Here are a few observations about last night’s episode, ‘Further Instructions.’

 

* The episode began the very same way that the Pilot episode did: opening shot on a man’s eye, the guy lying in the jungle, discombobulated and not sure how he got there.

 

* In Locke’s hallucination dream at the airport, he saw his fellow survivors in very distinct groups, and Boone offered some insightful statements about the situation that each is currently in: Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Ben (“there’s nothing you can do for them…yet”); Sayid, Jin and Sun (“Sayid’s got it covered”); Charlie, Claire and baby Aaron (“they will be fine…for a while”); and Desmond (“He’s helping himself).

 

* After the hatch explosion, Charlie had trouble hearing, Locke had trouble speaking, and we’re not sure about Eko yet. Perhaps we’re looking at a Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil triangle…

 

* Last season, Eko went 40 days without talking. Although his was self-imposed, there has to be a coincidence with Locke’s brief inability to speak.

 

* It seems that Desmond gained special telepathic abilities after the hatch imploded. Did the destruction of the electromagnetic anomaly have anything to do with it? Did it have anything to do with Locke’s temporary condition too? His was short-lived, so it will be interesting to see if Desmond’s new powers last…

 

* In the Incredible Hulk comic (which was referenced last night), a man is exposed to a nuclear blast that blows his clothes off and results in a major personal transformation. Sounds quite like our pal Desmond… 

 

* After returning to the beach, no one seemed to notice Desmond; not his odd behavior and not the fact that he was now wearing a Hurley dress. Is there a chance that he’s actually dead, a la The Sixth Sense? And if so, why can only Hurley see him?

 

* Did the Others let the polar bears out, perhaps as a security system? We now know that the bears ate some Dharma folks, and they’re certainly interested in our survivors…but not the Others.

 

* Undercover agent Eddie told John in the forest that he was a ‘good man.’ Ben (back when he was Henry Gale in the hatch) also told John that he was one of the ‘good’ ones. And both Eddie and Ben have told Locke that they were looking for him specifically. It was interesting that Eddie said ‘they’ choose him. I believe that the Others didn’t take Locke for the very reason Eddie stated: he doesn’t have a criminal record and is amenable for coercion (unlike Kate & Sawyer). There has to be a connection between Eddie and the Others…

 

* Locke came across a broken and dirty Tonka truck in the polar bear cave. So either some Dharma kids perished or lived in there.

 

* If the hatch imploded down and in (rather than exploding up and out), wouldn’t Desmond, Eko and Locke have been trapped down inside and died? There is no visible hatch debris from the explosion, only the Quarantine door that flew down and almost hit Claire and Bernard in last season’s finale. Something doesn’t add up…

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Here are some belated theories and thoughts about last week’s Lost:

 

* Before getting shot on the boat, Colleen said that Sun wasn’t a killer, despite what she may think. Did Sun kill Jae Lee, the man she was having an affair with? When Jae came crashing down onto Jin’s car in an apparent suicide, he had the pearls he’d offered Sun in his hand (only Jae and Sun knew about those pearls). So my theory is that Sun was in the hotel room (unbeknownst to Jin when he beat Jae up) and she pushed him out the window herself. This is the woman, after all, that handled and shot a gun with surprising ease and agility on that boat. Could she have dropped and shattered Jae without remorse, like that glass ballerina when she was young?

 

* In typical LOST fashion, there has to be a connection between Jae’s string of pearls for Sun and the Pearl Hatch….

 

* If the Others are so interested in babies and know so much about the survivors, then why on earth would they shoot at a pregnant woman (Sun)?

 

* Something tells me that the Others will look to Jack to operate on Colleen. The value of kidnapping a doctor for their village is obvious (although there seemed to have been physicians of some sort in Claire’s flashback).  So why are they so interested in Kate and Sawyer? In Others’ terms, Kate and Sawyer are ‘bad’ people, both with criminal pasts…

 

* Why hasn’t Ben been to visit Sawyer? He’s spent time with both Jack and Kate.

 

* When Sun told Sayid that Jin knows she betrayed him, was she referring to her affair or lying to him on the boat about their plan?

 

* The survivors have been on the island for 69 days. Has that been enough time for Jin to comprehend and speak English as quickly as he has, or was he also secretly learning the language before the flight too?

 

* Why was Alex (Rousseau’s daughter) hiding in the bushes to talk to Kate? Is she not part of the Others group that seems to be in charge of Jack, Kate and Sawyer (perhaps a different Other contingency that includes Mrs. Klugh from Season 2)? Was she another plant, a trap set up by Ben to see how Kate would respond? Ben was watching the entire thing unfold on his monitors, after all. Was she really interested in the fate of Karl, the younger guy who tried to flee the cage across from Sawyer?  

