Lost, Season 4: Episodes 1-3

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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 1]]
Peter:
Season 4!
Peter:
Cover shows characters (seemingly) still on the Island.
Peter:
Language menu is black, which is strangely unnerving.
Peter:
(it normally contains a clue.)
Peter:
Ha!
Peter:
Recap for the first 3 seasons. That’s clever.
Peter:
Will watch it now. See you in 8.25 minutes!
Peter:
Holy crap that was hilarious.
Peter:
It feels like it was made by a fan.
Peter:
Genuinely amazing – I’m going to watch it again.
Peter:
Had some notes.
Peter:
There was at least one lie in there:
Peter:
“Sawyer has Shannon’s asthma puffer.” No, he didn’t.
Peter:
Also, learned that Weirdtopia (the Isle) wasn’t a zoo, it was used to study polar bears.
Peter:
That makes SO much sense.
Peter:
I feel dumb for not realising!
Peter:
Jack’s Dad only got the one mention – Jack hallucinating him really early on. (which I’d mostly forgotten about.)
Peter:
Nothing about Clare being Jack’s daughter, that is.
Peter:
Also revealed: Dharma’s intention was specifically to study the Island.
Peter:
(I’m assuming this summary is canon)
Peter:
Dharma’s intention isn’t something that we definitely knew.
Peter:
Henry Gale arriving + hot weather balloon is a Wizard of Oz reference I hadn’t picked up on until this point. (Dorothy’s uncle’s name)
Peter:
The four-toed statue got a mention, which is interesting.
Peter:
Also, they specifically state that Bearded Jack bits were set in the future.
Peter:
Cute nicknames: Tom = “Mr Friendly” (he throws like a girl, lol).
Peter:
Eyepatch man = “Patchy”.
Peter:
This video also highlights the white ash surrounding Jacob’s house, which I hadn’t even noticed.
Peter:
Conspicuously not mentioned:
Peter:
-The numbers (except as “Hurley’s curse”)
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-Jack’s dad being dead/Clare’s Dad
Peter:
-Adam & Eve
Peter:
-the whispering.
Peter:
Final line: “Some will leave, some will not.”
Peter:
That’s pretty definitive. Again, assuming this is Canon.
Peter:
Guess I’ll find out right now!
Peter:
Previously on Lost is unnecessary this episode for two reasons:
Peter:
1) First episode of the season,
Peter:
2) Lost in 8:15!
Peter:
Stupid “previously on”…
Peter:
Previously on Lost covered basically the last episode of season 3.
Peter:
Waste of time.
Peter:
First shot, cleverly subverted pile of fruit.
Peter:
Oooh, starting with a high-speed chase.
Peter:
Flashback, or set after the return to the mainland (henceforth referred to as “The Return”)?
Peter:
My prediction:
Peter:
-set after the Return, driver of the car is Kate.
Peter:
It’s Hurley!
Peter:
Oh Hurley, you’re so cool.
Peter:
Hurley: “I’m one of the Oceanic 6!”
Peter:
Prediction: -Kate, Sawyer, Hurley, Jack, Walt, Michael.
Peter:
Hurley is lying to the police about not knowing Anna.
Peter:
Hey!
Peter:
Maybe this season will be set in the world, with all Island flashbacks!
Peter:
That would be super cool.
Peter:
Hurley just hallucinated some kind of drowning.
Peter:
Aaaand we’re back on the Island!
Peter:
Meant to mention: season 3 was my favourite so far.
Peter:
I think this season (4) was the one affected by the Writer’s Strike, so I’ve got that to “look forward to”.
Peter:
s3 was my favourite because there was SO MUCH explained.
Peter:
I don’t understand the naysayers.
Peter:
Questions are answered all the time on this show.
Peter:
Hurley is finding out about Charlie. 🙁
Peter:
Can’t get over how good that 8:15 video was.
Peter:
That girl’s voice will be in my head forever now.
Peter:
Ben is a genius.
Peter:
He can almost-instantly manipulate every character to do exactly what he wants. Knows how they tick.
Peter:
Can’t really call these flashbacks now, they’re all set in the future.
Peter:
If “Oceanic” turns out to be an evil conspiracy group as well, I have to admit, I’ll be pretty darned impressed.
Peter:
They’ve been there since the start and you never even question.
Peter:
Prediction:
Peter:
-no one on the mainland has ever heard of the Dharma Initative. Also,
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-that funeral (from last ep) was Hugo’s.
