New "LOST" thread

[Canelaw99]

Ya know, I can't say that I blame Locke at all for what he did....last part of the show should be interesting.....

[Derek Ortt]

the flash backs are starting to wear on me big time.

Develop the story line of the castaways vs the others, or the different groups of others

[Canelaw99]

Hi there Derek They have been doing a lot of flashbacks lately, although I guess they have to in order to develop some of the characters' backstories, but it would be nice to see more of the people on the island. It seemed, from the preview, that next week will be more like that.

[O Town]

Last night was not the best episode, some of Charlies flashbacks were a bit cheesy. But I guess I get where he stands a little more now in dealing with Claires baby and such. Glad to see Charlie wasn't using as far as we could tell. I guess he doesn't want a repeat of what his brother went through. Those dreams he was having were a bit creepy, and to wake up with Aaron in his hands was spooky, and poor Charlie no one will believe him. He is now offically the lowest on the totem pole. I was glad to hear more about Charlie but now I am ready for some action. Next weeks episode seems to be promising. I sure hope so after that one, it has to be one of the worst episodes I can think of.

[Derek Ortt]

I dont think thats next weeks episode as they did not say next week... but coming up on lost.

We may have a repeat or 2 thrown in there

[O Town]

I hope not. I am sure Brent or Mary will fill us in on that.

[Brent]

Next week is a repeat. Next new episode is February 8th.

Anytime you hear "coming up" that means it's going to be at least 2 weeks before the actual episode is shown. Sweeps start next Thursday.

"Numbers" - When Hurley becomes obsessed with the French woman and heads into the jungle to find her, Jack, Sayid and Charlie have no choice but to follow. Meanwhile, Locke asks Claire to help build a mysterious item, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 3/2/05)

"The Long Con" - Survivors fear that "The Others" may have returned when Sun is injured during a failed kidnapping attempt. Meanwhile, Sawyer is an amused but highly interested bystander when tension escalates between Jack, Locke, Kate and Ana Lucia, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 (9:00-10:03 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

[Canelaw99]

Grrr - we're going to be in Puerto Rico for the 8th. Why couldn't they make next week a new one and the repeat the week I'm gone

[Brent]

Grrr - we're going to be in Puerto Rico for the 8th. Why couldn't they make next week a new one and the repeat the week I'm gone

Sweeps. They save the new episodes for the 4 Wednesdays during it when ad rates are set. Lost repeats poorly so showing a repeat in it's regular timeslot during sweeps doesn't help.

[Canelaw99]

But, besides that Brent LOL Don't they know they're supposed to work their episodes around my schedule?

[Miss Mary]

I've been offline for a few days, hardly any chance to spend time here! I checked TV Guide's upcoming listings and yes next week's Feb. 1st Lost episode is a rerun (Hurley and the numbers). The followng Feb. 8th is new, focusing on a failed kidnap attempt of Sun by possibly the Others. And Sawyer being amused at mounting tension between Jack, Kate, Locke and Ana Lucia. I just hope Locke remains a kooky/odd father figure to Kate and Ana Lucia and adersary to Jack. Nothing more!

This past episode was odd, sad and fractured. The writers seem to be ignoring shelved storylines, such as Desmond and Danielle. Where are they? We haven't seen much of Sayid lately, I miss him. Jack should be consulting him for this Army. Speaking of which, in Lost-time, training an Army isn't going to happen overnight. They'd better state more time has lapsed between episodes, meaning weeks, not days. The flashbacks are wearing thin on me as well. I wish each episode was 3/4th's island scenes/stories and at the most, 1/4th flashbacks. At first I thought the flashbacks were an interesting concept and very different. You began to understand why Locke or Jack are the way they are. And Kate, you'd think she could teach Sunday School and led a very good life before. We saw the handcuffs so that was a dead giveaway that she wasn't such a good girl. But she has that good girl look. I'm glad they showed as much as they did from her past. And finally, ya gotta feel for Charlie. He is lowman on the totum pole! Big time. I have no idea how he's going to earn everyone's trust again. One theory on a Lost board my daughter Laura reads is that the Others used to think and behave normally. And slowly over time, they caught the island's disease (what killed Danielle's group). Fans on this board wonder if Charlie is beginning to catch this disease, since he didn't make such sense this past episode. I can't see Claire trusting him anytime soon.

Before I close and begin another busy day, here's TV Guide's Watercooler critique. Had to laugh @ the blue tarp scenes. My thoughts exactly - just where did they get ALL of these blue tarps? LOL

Mary

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TV Guide

http://www.tvguide.com/TV/Watercooler/

Lost
Since I know next to nothing about religion myself, I'm going to refer all of you to my colleague Nerina's item in next week's magazine for a rather intriguing look at all things Christian in this show — and these days it's no longer just a subtext. So I'll skip ahead to all the other questions raised tonight — and I won't even complain that not a single one was answered, 'cause I like it that way.

