Sawyer. The Other White Meat.

Lost

By Kat | Sunday, February 12, 2006 | 11:23 pm | 38 Comments

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You know what my absolute favorite thing is about recapping Lost? Catching the last moments of Freddie. Oh, how giddy I become, waiting in anticipation as my Tivo dutifully switches to ABC, where I can delight to Brian Austin Green “playing” a spoiled shit and thrill to the antics of Spanish-speaking mothers.

Just kidding. I was being ironical-like just there. My favorite thing about recapping Lost is the show itself, especially when it’s good. This episode I’d say warrants about a B+, which is a hell of a lot better than last episode’s pseudo-religious theme poo fest. This show should always stick to the business of people dicking each other over!
Jack and Locke are putting the guns away in the manly room o’ guns. Jack notices the Virgin Mary statues, and Locke explains that he took them from Charlie and wanted to keep the heroin in case they need it as medicine at some point. Wow! Did someone just explain something clearly, logically, and without dramatic silences and meaningful looks? It’s a first for Lost!

Jack asks Locke for the combination on the door, and Locke goes into a diatribe about trust and assuming Jack only needs to know in case something happens to Locke. OK, good, back to form, way to be all shady for no reason. Locke gives him the combo once and my mind is blown when Jack doesn’t even need to write it down. Locke also suggests putting the medicine in there as well – and we cut to Sawyer, so he must have been a bad boy again. Man, this guy is really hot, but there’s a thing called playing to your strengths. He does not need to take his shirt off anymore.

Sawyer’s giving Charlie a hard time about trying to kill babies and whatnot. He makes fun of Charlie’s sad little lonely tent, comparing it to a crappy bachelor pad. Sawyer’s funny when he’s not just making up weird nicknames. “Shouldn’t you be more worried about Jack ransacking your tent right now?” is Charlie’s only reply to the Sawyer Show. Oh, naughty hobbit! When Sawyer confronts Jack about stealing from him, Jack says the medicine has to be for the whole group. I think Jack has a point there. Sawyer tries to be all tough and threatening, but Jack is so over this nonsense. He’s out.

Yeah, a flahback with sexy noises. Nice. Hey, it’s Joanie from Deadwood! I love her. There’s getting their funk on when Sawyer jumps out of bed jabbering about a meeting; we’ve seen this act before in another flashback, with another woman. Piles of cash fall out of his suitcase, and he’s all “oh my god, how did that happen,” and she totally, AWESOMELY, calls him on it. She grabs a stack of the money and realizes it’s just newspaper…and outlines his scheme for him, just like we’ve seen before. But, it looks like she wants tutorial. He’s turned on by the naughty girl. She’s probably just bored.

Back on the island, Kate has found a magazine in the hatch, and gives it to Sawyer to read. But Sawyer lost his glasses, so he asks Kate to read it to him. Awwww, Sawyer! That is too cute. Actually, he probably just wants to turn this into a role-playing scenario. But then he starts talking about Jack and Ana starting up an army, and wonders aloud why Kate isn’t in on the plan. Why would he try to make Kate jealous about Jack? That’s rather counterproductive. You know, if the desired result is to play naughty schoolboy with her.

Sayid’s off elsewhere being a rageaholic, pounding coconuts on sharp sticks. Hey, where has he been lately? I wonder if Naveen Andrews has a movie or something. Hurley comes ambling up and tries to make with the fun times, but Sayid is decidedly over it. Over Hurley, over fun times, everything. He just wants to end those fucking coconuts.

Hurley isn’t just messing around, though. He’s found out that Bernard is a dentist (that could come in handy) and that Bernard had kept the radio receiver thingy from when they communicated with Boone in the Nigerian plane. I’d be excited about that, and Hurley is too, but Sayid says that they’ll get the same result earlier: Rousseau’s old message on a loop. Hurley leaves it with Sayid, though, the sneaky monkey.

