Lost thoughts
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auntiemeeshLet's see if I can get my Lost thoughts down before I forget them entirely.
This was a great, entertaining episode. I was glad that my roommate wasn't home last night, as I was pretty vocal in my viewing. Hurley's background story very nearly made for a popcorn episode. Hurley was originally created to provide comic relief and to a certain extent that can be seen in the development of his back story. When you give a guy that much bad luck, it just becomes funny. However, David Fury's talent as a writer allowed the humor of Hurley's character to show through, while giving us yet another element in the mystery of this island. What is the significance of those numbers? 4 8 15 16 23 42.
It's beginning to seem less and less likely that their plane crashed right where it did. It's pushing coincidence farther than I like to push it, to say that Hurley just happened to be on this plane that crashed on the island from which those numbers originated. And what a lovely addition to the mythology of this island, a tower transmitting a string of numbers, which gets picked up by the French woman's ship as well by the army, in the form of Hurley's acquaintance.
And what about Hurley? The episode seems to be leading us to think that he must have been a patient at that facility where his acquaintance was. I wonder if that is the truth, or if he worked or volunteered there at some point, or if there was some other reason for him being there. He certainly responded strongly enough when Charlie called him a nutter.
I must admit, I was not expecting to learn that Hurley was a multimillionaire. It seems as though he has not experienced much joy from his money, sadly. It really does boggle the mind, how one man could witness such a string of unfortunate to tragic events and not conclude that there was a curse in effect somewhere. He was more determined than most people would be, I think, in trying to track down the source of the numbers and the root of the curse. His reaction to meeting the French woman was just about perfect. He'd had enough and didn't really care anymore that she had a gun pointed at him. He doesn't care about her old companions, voices in the forest, booby traps, signal towers or anything else. Just tell him about the damn numbers already. I think she really needed to hear that, as well. It cut through her paranoia very nicely. And she gave Hurley exactly what he needed, confirmation that yes, the numbers were indeed cursed. I loved the moment when she lowered the gun and Hurley, overwhelmed at finally having someone believe him, gave her that huge hug, nearly knocking her down.
I really liked Sayid in this episode as well. He seems to take turns being overly kind and sympathetic to people, and downright curmudgeonly, and this was one of those curmudgeonly episodes for him, which is just how I like him. Surly and uncooperative, with a healthy dose of snarkiness. "You all want to do this?" he growls after Hurley escapes the booby trap. "Fine. But perhaps I should take the lead."
And what episode would be complete without its Indiana Jones moment? Enter the old, frayed and rotted rope and plank bridge across a deep chasm. And there being an old, frayed and rotted bridge, of course someone has to attempt to cross it and nearly die whtn it inevitably falls apart. Enter Charlie. Good old Charlie, who nearly ends up as a bright red smear at the bottom of the ravine. I loved his raised-fist cheer which turned instantly to anger when Hurley suggested they ignore Jack and continue their search for the French woman. Those two have such a precarious friendship. It was certainly a bit of a role reversal for Charlie to be the sane one and Hurley the one who was snarly and snappy, but it was good to see.
But possibly the best interaction of the episode was between Locke and Claire. What a tricksy, tricksy man is Locke, getting Claire to help him, pulling her out of her own dark thoughts and giving her the distraction she needed, proving once again how wise he can be, as well as how skilled he is at just about everything he has put his hand to. Every baby needs a cradle and now Claire's child will have a lovingly crafted bed in which to sleep. I do so love Locke.
And now we have six whole weeks to go before we get new Lost. It seems like a long time to wait, but I suppose it can be seen as practice for the long dry spell that will be coming up in a few months, when the season ends and we have to wait until next fall for more. I can't imagine the show won't be picked up for another season, as well as it's done *crosses fingers and hopes not to jinx anything*
I'm beginning to feel the call of Hurley fic. Hmm, six weeks should be long enough to come up with something...
This was a great, entertaining episode. I was glad that my roommate wasn't home last night, as I was pretty vocal in my viewing. Hurley's background story very nearly made for a popcorn episode. Hurley was originally created to provide comic relief and to a certain extent that can be seen in the development of his back story. When you give a guy that much bad luck, it just becomes funny. However, David Fury's talent as a writer allowed the humor of Hurley's character to show through, while giving us yet another element in the mystery of this island. What is the significance of those numbers? 4 8 15 16 23 42.
