LOST---CABIN FEVER


When the show first began I thought I was on the wrong channel and watching some Reese Witherspoon movie set in the 30's. But nope, I flicked the info button on the old remote and it was indeed LOST. And through the strains of Buddy Holly (who, not so coincidentally, died in a PLANE crash) we are introduced to Locke's Momma. The big reveal however was when the infant Locke, in his little incubator (a sort of Cabin, if you will...) is being watched by none other than Richard Alpert. He's back! And he hasn't aged a bit!! Well, I think that pretty much confirms that Alpert is doing some time travelling as he later shows up when Locke is about 5 and does some sort of "test" by showing Little Locke six items (the same # as the Oceanic Six, am I over reaching here???) and asking which objects belong to him already. Locke picks the knife, which apparently, is wrong, since Alpert looks pissed and storms off in a huff. I have no clue what the hell any of that meant, although smarter minds than mine on the LOST Boards have stated that this is like a Buddha initiation test to find the next reincarnated Dalai Lama. And I had to rewatch the show again to see the picture that Little Locke drew, which is a stick figure being accosted by black smoke. Hello Smokey!!!

So anyway, apparently Smokey did NOT annhilate many of Keamy's men, who have arrived back on the freighter. Nice to see Sayid and DESMOND, my beloved, (Hee hee) and poor Michael gets the crap beat out of him. Damn that Keamy is one bad so and so ain't he? Smacks Michael down, slits the Docs throat and then guns down Captain Gault! Woah, the body count in 2 minutes was pretty damn high! We got some more confirmation of time anomalies when Omar tells Doc Ray that he received a morse code transmission from the beach that the Docs body had washed up. Needless to say the Doc looked pretty suprised since he was still breathing at that point. So I guess the island is ahead of time from the freighter or something like that. The body didn't exactly have a compass on it, so its not like it could have kept to Faraday's 305 bearing. Hopefully Sayid will pay attention as he jets his way back. Go Sayid. And I cannot forget to mention that Keamy pulls some "secondary protocol" thing from a safe that gives information on where Ben can be found. Widmore must be part of Dharma cause the folder had that Dharma logo thing on it. I think it was the same one from the episode where Ben has the Dharka on and winds up in the desert before he smotes down those two dudes on the horses.


Keamy and Company are gonna torch the Island! Get out the marshmellows!!!

Which leads us back to the Island where Ben, Hurley and Locke are searching for Jacob's Ladder...er I mean cabin! No one has any particular idea where they are going. Kinda like a three stooges episode as someone from the LOST boards so eloquently stated. Locke has a vision of some Darma Dude (sorry his name has escaped my poor brain for the moment, much as Jack wants to escape the Island, but I digress...) cutting down a tree to build a cabin for he and the Missus. Oh wait, it's Horace! Horace is the one who brought Ben and his Daddy dearest to the Island to begin with. Horace is bleeding from his nose and seems to be in some weird time loop as he says the same thing several times and cuts down the same tree over and over. He gets his point across though: find him (Horace) and Locke will find Jacob.

So our heroes: Locke, Ben and Hurley head to the Dharma pit where Locke picks through corpses til he finds a map in dead Horace's pocket. And where does this map lead? Why to Jacob's place natch! Ben seems to be resigned to the fact that he is not the "chosen one" anymore and is content to let Locke take the reigns. Or is he? We know that in the flash forwards Ben is kicking ass across the globe so I don't know, he may be letting Locke think, yet again, that Locke is in charge. After all, Locke said it himself, "I'm not you" and Ben replied with some superiority "No you're not."

"Guys. Cabin," states Hurley matter of factly and we have finally arrived at the Wizards. Well, no. Wrong movie. We're at Jacob's cabin but I think there can be a pretty good argument for the case that Jacob is kinda like Oz from the beloved movie. Yeah, so is Hurley the Cowardly Lion, Ben is the Tin man and Locke the Scarecrow???? Yeah, guess I'm pushing the similarities just a bit too far. But hey, it's fun. Ben tells Locke in a nice way, that he is not going to accompany him inside, and Hurley also opts out on that bit of fun. Can't say that I blame them. What I will say though, is the part where they are waiting for Locke, and Hurley gives Ben half his Dharma Bar was sweet. No words were needed for that exchange. It was like Hurley was accepting Ben as one of them, the Losties. Damn, now I am getting all choked up!!

Locke ventures inside the cabin and lo and behold, it's Christian! Christian is not Jacob, oh no. But darn it, he can speak for him! Oh yeah, and Claire is in there too. She was really creepy and for the first time, she didn't completely get on my nerves. Claire didn't seem at all fazed to be away from Aaron and told Locke she was fine. "I'm with him" she says, indicating Christian. So, does that mean that Claire is dead? Is that why Christian tells Locke it might be best NOT to mention Claires weird appearance there? I think so, but what the hell do I know? So after a few bits of back and forth we get to the meat of the thing. Jacob wants them to MOVE the Island. I don't think he means physically (but as I said, what the hell do I know?) but more than likely, they are to move it in time or perhaps change the bearings. Could this be why the Oceanic Six can't find the Island in the future? Why Ben tells Widmore he won't find the Island and why Abbadon questioned Hurley in the nut house, asking if they were still alive??? Hmm. Possible prediction: The O6 are aboard that little boat Sayid has come in, and at that point the Island is MOVED, which is why no one can get back there or find it in the future.

JACK'S DUMB MOVE: When the bag is dropped onto the beach and Jack digs through it and finds the tranceiver he is all like "I think they want us to follow them." Umm, wouldn't it be more likely that it is to stay AWAY from them? Since Faraday opened his yap and told everyone they weren't there to rescue them, I am not sure why Jack would be so stupid. But I will cut him some slack since he did just have surgery and maybe he is downing some on Island Oxycontin.

SEXIEST MOMENT: Desmond on the freighter looking sweaty, dishelved and his shirt half open. Oh yeah.

BEST LINE: When Ben tells Locke, "..because destiny John, is a fickle BITCH."

EERIEST LINE: (Horace to Locke) "I'm not making much sense am I? Nope. Probably because I've been dead for twelve years."

FUNNIEST LINE: Hurley, waking up when Locke shakes him and murmurs, "Mallowmars".

CREEPIEST MOMENT: When Abbadon, as the orderly, parks John's wheelchair right by the stairs. Looks just like he was gonna push him down!

BEST LINE FROM ANOTHER EPISODE MAKING A REAPPEARANCE: John Locke repeating "Don't tell me what I can't do."

MOST MISSED CHARACTER: Vincent.

LEAST MISSED CHARACTER: Kate. I was happy she only showed up at the end, briefly, and didn't say one word!

QUESTIONS:

What did the stuff (Baseball Glove, Book of Laws, Sand, Comic Book, Knife, Compass) Alpert showed Little Locke signify?

Where, or what, is Jacob?

Is Claire dead, drugged, zombified?

What the hell is strapped to Keamy's arm?

Does Jack truly get dumber with each episode?

Abbadon: Good, Bad, working for Widmore???

Moving the Island??????