Gah, Ana Lucia is so tiresome. Get that smirk off my TV screen! I don’t even know what she’s saying, but I am filled with righteous fury. Quick, let’s get to Sun, working in her garden. Now, if the previews are to be believed, I’m about to get really upset. Nobody touch her! Here comes the foreboding music…Oh, it’s just Vincent. Yay happy puppy! Oh wait, here it comes. A rain storm comes out of nowhere, and someone comes from behind and puts a bag over Sun’s head and ties her hands up. Simmer down, Edhill.

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Kate and Sawyer hear some feminine shrieking from far away. “That’s Sun,” says Kate, and they take off running. My roommate and I had a good laugh about that – I would argue that the idea that Kate knew that was Sun required the biggest suspension of disbelief of anything in this episode.

Kate and Sawyer find an unconscious Sun in the jungle, and Sawyer orders Kate to go find Jack, which I thought was weird. On the beach, they tell Jack what happened as a crowd gathers, and upon hearing that Sun’s hands were tied, Ana announces, “they’re back.” Don’t give Ana the dramatic lines! I’m gonna puke. Did anyone else notice how Michelle Rodriguez took a big, dramatic, probably-hungover breath before she delivered that Emmy-reel line?

The ass-kickers of the group, Jack, Locke, Kate, Ana, and Sawyer, are having a conference on the beach. Locke is completely flummoxed by this – the Others said they’d leave them alone! Oh, Locke. Ana tries to get her hands on some weaponry, but Locke says that if they all head off into the jungle, they’ll probably just end up shooting each other. Oh, snap, Ana.

Kate and Sawyer decided to go back to the garden to investigate. Sawyer pretty much convinces Kate that one of their group did this to freak everyone out. So, what sort of mean-spirited, army-raising person would do that? I’m not too proud to say that I totally bought Sawyer’s theory at this point.

Back on the mainland, Sawyer is convincing his new partner in crime that selling fake gold necklaces will be a breeze. She’s nervous, but they go through with the con anyway, and manage to sell some to a couple of frat boys at a gas station. So romantic!

On the island, Jack is reassuring Jin that Sun will be fine; then he goes off to get in a tiff with Kate. “Jack, how well do you know Ana Lucia?” asks Kate. Oh my gosh, so. Well. They go way back, actually. Kate’s trying to convince Jack that Ana set up the attack on Sun, and at this point, Jack just looks tired of all the womens fighting over his fine self. Later, Ana tells Jack that more people want to join her army, including, apparently, Hurley, and Scott. “No, you mean Steve; Scott’s dead,” says Jack. Oh, that old chestnut from the first season. Good callback. But you’re not Arrested Development. Jack also asks Ana where she was during the rain storm. Ana’s pissed, but then what else is new?

Jin’s ready to kick some ass…hmm, it would appear as though, if it was the Others, that they’re antagonizing the people who care about someone, because Jin is all up in Jack’s business demanding a gun. Kate watches from afar, and the producers make a really odd decision regarding slow motion. Ana and Kate look at each other, and it goes all slo-mo and cheesy. Kate figures that Ana set all this up so that she could get access to the guns, so Kate orders Sawyer to go warn Locke that they’ll all be coming.

Flashback again, where Sawyer’s lady is saying that she wants to do a big con. Sawyer corrects her and says it’s called a “long con,” but they don’t have any money so they can’t anyway. Now I think he’s been conning her the whole time. He says the trick is to make the victim think it was their idea all along…which is what he’s in the process of doing to her right now. She says she actually has $600,000 from her divorce, and I’m not really surprised. I don’t think Sawyer is, either.

Locke’s in the hatch looking through all the books, and while he claims to be alphabetizing them, I kind of think he’s lying. Sawyer tells Locke about the approaching would-be gun-wielding maniacs, and says he’s just there to mess with Jack, which is his favorite hobby. Locke figures that just locking the cabinet won’t be very effective, so he asks Sawyer for help moving the guns to a different place.

Back to Sawyerland, where’s he’s meeting someone at a diner. I feel like we’ve seen both his associate and the waitress, but at this point I’m probably just making things up. Sawyer tells this guy that he won’t be stealing from Cassidy. I kind of think Sawyer’s lying. You know, from now on it’s a new rule: if Sawyer’s talking, we’re hearing lies. The guy threatens Sawyer, saying that he’ll put one in Sawyer’s ear. One what? Penis? That’s a threat I can respect.

