1. Mientras tendían la ropa en los barracones, Claire le pide a Kate que abrace un momento a Aaron, Kate se niega argumentando que no es buena para los bebés, y dice que Claire es buena el niño. Por un momento Kate se queda mirando a Aaron, y eso es para indicarnos que obviamente hay (o habrá) una conexión entre Kate y él.

2. Kate aseguró NO estar embarazada cuando estaba con Sawyer.

3. Es posible que Jack se niegue a ver a Aaron porque representa el engaño de Christian Sheppard a la madre de Jack.

Firstly, why the hell is it called "Eggtown?" I wondered that myself, actually, until I looked it up on Lostpedia (thank God for tv nerds with Wikipedia fetishes, though I can't seem to find the specific location on the page now). According to those behind the scenes at the Lost wiki, there were many things within the episode that pertained to its title. The term "eggtown" itself refers to a system of bartering, and since eggs would be a measly exchange, poor towns would be referred disdainfully as egg-towns. I personally thought that, in a sense, this could refer to the "exchange" of Aaron, since at the end of the episode Kate's baby was revealed to not be her own flesh and blood at all, but Claire's.

Cuuute ...

There could be several reasons why Kate ended up with Aaron. Maybe Kate just simply stole Claire's baby, which doesn't seem logical to me, though, considering Kate and Claire are friends on the island. However, something illogical like that would actually be normal for Kate, considering she's highly indecisive when it comes to what she wants and who she is---for example, as Sawyer correctly noted, she just jumps back and forth between Jack and Sawyer depending on her mood and what her needs are at the time. When it comes down to it, she's selfish.

Or maybe Claire died and Kate "adopted" Aaron for her, although there's something odd about that, too, considering Aaron referred to Kate as "mummy." Still, lots of adopted kids, especially young ones like Aaron, associate their adoptive parents as their "true" parents. Besides, it sort of makes sense. Aaron's too young to have to deal with or even comprehend the Crazy Island, Home to Fucked Up Psychological Projects Where No One Can Leave, Inhabited by Black Smoke and Polar Bears, and Ruled by Freaky Numbers story. I mean, it's a little much for any outsider to swallow without gagging on the thick swill of ridiculous bullshit; while Aaron did, of course, live through the trauma of the Island (which will demand some serious therapy later on due to all those suppressed memories, poor kid), he's too young to remember and fully understand, anyway. So it's really not that strange. And like a lot of things in Lost that seemed to be a big deal, there might actually be a simple explanation behind it that doesn't make Kate seem like a sneaky bitch. Take lovely Desmond for instance: We all thought he was some crazy Scot for living underground and pushing a goddamn button every 108 minutes, and that he was as fucked up as the Others, who we all figured were savages until we met people like Juliet---although, in retrospect, they honestly did make Desmond seem delusional at first, but now he's cool and we all like him (plus, he's nice to look at).

Or, perhaps Claire's still alive but for some reason couldn't make it back to civilization and she didn't want her kid growing up even more traumatized than he probably already will be, so she gave him to Kate to take care of out of trust. You know, the whole instinctive mother sacrifice thing. I personally wouldn't want my child to grow up on that hellhole of an island, but, hey, maybe that's just me.

Additionally, there's also the issue of why Jack refuses to see Aaron. Does he know "Kate's" child is really Aaron (though, really, unless he's stark blind, how the hell could he not have noticed)?

There are other minor references to the episode title, "Eggtown," as well. The episode, for instance, literally starts out with eggs: Locke's nice breakfast for Ben that gets smashed against the wall in our Island Secret Keeper Man's frustration (why, O Island, do you torture him so?). Also, part of the episode (in the present) deals with Kate's fertility: the issue of whether or not she is pregnant with Sawyer's child (she says she's not). Of course, that just led to me debating back and forth over the course of the episode whether or not "Kate's" baby was Jack's or Sawyer's, which, obviously, was a intended tactic meant to play the viewer right into the writers' hands as a distraction (and it worked, damnit).

"Who's my baby daddy?!"

Speaking of which, don't they have condoms on that island? Although I guess the island itself functions as one big contraceptive, figuratively speaking, considering no one's baby survives to be born. Well, the conception part still happens, but let's just say the pro-abortion people would be happy and the pro-life advocates would be pouting on the beach and cursing "Mystery Frickin' Island" (see last post on nicknames).

"Fuck it, I'm SO blowing this popsicle stand of an island."

On another note, I'm still asking myelf why Kate didn't stay behind, considering she had to deal with the consequences of her crimes. Knowing Miles's response to "Do you know what I did?" you'd think that even though Miles and his crew had to study everything about the Oceanic passengers, that Kate would be scared off and not want to take any chances returning with them to the US. And since Kate plead "not guilty" to her conviction in the flashforward, that suggests that she didn't suddenly change her ways and want to take responsibility for all the shit she's done. Nope. She's the same ol' Kate---except for the child part, but whatever, although technically it's not even hers. Unless, of course, she decided she just had it with all the insanity and would rather rot in jail on a life sentence than deal with the weird Monster and the Others anymore, which is perfectly understandable. Face it, the drama and conspiracy on that friggin' island would make anyone cry out for normalcy and mediocrity. I mean, I'm not even on the island and it drives me crazy just thinking about having to put up with all that crap. Sure, the show's great and all and I've stuck with it since Day One, but honestly, it's ridiculous. Let's not lie. Scientific explanations for everything my ass.

Next up, Daniel. This guy:

Daniel Faraday with Charlotte.

In this episode, Daniel and Charlotte played a memory game in which Daniel had to recall the suit, number, and color of each (Dharma) playing card. Charlotte tried to remain, unconvincingly, optimistic throughout the test, but a despairing and frustrated Daniel was disappointed in himself when he got two out of three correct. Charlotte called it "progress," but Daniel questioned incredulously whether or not that was really progress at all.

