Even though last week's episode was Lost's season premiere, it only dealt with essentially a third of last season's cliffhanger finales. We had Jack, Kate and Sawyer's capture by the Others, Sayid, Sun and Jin waiting on the boat and Desmond Eko and Locke in the now blown to smithereens hatch. Technically this weeks is like part two of a three part season opener. Lost is nothing if not methodical.
The Locke, Desmond and Eko cliffhanger is more exciting, and ABC originally planned to air that episode second, but they decided at the last minute to switch it out with this one, following the story of Jin, Sun and Sayid. God forbid they should give us what we want too soon. Let's just say if Lost was a girl, you'd have to date her 3 months before you could get to second base and even then it would be all above the bra. But you keep coming back because dammit, you put in the effort and you figure you're bound to score eventually. But then nothing happens and you wonder if you ever should have broken up with Desperate Housewives. Sure she's annoying and not that good looking, but man is she a slut. OK, this metaphor is getting a little awkward, on to the recap...
The show opens with an image of a beautiful glass ballerina. The kind of beauty you can only get from participating Hallmark stores, but only while supplies last. The ballerina crashes to the floor. We pull back and see a small Asian girl standing over it. She runs into the other room and starts to practice her piano. Soon her father enters the room and we hear him call her Sun. He asks her if she broke the ballerina. She denies it and blames it on the maid. When her father then says if that's true then he will fire her, Sun again blames it on the maid. Then the father says "Very well" and walks off. Arguments over who broke a glass ballerina statue. Not the kind of thing you'd expect to see in the Godfather. These Korean gangsters are kinda fruity. When Scarface says "Say hello to my little friend!" you expect him to whip out a gun, not a keepsake ornament.
From there we cut to the island. Or the boat that is located just off the island to be exact. Sun is washing her face in the bathroom, or whatever nautical term they call the bathroom (galley? Head?). There is a knock on the door and Jin comes inside. She tells him that she has morning sickness. Out on the poopdeck (OK, so maybe its not the actual poopdeck, but there's no way I'm gonna pass up a chance to type the word poop in any form) Jin has Sun tell Sayid that they need to leave. Its been over a day since Jack, Kate and Sawyer left and he doesn't think they are coming back. Sayid refuses saying he made a promise to them to wait. Jin reverts back to his dickhead mode and demands that they leave, even throwing in one of his patented "I am your husband!" like screaming fits at Sun. This only annoys her and she tells Sayid that she can help sail the boat farther up the coast to light another signal fire. Man, Jin needs to reign in his woman! Maybe Sayid can help him sew a burqa or something. Oh what am I talking about, sewing's for ladies!
Back with the Others, Juliet is bringing Jack some food to his cell. She's keeping up the sweet "I'm your friend" routine telling him that she even made the soup herself! At first Jack seems to smile but tehn he realizes she made gazpacho and his revulsion at Juleiet comes right back. When Juliet leaves she goes to talk to Ben who is in another room looking over the prisoners on a bunch of old black and white monitors. "You never made soup for me" he says. Hmm, so was Ben was once a prisoner just like Jack and Juliet "turned" him, or is he referring to their romantic relationship? Interesting. They are then interrupted by the crass but lovable whore Trixie from HBO's Deadwood, or at least the actress that played her. Now that the shows canceled a girls gotta find work. Alas since this is ABC and not HBO, she will probably remain clothed the entire time and won't utter the c word even once. I'm gonna miss Deadwood.
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Comments (33)
Wow. Okay so Sun did have an affair. She does seem to lie a lot. Who cares! I love Sun and Jin. I thought this was a pretty good ep all in all. Still no answers really but next week should help. Juliette seems like one cold bitch even Sawyer said she wouldn't have hesitated to kill Kate. I really don't miss some of the other characters but I will be happy to see some I guess. I hope Locke is back to his old self
1 of 33 | Posted by mistichristi
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Posted on October 12, 2006 4:06 PM
funniest line was when the guy monitoring sawyer and kate was like "i see you talking you'll get shock"
sawyer "i dont even get a warning?@?!?!"
guy "SHOCKED. I SAID SHOCKED (shows the tazer)"
haha. this was an interesting episode, but i am kind of losing interest in the whole "were GOOD people, HONEST!"