 

* They made a point of letting us know that Kate is wearing one of Alex’s dresses. Is Alex an Other outcast? Did they get all they needed from her and now she’s roaming freely as a rogue Other? And how is it that in 16 years, she and Rousseau have never found each other on that island?

 

* When Ben told Kate that the next two weeks were going to be very difficult, was she told that her every move would be under observation, that she and the boys were going to be put in various social and physical situations so that the Others could gauge their reactions? Putting Kate in that dress to do hard labor in the heat with Sawyer could have been a test for him…

 

* Is Ben monitoring activity in all hatches? If so, he would have known about the sailboat (by listening to & watching Desmond and Kelvin).

 

* If the Others really do have contact with the outside world, then they could have gathered information about all of the survivors from news reports about the disappearance of Flight 815.  

 

* Ben said that he’s lived on the island his entire life but has chosen not to leave. When he tells Jack that he can go home if he cooperates, does Jack make that same decision (is his loyalty to the other survivors strong enough to make him stay)? Is Ben grooming Jack to replace him so he can leave, much like Kelvin tried to with Desmond?

 

* Why was Ben so concerned with getting that sailboat? We were led to believe that no one can ever really leave the island (i.e. Desmond sailing in circles), but perhaps there is an escape route. Either that or he simply needed to replace the boat that he gave Michael and Walt…

 

* Random Thought of the Week: There HAS to be something to the fact that Jack, Jin, Kate, Locke, Sawyer, and Sun all have major issues with their fathers.

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* The episode was called ‘A Tale of Two Cities.’ We’ve been introduced to the first, a Truman Show-like village in the middle of the island. Is there a second city of Others, or is the title referring figuratively to the survivors’ beach as the other?

 

* When the electromagnetic anomaly caused the earthquake in the village, Juliet advised her book club members to get under the doorway. She must be from California. So is our friend Jack…

 

* After witnessing the plane crash, Ben quickly assigned Goodwin and Ethan to the fuselage and tail sections to integrate themselves as passengers and gather the infamous ‘lists.’ This is the first thought of a man with a plan, a man more concerned with weeding out the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ than actually caring how many survived. We know this isn’t the first time that something has crashed on their island that needed to be contained; thus, the rush to action. The real Henry Gale from Minnesota, who was aboard that hot air balloon, wound up buried where it had crashed. Ben then assumed his identity and used it as an alibi to infiltrate Jack’s group as the fake Henry Gale.

 

* Ben either severely underestimated the survivors of the plane crash or overestimated the abilities of his henchmen Goodwin and Ethan, because both of them died at the hands our Losties.

 

* Does Juliet possess the same powers as Walt? Is that why she was able to appear in the jungle to shoot Sawyer seemingly seconds after being below in the Hydra tank with Jack? They probably kidnapped Walt in the first place because they were taking all of the children from the plane, but it was an added bonus and surprise that he was gifted (the Others did refer to him last season as a ‘special boy’). After Walt was abducted, did he provide them with detailed information about the remaining passengers under threat of harm to his father, Michael? I’m sure the only reason they released him to leave with his dad on the boat was because he’d given them everything they needed to know about who’s left on that beach.

 

* Ironically, Kate inquires about Sawyer before Jack, but Jack asks Juliet about Kate only.

 

* The relationship between Ben and Juliet is undefined but the animosity is blatant. When Jack holds the Taser to Juliet and threatens to kill her, Ben responds with a nonchalant ‘Ok.’ And then while trying to escape before the water deluge, Ben locked Juliet in with Jack. It will be interesting to see how this power struggle unfolds…

 

* Tom/Zeke told Kate that she’s not his type. Something tells me he plays for the other team. Either that or he’s just into ‘good’ girls, and we all know that Kate does not fit into that category.

 

* We see Kate put the handcuffs on tightly, per Ben’s request, but when she is put in the cage across from Sawyer, her wrists show signs of serious resistance and struggle. So whatever she was told about the next two weeks, she reacted and it probably wasn’t pretty. She is the queen of Fight or Flight, after all…

 

* When Karl, the guy in the cage across from Sawyer, escaped and then let Sawyer out, he was adamant that Sawyer run in the opposite direction…right into Juliet’s trap. Clearly this was a set-up.

