Any one into LOST or FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS?!

I thought it really interesting that Richard made a specific point to tell Kate and Sawyer that "Ben would lose his innocence" if he healed him.  Maybe Ben would not have killed all the Darma people if he hadn't.  Wasn't the building where he was taken the Temple?  Wasn't that where the smoke ripped that other guys arm off and remember when the French lady, I can't remember her name, told her boyfriend that he had changed, that he was'nt 'him' anymore.  He had been at the temple too.  I also don't understand about Jack's father being there.  Is he REALLY there because it is 30 years earlier or is he there because Jack brought back his shoes?  Questions, questions, questions.

Wednesday can't get here fast enough.

LMBO @ 'it's not a train, John, it doesn't run on a schedule.'  LOLOLOL

There is something very important about children here I think.  Ben, (as evil as he seems), is hands off the small children as you pointed out (but apparently has no problem killing them once they are grown).  But then wasn't something said last season that Ben must have done something to make the island not allow childbirth?  Maybe I dreamed that one.

No Preview but here is a sample of the latest verbage from the latest deck party.

LOST.  ToNiGht.  

Some interesting theories.  

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"As we now amble through 1977 on the island with the Dharma initiative, we get a chance to fill in some blanks the show has alluded to and a chance to get back in touch with the characters. Lost has always done a good job with manipulating our feelings with the characters. Remember when we all loved Kate? She was the rogue anti-hero. Juliet was the exact opposite. Her introduction was clunky and her motives mysterious. Now she's a true adventurer and her motives...well they still might be mysterious to some degree but at least now we can get behind them a bit."  

I still believe Juliet has wayward motives. 

"The biggest character change we've witnessed however is of course Sawyer. Given a chance to "rebirth" his life, Sawyer has jumped right in. Nowhere has this been more obvious than the chat he had with Jack about their different styles."  

"The religious symbolism is all around in this show. One theory is that Jack was actually the Christ figure, with Locke being John the Baptist (JtB was thought to be the messiah at one point) and Ben taken on the Judas role."  

"The Egyptian symbolism is almost as abundant as the Christian symbolism. Is the fact that when you "leave" the island by turning the wheel and wind up in Tunisia a clue that the foundation for ancient Egypt started on the island?"   "Is there a reason why some people on the plane shifted back to 1977 and why some crashed in the present? Sun had Jin's ring, and Locke had a Shepherd's pair of shoes on. Is there significance to this?"

Answers tonight? Probably not.   

Around the BarbeQue

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Ben stalked Danielle in order to kill her and is stopped at the moment of truth by the sight of Alex.

Ben stalked Penny in order to kill her and is stopped at the moment of truth by the sight of Charlie.  On the boat when he pops his cute little head up.

Is the thought of a mother being taken away from a child the only way to stop Ben? Is it his Achilles heel?

The conversation between Miles and Hurley had to be the best LOST dialogue ever! The craziest part is that I think I actually understood it...

Hurley may have stumped Miles, but not me! I think that Ben did remember that it was Sayid that shot him when he was 12 years old. That's why he found him years later and brought him "back" to the island on Flight 815. Ben knew that with Sayid he had a ruthless killer at his disposal. After all, if Sayid could shoot an innocent child, he would certainly kill anyone that Ben wanted dead.

Richard said that Ben wouldn't remember anything, but Ben is Ben after all...

The MacCutcheon 60 scotch whiskey made another appearance; this time Sayid was drinking it! It was Widmore's bedside drink when Ben roused him last season. It is also the same scotch whiskey Widmore used to humiliate Desmond.

It's the same brand Locke's father drinks before he pushes him out of the window. And of course Desmond gets drunk off a bottle of MacCutcheon when Charlie gets him sauced to spill his guts.

MacCutcheon is also the name of a chess move, and there's that game imagery again.

Jump on board tonight and take a ride on the Magic Dharma Bus.

Fasten your seatbelts.

It's my day off.  I'm loving it. 

LOST last night was a total Bust.  What a waste of celluloid or digital ions.

I agree!  Total waste of time for those of us keeping up with the show.  It looks like they were trying to entice new viewers by catching them up with the current story.

Bumping for show reminder.  Its Lost night. 

Does anyone wonder how the writers keep everything straight?  It just amazes me.  Matthew Fox was on one of the morning shows recently and said the last show of the season was a real cliff-hanger.  I know that the last shows of the prior seasons have kept me wanting summer to hurry so the series would start again.  It's hard to believe that the next one will be the last.  The writers are going to have to do a whole bunch of explaining in order to make total sense of everything in the wrapping up.

I thought last weeks show was just a fill-in, trying to get everyone on the same page before the last couple of shows this season.  It seemed like a lot of repeat of information but for someone who had missed some of the shows, it would have been a great refresher.

Sahalie, how do you know all this information?  I love reading your posts because I always learn something.  I have found that with this show, it is difficult to be doing something else because I really have to concentrate on what is going on.  Thank goodness for re-runs!

Have a great evening everyone.

Blessings,

Wendy

PS-missed last 4 episodes because of time in hospital/recovery.

Sunkistmi - I'm still absorbing last night's show....

Whoopsiedoo - wow, last 4 episodes?  My brain is too small to help.  There has to be a recap somewhere on the web.  Have you tried abc's web site?  If I have time later today I'll see if I can find anything for you.

The Eloise character gives me the creeps....I think mostly because she looks like my son's middle school guidance counselor's twin sister. LOL

Gotta update: we watched the missed 4 episodes, but my poor dh HATES when I constantly ask questions, and after watching all of those episodes, I was FULL of them.   Of course, I can't remember a single one. 

I just know I am baffled, and sooooooooo drawn to the confusion I want more and more and more......

Did you miss where they showed that Charles Widmore is actually an 'other' from the island and got kicked off the island by Ben?

Sahalie, one of the last few episodes showed a scene from the island's past where Ben was having Charles escorted in handcuffs to the sub.  In that scene it was mentioned that Charles was being exiled from the island for having a child with a non-other while he was off the island.  That would be Penny.  With last night's episode showing that he also had a child with Eloise (Ellie), I'm sure Ellie had a hand in having him expelled as well.

Hi my560  :  )

JAZZ.  You are right on.  Ellie reminds me of the "M" character in the Bond movies.  (Judy Dench)

Charles got around.  I wonder if there are "Others"   A pun. LOL

I want to see inside the sub.  Who are the sailors.  How long does it take to get to the main land. Stuff like that. 

Do you think Widmore's sole purpose to get back to the island is to have control of it and do away with Ben?  

Ellie and Charles do make a good looking couple.