What's Alan Watching?: Lost, "Cabin Fever": Break me off a piece of that Apollo bar
Break me off a piece of that kit-kat-bar. catchy downward moving tune

Hurley sharing his candy bar with unlikely/unwanted ally Ben was a priceless bit of silent comedy. Emerson and Garcia both had a number of funny moments in this episode but the range of emotions playing over each man's face in that exchange was wonderful.

Spoilers for "Lost" coming up just as soon as I chop down the same tree three times...
did Horace chop down the same tree over & over? I d n notice, assumed he was chopping tree after tree... I did expect him to repeat himself in full, like a simulation, when he started again with "Hullo" but he didn't.

We actually did get an answer to Hurley's query about why someone would build a cabin in the jungle: Horace Goodspeed (last seen in the Ben origin story episode "The Man Behind the Curtain") wanted a getaway spot for himself and his wife. And I still doubt we've seen the last of either Horace or Mrs. Goodspeed; the producers cast Doug Hutchison and Samantha Mathis oh? I like her fr watching ~w Clare? ~snow day? unexpectedly enjoying The Thing Called Love in those roles for a reason.

Mo Ryan said... The test Alpert gave young Locke is not limited to Dalai Lamas, though it is used for them too. For all Tibetan Buddhist tulkus, or enlightened masters, the same test is used. When a child is found that appears to be the next incarnation of a tulku who has died, the monks of that lineage do the same thing that Alpert seemed to do: put a bunch of objects in front of the kid and see if he can pick out the ones that belonged to the previous incarnation of the tulku.

cpenny lane said: we had
the knife, which we see later on the island
the compass, which was later on the island
the comic book, which belonged to hugo on plane, then to walt on the island this was the same comic?
a book of laws, which I'm sure will come into play later.
the vial of sand/ash that rings the area around Jacob's cabin
What I can't seem to figure out though, is why Locke didn't recognize Alpert when they met on the Island.
-I don't remember anyone I met for less than five minutes when I was young Locke's age.
-If I grew up white in the '60s, I'd probably remember a strikingly handsome Cuban fellow in a suit being allowed into the house through the front door. Especially if he then plopped a bunch of random objects in front of me and asked me which one I already owned. Especially-especially if one of them was a knife.
-You might remember the incident, but would you remember the facial features? Can you call to mind a good enough recollection of your 1st grade teacher to recognize her now?
Alan Sepinwall: On the one hand, it was a five-minute encounter from 40 years ago. On the other, if I was John Locke, raised in a series of foster homes by disapproving foster parents, and a man once appeared who promised to take me away from all that because I was special -- and who then went back on his word after a very strange but memorable game -- I suspect I would remember the event, if not the face of the man in it. Locke didn't need to immediately identify Richard when they met, but he could have paused to look at him a second time, I suppose.
In season three... is there anything unusual in terms of Richard's behavior in the first episode where their paths cross? (I'm thinking it was "The Brig.")"
-as far as the memory thing goes, I don't find it unreasonable that Locke's or anyone else's brain wouldn't make the connection since Richard didn't age a day. ..not imagine it possible that the person Locke encountered in the present could possibly be anyone from forty years ago.

-How are we defining plot movement? nice sum:
They found the cabin, Locke interacted with Christian Shepherd, Locke reconnects with his 'destiny', Abbadon & Alpert have interests in Locke being on the island, Claire is with her dad in the moving cabin, the boat people are coming back, so is Sayid, they're moving the island, Kevin Johnson is outed, Lipidus drops the phone so they can track him (or stay away maybe). cool. the boat ppl are coming, so is sayid, they're moving the island...
It took awhile to find the cabin, but taking awhile has been this show's calling card since episode three.They moved pieces into place. How is that not advancing the plot? We're acting as if that's the most boring thing they could do. I feel like we want the first chapter and the last chapter and anything else is considered subpar.

-Taking things in the order Alan mentioned them...
Mittelos: Besides what's been mentioned, we now know they've existed roughly as long as the Dharma Initiative, if not longer. Blows apart my theory that the Others took over Dharma's off-island resources and renamed them Mittelos right y had seemed like Mittelos was a form of Dharma Init as part of Ben's coup.
The test: Irony or coincidence that the Buddhist reincarnation test is done by the group not named after a Buddhist concept?

-My wife suggests that Claire's appearance in the cabin means she's dead. I think she's probably right. Horace and Jack's dad are both dead, after all.
tahltales said... I wish I could take credit for this theory, but it goes to a coworker of mine:
Claire did not actually survive the explosion in Othertown. Jacob/the island kept her body alive so that here's the rub, why? Jacob-as-Christian could get to her and bring her to the cabin hmm~ (for whatever reason). I like it because it explains when Miles was so wary of her last week: he can sense her un-dead-ness. ok that's cool.

Anonymous said... I was sad when Locke asked Christian, "How do I save the island?" He could have asked "How do I save the people on the island?" But that is not Locke's priority. That is not the mission he believes he is on. His prioritizing the island itself over his friends is not new and is consistent with his past actions (See Boone and Hurley.) But it still made me sad when he phrased the question that way.

-Count me among those who thinks Claire is dead. I like the "Claire died in the explosion theory." Anonymous, thanks for your comment about Locke's question - you put your finger on something that was bothering me as well. When Christian said that Locke really had only one question he wanted to or should be asking, I was also thinking it would be, "People are coming here to kill us. How do I save them?" The question he asked was so appropriate to Locke, but made me sad. It also made me realize that Jack is the one who would ask about saving the people, not Locke.