Looking back at past season four episodes, there is additional evidence of Daniel's problematic memory. In "Confirmed Dead" Naomi referred to Daniel as a "headcase" when discussing her odd assortment of a crew with the freaky Oceanic guy (Matthew Abaddon, the tall African American guy who approached Hurley in his flashforward in the mental institution). Obviously, there's something mentally off about him, just like with Hurley and Libby. Frankly, I'm interested and can't wait to learn more about him. Also in "Confirmed Dead," during Daniel's part of the flashback he is seen starting to sob uncontrollably when he sees a news report about the finding of Oceanic 815 in the depths of the ocean. Someone whose face is not revealed (later revealed by the writers to be Daniel's caretaker---further possible evidence of a mental health issue) asks him why he is upset, and he responds, "I don't know."

Daniel Faraday responding to the news about Oceanic Flight 815.

Moreover, when Jack and Kate first meet Daniel (after he falls from the helicopter), he demonstrates some odd behavior while they look for Miles and the other members of his crew; this abnormal behavior fueled the impression that "those people" came to harm the Losties, a view shared by Ben (well, no duh, they're after him), Locke and his group, and even some ambivalent members of Jack's. Nevertheless, thinking about it now, Daniel's initial behavior in the company of Jack and Kate was probably nothing more than innocent and harmless, unlike what was first imposed on us viewers. Daniel's oddness most likely can simply be attributed to his unreliable memory and whatever mental health problem he has suffered from.

When Jack asked him his name, Daniel paused a long time before answering. According to Lostpedia, he also used the technique of word-searching when he wanted to refer to his pack but couldn't immediately pinpoint the right word. Moreover, he was generally mentally sluggish and is somewhat eccentric, often mumbling to himself. When they met up with Miles, the latter had to remind him of their secret code---the one Naomi used when she talked about the sister she doesn't have over the radio---which is meant to be used if someone had a gun to their head and needed help. Miles reprimanded Daniel about this after he called Jack and Kate "good people," treating him as though that forgetfulness were a normal and annoying occurrence.

The memory game.

There are some rather interesting theories on the Lost wiki about this guy. I try to generally avoid these theories, because either they might actually be dead-on and thus flat out spoilers, or just because there are so many and most of them are so wild that it runs the risk of throwing off my own perceptions. However, I read a few, and one said that Daniel doesn't actually have memory loss; instead, Charlotte was testing his psychic ability. There was also something about how he lost that psychic capability and was trying to regain it. According to a part of that general theory, Charlotte never turned over the cards---Daniel was trying to guess them. Nonetheless, while that theory is intriguing and could be possible, I don't think it is. I wouldn't really think a psychic would be called a "headcase," even though, I guess, he could be by those who don't buy into the whole thing (me included). Still, it seems much more likely that he was a mental patient or something along those lines. Besides, Charlotte's an anthropologist, not a psychic herself. How could she test him from a point of higher authority if she was not trained in some way or was one herself in order to judge his skill level and track improvement? It just doesn't seem likely, especially because his memory seems extremely poor. A psychic who lost his "powers" would, in my view, merely be reduced to normalcy, not a sublevel of functioning. And to counter the Charlotte-never-turned-the-cards-over thing, that scene with Daniel and Charlotte began in the middle of Charlotte's test, not the beginning, so in reality I guess you could say it's technically not confirmed whether or not Daniel saw the three cards beforehand. We only saw him guessing and then the results.

What is more, there was an interesting suggestion that Daniel could be Ana Lucia's "Danny." It's certainly conceivable, knowing the many connections between characters on Lost ... although Ana Lucia was part of the Los Angeles police force and Daniel, according to "Confirmed Dead"'s flashforward lives in Essex, Massachusetts. People do move, however.

At any rate, I can't wait until they dig into Daniel's character. Looks like I'm going to have to stick it out, though: It sounds like the next episode's focus will be on Desmond, but that's just guessing.

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From the Lost Wikipedia entry.

Warning: Spoilers ahead.

As a lot of other viewers, I was hotly anticipating the new season of Lost. However, since the WGA strike, I thought that they would simply choose to cancel the season, since with only 8 episodes shot and produced, fans would be disappointed. I think that possibly ABC might choose to produce the rest of the season this year and air it. However I've read that Lost will last 13 episodes this season instead of the aforementioned 8. This is instead of the normal 16 episode season which was scheduled. All in all, that's not too bad.

The fourth episode centers on Kate. The flashforwards center around Kate as well. We learn she is one of the Oceanic Six. I guess that Kate's baby doesn't count as part of the Oceanic Six. However, the revelation of the baby's name will start speculation on what happened exactly on the island.

Kate puts her fate in jeopardy to find out what Miles knows about her. I found that her whole gamble wasn't worthwhile. She did it all so that she could find out if the people on the freighter knew about her checkered past. It does however make me wonder who is looking for Ben so desperately. Who wants to get him? Minkowski?

The end of the episode also reveals that something must have happened to Sayid, Desmond and Frank Lapidus. The helicopter is MIA. It's been gone for over a day. Maybe the time difference has something to do with this, but that's not sure. Since we know that Sayid survived the island, that makes you wonder where they are. Maybe Frank is secretly working for their employer on some designated tasks.

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John wakes up and cooks for someone breakfast. He goes into the basement and delivers it. It’s for Ben. He’s been moved to John’s basement from the rec room. John wants to know about Ben’s spy on the ship. Ben mentions that John hasn’t received any information from Jacob. Ben pisses John off and takes the breakfast back. He throws the breakfast against the wall. He storms out.

Kate and Claire see him. Sawyer comes by to see Kate. He wants her to move in with him. She doesn't want to. She doesn't trust him. She tells him to go home.

