Lost Review for March 13, 2008
Sorry for the delay folks. I was playing Rock Band and Fall of Liberty.
Ah - the Koreans. I love it when they focus on the Koreans. Of course, I'm a bit biased towards them, and with this episode having a Korean baby, well that automatically makes it my favorite. Anyway, here are the things of interest, in no particular order.
1) We knew the plane crash was faked, but, I'm not sure we "knew" knew. I mean, maybe there was some metaphysical/magical way the survivors were there and dead on the sea floor. Anyway, now it's pretty much confirmed.
2) Who put a fake plane with a bunch of dead bodies on the bottom of the sea? It wasn't Windmore - and that really surprises me. If Ben did it - who is Ben working with? I still believe he is following the "Island", is a mythical/mystical/druid type funky way - following Jacob maybe. But I can't see how the "Island" could coordinate a fake plane with a bunch of death bodies. Not Dharma - they were too hippy.
3) So Jin's stuff was a flash back, and Sun's was a flash forward. I'm sorry - I just didn't care for that trick. It felt like a hack to me. I mean, we already knew that the folks who didn't get off are assumed dead, so we know that either Jin really died before the rescue, or Sun is using the grave site as a way to be close to her husband.
4) The scene with the girl jumping off the boat? Awesome. I loved the captain's reaction too.
5) So Michael is there. Scott called it. And I think we all knew it was coming. What does it mean though. Consider - both Sayed and Michael end up working for Ben. Could it be that they want to protect the Island? I don't buy it. I mean, sure, it would suck if Windmore turned the Island into Disney World, but would I kill to stop it? Would I go undercover on a boat? I don't think so.
6) Why aren't the people on the Island bugging the boaties more? I was happy to see Sun do it - but why aren't they all complaining? I mean - after 3 days it seems like it would be more then enough time to get things moving. Shoot - I'd have those 2 boaties tied up.
7) And where the hell is the Smoke Monster? Taking a breather? On strike? Partying with Paris Hilton?
I caught the Jin Flashback pretty early. Simple math, there are 6 survivors, and we already knew 5 of them (Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and Aaron).
More and more I am moving away from thinking the island is some kind of magical/mystical place and that all things will have some kind of a scientific (or scientific fiction) explanation.
Is Michael the saboteur? I think so, but cannot explain why.
How did/does Michael stay in contact with Ben?
Lastly, from the preview, it looks like Ben (or someone) tells Ben Michael is the "guy on the boat".
What I want to know is what happens that:
1. Claire does not get off the island with Aaron
2. Jin does not get off the island with Sun
3. Hurley leaves Locke's camp AND gets off the island.
I don't think Aaron counts as one of the 6. I thought they said two more would be revealed but really unless Michael is one of them, they only showed one.