In the hatch, Sawyer takes his sweet ass time setting the timer, just to torture Jin and Jack, who have shown up looking for the guns. “I think he went to the store for a pack of smokes,” says Sawyer. Jack’s all pissy about the missing guns, but Sawyer’s not giving him any info. For some reason in this scene, the camera is seriously making sweet sweet love to Sawyer. What is that, a headshot?! (Actually, I have my Tivo paused on him right now and yowza, he’s a hunk of tasty goodness.)

lost2-8-06cJack goes down to the beach, looking for a fight. He wants Locke to give up the guns, but Locke’s argument is basically that he taught Michael how to shoot, and now Michael is missing, and Locke just feels too guilty about it, and doesn’t want it to happen again. You know, I like that argument. It’s real. As Locke and Jack are getting totally up in each other’s grill, there are gunshots from the woods. Sawyer walks out with a gun, and Locke’s flummoxed reaction is hilarious. Sawyer wants everyone to just hear him out for a second. “You took my stuff,” he says. He’s pissed that his stuff was taken while he was missing. Uhhh….seriously? They took his shaving cream, so now he gets the guns?

So, naturally it’s time for a flashback. Sawyer comes storming into Cassidy’s house and tells her they’re about to get killed. He “admits” that he knew about her $600,000 from the start, but that in the past six months he fell in love with her and doesn’t want to take her money anymore. He tells her to leave immediately for Sioux City and that he’ll meet her there later. Hee, Sioux City. What a cowboy, that Sawyer.

On the beach, Sawyer is lovingly cleaning his new prize. Kate has all kinds of questions for him, but Sawyer’s just being weird and withholding, as usual, and I must say that the dialogue is kind of silly but the actors do their best with it. Also, until now I hadn’t actually thought that Sawyer might have something to do with Sun…but then who’s on his team? Who actually attacked her?

Moving onto the the b-story (well, more like the m-story), Sayid has rigged up the “glorified walkie-talkie” Hurley gave him. They hear static, then pass over Rousseau’s recording, and then finally get some reception. This kind of thing on the show always gives me chills. It’s a radio station, and if the signal actually is live, they’re getting reception from a station east of the Mississippi (I believe the call numbers started with a W). Music starts, and Moonlight Serenade has never been so creepy. Sayid explains that it could be coming from anywhere, and Hurley adds “or any time…just kidding, dude.” I dunno, it looks like Sayid is seriously considering that possibility.

Sawyer’s padding around in the dark being a creep, and he’s joined by Charlie. Oh, CHARLIE! I never thought of that! Well done, writers! Round of applause. I can’t believe I didn’t think a Charlie being Sawyer’s secret special friend. Actually, I should have seen it coming, since I had predicted Charlie going all evil island man. But funny thing about that- in a fair fight, Sun would have totally kicked Charlie’s ass.

lost2-8-06dSawyer offers Charlie a heroin Mary, but he’s not interested. Charlie was in it just to humiliate Locke. That’s quite the grudge, considering he had to kick a woman’s ass to do it. Charlie asks Sawyer how someone thinks of an idea like that, and we see Sawyer at Cassidy’s house again. There was no one in the waiting car, no one waiting to kill them. Sawyer goes back in the house and gets the bag of real money. He looks at a picture of Cassidy and himself, then turns it upside down. “I’m not a good person, Charlie,” he says, back on the island. “I’ve never done a good thing in my life.”

Aw, that’s so sad! But I’m over it now. I’m excited for next week’s show, but this one moved along nicely, too. What did you think? Do you buy Sawyer being smart enough to get anything he wants? And another thing – was the diner waitress Kate’s mom, now that I think about it?

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38 Comments

  1. 1
    Tabby Lavalamp
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 12:26 am

    Dang it, I missed this episode because I set my VCR for the wrong day! And it had some Sayid in it, something we’ve been woefully missing! Oh sweet sweet Sayid…

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    ToddHzlqst
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 12:32 am

    The waitress in the diner was Kate’s Mom!

