I SEE DEAD PEOPLE Part Deaux

5x13 - "Some Like It Hoth"

Now my first thought when I saw Hurley writing in a Dharma composition book was, "great, Hurley is writing down everything that has gone on since the crash because he feels like he is going crazy.  And Ben is going to find it and that is why Ben knows so much in 2004 when 815 crashed."  I was even racking my brain trying to remember which castaway was a bounty hunter.  Then we find out that Hurley is writing down the storyline of The Empire Strikes Back.  Don't get me wrong, that WAS comical but I am really anxious to see my theory proven.

I realize that this was a Miles episode, but Hurley brought so much to last night's show that I have to talk about some of his quotes.  For starters, in my opinion, one of the BEST scenes in all of LOST was the Hurley/Miles/Chang-in-the-Van scene.  Watch what I am talking about here. 

I almost peed on myself laughing at the scene that followed.  Here, Hurley and Miles are in the van alone and Hurley is trying to pump Miles up for how great all of this could be for him.  Where does Hurley come up with this stuff?  Unfortunately I could not find a video clip online to share here.  (note to self: learn how to grab video clips on my own so that I can add them to my blog)  Without a doubt, Jorge Garcia has gotten some of the best lines this season.  I'm used to getting my laughs from Sawyer in past seasons but Hurley's remarks have made their mark on Season 5 - "Let's face it, Ewoks suck dude."

LOST didn't leave us to wonder why Hurley was trying so hard to help Miles through his daddy dilemma.  The answer was hand delivered to us in a scene between Miles and Hurley while they were filling up the van with gas.  Hurley missed out on a real relationship with his father because his dad took off when he was 10 years old.  In Hurley's eyes, Miles has the opportunity of a lifetime by getting a second chance to have a relationship with his dad.  Of course, Hurley doesn't have the same cynical outlook on life that Miles has. 

In closing (finally!), I want to mention that I think there is definitely some meaning to Sawyer's sudden neglect to wear his glasses.  Is this a Superman/Clark Kent thing?  Is he trying to impress Kate?  Are they gone for good?  What's the deal?  Thoughts anyone?  On the other side, Jack's scene with Roger was weird, awkward, and creepy to me.  

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Jack, but I wasn't feeling it.  And I think Jack is in LaLa Land if he thinks that his little talk with Roger was effective in keeping things quiet for ANY amount of time.  Jack's approach to Roger only reinforced our knowledge of the doc's god-awful bedside manner.  I don't know how Jack is containing himself, but he is maintaining his whole "I'm doing nothing" attitude for sure.  But my theory is that things are about to get a little too crazy for Sawyer to handle and I can't wait to see him do some groveling when he needs Jack to save the day.

Here are a few other notes that I took down while watching this episode.  I would love to hear your comments, thoughts, theories, etc on what you think.

1.  Dan's back!  Where has he been?

2.  I am almost sure that this week Braum said, "Do you know what is in the shadow of A statue?"  But last week in "Dead Is Dead", Ilana's line was something like, "What lies in the shadow

 of THE statue?"  I know it seems minor but it caught my attention so I thought I would mention it.  I also may be totally wrong on what exactly was said.

3.  Braum mentions being on a "team".  See my theory page for some of my thoughts on what I think the meaning of that is.

4.  What do you think Sawyer and Juliet will do with that pesky security guy?

5.  Horace's instructions to Miles about taking the body to Chang in "Grid" something, reminded me of some dialogue that took place between Jin and Sawyer back in 5x8 "LaFleur".  Jin reports to Sawyer on which grid number he has completed.  What was the deal with that?  What did all of that mean?  What were Jin and Sawyer up to in their "grid search"?

Can't wait to hear what you guys think.  I'm almost looking forward to next week's break - this blogging stuff is harder than I thought!!  Namaste.

