Physician, heal thyself

So waitaminute. If the island has healing powers, why does Jack need to remove some kind of spinal tumor?
Thoughts -
The island has no special healing power. Locke wasn't physically handicapped, that it was psychological, and Rose is no more healed of her cancer than I am of my crippling inability to love.
The island does have healing power for some but not others.
The xrays are faked for some kind of manipulative purposes. Part of me thinks they were deliberately put up for Jack to find (of course, the hitch with that is Colleen getting shot - obviously not part of the plan).
Spoiler alert - supposedly some major character is supposed to die in this week's ep. Place your bets now. I'm going with Eko.

Every Man for Himself

Sorry, folks, you're on your own this week. Thursday I am flying to Calif. for a couple days of much needed vacation from the trials and tribulations of running this blog. Oh, and work.
Couple thoughts from last week - apparently the opening scenes with Locke in the jungle were a scene-for-scene exact parallel of the opening scenes of Jack in season one ep. one. (focus on one eye, camera pulls back, lying in jungle, sits up, sees Vincent/Desmond running by). Is Locke the 'new Jack' - i.e. the defacto leader and protagonist since Jack is captured (and maybe being turned by the Others)? Who can say.
Also - was it noteworthy that in the airport vision of Locke's that Jack was being screened by Benry? And that Benry, Hurley and Desmond were all in airline uniforms while everyone else was in street clothes? am beginning to wonder if this ep. was not about plot advancement but about symbolic foreshadowing. Either way too much is being read into Lost or it could actually be one of the most inventive and layered shows on TV today, next to that one with Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer.
Get lost.

Season 3, ep. 3, Locke eats a peach, does his hair

Whoa. A seriously trippy, weird ep. Loved the way the Locke sweatlodge scene was filmed. And speaking of which ...
so Boone says Locke has to clean up his own mess (apparently the rescue of Eko) before he can "bring the family back together." On first blush, I think "the family" is our scattered Lostaways - a family in Locke's mind? On second blush, could Boone/the Island be referring to the scattered groups of Others? Maybe the Losties' fated role involves getting the Others back on track with the Dharma Initiative and thus saving mankind?
The Locke flashbacks I took as an illustration of the lengths Locke will go (planning to, though not acrtually going through with the murder of a cop) in order to protect/serve his group. Of course, he didn't pull the trigger because he was at heart a Farmer. But that brief talk with Eko said he was a Hunter. Has he changed? Can we expect Locke to now kill without hesitation if need be?
(side note - the physical resemblance of Mike the pot grower to Zeke is kinda interesting. Being such a detail oriented show, I tend to doubt it's coincidence)
'Twas interesting Eko used that very terminology, 'hunter' - a significant word in this ep. I wonder if Eko really did say that, or if it was part of Locke's earlier hallucination in the sweatlodge. Or if that was some kind of manifestation of some weird power - telepathy? - that Eko now is manifesting after the hatch blew.
Becuase it seems like something weird is going on with Desmond, some kind of knowledge of the future, that's for sure, after his run-in in the jungle with Hurley and seeming to knwo what Locke was going to say later. Thoughts - Desmond got some kind of precog power from the explosion (which could be a jump the shark moment). Desmond has always had some kind of ability to see in the future (he knew Jack would cure his wife, he knew he'd see Jack at some point down the road "in anudder life, brudah"). Something happened to Eko, Locke, Desmond in the hatch explosion - maybe thrown outside of the timestream for the day they were missing? (another very possible jump the shark notion).
Finally, the island vibrates, peopel are missing for a day, and no one from the beach contingent of Losties goes to check the hatch and see what's up? I cannot decide if this is an importatn bit of info or just a hiccup in the writing of a complex, layered weekly drama.