    The Sawyer flashback (IMO & memory) was too similar to his previous (first season) flashback. It really didn’t enlighten me anymore about Sawyer.

    Charlie going all “Gollum” suprised me especially when it involved hurting someone (besides Locke that it). If Sin ever finds out (and you know she will!), he’s in for a world of hurt.

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    cris
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 5:46 am

    i think charlie really needs to watch out for jin, who apparently started understanding WAY more english than before!

    something tells me that “any time” comment by hurley was no joke… or the writers just love to make nerds like us go crazy with the possibilities

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    Terence
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 6:18 am

    Great Recap. Wierd how Kate’s mom was their waitress.. maybe Sawyer and Kate are from the same southern town..

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    HicksPub
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 7:09 am

    I loved it when Sawyer called Kate “Sheetah.” He tosses around the best nicknames. A friend of mine described Sawyer this way: “He is the total package right – dirty hot and a piece of shit too. Every woman’s fantasy.”

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    little_pissy
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 7:33 am

    That was an awesome recap. Yeah, I was kind of surprised Charlie would hurt Sun, but more surprised that Sawyer would let that happen- I mean- I know he’s a jerk but I thought him and Jim had bonded… Also, if that was Kate’s mom that’s too wild. Something big needs to happen because the connections are getting unbearable. Loved your Sayid comments! (wanting to end those effing coconuts! classic)

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    Tracie
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 7:48 am

    The waitress was Kate’s mom. I guess this long con was taking place in Iowa, although at a different diner than the one we saw Diane in earlier this season. (Iowa is in the Midwest, not the South, by the way.)

    And I just love how whenever someone is mad, upset or angry, they take it out on the coconuts! When Ethan was killed, Sayid found Charlie viciously taking out the fruit. When Ana was building her hut, she used a coconut as a hammer (I think.) And now Sayid is using the same coconut therapy.

    Weird, they have a shrink they could go too! And a dentist. Because you can tell your dentist anything.

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    suebee
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 7:59 am

    How would Ana get Scott and Steve confused since she apparently didn’t know them when both were alive?

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    ChickenSangwich
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 9:22 am

    Loved this episode. Can’t wait for this week with the countdown timer hitting zero. Doesn’t look like the same timer in the Swan hatch though. BTW, I think Locke was looking for more bits of the Hanso film reel in the books. Cause the one that Eko brought over was in the hollowed out Bible, remember?

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    juxtapoeser
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 12:38 pm

    could the guy in the diner be the one who sentSawyer on the trail of the wrong of the (wrong) guy who conned his mama??

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    Victoria
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    The guy in the diner was not the same one from last season-that guy was played by Robert Patrick. That was definitely Kate’s mom in the diner, but that should be no surprise, because we have seen before how the character’s paths have crossed before the island. I thought Sawyer would look a lot better with his shirt off-that wasn’t pretty. He was way hotter when this show first started. The thing that intrigues me the most is if Sawyer really did love Cassidy. Maybe she is who he was talking about when he was delirious-hopefully not Kate. I was wondering if the whole Scott/Steve thing they keep bringing up is significant.

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    AbbyAnn
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 1:45 pm

    The book Locke was searching–An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, a story in which a man about to be executed escapes and makes his way home, only for the story to then end with the revelation that it was all in his imagination right as he died. The writers are playing with us again!

  13. 13
    bluebell
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 2:00 pm

    Oh Charlie — I defend you two weeks ago and you turn around and go all evil on us and beat up Sun . . . how could you??!! But who else thinks it’s suspicious that Charlie tracked Locke without Locke sensing it? Locke, the uber-tracker island-man? Me thinks that Locke was in on Sawyer’s plan too. Locke doesn’t want everyone armed, and maybe he agreed to the plan to keep the guns from the others (little “O”), who are all turning crazier by the minute?

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    ToddHzlqst
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 2:08 pm

    Oh to be a fly on the wall during the show’s writer’s sessions. This has to be one of the coolest AND hardest shows to keep going.