If you haven't already, don't forget to check out the first part to this post - I See Dead People Part I

I See Dead People Part I

LOST 5x13 - "Some Like It Hoth"

I was really looking forward to this episode of LOST because I had the feeling that I would have some laughs.  I'm so glad I was right.  That's just another great thing about LOST - they know exactly when to give us something funny to watch.  And after last week's very dark episode, "Dead Is Dead", we were all ready for something a little lighter.  Out of curiosity I decided to refresh my memory on what the plot is of the movie "Some Like It Hot".  I couldn't find anything that I thought linked it to LOST but check this out and let me know if you come up with something.  Regardless, I definitely got enough hilarious quotes from Hurley to keep me laughing through the next two week's, which was more than I expected.  Of course, in true LOST form, we were also left with a new set of questions (i.e., If this guy Braum doesn't work for Whidmore or Ben, then who does he work for?) and we were reminded of some questions that are still unanswered (What the hell is in the shadow of the statue, damnit?)  (More on that later)  Tonight's episode was Miles-centric and since we already knew that he could "talk" to dead people, I was anxious to learn more about Miles Straum.  LOST definitely gave us plenty of connections between Miles and our other castaways/time travelers.  And ultimately, I think Juliette set the tone of the week's to come when she said, "Well, here we go."  On a side note, I loved the fact that the next line Sawyer says directly to her is, "Get some rope."  AWESOME!!

So, what is up with younger versions of characters making appearances at the beginning of episodes?  Here are the ones I remember.  Be sure to send me the ones I missed and correct me if any of these are wrong.  1x5 - "White Rabbit" Jack gets beat up by kids on a playground and Daddy-Of-The-Year Christian tells him he "just doesn't have what it takes". 1x16 - "Outlaws" Sawyer hides under his bed while another award-winning father shoots mom. 2x10 - "The 23rd Psalm" Mr. Eko saves his younger brother from being forced to join an African version of The Jets (or maybe they are The Sharks). 2x12 - "Fire + Water" Charlie gets a piano for Christmas. 3x2 - "The Glass Ballerina" Sun does what she does best - lies, lies, lies and gets the maid fired to save herself from getting in trouble with (yep you guessed it) her awesome dad. 3x10 - "Tricia Tanaka is Dead" Hurley's dad leaves and in true Cat's In The Cradle style, promises that they will work on an old car together as soon as he gets back....approx. 15 years later. 3x20 - "The Man Behind The Curtain" Ben (not sure if this one counts since he's more like a fetus than a kid when the episode starts) 5x10 - "He's Our You" Sayid chokes a chicken (heee heee, that's funny) to prevent his ?brother? from being ridiculed by their dad.  And then we have tonight's episode where a young Miles hasn't yet learned how to turn the scary dead people's voices off in his head.

I'm not sure if the writer's have a good reason for starting episodes this way (other than it being a different approach to telling the story) but I know that I have learned several things through this method:  1. Younger character appearances equals Bad Hair;  2.  I want my next baby to wear Dharma onesies and;  3.  Lots of characters on LOST have Daddy issues.

One thing we learn is that, unlike Charlotte, Miles did not seek out The Island.  I guess I always thought ALL of The Freighties came to The Island knowingly armed with their own personal reasons.  I don't know if I like the fact that The Island sought out Miles but I know I don't like the thought of him being there only for money.  Come on, how lame is that?  And what is up with him being so money driven?  Is he saving up for something?  On the other hand, we do see him give back money to a stranger for the second time.  Remember last season he gave back some cash to a woman who was trying to get her dead grandson out of her house.  What does all of that mean?  What is the connection between Miles and money?  Is it just a tool used to show us that he has a sensitive side and a conscience?  I'm not sure.  I'm just wondering, if money is not really his achilles heal, then what is? 

We see that Miles' mother appeared to die of cancer, which is ironic since The Island seems to cure cancer.  Or at least that is one of my theories.  All I know is that this guy is so laid back.  I mean, if I had time traveled to 1977 on a magical island and I saw my mom in the cafeteria of a crazy, hippie, bunny experimenting commune - one that she had conveniently NEVER mentioned to me - I don't think I would be able to keep that information to myself for three years.  Am I the only one who thinks this way?  I was rather disappointed when Mom decided that during her last moments alive, she would rather tell her only son how much his father sucked instead of answering his first and more important question - HOW IS HE ABLE TO TALK TO DEAD PEOPLE?  I don't know, once again, maybe it's just me.  

As for Daddy Chang, it seems evident that he is not digging on everything that the Dharma Initiative is doing.  That was the feeling I got when he said, "If you breathe one word of this, I'll have you shipped to Hydra Island so that you can weigh turds for their ridiculous experiments."  To which Hurley simply replies, "Gross."  I guess he doesn't necessarily HAVE to think that everything they are doing on The Island is greatness, but I was definitely surprised when I heard him say the experiments were ridiculous.  On a side note, why haven't any of us fans ever thought of calling it "Hydra Island"?  That seems like such an obvious name for the other island, duh!    

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