’s up with the time-travel?
Peter:
-Why does everyone want Benry?
Peter:
Mysteries not at all being dealt with at the moment:
Peter:
-Jack’s Dad
Peter:
-The smoke-monster
Peter:
-The Island as a sentient being
Peter:
-Jacob
Peter:
-the statue-foot
Peter:
Previously on is about Walt being taken, Michael going after him, him going back and killing people, and then leaving the Island/being a janitor
Peter:
Whoops! Being a janitor was NOT in previously on. I suspect it will come into play though.
Peter:
My guess: Michael flashback episode.
Peter:
Back in Locke’s camp! Why the heck is Danielle here?
Peter:
I can’t see her being a fan of living in Subtopia.
Peter:
Benry: “My spy on the freighter is Michael.”
Peter:
Great, tell us now that we (the audience) already know. Pfft.
Peter:
(seriously though, great telly. Woo!)
Peter:
Oh, cool! We’re on the boat now.
Peter:
We’re following both Locke and the Boatians (new unofficial name.)
Peter:
I suppose now that they’re more linked…
Peter:
Sayid: “Why are you on this boat?”
Peter:
Michael: “I’m here to die.”
Peter:
That’s a pretty awesome line. Let’s hope his actions live up to it.
Peter:
Not that I hope he dies.
Peter:
Well I guess I do, but for dramatic reasons, not out of malice.
Peter:
Prediction: This episode, we follow the Lockeians and Boatians, but not Jack/the Beachians.
Peter:
Okay that’s going too far. They are Castaways, not Beachians.
Peter:
I suppose Aaron could be the last of the Oceanic 6, but I hope not.
Peter:
He’s not exactly an interesting/strong character.
Peter:
I still can’t get over how good Benry is at getting people to trust him.
Peter:
Crazy Danielle of all people is now “He’s right. We should go.”
Peter:
I love that the Castaways have killed substantially more of the Others than the other way around.
Peter:
Go the underdog!
Peter:
I suppose if you count blowing people up, then Bernard and Sayid have killed their fair share of people as well. (the Others, blown up)
Peter:
Michael flashback episode!
Peter:
Though we’re flashing back to a strange point.
Peter:
He seems to have already lost Walt and be living alone.
Peter:
Miles had a great line earlier: “You were holding a gun to Ben’s head a few days ago and now he’s eating pound cake.”
Peter:
Looks like Michael’s trying a bit of the ol’ suicide.
Peter:
My prediction: (and stop me if I’m sounding crazy here)
Peter:
-he survives
Peter:
Who the crap was…oh, Libby!
Peter:
Okay, I’ve watched the first three seasons in less than 2 months and I almost didn’t recognise her.
Peter:
I have no idea how people were expected to recognise her when it’s been 2 years since we last saw her. (excluding “previously on”)
Peter:
Sadly enough, Lost is victim to TV show equilibrium as much as any other show.
Peter:
Example: The Kate/Sawyer/Jack triangle will always be there.
Peter:
Michael is trading a $10 000 watch for a gun with bullets?
Peter:
Oh Michael, why you gotta be so dumb?
Peter:
Wooo flashback Tom!
Peter:
That’s one thing I DO love about Lost, even after a character dies, they keep comin’ back!
Peter:
Excellent line!
Peter:
“You can’t kill yourself, the Island won’t let you.”
Peter:
I love the Island’s power over the world.
Peter:
It’s like Groundhog Day, but cooler.
Peter:
Because it’s an Island.
Peter:
An Island with magical, far-reaching powers.
Peter:
And polar bears.
Peter:
Haha, Tom’s gay.
Peter:
I think that’s Lost‘s first gay character.
Peter:
OH! Cool!
Peter:
Tom’s claiming Whitmore faked the plane crash, not Benry.
Peter:
This season took a full disc to get going, but now it’s hardcore awesome.
Peter:
Apparently it ends as badly as it begins though.
Peter:
Writer’s Strike.
Peter:
The longer this season goes on, the more Benry seems like the good guy.
Peter:
Well played, Lost, well played.
Peter:
”If you don’t go, you’ll be responsible for so many deaths. Now go, and kill everyone on board!”
Peter:
Um, that is terrible logic.
Peter:
I was looking at Michael, thinking that he looked nothing like a janitor, then he put a baseball cap on and suddenly it was perfect.