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    Leah3t
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 3:18 pm

    This ep was cool, but I’m sure there is more to why Sawyer is holding the guns. I like this ‘help from lock’ theory a lot.

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    strux
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 4:27 pm

    i think sawyer called her “sheena” like the 80s movie with tanya roberts….

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    ceenee
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    Sawyer’s hot, but his shoulders are too slopey. I don’t know, do the sexy dimples override the weird build?

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    TinkerbellAPixie
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 6:14 pm

    Ceenee, sexy dimples DEFINITLY override the weird build when they are paired with those crinkly eyes and Southern drawal. (purrrrr)

    Ok, did I dream it or did Sun hurt her head by running into a tree? I didn’t get that Charlie clobbered her – just covered her and tied her up.

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    Diana
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 9:56 pm

    I loved this episode. I was getting so bored and tired with LOST, but this was a great episode. And al though the flashback was of Sawyer pulling a long-con in a cold-hearted way and we already know that he is a con man, it worked. It was a great reminder not of the fact that he is a con man but of how ruthless he can be. So for us to see him pulling the long con in the flashback, as he pulls one on the survivors and us, simultaneously, was clever writing.

    Plus re-focusing on the dynamics of the group just raised the ante for the show and was a move in the right direction.

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    lurkertype
    Posted February 13, 2006 at 11:24 pm

    Mmmm, Sawyer. Who cares from plot? Plus bonus Sayid (and a soaking wet Sun for those of you who like that). Sawyer is a bright guy and has spent years manipulating people; of course he can get what he wants. And yes, he was calling her “Sheena”, Queen of the Jungle. Just before he got the high score on Donkey Kong.

    Jin is so gonna kick tricksy hobbit from here to a previous decade when he finds out, dude.

    FINALLY, someone noticed that the heroin might really be useful as I have been yelling about for ages.

    I read where the producers aren’t gonna get rid of A-L just b/c she’s a drunk and we all hate her. I hope they’re lying about that to throw people off. B/c no-talent ugly bitch needs to get offa this show ASAP.

    Am happy to know Rose and Bernard are still alive and together. Presumably Jack, Bernard, and Libby can start up the island HMO, build some condos by the golf course, whatever.

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    snos
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 6:37 am

    I thought he called her She-Ra (the female counterpart of He-Man). But I guess it’s not really that important is it? Sheeta, Sheena queen of the jungle, or She-RA – great nicknames

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    Smash
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 7:11 am

    Do you think the whole meeting with the guy in the coffee shop could have been a figment of Sawyer’s imagination (a split personality) perhaps? I think it goes along with the book that Locke was searching, and the guy not being in the car, and Sawyer sitting in the passenger seat. My husband came up with this theory, and I thought it was good. Also, I thought it was weird that Sawyer had ordered two beers, and didn’t give the other guy one, but my husband thought that was common.

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    Homba
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 8:58 am

    Hi all, I am Smash’s husband. Happy Valentine’s Day Sweety! :)

    The book (Owlcreek Bridge – something that happens in one’s imagination, noted by a fellow poster and incorporated into this theory by my wife) is just further confirmation of Sawyer’s split personality and that there was no ‘associate’ of Sawyer threatening to put a bullet in his ear.

    Sawyer is a messed up guy. His childhood was ruined by a conman, and he has become the very thing that he hated – and now he hates himself pathologically, to the extent that he goes out of his way to be punished and hated by the group. Split Personality Disorder anyone? A side that hates him, and (the more dominant) side that believes he cannot change.

    This played out as he struggled with actually falling in love with one of his con victims. He did love her, that is obvious. He told his imaginary partner (this was a conversation between his two personalities) that he could not, would not, steal from her. Then the ‘partner’ threatened him, told him he really didn’t love her, told him he’d kill him. Told him a conman was what he was.

    My wife is right about the beers. Sawyer ordered two and never gave his buddie one. This is pure Sixth Sense-style (non)interaction, folks.

    Sawyer’s bad side did not want to believe that Sawyer deserved anything good – like happiness from love, and rebelled against this out of self-loathing.

