Hundreds of Lists!

I'm sure everyone's just about dying now waiting for the 100th episode of LOST! It certainly looks to be a good one. In honor of the 100th episode, several Lost writers/bloggers/fans have made their Hundred-Themed lists that you can check out with the links below!

http://www.tvovermind.com/featured/top-100-scenes-from-5-seasons-of-lost/3686

http://blog.zap2it.com/lost/2009/04/100-things-i-love-about-lost-part-1.html

Do you agree with the lists? For the most part, I do. Maybe I should make my own . . . nah, too much work.

Enjoy tonight's episode!

Spoiler Vids for 'The Variable' Up!

Here are the clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPP3to0LWAM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAG2mREeZok&feature=response_watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECrcWqwTf9Q&feature=response_watch

Here's the synopsis/guest stars:
On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island. Guest starring are Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Sonya Walger as Penelope "Penny" Widmore, Alan Dale as Charles Widmore, Francois Chau as Dr. Pierre Chang, Fionnula Flanagan as Eloise Hawking, Patrick Fischler as Phil, Eric Lange as Radzinsky, Sarah Farooqui as Theresa, Alice Evans as younger Eloise Hawking, Wendy Pearson as E.R. doctor, Todd Coolidge as paramedic, Peggy Anne Siegmund as caretaker, Jennifer Sojot as E.R. nurse, Spencer Allyn as young Daniel Faraday, Michael Dempsey as foreman, Maya Henssens as young girl, Ariston Green as workman, Marvin DeFreitas as young Charlie and Brad Berryhill as anxious guy.

Here's a very convuluted hint for the fans who REALLY want to be spoiled!

You have to be pretty up to date to get this, but: A character MAY die next Wednesday. This character has been speculated to be the brother of the love interest of a certain LOST actor recently charged with sexual harrassment.

Another Buddy TV Lost Special

Here's an intriguing thing to check out over the break. Remember, LOST returns next Wednesday!

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/lost-100-offisland-connections-38097.aspx

Here's a little lost fix!

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/lost-100-funniest-sawyer-nicknames-76966.aspx

Love Sawyer's nicknames? Check this out!

Some Fun Stuff

OK, because we have a break next week I though I'd quick post some entertaining stuff for the meantime. I'll check back in with a couple more fun links every couple days. Enjoy!

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/lost-in-space-did-george-lucas-steal-star-wars-from-hurley-24584.aspx

Theories!!!

For me, there are a lot of tiny little details that hint at other things. The first thing I'd like to discuss is definitely vague, but we need more details before we can conclusively theorize: Team Statue. Here are the options:

A. Team Statue is the next generation of the Dharma Initiative. Personally, I'm a big fan because they WOULD know what was in the shadow of the statue. Also, they could have access to the knowledge of how to get back to the island. If this last bit is true, could there have been other next gen Dharma guys that came back? Henry Gale, anyone?

B. Team Statue is part of the Others. We know that they're out there. We know that, for now with the absence of Locke and Ben, they are leaderless (unless Richard automatically steps up). We don't know where they are right because they haven't taken any of the 316ers (as far as we know). We know that the Others CAN leave the island. This means it's definitely possible for them to be part of the Others. The one fallout of this theory is that when Bram talked to Miles, Ben would've been the leader of the Others and hence would've known about them or ordered them to. But Ben didn't even look like he acknowledged Bram or Ilana . . . could they be a splinter-group that broke off from the Others? Who would their leader be?

C. They work for someone else entirely.

Something else: Why were they taking the body to the Orchid? What were they going to do with the body there? Time-travel it? But, as Ben says, you can't come back from the dead. Or do they just want to hide the body?

Also, what was Faraday doing off-island? Many have theorized that he's off building the pendulum, but the pendulum is in L.A. not in Ann Arbor. But wouldn't the need that for Dharma to find the island in the first place? Speaking of that, how did Dharma even hear about the island? The numbers? Or, is Faraday working on getting our Losties back to the present? We'll see.