 

* Could this new neighborhood of Others be the offspring of the original Dharma folks on the island? Is that why they are fascinated and obsessed with children? Perhaps none of them are able to conceive (due to testing or a virus or experiments). And if so, are they priming Kate to be The One Who Must Bear Our Children For Us? There’s nothing like cleaning up and putting a floral dress on a badass tomboy to get that ball rolling…

 

* Are the Hydra station and aquarium directly underneath the Zoo hatch? Are they one and the same?

 

* The Others were very interested in Claire when she was pregnant. Do they not have the same interest in Sun? Do they even know that she is with child?

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Here are my very first thoughts about Season 3, Episode 1 of LOST: “A Tale of Two Cities.” I need to sleep, daydream, and then tomorrow night I will post additional theories & possible changes to these below. I apologize in advance for any errors or repetition.  

 

* Juliet’s house shook like an earthquake a good minute or so before the airplane actually crashed. Did it break through some kind of bubble, an insulated shield around the island?

 

* Ethan was fixing the plumbing under Juliet’s house. Are/were they together? Juliet has obvious vitriol toward Ben; she kicked him out of the book club and glared at him with disdain after every interaction. Perhaps they have a romantic history…

 

* I didn’t notice one child in this new community…

 

* Juliet and her neighbors did not seem that shocked to see an airplane break above them and then crash on the island. But they also must not have known about Desmond, and that he was in a hatch. They might have known what could have caused such a thing to happen (they seem to know about all of the hatches, so they’d be aware of the one with magnetic capabilities), but not by whom.

 

* Juliet was holding a copy of a Stephen King book. Back when Henry Gale was being held captive in the main hatch, Locke gave him a book but Gale responded with ‘what, no Stephen King?’ My best guess is that she was reading ‘Carrie,’ because it is about a girl with telekinetic powers. This would fit right into the Lost mythology. If so, does that mean Juliet has said power, and was reading Jack’s mind rather than a file??

 

* They purposefully did not show us what Ben (formerly known as Henry Gale) said to Kate after telling her that the next two weeks were going to be very difficult. My guess is that he’s putting her to the test, having her choose between Jack and Sawyer; that he’ll kill the one she does not choose. Perhaps he gave her two weeks to decide. They gave Michael exactly three minutes with Walt, so they are very precise with their time allotment. We now know they know every detail about her (because they sure did about Jack), including her criminal past…perhaps Ben’s chat was about that. Whatever he told her, she sure looked uncomfortable facing Sawyer again.

 

* Did Kate eat some of Sawyer’s fish because she didn’t want him to know that she had eaten real food? Did she eat any of the food provided by Ben? She put the cuffs right on when told she wouldn’t be able to have any coffee otherwise. Seemed a little quick to me…

 

* Are Sawyer and Kate being held in a zoo? Is this the zoological station/hatch? Now we know where that polar bear from Season 1 was from, not to mention Kate’s black horse, Sawyer’s frog, Locke’s boar and Hurley’s bird, among others.

 

* Where are all of the zoo animals now? Did they escape out onto the island, where the survivors then encountered them?

 

* We finally find out that there is an underwater station – the Hydra Hatch (which would explain the shark with the Dharma logo seen last season circling the raft). You clearly hear dolphins above the cage where Jack is being held. Judging from the fact that Jack is in an abandoned, rusty tank (plus Juliet’s response when he asked if she was from Dharma), I am assuming that Juliet and her community of people are a separate group of ‘Others’ from the Dharma scientists. I believe that the Dharma folks evacuated all hatches and facilities long ago, and Juliet’s Others now reside/work there.

 

* Shortly after we see Juliet with Jack down in the underwater hatch, she is up in the zoo area shooting a Taser at Sawyer. So either the hatch isn’t really underwater (messing with Jack’s head) or there is a very quick elevator or subway-like system up to dry land. That would explain the train sound of the original ‘monster’ we hear in the pilot episode…

 

* There must be at least two factions of Others: the ones with the houses that we met tonight and the ones who walk barefoot and steal children. Do Dharma people make up a third contingent?

 

* Who the hell was that young guy in the cage across from Sawyer? Was he one of the passengers that the Others originally took from the Tail Section beach along with the kids, while Ana Lucia & company were sleeping? Did he have his back to Sawyer because he was making a makeshift key to open the lock? Where did the Others take him after making him apologize to Sawyer? Was it all an act, was this guy an Other? Were they taking him away to convince Sawyer not to attempt to escape?

 

* Ben, back when he was Henry Gale the prisoner, certainly heard a lot of information while being held in the hatch. Is it possible that Juliet’s file on Jack was actually just a compiled list of details gleaned from Gale during his captivity?

