Category: Lost (Page 28 of 29)

The first season had pretty boy Boone tumble to his own death, and now, his stepsister Shannon looks to have shared the same unsavory fate. Before you know it, the show’s writers will have weeded out all of the characters who no longer serve a purpose to the story by way of an ill-fated death scene. And the cause of her death, you ask? A gunshot wound from a trigger happy Ana Lucia who somehow managed to confuse the well-kept rich girl for one of the supposed savage Others. Nice detective work there Nancy Drew.

Meanwhile, another character seems to be drawing closer to his end of the line, namely Charlie, who has traded in his A-Team badge for a chance to play Mr. Mom to Claire’s baby. What the heck was all that fuss about? It’s pretty obvious that Claire is unfit to be a mother, heck she didn’t even want the darned thing in the first place, so why did Charlie have to go all psycho on her? Maybe he’s back on the crank, and that’s what’s driving him over the edge, or maybe he’s just trying a little too hard to impress Claire. Either way, he’s completely lost my respect as a meaningful character on the show until he shapes up and re-enlists as part of the A-team; his interactions with Hurley were the best, and now the big guy has no one else to hang out with but Rose, who will surely leave him in the wind as soon as she catches word of her husband’s arrival at camp.

And in one final note, Mr. Echo might just be the coolest new character on the show, and I cannot wait to see what happens when he hooks up with Locke for some serious “Lord of the Flies” jungle action. These guys are definite survivors in Darwin’s book, but it’ll be interesting to see who gets the axe next. JJ Abrams and Co. have made it pretty clear that no one is safe from here on out.

It’s a real shame that Korean castaways Jin and Sun aren’t more interesting characters, because this week’s flashback episode had to be the worst yet. Despite the look back at the couple’s individual lives before the two met, the audience didn’t learn anything that we didn’t already know. Jin got fired from a job as a doorman and Sun was dumped by a potential suitor. So what? Surely something more exciting has to be happening to them now that they’ve become stranded on a mysteriously island. Nope. Sun just walks the beaches looking for her lost wedding ring while Jin shows off his mad fishing skills to the newest survivors on the other side of the island.

We were teased with the possibility of a little action when Michael suddenly ran off to search for Walt, but all that really happened was a little getting-to-know-you session between Jin and some crazy African castaway who calls himself Mr. Echo. Is this guy in a rock band back home or what? This guy is “Lord of Flies” crazy through and through, but he could be a serious asset to the A-Team back on Plane Crash Beach. And if nothing else, at least Locke would finally have someone to talk to.

Meanwhile, Sawyer and the rest of the new survivors begin the trek back to Plane Crash Beach when they hear the Others mucking around in their backyard, but no one really has no idea where they’re even going. And this poses an interesting question. Why haven’t these castaways attempted a journey like this before? It’s not like they’ve been held up by anything important, save for the production of a creepy prisoner pit and a few nifty weapons. And what ever happened to a little R&R and a round of golf? I’m bored, can we please get Hurley a fresh set of batteries? Watching him listen to his CD player was more exciting than this. Oh, wait! Someone’s going to die? And we have to wait three weeks? The suspense! The suspense! But let’s not forget, there’s a fresh group of red shirts just waiting their turn for a little small screen glory. There’s no way another major cast member is biting the bullet this early into the second season, and you know it.

Ah, finally… an episode of “Lost” that actually had me licking my chops by the end. And since I’m closer to the subject of food, it seems only right to focus on Hurley for the moment, who’s discovered food heaven inside the hatch. But what’s this? Jin and a man in a giant chicken outfit have joined Hurley down in the hatch? And Jin is speaking perfect English? Oh, wait. It’s Hurley who’s speaking the other language (Korean), and it’s only a daydream. But you have to admit that the producers were pretty sly in their preview of Jin speaking English last week, but why would Hurley be dreaming about the Korean castaway if he didn’t have any connection to him winning the lottery?

Remember back to season one when Jin made a short appearance in Hurley’s flashback and think hard on it. Still nothing? Yeah, me either, but at least we got to hear Jin tell Hurley to “have a cluckity cluck cluck day,” and we also got a little more insight into Hurley’s lotto winning days before the plane crash.

But none of this changes the fact that Hurley’s been given the toughest job on the island: inventory all of the food without letting anyone else know about it. So what does he do? He tells someone. But it’s only Rose he lets in on his “little secret,” and probably for the better. Without her to calm him down when he planned to blow the food up with the leftover dynamite, no one would be enjoying a tasty Thanksgiving snack.

Meanwhile, Claire comes across one of the messages in a bottle carried back to shore, which only causes reason for concern from the ladies on the island (Claire, Shannon, and Sun), who fear that everyone on the raft is dead. But more important, Sawyer received yet another beatdown (his third since he reached the island), this time at the hands of Ana Lucia, who is apparently the leader of the remaining survivors from the back of the plane that broke off during the crash. There’s only a handful left, and they’re living more like savages than castaways, but it’ll be interesting to see if the Raft Gang will stay there with them, or bring them back to the original camp. That is if they can even find it.

But by far the best part of last night’s episode – yes, even better than Jin’s “cluck cluck” line – was Charlie’s outward distinguishing between the A Team (Jack, Kate, Locke, Sayid, Hurley) and the B Team (the rest of the major characters) on the island. It’s funny to thing that the same people are doing everything week in and week out while some of these castaways just lounge around all day long. Then again, we’ve seen what happens when a red shirt goes on a mission with the A Team. Better off leaving the dirty work to the people you know won’t die.