In the future, Kate is coming out of a limousine. She goes through a throng of reporters to court. It’s Kate’s trial. She pleads not guilty to all charges, with include murder in the first, GTA and other counts. The prosecutor asks her to be remanded into custody. The judge agrees with the prosecutor and they put Kate in jail.

Sun and Jin are talking about their life after the island. He wants to live in America. Sun wants to have her baby in Korea. Jack comes back to the beach with Charlotte and Dan. He tells them that Kate is staying with Locke.

Kate wants to talk to Miles. John tells her no. Kate sees Hurley bringing dinner to Miles. She stops him and finds out where Locke is keeping Miles. She asks him who she is. She wants to know more about herself. In exchange, Miles wants a minute with Ben.

In the future, Kate is meeting with her attorney. He tells her that the DA has decided to try the case herself. He tells her that it’s time to try to talk deals. She’s looking at 20 years for each count. He tells her that he needs someone to talk about her character. He wants to put her son on the stand. She doesn't want to.

Sun is worried about what is happening to Sayid. Jack can't get through to anyone. Claire asks Kate to pick Aaron. Kate hesitates. Claire does it herself.

During her trial, her attorney calls Dr. Jack Sheppard. He says that only eight of them survived the crash. He tells the jury how she saved them all. Kate tries to make him stop. He says that he doesn't love her anymore.

Hurley and Sawyer are having a fun time in their cottage. Hurley is watching Xanadu. Sawyer is reading. She tells him that she wants to use him to break out Ben. Sawyer pays a visit to Locke. They play some backgammon. Sawyer tells Locke what Kate has planned. They both run down to the boathouse to find Miles. They find him gone.

Meanwhile, Kate and Miles break into John’s cottage. They go see Ben. Miles says that his employer has put in a lot of time and energy to find Ben. He offers to lie to his employer for 3.2 million dollars. He gives him a week to come up with the money. Miles he says that he got her name when she called the freighter. He knows that she is a fugitive.

He tells her to stay on the island. On the way up the stairs, Locke and Sawyer walk into them. John tells her to go back to her place.

John comes by to talk with Kate. She tells him what Miles and Ben talked about. John tells her that she isn’t welcome anymore. She needs to leave by morning.

In the future, Kate has a private meeting with her mom. Her mom is the prime witness of the prosecution. Her mom says that it all changed when she thought Kate was dead. She’s living on borrowed time. She’s had 6 months to live during the last four years. Her mom wants to see her grandson.

Kate comes by to see Sawyer. She tells him that Locke banished her.

Charlotte and Dan are doing another experiment with cards. Jack comes by to wonder why he can't get through to the boat. He makes Charlotte use their emergency number. Regina answers. Regina doesn't know anything about Sayid. She didn’t know that anyone was coming back from the island. This means that something happened to Desmond and Sayid.

Locke has got Miles strung up. He puts a live grenade in Miles’ mouth. Sawyer thinks that Kate thinks that she still is preggers. She says that she isn’t preggers. Kate says that she is going back to the beach. This means that Sawyer is the father of her child.

The DA wants to approach the bench. The DA says that Diane Jensen, Kate’s mom, can't testify due to medical reasons. The judge gives her until lunch. The DA offers four years. Her lawyer wants four years suspended. The DA says that she will get 10 years probation and she has to stay in the state. She can't leave. Kate accepts the deal. She sees Jack in the garage. Jack doesn't want to see the baby. She says that they won't be going for coffee until he can see the kid. Maybe this means that Sawyer is dead.

Kate comes home. Her son is Aaron. This means that Claire is dead. She wouldn’t leave her son voluntarily. Jack must have been involved in the way that Claire died.

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DESCUPE O ATRASO.

Στην παραλία διαπιστώνουν ότι το ελικόπτερο ποτέ δεν έφτασε στον προορισμό του. Ο Μάιλς προτείνει στον Μπεν να του δώσει ακριβώς 3.2 εκατομμύρια δολάρια για να πει στους δικούς του ότι δεν τον βρήκε. Η Κέιτ για άλλη μια φορά "εκμεταλλεύεται" τον Σώγιερ και μετά τον παρατάει για να γυρίσει στους άλλους. Και ο Λοκ παγιδεύει τον Μάιλς με χειροβομβίδα για να τον πιέσει να μιλήσει, και εξορίζει την Κέιτ από το χωριό. Τα'χει χάσει τα κατσίκια.

Στο flash forward βλέπουμε τη δίκη της Κέιτ. Ο Τζακ καλείται ως μάρτυρας υπεράσπισης και μαθαίνουμε την ιστορία που έχουν πει οι επιζόντες στον κόσμο. Ότι από την πτώση του αεροπλάνου επέζησαν οχτώ, και κολύμπησαν στο νησί, όπου η Κέιτ τους φρόντισε μέχρι τη διάσωσή τους. Τελικά αθωώνεται, γιατί η μητέρα της αποφασίζει να μην καταθέσει εναντίον της. Και της ζητάει να δεις τον εγγονό της. Και πάνω που νομίζουμε ότι τελικά ο Σώγιερ την κατέστησε έγκυο, συναντάει τον Τζακ που δεν είναι έτοιμος να δει το παιδί. Και πάνω που νομίζουμε ότι τελικά ο Τζακ την κατέστησε έγκυο, γυρίζει στον σπίτι και αγκαλιάζει τον Άαρον.
Τελικά σε όλα τα φετινά επεισόδια αυτό που αξίζει είναι η τελευταία σκηνή. Οπότε όποιος δεν έχει χρόνο, ας πάει απευθείας στο 40'. Δε θα έχει χάσει και πολλά.

