"Yeah, I'm cool with you going in alone, too."
"Good luck, John."
Locke finds a lantern by the door, lights it and then enters the cabin. Inside in the dim light he sees a figure in a chair.
"Are you Jacob?"
"No. But I can speak on his behalf."
"Well, who are you?"
"I'm Christian." Locke, of course, has no way to know that this is Jack's Father. To him, he's simply Jacob's messanger and so he has no "What the hell, you're supposed to be dead" take on the situation. Christian comfortably leans back in his chair and Locke sits down across from him.
"You know why I'm here?"
"Yeah, sure. Do you?"
"I'm here...because I was chosen to be."
"That's absolutely right."
From another dark corner of the room, Locke hears a noise that catches his attention and when he looks over he sees another figure in shadow.
"Claire?"
"Hi, John."
"What're you doing here?" Aside from looking amazingly creepy for a hot blonde?
"Don't worry. I'm fine. I'm with him."
"Wh...where's the baby?"
"The baby's where he's supposed to be, and that's not here. It's probably best that you don't tell anyone that you saw her."
"Why? Why is she..."
"We don't have time for this. The people from the boat are already on their way back, and once they get here, all of these questions won't matter one bit. So why don't you ask the one question that does matter?"
"How do I save the island?"
Christian and Claire share one of those Manson family secret looks.
He was supposed to say that!
When John emerges from the cabin, Ben is understandably curious. He wants to know what Jacob told Locke.
"He wants us to move the island."
This is the first time that LOST has gotten an unintended laugh out of me. I'm glad I didn't pick that moment to take a drink or I would have washed my television. Way back when I first became a fan of the show, my very first hypothesis was that the island was somehow able to move. The weird tide that washed the plane wreckage away in season one, the "Coney Island rollercoaster" sound of chains dragging something heavy on a toothed winch and a few other things had me thinking along those lines. Eventually, that idea was dismissed and the clues turned to a different hypothesis that I refer to as the "Island in a Bottle" theory. If the idea that I and thousands of other fans dismissed as too farfetched turns out to be part of the show, I'm gonna have to try and recall if I ever put any money on it.
Again, in keeping with my "Everything at face value" policy, I'm going to assume that the island is actually going to move. Not in time or in another dimension, but physically move. I'm not suggesting a big outboard motor and a wake in the water, but somehow the island isn't going to be where it's supposed to be the next time someone tries to go to (or from) it.
Enjoy your half of the candy bar, because if we find a tub of mayo it's all mine!
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Comments (14)
GreyB, Nice recap. I look forward to them each week.
What are your thoughts on the following: if Sayid left in the Zodiac before Keamy killed the doc, how did the doc wash up on the island before Sayid?
1 of 14 | Posted by krissiemoon | Posted on May 10, 2008 11:52 AM
krissiemoon, I'm guessing that the Doc didn't follow the 305 bearing.....
As usual, excellent Lost recap, Greybishop. Quick, too!
2 of 14 | Posted by Lady-in-Gray | Posted on May 10, 2008 12:17 PM
krissiemoon -
My guess would be that because he's following the correct "safe" heading he won't be affected by whatever time shift sent the doctor's body to shore before he died...
3 of 14 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on May 10, 2008 1:16 PM
I love this recap!!!! I was calling the three Larry Mo and Curly through the whole episode
4 of 14 | Posted by fawm316 | Posted on May 10, 2008 4:20 PM
Abaddon as Walt..... what a great thought.
I also believed the island somehow moved or floated from place to place and that the magnetic field helped or deterred it from doing so.
Great recap GB!
5 of 14 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on May 10, 2008 5:05 PM
Maybe the island is riding on the back of a big pink sea snail.....
6 of 14 | Posted by marishka | Posted on May 11, 2008 6:07 PM
Maybe the island is riding on the back of a big pink sea snail.....
7 of 14 | Posted by marishka | Posted on May 11, 2008 6:08 PM
Hello GB, I posted in the the comments area of the previous weeks recap. I'm in Australia and we haven't seen this episode yet, so I haven't read the recap. I'm new, I've only just found this site and its fantastic. Your recaps are great. Have you mentioned anywhere if Des has had any reaction when he heard the boat and the mission whas Charles Widmores?
8 of 14 | Posted by sisi | Posted on May 12, 2008 7:32 AM
Sisi -
Australia? So...it's like Fall there right now? Winter's just around the corner sort of thing?
I'm tickled to have someone half a world away reading my stuff!
Thanks for the kind words. They are appreciated.
As for Des, his reaction was pretty subdued when Captain Gault told him that the boat belonged to Widmore and that the guy was trying to find the island. I think he's still processing "Penny still loves me."
I would bet that no small part of his reason for staying on the boat is to try to figure out what Widmore is up to...
9 of 14 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on May 12, 2008 8:07 AM
abaddon as walt has COMPLETELY blown my mind. that would be incredibly awesome.
10 of 14 | Posted by baymenxpac | Posted on May 12, 2008 1:23 PM
As always, stellar recap. I thought this was an incredible episode, and have generally been blown away by season 4 so far.
One thing I noticed was that "Mittelos" is an anagram for "Time Lost." Crazy!
11 of 14 | Posted by temporal anomaly | Posted on May 13, 2008 8:56 AM
Abaddon as Walt...someone else on another message board has the same idea. It's an interesting thought. But what kinda crazy time travel would have to be necessary for a GROWN Walt to meet a much younger Lock in the past, while a very YOUNG Walt meets a very MATURE Lock in the future? What's up with Richard looking the same age throughout the other characters' flashbacks? Is he immortal, time traveling, or moisturizing with Nivea? When are we gonna get Richard flashback? I wanna see how earth was created. :)
12 of 14 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on May 17, 2008 8:11 PM
Okay, so I actually whooped out loud when Christian was revealed in the cabin. Why? Because back when Hurley looked in the cabin's window, I came on here and commented that the figure in the rocking chair looked like Christian's profile. I was so proud of myself for getting one right... and a random one at that.
13 of 14 | Posted by Scarlet | Posted on May 22, 2008 6:06 AM
Hey all!
This week's (No place like home parts 2 and 3) recap will be up Saturday or Sunday. I had a technical glitch and didn't get to watch the show until later than usual.
For some reason, last week's (No place like home part 1) recap isn't showing up in the 'LOST' section. If you missed it, paste this:
/shows/lost/hostile-paik-ov-1-7020.php
after TVGasm DOT Com to see it.
Sorry for the delay but it was unavoidable. A long, long recap will be up soon.
GB
14 of 14 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on May 30, 2008 8:18 PM