
Honestly, I don’t have much to say this week. Why? Because that episode told us nothing!!!!!!!! I usually love John Locke flashback episodes, but I really didn’t like this one. We know that John, Desmond, and Eko survived the hatch implosion. We of course don’t know how, and does anybody really think we will ever find out? We learned that John Locke went through a stage where he lived on a Hippy Farm that also fronted as a weed farm. OK…………. The drug/dream sequence with Boone was interesting, but rather pointless it seemed. And we are shown once again that John is a hunter and that there are polar bears on the island. I thought the explanation about the polar bears was interesting…..Oh wait…There wasn’t one!!!!!!!!! I guess I’m getting a little tired of the non-explanations, but oh well. To me the only interesting development (besides the fact that Hurley has apparently gained weight), was the fact that Desmond is now some sort of a psychic. Yeah, we see that the polar bear ate Dharma people, and the officers badge number in Locke’s flashback was 84023. Yeah, it was interesting that Locke woke up on the jungle floor just like Jack in the pilot episode in season 1. Yeah, it was weird that Eko’s stick fell from the sky and hit Locke in the head. A lot of interesting stuff that goes nowhere. All in all I was disappointed and bored with this episode. For the first time ever, I was ready for a Lost episode to end. Maybe I missed some earth-shattering revelation. Maybe I just don’t get it. Thoughts?
October 19, 2006
October 20, 2006 at 3:07 pm
i disagree, jake. i really enjoyed this episode. that’s the beauty of “lost” in that it always keeps you one step away from figuring it out. there is always a connection to be made. or something that makes you think “what was the meaning of that?” until it is finally revealed about 6 episodes later. i think that is what makes “lost” one of the better shows on tv right now. i agree, my favorite part was the whole desmond esp thing. what’s that gonna turn out to be??