Lost from the beginning (NO SPOILERS)
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Hmm, perhaps that was more of a knee-jerk reaction on my part. He's right, of course. The people from the boat are not to be trusted. I still think killing Naomi was excessive to the extreme, though. All he really did was exacerbate the situation. More than anything right now, Locke seems lost (no pun intended.) He believes himself to be righteous, and special, but he has absolutely no idea what to do about it.
Moving on, here's a twofer
Eggtown:
This one is a Kate episode, and surprise, surprise, it's the least interesting episode of the season so far.
On the island, Kate tries to get Miles to tell her what he knows about her. He asks for an audience with Ben. Kate, being a master manipulator, tricks Sawyer into getting Locke out of his house so she can sneak Miles in to talk to Ben. There, Miles tries to extort Ben for 3.2 million. My first reaction was: Why that exact amount? I was pleased to see Ben questions it, too. This of course, raises the question of why Miles thinks Ben would have access to that kind of money.
The flash forward shows Kate undergoing trial. Sadly, we are denied seeing her get her just desserts as she takes a plea-bargain for ten years probation. Sigh. We also see Jack commit perjury, and learn that the world at large thinks there were only six survivors of flight 815. Now why on earth is that? Oh yeah, and Kate has Aaron, and is passing him off as her own son. So, that's five of the Oceanic Six identified. Who could the last one be?
The Constant:
If I had to pick, I would say Desmond is my favorite character on the show right now. Every episode that has prominently featured him has been one of the best of the series. This episode is absolutely no exception.
As we start out, Desmond, Sayid, and Frank are in the helicopter flying towards the freighter. They hit a storm, and then something odd happens. Desmond suddenly finds himself years in the past, back in the service. The island is just an odd dream to him. It's not a dream, though. He soon finds himself back in the helicopter, with no memory at all of how he got there, or anything that has happened in his life for many years.
They take Desmond to sick bay, and lock him in there. Say, these freighter people don't seem too friendly. There, they meet another guy that is going through the same thing as Desmond. They're able to get a hold of a phone and contact Daniel on the island. He seems to know something about what's going on, and sends Desmond to meet him at Oxford in the past. Of course, past Daniel won't believe him, so he gives Desmond a set of numbers, and the name Eloise to convince himself in the past that this guy isn't crazy.
After Desmond meets past Daniel, Daniel works out that Desmond needs a constant: something that exists in both the past and the present that Desmond can latch on to. No points at all for guessing what he chooses. Desmond tries to contact Penny, but her number is disconnected. He is forced to ask Charles Widmore for her new address. Of note is the fact that he is found at an auction bidding on the log of the Black Rock. Is there anything in this show that is not connected? In the past, Desmond finds Penny. She's still furious at him for breaking off the relation ship. She give her phone number anyways, and he promises not to call her for eight years.
In the present, they all break out of sick bay after someone opens the door for them. Was this Frank, or was this Ben's man? Well, they find their way to the communication room, and Desmond is able to make his phone call. The phone rings and rings for what seemed like an eternity. For a moment, I was convinced that the writers were going to deprive Desmond (and by extension, me) of even this one tiny iota of happiness.
And then Penny picks up.......
What follows is perhaps the most emotional, most heartwarming scene in the entire show so far. Desmond and Penny are both overjoyed to hear each others' voices. Hearing from Penny, Desmond begins to remember where he is, and Penny tells him that she has spent the last three years looking for him, that she knows about the island, and that she WILL find him. They declare their love for each other over and over. I was bawling, here.
If Desmond and Penny do not get a happy ending, I will personally storm the homes of the writers. They have really made me care about these two, even though there has been comparatively little screen time given to them. Look at the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle. There's been tons of time wasted on that and I don't give a crap. Desmond and Penny, though, have only featured in a handful of episodes and I care about them about as much as I did Crichton and Aeryn for example. That was a relationship that grew over, and was a focal point of an entire series. To make me care this much with only a few episodes is some really great writing. The writers would have to be the most evil bastards in the world to ruin this.
Finally, we get one last little teaser, since every Lost episode needs a cliffhanger. Daniel is looking through his journal, and finds a page where he has written that should anything go wrong, he will use Desmond as his constant. Interesting, but the relevance is unknown at this time.
