Lost Not-So-Recap: Cabin Fever

Matthew Abbadon pushing a wheelchair? Richard looking the same as he does now, but 50 years ago? John Locke being born premature and, well, a bastard - wait, we already knew that. Let’s not forget Claire, Christian and the Cabin. Lost gave us a lot of clues last night. A lot of puzzle pieces to try and put together, but the one thing that we truly learned was that Christian Shepherd is not Jacob. But he can talk for Jacob. And Claire might just be dead. I have a theory on that in a bit.

In not-so-recap form, let’s chat about the highlights from last night. Nothing terribly mind-blowing. In fact, “Cabin Fever” felt like a little “hey, don’t forget me” kind of episode where all of the characters that we almost forgot about reappeared. Like Richard from Mittelos labs (and the Other family). He, for some reason, had an eye on John Locke since Locke was born and throughout his years growing up. Now help me out here, has Locke seen Richard on the Island? Would he make the connection if he did? And what’s with Locke insulting Richard by picking up the knife?

In other Locke flashbacks, we see Matthew Abbadon again. This time, he’s helping John Locke with his physical therapy after Locke’s father pushed him out of the window. Abbadon may have been the first to suggest that Locke go on a walkabout in Australia. Could it be that Abbadon and Richard both work for Widmore? Possibly, but I think it may be that Richard works for Ben and Abbadon for Widmore. Question is, why were they both trying to get Locke to the Island? I think that question kinda got answered last night: to save the Island. (I love how this juxtaposed the “you’re not a superhero, John” comment made by his high school teacher).

How exactly is John Locke going to save the Island? By moving it, apparently. That should be interesting. What was also interesting was that Locke was able to see, in his dream, Dharma welcome agent Harold. He’s the one who guided him to the Cabin. That’s where Locke saw some more dead people. Well, at least Christian Shepherd. But that leads me to my theory of Claire being dead. I’m beginning to believe that there are certain people on the Island (like John Locke) that can see dead people - yet they can’t distinguish between who’s dead and who’s alive.

How cool was the Ben & Hurley candy bar scene? I loved that.

Moving along, here are a couple more tidbits from last night. We have another confirmation that there is a time delay between the Island and the freighter. Case in point: doctor with his throat sliced showing up on the Island before it even happened on the freighter. That was kinda badass. What was also cool was Frank Lapidus giving the castaways a heads up. I don’t get why they want to blow up the Island? Or do they just want to kill everyone on it, knowing that the Island is indestructible?

Speaking of indestructible, we have Michael. It seems as if it’s getting clearer and clearer that he will die by season’s end. He will be the person in the casket. Whatever mission it is that he was sent back to the Island for, he will accomplish it and thus be allowed to die.

The past three seasons of Lost have ended with groups of people going on missions to get rescued (or not). This season, it looks like a group will get rescued (the Oceanic 6), but also, another group will embark on another mission: to save the Island. Formula-wise, Lost has it down. I can’t wait for the finales!

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Lost Recap: Meet Kevin Johnson

So much for my theory about the coffin. The theory still holds, the relativity to episode 8 obviously wasn’t accurate. Seeing as most of you have already either watched the episode or read thousands of other recaps, I’m not even going to bother recapping the episode. I’ll just pose some of the glaring questions and observations I made in watching “Meet Kevin Johnson.”

The Power of the Island
The Island has the power to alter the fate of people in the real world. That’s some crazy stuff. The Island wouldn’t let Michael kill himself. Now he’s hellbent on trying, or trying to redeem himself for having killed Ana Lucia and Libby. Does this answer the question of why future-bearded-drunken-Jack didn’t jump off the bridge? And what does it mean? When will you be allowed to die? When the Island concedes that you’ve fulfilled your duty? Dare I blaspheme that the Island has supernatural powers of the almighty? I won’t, but you can.

Also, if the Island won’t let Michael die, then is he really in that casket?

The Benipulator
There he goes again. Finding ways to manipulate people into doing what he wants them to do. Benjamin Linus. The conpirator of all things good and all things evil. I don’t undestand how he made those calls to Michale when he was being held captive? The call we say may have been before Jack beat him to a pulp in last season’s finale. Nonetheless, it’s a fine line of time. My favorite Ben twist in this episode: Having Danielle and Kyle killed after telling Michael that he would never kill innocent people. That is, if you believe Ben is behind those murders. Brilliant!

By now, I’m also convinced that Ben controls the visions that people see, the sounds that they hear and even the weather on the Island. That’s why Michael kept seeing Libby last night. Or maybe that’s the Island. Or maybe Ben’s controlling the Island as well. Could that be the secret that he’s protecting? What he doesn’t want Charles Widmore to get a hold of?

Tom is Gay
That’s all.

Frequent Flyer Miles?
How the heck do people get on and off the Island so freely? I still believe that the submarine is in tact (or that they had more than one). I’m not convinced that it’s some sort of time travel machine, though. On the other hand, I do believe that certain coordinates, when followed, do get you off of the Island at varying speeds. That said, maybe it is possible that following a particular set of coordinates will take you to a place like New York in a shorter amount of time? Maybe it’s the coordinates that Ben gave to Michael and Walt?

Ben’s Weakness
Isn’t it time that someone figured out what Ben’s weakness is and exploit it? Women. He’s very protective of the women that he thinks he loves. Namely Juliette and Alex. To date, he’s been responsible for at least three deaths in direct correlation to those two. Someone needs to hold a gun to Alex’s head and get Ben to talk. Or better yet, act. Alex. she looked very good in last night’s episode. Very good.

That’s all folks. Yet another countdown to more episodes of Lost begins now. We can make it if we try.

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Lost Pre-Episode Theories: Meet Kevin Johnson

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to watch tonight’s episode of Lost until the wee hours of the morning. There is good reason for this. A British rock band named The Cribs. I’ve quoted their songs in my recaps and I’m headed to hipster-nation to check them out. Whilst you await my sure to be hazy recap of what is sure to be a fantastic episode, here are some thoughts on “the big buzz” for tonight:

Someone Is Going to Die
The teasers have been telling us that someone is going to die in tonight’s episode. Even though that may be true, I think we’re going to find out something more profound than just the identity of the death. We’re going to find out that the person who is dead is actually the same person who was in the flash-forward coffin from “Through the Looking Glass!” We’ve all been speculating as to who that person might be, and I feel that I must give in to the theory that it is Michael (or Kevin Johnson). My gut had told me that it was Juliette, but I now believe that my gut was wrong. How all of this will tie together with Jack? We’ll find out tonight.

The writers knew that this episode might have to act like a season finale, so there should be a fantastic cliffhanger (as there always is). I hope ya’ll enjoy it as much as I’ll be missing it. We’ll chat tomorrow. If I can get a recap up

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Lost Recap: Ji Yeon

My 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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Time Travel is a Real Possibility

Here’s a very interesting article from Popular mechanics talking about how it isn’t physically impossible for a “wormhole” to form and thus result in a bending of time. None of us will live to see this, though.

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