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| Re: Lost 10/18/06 *SPOILERS*
This is from the Filmfodder.com Quote:
Point 1
We'll begin by answering the big questions:
Question 1: Are Locke, Eko and Desmond alive?
Answer: Yes. Quite.
Question 2: Is the hatch destroyed?
Answer: If by "destroyed" you mean "imploded into a giant crater and completely void of use" then yes, the hatch is definitely destroyed.
Question 3: Is a bloodthirsty polar bear holding a former Nigerian drug lord captive in its Den of Polar Bear Evil?
Answer: Let's not get ahead of ourselves, mmkay?
With that out of the way, we can move on to this week's events.
"Further Instructions" is a Locke episode, which means we're in for another round of tragic backstory coupled with island mischief.
For much of this series, Locke has been the go-to guy for island mysticism and Obi-Wan-like wisdom, but season two was tough on our bald hero. His faith in the island was rocked to the core when he and Eko unearthed the Pearl monitoring station. Over on the personal side, Locke's once-close relationship with Charlie was left in tatters when Locke mistakenly thought Charlie had fallen off the heroin wagon. And, just to add a little paprika to Locke's Plate of Angst, Locke's final moment of season two was filled with massive doses of fright and guilt because it was Locke who destroyed the countdown computer and set in motion the eventual destruction of the hatch (and, potentially, the destruction of himself, Desmond, Eko, Charlie and the southern hemisphere).
Yeah. Tough times.
But those days are over! In this episode, Locke reclaims his title as BMOI.
So let's see how it happens ...
The episode opens with an eyeball (anyone else tired of this eyeball thing?). It's Locke's eyeball and, thankfully, it's open and still attached to his head. At this exact moment, it is now more than 24 hours after the hatch imploded, yet Locke is just gaining consciousness. He lifts his bald head off the jungle floor and scans the area. He hears rustling to his left and cranes to see who -- or what -- is running by.
It's Desmond! Desmond is alive! And ... he's naked!
No joke. It's less than 30 seconds into the episode and we watch as a nude Scot zips by. We'll return to Desmond in a bit, but for the time being, all you need to know is that Desmond is alive and he and his boys are running free.
Locke tries to call out to Naked Des, but nothing comes out. His voice is kaput -- not kaput in a laryngitis, "croaking-out-words" kinda way. Rather, Locke can't make any sound.
Desmond runs out of frame (thankfully, his bits and pieces are covered by strategically placed foliage) and Locke turns back to the task at hand: hauling his !!! up. He slides his legs under his torso and slowly lifts his frame. He stretches and seems pleased, which makes sense since he's got a history of spontaneous paraplegia and it's always nice to see that his legs are in working order.
As Locke stretches, an odd noise emerges above.
woosh woOOSH WOOSH WOO0OSH
Locke looks up. He raises his arms in defense!
CRACK!
Eko's Jesus Stick bounces off Locke's forearms and lands nearby. Locke picks up the well-traveled club and momentarily ponders where its owner might be. Alas, Eko is nowhere in sight, so Locke heads back to the beach camp.
Locke emerges from the woods, bloody, stiff and mute. His appearance draws the attention of Claire and Charlie, who are sitting nearby tending to baby Aaron. Claire is rightfully shocked to see Locke, but Charlie has no reaction (he does, however, have an unfortunate new mullet). This placid-rocker routine seems to be par for the course for Charlie; he had the same dazed/uninterested expression when he first returned to the beach camp following the hatch implosion, and you'll recall that in the final moments of "Live Together, Die Alone" Charlie was far more interested in getting his groove on with Claire than figuring out what happened to the hatch and the men trapped inside it. Granted, grooving with Claire is a worthy pursuit, but you'd think there'd be just a titch of hatch curiosity on Chuckie's part.
Anyway, Claire and Charlie watch as Locke marches to his tent and starts ripping down poles and tarps. His movements are fluid and he doesn't appear angry, but his actions cause Claire to hint/ask/demand that Charlie find out what Locke is up to. Charlie's face remains blank, but inside he begins to wonder if this whole "Claire Thing" was a huge mistake.