- Η αυγούπολη. Η πόλη των αυγών. Η πόλη με τα αυγά. Τι - στο διάολο - σημαίνει ο τίτλος; Εϊναι προφανές ότι οι κότες δεν κάνουν πια αυγά και ο Λοκ τις σφάζει επειδή δεν του είναι πλέον χρήσιμες. Λιιιγο πιο πιθανή λύση είναι αυτή που διαβάσμε στο lostpedia, ότι δηλαδή αναφέρεται στο παραμύθι The Easter Egg Escapade. Περιγράφει την ιστορία του Eggtown, ενός ήσυχου χωριού όπου λαγοί και κότες ζουν αρμονικά μαζί, μέχρι που μια συμμορία από κόκκορες συνομοτούν να κλέψουν όλα τα πασχαλιάτικα αυγά. Στην προσπάθεια τους να ανακτήσουν τα αυγά, μια ομάδα εθελοντών μπαίνουν σε επικίνδυνη περιπέτεια. Ποιος είναι ποιός σε αυτή την αναλογία; Παρεπιπτόντως οι λαγοί κολλάνε και στην παραπομπή της Αλίκης στη χώρα των θαυμάτων, που εμφανίζεται συχνά στο Lost.
- Ο Άαρον του flash forward είναι περίπου 3 χρονών, άρα τόσα χρόνια έχουν περάσει από την πραγματικότητα που βλέπουμε στο νησί.
- Το βιβλίο που φέρνει ο Λοκ στον Μπεν είναι το "VALIS" του Philip K. Dick, που είναι ακρωνύμιο του Vast Active Living Intelligence System.
- Τον δικηγόρο της Κέιτ παίζει ο Shawn Doyle (Frequency)

LOST, Episode 4.04

Eggtown 

I. Raising Aaron-zona 

A. Past, present or future, Kate’s story is about as compelling as drying cement.  What a shock, she’s back in handcuffs!  Who would have guessed?!  And she ran away from the Island!  And now she’s a babynapper!  So many harrowing twists and turns that I never saw coming!  There might have been a little suspense for her story if I hadn’t watched the same things happen to Kate in every single Kate-centric episode.  Believe me, I wish I hadn’t seen every other Kate-centric episode.  They’re like Nickleback songs - you catch one and you have a pretty good idea how all the others are going to go. 

B. Future Jack is Fack, Future Hurley is Futurley and Future Sayid is Fayid (which I guess makes him Egyptian instead of Iraqi), but Future Kate can’t be Fate, because that’s too beautiful of a summation to be wasted on her.  I’d prefer FuKate, which looks a little like FU, Kate, which is pretty much how I feel during most episodes. 

C. I don’t quite understand why the D.A. would push so hard on this case, especially after all of the (presumed) Oceanic Six hubbub surrounding FuKate.  There’s gotta be some heavy public backlash for prosecuting the hero/survivor, so I don’t see what makes them pursue the case so hard.  Unless she had to watch hours upon hours of Kate-centric television and formed an unhealthy personal vendetta...in that case, I guess I could sympathize. 

D. Hard to believe that Claire would want anyone else raising her kid, much less Kate.  First, there’s the small detail of the psychic warning her of impending doom when Aaron is raised by anyone who isn’t Claire.  Then there’s the glowing track record of Kate’s previous relationships.  If the baby handover consisted of anything less than Claire getting knocked out with a blackjack/sock full of quarters, then color me confused.   

E. Is she hell-bent on going to jail?  She tries to block Jack as a character witness, denies the move to put her “kid” in the courtoom and plays it unecessarily headstrong with ever possible escape she is offered.  After a lifetime of running away, what makes an 8x8 cell so appealing?  Has she turned into a wannabe martyr like Jack?  Is she planning to get transferred to the nuthouse with Futurley, cover her entire body with tattoos that include blueprints of the facility and hatch a meticulous plan to bust both of them out at once? 

F. I know she cleared it up later and probably caved in when her lawyer (thinking logically, what a concept) stepped in, but the fact that she would initially rebuff her mom’s painfully easy deal is mind-blowing.  Give the woman an hour or so with a kid who won’t remember her the next day anyway.  It’s not like they’ll be hitting up Disneyland with grandma on the oxygen tank.  One afternoon and you get spared life in prison. 

G. I fail to see the vilification of Kate’s mom anyway.  Yeah, she tried to turn you in a couple times.  That’s almost as harsh of a betrayal as blowing up someone’s spouse.  Plus, you know that stepdad was kind of a loser, and the life insurance settlement couldn’t have been that high.  So mom’s probably got a decent reason to be pissed.  FuKate getting counter-pissed because mom is pissed is pretty much the epitome of her idiotic insistence on being stubborn in the face of better options.  There’d better be a future flashback showing that mom used to whip Kate with a belt and once killed her dog in front of her, otherwise I fail to see the motivation there.  Actually, there’d better NOT be a future flashback, because the thought of another Kate-centric episode makes me want to carve out my eyes with something dull and rusty. 

H. The case really falls apart when Mom doesn’t take the stand?  How about the cop/husband that she drugged and abandoned?  Maybe the wife or family of the childhood friend who died when Kate ran from the hospital?  Something tells me that when your entire case rests on a family member being cool with sending their kin to jail for life, you haven’t done enough work.  I guess I should watch more Law & Order. 

I. Does Fack know that Aaron is his half-nephew?  Is that why he doesn’t want to see him?  Or is there something wrong with the kid, or with Kate, that is keeping him from checking in?  Does he know that Kate raising the kid means bad things (on SO many levels)?  Or is it just his paralyzing fear of commitment making things difficult again? 

J. Do all the kids age like crazy once they get off the Island?  First Walt comes back looking like he’s NBA-bound, and now Aaron, who looks fresh out of the womb in every Island scene, seems to be about three good weeks away from getting his driver’s permit.  Seriously, that kid grew like Jack’s facial hair, it’s uncanny.   