Is Charlie using? Signs point to yes. He's sweaty and irrational and wearing that dead-man makeup (though it's not as bad as his green brother in the flashbacks). But two weeks ago, we saw that he'd hidden six Virgin Mary statues, and there were still six when he went back to look at them tonight. Unless maybe he had more stashed elsewhere. Or is this all still part of the island's hallucinatory properties? Charlie said so himself: Kate sees a horse, everyone sees Walt all over the place (he didn't even mention the polar bears), but Charlie sleepwalks and kidnaps a baby and... oh — that does sound worse than the rest. His vivid, surreal dreams were really well done. Better than his flashback story, which told us very little we didn't already know, except that he was a talented pianist as a kid and that his mom was that English tramp from Homefront. The fact that his brother Liam had to abandon his daughter because he was using heroin doesn't really explain why Charlie wants to save Aaron. The important question here is: Which keeps babies drier, Veronica Mars' Wuvs or DriveSHAFT's Bubbies? Speaking of dryers, Libby's throwaway comment about the washer and dryer seeming newer than everything else in the house struck me as rather suspicious. And I don't buy that she looked so familiar to Hurley just because he stepped on her toe in the plane. His stricken look said it was something more.

Other questions: Since when is Locke so mean and violent? What was Eko planning to do with those marked trees? Did Charlie fail to tell anyone else about the totally freaky coincidence of Eko's brother being in the heroin plane? Where the hell did they get all those blue tarps? Did FEMA stop by? And why did Ana Lucia's question to Jack — "You hitting that?" — seem so outlandish? Why aren't people hooking up all over the place? — Sabrina Rojas Weiss

[Canelaw99]

LOL - love the FEMA comment, as I sit here in my condo with a blue tarp on the roof!

I'd forgotten about the w/d comment and that Hurley thought he recognized Libby. There's got to be something more there, but it'll be weeks before we find that out probably.

[Miss Mary]

I remembered the washer/dryer comment but forgot to post about it.

I think they had Libby state something so obvious, b/c fans have noticed they're both front loading, with the round windows. First off, these washers/dryers are expensive. And more importantly not from the 80s or whenever this hatch dates back to. The 70s? There are vinyl records down there....

Maybe they're just saying that Libby is pretty sharp? LOL Yeah, when's the next Sears delivery? We'll all pack and be ready!!!!

M.

[Canelaw99]

LOL

[wx247]

I just watched last week's episode via iTunes and I have to say the best moments were between Libby and Hurley. The rest of the episode was pretty bland. I did find the end with Eko/Claire/Aaron pretty touching, but overall there was not much to work with in the last episode.

[Tstormwatcher]

When are the flash backs going to tell us about Libby, the older man and black woman couple, and not much has been seen about Claire?

Libby did seen nervous, like she's hiding something when Hurley mentioned that he knew her from somewhere. Maybe she was a stripper!!

[Miss Mary]

A stripper? Wow! Never thought of that before.....she did clean up nicely. She looked pretty in those scenes with Hurley but she wasn't a stripper in a past life! LOL

I remember Claire flashbacks. Several. Her live in b/f said he'd support her if she kept the baby, ie not aborted it, and all was going well until she was further along in her pregnancy. He couldn't take the pressure of being a father and quickly left. Breaking her heart. She went to a psychic, several times, first time he looked at her hand, he was clearly very shaken up. Wouldn't read her palm and gave her money back. Scaring Claire. She went back at some point and he tried avoiding her questions. Finally he began pestering her, saying the baby was very special and in grave danger. She must raise this baby, not the Los Angeles couple she found to adopt him. She must raise it, and she must be on Flight 815. Kinda scary stuff.

If I have some of that wrong, feel free to correct me anyone.

I took from this psychic's warnings was that b/c Claire is just so sweet and good, her very personality would counter balance the dark life Aaron was destined to have if adopted.

Mary

[Tstormwatcher]

You're right, forgot about that episode.

[southerngale]

I don't really give psychics much credence, but as far as the show is concerned...
I took from it that he somehow saw something in Aaron that he was "special" in some way, perhaps like Walt and that something bad was going to happen to him if she gave him up for adoption. I think he knew that the plane was going to crash on a deserted island and that would force Claire to raise him, so that's why he insisted on that flight. If that's the case, who knows how much he really knew about the island since it seems Aaron is still in danger on this island. It's been a while since I've seen the Claire flashbacks but I think that's pretty much what I remember thinking. I have the DVD set so I may go back and watch those again.

I agree with Garrett about the interesting points in this past episode, but I did find the Charlie stuff pretty intriguing as well. Moreso the vivid dreams and what they mean than the flashbacks. Nobody trusts Charlie now and I really feel sorry for him. He's been struggling with an addiction that you can see really screwed him and his brother up, yet he *apparently* hasn't given in to it. Of course the drugs would explain his vivid dreams, but like he said, weird things happen to everyone. It doesn't take drugs for that to happen on this island! He feels responsible for Aaron and that he must protect him and I don't think he could take it if something happened to Aaron or Aaron and Claire so even if everyone hates him, he's going to do what he thinks he has to do. Claire may be mad (err...furious) with him but he got through to her enough to get Aaron and herself baptized.

Btw, I can't see Libby without seeing Josh's psychotic wife from Guiding Light a long time ago. She was one of those in between his many reunited marriages with Reva. Boy was she a nut too! I don't watch it anymore, but I'm pretty sure she hasn't been on there in several years. Looks the same though.

[Miss Mary]

I feel so sorry for Charlie too. He seems so lost right now too....no pun intended. Wants to be part of the group, be trusted, be relied upon to do his share of the work. Wondering how he's going to get back in their good graces too.....he has to!

Stormwatcher - here's a site that might clear up some of your past questions, on back stories and such. So far none on Rose and her husband, or Libby.

http://epguides.com/Lost/