 

 * After Jack flooded the hatch, Ben locked Juliet in with him and took himself out of danger. What was that about?

 

* Juliet told Jack that it didn’t matter who they were, but who they are now. That is exactly what Jack said to Kate in the first season, sitting on the beach after he found her FBI ‘wanted’ flyer in the Marshall’s pocket.

 

* They took Jack and Kate’s blood, just like they did Michael’s when he was first captured. Or did they? Perhaps they were injecting something rather than withdrawing. Did Ben’s warning about the next two weeks have anything to do with whatever was possibly injected into them? Was it a virus or vaccine with two week’s worth of side effects?

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Today I was super cranky pants. Until I realized that LOST was on tonight; until my team (the A’s) beat Minnesota for the second day in a row, in their stupid home dome, in the playoffs; and until the first rain of the fall season finally appeared in the Bay Area, bringing with it that unique damp pavement smell that very few appreciate but that I inexplicably enjoy.

 

I love living on the West Coast, except on two occasions. 1) When my baseball team has a morning or late afternoon playoff game during the week, and 2) when my friends on the East Coast call during LOST to brag about how amazing it is before it has aired here. They get to watch it first. Not fair. (Insert crossed arms, furrowed brow and pouty lip here).  

 

If anyone wanted proof that I’ve transformed into a total TV nerd – right now I am wearing my LOST numbers shirt. I even wore it to work. One could argue that wearing my A’s jersey outside of the ballpark would make me more of a dork, on a different level (I never do, FYI). By the way, I also have on my desk a brand new Dwight Schrute bobblehead (from The Office, for those of you who don’t recognize the name…but should – why aren’t you watching that yet?!). Yes, I’m becoming that girl. Run, Forrest! Run!

 

I will see you after I recover from LOST.  I’d love to hear what you think. Even I get tired of hearing/posting my opinions alone…

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LOST – SEASON THREE Schedule

 

Episode 1: October 4

“A Tale of Two Cities”

Flashback: Jack

 

Episode 2: October 11

“The Glass Ballerina”

Flashback: Jin & Sun

 

Episode 3: October 18

“Further Instructions”

Flashback: Locke

 

Episode 4: October 25

“Every Man for Himself”

Flashback: Sawyer

 

Episode 5: November 1

“The Cost of Living”

Flashback: Eko

 

Episode 6: November 8

Title unknown

Flashback: Kate

 

After recently re-watching the Season 2 finale, here are some observations and questions:

 

* The men in the trailer at the end of the episode were in a very snowy, cold region. This has to be related to the infamous polar bear from Season One.

 

* Ever since Sayid located that large cord coming from the ocean (that he followed into the jungle until being trapped by Rousseau), I’ve been convinced that there is an underwater hatch. Judging from the ABC promo, it looks like I might be right. We see Jack opening a hatch door, only to be thrown aside by rushing water. Also, if you remember, on the hatch blast door map that Locke saw, there was a line leading down to a hatch outside of the main octagon of hatches, on the lower left side. I’ve always assumed that it denoted an underwater hatch. I hope I’m right.

 

* Desmond originally crashed his boat on the island and Kelvin ‘discovered’ him washed ashore…was the crash caused by Mr. Widmore, Penny’s father? Was he supposed to end up on the island? Did Kelvin work for Mr. Widmore?

 

* Elizabeth (who we’re not sure was actually Libby or her evil twin) mentioned to Desmond in the coffee shop that her husband got sick and died. This vague sickness, which has been referred to by Rousseau and others on many occasions, must be tied to the island.

 

* With Jack, Kate and Sawyer in captivity, who will emerge as the leader back on the beach? The fate of both Eko and Locke is unknown (after the hatch explosion), Charlie is a recovering addict, Jin hasn’t learned enough English, and Bernard is…a dentist. That leaves Sayid as the obvious choice.

 

* Will Michael and Walt follow Henry Gale’s coordinates and attempt to return ‘home’ on their boat? Will they meet up with Sayid, Jin & Sun, who have Desmond’s sailboat? Or will they return to the island to help the friends that Michael betrayed?

 

* What is with the Charles Dickens connection? The book that Desmond carries around with him is ‘Our Mutual Friend’ and episode 1 of Season Three is titled ‘A Tale of Two Cities.’

 

Will we find out:

Who the father of Sun’s baby is?

Why Locke was in a wheelchair?

What Jack’s tattoos mean?

 

Whatever happens, my expectations are high and I can’t wait to see what the Others call ‘home.’

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