'Some Like it Hoth' Initial Reactions

This was a nice break from the style of the show and possibly the closest episode thus far that we could call a comedy. Hurley and Miles' banter was dead-on hilarious and there were so many lines that made me crack up. One thing I noticed that I especially liked was the Miles-Chang reveal. Unlike other reveals, many of which were less significant, it wasn't overly emphasized. I think the writers knew that the audience guessed the baby was Miles and so decided not to make it a huge reveal but rather worked it in nicely with the rest of the episode. I'm also excited to hear about the, what I call, Team Statue and what their purpose on the island is. Are they interested in taking over the island ala Ben or Widmore or are their goals more specific? Where have they been all this time that Ben and Widmore have been going at each other? Do Ben and Widmore even know about them? Could they, and this is the lame option, just be working for Ben? (This seems highly unlikely, though and since they wanted Miles to forego working with Widmore I doubt their his employees, either). All in all, I wouldn't say this was the most intriguing episode, but it certainly was entertaining. It was nice to see an episode where the bulk of the interesting material was spread evenly throughout, rather than what's becoming a trend: putting most of the cool stuff in at the very end. Probably a 100/108.

'Some Like it Hoth' Summary

We start out with a young miles with his mother at an apartment complex. Miles has his first ghost-sensing experience and discovers a dead body in one of the apartments (which he unlocked with a key under a stone rabbit - possible reference to time-traveling bunnies? going down the rabbit hole?). Miles says he heard the man call out for Kimberly, who was his deceased wife, and experienced his heart attack. On island, Kate and Sawyer return from the jungle and ask Miles to wipe the security tape. Miles is unable to finish because Horace walks in and invites him into the circle of trust. He's supposed to pick up a body from Radzinsky and then deliver it to the orchid. When he gets it, he uses his powers to discover that the man, Alvarez, had a dental filling shoot through his head. At this point, I think we can be pretty sure that the man was working in proximity to the electromagnetism of the Swan Station. Off-island, a pierced and dyed Miles shows up at his mother's deathbed but she won't tell him about his father, who apparently hated them and kicked them out. She says he's dead and his body is in a place Miles can never go. On-island, Roger finds out about Ben being missing. Kate tries to console him but only lands herself in a suspicious light. Jack defends her, and I get the feeling Roger is now also suspicious of Jack. Hurley shows up and wants to carpool to the Orchid with his sandwhiches and Miles cannot persuade him otherwise. The two go and discuss their abilities to speak with the dead. Miles eventually tells Hurley about what happened to the body and the drop it off at the Orchid, where Miles also tells Hurley that Chang is his father. Change, Hurley, and Miles ride to the Swan Station. Off-island, Miles is with a client. The man wants to let his dead son know that he loved him. Miles lies and says he knew that already after a very fake session which is reminiscent of Claire's psychic. Naomi shows up and says she has a proposition. She takes him to some kind of morgue where there's a dead body. This is Miles' audition, to speak with the body, Felix, who had detals about the 815 cover-up. But Naomi's team isn't the only one interested in Miles. After getting his fish taco, Miles is kidnapped by a group of men led by Bram, the same man in Ilana's group on-island, who asks him 'What lies in the shadow of the statue' and that until he knows he's not ready to go to the island. It appears we have a third side in play in the Ben-Widmore battle for the island. On-island, Hurley and Miles talk about Miles' hate for his father and Hurley admits he has been writing 'Empire Strikes Back' in the Star Wars series. Miles watches himself as a baby and Chang's good fathering skills reading him a book. Chang gets a call and summons Miles to help him go and get some scientists from Ann Arbor who just arrived. Off-island, Miles admits to the father client that he actually faked the contact with his son and gives him back his money. He says he'll be going on a boat trip soon. On-island, we see Phil come to Sawyer with the tape of he and Kate returning from the jungle. Sawyer knoskcs him out. We also discover that one of the scientists returning to the island is none other than Daniel Faraday.

What to Expect Next

The next episode is entitled 'Some Like it Hoth' which is a reference both to the film 'Some Like it Hot' (in which two of the main male characters dress up as women) and 'Star Wars' (in which we see the frozen, ice-covered planet Hoth). How or if the two are linked is certainly a mystery to me.

