I'm watching. Basically its simple- if I become "zoned" enough that I
really stop looking around the room, I'm really "into" something I'm
watching. I'm really engrossed in it and entertained by it.
Last night's half-season premiered of Lost partially succeeded by this
measure. I was entertained by it, but not totally "into" it. I was
left feeling it was pretty good and that if it hade been a first season
episode I might have thought much higher of it.
That said, last night was good, and if the writers handle things well
the second half of season three may regain er... "lost" ground for the
show. My big issue is that I feel like I've seen everything the show
has to offer. That's far from actually being true I realize, though.
Part of it may have to do with commercials. I watch enough "TV shows"
on DVD to have become a little spoiled.
Here's the re-cap of the show: Jack has just threatened to let Ben die
on the operating table, to force the others to let Kate and Sawyer go.
His plan goes well up until about the 13 minuet mark of the show when
the "meanest other" starts chasing them, clearly intent on killing
Sawyer. We cut in and out of this struggle and they are eventually
saved by Roseau's daughter, who it turns out is Ben's (step?) daughter.
Using her trusty sling shot (don't laugh) she helps them hide out in a
little Viet Cong-esque bunker. Her deal is simple: she let Sawyer and
Kate use her boat to go back to the main island if the rescue her
boyfriend and take them as well back to the Fusie Land.
The boyfriend is locked up in a setup that's some kind of homage to A
Clockwork Orange where he is being forced to watch film images meant to
program or (de-program?) him. By the use of a simple con game, they
overpower the guard and at the (very real) threat of Kate shooting him,
he tells them where to find the boy. They make it to the beach/boat
only to be confronted by the "mean other." He is about to shoot Sawyer
when he is shot by Juliette. They leave, but Juliette makes Roseau Jnr.
stay because her mother wouldn't let her go.
The other thread is in the operating room, inter-spaced with a whole
lot of Juliette flashbacks. In the end, Jack saves Ben after hearing
from Kate that she and Sawyer are safe (and encouragement from Kate).
Juliette's flashbacks are about her recruitment into the others.
Basically she is recruited to do medical research on fertility and
reproduction. Her ex-husband who knows of her shady research with her
own sister is conveniently killed by a bus, after she had let slip in
her interview that such an accident would be the only way she would be
free would be for him to get hot by a bus. In the present day, Juliette
has a private conversation with Ben and "apparently" they have an
agreement that she will help Kate and Sawyer escape (which will mean
that Jack will save Ben) and in return she will get to leave the
island(s) to go home. The episode ends with Jack pleading with Kate to
never come back to rescue him.
Highlights:
- Through the last scene and rescuing K & S, Jack has established
undisputed moral leadership of the Fusies.
- He becomes an almost Mandela-like leader-in-exile.
- Juliette's ex, getting hit by a bus was very sudden and dramatic.
- In an awkward moment, Tom (Zeke) attempts to introduce himself
formally to Jack. "I'm Tom, by the way."
Binky
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