2 of 33 | Posted by jash
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Posted on October 12, 2006 4:19 PM
Benry and Juliet are offspring of the original Dharma experiment colony and are former bun buddies who could not reproduce so one blames the other for faulty reproductive organs, thus the strained relationship????? (they seem to old to be offspring tho)
Jin and Sun are interesting but these past storylines go on to long.
They ending was GREAT....YES, someone finally asked one of the right questions.
Loved your view of the multiple tv monitors....great TVGASM moment.
Looking forward to seeing Desmond naked next week.
3 of 33 | Posted by chooch850
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Posted on October 12, 2006 4:56 PM
Great recap, EdHIll, inspite of the pronoun & first name confusion.
The Others are so galling. They kill, torture and kidnap but still expect their prisoners to like them. The Others must have a some serious inferiority complexes.
Can't wait to see next week's episode and what happened in the hatch.
4 of 33 | Posted by zevonia
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Posted on October 12, 2006 5:25 PM
Jash, I thought that was funny too (shocked)!
Okay, is LOST, BF Skinner, utopian society meets psychological operations? Like the extremists of both sides came together and concocted this island to do continual testing? I guess, unsuspecting people (plane crash survivors) would make the best test subjects.
Yeah, I thought the show should have been, "Sun is one bigass liar", instead of glass ballerina, whatever.
5 of 33 | Posted by AvaMarie
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Posted on October 12, 2006 7:49 PM
I dont think Sayid would beat out old Jack Bauer
I bet it would only take Jackie a day to get off that island....
6 of 33 | Posted by The Penitent
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Posted on October 12, 2006 8:01 PM
Never trust a man with two first names.
Who didn't see Jae coming onto the hood of the car Jin was sitting in? I mean they kept the shot on it for a few seconds.
Looks to me like the chaingang was working on making a clearing for a landing strip. You wouldn't just remove rocks/debris then pound it down for a nice footpath that wide.
Question everyone is probably thinking of, how soon before flight 815 did the Sun & Jae trist take place?
7 of 33 | Posted by wandernview
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Posted on October 12, 2006 8:44 PM
Not to beat a dead horse or anything but Kate being grabbed AGAIN really makes me think she is working with the others. The encounter with Alex could just mean that she is one of them she hasn't met. And as for making her break rocks, well her boss told her at their working breakfast last week that the next two weeks would be hard.
8 of 33 | Posted by geewits
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Posted on October 13, 2006 12:17 AM
Oh you missed something that Alex said that was quick and easily looked over!!
When she asked Kate about Carl... Alex said something about Kate not supposed to be in the cage.
:o
What could THAT mean??
Why is Kate not supposed to be in that cage?
And from the sound of it.. Carl wasn't a spy to get on Sawyer's good side.
I really want to see crazy French lady and her daughter reunite. It would be SO interesting to see what happens.
And damnit! They better show the significance of the huge 4toed statue!
9 of 33 | Posted by Shollia
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Posted on October 13, 2006 12:48 AM
Thank you, Shollia!
I am shocked that it wasn't in the recap - I had to rewind my DVR several times to see if Alex said "HE shouldn't have even been in there" or if was "YOU weren't even supposed to be in there". Obviously it was the latter....
This was a good episode, but I'm so anxious to see what's going on on the island that these long flashbacks are frustrating.
I know we're all trying to figure out how long ago the tryst with Sun was, and I wonder if there was anything in the flashbacks that would have told us what month it was...any newspapers laying around? Then we'll know who the baby-daddy is.
10 of 33 | Posted by LynchLostie
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Posted on October 13, 2006 3:40 AM
With all the questions left over from last season I am getting frustrated with all the time spent doing flashbacks.
Basically what happened is that Sawyer and Kate did some work, Jack sat around. And Sayid Jin & Sun lost the boat. Other than that it was a too-long flashback.
