The man apologizes to the monk he didn't punch and the bleeding Desmond also asks for his fellow monk's forgiveness.
Back at the survivors' camp, Kate and Jack strike up a conversation in the kitchen. Kate feels odd being back among the castaways with no escape plans to make, no jungle to run through. Jack suggests that she enjoy it while it lasts.
"I'm sure something'll go wrong soon enough."
As Kate tries to draw him out, Jack cuts the conversation short, borrowing Kate's spoon and tossing her a casual good night. She's devastated as she watches him return to Juliette's side and share dinner and laughter.
To relieve her pain, she seeks out Sawyer who is only too happy to oblige, despite the tears he notices. Not exactly a knight in shining armour, is he?
Ziiiip...
Sorry folks, I just have no words to describe Jin's Korean ghost story. Except to say that I loved it.
"Tell 'em Large Marge sentcha!"
As Hurley goes into a tale about the Chupacabra, Charlie slides over to Desmond and spots the picture he carries of himself and Penny.
"That's not bad, Des. Not bad at all. So how did you manage to leave her behind and come here?"
"Because I'm a coward."
"Sorry."
"You and me both, pal."
Desmond tells Charlie about how Penny had once tracked him down, telling him that with enough money and determination, anyone could be found. He tells him how he sometimes hoped that she hadn't given up on him this time, and somehow she was out there looking for him.
Just then the gang hear a strange noise. Mechanical. Rhythmic. Growing.
It's a helicopter.
Suddenly two high pitched squeals interrupt the nearing sound of the helicopter and its steadily increasing rhythm becomes choppy and laboured.
"Is that how a helicopter's supposed to sound?"
No, Hurley, definitely not.
The sound becomes more chaotic, finally ending in a loud splash and stopping completely.
As they try to formulate a rescue plan, something in the sky catches Jin's attention. They watch as it descends into the jungle.
When speculation runs the the possibility of another food drop, Hurley reminds them that Desmond said that someone was coming.
Desmond is ready to lead them out to find the person he saw in his vision. When Charlie asks why they should risk, Desmond tells him "Because that's the way it's supposed to happen."
"Well I guess it's supposed to happen without me."
Since Charlie is an important component in Desmond's prophetic vision, he relents. They'll go at first light.
Desmond knocks on a door that opens to reveal the monk-puncher, Derek. Desmond is there to explain to his ex-fiance, Ruth, why he couldn't go through with their wedding. It seems that he had a calling. A calling that started with a few too many pints down at the pub and ended with a monk helping him to his feet from his back in the street.
"And I knew, I knew, I was supposed to go with him. I was supposed to leave everything that mattered behind, sacrifice all of it for a greater calling."
"Well, it's a good thing a bloody shepherd didn't help you up, or I suppose you'd be off with the sheep, wouldn't ya?"
Baaa
Back on the beach, Sawyer confronts Jack about some of the changes that have happened while he was gone. Namely, the ping-pong table.
"Where'd you get the table?"
"Don't you recognize it? Fell out of the purple haze when the hatch went 'BLAM-O'. If we don't play every hundred and eight minutes, the island's gonna explode."
Sawyer also thinks it's odd being back, no escape to plot, back in his old digs like nothing had happened.
Jack tells him about his conversation with Kate about that very thing. Sawyer learns that after their little talk, Jack went off with Juliette. The con man puts 2 and 2 together.
Walking through the jungle, Charlie tries to get Desmond to reveal what is supposed to happen next. Des claims that there is no next for him to reveal. Charlie doesn't buy it, but Desmond reminds him that he's saved his life three times and that Charlie should trust him by now.
Hurley forces them to take a break. As they stop, Charlie finds a hula girl dashboard ornament and as Hurley sits, Desmond spies something in the tree directly above him. Using the big guy as a ladder, he retrieves a backpack. Inside is a satellite phone. Dead batteries, naturally.
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Comments (20)
Good episode, but nothing too important or interesting.