    Sawyer loved her and could have run and hid with her. Do we really believe a small time conman could have tracked down Sawyer if Sawyer really wanted to go hide (with $600,000 worth of resources)? No. There was no one outside in the car to stop him, but Sawyer sent her away anyway. Sawyer got into the passenger seat – it was his dominant alter-ego that was ‘driving’ the situation. The part of Sawyer that hates himself will not let Sawyer be happy. His carrying of the old letter (from season 1) is further confirmation of this dynamic at work.

    Homba

    PS-I love you Smash xoxox

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    Homba
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 9:04 am

    Sorry, one clarification.

    I did not mean to say (senselessly): “A side that hates him, and (the more dominant) side that believes he cannot change.”

    I meant to say, “A repressed side that wants to be normal, and a dominant side that hates himself and believes he cannot change.”

    H

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    MrsC
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 10:42 am

    Homba… wow, you gave a different perspective I for one had not considered. Very enjoyable read, thank you!

    Here’s another one I am surprised hasn’t already been posted. I don’t know if anyone here has been on the ABC Lost message board. I was lurking around and there was a great post called, “Sawyer’s Sacrifice.” The title had me intriged.

    It gives a totally different perspective on Sawyer and why he must be so bad. Especially when it seemed like he was getting along with folks, Kate esp, here he goes and steals the guns. Just cuz Jack gets his stuff?

    Sawyer did love Cassidy. He loved her enough to let her go on with out him and a life with a Con Man. How do we know she didn’t get 1/2 or more of that money in the bag he gave her? He knew if he didn’t leave her she’d be involved in the life of cons and it is a life he hates more than anything. He knows she won’t leave him any other way. He know he can’t change who he is. He has to do a long con on her for her own good.

    He stole the guns because if he hadn’t then folks would of gone on a rampage to find the Others, possibly hurting or killing each other in the process. Better to steal them and let everyone hate him (and I don’t think for a minute he didn’t get satisfaction of a little bonus by giving the screws to Who-Made-You-In-Charge-Jack)and keep them and everyone else safe.

    Just some (other) food for thought.

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    ProphetOfRage
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    wow.
    that was an episode.
    the parallel between sawyer-ford’s backstory & the con he pulled on the lost crew was done extraordinarily well, even by lost standards.
    & the references to season 1 (steve/scott, sawyer’s “you weren’t exactly supposed to see that”), love that sh*t.

    i know i’m in the minority here but I’ve got to be the only one without a problem with ana-lu/michelle-rod.
    she’s hot.
    she’s a bitch.
    she wants to make sweet monkey love with jack.
    & every1 hates her/her character.
    sawyer’s got some panties bunching on this blog & seems to fit the bill as a “hot” dude.
    he’s an asshole.
    he wants to buzz the brillo with freckles.
    & every1 loves (or @ least loves to hate) him/his character.
    what up with that?
    i personally like them both (as actors & characters).
    But pae-note bow-tah boy (aka vh1 has-been-reject) is really starting to piss me off.
    & jin is going to kill him… painfully.

    any1 think they’re setting up a “marathon man” scene for bernard the dentist?
    sayid may be the professional torturer but every1 who’s seen olivier & hoffman in that movie knows what happens when you have info your dentist wants…
    “is it safe?”

    pointless anagram of the day…

    the long con = clone thong

    good lord, let ‘em be talking about freckles.

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    lurkertype
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 4:34 pm

    #26, the whole diff is that Josh Holloway can act and M-Rod can’t!!! Plus Sawyer is often charming and A-Lu never is.

    Homba, that’s a bitchin’ theory/observations. You and Smash must be a fun couple.

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    zoobabe
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    I agree with you lurkertype. Sawyer has all the “bad boy trying to be good and then admiting that he’s really just bad” qualities that women love- and he’s not bad to look at either.

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    Leah3t
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 6:46 pm

    Homba- very very cool theory. this is one of the most interesting, coherent ones i’ve read in a while. what do you think of this also being a part of the whole doppleganger/evil twin idea that is slowly mounting? everone seems to have a double, though we’re all still scrambling to see who matches who. your idea that sawyer is his own evil twin fits into that in a very cool way.