I wonder if Walt's boat is going to circle back and end up back on the island.
Oh, Trixie! I recognized her but couldn't quite figure out who that was. Deadwood was cancelled? :(
11 of 33 | Posted by soflat
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Posted on October 13, 2006 6:04 AM
I've heard a few people mention that Sun may have finished off Jae because she was holding the necklace before Jin left and it was in Jae's hand when he hit the car, I suppose it's possbile but if that's true then Sun is maybe a little crazy.
12 of 33 | Posted by wniffene
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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:02 AM
nice recap
I know the flashbacks are a necessary evil. Seems like they could be more concise.
I can't believe Trixie is a filthy other. I hope they quit introducing others. There's too many of them already.
13 of 33 | Posted by plethLaura
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Posted on October 13, 2006 9:13 AM
Great re-cap. I was laughing so hard at work people were wondering what I was reading. Now everyone is reading TVGASM.
14 of 33 | Posted by lill2441
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Posted on October 13, 2006 9:24 AM
Ok, my Korean might be a little weak, but when Jin jumped into the water and came up bellowing, there was not a doubt in my mind that he was yelling, in Korean.....WALT!!!!
I'm a little disappointed that the recap did not include what might be my favorite pick-up line ever, "You taste like fish cookies."
15 of 33 | Posted by Maynerd
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Posted on October 13, 2006 9:31 AM
"Only Jin can give her the real insulting chauvinistic dismissals that she craves." seeing what Sun's dad is like, maybe she (or the women in general) are taught/trained/brainwashed since youth to like that sort of thing, otherwise the whole system would fall apart....
I really thought the girl in the bushes said that carl (HE) wasn't suppose to be in a cage. It drives me nuts how she just randomly shows up, at least she helped Claire, I guess.
You taste like fish cookies cracked me up, a damn good line.
16 of 33 | Posted by tigereye
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Posted on October 13, 2006 9:51 AM
Doesn't anyone remember last summer, Maury aired an episode about who is Sun's baby daddy. It was Jin.
17 of 33 | Posted by may1
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Posted on October 13, 2006 10:51 AM
Sawyer's "How dare you" was one of the funniest LOST moments I've seen in a while. Right up there with "What are you gonna do?! Splash me?!" .
Maynerd- Awesome! Last week when Jack asked his ex "what's his name?" my sister and I wailed "WAAAALT!"
Ed Hill- dont be gettin yourself on the Korean mob hit list. We need your recaps!
18 of 33 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on October 13, 2006 11:11 AM
Hilarious recap EdHill. That Lost/Desperate Housewives things was awesome.
I love reading everyone's comments almost just as much as the recap. You people are way more perceptive than me.
19 of 33 | Posted by BSL
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Posted on October 13, 2006 11:26 AM
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought "Marco!" ... "Polo!" when Jin & Sun were shouting in the water.
20 of 33 | Posted by JayhawkAnne
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Posted on October 13, 2006 1:41 PM
I hope we get to see more of Alex. I like her for some reason.
21 of 33 | Posted by LagunaBeached
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Posted on October 13, 2006 1:52 PM
Leah3t,
I agree, the Sawyer "How dare you!" scene was so funny! I had forgotten about "What are you gonna do? Splash me?!" but that one was great too.
I thought "You taste like fish biscuits" was pretty good too. I love Sawyer. :-)
22 of 33 | Posted by mom_to_travis
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Posted on October 13, 2006 1:53 PM
October is apparently The Women Of Deadwood month. Trixie was also on ER this week.
Last week it was Jane (Robin Weigert) on episodes of The Unit and Law&Order.
I'm gonna miss Deadwood something awful.
23 of 33 | Posted by garyp
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Posted on October 13, 2006 1:54 PM
Sun didn't seem overly upset at Jae's funeral. Sad, sure. But not"throw yourself out a window" sad.
24 of 33 | Posted by mom_to_travis
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Posted on October 13, 2006 1:59 PM
i love me some Sayid too...but my love for Jack bauer is ten times stronger..Jack would totally take out Sayid..probably in one punch...