II. The Shepard, The Lambs He’s Leading To Slaughter, And The Leftover Not-Quite Rescue Rangers 

A.  Very smart of Jack to continually use the phone to no avail when two of the people who came to the Island with working knowledge of said phones are sitting around watching him.  Clearly the man is a master of modern technology, as evidenced by his work on the Hatch computer...or with the radio transmission...or with the walkie talkies. You’ve got a physicist running scientific time-lapse field tests sitting next to you, and you can’t delegate responsibility.  How, exactly, did he give the impression that the Lostaway society was a democracy? 

B. Was Daniel predicting the playing cards? When he said he was a physicist, did he make a mental typo?  Also, while Benry and the Others had a lot to do with it, you can’t deny that the downfall of the Dharma Initiative was brought about partly because of superfluous expenses like Dharma-branded playing cards.   

C.  The mystery of the missing helicopter - a significantly underwhelming mystery when Daniel has evidence of space-time discrepancies on and off the Island - could have probably been avoided if they parked their freighter ANYWHERE along the horizon line of the Island.  Maybe the chopper was nearly out of gas because you’re taking off from Zimbabwe.  

III. The People’s Republic Of Locke 

A. I take issue with Benry’s snide comment about Johnboy evolving, because it’s clear to everyone that nothing has changed.  This time he makes a nice meal and delivers it to the man trapped in the room with a calm demeanor and a “I’m totally in control” smirk, he deflects all the pointed jabs from his prisoner and then has a COMPLETE MELTDOWN once the door is shut, still clearly in earshot of the guy who was screwing with him.  It’s the exact same damn thing he did two seasons ago in the Hatch.  Seriously, take a walk up the stairs before you smash the plates - that would show progress.  What’s the point of facing Benry down with the Sad Clown face when you’re going to completely blow your position of power seconds later?   

B. It’s a shame we had to wait this long to see Locke’s inner Martha Stewart come out.  First he brews iced tea, now he’s fixing Benry up a Grand Slam breakfast and planning a Hawaiian Luau for his merry men.  Throw in his hunting prowess, his unabashed naiveté and his willingness to get talked or tricked into doing virtually anything and he sounds like the perfect husband.  It’s surprising he isn’t more of a sex symbol...although I guess it would be more of a “nonloving domestic tolerance” symbol.  Plus he hasn’t grown facial hair in 90 days!  Can you imagine how much money you save on razors?  If it wasn’t for Benry practically being his common-law wife at this point, he’d be a hell of a steal, ladies. 

C. I understand that you’ve gotta keep Hurley happy and moving around, what with his self-confidence issues and his former fellow outcast Chuckles drifting out to sea somewhere, but I’m amazed at the number of important tasks that they leave to him, knowing full well the results of his previous important tasks.  He likes food, couldn’t he help Locke cook dinner?  Couldn’t Rousseau or Alex or Karl or anyone else have been on lunch duty?  It’s almost like Locke WANTED everyone to know, as Sawyer aptly pointed out.   

D. Don’t you think that the question of “do you know who I am?” could have come up during the extended walk from the helicopter to the barracks last episode?  If you waited to bait-and-switch with Charlotte, diss Sawyer, cross Locke, fool Hurley and stage a prison break just so Sayid wouldn’t find out that you’re a wanted fugitive, I’ve got some bad news: he probably already knows.  

E. Whoever rigged the Team Locke housing lottery to put Sawyer and Hurley together deserves a bonus.  This season needs at least five more episodes just so one of them can focus entirely on the Island Odd Couple story of Hugo and James.  Hugo gets into hijinks (namely messing up whatever previous important task the others had foolishly assigned him), James gets fed up, then the two hatch (pun!) some foolish plan to make everything right again, only to have the plan fall apart and their landlord, Mr. Locke, gets upset.  And then he puts a grenade in their mouth. 

F. Totally crazy that a guy who works as a ghostchaser would end up running an extortion scheme for his own personal benefit.  Tremendous work on that background check, Diet Eko/Naomi/Other Folks. 

G. Did neither Miles nor Kate think about the fact that they left Benry UNTIED in an unlocked room inside his own house?  That’s why I think Kate will work out as a mother - her intuitive sense of responsibility.   

H. Commandant Locke needs to issue a decree about knocking before you enter the room.  Then again, he needs to learn to follow that rule himself.  Just because you spent the last two months living in tents and tarps doesn’t mean civilization is completely abandoned.  Doors don’t exist only to be slammed when you have a hissy fit, John. 

        El comienzo es sublime, Locke preparando un desayuno, llevándoselo a Ben, tal como hacía cuando este era Henry Gale y estaban en la escotilla, y la escena termina exactamente igual, con Locke demostrando que sigue perdido, que da igual cuanto avance, cuanto crea avanzar, siempre llega el punto donde su frustación le impide ir más allá, la analogía es perfecta.

        Antes de pasar a la peli de abogados, repasemos lo que ocurre en la isla brevemente. Miles parece cada vez más un estafador de tres al cuarto cuando intenta extorsionar a Ben. Kate en su línea de usar a quien haga falta para conseguir lo que quiere. Locke demostrando que si se deja bigote sería un buen aprendiz de dictador, no tanto por el discurso que le da a Kate, sino por el método que usa para silenciar a Miles.

        La ambientación “universitaria” de la convivencia en los barracones es bastante llamativa también. Hurley y Sawyer comparten bungalow como el que comparte un piso de estudiante, tal cual. Luego tenemos el elemento sentimental del episodio, un nuevo revolcón con cariño entre Sawyer y Kate, aunque esta demuestra una vez más que es una inmadura y que no le gusta que le digan las cosas a la cara, a este paso la historia amorosa de la serie no se resolverá nunca.

        En la playa poco, escena presencial de Sun y Jin, llegada de Jack y compañía, y la comunicación con el carguero al que no ha llegado el helicóptero, bastante poco peso ha tenido en el episodio.