It's beginning to seem less and less likely that their plane crashed right where it did. It's pushing coincidence farther than I like to push it, to say that Hurley just happened to be on this plane that crashed on the island from which those numbers originated. And what a lovely addition to the mythology of this island, a tower transmitting a string of numbers, which gets picked up by the French woman's ship as well by the army, in the form of Hurley's acquaintance.
And what about Hurley? The episode seems to be leading us to think that he must have been a patient at that facility where his acquaintance was. I wonder if that is the truth, or if he worked or volunteered there at some point, or if there was some other reason for him being there. He certainly responded strongly enough when Charlie called him a nutter.
I must admit, I was not expecting to learn that Hurley was a multimillionaire. It seems as though he has not experienced much joy from his money, sadly. It really does boggle the mind, how one man could witness such a string of unfortunate to tragic events and not conclude that there was a curse in effect somewhere. He was more determined than most people would be, I think, in trying to track down the source of the numbers and the root of the curse. His reaction to meeting the French woman was just about perfect. He'd had enough and didn't really care anymore that she had a gun pointed at him. He doesn't care about her old companions, voices in the forest, booby traps, signal towers or anything else. Just tell him about the damn numbers already. I think she really needed to hear that, as well. It cut through her paranoia very nicely. And she gave Hurley exactly what he needed, confirmation that yes, the numbers were indeed cursed. I loved the moment when she lowered the gun and Hurley, overwhelmed at finally having someone believe him, gave her that huge hug, nearly knocking her down.
I really liked Sayid in this episode as well. He seems to take turns being overly kind and sympathetic to people, and downright curmudgeonly, and this was one of those curmudgeonly episodes for him, which is just how I like him. Surly and uncooperative, with a healthy dose of snarkiness. "You all want to do this?" he growls after Hurley escapes the booby trap. "Fine. But perhaps I should take the lead."
And what episode would be complete without its Indiana Jones moment? Enter the old, frayed and rotted rope and plank bridge across a deep chasm. And there being an old, frayed and rotted bridge, of course someone has to attempt to cross it and nearly die whtn it inevitably falls apart. Enter Charlie. Good old Charlie, who nearly ends up as a bright red smear at the bottom of the ravine. I loved his raised-fist cheer which turned instantly to anger when Hurley suggested they ignore Jack and continue their search for the French woman. Those two have such a precarious friendship. It was certainly a bit of a role reversal for Charlie to be the sane one and Hurley the one who was snarly and snappy, but it was good to see.
But possibly the best interaction of the episode was between Locke and Claire. What a tricksy, tricksy man is Locke, getting Claire to help him, pulling her out of her own dark thoughts and giving her the distraction she needed, proving once again how wise he can be, as well as how skilled he is at just about everything he has put his hand to. Every baby needs a cradle and now Claire's child will have a lovingly crafted bed in which to sleep. I do so love Locke.
And now we have six whole weeks to go before we get new Lost. It seems like a long time to wait, but I suppose it can be seen as practice for the long dry spell that will be coming up in a few months, when the season ends and we have to wait until next fall for more. I can't imagine the show won't be picked up for another season, as well as it's done *crosses fingers and hopes not to jinx anything*
I'm beginning to feel the call of Hurley fic. Hmm, six weeks should be long enough to come up with something...
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Date: 2005-03-04 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-03-04 02:45 am (UTC)I don't think he was meant to have been a patient at the mental hospital--I think he must have worked there at one point, but I could be wrong.
I wanted to slap his mother.
One thing I have clearly noticed in *everyone's* backstory so far: in their lives *before* the crash, they were surrounded by bullies and jerks and people who were completely unsympathetic to them. Boone and Sun were unfortunate enough to have brought their baggage *with* them...
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Date: 2005-03-04 11:19 am (UTC)You're right about that. These people all seem to have been pretty unhappy in their lives before stepping onto that airplane in Sydney.
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Date: 2005-03-04 06:10 am (UTC)I'm also getting very interested in all the "6 Degrees of Separation" stuff. Is it just stunt writing that the characters all seem to have come across one of the other characters, or someone from their lives, at some critical moment before getting on that airplane? Or is it part of some hidden story line? Once I get my hands on those Season 1 DVDs, I'm going to go very carefully through the early episodes' backstories for people in the background!
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Date: 2005-03-04 11:22 am (UTC)