Lost Recap: Ji Yeon
March 13, 2008 – 10:44 pm by lostofficeheroMy apologies in advance, this will be a half-assed recap. I am on vacation, but I had to take an hour to check out Lost. Yeah, I know, my devotion to the show is sad, but so goes the life of a blogger.
Yes, we all knew that Michael was the spy on the boat working for Ben. We were hoping aginst hope that there would be a twist. That it wouldn’t be him, but we were right. Or the credits were right. Thanks a lot IMDB! We were also wondering who the captain of the boat was. And we learned that it’s some guy named Captain Gunn? Or did he say Rudd? I need to watch this show with the subtitles on. He tells Sayid and Desmond that it’s Mr. Whitmore’s boat and he tells them about the Oceanic 815 conspiracy. He shows them the “black box” from the flight and alleges that Ben is the orchestrator of the cover-up. Can we believe him? “Someone” dropped a note for Sayid and Des telling them not to trust the captain. Sounds like we’ve got another Ben on our hands.
Back on the Island, Juliette totally blows up Sun’s spot (get it? Sun Spot - yeah, I’m a dork). In her effort to prevent Sun and Jin from going to Locke’s camp, Juliette tells Jin about the affair. Yes, the affair that Sun had with the bald Korean guy before they found themselves on the Island. BTW, Jin’s been picking up english quite fast. Enough so that he and Bernard (yes, Bernard’s back) have a heart to heart on a fishing boat (where did they get that boat?!). Jin comes to the realization that it’s ok that his wife cheated on him. Because he was a jerk before they got onto the Island and since then, things have changed. So her forgives her. This all seemed a bit rushed, but hey, when you’ve got so many storylines in one episode, there’s only so much development you can do.
And now the other storyline. The last of the Oceanic 6: Sun. Or was she the last? Because we’re led to believe that Jin was also rescued. Now here’s the part that pisses me off a bit. The only reason that the Jin flashback (yes, it was a flashback, he wasn’t rescued, or was he?) was put into the episode was to eff with us. It served no other purpose. To me, that’s a waste of time. A waste of storytelling time and a waste of my time (even though I am on vacation wasting time). I didn’t see the falshback/flashforward twist coming, but my buddy did, and so it wasn’t all that much of a surprise. Nice try, though.
So what’s Ji Yeon? That’s the name of their baby. Sun, being one of the Oceanic 6, is back in Korea and she gives birth to their child; a girl named Ji Yeon. Future Hurley comes to visit her and they both go to Jin’s grave to pay their respects. That means Jin dies. He must have died in the process of being rescued. That leaves the question of who else died in that process? And how did Hurley know about the birth? And still the question of what is the glue that holds the Oceanic 6 together?
Kevin Johnson. He’s the janitor on the boat that has been messing up the systems. He’s Ben’s spy. Michael. That just opens the door to all sorts of questions. Primarily, how does Michael communicate with Ben? Is he even Ben’s spy? What’s at stake here? Walt’s livelyhood? Is that how Ben is manipulating Michael? And finally, how many more times will we have to hear “I just want my son back.”?
Two and Two Together
If Ben orchestrated the conspiracy like the captain says he did, then how did he get the 300+ bodies? Was it the purge? Or is Ben collecting bodies in general? Does it have anything to do with him collecting children? Also, are the people that Sayid is killing for Ben in the future also bodies that are being collected? Here’s what I have to ask as a final thought: If Jacob = Christian Shephard = Ben’s boss, is he behind the conspiracy? Is it battle of the oldies? Whitmore vs. Shephard? There’s a lot of money there.
Happy chatting.
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