Sometime later, Charlie finds Locke feverishly assembling an unidentified structure within the open frame of Our Lady of the Blessed Stick (the in-development church Eko and Charlie were/are building). Charlie sidles up to Locke and starts in with his "you don't call, you don't write" routine, which is the exact line he used on Eko at the end of season two (like Eko, Charlie needs a new shtick .. har har). Locke uses hand gestures to tell Charlie he can't speak and Charlie, being the snarky !!!!!!! he is, enjoys Locke's frustration. He asks Locke if Eko and Desmond are off "building structures and being mute as well." Locke resists the urge to gut Charlie like a seabass. Instead, he tries to communicate with Charlie by picking up sand and gesturing with his hands. Charlie correctly interprets that Locke wants to communicate with someone, but who does he need to talk to? Locke spins and points toward the trees.
"Trees!" Charlie exclaims. "Yes, I've heard they're wonderful conversationalists."
Locke takes a menacing step toward the smartass. Charlie backs down.
Locke tries again. He makes wide gestures and then curls his knife through the sand. Unwittingly, Locke and Charlie have entered into the least enjoyable game of charades in world history.
"Sky!" Charlie guesses.
"Church!"
"Very small rocks! ... A duck!"
"Island!"
BING!
Locke points and nods. Charlie figured it out: Locke needs to speak with the island.
And how, pray tell, is he going to do that?
This is when we learn the nature of Locke's haphazard construction project. He and Charlie go back to the beach camp and Locke uses a notepad and a Sharpie (procured from the local Staples, of course) to tell Charlie the makeshift structure is actually a mini sweat lodge. Locke also tells/asks Charlie to stand guard outside the lodge while he communes with the island. Oddly, Charlie agrees.
I need to pause a moment because I'm completely confused by Charlie. Who is this guy? Throughout the second half of season two, Charlie wanted nothing more than to feed Locke to a Dharma shark, yet here he is, helping Locke with his sweaty spirit journey. Hell, in this episode Charlie even tells Locke he hates him, but his hate clearly doesn't run too deep. Am I missing something here? Is Charlie's emotional vacillation a writing error? Is this an intentional character quirk? Has Locke wooed Charlie with a Jedi mind trick? Help me. I want to understand.
Moving on ...
"Twin Peaks" fans are going to love this next part.
So Locke works his Lockian voodoo on Charlie and gets him to stand guard outside the sweat lodge while Locke communes with the island. Locke takes off his shirt and sits in front of a roaring fire. He scoops his fingers into a bowl and digs out a big pile of tar-like goo. He slaps the goo in his mouth and swallows it down.
As the goo goes through the digestive motions, Locke sits back and stares at the fire.
Mr. Mojo Risin' ... Risin' ... Riiiisin' ...
A hand suddenly appears on Locke's shoulder. His eyes bulge as he turns and sees ...
Boone!
Shannon's Boone! Dead Boone!
It's at this point we realize Locke is in the early stages of a full-blown hallucination. The sweat and the goo and the fire have combined to form a wacky island "vision," and it just so happens that Boone is going to be Locke's guide during the hallucinatory process.
Boone looks good for a dead guy. He's grown his hair and he's filled out (the afterworld is teeming with personal trainers). Locke tries to croak out an apology to Boone, which is appropriate since the last time these two were together Boone was crushed by the innards of a Beechcraft drug plane and Locke played a key role in Boone being in that plane.
Locke's heartfelt apology is hampered by his inability to speak, but Boone is dead and everyone knows dead folks are fluent in "Mute Language" so Boone hears and, in a sarcastic way, accepts Locke's apology. "Ohhh, you're sorry," Boone says. "That's okay. I was a sacrifice the island demanded. Besides, Shannon showed up a few weeks ago and we've been humpin' like bunnies ever since."
