(*Recapper premonition side note. Remember how Sayid managed to somehow get a laptop battery to power the transceiver? Who's betting that they'll be conveniently out of batteries of any kind when the satellite phone finally makes its way into his hands?*)
Along with the useless phone is a copy of Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" in Portuguese.
(*Literary side note. "Ardil" translates directly as "scheme" but I'm assuming that they would go with "close enough" for the title translation. Catch-22 was originally titled "Catch-18" but because of a similarity to another novel published around the same time, it was changed to "Catch 11". Then the original "Ocean's 11" came out and they changed it to "Catch 14". Apparently, 14 isn't a funny number and a final change to Catch 22 happened. The number 22 works well in the context of the novel anyhow, since it mimics the double bind that the catch places on those it applies to. 22 also alludes to the deja vu elements of the novel, which replays the same scenarios from different perspectives.*)
Inside the book is a copy of Desmond's picture of he and Penny. Did anyone else sit just a little closer to the tv right then?
On the beach, Sawyer brings Kate her "mix tape" that he promised. It's Bernard's "The Best of Phil Collins".
"So, why'd you jump me last night?
"What?"
"Was it 'cuz you saw the Doc hangin' out with Juliette?
"It is not like that."
"It's not? You ain't gotta use me, Freckles. All ya gotta do is ask."
Back in the jungle, Charlie is wondering if Desmond thinks that whoever bailed out of the helicopter is Penny.
"Earlier I hoped it, now I know it."
When Charlie asks why Desmond didn't just tell them what he suspected, the explanation that Desmond was afraid to change anything seems good enough for him.
"If whatever you're seein' leads to your girl getting us rescued, why would we want to change anything?"
"Right."
Of course there is the little matter of Charlie's impending extreme piercing...
Naturally, as doom creeps nearer, the rain starts.
"Thanks for the heads up about bringing an umbrella, dude."
In the monastery, Brother Desmond is drunk on a hundred quid bottle of wine. Brother Campbell is irritated since they've only bottled 108 cases this year.
"It's just as well we've taken a vow of poverty then isn't it?"
Desmond's behavior gets him fired.
I had no idea that monks could be fired.
"You've just spent too much time running away to realize what you may be running toward."
"What am I supposed to do now?"
"Whatever comes next."
Or whoever.
In the rain soaked jungle, Jin wants to know who Penny is.
"She's a chick Desmond used to date. And now he thinks she fell from the sky, so we're gonna go save her life and she's gonna get us rescued."
"Dude, even if I spoke Korean, it wouldn't make any sense."
Desmond tries to get the group to move faster, in case his lady love is injured.
"I'm moving as fast as I can. In case you haven't noticed, Dude, I'm not exactly The Flash."
Right at this moment an odd flash of light crosses Hurley's face. I suspect it's just a trick of the light, but the timing was weird.
As Hurley and Charlie debate the relative speeds of two fictional heroes, Desmond sees the booby trap that's responsible for killing Charlie in his vision. His own personal Catch 22. Remember I mentioned that part of Desmond's "flashback-back" showed Charlie holding a part of the parachute, despite the fact that he'd clearly just been killed by the arrow? I believe that that was Desmond's Catch-22. Part of the same "flashback-back" showed Desmond kissing Penny. I think he saw the result of Charlie's death AND the result of him saving Charlie in the vision. He realizes that if he lets Charlie die, he may get back to Penny, but if he doesn't save him, he won't be there when they find the person in the tree and that might mean that that person won't be able to help get them rescued. What to do? Much like the results of the race between The Flash and Superman, it will really depend upon where he views the results from.
This time, Charlie gets to finish his thought: "What if we just fit Superman with a pair of kryptonite ballet slippers...what the hell?"
"Aww...Charlie, DUCK!"
Desmond has decided on his perspective.
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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