Peter:
Woah! Double cool: Hurley just
Peter:
a) found Jacob’s hut, and
Peter:
b) started hearing the whispering! Also,
Peter:
c) a light went on in the hut.
Peter:
Between seasons, was talking to my housemate.
Peter:
His theory is that the whispering relates to the smoke monster, not the Others.I disagree
Peter:
It can be hard to keep track of who knows what.
Peter:
Keep forgetting that the radio group don’t know that Naomi lies.
Peter:
Naomi just died for like the third time.
Peter:
She’s right up there with Patchy (which is officially what I’m calling him from now on.)
Peter:
Hurley
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a) Can see Jacob,
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b) Just saw an eye in the cabin, and
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c) Rocks SO MUCH.
Peter:
It has been a ridiculously long time since we saw one of these plastic bottles of water.
Peter:
Oh Locke. I’ve missed you so.
Peter:
You’ve only been gone for 2 or 3 episodes, but it feels like half a season.
Peter:
The whispering! It’s…oh, it’s just some other people.
Peter:
Not the whispering.
Peter:
I’m rather disappointed.
Peter:
Haven’t done a question list for a while. Big questions:
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-Who is Naomi with?
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-Why doesn’t Ben want people leaving the Island?
Peter:
-Where did the original Others (“The Hostiles”) come from?
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-Will Libby in the mental home be explained?
Peter:
-Charlie’s ALIVE???
Peter:
Dead people who have appeared as alive in this show:
Peter:
-Boom (to Locke)
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-Jack’s Dad (to Jack)
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-Charlie (to Hurley, now)
Peter:
Whoa! Hurley’s “count to five” thing worked. I didn’t expect that.
Peter:
Charlie is a hallucination?
Peter:
Anyway, theories:
Peter:
-Naomi was with the people who funded the Dharma Initiative, which is why Ben is so scared.
Peter:
-Ben doesn’t want people leaving the Island, because then they could find it/him.
Peter:
And they will be mad.
Peter:
Because of all the killing.
Peter:
-The Hostiles have been on the Island forever.
Peter:
Like an ancient cult, + people who get stranded there.
Peter:
-Libby in the mental home will not be explained.
Peter:
-Charlie is an Island vision, even though we’re off the Island.
Peter:
Hang on, if Hurley is going with Locke, why is he getting off the Island?
Peter:
Hurley: “You’d look weird with a beard, Jack.”
Peter:
Listen to him!!
Peter:
This is a very effective season.
Peter:
Not looking forward to the Writers Strike cuts.
Peter:
Damn you, Writers Strike!
Peter:
How do you punctuate Writers Strike? Writer’s? Writers’? Writers?
Peter:
It’s a strike of writers, but surely they also have some ownership of it.
Peter:
Hurley: “I think it wants us to come back.”
Peter:
The Island? Or something else that we haven’t met yet?
Peter:
Gah. We’re back to stupid episode endings.
Peter:
“Are you Jack” is not a cliffhanger; we KNOW he’s Jack!
Peter:
Most likeable: Hurley? Not really much competition.
Peter:
Least likeable: I dunno. Hard to pick for this ep. Jack, for trying to shoot Locke.
Peter:
Most intriguing: Charlie. Locke still incredibly awesome. Jacob would get Intriguing if he were an actual character.
Peter:
[[A brief interlude]]
Peter:
Watching the first episode of How I Met Your Mother for the first time. Prediction: Lily is the titular Mother.
Peter:
Awww. For the first time narrator referred to “Aunt Lily”. There goes that theory.
Peter:
[[Episode 2]]
Peter:
Previously on Lost is about Locke killing Naomi, the group dividing, helicopter arriving.
Peter:
We open on what looks like dodgy 3D animation.
Peter:
Prediction: -this is them finding the dead bodies from the flight.
Peter:
Yup! I’m awesome.
Peter:
Man from end of last episode is crying at the news that they’ve died.
Peter:
His name is “Dan”.
Peter:
He doesn’t know why he’s crying?
Peter:
I really hope this isn’t going to be a Dan flashback episode. Dan is really not a character I’m interested in at this point.
Peter:
FARADAY! Dan is Faraday!
Peter:
Through stupidly checking out the Lost tag once, I know that HE crashed the plane!
Peter:
Whoops! (/AWESOME)
Peter:
Prediction -it takes us until the end of the season before we actually see everyone get off the Island.
Peter:
My other housemate just came in.