Great recap..i loved the caption under Kate's @ss...hilarious man!!
25 of 33 | Posted by poor, dead boone
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Posted on October 13, 2006 3:04 PM
I think Jack is going to die, while Kate and Sawyer escape. His backstory is all wrapped up. He gave up on his curiosity about his ex-wife and just wants her to be happy. We now know why Jack was so guilt ridden over his dads death. There's nothing left to tell. And he has become one of the more boring characters.
26 of 33 | Posted by jeff17
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Posted on October 13, 2006 4:11 PM
Maybe when Ben said he lived there all his life, he meant that metaphorically. Like his life didn't really begin until he lived there. The Others almost sound religious when they talk about changing perspective and whatnot.
Jack asks him why he would stay there if they could leave-I wouldn't mind living there either if I was living in a nice little house with no real job and access to the outside world-not to mention a book club!
27 of 33 | Posted by Victoria
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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:26 PM
I thought Jae Lee committed suicide, by jumping off the balcony himself cause he could leave Sun. I didnt remember a noose around him neck--then again it was a shocking moment so i could have easily missed it.
I'm thinking that Sawyer and KAte are doing the forced labor b/c they killed two of the Others. The Other's attitude/treatment towards them compared to Jack is totally different. Maybe the other prisoners attacked the Others at some point.
Colleen told Sun that if she shot her, they'd be enemies. This kind of explains why Sun was being shot at as she tried to escape--b/c she shot Colleen and the return fire towards Sun indicated to the Others on the deck that she must have initially attacked.
I hate to make excuses for the OThers cause I hate them so. They provoked this hostility against them to begin with.
28 of 33 | Posted by CapoSTAT
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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:40 PM
*edit*
Jae lee COULDN'T leave Sun
29 of 33 | Posted by CapoSTAT
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Posted on October 13, 2006 8:43 PM
Loved "kate is the worst dangerous fugitive ever" god she sucks, i mean didn't she just have a pickax in her hand? but Im still not ready to buy into her working with the others
so the degroots went to the island in the 70s--doesn't Benry look a bit old to have been born there? and if he has been there all that time, how did he not know about the sailboat?
another ?--so the button just doesn't need to be pushed anymore...how is that possible? does that mean the electromagnetic force is down?
I can't wait for some hurley this week
of and kiss---aaawwww--- it was so sweet---love sawyer, the others can keep Jack
30 of 33 | Posted by hardly@work
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Posted on October 16, 2006 7:15 AM
I'm confused about this underwater hatch, how do you know they are underwater in the ocean, what if thay have huge aquariums hidden on the island filled with sharks and dolphins for them to do tests on.
31 of 33 | Posted by LRSrusty
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Posted on October 16, 2006 11:42 AM
i agree with the comments about introducing more characters. i dont give a piss about more Others until we see the Season 1 gang! i know locke and ecko are this week, but for damn sake, when are we gonna see claire, charlie, and hurley. or even penny and dezi and the arctic global monitoring station thingy???? damn, i'd rather see bernard than more freakin' Others.
i'm starting to get irritated... i can tell my frustration with a show by the rotation of viewing in my tivo... Lost used to be 2nd only to 24. Now, it has fallen behind Grey's, Heroes, the Nine, Survivor and my new #1 Studio 60. Hell i even watched RW/RR Challenge the Duel last week before Lost. That says alot ppl... gettin' bored already... let's move it along!!!!
32 of 33 | Posted by poor, dead shannon
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Posted on October 17, 2006 12:27 PM
re: post#12
Sun did not have the pearl necklace in her hand in the apartment. She had a glossy black dinner plate that had a white rim on the bottom. Though I did not mistake it for the necklace at the time, when I reviewed the tape to see where the heck it was Sun was holding this necklace she hadn't accepted in the first place, I immediately spotted the plate as the source of your confusion. It did sorta look like the necklace... if I squinted at the TV :D
33 of 33 | Posted by Homba
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Posted on October 18, 2006 11:49 PM