Locke tries to continue the conversation with silent words (i.e. he flaps his lips, hoping Boone can understand), but Boone has no time for this bonding nonsense. He tells Locke that his ability to speak will come back "when you have something to say." In the interim, Boone says he's returned to help Locke find his way and "bring the family back together."
It's at this point the hallucination really kicks into gear. Locke moves to get up, but his legs are once again useless. Boone points toward the corner of the sweat lodge and Locke's face fills with dread as he spots his old wheelchair. "You're gonna need that," Boone says.
Light fills the screen and freaky noise spins through the sweat lodge. Suddenly, the light adjusts and we see that Locke and Boone are now in the Oceanic check-in area of the Sydney airport. It's the same location we've seen many times before: high ceilings, clean white displays, and lots of familiar faces going through the check-in process. Boone wheels Locke across the floor and tells him "someone in this airport is in serious danger, and you're the only one who can save them."
Locke, desperate, points to a group of nearby people. The shot cuts to Charlie, Claire and Aaron. Charlie happily plays with Aaron as Claire looks on.
"Not them," Boone says. "They'll be fine ... for a while."
Locke turns and sees Jin, Sun and Said standing in line at the Oceanic check-in counter. Jin and Sun are in the midst of a spat, but Sayid cuts it short by pointing out that they're holding up the line. Locke aims his finger at the three castaways, wondering if they're the ones who are in trouble.
"I think Sayid's got it," Boone says, referring to Sayid's ability to successfully guide Sun and Jin back to the beach camp.
Locke shifts his gaze and sees Hurley behind the check-in counter. He's wearing an Oceanic blazer and standing in front of an old monochrome computer (it's the hatch computer). Hurley types in the code -- 4 8 15 16 23 42 -- and in the background we hear the countdown clock go through its flip-flip-flip reset.
"Not Hurley," Boone says.
Boone turns the wheelchair and Locke watches as Desmond strides down a set of stairs. Des is doing well for himself -- he's dressed as a pilot and he's got a stewardess on each arm.
"Forget it," Boone says. "He's helping himself."
Boone guides Locke toward the security checkpoint and Locke sees Kate and Sawyer standing in line. Kate is well dressed and wearing make-up (gotta give her credit, she cleans up nice). She smiles at Sawyer as he talks to her.
Locke then sees Jack. He's sullen and sour (big surprise). A security guard moves his metal-detector wand over Jack, and the countdown clock alarm begins to sound (note: it's the supermarket checkout alarm, not the "oh-my-god-you're-gonna-miss-it" alarm). Locke looks at the security guard -- It's Ben (Henry Gale)! Locke gestures wildly, trying to warn Jack that he's getting the wand from a duplicitous Other!
"There's nothing you can do for them," Boone says. "Not yet. First you have to clean up your own mess."
In a flash, Boone suddenly appears at the top of a long set of stairs. He summons Locke to the top. Locke takes an escalator, and as he reaches the top step, he sees that his palm is covered in blood. He looks across the floor and sees Eko's Jesus stick. It, too, is caked in blood.
Locke looks up and sees Boone, tattered and streaked with blood. "You don't have much time, John."
SNAP! The hallucination ends! Locke blinks and sees he's returned to the sweat lodge. He moves to get up, but as he does a snarling image of a polar bear jumps toward him! Locke hurls himself from the sweat lodge and lands outside at Charlie's feet.
Locke realizes the hallucination is over. He moves to a pile of nearby clothes and plucks his knife off the top. As Locke gazes at the blade, Charlie apprehensively asks Locke what he's doing.
"I'm going to save Mr. Eko," Locke rasps.
Locke gears up and heads out and Charlie decides to tag along (again, why?). Locke tells Charlie that Eko has been captured by a polar bear, and so it's their job to track the polar bear and save Eko before he lands on the polar bear's grill.
Sidenote: It's a credit to the "Lost" crew that this polar bear business didn't degenerate into complete nonsense. As I'm writing this I can see how it could come across as a jump-the-shark moment, but within the context of the episode I didn't have any problem with a polar bear taking a large, powerful man hostage. But maybe that's just me ...
