Lost (5/17 SPOILERS!!!)

[RangerWickett]

Getting back to the "if you resolve your issues on the island, you die" discussion a dozen or so posts updtream, what about Arnst from season one? He was a somewhat significant player for two episodes in a row, and he certainly hadn't resolved his anger at not being in with the "in crowd" when he "got blowed up real good."

If the "resolve personal issues means death" is in fact a given on the island, it's certainly not the only way you can get yourself killed.

Johnathan

You kidding? He got to hang with the big boys. He was part of the in crowd. Then he a'splodified!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What I find odd is the producers have said on many occasions 'the island is NOT Purgatory'. Yet here we are in a situation that is very purgatory like, espescially in terms of the whole 'life issues resolution' thing. Add on to that the whole Purgatory theme that seems to be a big component of 'Bad Twin' and I wonder if the producers are either second guessing themselves or just were deliberately blowing hot air when they kept up with the whole 'there is nothing supernatural here' thing.

Or folks on this board are being too literal with the thematic concepts in the story. Yes, there is a Purgatory element in Bad Twin and the show, but it's simply that, thematic.

 

[EricNoah]

But isn't the best metaphor one that is literally true??

 

[Phoenix8008]

Well, I was a big follower of the Purgatory theory myself. In fact, right after Anna Lucia said that she was unable to kill Henry I turned to my wife and said "She's next to die. Her issues are resolved." And then, *BANG!* she's dead. I was hopping with excitement! "Did you see that? I said she was gonna buy the farm but I didn't expect it to be that quick..." *BANG! BANG!* Libby goes down, clearly not with issues resolved. "It's okay" I told myself. "She's not dead. He shot her through the blankets and those slowed the bullets down enough so she'll live." And then she stays unconcious until right before death and obviously isn't at peace as she croaks. *KWOOOOSH* That flushing sound you're hearing is the Purgatory theory going down the crapper.

I figure that's all her death was supposed to do. Kill that theory dead. They got us into a pattern we thought we could rely on, then yanked the rug right out from under our feet. Now nobody's safe and anybody could be gone without resolution! What if Locke dies and we never find out what the heck happened to his legs?! What if Hugo dies and we never find out why he was nicknamed Hurley?! It's kinda like the panic Han Solo went through in the begining of the New Jedi Order series. After so many adventures where you all live happilly ever after by the skin of your teeth, when somebody close to you finally kicks the bucket it makes you wonder how safe you and your other loved ones really are. Hasta la vista, charmed life! On the opposite side though, if that theory is dead now, then that might mean that well liked characters like Charlie can still stick around for awile.

Anyway, overall it was a so-so episode. Like lots of others, I was put off some by the re-hash of what we already knew. I could have just watched the last 15 minutes and gotten the whole episode worth of new info. Personally, I wonder where Locke is off to? Something about the way he left just didn't seem like he was just headed back to the hatch or anywhere normal. The way he walked off hitching his backpack up seemed to imply a longer journey ahead. Can't wait for next Wednesday to see alot of new info and a good wrap up for the season.

 

[Taelorn76]

Is next weeks going to be two hours long, or is it going to be one hour special and then a one hour season finale?

 

[TwistedBishop]

It looks like the Reckoning recap at 8pm and then a two hour finale from 9pm to 11pm.

 

[Fast Learner]

Or that they needed to write her and Anna Lucia off because of the DUI. No matter what spin actors and producers put on their deaths, both of their plot lines were way to rushed to tie up the loose ends. They needed them off the show and they used Micheals impulsivness and low WIS to do.

Minor spoiler for next season that puts a hole in that theory:

Spoiler

The actress who plays Libby will be seen in multiple people's flashbacks next season. Even though she's doing her own show, we will learn about her involvement in multiple people's backstories.

Which seems pretty unlikely if it was the DUI thing.

 

[Fast Learner]

Says you. I my experience most people do operate under that life philosophy, they just lie to themselves and others about it.

Says you. In my experience most people who pretend to operate under that philosophy actually believe in much, much more, but are simply afraid to admit it. So, y'know, different perspectives.

 

[Taelorn76]

It looks like the Reckoning recap at 8pm and then a two hour finale from 9pm to 11pm.

Wow so a full three hours of Lost, nice

 

[dravot]

Getting back to the "if you resolve your issues on the island, you die" discussion a dozen or so posts updtream, what about Arnst from season one? He was a somewhat significant player for two episodes in a row, and he certainly hadn't resolved his anger at not being in with the "in crowd" when he "got blowed up real good."

I must say that was one of the best moments in broadcast teevee EVAR.