Peter:
Weird.
Peter:
So I suppose, putting puzzle pieces together embarrassingly late, the black scary Oceanic guy must be working for Penny’s Dad.
Peter:
Sorry, but really, I cannot believe this is how he’s being convinced.
Peter:
‘If you don’t personally murder these people, other people MIGHT die!’
Peter:
Michael is the most easily manipulated guy in the world.
Peter:
Ridiculous.
Peter:
Michael’s “pretending not to be surprised” reaction is MUCH better than Sayid’s attempt.
Peter:
Predictions for what’s in the chest:
Peter:
-puppies
Peter:
-rainbows
Peter:
-big long coats with patches
Peter:
-phone books
Peter:
-speakers
Peter:
-foot ointment
Peter:
Who are these army wankers? I hope that they’re the first to die.
Peter:
The chest contained a secure suitcase, but there still could be puppies inside the…no, it’s full of explosives.
Peter:
Damn my bad guessing skills!
Peter:
Michael is hallucinating Libby.
Peter:
I’d say that they must be close to the Island, but Hurley hallucinated on the mainland.
Peter:
Though he IS crazy
Peter:
Oh, wow.
Peter:
He pressed the button.
Peter:
Didn’t see that coming.
Peter:
Of course, the Island won’t let him die, so…ha!
Peter:
Cute! A message.
Peter:
Message: “Not yet.”
Peter:
Prediction: explosion happens in the last ep of the season!
Peter:
Oooh, Walt is ringing his Dad from ship.
Peter:
Oh, it’s Ben.
Peter:
Has Benry’s actor done much else? I love him so.
Peter:
Benry: “I will not kill innocent people!”
Peter:
mmmm, loveable villain.
Peter:
I know he was in Saw (well I assume that was him) but I don’t want to IMDb/wikipedia him for fear of spoilers.
Peter:
Sayid: “So you’re telling me that you’re working for Benjamin Linus?”
Peter:
Don’t be so judgemental, dude, I’ve seen you in the future.
Peter:
One thing I love about Lost is that they frequently don’t dance around subterfuge, they just have people come out and say “He’s a traitor!”
Peter:
Carl: “I have a bad feeling about this.”
Peter:
I can’t hear that line without thinking it’s a Star Wars reference.
Peter:
Carl is shot.
Peter:
Note to self: never proclaim that I have a bad feeling about anything.
Peter:
Crazy Danielle is shot!
Peter:
Didn’t expect that.
Peter:
Even after the whole “I love you thing”, which, by the way, is fairly creepy.
Peter:
She just met her!
Peter:
Maybe “creepy” isn’t the right word, but definitely weird/insincere.
Peter:
Alex was just all “I’m Ben’s daughter! I’m his daughter!!!”
Peter:
Boo, you whore.
Peter:
Episode end!
Peter:
Most Likeable: Tom! I love Tom so.
Peter:
Least Likeable: Michael. I dunno, I’m just not that into him.
Peter:
Most Intriguing: ..yeah, Benry
Peter:
I don’t actually keep a tally as I go of these awards as I tweet, but I do when I’m formatting for non-Twitter sites.
Peter:
Right now, I haven’t tallied since the start of s2…
Peter:
..but my guess is that Benry is ahead on “Most Intriguing” by miles.
Peter:
I might have to give him the Intriguing equivalent of The Locke Award.
Peter:
Benry is almost certainly my favourite character at this point.
Peter:
If he wins “Most Intriguing” again, I’m giving him an award and ruling him ineligible.
Peter:
Previous award winners: Locke, Mr Eko, Arzt (almost!).
Peter:
[[Episode 9]]
Peter:
Season 4, Episode 9: The Shape of Things to Come.
Peter:
This episode also comes endorsed by my friend Ryan.
Peter:
Previously on Lost deals with Miles and the Lostbusters seeking Benry, Carl and Crazy Danielle being shot, and Michael on the boat.
Peter:
We open with Kate taking off her clothes.
Peter:
This is a promising sign.
Peter:
Incidentally, I don’t remember the last Kate ep we had.
Peter:
Maybe we’re due.
Peter:
Thinking about it, we also haven’t had a Jack episode in a while.
Peter:
Bernard’s found…a body?
Peter:
Not a body I recognise, either.
Peter:
Maybe Jack’s Dad?