Back to the action ...
As Locke tracks the bear, he comes across Eko's discarded cross and a fresh pool of blood. Locke's Spidey Sense picks up oncoming dread, so Locke tells Charlie to go back to Claire. Charlie -- the moron -- says he'd prefer to stay.
Obi-Locke pierces Charlie with his eyes.
"You don't want to go with me, Charlie," Locke says. "Bad things happen to people who hang around with me."
CUE BACKSTORY SWOOSH!
Locke's backstory is undoubtedly the most tragic. It's also the only primary backstory that continues to contain a major question: how did Locke become paralyzed from the waist down?
Don't get excited. We still don't know.
This episode's backstory follows Locke in his post-Helen, post-Daddy period. He's cast off the bounds of society and found refuge at an agrarian compound. It's a place where shiny happy people pick fruit and till the soil and trade bootleg Phish tapes.
As the backstory opens, Locke is driving an old blue pickup truck down a rural road. He spots a hitchhiker on the side of the road and pulls over. The hitcher is a young man named Eddie. He's carrying a single duffle bag and wearing a ratty Geronimo Jackson t-shirt (Connection alert! Locke and a number of other castaways enjoyed Geronimo Jackson's unique musical stylings while relaxing in the hatch).
Locke takes to Eddie immediately, and when Eddie tells him that his mom is dead and his dad is a drunk, Locke turns down-right paternal toward the kid because Locke has daddy issues, too.
Moments after Eddie hops into Locke's truck, Locke is pulled over by a cop. The cop asks Locke and Eddie to step from the vehicle, and both comply. Locke is calm because he's got nothing to hide. Eddie seems jittery.
The cop glances at the bed of the truck and asks Locke what he's hauling.
"Groceries and guns," Locke says with a grin. The cop peels back a tarp and sees Locke wasn't kidding -- a selection of rifles and handguns is spread across the bedliner. Locke points toward a red notebook and tells the cop that all of the required gun paperwork is contained in the folder. The cop flips through the book. Seeing that he can't arrest Locke on weapons charges, he tries to ruffle his feathers for picking up a hitchhiker -- but Eddie steps in. He says Locke is his uncle and Eddie was simply waiting on the side of the road in a desolate location until his "uncle" came to pick him up. Locke looks at Eddie, but he doesn't say a word. The cop buys the story and lets the pair go.
The rest of the backstory deals with the burgeoning relationship between Locke and Eddie. We see that Eddie is Locke's first Padawan. Like Boone during season one, Eddie follows Locke around the compound and relies on him for guidance. And, just as he did with Boone, Locke relishes the opportunity to pass his knowledge on to a "son."
As the episode progresses, it becomes clear that illegal things are afoot at the commune. Eddie has noticed that one particular greenhouse seems to always be off-limits, and when he asks anyone about it, the friendly folk go out of their way to change the subject ("uh ... how 'bout an organic burrito!). After six weeks of poking and prodding, he finally tells Locke that he wants to know what's going on in the greenhouse. Eddie has watched as bag upon bag of fertilizer is loaded into the greenhouse, and he thinks he has a pretty good idea what's going on.
"I want in on whatever it is you're gonna blow up," he tells Locke.
Locke is momentarily confused, but the confusion quickly turns into hearty laughter. Locke takes a bite from a peach and tells Eddie he'll see about getting him access to the greenhouse.
Sometime later, Locke is walking through the compound and he sees frantic activity around the greenhouse. He goes in and finds the commune's husband-wife leaders (Mike and Jan) packing papers and stuffing cash into duffle bags.
As the camera swings around, it reveals hundreds of marijuana plants. The commune is ground-zero of Doobieville and, judging by Mike and Jan's hurried movements, it appears that a police raid is imminent.
Locke asks what's going on and Jan slaps a folder into Locke's chest. "You screwed up, John," Mike says.
