If you haven't watched this week's episode, you might not want to read this.
Despite appreciating a week solely devoted to the history of the island, it's hard to believe we have only a few episodes left with our beloved LOSTies!
Okay I'm going to say it...I wasn't crazy about this episode. I feel like I was supposed to be all appreciative for answers, but I still feel so much was so very vague. Perhaps I'm just a bit thick.
Let's review what we learned. Jacob and MIB are brothers--twins in fact! Jacob was always the good one, but MIB was favored. Their adoptive mother was the guardian..she made it so they couldn't hurt each other. I assume that this is the same as being touched by Jacob. What are they guarding? The source of life--the most beautiful and holy light--there's a little bit of it in everyone, but they always want more. They can't exactly get "more" but they can make it go out.
After this one moment of revelation, apparently they never went back. MIB can see the dead like Hurley. His birth mother (murdered by their adoptive mother) appears to him and tells him that indeed, the thing he has always wanted, to get off the island, is possible. So he leaves the nest of Jacob and fake mom and goes off to be with his people, the others. :)
Until one day he discovers the power of the island and plots to leave. When fake mom discovers this, she tries to stop him and hustles off to convert Jacob into the new guardian. Jacob is reluctant at first, but she tells him he has no choice. He drinks of the cup. (ooooh!)
Interestingly enough, there's this sort of parental tension between Jacob and fake mom and fake mom and MIB that is so ever-present on LOST. Jacob knows he's not favored and it clearly bothers him. MIB knows he's been lied to and fake mom killed real mom and obviously that's a source of tension.
Anyway, after her attack on MIB, when he comes back around, he realizes his escape route through the well has been destroyed and so has his village--everyone is dead. Did Jacob do it? Did they do it to each other? Huh? At this time, MIB kills fake mom and Jacob comes and sees this and is filled with grief and rage. A fight. Jacob brings MIB to "the light" and shoves him in. (we learned earlier it would be a fate worse than death) And lo and behold ladies and gentleman...the smoke monster is born.
Jacob buries his fake mother and the corpse of his brother as well. In the cave. Not trusting that we all found the question "who are Adam and Eve" one of the biggest LOST questions, they felt it necessary to include the clips from the first season to hammer this point home. (I was not a fan of this AT ALL)
This is quite possibly my least favorite episode of the season. I actually didn't find the narrative terribly compelling and while we got some answers, I wouldn't have minded that either A) They made more sense or B) They weren't so clearly delivered. I found the scene toward the end where Jacob was fighting MIB and the music was soaring to be, well, overly dramatic. I'm a huge fan of the LOST music normally, but I didn't appreciate it tonight and felt it cast too heavy and almost cheesy of a tone to the scenes as they unfolded.
I hate to be so negative! I think getting back to the regular characters and seeing what unfolds will be best. Jace of Televisionary tweeted that this episode should have aired earlier in the season and I completely agree with this assessment. I'm actually sitting here battling a wave of grief that one of my favorite stories is coming to an end and irritation that this episode was so lackluster for me.
*How boring to be the protector of the island!
*Apparently the protector of the island gets to make up the rules.
*I felt hints of both Cain and Abel and Jacob and Esau in the this pair of brothers (and probably many others I'm missing)
In more positive news, I am attending a special event this week at UCLA called LOST Live. I will be treated to a live orchestral performance of the music of LOST conducted by Michael Giacchino, appearances by some of the cast, and a screening of next week's episode. I'll blog about it at the LOST books challenge blog later this week.
Did I totally get this episode wrong? Tell me what you think and what I missed!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
LOST Recap and Discussion: 6.15 Across the Sea
Logging you in...
I enjoyed this episode. I do agree that it probably would of made sense to show this episode earlier in the season. Then again this is coming from someone who watched more episodes this season than he did last year.
I am so frustrated by this season. There is no way I am going to get the answers I want or need in two episodes.
Even though this was an interesting episode, I was annoyed by the dialogue, which felt especially vague. However, I did enjoy that the focus of attention was on the MiB, who I've always favored over Jacob.
Nothing was specifically enlightening, though.
-Lydia @ The Literary Lollipop
Even though this was an interesting episode, I was annoyed by the dialogue, which felt especially vague. However, I did enjoy that the focus of attention was on the MiB, who I've always favored over Jacob.
Nothing was specifically enlightening, though.
-Lydia @ The Literary Lollipop
This episode came too late and in the middle of some other, more compelling stories. To leave those hanging for a week was frustrating, especially when I felt like this one was nothing but filler with a few answers. Earlier in the season, I might have liked it. Here, it was only okay.
