I would say the "him' was Aaron.
Lost 4x04: "Eggtown"
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I would say the "him' was Aaron.
Season four is doing a good job with moving things along as far as the mystery pieces go. I wouldn't say this was as engaging on the whole as "Confirmed Dead" or "The Economist" but is slightly better than "The Beginning of the End". Its revelations were just as good as those in the earlier episodes but the Kate story in the future was decent(we learn how Kate stays out of jail in the future) but not great and I'm not particularly interested in the Sawyer/Kate romance.
New questions:
What were Dan and Charlotte doing with the cards and why was Dan trying to recall them? remote viewing?
Why does Miles want 3.2 million dollars and why 3.2 instead of 3 or 4? Is it some kind of code like Naomi's sister comment was?
Why does Kate care if Miles and the others know of her past?
Where is Ben getting all these resources?
Why was the main line busy to the freighter? Is she lying?
I had a feeling a few weeks ago that Aaron might be the "him" that Kate had to get back to but it didn't cross my mind while watching the episode so it took me completely by surprised when that is what it turned out to be. It puts Jack's hesitation in seeing him in a new light. Is it because Claire's dead and he feels in some way responsible?
Did Jack and Claire ever discover they were half-siblings? And Kate's obsession over Aaron's welfare could be borne out of a friend caring for a dead friend's child but there could be something Kate knows. Is Aaron special? What about not being raised by another besides Claire?
Why did the DA want Kate to stay in California?
New questions:
What were Dan and Charlotte doing with the cards and why was Dan trying to recall them? remote viewing?
Why does Miles want 3.2 million dollars and why 3.2 instead of 3 or 4? Is it some kind of code like Naomi's sister comment was?
Why does Kate care if Miles and the others know of her past?
Where is Ben getting all these resources?
Why was the main line busy to the freighter? Is she lying?
I had a feeling a few weeks ago that Aaron might be the "him" that Kate had to get back to but it didn't cross my mind while watching the episode so it took me completely by surprised when that is what it turned out to be. It puts Jack's hesitation in seeing him in a new light. Is it because Claire's dead and he feels in some way responsible?
Did Jack and Claire ever discover they were half-siblings? And Kate's obsession over Aaron's welfare could be borne out of a friend caring for a dead friend's child but there could be something Kate knows. Is Aaron special? What about not being raised by another besides Claire?
Why did the DA want Kate to stay in California?
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Yeah, I had a similiar thought early on when the lawyer suggested they use her son and thought maybe that would further clue us in to a time-differential on the island since I assumed her son would be older. Sadly, we got nothing approaching that interesting.
Well suggests that there isn't a timelag... Aaron looked about 2-3 years old I'd say? That seems fairly consistent if the flashforwards are 2007-ish and they crashed in 2004-ish...
Mark my words, timelag is the new purgatory
the previews for next week where the helicopter is flying into oblivion reminds me of the Stephen King book/tv movie: The Langoliers. which I wonder if that concept plays heavily into the whole "Lost Time" aspect of this season, minus the flying meatballs with saw-like teeth that eat everything.
I figured out her "son" would be Aaron from the beginning. Well, I mean I figured that it was a very likely possibility. I hope Miles blows up, he's annoying. I am interested in knowing why they say 8 people survived and only 6 made it off - why not just say it was only the 6 of them that survived the crash? Also, why does the DA seem so intent on Kate not leaving the state? And who is Ben? Kate was pissing me off - after the Miles and Ben meeting, when she pushed him up against the wall, she should have been asking him who Ben was and how he had all that money, not about her stupid crimes.
Yeah, I guessed that Aaron would be Kate's "son" pretty quickly, too. I thought that was pretty obvious.
This gets an Average from me. It wasn't bad, but there wasn't much that was particularly great, either. Sawyer/Hurley as roommates and Locke sticking that grenade in Miles' mouth were both pretty cool, but not enough to elevate the rest of the episode.
I'm fairly certain that Jack doesn't want to see Aaron because he feels guilty about Claire's death. He doesn't even have to know that Claire was his half-sister to feel guilty about it, if he had something to do with it and/or he couldn't save her. That's just the kind of person he is.
This was better than most Kate episodes, but that really isn't saying much.
This gets an Average from me. It wasn't bad, but there wasn't much that was particularly great, either. Sawyer/Hurley as roommates and Locke sticking that grenade in Miles' mouth were both pretty cool, but not enough to elevate the rest of the episode.
I'm fairly certain that Jack doesn't want to see Aaron because he feels guilty about Claire's death. He doesn't even have to know that Claire was his half-sister to feel guilty about it, if he had something to do with it and/or he couldn't save her. That's just the kind of person he is.
This was better than most Kate episodes, but that really isn't saying much.
Miles had me laughing at the beginning when Kate asked him if he knew what she did and he leaned forward and said in a mocking tone... "What did you do?"
Another thing... I'm surprised that so many of you figured out that Aaron was her "son" before it was revealed. What tipped you off?
Can't speak for others, but I don't know what it was exactly, they just seemed to be telegraphing it with that scene between Kate and Claire and it just kind of came to me as to who her son might be.
But I have to admit, when the scene between her and Jack played out about him not wanting to see the baby, it planted doubt in my mind and I started wondering if it was Sawyer's baby.
Last week, they totally got me with the thing with Ben at the end. This week, not so much.
Remind me to never have breakfast at Locke's Diner.
"Ok, you're done." "Here, have a pineapple." Throws dishes at the wall.
"Ok, you're done." "Here, have a pineapple." Throws dishes at the wall.
Several things for me. First off, Kate didn't want any public scrutinizing of him and based on how she reacted, it wasn't motherly protection. Secondly, the way the episode was constructed, I could tell they weren't going to show the kid until the end (and I knew they would based on the press release: nanny and child) and this told me there would be a big reveal at the end. With those two facts in mind, it seemed quite obvious the child had to be Aaron. There was a tiniest of chances that the kid was much older (as someone else had been hoping) as a result of the time differential or something, but that was blown out of the water when we saw the nanny.
So here's the thing. Aaron looked 3 or 4 at the end there which means that they've been off the island at least that long. Given how fickle the American media and public is, do you think anyone would really *care* about the Oceanic 6 after one year, let alone 3?
Depends on the circumstances of their discovery and all. I'm betting there's a lot more going on than what's been revealed, even from the public's perspective.
But that points out another problem. I know some cases can take forever to be tried, but three years seems like a long time, especially considering how quickly it was seemingly resolved. Something tells me there's a time issue going on here.
But that points out another problem. I know some cases can take forever to be tried, but three years seems like a long time, especially considering how quickly it was seemingly resolved. Something tells me there's a time issue going on here.
Yeah. When I first saw the lawyer, I thought... Who is that? I have to look her up.
Then I realized it was Susan Gibney. She still looks great.
When I saw that, I thought that seeing Aaron was simply reminding her of the kid she had.
Interesting. That still seems like quite a leap.
Ro_Laren: Yeah, I saw the press release a couple of weeks ago and recognized her name immediately. 
How so?
Kate not wanting her son to be seen or involved in her trial along with the possibility of a big reveal at the end wasn't nearly enough for me to guess that the child was Aaron. Kate's reaction wasn't unusual since I've seen that attitude many times before (I did think it was motherly by the way) and as for the reveal, I didn't know what to expect. The best I could come up with was that something about the kid would surprise us. Didn't know what though.