Locke cracks the folder and gets some unfortunate news: Eddie is a cop, and he's been gathering evidence for the last six weeks.
This is just about the worst thing that could happen to Locke. In one fell swoop, he's been betrayed by his Padawan and he's losing his surrogate family. He's stuck in a mental pickle; he's desperate to stop yet another family from disintegrating. He tells Mike and Jan that Eddie hasn't seen the pot in the greenhouse, so there's still time to fix the situation. "Let me fix this," Locke says.
Locke can be a convincing guy, so Mike and Jan give him a shot at redemption. Later that day, he and Eddie head into the woods on a hunting expedition. As they walk deep into the forest, Locke stops and spins. Eddie turns his back and points his gun toward a far clump of foliage. He thinks Locke has spotted prey.
Eddie's right.
Locke raises his rifle and aims at Eddie. The young cop turns and stares in surprise.
At first, Eddie tries to maintain the ruse, but Locke grows angry and Eddie realizes the jig is up. Locke keeps the rifle aimed at Eddie's chest. Locke asks Eddie if he was intentionally singled out and Eddie confirms Locke's suspicion. The cops chose Locke because he was a relatively new member of the compound, he didn't have a criminal record and -- this is the kicker -- his psych profile suggested he'd be open to "coercion."
If you look carefully, you can see a fault-line open in Locke's soul.
Eddie starts to back away and Locke digs the rifle into his shoulder, aiming harder. Eddie knows Locke won't shoot him. "You're a good man," Eddie says as he slowly backs and turns, "you're a farmer."
This is not what Locke wants to hear. He fancies himself a hunter.
Locke's eyes well with tears as he grips the rifle tighter. Eddie walks out of frame ... Locke holds his finger over the trigger. Tears fall from his eyes. Locke doesn't fire.
"Goddamit. Why didn't anyone tell me I was a friggin' farmer?"
And with that, the backstory ends.
We now return to island events ...
Despite Locke's warning, Charlie chooses to continue on Locke's polar bear expedition. The two trudge into the deep dark Shire and Locke soon uncovers a gored boar with a small tuft of white bear hair lying nearby. Locke labels this an "active kill."
You don't know how right you are, John.
A deep growl roars nearby. Locke and Charlie run like the devil, darting through heavy foliage as a polar bear rumbles after them. The duo takes cover in a dense thicket of tall trees. For a moment, all is quiet, but the branches around the thicket start to sway as a massive creature approaches. Locke slings his hunting knife toward the attacker!
"UGH!"
That didn't sound like a bear ...
Locke and Charlie clear away the branches ... and that's when they see ...
A knife buried into the side of Hurley's canteen!
Hurley looks at Charlie and Locke. "Duuude"
The big man is back!
It's been a long trip for Hurley. When last we saw our intrepid lotto winner, he had just been released by the Others and given instructions to warn the Oceanic survivors that they must never, ever, trespass on the Others' side of the island. When Hurley runs into Locke's knife, it's been nearly two days since his release.
After settling down from the accidental knife attack, Hurley joins Locke and Charlie on their Eko adventure. As they walk, Hurley fills them in on the latest events: Jack, Kate and Sawyer were captured ... the Others don't want anyone touching their stuff ... and, oh yeah, Henry Gale is the Others' leader.
That last bit stops Locke in his tracks. He stares at Hurley as he digests the Gale nugget.
Hurley asks Locke what they should do and Locke tells Hurley to continue back to camp and pass along the Others' warning. With that, Hurley parts ways with Locke and Charlie (we'll have more on Hurley in a moment).
Locke and Charlie sally forth and as they walk, Charlie tells Locke that one of his favorite pastimes was getting loaded on smack and then watching nature shows on the BBC. During one such event, a drug-addled Charlie learned that polar bears are quite clever; they are "the Einsteins of the bear community," he tells Locke.
Thanks Charlie. Very helpful.
Locke and Charlie's expedition ends when they come upon a cave. This, Locke determines, is the polar bear's hangout. Locke covers his face and arms in mud and takes a can of hairspray out of his bag. Charlie, like the rest of us, is confused by the sudden introduction of Aqua Net.