Here's the official ABC synopsis and the guest stars list: Suspicions about a possible breach intensify after Ben is taken from the infirmary, and a reluctant Miles is forced to work with Hurley when he's asked to deliver an important package to a top Dharma official. Guest starring are Francois Chau as Dr. Pierre Chang, Marsha Thomason as Naomi Dorrit, Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed, Patrick Fischler as Phil, Jon Gries as Roger Linus, Eric Lange as Radzinsky, Leslie Ishii as Lara, Brad William Henke as Bram, Dean Norris as Howard Gray, Tim DeZarn as Trevor, Lance Ho as young Miles and Linda Rose Herman as Evelyn.

That's certainly a long list. I'm most excited to see how Naomi comes back. And, of course, here is the link to the promo:http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=lost+some+like+it+hoth+promo&aq=o

We can expect to see a more lighthearted episode according to the official podcast and, from the promo, a body! Who could it be? I think it could possibly be Naomi (she might've been blown off the ship into the water and then washed ashore), Sayid (they might've caught and killed him, who knows?), or, and this is by far my favorite, Daniel Faraday. I doubt this last one, though. In all likelihood, it's someone we haven't seen yet. Maybe a Hostile. From what I can see, the body looked caucasion. We can also expect more of Miles' backstory as this is a Miles-centric episode and maybe, just maybe, a reveal of whether or not Miles is Pierre Chang's son. Looking forward to next Wednesday!

Another Richard Alpert? The Locke/Ilana Theory

Ben laid out a precedent two nights ago by saying that dead is dead. Nobody comes back from that. If we take that to be true, then can Locke be considered alive? My thoughts: no. So here's the conundrum: How/Who/What is Locke? To me, he seems more informed about the island. For instance, he now knows about where Smokey resides and his demeanor has changed. He's almost cryptic, much more confident, calmer, and, dare I say it, almost divine. Here's my thought: he's become like another Richard Alpert. He's connected to the island in a way most aren't. He won't age because he exists outside of time. Ok, there's that. Here's another idea: Locke is only alive ON the island. Off the island, he is 100 percent dead. He is the first of his kind: a flesh and blood apparition of the island much like Christian (or recently Alex) except with a physical presence. We must consider, too, that Christian is able to touch and interact with things, so Locke could just be another Christian-figure. Also, make of this what you will, but they never showed Alex and Locke in the same shot. Intriguing, right? Final Locke theory: Ben was totally wrong. The island can come bring people back from the dead. Moving on: Ilana looks a bit like Richard (well, more than a bit). Her behavior in this last episode suggests that she has a purpose on the island and is at least informed about the island. Could she be, as many have theorized about Richard, an original inhabitant of the island? It's certainly an exciting possibility. I suppose the point of this post is to make you question whether or not Richard is really the only one of his kind. I think the obvious answer to that is no. The real questions is whether we're seeing another of Richard's kind on the island right now. Of course, we'll have to wait to see Richard meet the new Locke and Ilana.

The Hieroglyphic

Check out the drawing (sorry about how dark it is). I think it's pretty clear that smokey is the kind of zig-zaggy creature on the left and the four-toed statue is the egyptian deity on the right. There are also some other symbols (ex: eyes) to make of them what you will. Also, here's a link to a gigantic version of the picture: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/lostpedia/images/f/f9/MonsterImage.jpg