Ah...The Constant. One of the best, if not the best, episodes of the series
Absolutely.
If you don't cry during Desmond and Penny's reunion, you're not human. Case closed.
Had some time off, so here's another two for one.
The Other Woman:
Ok, this one is kinda disappointing. Not much really happens. There's a chase through a jungle to a place that has never been mentioned before that has a lot of noxious chemicals. The freighter people disable it. There's more love triangle nonsense in the mean time. Ben barters for his his freedom by supplying Locke with information about Charles Widmore, whose boat is the one out there. Not Penny's boat, but closer than they know.
Then there's a flashback. (Sigh, back to these?) It's really stupid crap about Juliet having an affair with Goodwin, and Ben getting his crazy stalker on.
That's it. That's all I really have to say about this one. Well, every show has bumps in the road. This is one of them. It's not as appallingly awful as "Stranger in a Strange Land" but it really just elicits on big meh from me.
Ji Yeon:
Ok, this one is better.
On the freighter, Sayid and Desmond get slipped a note saying not to trust the captain. Well, they don't have much time to think about it, as they're going to meet him. Before they do, though, they see a woman wrapped in chains throw herself off the boat into the murky depths below. Everyone seems pretty calm about this. It would seem the island is doing strange things to people.
The captain himself doesn't really seem any nicer than anyone else on the crew. He shows Sayid and Desmond what he claims to be the Oceanic 85 black box. He confirms that he works for Widmore, and says that it was Ben that faked the wreckage. Uh huh, sure he did. Well, after a less than thrilling meeting, Sayid and Desmond are taken to their new quarters which look less than homey, to be sure. There's a blood stain on the wall, and the doctor calls a deck hand to come clean it up. Say, that deck hand looks kinda famil- HOLY SHIT! It's Michael! Is he Ben's man on the boat, as well? Please don't let him start screaming WAAAAAAAAAAALT again.
Back on the island, we focus on Jin and Sun, as they discuss the baby. Sun decides it's time for some answers, and asks Daniel point blank if they're going to be rescued. He says it's not up to him. Sun decides it's time to head for Locke's camp. Juliet won't hear of this, though and tells Jin that Sun had an affair. Jin gets pissed and leaves. Juliet is then able to convince Sun to stay by telling her the horrible way the she and her baby will die if they stay on the island. Thankfully, a conversation wish Bernard makes Jin decide to go back to Sun and apologize. I'm glad the writers realize that Jin and Sun are best when they're together. Splitting them apart just for the sake of drama wouldn't be enjoyable.
We flash forward to Sun this time. I guess that fills out the Oceanic Six. But wait, we see Jin, too. That makes seven. Something fishy is going on here. Sun goes in to labor and has her baby. Jin is running late trying to get to the hospital. He has some misadventures in stuffed panda purchasing. I don't think Sun would care much about a panda. Sun successfully delivers her baby, and it's a girl. Jin makes it to the hospital, but wait a minute. It's not for Sun. He's delivering the panda as a gift to an ambassador. What the? Wait a minute! Jin's section is a flashback. Oh you devious bastards! Jin didn't make it off the island, but Sun did? In finale, Hurley comes to visit Sun, and together they go and visit Jin's grave. Now wait just a darn minute, here! What's going on here? I'm fairly certain Jin isn't actually dead. What could have caused him to not come with Sun, though? All that stuff earlier in the episode about him never leaving her again, and he does. Well, I guess I should keep watching and find out.
The Other Woman:
Ok, this one is kinda disappointing. Not much really happens. There's a chase through a jungle to a place that has never been mentioned before that has a lot of noxious chemicals. The freighter people disable it. There's more love triangle nonsense in the mean time. Ben barters for his his freedom by supplying Locke with information about Charles Widmore, whose boat is the one out there. Not Penny's boat, but closer than they know.
Then there's a flashback. (Sigh, back to these?) It's really stupid crap about Juliet having an affair with Goodwin, and Ben getting his crazy stalker on.
That's it. That's all I really have to say about this one. Well, every show has bumps in the road. This is one of them. It's not as appallingly awful as "Stranger in a Strange Land" but it really just elicits on big meh from me.
