Episode Recap … 3/22/2006
Not a great episode in my opinion. What took an hour to go over could have been accomplished in 5 minutes. This episode had some serious Soap Opera moments that I could definitely do without.
Anyway, with that being said here is what I found to be interesting:
1. Jin does a nice job of trashing the food supply for the Lostie’s by throwing a fit when Sun wouldn’t go back to camp with him.
2. There is more confusion around dates. Bernard and Rose are disagreeing about what day it is. Click HERE for an earlier discussion on this subject.
3. Sun’s English is really poor at the beginning of the episode. I think the early flashback scenes took place several months before arriving on the island.
4. There is no shaving cream in the hatch? I wonder if shaving cream has a real short shelf-life. Since I use an electric razor I don’t have any idea. Why wouldn’t they stock the stuff in the Swan bunker?
5. Sawyer is reading a Judy Blume classic, “Are You There God - It’s Me, Margaret”.
6. Big Soap Opera moment when Sun confides in Sawyer, “I need a pregnancy test.” Music and everything - wow that was terrible.
7. In the hatch Locke is looking at the cover of the Geromino Jackson album. That was referenced in a previous episode.
8. Another Soap Opera moment when Henry tells Ana Lucia that he buried his wife next to the balloon because it was closer to being home. Gag.
9. Where is Hurley getting his contraband food? It has to be somewhere cold as his candy bars aren’t melting.
10. The pregnancy test was created by Widmore Labs. Click HERE for more on that.
11. What was Charlie’s comment about making a dining room table about?
12. It was at least a days walk to the balloon. That should help us understand what the minimum size of the island is. Traveling through a jungle is 10 miles reasonable or is it more like 3 miles? Will need to research that. BTW - for those interested - here is a nice screen cap of the map Henry drew. Thanks to Sledgeweb over at the Fuselage for this.
13. How did Charley get a gun? Guessing it came from Sawyer since he controls the stash. How long until someone links Charley with Sawyer in the whole kidnapping Sun deal? Are Jin and Charley going to have an altercation?
14. How pregnant is Sun? Since I am not a birthing expert I have no idea. Could she be 3 months pregnant or is it more likely that she is 3 weeks pregnant? How far along she is could have a huge impact on my pregnancy theory. Click HERE for a discussion on the Fuselage about it.
15. When Sawyer tells Jin about Sun, Sawyer and Bernard talk backwards. Click HERE for a transcript of what they say.
16. The Doctor who met with Jin and Sun was Dr. Kim.
17. I love the conversation Henry had with Jack and Locke about luring the group into a trap.
18. Interesting quote from that conversation was, “These people that you seem to think are your enemies …”. Sure makes it sound as if Henry is trying to drive home the point that the Others aren’t enemies - that they fulfill some other role. This is consistent with Goodwin’s comments about the children being better off after being taken. The “Others” do not view themselves as adversaries to our Losties’s.
19. The last line was brilliant. As Henry asks, “You guys got any milk?” The wife thinks there is more to it than just a snappy line. She felt he was saying something like, “You don’t even have milk? We do.”
Side note - next weeks episode looks terrific. They really need to treat us to something special after Wed’s episode.