I was not a fan of this episode, either. I completely agree that it should have aired much earlier in the season. With only a couple episodes left, I would have much rather spent that time with characters I have grown to care about for the last 6 seasons rather than two that entered late in the game.
Also, the answers that were given, I would have been thrilled to know about them a couple seasons ago. So much as happened in the meantime that they just don't seem as relevant anymore.
The impression that I had from previous episodes was that Jacob was the cool, collected one, while MIB was the emotional, impulsive one. I did not enjoy the whiny Jacob that appeared on last night's episode.
I'm very much hoping we can expect better things from the last couple episodes.
Also, the answers that were given, I would have been thrilled to know about them a couple seasons ago. So much as happened in the meantime that they just don't seem as relevant anymore.
The impression that I had from previous episodes was that Jacob was the cool, collected one, while MIB was the emotional, impulsive one. I did not enjoy the whiny Jacob that appeared on last night's episode.
I'm very much hoping we can expect better things from the last couple episodes.
I laughed so hard when Jacob drank the wine without asking for explanation. I would have been like: ok, here's the deal, fake mother. Answer every one of my questions or I am not drinking a drop...
I enjoyed it - I feel like usually the show focuses on the normal plot development and the "science" part of the explanation. This roots Lost in a world that we can relate to and makes it feel real. Sometimes, though, they have to tell the "faith" side of things and focus on the mythology, which has always been a part of Lost and the island. I liked an episode that purely walked us through some mythology. I find this much easier to deal with than Dogen and the temple weirdness from earlier in the season - that felt extraneous and added on at the last minute, whereas this did feel like it had been building for ages and we finally got to see behind the curtain.
The hubs and I both thought this episode was cheesy. Not to mention poorly acted. I did, however, like that they flashed back to the first season since I'd totally forgotten about the Adam and Eve thing.
The one thing I really liked about this episode was Allison Janney. Her acting wasn't fabulous, but it shocked me both times she broke out in violence! I'm one of those people who gets used to an actor playing a certain role (C.J. Craig) and then am startled when they act out of character (even if they're now on a different series). Does that make any sense?
The one thing I really liked about this episode was Allison Janney. Her acting wasn't fabulous, but it shocked me both times she broke out in violence! I'm one of those people who gets used to an actor playing a certain role (C.J. Craig) and then am startled when they act out of character (even if they're now on a different series). Does that make any sense?
I just wonder how much of the story of LOST was planned from the very beginning of the show and how much of the continuing story has been made up as they go along.
Was all of this backstory created as the show progressed or has this been in the creator's minds from series one?
I didn't enjoy this episode as much as I liked the similar ep. about Richard's origins.
Was all of this backstory created as the show progressed or has this been in the creator's minds from series one?
I didn't enjoy this episode as much as I liked the similar ep. about Richard's origins.
As it began, I thought I was going to enjoy it, but once again I was left with more questions than answers. If MIB was turned into the smoke monster, and his body buried with his mother, how did he have a body to "wear" as we saw him before he became Locke? Were we only seeing what Jacob saw?
We know how Jacob and MIB got to the island, but not The Woman. And what kind of powers has she given Jacob besides guarding the water? How did he get off the island to go and round up the Candidates in the real world?
Definitely should have shown this earlier in the season.
On another topic, Did Richard and Ben die or disappear? They weren't around last week?
We know how Jacob and MIB got to the island, but not The Woman. And what kind of powers has she given Jacob besides guarding the water? How did he get off the island to go and round up the Candidates in the real world?
Definitely should have shown this earlier in the season.
On another topic, Did Richard and Ben die or disappear? They weren't around last week?
So many good points here! I agree with most of them too and i had a lot of the same feelings as Elizabeth. We did get some answers but the stuff at the end was confusing. I also wondered about the smoke monster needing a body question and how did Jacob figure out the rest of the stuff about the island and the candidates? His mother didn't have time to tell him that much information. I know all of the mysteries won't be solved in the next two episodes. It will be quite frustrating but probably some things were just storylines to build suspense at the time and weren't meant to be answered fully. (Although we better find out something more about this parallel life stuff!)
And that was a good point about Richard and Ben. Where were they this week? I don't remember where they were the last time we saw them.
And that was a good point about Richard and Ben. Where were they this week? I don't remember where they were the last time we saw them.
I liked the episode, which seems to put me in the minority. I really like mythology episodes, though. ;) I took the shadow monster escaping as-he has been making himself to look like MIB since he can look like dead people. We clearly saw MIB's dead body. I am excited to see what happens next week.
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