Changing the Rules - Lost thoughts
No, I haven't lost my thoughts. Last nights Lost was... different to say the least. I have officially been won over by Sawyer's booze scene, not only did he take it to a new level but hawt damn where the shoulders!? Any theories, if I have a lot of them, might warrant a new post to be made.
The absence of Kate and Jack in this episode not only meant a halt to the endless shipper war but also a very antsy crew of people who would like to know one thing, what happened to Kate after *musical number*
'Cause Kate was sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, Kate's just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
Speaking about wasting time... let me get on with this before it turns into a year long review. More Katey Sagal please! It was awesome seeing Peggy Bundy show up as Locke's fiance. I enjoyed picturing Locke's LA X life as weirder version of Married With Children, where Locke is Al Bundy - How very Locke to crave a walkabout as a means of delving deeper into his spiritual identity and how poignant that he wasn't allowed to go because of his wheelchair. Did he really need a suitcase full of knives though? Couldn't 1 or 2 suffice? Maybe even a swiss army knife for all his building needs?
We're starting to finally get a better picture of the conflict that surrounds Lost. I feel like I should have Michael Emerson say this: It's a battle to take control of the Island. From the looks of it, it seems as though its been going on forever, sometimes between Jacob and my baby daddy (Smokey, for those who still haven't gotten the hint.) Other times between their proxies. I'm not too crazed about smokey going into Locke's body though, he's not a DILF for me and I much rather have smokey in Richard's hot eyeliner wearing bod. Sorry Booty Shaker but he makes me *drool*. I'm assuming Jacob is looking for the perfect heir.. or maybe six? Who knows, maybe he just wants a monogomous relationship. In any case, he has names next to numbers, does each number slot have a different more specific role to play in this struggle? What does it mean that Jack is 23 and Sawyer is 15? The writing on the cave wall ("23-Shephard, 8-Reyes, 42-Kwon") sort of made it seem as though Jacob was choosing his NFL draft picks.
This episode seemed to confirm to me that there are indeed rules. Of course there have always been rules... press this button every 108 minutes; don't cross this electric fence or you'll get shocked; if you have a flashback about your mainland life, make sure all locations can be portrayed by the filming location-but they were created and enforced by the people on the island. The rules we're learning about now are... different. For example; My baby daddy, in Locke' bod wants to kill stuff but he's not allowed by a child. o_O WUT?! These seem more like they're natural laws created by the island itself. This is what intrigues me more than the epic battle between Luke and Darth Vader... oops I mean Jacob and my baby daddy. What exactly is everyone fighting for? What is the islands power and where does it come from? Why is Shaun White changing his nickname?
Who can seriously believe that Drunk Sawyer can just look into Slocke' eyes and realize that he's not really Locke but something/someone else? Another weird thing is that Slocke tells Sawyer that Jacob "touched" him as a child *holds pervy thoughts at bay* his eyes instantly light up as if he instantly remembered the post-funeral scene in a flashback sequence. (Q: Why would Dharma stamp the -epic- numbers on the side of the hatch?) I know that the Valenzetti Equation is more on the Dharma side of things, it's not impossible that the numbers Jacob has assigned to the Oceanic crew has to do with figuring out the end of humanity, the end of the island, or how to save it all. The numbers in the equation may very well represent larger aspects of humanity and now they represent people. Maybe all of these characters add up to equal the end of the island?
Let's review shall we, Smokey and Jacob have/had the same rules that Ben and Widmore had. Widmore violated those rules by killing Ben's fake/daughter. Smokey used Ben to violate his by killing Jacob. Those numbers add up to 108, end of story. Why is everyone assuming Jacob is good and "Esau" is bad, the Others are always saying that they're the good guys.