        Sobre el Flash Forward de Kate, sirve para que se arregle su situación legal, planteada desde el principio de la serie, ya no tendrá que huir, a ver si es capaz de hacerlo. Durante todo el FF asistimos a tópicos del género, el abogado que intenta cualquier triquiñuela (llamemos a otro de los 6 de Oceanic para ablandar al jurado), la fiscal que va de dura por la vida, el testigo que se raja a última hora, el juez sobradete… y por supuesto el final feliz. Jack vuelve a aparecer en otro Flash que no es el suyo, muy feliz y jovial, habrá que ver como llega a ser el amargado del final de la tercera temporada.

        A lo largo de todo el episodio nos cuentan que Kate tiene un hijo, nos van revelando que tiene importancia, los guionistas lo hilan para que pensemos que es el hijo de Sawyer, incluso cuando Jack se re-declara, parece que todo apunta en ese sentido, pero el final de el episodio da un giro y nos encontramos que el niño es Aaron, el hijo de Claire, el sobrino de Jack…

        En conclusión, en este episodio se revelan algunas cosas, como la historia “oficial” que dan los 6 de Oceanic, como Kate llega a estar libre, que Aaron sobrevive, lo que parece indicar que Claire no lo hace. Puede parecer poco, pero no todos los episodios van a ser “Confirmed Dead”, de vez en cuando este tipo de episodios centrados en los personajes son necesarios, al fin y al cabo, Lost es lo que es gracias a ellos, a los personajes.

Now's the time for some Eggtown! Shall we?

We start with a closeup on an eye. Jacob’s eye? No. Locke’s.

He wakes up, deals with his eye boogers, makes some breakfast. He walks down to the cells we were stuck in for half of last season. Before we see who he’s going to see, we bear witness to a stunning revelation: these are the last two eggs. Nooooooo!

It gets worse. The eggs are for Ben. The last two eggs! Does Ben look like the kind of person who will appreciate the last two eggs?

Jerk.

Locke brings him a book, too. I didn’t catch the title, but I’m guessing it’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (And It’s All Small Stuff).

Ben points out that this thoughtfully picked-out book is from his bookshelf, plus he already read it already. But thanks, Locke. Ben wants to know where Miles is, and Locke wants to know who Ben’s spy on the boat is, but nobody’s talking. So Ben gets nasty.

“I feel for you, John. I really do. You keep hitting dead ends. Couldn’t find the cabin, can’t make contact with Jacob. You’re so desperate, my grandma hits harder than you, your ass isn’t what it used to be...and you’re more LOST than you ever were.”

Ha! He got a LOST in there. Love it. Saved the whole thing. Lost, like the show.

Locke tell him the Jedi mind tricks won’t work this time.

“Excellent, John! You’re evolving!”

Locke leaves without taking the bait. But Ben being Ben, and Locke being Locke, the mindjitsu naturally worked. Locke smashes the tray against the wall in the hallway. Noooooo!

The eggs! Think of the eggs, John! Ben hears this and loves it, of course.

We watch Locke walk outside, slam the door like a teenager who had TV taken away for a week, and stomp around some more. Come on, Locke, a hissy fit? Kate, who’s hanging out with Claire, is like, what’s that about. Claire has her best line of the season: “Who knows? It’s Locke.” Indeed.

Sawyer comes by and says the coffee smells good, with a sly smile for Claire that apparently means, “Hey single mom, go get me some coffee while I make time with Kate.”

Sawyer and Kate talk. And it’s very high school. And that’s with all due respect to high schoolers everywhere. Sawyer hits all the wrong notes, because dude has less game than anyone I’ve ever known. The topic of pregnancy, in particular, doesn’t go over well, and Kate sends him home. Pregnancy? Did these two talk about pregnancy before? I don’t remember that happening. Sawyer tries to play it off like he’s not madly in love with her. He’s madly in love with her, but I don’t care.

Time for the Kate flash-flizzle we’ve all been waiting for. Oh, you haven’t been waiting for it? Sorry, here it goes anyway. It starts off with some nice shots of Kate in a car with her lawyer. Looks like the law finally caught up to her, but who cares? The main takeaway is that showers have done wonders for her.

There’s a flurry of action at the courtroom as Kate walks in with her lawyer. They read off the charges for all that stuff she did back in the day. Her lawyer is Joey Henrickson from Big Love, which doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.

Prosecution says Kate’s a flight risk and should be remanded into court custody for the rest of the trial, or something like that. Judge Wapner is like, yup. Then Doug Llewelyn is like, Yo Kate, what did you think of the verdict? And she’s like, you know, it’s hard to see a best friend situation turn into something like this over a couple hundred dollars in refrigerator repairs.

Back on the island, Jin and Sun are talking about Albuquerque, leaving the island, crap like that. And it’s boring. Even the subtitles are boring. Jin finally breaks into English to say he learned English for her so they could live in America. Funny thing, though. She wants to raise her baby at home in Korea. “You mean our baby,” says Jin. Is that what she means? Because she definitely said “my baby” just now, homie. Jack shows up and gives a lame speech that doesn't matter.

Back at the ranch, Kate and Locke are talking. She points out the blood all over his hands. “I just killed a chicken,” states Locke. “What can I do for you?” Wings would be nice? Kate wants to talk to Miles, but Locke shuts her down with a speech about how this ain’t no party, this ain’t no democracy, this ain’t no foolin around. He also talks some ying-yang about how if this were a dictatorship, he’d shoot her. Yeah, if she wasn’t armed and her back was to him, he’d shoot her. I’m not feeling this side of Locke at all.

Anyway, Kate figures she’ll take another shot and try to get Mom to let her borrow the car instead. She catches Hugo on the way to Miles with food, pulls a few mind tricks of her own and gets directions to her boy in seconds flat. “You just totally Scooby-Doo’d me, didn’t you,” he says. Basically. She takes off to find Miles in his secluded little boathouse.