Ji Yeon:
Ok, this one is better.
On the freighter, Sayid and Desmond get slipped a note saying not to trust the captain. Well, they don't have much time to think about it, as they're going to meet him. Before they do, though, they see a woman wrapped in chains throw herself off the boat into the murky depths below. Everyone seems pretty calm about this. It would seem the island is doing strange things to people.
The captain himself doesn't really seem any nicer than anyone else on the crew. He shows Sayid and Desmond what he claims to be the Oceanic 85 black box. He confirms that he works for Widmore, and says that it was Ben that faked the wreckage. Uh huh, sure he did. Well, after a less than thrilling meeting, Sayid and Desmond are taken to their new quarters which look less than homey, to be sure. There's a blood stain on the wall, and the doctor calls a deck hand to come clean it up. Say, that deck hand looks kinda famil- HOLY SHIT! It's Michael! Is he Ben's man on the boat, as well? Please don't let him start screaming WAAAAAAAAAAALT again.
Back on the island, we focus on Jin and Sun, as they discuss the baby. Sun decides it's time for some answers, and asks Daniel point blank if they're going to be rescued. He says it's not up to him. Sun decides it's time to head for Locke's camp. Juliet won't hear of this, though and tells Jin that Sun had an affair. Jin gets pissed and leaves. Juliet is then able to convince Sun to stay by telling her the horrible way the she and her baby will die if they stay on the island. Thankfully, a conversation wish Bernard makes Jin decide to go back to Sun and apologize. I'm glad the writers realize that Jin and Sun are best when they're together. Splitting them apart just for the sake of drama wouldn't be enjoyable.
We flash forward to Sun this time. I guess that fills out the Oceanic Six. But wait, we see Jin, too. That makes seven. Something fishy is going on here. Sun goes in to labor and has her baby. Jin is running late trying to get to the hospital. He has some misadventures in stuffed panda purchasing. I don't think Sun would care much about a panda. Sun successfully delivers her baby, and it's a girl. Jin makes it to the hospital, but wait a minute. It's not for Sun. He's delivering the panda as a gift to an ambassador. What the? Wait a minute! Jin's section is a flashback. Oh you devious bastards! Jin didn't make it off the island, but Sun did? In finale, Hurley comes to visit Sun, and together they go and visit Jin's grave. Now wait just a darn minute, here! What's going on here? I'm fairly certain Jin isn't actually dead. What could have caused him to not come with Sun, though? All that stuff earlier in the episode about him never leaving her again, and he does. Well, I guess I should keep watching and find out.
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^ The whole Sun flash forward/Jin flashback elicited a lot of crazy theories about what was really going on because some people weren't convinced it was a flashback and flash forward in the same episode. 
The actor who plays Michael has had his name in the opening credits all season long, so it wasn't a surprise for many.
The actor who plays Michael has had his name in the opening credits all season long, so it wasn't a surprise for many.
^How could anyone be confused about that? Jin says he has only been married for two months. Also, I've stopped looking at the opening credits, so I never noticed that Michael was coming back.. It tends to spoil when we'll get an appearance from Christian, or Rousseau, etc.
Some people were convinced that Jin was also a flash forward but he was married to someone else or had faked his death or had gone undercover or something. It made no sense.
I guess it's sort of like how some people are absolutely convinced there are some major mindbender twists and turns in Inception even though everything is pretty straightforward in that movie.
I guess it's sort of like how some people are absolutely convinced there are some major mindbender twists and turns in Inception even though everything is pretty straightforward in that movie.
Smart. Keep not doing that.
I think the idea was the station that produced the gas was used during the Purge to kill off Dharma.
Indeed. That station is how Ben killed off the Dharma Initiative.
Then I'm not human. I never cared about Penny/Desmond--in my eyes they were there to push the plot along in various ways. "The Constant" was a solid episode in a string of strong S4 offerings but it wasn't the best the year offered and I do find that it is highly overrated. There was only one romantic pairing that worked for me beautifully and it worked mainly because it wasn't as forced and in-your-face as THE LOST power couple the way Penny/Desmond were. They tried waaaaaaaay too hard with P/D.
The Penny and Desmond romance brought me to tears quite often. It's perfect in my book.
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