Peter:
Oh, it’s the doctor from the boat.
Peter:
I don’t realllly remember the doctor dying.
Peter:
Did the doctor die?
Peter:
Lots of close-ups of Hurley, Sawyer and Locke talking tensely and vaguely.
Peter:
My prediction: they’re playing a board or card game.
Peter:
Wooo! Risk!
Peter:
Lost is going to have to up its game like House did, and start using double-subversions if it wants to keep subverting ME.
Peter:
Benry is playing the piano.
Peter:
Have I mentioned how much I love Benry?
Peter:
OH!!! Benry flashback episode!
Peter:
ROCK!
Peter:
He’s woken up in a Dharma jacket in the Sahara desert.
Peter:
Isn’t this also where Charlotte found the polar bears?
Peter:
…teleporter?
Peter:
Benry just took out two heavily armed guys using a stick!
Peter:
Benry, you are my hero. Fucking rock.
Peter:
Prediction: there’s some kind of link between the Island and the Sahara desert.
Peter:
Like a teleporter, or a worm-hole, or a magic tunnel.
Peter:
I love the way that Locke only ever refers to people by their proper first name.
Peter:
Woah, castaway extras are dropping like redshirts!
Peter:
Claire’s house just exploded, but you know the rules of TV death.
Peter:
Until we see a body, no dice.
Peter:
Sawyer is using a wooden table as a shield against bullets.
Peter:
Meanwhile, what is Benry’s deal?
Peter:
Why is he so wealthy and powerful in the world?
Peter:
Okay, definitely a flash-forward.
Peter:
Meanwhile, in Clare’s ruins, we have a body.
Peter:
She’s ridiculously survived.
Peter:
Guys! Why the fuck are you opening the door??
Peter:
THAT IS A TERRIBLE PLAN.
Peter:
They’ve set up both Benry and Penny’s Dad as manufacturing the fake plane with all the bodies.
Peter:
Resulting prediction: it was neither of them.
Peter:
It’s a fairly standard gambit.
Peter:
Set up two options so that you don’t even consider there being a third.
Peter:
No one is ever happy to see Benry.
Peter:
Except me, of course.
Peter:
I tend to cheer every time he appears on-screen.
Peter:
Yay Benry!
Peter:
Yeah, Benry’s claiming that he got off the Island using Desmond’s boat.
Peter:
I don’t buy it. Too simple.
Peter:
Also, Benry is the king of lies.
Peter:
He lies so effectively to so many people.
Peter:
He would be a most excellent con man.
Peter:
The trick to good telly seems to be to find the one thing that a character cares about, then use it to make them do unpleasant things.
Peter:
Unpleasant for them, that is.
Peter:
Use Michael’s son to make him kill people, use Benry’s daughter to make him surrender.
Peter:
LOL!
Peter:
Benry: “Don’t worry Alex, I have the situation under control.”
Peter:
Wow you’re awesome.
Peter:
Admittedly, you just got your daughter shot….
Peter:
Benry: “He changed the rules.”
Peter:
Oooh.
Peter:
In other news, he just took a secret passage from within a secret door.
Peter:
This episode rocks.
Peter:
Silencers on guns both look and sound cool.
Peter:
Benry and Mr Whitmore seem to be the big players in this show.
Peter:
Both introduced end of season 2.
Peter:
It’s good to know that the old “make it look like an earthquake by shaking the camera” trick hasn’t gone away.
Peter:
A classic.
Peter:
So it seems that Benry controls the smoke monster.
Peter:
That’s an interesting new piece of information.
Peter:
All the time, or just when he wants to?
Peter:
Characters I genuinely didn’t expect to die:
Peter:
-Charlie,
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-Alex,
Peter:
-Shannon.
Peter:
Charlotte hasn’t even said anything this episode, but she’s probably getting my Least Likeable award.
Peter:
I don’t trust the bitch.
Peter:
I genuinely have no idea how Benry feels about the Castaways.
Peter:
Would he kill them all on a whim?
Peter:
I suppose so, seeing what he did to save his daughter, who he seemed genuinely fond of, he’d kill anyone and everyone if he had to.
Peter:
Even himself?
Peter:
I suppose part of the problem/part of what I find so intriguing about him is that we have no idea what Benry’s plan is, what he wants.
Peter:
Can’t remember if I tweeted this the other day or just thought it.