Peter:
He gave up on Lost in season 2.
Housemate:
How can you say exciting things are happening?
Housemate:
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS.
Housemate:
Yes, I know they get off the Island.
Housemate:
Then THEY GO BACK.
Housemate:
THEY GO BACK TO THE ISLAND.
Housemate:
I want to see the episode where they get off, go home to their families, and then the credits roll.
Housemate:
END OF SHOW.
Peter:
Faraday is not a good liar.
Peter:
Meanwhile, Locke: “I’d prob’ly be dead if I still had a kidney there.”
Peter:
That mean you and your Dad are square?
Peter:
I need a name for Faraday’s group of rescuers.
Peter:
Until I get something official, will call them Lostbusters.
Peter:
Who else you gonna call?
Peter:
We’re getting a flasbhack from the Asian Lostbuster.
Peter:
Why are…holy crap, is he ACTUALLY a Ghostbuster?
Peter:
That’s a freaky coincidence.
Peter:
I am actually a little bit worried at my crazy predictive powers.
Peter:
Maybe…maybe the Island has affected ME!
Peter:
Somehow.
Peter:
Okay, so why a team of ghostbusters has come out to the Island is beyond me.
Peter:
Sure, there are ghosts, but…oh. That’d be it, yeah.
Peter:
I love that even when people KNOW that Ben is trying to manipulate them, it still works.
Peter:
He’s a work of art.
Peter:
My favourite bad guy before Ben was probably Umbridge from Harry Potter.
Peter:
She’s so delightfully despicable, you just love to hate her.
Peter:
Disc froze for a second then. Fortunately didn’t lose anything, but now I’m nervous. :S
Peter:
Jack seems to have learned a few tricks from the Others.
Peter:
“Our friends are out in the jungle with guns to your heads right now…”
Peter:
We’re getting flashbacks from all of the Lostbusters.
Peter:
Another season, another group of people…
Peter:
Charlotte (Lostbuster) has found a Polar Bear!!!
Peter:
In the desert? What is happening?
Peter:
Polar bear with a Dharma collar.
Peter:
Meanwhile, in the present, she’s dangling off a cliff.
Peter:
Charlotte is thus far my favourite Lostbuster.
Peter:
It’s annoying, but it also makes complete sense for no one to want to tell each other anything.
Peter:
Well written, but frustrating. 🙁
Peter:
Smoke monster appears roughly once a season, it seems.
Peter:
About as often as Vincent, thinking about it.
Peter:
Another flashback. The Lostbuster pilot?
Peter:
Housemate just called him “Jeff Fahy”. He sounds like Locke.
Peter:
FUCK. Ben just shot Charlotte!
Peter:
Starting to think that Sawyer was right with the whole “We should execute him” argument.
Peter:
Looks like the Oceanic 6 is going to be Jack, Sayid, Kate, Hurley and…two others. (Juliet wasn’t on the flight.)
Peter:
Scary Oceanic man responsible for Lostbuster team. Naomi was the only one with military training.
Peter:
Intriguing stuff.
Peter:
Again, curious as to how much of this was written from the start, how much was made up later.
Peter:
The Lostbusters, for instance.
Peter:
Oooh. Lostbusters are here for Benry.
Peter:
That certainly explains his fear/aggression.
Peter:
Remember how, 2 seasons ago, I suggested cutting off Benry’s arms and legs? That would have avoided SO many problems for everyone.
Peter:
I still think it’s exceptionally horrible, but really still a good idea. This is why I should never be put into a Lost kind of scenario…
Peter:
These episode ends are terrible.
Peter:
Good episodes, bad endings.
Peter:
Most Likeable: …damnit, Locke’s forever ineligible. Will give it to Charlotte.
Peter:
Least Likeable: Benry, just for shooting Charlotte.
Peter:
Most Intriguing: The Lostbusters as a whole, I guess. Specifically…Charlotte.
Peter:
Charlotte is cute, female and British. I have a weakness for cute, female British girls.
Peter:
[[Episode 3]]
Peter:
Previously on Lost just a summary of the season.
Peter:
Start on Sayid (yay!) reading Naomi’s bracelet.
Peter:
Signed R.G. I don’t think we’ve met an R.G
Peter:
Maybe it’s Sirius Glack’s brother!
Peter:
Oh boo! We’re back to flashbacks!
Peter:
I really thought this season was not going to have flashbacks. 🙁
Peter:
Was looking forward to it.
