Let me get my juvenile commentary out of the way first: Kate and Juliet, in the mud. This island isn't Purgatory, it's Heaven.
From my POV, last night's ep was a solid triple. We got some intrigue, some mystery, another fairly interesting back story with character development. But enough of my yakking, let's boogie...
Things that make me think Juliet is a plant, sent to spy on or even do something to our Losties: she had that handcuff key all along; she was very familiar with the security fence; she's a very good liar; if the Others are taking such a big step as packing up and moving out you'd think Ben would not merely run away; the sort of weird illogic of handcuffing Juliet to Kate (I mean, why handcuffs, why not just toss 'em both in the jungle?).
Things that make me think Juliet is telling the truth: if you're going to be a mole, being attacked by the smoke monster is a risky way to go about it; and finally, if I'm Ben and Juliet is one of my top lieutenants and perhaps even my special lady friend ifyouknowwhatImean and then she betrays me by trying to arrange my very killing, am I going to use her in any of my super secret plans? Even if I held the "you want to get off the island, you better pull off this assignment" ultimatum, I still am not going to trust her as far as I can throw her in my weakened post-surgery state.
Despite my better judgment and trust, I like Juliet.
Then again, there's something weird going on. In one moment, this fertility doc beats the living tar out of Kate with some super badass reflexes and ninja moves (and where'd she learn that?!). Then Kate beats the heck out of her in the jungle. Did Juliet let Kate win as part of her plot?
So where did the Others go? A hatch? Doubtful, as none of them seem large enough to house that whole crew. The Alcatraz island? Possible. Some other, previously unseen location? Presumably the Others packed up camp because of the fact the Losties found them, interrupted their suburban idyll and football tossing. Interesting that being found is such a negative that the Others are willing to abandon Othersburg. Fascinating that Locke has gone with them. I wonder if they're taking the sub that Locke didn't actually blow up.
So I get the feeling there's a clear line between the Smoke Monster and the Others. THere had been some speculation it was doing their bidding. Meanwhile (insert Seinfeld voice here) what was teh deal with the flashing light? It was reminiscent of when the Smoke Monster seemed to 'read' Eko back in season 2, and we saw brief moments from his past in Smoky itself.
And did anyone else see what looked like brief skin blotching on Kate and Juliet after the Smoke Monster encounter? I dunno if that was significant or just a production error from shooting in low light or what. That's one problem with a show with so many Easter Eggs - it's easy to conflate nothign into something.
A couple last thoughts:
Cassidy learning to grift from Sawyer. And she seemed to teach Kate a few things, so a nice coming-back-around of Sawyer indirectly teaching Kate some of her survival skills.
Sawyer might've briefly been the de facto beach group leader, but there's a spider behind the scene pulling all the strings. Hurley = Karl Rove.
No Nikki and Paulo rising from the grave, so I'm betting they are in fact dead. Maybe they come back as zombies. I big fuzzy heart zombies.
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This almost deserves its own post, but hey:
I was starting to think last night's episode could have been titled "Gratuity Included" because we had gratuitous use of rain and mud on hot chicks rolling around on the ground (to quote some of our female readers who used this word in a different context "Yum!"), gratuitous insertion of Cassidy into the plot, and gratuitious comic relief with Hurley and Sawyer.
But later, the plan became clear when I was given the privilege of observing a conversation that took place recently between a balding, bespectacled 30-something, and his God.
Daneman, by his bedside, on his knees, praying fervently: Heavenly father, I'm not a religious man, and I don't normally ask for much but there's one thing I really, really need you to do for me. If you do this one thing, I'll never ask again.
God, surprised to hear from Daneman: Yes, my son, what is it? By the way, we were starting get worried. Peter and Paul had bet me we'd never hear from you. I almost owed them $50.
Daneman: Well, God, I was thinking..there's this TV show called Lost see…
God: Yes, I watch it every week and even I have no freaking clue what the writers are up to.
Daneman: It is great isn't it? Well I was thinking there's only one way to make it better, and you're the only guy who can get through to the writers.
God: Okay…
Daneman: You know Kate and Juliet?
God: Yes:
Daneman: They need to be handcuffed together.
God: Uh-huh
Daneman: And then it needs to start raining.
God: Okay
Daneman: And once they're all soaking wet, they need to fight.
God: What?
Daneman: Yeah, lots of punching, hair pulling and slapping. Bodies smushed together, that sort of thing.
God: Boy, what are you, some kind of pervert? I turned Lot's wife into a pillar of salt over this sort of thing.
Daneman: Please, God? Pretty please? Then they need to fall into a big mud puddle.
God: Sigh. Okay-- just this once because, you've remembered how to dial the hot line. I'll inspire the writers. It's not like they've got a real plan anyway. This shouldn't set their "plot development" back much.
Daneman: And then can they French kiss and make up?
God: Don't push your luck.
Daneman: Thank you, Father, you're the best.
One interesting idea that I cannot claim as my own - the Others were not packing up from Othersburg because the Losties found them and violated some sense of privacy and security they had. The Others were high-tailing it because Locke had blown up the hatch with the satellite equipment, likely leading to Dharma sending some folks to find out what the heck happened. One drawback to this theory is that we were under the impression that after the purple sky incident, the island was cut off from the outside world.
I'm naming my next band The Purple Sky Incident.
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