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    Leah3t
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    oh, also wanted to add- cassidy? not hot. she’s about as believable as the love of sawyer’s life as that so called ‘hot nun’ on desparate housewives.

    (though i do like the idea of him giving her half the money to escape). there are a lot of good looking actresses looking for work- hire them to play flashback love interests!

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    CapoSTAT
    Posted February 14, 2006 at 10:58 pm

    I also was wondering how in the world Ana Lucia would know about Scott/Steve, since she’s never met them…doesn’t make sense…

    About the Owl Creek Bridge theory, relating to Sawyer making up the part about him making up the con man’s death threat…

    That COULD be true, but at the same time Sawyer could have simply lied that the collectors where outside in the car at that moment. Eventually they would have made good on the threat. That’s what I got out of it.

    However, the fact that Locke was apparently looking at “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge” probably means something–so yeah the Sawyer theory is highly probable…

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    bluebell
    Posted February 15, 2006 at 7:23 am

    That Sawyer evil twin theory was really good, I have to say. I didn’t think about that at all. I thought the significance of him getting into the empty car and waiting in the passenger seat was just part of the con. Just in case the girl came back to convince Sawyer to come with her, she would see him go into the car, like he said he was going to do. She’d be freaked out and leave. And the thought that ran through my head when Sawyer ordered two beers was, “sure, he’s had a rough day, he wants a few beers but doesn’t want to wait for the waitress to bring them.”

    Obviously, any deeper meaning was completely lost on me!! I was just enjoying the show — I thought it was one of the better ones. And, BTW, count me among those who love any scene with Sawyer. He cracks me up! Gotta love the dimples!

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    CB
    Posted February 15, 2006 at 8:14 am

    Definitely a good Theroy Homba!! But I have one questions.. I cant remember if Kates mom asked Sawyer if he needed anything else or if she asked “Can I get you guys anything?” Did she ever look at the other guy? If he was really just sitting there talking to himself (like in fight club) dont you think the waitress would have asked if he was alright?

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    CB
    Posted February 15, 2006 at 8:17 am

    oops I meant theory, I guess thats why they have the Preview option. :o )

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    Silver559
    Posted February 15, 2006 at 10:14 am

    The waitress did talk to Sawyer’s associate, remember he makes that ‘sweetheart’ comment she’s none too happy with?

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    palmtree
    Posted February 15, 2006 at 12:07 pm

    Did you guys notice the manuscript Hurley was reading when Sayid came up to him with the working radio? The title was “The Bad Twin” This book is actually for sale starting May 2nd. Here’s the link. Read the bit about the author.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401302769/qid=1140033912/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6283783-3119122?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

    Apparently this has been in the works for a while and the real author is a famous mystery writer.

    You gotta love a show that will put this much effort into their stories.

  37. 37
    ProphetOfRage
    Posted February 16, 2006 at 8:57 am

    actually kate’s mom/waitress did talk to sawyer’s friend.
    looked right @ him when he ordered his food & said something to him.
    i’m not saying sawyer-ford didn’t imagine that, too, (she never actually brings the food) but that stops the scene from being 6th-sense-like.

    guess i’m missing something with m-rod.
    is she really that worse of an actress then those playing pae-note-bow-tah boy, michael or claire?
    just seems like the player-hating ball up in here.
    hate.
    hate.
    hate.

    last night’s ep was pretty good.
    it was no ‘long con’, but still pretty good.
    sayid is losing it.
    but he’s right about his prisoner.

    next ep is the pilot.
    hmmmm….

    useless anagram…

    rousseau = arouse us

    & that’s just what she’s done…
    …again.

  38. 38
    Homba
    Posted February 17, 2006 at 9:27 am

    Hey all, what is the best site to read about the ‘evil twin’ theory – involving the numbers, the old (real) frenchman named Rousseau, etc. You know what I’m talking about. Anybody got a link?

    Yeh, thanks for pointing out the waitress did talk to him. Doesn’t totally scuttle my theory but is a blow to it. If they’d have kept it purely 6th-senseish, that’d've been cool.

    H

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