"If we see that light turn red and the battery's not already cold, that is the last thing we will ever see. Either way, at least we'll have a warning, buy ourselves some time."
Can someone explain to me why Michael needs to explain this to the guy with ordinance disposal experience?
Desmond and Jin start tracing wires in hopes of finding a way to defuse it while Michael goes to work freezing the battery.
Juliet meets Faraday at the beach after his run to the freighter.
"Did you get them all to the boat?"
Um...the only other option is that he tossed them overboard.
1) He weighs like 80 pounds and he's already soaking wet.
2) If he HAD tossed them overboard, he wouldn't actually tell you, dumb ass.
He explains that the boat is going to come as close to the beach as they can, which will speed up the shuttling process. He heads up the beach to get some water while she gets the next group ready to head to the boat.
Up at the kitchen, Rose and Miles discuss his nuts.
No, I don't wanna try your Schweddy Balls.
Faraday comes up to the kitchen and rounds up Miles and Charlotte.
"I'm leaving in ten minutes to take the next group of people to the freighter. You need to make sure that you're with me on that raft, all right?"
Miles inexplicably wants to stay and Faraday tries to convince him that the situation is...dire.
"Oh, no, you're very dire, but I'm still gonna stay."
Faraday gives up on Miles and reminds Charlotte that he leaves in just ten minutes.
Miles is surprised that Charlotte wants to leave the island "You know, after all that time you spent trying to get back here."
"What do you mean, get back here?"
"...What do I mean?"
Locke and Ben descend into the depths of the island together. John asks childish questions and Ben answers him with the thin patience of a parent until he can take it no longer. 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.
Hola! Hola! Hello! Hello!
"Why don't you watch this very informative video that will answer some of your questions."
The long and the short of the video that John watches is basically that doing what Ben is doing, that is putting metal objects in "The Vault" is bad. Somehow, the properties of the "Negatively charged exotic matter" that sits behind the vault don't react well with inorganic material.
On the video, Haliwax continues to explain. "In our first demonstration, we will attempt to shift the test subject 100 milliseconds ahead in four-dimensional space. For the briefest of moments, the animal will seem to disappear, but in reality... "
"Hey. Uh... was he talking about what I think he was talking about?"
"If you mean time-traveling bunnies, then yes."
"You do know that he said specifically not to put anything metal in here."
Before Ben can do much more than eyespeak the words "Are you, Mr. "Blow up every fucking structure I enter" seriously asking me if I know what I'm doing?", the two men hear the elevator mechanism start up again.
"You expecting someone?"
"May I have my weapon back?"
At the chopper, Hurley graces Sayid with a BSMH (Which is strange, since the last time Hurley saw him, he was worried that Sayid might use his ninja feet on him) and Kate seems happier to see Sawyer than she is to see Jack, although she does seem worried about the lobotomy, er...appendectomy patient.
Sawyer notices one of the dead mercenaries. "He say somethin' to tick you off, Freckles?"
"Didn't kill that one."
"Well, which one did you kill?"
Note to self. It apparently takes about 100 days to go from civilized human being to finding the violent death of a human being to be something to casually joke about. Good to know.
Once he learns that the baby is okay, Sawyer turns his attention to Lapidus and his handcuffs. I just assumed he'd be taking over the lock pick and show his skill, but he chooses a hacksaw instead.
Jack asks Sayid how he got back, wondering if the freighter is safe for them, considering the body of the doctor washing up on the island.
"It's safe now."
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Comments (17)
See you at greybishop.com, brotha.
Thanks for all the excellent recaps.
1 of 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | 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 17 | Posted by Greybishop | Posted on July 14, 2008 9:28 AM
Can't believe I just found this now. I completely agree with the assessment of the scene between Sun and Widmore. But I think Sun's had kick-ass potential all along. She's always been more tough than Jin. My thought is that Locke visited her like he visited the rest and told her what Ben did to make the boat explode. Working with Widmore could be a way to get revenge on Ben. So it they all go back, then Sun will be the "dark horse" working for the other guy. It's a crime that Yunjin Kim (and Jorge Garcia, for that matter) were Emmy-snubbed.
But the show delivers so many surprises...who knows? Can't wait until next month!
17 of 17 | Posted by Allison | Posted on December 27, 2008 3:41 PM