Justin Cox

LOST – There’s No Place Like Home (Part 1)

All the normal spoiler warnings apply. Proceed with caution.

So part one of the LOST season finale aired tonight. Instead of going over everything at the end of the episode I’m going to write thoughts down during the commercial breaks. A “live blog” of sorts. Here they are:

• The tension on the rescue flight was so thick it was painful… something bad happens pre-”rescue.”
• It was kind of sad seeing Kate and Sayid return home without anyone to greet them.
• The Orchard is not a good thing.
• The reporters at the press conference seemed to see right through the set “story.” Especially when the reporter asked Kate if she was 6 months pregnant when the US Marshal detained her in Australia. The only tidbit thrown was that Jin was not one of the mysterious two that “survived” the crash but didn’t get rescued. It doesn’t make sense but it’s starting to look like Desmond is one of those two. Could the other be Locke, or maybe Sawyer?
• Sun has balls. Also she said two people are responsible for the death of Jin, one is her father for treating them so poorly that they wanted to escape to America, but the other is as yet undetermined. Assuming that Jin and a handful of other unnamed extras make the boat it looks like whatever happens on the island doesn’t determine everyones fate. Something is going to happen on the boat as well.
• Even though Ben has pretty much been passed over by Locke he still knows all the Island secrets and therefore has power over Locke — and he sure isn’t sharing.
• The Sayid/Nadia reunion was pretty great.
• Nice bit where Hurley hears the whispers on the way to his party — which was wonderfully ironic and sweet all at the same time, especially the “hunting boar” reference. That is until Hurley saw the numbers in the car… freaky.
• There are too many commercials in this episode.
• So far there have been two blatant rabbit’s foot keychains in the episode. One in the hand of the pilot of the rescue plane and the other on Hurley’s keychain. Something tells me our “survivors” are about to go through the rabbit hole. I know that’s an Alice in Wonderland reference when the title is a Wizard of Oz reference, both of which are the most referenced pieces of fiction in the show. Having Kate ware ruby slippers probably wouldn’t make sense in the context of the show.
• Maybe I’m looking too into this but at the eulugy Jack says about his father “I loveed you and I missed you.” Does Jack and Christian meet up with before the “rescue?” And holy crap, Jack now knows about Claire! How about sticking to the “story” and not freaking out when he found out! And how creepy was it when Claire’s mom told Kate she had a lovely baby?
• Doesn’t it feel like Michael was sticking to a set “story” when he was telling Sun and Jin how he and Walt got back to New York?
• Holy. Freaking. Explosives! Now we know what that weird heart-beat sensor on the commando is. If he dies, the boat goes with him.
• FINALLY!!! The real Others came out to play! These are the ones that dress in drab, walk barefoot and steal kids. Can’t wait to see what’s going on with them.
• Pretty impressive that Ben goes to give himself up for the Island…
• And now I’m pretty sure I know what happens to Jin and Desmond and the rest of the people on the boat… I don’t think I’m happy with that.

There you have it. Two weeks from now the final two hours for There’s No Place Like Home and hopefully some explanations from the true Island Others.

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1. LOST – Ji Yeon
2. LOST – There’s No Place Like Home (Part 2 & 3)
3. LOST – Something Nice Back Home
4. LOST – The Economist
5. LOST – Meet Kevin Johnson

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