Peter:
Theory: The Black Rock was the source of the numbers/curse.
Peter:
Charles: “Are you here to murder me?”
Peter:
Benry: “We both know I can’t do that.”
Peter:
The Island wants Charles Whitmore alive?
Peter:
Woah!! Way to raise the stakes, Lost!
Peter:
Benry: “I’m here to tell you that I’m going to kill YOUR daughter.”
Peter:
Whitmore: “That Island’s mine, Benry. It always was, and it will be again.”
Peter:
Benry: “You’ll never find it.”
Peter:
Fricking awesome.
Peter:
Oh, that was the episode end.
Peter:
Most Likeable: Benry.
Peter:
Least Likeable: Charlotte.
Peter:
Most Intriguing: Benry.
Peter:
Yup, I am giving him “The Benry Award“, making him ineligible for Most Intriguing in the future.
Peter:
It is so, chickens and cherubs!
Peter:
 
Peter:
[[Episode 10]]
Peter:
No previously on, which is unusual.
Peter:
We open on Jack being woken by Juliet, breaking up a fight, then falling over and…flashback?
Peter:
I love it when we see main characters topless in the 4th season of their show (no matter what the genre).
Peter:
They’re always, always chubby. It’s hilarious.
Peter:
See also: Zach Braff, Scrubs.
Peter:
So either this is a dream, or Kate and Jack end up together in the future.
Peter:
It’s lookin’ like the future.
Peter:
Re: chubby actors; when they’re looking for work, they have to stay buff, for maximum attractiveness.
Peter:
Once they have regular work, not so much.
Peter:
Plus they probably get busy, makin’ shows.
Peter:
Ooh, sounds a bit like we’re getting some Dadspoition.
Peter:
Nope.
Peter:
The conversation abruptly turned to Kate’s feelings.
Peter:
Boo.
Peter:
Conversely, female actors need to stay attractive even when they have regular work, so they can do (as Kate just did) half-naked shots.
Peter:
Double standard etc etc.
Peter:
(Although male movie stars generally stay fit, but that’s probably got more to do with the different schedules between film and TV)
Peter:
Jack’s illness reminds me – we never did find out about those injections everyone was always taking, did we?
Peter:
I thought it was the Others’ whispering for a second, but it was Miles’ ghost-busting abilities.
Peter:
He just found some corpses.
Peter:
Crashing on this Island was the best thing that could have happened to Sawyer.
Peter:
He’s learned leadership skillz and how to be liked.
Peter:
Ah, the appendix.
Peter:
The most ridiculous organ in the world.
Peter:
I wonder how many plots it’s fueled.
Peter:
I am suspicious of giving Jin guns ever since he failed to hit the dynamite.
Peter:
That was never justified in any way, his bad gunmanship.
Peter:
Prediction: Jack doesn’t die.
Peter:
Rose has an excellent point. Well played, Rose.
Peter:
“People don’t get sick here. The person we rely on the most, the day before we’re rescued?”
Peter:
I love that the Island has an excellent sense of narrative.
Peter:
It knows when to punish or reward people.
Peter:
JACK JUST SAW HIS DAD!
Peter:
With the exceptions of Benry, who was in Saw, and Mal, who is frickin’ Mal, I enjoy that Lost doesn’t have any actors I recognise.
Peter:
Someone just tweeted back to me making fun for not knowing the oh-so-famous Lost actors from other shows.
Peter:
Um, nope.
Peter:
They legitimately haven’t done much else, I’m sorry to say.
Peter:
So it’s been a while now, I guess we’ll have to assume that the Oceanic 6 are Sayid, Sun, Hurley, Jack, Kate and Aaron.
Peter:
Aaron = a cop-out.
Peter:
Poor Hurley. He’s so craaaazy.
Peter:
I really quite like Faraday.
Peter:
He can have my Most Likeable this ep, if no one else is super-likeable.
Peter:
Prediction: Charlotte speaks Korean.
Peter:
Oh no! Epileptic trees!
Peter:
Oh, it’s the pilot.
Peter:
Why is he back on the Island? Whaaa?
Peter:
These people who are “hiding’ are incredibly well lit.
Peter:
How could he not see them?
Peter:
Jack is pissing me off.
Peter:
It’s interesting seeing which parts relate to the “Lost in 8:15″ – that “Wouldn’t be the first time” line, for instance.