I love how Desmond has been and continues to be haunted by questions of fate and destiny.
I wonder if Naomi will die soon, or become a regular? Speaking of dying, surely Charlie sometime this season? I mean, he had one flashback in season two, and it was one of the first "nothing important" flashbacks, and none in season three so far. He's had nothing to do since he beat heroin.
1 of 20 | Posted by Merick
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Posted on April 19, 2007 7:05 PM
I'd also like to add that I soooooo don't care about Jack/Sawyer/Kate/Juliet's romantic feelings for each other.
2 of 20 | Posted by Merick
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Posted on April 19, 2007 7:20 PM
Merick -
Ditto and double ditto on that.
Love rectangles should be relagated to daytime television.
3 of 20 | Posted by Greybishop
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Posted on April 19, 2007 7:27 PM
Beatriz -
I've already come across a couple of fixes I missed in the editting process today, but I'd be happy to hear from you on corrections.
4 of 20 | Posted by Greybishop
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Posted on April 19, 2007 7:32 PM
Hey Grey,
The woman in the picture that you felt was "photoshopped" was the woman in Desmond's flashback that helped him pick out a ring for Penny. So, I wonder what her involvement is with the monk?? Is that how Desmond knows her?
5 of 20 | Posted by AvaMarie
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Posted on April 19, 2007 7:47 PM
AvaMarie -
I called the picture "interesting" because of her presence in it. Her knowing Brother Campbell puts an interesting spin on the "You have to do these things or we all die" statement from Desmond's previous Flash-whatever when he may or may not have travelled in time.
Is the Brother Campbell "Jacob" or someone else in the Others or maybe one of the other Others?
6 of 20 | Posted by Greybishop
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Posted on April 19, 2007 8:21 PM
Another great recap, Greybishop!
Since I have neither an inner nor an outer geek, I guess I didn't enjoy this episode quite as much as you did....
Now we know where Brotha' came from.
Who knew you could get fired from a Monastery?
And, who knew Koreans like to tell scary stories around a campfire too?
I find Charlie a little more tolerable when he's hanging out with Hurley. They get a good interaction going with each other.
I'm looking forward to next week.
7 of 20 | Posted by Lady-in-Gray
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Posted on April 19, 2007 8:51 PM
I liked this episode, but (naturally), I'm confused about something...
In his jigsaw puzzle vision, Desmond never actually saw Penny as the parachutist, right? He had flashes of the time when the picture was taken, but nothing like him taking the helmet off and seeing her face. (Obviously, please correct me if I'm wrong.) So why was he so convinced it would be her? I know, he hoped it was her and the picture was in the book in the backpack... but I don't get why he's so pissed that he saved Charlie's life when he had no guarantee that it was Penny who fell from the sky. Maybe it's just me not wanting Charlie to die though.
8 of 20 | Posted by Lisa
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Posted on April 19, 2007 9:25 PM
ok
so I sat down to watch the episode, say to my friend "man, I wonder if Charlie's going to die this episode..." and BAM he gets shot in the neck with an arrow and F-ING DIES.
I nearly had a heart attack. No show kills someone in the first 5 minutes. It took me like 10 minutes into the next scene to fully recover. Thanks, Lost.
LOVE this recap, you totally like tied together the theories that we are all piecing together, and your "nerd" knowledge is super intriguing... the perspective thing with superman and the flash is super interesting, as well as the reference to isaac and abraham which I totally didn't get because I was too focused on the catch-22 aspect. So is this chick portugese, or brazilian? The guys in the plane at the end of season 2 were portugese so I suppose that makes sense.
things that were great:
- camp talk! the talk in the kitchen was weird we never see like normal, non-disaster related camp interaction. It was nice, shows the closeness that's developed, despite the weird friend-zone tension
- Sawyer: "What are you guys doing, playing who's your favorite other" or something to that extent, was hilarious.
- so into sawyer and sayid hanging out.