Charlie stammers. "Uh, John, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but ..."
"It's not for me," Locke grins.
Locke fires up a torch and moves into the polar bear cave.
Farmer my !!!!
As Locke goes deeper into the cave, the terrain becomes rocky and uneven. He takes slow tentative steps ...
CLUNK
Locke's foot hits a metal object. He stoops and picks up ... a Tonka dumptruck? What the? Have the noticeably absent island children been served up as bear sacrifices? Or, in a more interesting twist, has Locke just discovered the lost ruins of the Doozer civilization?
Alas, these questions remain unanswered. Locke quietly returns the dumptruck and continues his journey. Moving deeper into the cave (how deep is this thing?) Locke begins to see polar bear detritus: bones ... skulls ... more bones ... a 6'2" Nigerian man covered in blood ... a femur ... a tibia ...
WHOA WHOA WHOA! That's Eko!
Locke rushes toward Eko. The light from Locke's torch causes Eko to stir. He sees Locke and sputters his name. "John ..."
But before Eko can finish that thought, a massive roar rings through the cave and Eko is violently yanked behind a large rock. Locke pounces and grabs Eko's arms. Looking up, he sees the polar bear grabbing Eko's legs. In one swift motion, Locke snares the aerosol hairspray can and aims it at the torch. A massive fireball singes the bear!
The bear whimpers away. Locke grabs Eko under the arm and struggles toward the cave entrance.
Outside the cave, Charlie positions himself under Eko's other arm and he and John begin the long trek back to camp. The pair make slow progress (Eko is a big dude), but Locke's fireball appears to have kept the bear at bay for the time being so there's little threat of a bear attack. The group opts to rest by a stream. Charlie scampers off to get water while Locke sits next to the unconscious Eko.
Because Locke is a man and men seem to have an innate inability to hold honest conversations with conscious counterparts, Locke chooses this moment to apologize to the very unconscious Eko. Locke's apology is heartfelt -- he's sorry for losing his faith and he's sorry for locking Eko out of the hatch (thereby instigating the hatch implosion). Locke believes that had he allowed Eko to continue pushing the button, Locke could have protected Jack, Kate and Sawyer.
"You can still protect them," Eko says, gaining consciousness. "You can still save them. You will find them ... after all, you are a hunter, John."
Charlie emerges from the trees carrying a bottle of water. Locke shifts his gaze away from Eko and grabs the bottle, but when he turns back, Eko's eyes are closed.
He's unconscious. Locke, confused, pours a small stream of water near Eko's mouth. It dribbles down the creases of Eko's lips. He doesn't swallow.
Eko was unconscious the entire time ...
Locke freezes, unsure of what just happened. Fortunately, Charlie is there to snap him to attention: He suggests that they might want to get Eko back to camp so they can, you know, tend to those sucking chest wounds.
Locke agrees. He and Charlie reposition themselves under Eko and continue the journey.
Point 2
Hurley's run-in with Locke and Charlie was only a brief part of Hurley's plotline. Something far more interesting happens to Hurley after he breaks off from Locke and Charlie.
On his way back to the beach camp, Hurley stumbles upon Desmond.
Des is still naked and, being such, he's concerned about marching back into the beach camp with his grapes dangling free. He asks Hurley for clothes, but Hurley is slow to respond -- he's too confused/distracted by Desmond's nakedness.
Desmond explains that he woke up in the jungle without his clothes -- the hatch implosion seems to have blown off his Dharma jumpsuit and his Dharma scivvies. Hurley begins to ask follow-up questions, but Desmond grows perturbed. He uncups his barely hidden goods and walks toward Hurley, asking him if he'd really like to the discuss the intricacies of hatch implosions at this particular moment. Hurley jumps back and reaches into his bag. He pulls out a ratty tye-dye t-shirt and tosses it to Des.
