Well, I haven’t posted about Lost this season, but believe me I’ve been enjoying the show! I just don't seem to have the free time these days. And you know, the more I watch this show, the less I know! Thus far, Season 4 has been FANTASTIC!
Before I begin, let me give lots of credit to the message boards out there for the tidbits I’ve compiled for this episode. I didn’t realize I had so many questions until I started reading these! So, without further delay, here’s a collection of random questions and observations the helped turn my brain to mush. Misery loves company… :)
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The new people: An anthropologist. A ghostbuster with a magic vacuum. A physist. A pilot. It will be very interesting to see why this apparently inexperienced team was brought together for the alleged purpose of capturing Ben.
So Naomi, Miles, Frank, Daniel, and Charlotte work for Matthew, Hurley's “Oceanic lawyer” from last week. All appear to have a deep-rooted interest in either the island or flight 815. But why? Are Naomi and Abaddon covert ops? Are they with Oceanic… or Dharma? Why does Naomi persistently ask Abaddon about survivors... and why does he vehemently deny there would be?
The complete underwater plane they found near Sumatra threw me for a loop. We know for a fact the nose, tail and middle sections of the REAL flight 815 ended up on the island. So what is this? Has Oceanic (or Dharma) planted a second plane with fake (or other) bodies on it to throw off the public?
Back to our new crew, we’ve got Frank the helicopter pilot who knew Seth Norris and claimed he “was supposed to fly Flight 815.” Why didn't he? Anyone wonder if his apparent drunken nature is strikingly similar to what we’ve seen on Jack’s (and his dad’s) off-island experience? Oh, and did anyone recognize Frank as the actor from the old Stephen King movie, The Lawnmower Man?
Next, we’ve got Charlotte the well-funded anthropologist finding the polar bear remains in the middle of the Tunisian desert… with a Hydra logo (water station). Those are two big anomolies. How did it get there? WHEN did it get there? She obviously recognized the logo (and Dharma?) Can we assume the other newbies do as well – or at least know about the island?
One of the theorists out there proposed this connection – our anthropologists’ name is Charlotte Staples Lewis… is she any relation to Clive Staples Lewis, otherwise known as C.S. Lewis? He also knows a thing or two about alternate realities, since he created Narnia. His real-life nickname? JACK!
Next, we have Miles the cheating psycic/exorcist/ghostbuster who has some serious unexplained animosity towards the islands inhabitants. And what’s up with his vacuum thing? And how did he not need it to commune with Naomi’s “slab of meat”?
It has been noted that the pictures on the wall in Miles' flashback almost looked like Eko as a child. Combine that with the found drugs and drug money, could it be more Lost connections?
Next, we have Daniel Faraday, an awkward, too-trusting accomplice who is inexplicably moved by the wreckage of 815 under the sea (and he doesn’t know why). It has been noted his last name is reminiscent of both the English physicist and a main character from a Steven King novel. And he’s carrying a gun.
And he stumbled upon… a dropped crate of gas masks and hazmat uniforms. Could this be reminiscent of Ben's extermination of the original Dharma crew? Or is it perhaps due to the alleged "quarantine" nature of all the hatch doors?
Who is Regina, the woman Miles was talking to on the phone? She sounded a lot like Naomi. Perhaps a (twin) sister? Was her "code" a code after all? And who is the mysterious "Minkowski" who is too busy to answer the satellite phone?
Where the heck is Desmond? After all, Naomi had his picture, while Miles had Ben's.
Back to parallel relationships or "twins" - Dan is from Essex, Mass and Charlotte Lewis is from Essex. England.
Where are the rest of the 'Others'???
Love the ambush Sayid and Juliet staged. Why is it such a big deal to Daniel and Miles that Juliet wasn't on the plane?
"We are here for Benjamin Linus" -- why do they want Ben? I'm thinking it will have something to do with the extermination of the Dharma folks. Where was the photo of Ben taken? Looks like an airport. He said he’d never been off the island before. Is that true? Was that on the island or elsewhere?
So we have a working helicopter.... wonder how long until Locke destroys it?
How about Locke’s comment that if he’d had a kidney, he’d have probably died from Ben’s shot!
Anyone notice the shock from both Ben AND Locke when Hurley talked about the Jacob’s cabin? And if Hurley was correct in the direction he thought the cabin was in, where was Locke taking them? The metahpysical state of the cabin seemed to be solidified by Hurley and Locke's different locations comments. And why did Hurley change his story to say it was the plane cabin?
We all saw Ben eyeing the guns, but I sure didn’t expect him to shoot Charlotte! Interesting that she had on a bullet-proof vest.
I love that the first question that came to Locke's mind when Ben said he had answers was about the black smoke/monster. I'm not sure I believe that Ben doesn't know what it is. I think he may have an idea, even if he doesn't know 100%.
The speech Ben made about newbie Charlotte and her look when she knew she was caught was awesome. Those sort of things are what make Ben the hands-down best character on the show.
Who is Ben's man on the freighter? Many are guessing it is Michael.
Sawyerism of the night:
* Ben - "Yoda"
Can’t wait for this week! Glad to also read that me may get another 6 episodes this season (beyond these first 8!) Thank goodness the end of the writer’s strike is upon us!
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