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Lost Season 3: "Every Man For Himself"

October 26, 2006

You got served, Sawyer.

What I Liked:

  • The interactions between Jack and Juliet. I like that Jack is finally getting his backbone back.
  • On the opposite end, Sawyer totally got his balls taken away from him.
  • Once again, Ben can break anyone. I hope it’s Kate’s turn next.
  • Two Deadwood folks on one episode (Paula Malcomson as Colleen and Kim Dickens as Cassidy).
  • Even though I knew the pacemaker was fake (they couldn’t operate on a gunshot wound, I doubt they could do heart surgery), it was funny seeing Sawyer’s heart rate go up while Kate was changing (who’s wouldn’t?)

What I didn’t like:

  • The backstories are becoming more and more useless. This one was okay but again, if we didn’t have it, I wouldn’t have been mad.
  • How they are treating the new castaways like they’ve always been there and we just haven’t noticed.
  • I didn’t want Colleen to die. Not because of the character but because Paula Malcomson is such a great actress and it seems like such a waste.

What We Learned:

  • Sawyer went to prison for the con he pulled in “The Long Con” episode
  • Sawyer has a daughter named Clementine
  • Juliet was a fertility doctor
  • Ben can still manipulate the hell out of anyone
  • There are TWO islands which explains why the castaways having a boat made them nervous
  • Why they need Jack
  • Desmond can still see into the future and change it as he sees fit
  • Kate is more important to Sawyer than Sawyer is to Sawyer
  • Ben hates needles

Questions:

  • Again, what is the nature of Desmond’s prescience?
  • Where was Locke and Eko?
  • Who’s X-rays were those?
  • Is operating on whomever’s spinal tumor that is the “favor” Ben wants to ask of Jack?
  • How did the castaways never notice another island?
  • What side of the island is the second island on?
  • Is the little Others community we saw in the first episode on this second island or is it on the one with the castaways?
  • Why do they need Kate and Sawyer?
  • Considering her field, did Juliet also attend to Claire when she was in captivity?
  • What happens when the Others find out Sun is pregnant?
  • Can The Others have children? Is that why they keep trying to steal them?
  • Is Ben trying to spark something between Juliet and Jack?
  • Was Kate lying when she told Sawyer she didn’t really love him?
  • How long will it take Sayid, Jin and Sun to get back to the beach?
  • Will Danny take revenge on the castaways of Colleen’s death?
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Movie of the Week Pt. I: Babel

October 26, 2006

This movie should have been titled, “When It Rains It Pours…”

It took me awhile to decide if I liked this movie or not.

There were four separate stories all connected by a random shooting.

I thought everyone was good, especially Rinko Kikuchi who plays a horny, confused deaf-mute Chieko in Japan.

I forget sometimes how old Brad Pitt really is.

The only problem I really had was that the story in Japan, while good, was connected tenuously to the others.

I’m still trying to figure out the point of the whole movie but it was beautiful to look at.