Lost episode reviews - part the second

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Episode 3 - "What Kate Does"

Do we really have to put up with Angsty!Sawyer all season? Damnit.

Kate has deja vu when she sees Jack again. Hmm. But why didn't she react this way the first time when she bumped into him on the plane?

Miles: "As you can see, Hugo here has assumed the leadership position, so...that's pretty great." I love you, Miles. Never change.

Does anyone know what Yoko was saying when Jack was ranting at him and asking all sorts of questions? Because I'm pretty sure it involved tying him to a tree, shoving a gag in his mouth and letting Smokey have at him. Seriously. "Would somebody shut the tall guy up already? God, he's annoying!"

Lennon promises Sawyer they won't hurt Jack? And Sawyer sneers and says Jack ain't his friend so "do what you want with him"? There go the plot bunnies...

What's with the wooden ticking noise on the "I'm going to find Sawyer and you can't stop me" scene?

Kate totally has some maternal instinct memory.

"I'll take care of James. You take care of Sayid." Well, that sounds like a good arrangement to me. Apparently it does to Jack, too, because he said "deal!" awfully fast...there go some more plot bunnies...

Yay. Torturing the torturer. Joy.

Aldo is an annoying waste of screen time. Just thought I'd point that out.

Kate has been such a disappointment for the most part since the show began, but seeing her knocking out the Other guards so nonchalantly reminded me of why I love her sometimes. She's still not as badass as Sun or Juliet, unfortunately, but she has her moments.

Sayid trusts Jack enough to take a pill full of an unknown substance given to him by the people who tortured Sayid. Dude. Did he hit his head when he was in that pool?!

Kate has no plan and is just reacting to situations randomly. What a shocker.

Claire: 'Could you go with me, Ms. Taxi Hijacker who was wearing handcuffs when we met, to meet the people who want to adopt my baby? I don't want to be alone.' You must have some major issues, Alt!Claire. That or the pregnancy hormones are killing your common sense.

Ethan: "I don't want to have to stick you with needles if I don't have to." AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

The fact that Kate is holding Claire's hand in the hospital and flinching every time somebody says the name "Aaron" is...kind of awesome, actually. Maybe Aaron will have two mommies after all? If I wrote femslash I would totally ship Kaire.

Sawyer's tearful monolog about how some people are meant to be alone was heartbreaking. And wonderful. And should totally be on an Emmy reel.

Jack, honey, I love that you got your confidence back but please don't swallow any more poison pills. I'm just starting to really like you again and this worries me.

Claire! Wearing a distressed bird's nest for a hairpiece! Huh...

 

Episode 4 - "The Substitute"

Helen! Except I'm not sure how happy I can be for Locke and Helen in this sideways verse because I keep expecting her to still die of that aneurism when the universes start merging. :(

I really don't know what to make of this Twilight Zone Alt!Verse...Locke is still in a wheelchair but he's happily engaged to Helen and has a healthy relationship with his father? Locke rolling his eyes at the idea of destiny? The fuck?

So technically, any time we do a Locke episode now we're actually following two characters in the two verses. Yeah, I guess I got used to the bloody noses and migranes by now. Bring it.

I love this new flash sideways sound effect. I also love the Smokey sound effects, which used to be the "fatal error" sound on my old computer before it melted.

Yes, Locke totally deserved to be fired - or at least reprimanded - for what he did, but Randy is such a flaming ass that it's hard to not forgive him. Why can't Randy just get hit by a bus already?

So should I start calling Fake!Locke/Smokey UnLocke or The Lockeness Smoke Monster? Decisions, decisions...whoever he is he's obviously a manipulative bastard who makes Ben look like an innocent schoolboy. 'I would never have lied to you, Richard! I would have respected you! Come with me and I promise I'll tell you *everything*!' Yeah. Sure. You have a poison apple plucked from the Tree of Life that you want to offer him while you're at it?

"People seldom get a second chance." Except on this show, where they get a third, fourth and probably 42nd chance.

Great. Smokey has baggage in the form of a dead kid and spouts the same "don't tell me what I can't do!" line he berated Locke for shouting, like, two episodes ago. Yeah, he's definitely on the right show.

Sawyer: "Well, I guess I better put some pants on." Okay, but don't bother with the shirt. No, really. Really. I mean it. Lose the shirt, Sawyer.

Smokey!Locke is recruiting? And he's starting with all the most emotionally damaged and broken characters? Joy. That can't be headed anywhere good.

Anybody notice how Sawyer seems to be able to see everybody else's visions even if no one else can? He saw Kate's horse and now he can see the bloody kid. What does that mean? Is he special?

Sawyer is following Smokey!Locke the psycho around because he has answers? AHAHAHAHA!! You're funny, writers.

Rose! Has cancer again! Damnit.

I love that Sawyer is still quoting "Of Mice and Men". I'm not sure why, but I do. Maybe it's because it validates the fact that I keep referencing it in fanfiction. But please, Sawyer, don't piss off Smokey. You're too pretty to die.

Smokey used to be human and is trapped in a lonely existence now? I...kind of believe it. I mean, he's obviously manipulative, but I refuse to believe that he's a mindless dark energy with no motivation other than to destroy, kill and corrupt. Ben seems mostly evil, but he has his redeeming moments. For now I'm going to assume that Smokey is the new Ben.

Smokey can't change his face anymore? How convenient. Does this mean we'll stop seeing Christian or is his apparition different somehow?

"...and I'm very sorry I murdered him." Ha! Best. Funeral. Ever.

I'm sorry...as nice as it is that Locke has accepted who he is, ripping up Jack's card seems stupid. A spinal surgeon practically falls in your lap and offers a free consult I don't care if you've given up hope of ever walking again or don't believe in miracles or whatever TAKE THE DAMN OFFER! Even if nothing comes of it, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying. But I guess the sweet scene between him and Helen that comes out of it kind of makes me forgive that.

Locke as a substitute stuck teaching sex ed to teenage girls? With Ben as his cranky colleague? *Draws hearts around this plotline*

The numbers/names in the cave thing was really creepy and pretty cool, but I can't help but be pissed at Kate's absence. Yeah, yeah, I know, she was supposed to be there as 108, but come on. She was supposed to be the original leader before they decided not to kill Jack in the pilot episode after all. The fact that she would be an afterthought as potential replacement for Jacob even after he tracked her down and made sure she came to the island just irks me. Maybe this is why I have such mixed feelings for Kate. She could have been an awesome heroine, but instead she ends up being little more than something for Jack and Sawyer to fight over. Her character has been tragically misused in a way that makes me want to hate Darlton. Ugh.

Ahem. Next up: a Jack episode. Great. Get out the No-Doze...