Kate starts questioning Miles, trying to find out if he knows who she is and what she did. Miles ain’t talking, but he will if he can get one minute of someone’s time. Whose time, asks Kate. Arzt, Kate. Who do you think? Miles thinks it’s a dumb question, too: “Who do you think?” That's what I'm saying.

Now we’re with Kate and her lawyer, Joey Henrickson, who suggests they call Margene as a character witness. Kate’s not into that idea at all. Finally, she tells him, “You are not using my son.” Hello! Kate’s son is in play.

Back on the island, Claire and Kate hang. Claire asks Kate to pick Aaron up, and Kate reacts like he’s the world’s biggest wet turd.

“I’m just not very good with babies,” Kate says. Aaron makes a face like, Yo, if she’s not good with babies, don’t let her pick my fragile ass up, for real for real!

Claire’s like, oh Kate, just pick his fragile ass up. Look, it’s no big deal, I’ll show you. Step 1: Pick him up. Step 2: Hold him. Not a big deal. Kate’s still not into it.

Back in court, Kate looks like she’s in trouble. Joey says as much. He’s like, you do know I’m a polygamist with a drinking problem, not a lawyer. Then he tells her he had no choice but to call the next witness. And it’s Jack Sheppard, everybody! Clean shaven as all get out.

Kate looks very, very, very uncomfortable with this move, to say the least. Jack testifies that only eight people survived the crash. Really? I thought it was more than tha – oh, he’s lying. And Kate looks like she just crapped her pants.

The more he talks, the more uncomfortable she gets. And is he making some lying-ass facial expressions or what? Here's my favorite lying-ass facial expression of the lot.

Now Kate is REALLY bugging out. Her eyes are darting this way and that, she squirms in her seat. Finally, she stands up and cuts Jack off. No further questions. Yeah, that happens in court. Now it’s time for cross-examination. "That was very moving, Dr. Shepherd. I have only one question for you: do you love the defendant?” What??? Jack says no, not anymore, which is exactly how I feel about recapping the rest of this scene. My ridiculousness threshold has been shattered.

Back on the island, new roomies Hurley and Sawyer are kicking it like the fellas are wont to do. Hurley puts Xanadu on. Holla! One of my first 45s was the “Magic” single from Xanadu. Kate comes in and Hurley gets lost. Sawyer takes Kate into the kitchen to talk over some Dharma wine. Sawyer says, "I know it's in a box, but...pretty damn good wine."

It’s kind of funny, and also kind of lame, because Sawyer has no shot unless he gets Kate drunk, and we all know this. Kate acts nice but Sawyer knows she wants to use him, and she admits as much, because she needs his help to grab Ben up and make the Miles thing happen.

Cut to Locke and Sawyer playing backgammon. Sawyer tells Locke that Kate found Miles through Hugo, and Locke is dumbfounded. Or is he just dumb, because everybody and they mama could see that coming? Locke gets heated, grabs his gun and goes to the boathouse. But when he gets there, Miles is gone. And Locke is heated.

Meanwhile, Kate and Miles are going after Ben. These two make a cool team. I like their style. They go down the steps to Ben’s cell, which is locked. No biggie, says Kate, as she shoots that thing right off the door.

Nice! Is this the first scene in two weeks that hasn’t consisted of, oh, 90% talking about dumb stuff? Finally, something happens. Miles is psyched. They roll up on Ben, who sees Miles and looks shook as hell.

Now Miles is in charge, and it’s awesome.

“Do you know who I am?"

"Yes," replies Ben.

"Do you know who i work for?"

"Yes," responds Ben.

Miles is like, Okay then, you know my boss wants you. I could tell him where you are, or I could tell him I found you dead. And I’d be willing to do that for 3.2 million dollars.

Ben seems legitimately confused. THAT’S what you came down here to do, son? Blackmail me?

Miles delivers the week’s best line: “It's extortion, if you want to get technical.” And he sells it with a pitch-perfect shoulder shrug/eyebrow lift combo, delivered with the finesse of Christopher Walken in his prime.

Kudos, Ken Leung. Kudos.

Ben responds sarcastically. “Why not three-point-three or three-point-four? What makes you think I have access to that kind of money?”

Miles is not having it, people. He’s not having it at all. “Do not treat me like I’m one of them! Like I don’t know who you are, and what you can do!” Wowww! Miles can stay on the show as long as he wants, if I have anything to say about it. No one has ever called Ben out like that. Miles is no dummy, and Ben knows it.

Gotcha, Ben! What about Charlotte, Ben says. “I’ll take care of Charlotte. You just worry about the money. You have two days.” Miles is the man. Ben asks for an extension. Don’t give it to him, Miles! But he does. “Okay, one week.” That some soft-ass negotiating, Miles. And you were doing so well. Maybe Ben has the upper hand here, after all.

Kate’s had enough of this scene. It’s time for her piece of the action, so she puts Miles up against the wall by his neck. “Oooh, this is hot,” he says. What a great character to add to the mix. He proceeds to tell her all about herself, and suggests that maybe she should hang tight on the island and pretend she died in the crash – implying that he might be able to help her with that. Kate and Miles make a better team than any of the other sorry dudes on this island. I hope this is going somewhere good...good and gangsta.

Sadly, Locke shows up with a gun and shuts the fun down. “Go back to your house, Kate!” She protests. “GO BACK TO YOUR HOUSE, KATE!” Whatever, Dad. You are so uncool. Kate leaves in a huff.

Back at Kate’s house, Claire drops by for some more girl talk. Oh, that should be nice – except that Locke shows up. Locke is not a fun guy to have around this week. He wants to know what happened, of course, and Kate tells him the whole story – still snitching. When she tries to explain herself, he basically tells her to talk to the hand, and to get the heck out by morning. Ooh, what a punishment, leaving Locke’s crappy camp where Ben gets the last two eggs. Locke’s not much of a pimp nor a landlord, but he plays one at the barracks, and I’m over it.