Hanso update --Read at your own peril

Getting too much work done? Check out these links to fix that. These were teh result of searching for Benjamin Linus. Apparently the lost folks bought google ads that pop up when you search for the name. The acutal google results didn't lead anywhere, but the ads do.

http://www.hansoair.org/oceanic.html

http://www.hansoadoptions.org/article-17.html

The Sun also rises

I'm going to jump right in with my first thought - Sun killed Jae. The backstory was all about illuminating how Sun will lie or betray to cover her ass, right? And we saw that - despite what Colleen the Other said - Sun's willing to pull the trigger. So I wonder if we're coming to a flashback showing Sun going to Jae's room just after Jin left, confronting him, and shoving him out the window.
This ep. started more questions than answering ones we already have. Why are Sawyer and Kate breaking rocks? Is this more part of this test they're under, or are they actually excavating something? Benry has been on the island his entire life? Maybe a kid of the original Dharma scientists? Twice now Sayyid has been outsmarted/outmaneuvered by the Others, losing first Jack, Kate and Sawyer, next the boat - this guy's a moron. I wonder if now he has something to prove.
So the CIA guy who was in the hatch with Desmond (played by Ohio's own Clancy Brown!!) is not an Other and apparently the Others had no clue to his or Desmond's existence ( as evidencedd by Benry wigged out by there being a boat).
Loved the Red Sox bit. That - coupled with GI Jane Colleen supposedly knowing all about Sun - further reinforces what the CD player told us last week - that the Others have off-island access. To echo Benry's question, why AREN'T the Others leaving the island, then, if they can get off?
So last week I was pretty sure that Carl - the guy in the cagge across from Sawyer - was a plant. Now, with Alex (Rousseau's daughter and a seeming weak link in the Others) asking about him, I wonder. Alex also raises an interesting question - the Others took her years ago from Rousseau. So the Others steal chldren. The plane crashes, kids are swiped the first night from the Tailies - but not by this group of Others. There are competing groups of Others, but are they all doing similar things?
And, finally, it looks like the Others want to assimilate Jack. Eeeeenteresting. I also found it notable that Benry/Benjamin Linus promised to "take" Jack home, instead of send. Do Benry and the Others (who I think scored a no. 1 Billboard hit in 1962) also plan on going?
Like I said, more questons than answers. Your thoughts?

The numbers

Wow. I'm a contributor. I feel...like a giant nerd.

My apologies if everyone knew this, but the meaning of the numbers has been revealed in that "Lost Experience" game which I haven't been keeping track of. I'm only willing to fanatically invest so much of my time.

Follow the url if you want the details:

http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Numbers

have you seen lostpedia

Hi gang,
I have little to contribute but I did find this little gem of a website- have you all checked it out. They have a detailed account of all the episodes- all the characters and how they appeared in the show- through whose flashback and random hypothesis about their role in the show or the symbolism that they have. It was very neat- I spent way too much time checking it out.

I predict that much of tomorrow's show will be about the island folk hanging out at the beach waiting for the great Jack to return. I would like to see the French lady pop up again.. what do you all think ???? catch you all later.
AB

ps- do you think Juliet will tell us why Walt was special

So it wasn't Carrie...

I was checking in with E! Online's Kristen Veitch (as I do most days) and on her message boards, she has all sorts of Lost scoopage. There are spoilers as well, so read at your own risk.

BTW, the book club was reading A Shoutout. Could this be a message of sorts?

I can't take credit for this speculation

But an interesting notion I read on the web:
So Zeke and Kate are in the shower room, Kate says 'I ain't showering in front of you' or something to that effect, and Zeke chuckles and says 'You're not my type.'
Now, the first thought that would spring to mind is 'he's gay.'
But that's a little obvious. I wonder instead if maybe that was an inside joke he was making referring to blood type, since after Zeke leaves the shower stall Kate sees she has that bandage on her - blood sample taken?
Not sure of the signif. but definitely interesting.

that post below was mine. don't ask me how i posted as daneman.

Theories, details, clues, etc.

I attached to "the other sara's" post cause I don't know how to blog. Just re-posting this so everyone can see it.

So a friend of mine said that the green hue in the aquarium hatch that Jack is in could mean something. Apparently in theater when a green light shines onstage it means "death." Spoooooooooky.

