The show opens, as it often does, with an eyeball opening. Eyeball close-ups are their money shots. Their go to moments. We then find out that the eyeball in question is attached to a reasonably attractive late thirties something blonde woman. She is in her house (or is it? I don't trust anything I see on this show...). She stands up, checks out her rack in the mirror and then puts on a CD. And its one of the really cheesy sixties pop crap Downtown by Petula Clark. This seems to cheer her up as she is wiping away tears. Or maybe the line "Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova" is just so lyrically beautiful she can't contain her emotions. I feel the same way about The Thong Song. Whenever I hear "Baby I know you wanna show Duh dun duh, That thong thong thong thong thong" I get positively misty. In my eyes that is. rimshot!

Then a beeping. Oh god, the numbers! She must enter the numbers or we will all DIE!! Wait nope, it's just the oven. She's burning muffins. Which happens when you decide to take a nap while baking. She grabs for the muffin tin and burns her hand unlashing the muffins on an unsuspecting floor. Then the doorbell rings. She answers it and sees her nosy but lovable elderly next door neighbor. Ah well, it looks like the "this is another hatch" theory is out. But still, the whole scene, including their folksy neighborhood plumber working on your pipe jokes is a little too Andy Griffith for my tastes. Methinks something is up.

We then cut to later in the day as the woman, whose name is Julie, is hosting a neighborhood book club. Adam, a member of the book club, is complaining about the choice of book. It's a Stephen King novel. He thinks its simplistic popcorn literature.. Why can't books be more about real life? Like a floating magic fart cloud that reads your thoughts on a mysterious island with a weird hatch with hieroglyphics on them and a 9 year old kid who's always really wet and talks backwards. "Now I know why Ben isn't here." He says. Julie gives him an icy stare and says "Excuse me?" "I know the house picks the book but seriously Julie he wouldn't read this in the damn bathroom." He says. This just pisses off Julie more. If you are wondering what book they are reading, from pausing my TiVo I was able to determine that they were reading Carrie by Stephen King. Julie has the hardcover Signet version whereas the rest of them have the Pocket Books edition. Does this mean anything? I have no idea, but you never know with this show. "Silly me for sinking so low as to select something that Ben wouldn't like. Here I am thinking free will actually exists on...." But before she can finish her sentence there is a giant rumbling noise. They all rush outside to what looks like a small town green and look up. Its...Oceanic Flight 815. Breaking up in mid air. Out from one of the houses comes a familiar face. It's Henry Gale. This so called "town" isn't a real town at all. It's a fake town on the island inhabited by the Others. Otheropolis if you will. Otherville. The Commonwealth of MasaaOtherettes After Henry sees the plane crashing to the ground he looks over and calls to someone. "Goodwin!" he exclaims. Yep, its Goodwin from season two (the first of Ana Lucia's many island kills), "See where the tail landed. You run you can make that shore in an hour. Ethan, go to the fuselage. (Ethan, from season one who was killed in cold blood by the "lovable" Charlie) They're may actually be survivors. You're one of them. You're a passenger. You're in shock. Come up with an adequate story if they ask. Stay quiet if they don't. Listen. Learn. Don't get involved. I want lists in 3 days. Go." The lists that Eko found in one of the others pockets they killed. The list they gave Michael at the end of season two. What are they for? Are they recruiting? Is that what Goodwin meant when he said some people weren't "worthy"? oh so many questions....

Posted by EdHIll on October 5, 2006 8:39 PM