'Dead is Dead' Initial Reactions

What an episode! Unlike last week's, this was almost a completely mythological episode. What's interesting to me is how small the cast was. Of the major characters only Sun, Ben, Desmond, and Locke appeared though we did get appearances of Ilana, Cesar, Penny, Widmore, and Frank among others. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this season presents our characters in more locations and farther spread apart than ever before. I'm not sure if I like it, but I do like most of the storylines. One thing I forgot to mention in the summary was one of the last scenes. Frank returns and Ilana asks him 'What's lies in the shadow of the statue.' When he doesn't know, she knocks him out. This makes me think Ilana has/is either A.) Been to the island before B.)Working for Widmore C.)An Island native D.) A relative of Richard Alpert (she kind of looks like him) E.) Working for someone who is NOT Widmore or Ben. Perhaps the Economist, on the off chance that he had nothing to do with Widmore (or wasn't Widmore himself). Also, I'm intrigued to see what's inside that crate. I don't think it's weapons but it could be. This definitely puts Ilana in a different position/light than we've seen her before which makes her probably the most unexplainable new character we've had in a long time. Also, the end of Cesar? I end that with a question mark because it's difficult to say. Is that all we're going to get of him? In some ways, he's perfectly disposable and in others he still has a lot to say. The temple was also referenced in this episode and I must say after Ben said they built the wall to keep people like Locke and Sun from ever seeing it I was immediately dying to see it. I'm guessing we'll get a late season six reveal. There was one thing that was disappointing to me about this episode and that was the lack of Eloise/Ellie. Is she with Faraday? Does she even know that Faraday is on the island? What was her exact relationship with Widmore? Some people say she's his sister and some people say they are romantically paired. All in all, I'd say this was probably one of the better episodes of the season; very fast-paced (so I never got bored), well-acted, and well-written.

'Dead is Dead' Summary

OK, here we go: We start out with an older Widmore coming to talk to Ben. He basically begins Ben on his path to being an Other. In fact, we come to see a younger Ben (with Ethan along for the ride) stealing Alex. We come to learn that Ben was supposed to kill Rousseau, but Ben cannot. Instead, he takes Alex and warns Rousseau to never come and look for her. An older, but still on-island Widmore, clearly demonstrates the friction when he insists that Ben kill Alex. We eventually flash forward to the banishment of Widmore, who is still steaming about Ben's failure to kill Alex, and who states that his hunt for the island will begin. Older, injured, 316er Ben wakes up to find Locke. He insinuates to Cesar that Locke is potentially dangerous. Cesar says he has Ben's back. Later, Locke comes across Ben in his old office (on Hydra island) looking at a picture of him and Alex. Ben (who does not apologize for killing Ben) says he's come back to be judged her his sins. Locke eventually contradicts him, saying that he thinks Ben is there to be judged for killing Alex. The duo decide to travel to the main island, in the process Ben kills Cesar (that is his apology to Locke). It seems this is the end of Cesar but we cannot be sure. They come to Ben's New Otherton (dharma barracks) house and meet Sun and Frank. Sun says that Christian told her to wait for John Locke, but she is sure he's dead. Then again, there he is! We jump back to a present-day Marina where Ben finds Desmond and Penny. He shoots Desmond but cannot shoot Penny because he sees Charlie. He lowers his gun and Desmond crashes into him (yay! he's still alive!) and beats him up and then proceeds to chuck him in the water. According to the official podcast, however, Desmond is not out of the woods yet so fingers crossed. Ok, back to Sun, Frank, Ben, and Locke in New Otherton. Frank tells Sun that he's going back and urges her to come but she does not and Frank leaves without her. Ben retreates to his secret room we saw in Season Four and opens the Secret Door within the Secret Room (you know, the one with all the hieroglyphics on it). We then see a muddy pool of water in what looks like a cave-type room. He reaches into the water and pulls a plug (or something, it's rather like an earthy bath tub) and drains the pool. A hole is left open and he says he'll be waiting outside. When the smoke monster doesn't come soon enough, however, Locke decides to lead Ben directly to Smokey. It turns out to be under the temple and the two go in. I believe it's the same opening that the French people went into but I there's no way of being sure. Ben falls through the floor and into a secret room with a stone-etched drawing and a grate beneath it, out of which comes Smokey. Smokey surrounds Ben and shows him images of Alex and his' past. When it retreates back into the grate Alex is left standing there. She grabs him, shoves him up against a pillar, and tells him menacingly to follow John Locke. If he doesn't, she (the island) will personally destroy him. He agrees.

I'm Back!!

OK, if there's anyone out there in the universe who actually reads this: I'm back! I'm sorry for not writing, but I went away on vacation for quite some time. However, I have two apology tidbits:

1. The 15th Episode of this season, entitled 'Follow The Leader,' is RICHARD centric (rumored, anyway - but how cool is that!!!)

2. The super secret scene at the end of the season is going to be called (drum roll, please) The Fork In The Outlet!