Also I rewatched the premiere yesterday (cause I'm that cool) and at the beginning of the episode the book club is arguing over whether Benry would've approved of the book they were reading. Apparently he wouldn't have. So really, they have to run everything by Benry? Obviously he's some sort of leader, but like someone said yesterday are there two groups of Others? Are these not really the Others that Rousseau (sp) was talking about?

Finally, A USA Today article on Wed. quoted Benry (the actor who's name I forget) as saying Henry Gale's quote to Michael "We're the good guys." will eventually be spelled out for us.

We're not the only Lost geeks...

USA Today's Pop Candy blog has some great takes on the Season 3 opener. Just in case you needed an excuse not to do any work today.

Lost - all day, every day...

Daneman, you rock like Jovi. Thanks hooking us all up with this suh-weet blog!

FYI, this is UR Sarah, not D&C Sarah. My Secret Agent name is a result of another blog I belong to.

Tale of Two Cities post

>Season one premiere, Lost - opening shot of Jack's eye as he comes to >in the jungle just after the crash Season two premiere - opening shot >of Desmond's eye in the hatch as he hears a loud noise>Season three premiere - opening shot of Julliette's eye as she bakes>muffins in OthersPleasantville>This a.m. - opening shot of my eye as my cat headbutts me awake,wanting>to be fed.>See the eerie parallels?>Welcome to a new ep. Let's get started in the analysis/chat.>Personally, I loved the opening segment. So the Others have nicesuburban>bungalows. And a gazebo. And access to Stephen King books. And muffins.>And CD players. Obviously they're getting more than supply drops from>airplanes every once in a while.>So we got a better look at the Others - or at least one faction ofthem.>Some interesting issues there: the plane crashes, Ben/Faux Henry pretty>quickly starts organizing things and ordering infiltration and askingfor>"lists." We'd been led to believe the crash was a total accident causedby>Desmond. Is that incorrect? Or did the Others go through something like>this before? Or is Benry just quick on his feet?>Pretty obvious the Benry Others are now testing psychologicall (and>perhaps physically) Jack, Sawyer and Kate. For what purposes isunclear. I>assume at some point there'll be a flashback showing how kate got those>injuries on her wrists while cuffed.>Also pretty obvious now that Ben is a top dog for this group of Others.>But there still might be someone above him - remember FauxHenry saying>when a captive of Sayid that "if I talk, he'll kill me." Or it couldhave>just been a ruse.>Speaking of ruses, Chachi, the captive who was in the other cage across>from Sawyer - interesting addition. Could be an Other planted there as>part of the testing/disorientation theyre doing to our captives. Couldbe>a survivor from the plane crash we've not seen before. Could be acaptive>from another Other group. Or could be something else. My bet, based onno>info whatsoever? I wonder if he was also in the hot air balloon.>At least two of our captives - Jack and Sawyer - had little bandages on>them. First glance, I assume that's where they were drugged. But maybe>also blood was taken? The Others burned kate's clothes, too - some kindof>medical precautions against this Sickness thing Rousseau had talkedabout.>Under the heading of 'not sure if I like this trend or not': Jack inthe>first season, like Locke in the first season, was your typical TV hero->competent and decisive and loaded with mad useful skillz and soemoneyou'd>naturally defer to as a leader. As we go along and learn more aboutthese>guys, becomes much more obvious that they're such damanged goods>emotionally that I'd be more willing to follow Mark Foley into a ChuckE.>Cheese (hey-o!). When Jack is reduced to tears because Julliette saysthat>her big file indicates his wife is happy? You can chalk some of that upto>he's dehydrated and disoriented and in a bad overall situation. Butpart>of it also is that he's obviously more than a little batpoo crazy. Didhe>really hear his a voice (his father's) over that intercom or was it a>hallucination? Interesting though that he obviously feels some heavy>guilty for his father's death since he sent dad back off the wagon.>Accusing your dad of sleeping with your wife will do that. I know.First>hand.>Your observations?

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