Peter:
Whoa! Jack just proposed to Kate.
Peter:
End of season 3 tells us that this won’t end well.
Peter:
Future-flashbacks both raise and lower the tension.
Peter:
Charlotte could, indeed, speak Korean.
Peter:
Jin went all bad-ass for a few seconds.
Peter:
Good stuff.
Peter:
I’d forgotten that Bernard was a dentist.
Peter:
Future-flashbacks remove the tension of “What happens”, but adds “how does it happen.”
Peter:
Almost an even trade, I suppose.
Peter:
Prediction: Jack’s about to have his visitor. It’s his Dad.
Peter:
Whoa! I excel at guessing.
Peter:
Once I finish this whole “watching Lost” project I’ll go through and tally my accuracy.
Peter:
Hey, awesome! Lost season 5 is released in 11 days.
Peter:
That will be roughly when I finish season 4. Sweet timing!
Peter:
Jack, you are being way too suspicious.
Peter:
Also you have started on the drugs.
Peter:
Naughty Jack.
Peter:
You can have Least Likeable. Screw your appendix.
Peter:
And now Claire is hallucinating Jack’s Dad!
Peter:
The Jack’s Dad mystery is one of my favourites, because I called it so early.
Peter:
New groups introduced on the Island by season:
Peter:
1: The Castaways.
Peter:
2: The Inhatchibant, Group B.
Peter:
3: The Weirdtopians.
Peter:
4: The Lostbusters.
Peter:
There had been hints of the Weirdtopians in seasons 1 and 2, true, but that’s true of all the groups except the Lostbusters.
Peter:
Oh Jack, you so alcoholic.
Peter:
So it seems the “How will Jack and Kate split up” mystery is being solved much earlier than I thought.
Peter:
Prediction: Kate is working for Benry
Peter:
Nope. Kate was doing a favour for Sawyer.
Peter:
I remember her promising to do it, but don’t remember what it was.
Peter:
Say hi to his daughter?
Peter:
Miles is a jack-ass, but he’s not being as dislikeable as Jack this episode.
Peter:
Does this solve the “what happened to Clare” mystery as well?
Peter:
Episode end.
Peter:
Not that much actually happened in that episode.
Peter:
Disappointing.
Peter:
I mean, stuff HAPPENED, but…maybe I’ve been spoiled by that last episode.
Peter:
Most Likeable: Whoever I said I’d give it to earlier.
Peter:
Least Likeable: Jack.
Peter:
Most Intriguing: Charlotte.
Peter:
[[All seasons]]
Peter:
Most Likeable: Saywer on 14 (Hurley on 10, Jack, Charlie, and Sayid on 6, Jin on 5, Desmond and Tom on 3, Turnip-head Ulrich, Sun, and Dan Faraday on 2, 8 characters on 1 – Shannon, Walt, Boom, Kate, Random shop-woman, Charlotte, Benry)
Peter:
Least Likeable: Benry on 10 (Jack on 7, Jin, Locke, Kate and Michael on 5, Anna on 4, Jack’s Dad, Shannon, Crazy Danielle, Charlie, and Charlotte on 2, 11 on 1 – Locke’s Dad, Sawyer, Clare, Tom, Bernard, Denise, Juliet, Desmond’s Love’s Dad, Sun, Aussie Captain)
Peter:
Most Intriguing: Juliet on 7 (Locke on 6, Eko on 5, Kate, Walt, and Desmond on 4, Ethan, and Crazy Danielle on 3, Anna, Sawyer, Michael, Sun, Eyepatch Man, Richard/Patrick, Charlie and Charlotte on 2, 14 characters on 1 – Sayid, Jack, Boom, Shannon, Denise, Goodwin, Tom, Libby, Alex, Hurley’s Dad, Faraday, Rose)
Peter:
[[Current season]]
Peter:
Most Likeable: Dan Faraday on 2 (Charlotte, Hurley, Sawyer, Goodwin, Desmond, Jin, Tom and Benry all on 1)
Peter:
Least Likeable: Jack and Charlotte on 2 (Benry, Locke, Kate, Aussie Captain, and Michael all on 1)
Peter:
Most Intriguing: Charlotte on 2 (Charlie, Faraday and Rose all 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”)
Benry:
“The Benry Award” (awarded when he’d won 9 “Most Intriguings”)

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