That's right folks. Now that the finale has percolated in my little brain for a few days, I've picked out what I think is the most important element. Desmond and Penny doing everything but breaking into Peaches and Herb's "Reunited"? Sweet, but no. The Frozen Donkey Wheel? Please. Nope. It was that almost throwaway scene with Sun and Daddy Widmore. More inside. Everybody put an extra cushion on the chair. This could take a while.
Before the first scene, we're treated to the usual run of "Previously on LOST"s. This time, the final "Previously" ties seamlessly into the now. The previously ends with Kate peeling away from Jack as he yells after her that they have to go back. The now begins with her brake-lights lighting up and her tires squealing as she decides she has a little more to say to Jack. She backs the car up and flies out ready to rip Jack's beard...er, head off.
"We have to go back? We have to go back?"
Jack tries to respond, but she cuts him off.
"Who do you think you are? You call me over and over again for two days straight, stoned on your pills. And then you show up here with an obituary for Jeremy Bentham? When he came to me and I heard what he had to say, I knew he was crazy. But you, you believed him. Him of all people."
"Yes, Kate, I did because he said that was the only way I could keep you safe. You and Aaron."
Was I the only one who cheered when someone finally slapped Jack?
Kate doesn't want Jack to even say Aaron's name. She's pissed that he's not there to read to Aaron and figures that he doesn't even have the right to utter the name. Personally, instead of forbidding certain syllable utterances, I would have just slapped him again. And maybe kicked him until he cried some more.
HIT HIM!!!
"I spent the last three years trying to forget all the horrible things that happened on the day that we left. How dare you ask me to go back?"
Jack has no answer as she drives away.
When Jack and Sawyer arrive at The Orchid, before they can start thinking about a plan, they hear a noise.
It's Hurley's fly.
Give me a break. That's probably the only time I'll ever have reason to type those three words together in my whole life.
Sawyer almost gets a patented BSMH (Big Sweaty Man Hug) from Hurley. I'd like to think that the big guy holds back because he hasn't had a chance to wash his hands...
Speaking of Hurley washing his hands, there's that awkward moment of seeing Jack and both of them trying to ignore that Hurley picked Locke's plan over Jacks. It's not pretty, and there's no BSMH's on the menu.
At this point, we see a curious development. Despite the fact that the only reason Jack and Sawyer are in the jungle is to find Hurley and bring him back to the chopper, Sawyer asks Hurley where Locke is. The three men head into The Orchid with Jack in the lead. The same Jack who just last episode was ready to get on the chopper and leave Locke to whatever fate had in store for him until he found out that Hurley was with him. I'm normally not one for tallying up plot holes, but this one's a doozy. It simply doesn't track with what we saw in the previous episode, which technically is the same episode we're watching.
Locke seems unsurprised when he hears Jack call his name.
Don't worry, little man. I brought some Kleenex just in case.
Back on the boat, the gang is assessing the massive pile of C4 blocks connected to a rig that looks slightly less complicated than my dvr connection.
"There's enough C4 here to blow up a bloody aircraft carrier. When I was in the army I did six months explosive ordinance disposal which, as the saying goes, is just enough time to learn how to blow yourself up."
Desmond explains that the complicated rig is a radio receiver that allows the bomb to be detonated remotely. Jin asks the appropriate question:
"So can we... turn off?"
Desmond examines the set up a little closer.
"This is a...this is a trip wire. Move it and...boom. This is dummy wiring. If you cut the wrong one...boom. This is multiple firing systems. You disable one, the next one...boom. Um, this...battery's the power source. If you disconnect it..."
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Comments (16)
See you at greybishop.com, brotha.
Thanks for all the excellent recaps.
1 of 16 | Posted by Clair | Posted on June 7, 2008 6:15 PM
What a great finale and what a great recap..... I look forward to next season and your insight. Do you think we'll see the chaos on the island after the 6 left? It would be nice to see Sun crush a few people.
..... and I never caught Jack telling Kenny Roger's about the other island... and I watched it twice!!!
2 of 16 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on June 8, 2008 6:01 PM
Great recap, greybishop!! If anyone wants some finale spoilers, go to YouTube and you can see:
1. The alternate endings of who was in the coffin
2. What Sawyer whispered to Kate before he jumped off the helicopter
3. What was whispered to Kate when she picked up the phone at the house
My daughter and I always watch the show with the captions on our t.v. because it picks up stuff you can't hear, but it didn't pick up what Sawyer said to Kate or what she heard on the other end of the phone.
See ya in January!!
3 of 16 | Posted by rubyslypperz | Posted on June 8, 2008 7:35 PM
Great finale and great recap.
I've never had a show that took me from extreme sorrow (Jin's death) to extreme happiness (Penny and Des's reunion) in a matter of an hour. I think the island has moved several times now. I think it moved in the season 2 finale, in the season 3 finale and Lock has now moved the island too.
4 of 16 | Posted by FreewayShark | Posted on June 8, 2008 9:34 PM
GB, thanks for all the recaps on what was a very solid season. I actually think the writers' strike may have actually helped make the season better by forcing the writers, once the strike was over, to really tighten things up and not meander so much.
