Everybody Loves Hugo

This weeks episode was called "Everybody Loves Hugo" and gave us almost too much to think about...

Illana found out the hard way that the dynamite was unstable. Looks like she will be joining Artz in the afterlife. They can talk about how they wasted their lives for nothing. I believe she died because she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing. Michael told Hurley not to blow up the plane, and as Hurley put it, dead people are more reliable than alive people. She was interfering and had to go... I don't think anyone liked her character anyway.

Desmond furthered his journey off island by destroying John Locke with his BMW. I assume to try and show him his other life. He also steered Hurley to Libby where he too saw his other life. This reminded me of when Desmond touched his constant and transfered to his on island life. Maybe this is related.

We saw our blonde friend FINALLY, who looks to be years older and now has brown hair. Could this be Jacob somehow? Locke suggested we should "ignore him." Sometimes I wonder if this is the writers cleverly telling us what to do. It just seems so ironic, as do many other lines in the show.

Desmond was thrown down the well by Locke and from the looks of the trailer might die next episode... At least in one life. The parallel universes are getting mighty confusing, even for us hardcore fans.

The writers also told us via Michael that the whispers are all the dead people trapped on the island. Although they seemed to tell us they were the "others" in a previous episode when Ben tells Rousseau to run when she hears whispers. I've noticed many inconsistencies with information Ben seems to have known, but now seems not to have known. Who knows if it will all make sense in the end?

Our episode ends with Hurley, Jack, Sun, and Lapidus arriving at Locke's camp. HOW CONVENIENT. He needs Hurley, Jack, and Sun to leave on a plane. They happen to show up together, willingly... oh yeah, and with a pilot. That's LOST for you.

Here's the trailer for next weeks episode "The Last Recruit." It uses one of my favorite vocal samples of all time, from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tunnel scene! ENJOY it, there will only be 4 trailers left.

Last thought... is it possible the losties are the ones who sunk the island, to prevent themselves from ever finding it in the first place?

Lost Season 6 (Recon)

This weeks episode was called Recon and provided some interesting info. First I'd like to point out that they are making quite an effort to make Locke seem "good". I think they are just trying to show how convincing he is. Hopefully we don't have to decide who is good and who is bad in the end. After 6 seasons of holding back answers and only 8 episodes left, we better get hard facts soon.

So what's new from this episode?
Sawyer is planning to leave the island, presumably with his friends while "Locke and Widmore are busy dealing with each other." I can say pretty comfortably that this will fail, or there wouldn't be much story left to tell. They spent so much effort and time trying to get back. Why would they turn around and leave? Also, if Widmore knows anything about the smoke, he certainly knows he can't kill it, so what is he doing on the island?

Ignoring the flash sideways, that is about all we got from this episode. I am more concerned about all the questions they raised at the beginning of the season, only to ignore them for the next 4 episodes. Again, who is the blonde boy in the woods? Who is "Wallace" as seen on the dial at the lighthouse? What is the wheel and who built it? What was going on when Walt used to show up in the woods with water pouring out of his mouth? Where is Desmond and what did it mean when he turned the fail safe key? Why was Libby in the mental hospital with Hurley?

I don't see how they will possibly tie all of this up, not to mention the hundreds of other questions they ignored for seasons on end. On the bright side, next episode is the first ever Richard episode. Our favorite character who we know virtually nothing about despite 6 seasons of story development. If we don't find out something groundbreaking I think we will all be very disappointed.

Trailer and "sneak peak" below. I put quotes because it's info we've known all season. See you next week.

LOST Episode 6 SUNDOWN

The Pickup Game Begins

The losties finally started picking teams this episode. Claire, Kate, and Sayid are all with the "dark" team. Sayid has a lot more blood on his hands after killing Dogen, Lennon, and essentially letting in the smoke which killed plenty of others. Jacob's team looks like it will have many more people we know including: Hurley, Jack, Miles, Ilana, Linus, and Lapidus to name a few.

It looks like we won't be seeing Hiroyuki(Dogen) anymore but he still has some importance. Lennon noted just before Sayid slashed his throat that Dogen was "the only thing keeping it out." It being or old friend John Locke. This seems like a video game reference where the smoke can't enter the temple until he defeats the temple master. Knowing the writers,JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, this could all be part of the "game" being played.

Where is Sawyer? He is not with the rest of his apparent "team" at the end of the episode, and he's been gone since we last saw him with "Locke" 2 episodes ago in The Substitute. Richard is also missing, and hasn't been seen since he talked to Sawyer then ran into the woods. He said he was going to the temple, so where is he? Jin is also missing.

Other questions remain... Who was the blonde boy the smoke couldn't seem to interfere with? The game master? He made it very clear that "there are rules." What is the significance of the alternate reality? Time will tell. Although as Daniel Fairaday put it in season 4, "Time is sort of a relative term." Unfortunately for us, time is running out for the show and based on the final episode titles I don't see a lot of older questions being answered.

For example: What really happened to Desmond when he turned the fail safe key? What was Ben doing when he drained the water in the tunnel and said "I'll be outside"? At the time we were led to believe he was summoning the smoke, but it's clear now that he had no connection to it whatsoever. Also, who built the wheel that moves the island? These and many other questions remain. The good news is we are finally starting to get some answers.

Next weeks episode is called Dr. Linus, there is a preview and sneak peak below.

LOST Season 6 Episode 5 The Lighthouse

Answers, really?

ABC keeps repeating that "The time for questions is over," yet this weeks episode provided virtually nothing we didn't already know. So what did they give us to think about?

Someone is coming to the island. Who is coming?

We aren't told directly but I believe it may be someone named "Wallace." Jacob told Hurley to set the dial at the lighthouse to 108 degrees. I paused,(thank you DVR) and could see that the name next to 108 was Wallace. I thought for sure it would be Desmond. Maybe it is a code name. Almost all the names are crossed off minus the LOST crew we have known from season 1. Number 55 is not crossed off however and is a black scribble with what looks like the name ash next to it. I think this is significant of the smoke monster, or Claire's "friend" as she put it at the end of the episode.

Next question. Why isn't Sawyer with Locke when he arrives at Claire's tent?

It sure seemed like they weren't leaving each others side last week when they claimed they were "leaving the island together." Now Sawyer is gone. Any ideas where he is?

Last new info: Jacob tells Hurley they can't go back to the temple because someone bad is going there, and it's already too late.

I was sure Dogen and Jacob were on the same side but they don't seem to be in this episode. When Hurley is in the temple with Dogen, Jacob makes no attempt to communicate with him through Hurley. Now we realize Jacob left Dogen at the temple, likely to die. Everyone in the temple panicked when they heard Jacob was dead, yet he does nothing to help them. If it is "too late" to save them, maybe it's playing back to another Lost theme that you can't change your destiny, and I think Jacob may just be unable to do this. He can't interfere with their destiny.

Last note of speculation... I think that in the alternate universe Fairaday will have never stopped playing piano and will meet Jack through his son's piano playing. His son is playing the same piece Fairaday plays as a little boy in season 4, just when his mother tells him he can't play anymore. I don't think this is a coincidence.

SNEAK PEAK of next weeks episode below. See you next week.