- Jin's storytelling was so funny I think I died.
- "if we don't play every 108 minutes the island will explode" ... awesome. sawyer is ON lately.
Other:
- I hate hate hate juliet, and my opinion of jack is really suffering.
LISA: I totally agree! From what I remember, the flashes of him and penny were them posing for the photograph... that he already has a copy of? Some serious time bending stuff... but essentially, he saw a parachuter and penny, but I don't think there was any real reason to think they were the same person. Could someone find a video of his flash-forward?
I am glad they indicated rose and bernard's existence by getting the phil collins tape from bernard. I really think sawyer is trying... and he obviously really cares about kate, he's just sort of inept.
9 of 20 | Posted by MalloryS
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Posted on April 20, 2007 9:45 AM
Call me crazy, but doesn't the monk in the photograph with the white haired woman look an awful lot like the dude with the eyepatch that they saw on the one screen in the Pearl Station? Anyone?
10 of 20 | Posted by JohnGalt
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Posted on April 20, 2007 9:49 AM
Merick: maybe I'm being really dumb, but who's Naomi?
11 of 20 | Posted by MalloryS
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Posted on April 20, 2007 9:50 AM
Naomi is the girl that parachuted onto the island.
12 of 20 | Posted by JerseyGirl
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Posted on April 20, 2007 10:15 AM
JohnGalt, I actually did notice the monk's resemblance to Mikhail (sp?). Weird.
Great recap, GB. Just wanted to say that, I've got more to comment on later.
13 of 20 | Posted by Cody M.
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Posted on April 20, 2007 11:00 AM
"You'd have sacrificed me."
"The flashes don't happen exactly how I saw them. The picture changes. I was supposed to let you die, Charlie."
i didnt get that... How does this convince charlie that desmond wasn't going to sacrifice him? Desmond was "supposed to let charlie die" 3 times before, what does it mean to tell him that he was supposed to die this time?
didnt the picture happen exactly how desmond saw it? charlie stepped on the wire--and desmond already saw the arrow in place. Or was desmond trying to say that he didnt know for sure that the death trap event would happen altogether, but only until he saw the arrow?
NOTE: I easily skipped this entire recap because of the comic book picture placed on the front in place of a LOST screencap... good thing i saw the word 'LOST' near the bottom of the intro.
14 of 20 | Posted by CapoSTAT
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Posted on April 20, 2007 11:38 AM
Great recap Greybishop!!
Just wanted to note the reference to Catch 22 - Abraham and Isaac (from book of Genesis, Chapter 22) and Phil Collins (of Genesis). Dang, these guys are clever! I don't care what anyone else says!
15 of 20 | Posted by d
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Posted on April 20, 2007 12:24 PM
Greybishop, ignore my dumb ass. You're recaps are great, mistakes and all. Like another commenter said, "Oh, for pete's sake!"
That being said, I DO have a few edits...:) It's not my fault, I'm an editor, it's the way I see the world.
16 of 20 | Posted by Beatriz
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Posted on April 20, 2007 3:43 PM
And just to confirm that I really am a dumbass, I went ahead and made a first grade error in my previous post. "You're" and "your"....geeeeez!
17 of 20 | Posted by Beatriz
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Posted on April 20, 2007 3:46 PM
Beatriz-I was wondering if you did that on purpose :)
18 of 20 | Posted by LuvzSunshine
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Posted on April 20, 2007 4:23 PM
Thanks Beatriz.
Anything you noted you can send to gettheaddy@yahoo.ca and I'll make any required fixes.
19 of 20 | Posted by Greybishop
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Posted on April 20, 2007 7:50 PM
"Tell 'em Large Marge sentcha!" You gotta love a "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" reference! Great recap, Grey! D (#15 out of 19), good call on Catch 22, Genesis 22, & Genesis. Awesome!
20 of 20 | Posted by Darth Wader
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Posted on April 23, 2007 7:41 AM