Now Kate’s lawyer Joey Henrickson is wheeling her mom in to talk to her. She looks sickly and pale.

Mom wants to know if Kate’s really a hero, and why she won’t talk to her. Because you called the cops on me, Mom! Then we find out what Mom really wants: a chance to see her grandson. Kate’s like, you came here to make a deal? She’s not feeling the deal.

Continuing the theme of the episode – way too much Kate – we return to Sawyer’s love shack and country-ass pickup techniques. They finally work for him, as Kate agrees to some makeout time. Gross. I don’t want to know what that bedroom smells like right now.

Finally, we catch up with Dan and C.S. Lewis playing cards. She just saw his Turkish Delight and raised him a cracked stone table. Actually, upon further review, it’s some type of mind-reading, card-guessing game. Dan gets two out of three right, I think, but he’s disappointed with his progress. Interesting. Dan is a real wild card, isn't he? Get it, wild card.

So Jack and Juliet show up looking for help with the phone, because the chopper gang’s been gone for a hot second and they can’t get through. Charlotte says she has a backup number, but it’s supposed to be for emergencies. Jack assures her it’s an emergency, so Charlotte takes the phone from Juliet (fitting, since Juliet’s been phoning it in all season) and makes the call. The voice on the other line is surprised – or feigns surprise – at the mention of the chopper leaving the island. “What do you mean they took off? I thought the helicopter was with you?” Helicopter? Huh? Oh, the chopper, got it.

We go back to Locke, who’s got some business to attend to with Miles. Miles tries to explain the situation, but Locke forgoes conversation for the ol’ live-grenade-in-the-mouth approach.

Didn’t see that coming! So this conversation will be mostly Locke talking, I bet. He introduces himself to Miles and talks real greezy about how things are gonna go from now on, how Miles is going to tell him everything he wants to know, all that good stuff. “In the meantime, keep your mouth shut.” Cute.

Now it's back to Sawyer’s Den of Iniquity, where the smelly twosome are waking up together. Sawyer tries to get some because they “didn’t go all the way last night” (his words), at which point I can’t take anymore of the funky Kate-Sawyer stew. Didn’t go all the way? What did they do all night? Regardless, Kate’s not feeling it anymore. Sawyer proceeds to talk way too much considering they just woke up, voicing his blue-balled frustration via an epic monologue of lameness while Kate gets dressed.

Kate’s not a morning person, so she slaps him in the face and leaves.

Back to the Kate trial! The prosecutor tells the judge that Kate’s mom can’t testify for medical reasons, then tells Kate’s lawyer that they have to talk. Turns out Mom’s not so keen on testifying, so it’s time to make a deal. That’s convenient for Kate. Is her lawyer gonna turn out to be Dharma/Oceanic/etc? Seems like he might, he has the creepy thing going on. Kate gets 10 years probation and can’t leave the state, which her lawyer tries to negotiate, but Kate just takes the deal. Bad call, Kate. She says she has a kid, which means she’s not going anywhere, apparently. But kids like other states! So much for that trip to Dutch Wonderland.

Outside the courtroom, Kate finds Jack waiting for her. They’re both in black. That’s probably significant, right?

Kate says she’s heard Jack's BS story about eight people surviving so many times that she’s starting to think he believes it. Jack looks around as if to check if someone is listening. He changes the topic, telling Kate that when he said he didn’t love her anymore, he was lying. They go in for some eye contact.

Then Kate asks if he wants to come by for a visit, and suddenly Jack’s gotta get back to the hospital and stuff, but maybe she’d like to grab some coffee instead? He makes a really fake “it’s all good” face.

Kate responds with a really real “it’s not all good’ face.

“I know why you don't want to see the baby, Jack.”

Yeah, why not? Tell us! Someone tell us! They don’t tell us.

“But until you do, until you want to, there's no you or me going for coffee. But, um, if anytime you should change your mind, come and see us.”

Jack is fake nodding like it’s all good, tells her “Yeah...okay.” But look at his wistful eyes! It’s not okay, is it.

He puts her in a cab. It drives off. So much for clean Jack and Kate getting together in this episode. Jack watches the cab drive off with a very serious face.

Wonder what’s popping with these two.

As Kate’s cab pulls up to what appears to be her house, it dawns on me that we’re finally going to see her son. Finally! This is getting good. She opens the door and is greeted by some nanny-looking lady. They hug. Have we seen her before? I don’t know.

Kate heads upstairs to check on the little guy, and we get our first look at him – and the two weirdo robots on the wall, huh?

So Kate picks him up. Holds him close. Then makes a really weird face as she says, “Hi, Aaron.”

Aaron? Claire's son? Whoa!

*HHWWBBHWHHONNGNGGGGGGGGGGG*

Okay, full disclosure: I was so bored by the episode at this point that I kind of drifted off at the end, and was like, “What's the kid's name? Whatever. That was a dumb ending.” So I’m talking to my friend Michele this morning before I finished the recap, and I’m like, “What was that stuff with the kid about again?”

She looks at me like I just ate a live panda with my hands tied behind my back.

“Aaron!!!! Claire’s son!!!!!!!!!”

Great Googly Moogly. son! How did I miss that. It certainly raises a few questions, doesn’t it. Is Claire dead? Is Claire still on the island? And, on a more poignant note, am I going senile? My first impression is No-Yes-Yes. But the jury’s still out. Not Kate’s jury. Where am I?

All in all, this episode felt like a long, long tease for more action in the chopper. Fortunately, next episode, the chopper gang is back in action! Oh yeah. I’m looking forward to that. Until then, chime in with some comments, and come back for more Lost posts all week long.

See you soon!