Peter:
OH! It’s a future-flashback! That’s great.
Peter:
Confirms Sayid as one of the Oceanic 6, too.
Peter:
Sayid seems to be a hitman in the future.
Peter:
Or he just hates losing wagers.
Peter:
Ha! Sayid: “I’m a headhunter. (beat) A recruiter.”
Peter:
Damn Sayid’s smooth.
Peter:
He should get his own spinoff, helping people find love and occasionally torturing.
Peter:
I’d watch it.
Peter:
His slogan could be “We help you find who you’re looking for.”
Peter:
That way it covers both matchmaking and tracking people.
Peter:
Kate is really annoying me this episode/season. No idea why.
Peter:
I think she’s just got no real purpose/motivation at this point.
Peter:
SMOKE!
Peter:
Smoke in the background!
Peter:
Turn around, Miles!
Peter:
Mmm, Sayid is a sexy man.
Peter:
Awww. Poor Hurley.
Peter:
No wonder the dude has rejection issues.
Peter:
Secret passages are like my favourite thing ever.
Peter:
Oh.
Peter:
Hidden wardrobes, much less cool.
Peter:
What the CRAP is happening?
Peter:
I liked it much better when the Others were the enemy, instead of the other Castaways. 🙁
Peter:
Seriously, way too many characters are making the “Let’s stay on the Island” argument.
Peter:
30+ deaths in 100 days, guys!
Peter:
Sayid’s even got the “mystery-man” thing going on.
Peter:
How can you be so famous yet still so enigmatic?
Peter:
Well played, player.
Peter:
Whoa! Sayid just got shot.
Peter:
And then he shot the girl who shot him!
Peter:
Now I can only hope she’ll shoot him back once more.
Peter:
Juliet is so happy these days.
Peter:
Just to be around Jack?
Peter:
Or is it a “these people are exciting!” kind of thing?
Peter:
Should have mentioned this earlier: the Island is in some kind of time loop?
Peter:
Not sure what’s happening there.
Peter:
This season’s really been a whole lot of nothing so far.
Peter:
Prediction: Jack is operating on Sayid.
Peter:
Oh! Sounds like it’s Ben.
Peter:
Why would Sayid be working for Ben? This is incredibly intriguing.
Peter:
Yup. It’s Ben. Sayid is “protecting his friends” by working for Ben.
Peter:
Somehow.
Peter:
This feels a little weak.
Peter:
Episode end.
Peter:
Most likeable: Dan Faraday.
Peter:
Least likeable: Locke.
Peter:
Most intriguing: The Lostbusters, once more.
Peter:
Season 4 has been incredibly unsatisfying so far.
Peter:
I think it’s because it’s all new stuff, not building on pre-existing mysteries.
Peter:
The first 3 seasons all built on stuff that was there all along; the Others, Dharma, etc.
Peter:
This season doesn’t feel like that at all.
Peter:
It’s like we’re out of the tightly layered, know-what-we’re-doing-from-the-start territory, and into make-it-up-as-we-go-along.
Peter:
[[Running Tally: All seasons]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Saywer on 13 (Hurley on 10, Jack, Charlie, and Sayid on 6, Jin on 4, Turnip-head Ulrich, Sun, Tom and Desmond on 2, 8 characters on 1 – Shannon, Walt, Jin, Boom, Kate, Random shop-woman, Charlotte, Dan Faraday)
Peter:
Least likeable: Benry on 10 (Jack on 6, Jin and Locke on 5, Anna, Michael, and Kate on 4, Jack’s Dad, Shannon, Crazy Danielle, and Charlie on 2, 9 on 1 – Locke’s Dad, Sawyer, Clare, Tom, Bernard, Denise, Juliet, Desmond’s Love’s Dad, Sun)
Peter:
Most intriguing: Juliet on 7 (Locke on 6, Eko and Benry on 5, Kate, Walt, and Desmond on 4, Ethan, and Crazy Danielle on 3, Anna, Sawyer, Michael, Sun, Eyepatch Man, Richard/Patrick, and Charlie on 2, 13 characters on 1 – Sayid, Jack, Boom, Shannon, Denise, Goodwin, Tom, Libby, Alex, Hurley’s Dad, Charlotte)
Peter:
[[Current season]]
Peter:
Most likeable: Charlotte, Hurley and Dan Faraday, all on 1
Peter:
Least likeable: Jack, Benry and Locke, all on 1
Peter:
Most intriguing: Charlotte and Charlie, both 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”)