"Lost" Diary -- There's No Place Like Home (Part 1)
Hey, Daniel from TMZ here -- welcome to another edition of the "Lost" Diary.
I used to be super excited for "Lost" every week, but this season hasn't left me with that "Oh my God 'Lost' is on tonight!" feeling like it used to. But after last week's great episode -- and knowing that we're down to the wire here -- I'm back to my old level of excitement about tonight's episode.
Forget the preamble -- let's roll:
10:02 -- I am immediately in love with this episode. We're going to get to see how the Oceanic 6 get re-introduced into society. I am already at the edge of my seat.
10:04 -- "We are in shock, Jack." -- Sun
10:05 -- Odds Widmore or Abaddon is in the crowd waiting for them? I am betting on yes.
10:06 -- Hey, it's Cheech.
10:07 -- Slow-motion reunion scene time. Oh, that? No, it must just be dusty in here. Very, very dusty. Let's just move on, shall we?
10:09 -- Farraday clearly understands what Keamy is talking about, but Jack and the others fail to notice. Also, remember this -- something Sayid does, maybe in this episode, is part of how Ben gets Sayid to work for him (""Remember what happened last time you thought with your heart and not with your head.")
10:13 -- Jack and Kate are making their way through the forest, and Jack is bleeding. Unless Kate takes off an article of clothing, this scene is not going to do much for me.
10:14 -- Hey, it's Miles, Sawyer and Aaron. Sometimes this island is incredibly small.
10:15 -- Did Sawyer just call the Others' little community "New Otherton"? That might be my favorite Sawyer line ever.
10:16 -- Sawyer and Jack together again? Good times.
10:17 -- Whoa, OK -- so in addition to this fairy tale about a typhoon washing a fishing boat ashore, Kate is telling people Aaron is her baby. I got that one wrong.
10:18 -- "By then there were only eight of us left." -- Jack. Please tell who the other two are -- it's killing me!
10:19 -- Ok, Jin "never made it off the plane." We can cross him off our list. Which means he could be alive on the island ...
10:20 -- Someone is there to see Sayid. It can only be one person ...
10:21 -- "Nadia?" -- Sayid. Uh oh, it's getting dusty in here again. Dusty, I tell you!!!
10:22 -- Here he comes to save the day, Sayid Jarrah is on his way!
10:25 -- Ben is taking Locke and Hurley to the Orchid, just like Keamy thought he was. Ben also says moving the island is "a measure of last resort."
10:26 -- "You know those are 15 years old?" -- Ben to Hurley
10:27 -- Ben just used a mirror to communicate with someone up on a mountain -- most likely Richard and the rest of the Others.
10:28 -- Sayid trusts Farraday with the raft, which I totally would have to. I like Farraday.
10:29 -- Hmmm, Sun gets on the raft, splitting her and Aaron up from the rest of the Oceanic 6. Interesting.
10:30 -- On the list of things I want to see this week, here's one -- I want to know that Sun's dad is involved with Widmore somehow. I feel it in my bones.
10:31 -- I thoroughly enjoyed Sun's Korean bitch-slapping of her dad. I can only assume Widmore is the second person she blames for the crash. Maybe Ben.
10:35 -- Hoogo is starting to go nuts -- but it's only a surprise party.
10:36 -- "Jesus Christ is not a weapon." -- Hoogo's mom
10:37 -- Cheech fixed up the car he and Hurley used to work on when he was a kid. Damn this dust!!!
10:38 -- Of all the things I have ever seen in my life, I don't think anything has given me goosebumps quite like seeing the odometer on Hurley's car -- and it's "the numbers." If I may quote Keanu Reeves, "Whoa."
10:39 -- As Hurley was running away, all I can think of is this -- I wish the camera would stay on him longer, 'cause I am guessing he didn't "run" very far. Probably changed to walking after like a block.
10:40 -- "I wasn't being entirely truthful." -- Ben to Locke. That line is Ben's version of "Don't tell me what I can't do!"
10:41 -- "They're already here." -- Ben
10:44 -- Farraday delivered everyone back to the freighter safely. I have to say, no matter what goes down, I hope Farraday is involved in the show next season -- Miles, too. The rest of the Freighter Tots can go.
10:46 -- Well that's weird -- something on the boat is broadcasting, blocking the freighter's signal. I am guessing Michael would know something about that.
10:47 -- Lawnmower Man is handcuffed to the boat when Sawyer and Jack find him.
10:48 -- "Son of a bitch." -- Jack
10:49 -- We're at Jack's dad's funeral and afterwards a woman comes up to him -- with a thick accent. Might Jack be about to learn about Claire?
10:50 -- "He came to see his daughter ... Her name was Claire." -- Claire's mother. Shouldn't she be in a coma?
10:52 -- Man, Jack's face tells the whole story, doesn't it?
10:54 -- Sun and Jin aren't too happy to see Michael. He must get a lot of that. Oh and PS -- that's a lot of C4 on the boat.
10:55 -- Alright, I know he's a small character and all -- but I get super duper excited every time Richard shows up.
10:56 -- "How many times do I have to tell you John? I always have a plan." -- Ben
10:57 -- Based on the music and the slow-motion walking, I am going to say Sun just saw Jin for the last time.
10:58 -- "My name is Benjamin Linus. I believe you're looking for me." -- Ben
When "Lost" is on its game, it has a little bit of everything -- and tonight's episode was certainly that. Moved the plot forward, revealed a little bit, and gave us more than a few fantastic scenes. All the flashforward scenes tonight were right on the money as far as I was concerned. And, in some ways, that is what's been wrong with this season.
The flashforwards are almost delivering too well -- what is actually going on on the island pales in comparison. The flashforwards, by nature, have rendered the scenes on the island almost useless. We have a pretty good idea what happens to every person on the island and it's taken a lot of the suspense out of what is going on on the island.
Only now do I feel like we're building up to something really happening on the island that will really mean anything.
Tonight's episode was definitely an A -- with the numbers on the odometer thing being a subtle, yet truly memorable "Lost" scene.
Here's my question to you today: How do you like your flashes, forward or back?