With the tye-dye properly covering his Lil' Highlander, Des and Hurley walk back to the beach camp. Along the way, Desmond tells Hurley about the hatch's final moments. Hurley connects the dots -- Desmond's activation of the hatch fail-safe caused the massive tremor and the purple sky witnessed at the end of "Live Together, Die Alone." It also caused the hatch to implode, which is something Hurley deems odd because if the hatch imploded and Desmond was in the hatch, shouldn't Desmond have imploded too? Hurley stops and looks at Desmond.
"You're not gonna turn into the Hulk or something?" Hurley asks, not realizing he's on the right track.
Desmond scoffs and the two continue their walk. Hurley, suddenly overwhelmed by all that's happened, tells Desmond that Jack, Kate and Sawyer all saw the same purple sky seconds before they had bags strapped over their heads by the Others. Hurley is clearly upset. Desmond tries to soothe his nerves.
"Don't worry," Desmond says. "Locke's gonna go after them. He said so in his speech."
Hurley's confused. I'm confused, too. What speech is that, Desmond?
Desmond looks at the ground. He shakes his head. "Right ... right of course," he says.
He walks off. Hurley looks after him, confused.
What the hell was that all about?
Moments later, Desmond and Hurley successfully make their way back to the beach camp. The two part ways -- Desmond heads to the shoreline to relax and toss rocks while Hurley returns to his tent. Sometime later, Locke and Charlie show up with Eko in tow. Their reappearance draws a crowd -- including two "new" characters, Nikki and Paulo (more on them in a second). Locke and Charlie settle Eko into a tent. Nikki, who at this point has been on-screen for five seconds but has already annoyed me, says they need to find Jack.
And that's when Hurley informs the assembled group that Jack, Kate and Sawyer have been taken by the Others. The group starts to panic, but Locke spins and calmly tells them that it is his job to find the missing castaways. "I don't know how yet, but I will," Locke says, his voice growing stronger. As he speaks, Hurley looks toward the shoreline and sees Desmond tossing rocks into the surf.
"We're going to find them, all of them, and then then we're going to bring them home," Locke says.
This is it! This is the speech Desmond mentioned!
As Locke shifts into leader mode -- instructing people to get bandages and water -- Charlie moves next to Hurley.
"Not a bad speech," Charlie says, impressed with Locke's carpe diem approach.
"Whoa," Hurley says. "I just got hit with ... deja vu."
Hurley stares at Desmond. Desmond continues throwing rocks into the waves.
And then it ends!
Point 3
We'll close with a few observations and questions:
When Hurley meets up with Charlie and Locke, he learns from Charlie that Eko is in the clutches of a "bear." Charlie doesn't mention that it's a polar bear, but Hurley's reaction seems to go beyond the mere surprise of hearing that a bear has taken a human captive. Could it be that Hurley is making the connection between the polar bear in his old comic book (the one Walt read in season one) and the "bear" on the island?
Speaking of bears ... Charlie is surprised to hear that a second polar bear is on the island, which proves, yet again, that the castaways have major communication issues. You'll recall that Michael and Locke saved Walt from a polar bear in "Special." Now, you'd think that a bear attack would be a worthy conversation topic, but judging from Charlie's reaction to the polar bear revelation in this episode, he seems unaware of Walt's run-in. This is just the latest in a long line of "topics that should be discussed between characters, but aren't."
In the closing scenes, we're been led to believe that Desmond can see the future. If true, this opens up huge questions: How far into the future can he see? Are the things Desmond sees predestined, or can he and others change the future? Will he unite with Hiro and Peter in time to save New York from destruction? (Crap, wrong show).
We were introduced to two sorta-kinda new characters this week: Nikki (Kiele Sanchez) and Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro). I say "sorta-kinda" because these characters have technically been on the island the entire time -- they're two of those random people we often see in the background, but in season three they're being elevated to the main cast. The actors themselves are new, but Nikki and Paulo have suffered through the same trials and tribulations as the major characters.
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18th October 2006, 08:12 PM
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