As for the theory about the Ben's moving the island making a big "suck hole" in the ocean, did the island actually "move", or did it just move in time a little? If so, maybe that would explain why it didn't leave a void in the water? I'll definitely be stopping by your blog this summer. Thanks again.
-JR
5 of 16 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on June 9, 2008 7:25 AM
Thanks for the kind words folks!
As for the void in the water, JasonR, if you're right and the moving of the island doesn't leave a big void in the ocean, I don't understand why they didn't just cut to a calm ocean. It would have been just as effective at getting the point across.
By giving us the big ripple like they did, they imply that the island's disappearance has physical consequences in the water. If that's the case, those consequences would be much greater than what we saw.
I know, I know, I'm nitpicking. Still it annoys me when a science fiction show messes up on the basic science stuff.
6 of 16 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on June 9, 2008 7:52 AM
I don't know much about fluid dynamics, either, but maybe the big ripple in the water was the end of the larger, more dramatic (and thus more expensive to create) consequences. Water doesn't just geyser and come down flat....it keeps moving until it calms, with each movement getting smaller and smaller.
: )
Thanks for the recaps, and have a fantastic summer. I look forward to your re-recaps!
7 of 16 | Posted by marishka | Posted on June 9, 2008 8:19 AM
GB--you are the god damned greatest!!!!!
Great recaps! Great season!
I know NOTHING about science and I am not a huge science fiction fan, so I can't make any comments on the moving island waves. I just love this show and I am willing to suspend ALL of my logic to continue to enjoy it.
Loved Penny and Desmond. I hope we get to see more Jeff Fahey next season. And I'll say it...I was bummed when Keamy died. He was pretty smokin', even though his character was totally psychotic.
8 of 16 | Posted by james_woods_rules | Posted on June 9, 2008 2:28 PM
I'll second that james_woods! Keamy was a smokin' hot piece of man!
Great recap Grey!
*Nobody's getting the Emmy for Best Direction for this episode sidenote: Was I the only one who got nauseous during the gunfight?* No you were not! I had to look away because it was too much for me.
"He then does what all parents at the end of their ropes do. He parks John in front of the electronic babysitter while he does his grown up stuff." That was a perfect description of that scene!!! LOL!
I agree that Yunjin Kim deserves an award for her acting in the finale. She did a great job when the freighter blew. I don't want to believe Jin is dead. Did anyone else catch that during the first explosion he was at the back of the boat and could easily have jumped off before the second explosion? Or was that wishful thinking on my part?
I can't wait to see what happens next season. I'll definitely be checking out your other recaps from the previous seasons this summer!
9 of 16 | Posted by akgirl7 | Posted on June 9, 2008 4:16 PM
did you miss out on the ad near the end of the episode for octagon global recruiting? I was pretty sure it was 'fake', then there was a watermark at the end saying it was paid for by ABC, Inc. The dates for their 'recruitment fair' in San Diego are the same as the Comic Con there. Their website says they are recruiting for a new DHARMA Initiative project.
10 of 16 | Posted by jennifah | Posted on June 9, 2008 6:16 PM
Months ago I gave up watching this inane show without direction or plan, with 100 monkeys with typewriters writing the weekly scripts on the fly. However, I have never given up reading your recaps, GB. It really is more fun just to read your cogent prose and your musings and guesses, not to mention your eclectic knowledge of many different subjects.
In short, I think you do a fantastic job of making a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Enjoy the respite until January. Many thanks for enjoyable reading.
11 of 16 | Posted by talma63 | Posted on June 11, 2008 8:07 AM
Jennifah -
Yeah, I didn't comment on the commercial. I actually am not a fan of the tie in stuff that ABC has done with this show. The Lost Experience was silly and pointless, Bad Twin was Awful Novel and in this case two stikes is enough for me.
talma63 -
You REALLY need to come to my discussion forum. We have a guy there who you would get along with famously. He's our board's resident LOST skeptic and he regularly rips on the show. Given that the rest of the forum is made up of fans ranging from admiring to rabid, he could use a friend!
12 of 16 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on June 11, 2008 10:21 AM
Heya, quick question to GB and the group...
During the scene of Farraday and Charlotte on the beach (page 5 of this recap), did anyone notice Farraday kind of going blurry or out of focus? I watched it at work, then watched it again at home on the VCR, so it could have just been the local cable provider. The reason I ask is because Charlotte seemed to be in focus, just Farraday was out...
I haven't been able to sort through all the Lost websites to find anything, so I thought I'd start here, since y'all are so smart. :)
13 of 16 | Posted by teri00 | Posted on June 18, 2008 11:54 AM
teri00-
I'll take a look at it tonight. If you're right, that would be neat!
14 of 16 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on June 19, 2008 8:43 AM
teri00-
Just took a look. Nothing unusual that I could spot. Would've been interesting though...
15 of 16 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on June 20, 2008 7:18 PM
This week (July 13) marks the beginning of the new series of season 2 recaps I'm doing.
Drop by greybishop.com for details.
16 of 16 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on July 14, 2008 9:28 AM