Get Lost!
As my first contribution to this interactive forum, I present this "Lost" summary from tonight's episode:
[Hey burb, I thought nobody liked this white-type-on-dark-background format? It was not approved in design--but maybe that's a good thing.]
First of all, why is it that the vast majority of people on this island don't do shit? I mean, there's supposed to be 46 of them, right? And it's like 10 people doing everything. What are the rest of those losers doing? Why don't they ever just show up and ask for water? WHERE ARE THEY???
(Not to mention--why is it that ONLY JACK could possibly swim out to save Joanna in the last episode? [Joanna is someone else we NEVER KNEW, by the way.] NO ONE ELSE could have pitched in and battled the waves with him? And then tonight, when Lin was beating the crap out of and/or trying to drown Michael, there was no one around to break them up? Or they all just stood around drooling until Sawyer and Sayid showed up to save the day? Please.)
Sun is very lonely.
Bees! A perfect contrivance for getting Jack and Kate to take their shirts off and then investigate cave relics while semi-clad. Charlie, apparently recovering very quickly from his terrifying near-death-by-bee-experience, gets to make a joke about Kate's bra.
What the fuck happened to all the bees?
The Great White Hunter (aka Rourke) appears.
Aha, the plan unfolds. Jack wants to live in the Cave of the Dead. Some suffocatingly obvious references to Genesis. Run, Kate, run!!
But really, this whole episode is the Sun & Lin Show. We get the whole background. I like this device of exploring the characters individually or in pairs. He was a mere waiter! She was the daughter of a super-rich Korean mafia boss! (Or is it Chinese?) Only she didn't know! Or did she?! He ingratiated himself with the father and "agreed" to work for him (more like "was dying to work for him") in exchange for marrying the daugter--old school! Etc. etc. I was riveted.
But allow me to digress--I know the whole Jack/Kate thing is being forced down our throats, but how about a pairing of Kate and Sayid? He's super hot and doesn't appear to be a terrorist.
Oh, never mind. Serious flirting between Jack and Kate. ("Oh, are you checking me out?" "No." "No?" "No, if I was checking you out, you'd know it!") This is obviously getting very serious.
The GWH seems to be all getting religion and stuff.
Sayid is now the self-appointed Sergeant at Arms.
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! SUN CAN SPEAK ENGLISH! I WOULDN'T BE MORE SHOCKED IF THE
ACTUAL SUN HAD STARTED SPEAKING ENGLISH!
Back at the Cave of the Dead, the wise GWH is trying to talk our darling drug-addicted Charlie out of being a drug addict. Surely he can't just convince Charlie to willingly skip into agony-ridden withdrawal after a two-minute "you know, I know pain too" lecture? But wait! The GWH has another tool at his disposal, an age-old way of talking down drug addicts--bribery! "If you give me the drugs, the Island will give you back your guitar!" And so of course, Charlie turns over the drugs right away, instantly giving up his crippling habit for the possibility of being able to strum a few. And lo and behold! The Island is as good as the GWH's word. Remember, Charlie--the first guitar is free . . .
And finally, they all split into two camps, just like in the real Survivor. Another excellent episode. By the way, all jokes are made with sincere affection. I love this show.
Of course, there is one TEENY, TINY thing . . .
I'm sorry to keep harping on this, but WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE???
I've been keeping track. As far as I can recall, these are the only characters we've met so far:
Jack
Kate
Sawyer
Sayid
Lin
Sun
Michael
Walt
Large hippie
Charlie
Claire
GWH
Cute thief
His bitchy sister
The Dog
A few names escape me. But nevertheless, that makes 14 people and one dog. That leaves 32 people unaccounted for. Who are they? Don't THEY have any issues? (We're pretty much at the stage where EVERYBODY should be having issues.) I guess you might kind of see them sometimes moving around in the background, but . . .
Oh, never mind. I'll just wait and see. The Island will provide.
--flipper
[Hey burb, I thought nobody liked this white-type-on-dark-background format? It was not approved in design--but maybe that's a good thing.]
First of all, why is it that the vast majority of people on this island don't do shit? I mean, there's supposed to be 46 of them, right? And it's like 10 people doing everything. What are the rest of those losers doing? Why don't they ever just show up and ask for water? WHERE ARE THEY???
(Not to mention--why is it that ONLY JACK could possibly swim out to save Joanna in the last episode? [Joanna is someone else we NEVER KNEW, by the way.] NO ONE ELSE could have pitched in and battled the waves with him? And then tonight, when Lin was beating the crap out of and/or trying to drown Michael, there was no one around to break them up? Or they all just stood around drooling until Sawyer and Sayid showed up to save the day? Please.)
Sun is very lonely.
Bees! A perfect contrivance for getting Jack and Kate to take their shirts off and then investigate cave relics while semi-clad. Charlie, apparently recovering very quickly from his terrifying near-death-by-bee-experience, gets to make a joke about Kate's bra.
What the fuck happened to all the bees?
The Great White Hunter (aka Rourke) appears.
Aha, the plan unfolds. Jack wants to live in the Cave of the Dead. Some suffocatingly obvious references to Genesis. Run, Kate, run!!
But really, this whole episode is the Sun & Lin Show. We get the whole background. I like this device of exploring the characters individually or in pairs. He was a mere waiter! She was the daughter of a super-rich Korean mafia boss! (Or is it Chinese?) Only she didn't know! Or did she?! He ingratiated himself with the father and "agreed" to work for him (more like "was dying to work for him") in exchange for marrying the daugter--old school! Etc. etc. I was riveted.
But allow me to digress--I know the whole Jack/Kate thing is being forced down our throats, but how about a pairing of Kate and Sayid? He's super hot and doesn't appear to be a terrorist.
Oh, never mind. Serious flirting between Jack and Kate. ("Oh, are you checking me out?" "No." "No?" "No, if I was checking you out, you'd know it!") This is obviously getting very serious.
The GWH seems to be all getting religion and stuff.
Sayid is now the self-appointed Sergeant at Arms.
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! SUN CAN SPEAK ENGLISH! I WOULDN'T BE MORE SHOCKED IF THE
ACTUAL SUN HAD STARTED SPEAKING ENGLISH!
Back at the Cave of the Dead, the wise GWH is trying to talk our darling drug-addicted Charlie out of being a drug addict. Surely he can't just convince Charlie to willingly skip into agony-ridden withdrawal after a two-minute "you know, I know pain too" lecture? But wait! The GWH has another tool at his disposal, an age-old way of talking down drug addicts--bribery! "If you give me the drugs, the Island will give you back your guitar!" And so of course, Charlie turns over the drugs right away, instantly giving up his crippling habit for the possibility of being able to strum a few. And lo and behold! The Island is as good as the GWH's word. Remember, Charlie--the first guitar is free . . .
And finally, they all split into two camps, just like in the real Survivor. Another excellent episode. By the way, all jokes are made with sincere affection. I love this show.
Of course, there is one TEENY, TINY thing . . .
I'm sorry to keep harping on this, but WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE???
I've been keeping track. As far as I can recall, these are the only characters we've met so far:
Jack
Kate
Sawyer
Sayid
Lin
Sun
Michael
Walt
Large hippie
Charlie
Claire
GWH
Cute thief
His bitchy sister
The Dog
A few names escape me. But nevertheless, that makes 14 people and one dog. That leaves 32 people unaccounted for. Who are they? Don't THEY have any issues? (We're pretty much at the stage where EVERYBODY should be having issues.) I guess you might kind of see them sometimes moving around in the background, but . . .
Oh, never mind. I'll just wait and see. The Island will provide.
--flipper
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