4 X 06: The Other Woman
I don’t want to say that this episode stunk because it really was OK, but certainly not in my top favorites. Even if it didn’t follow the amazing episode last week, I think that this one would still be just mediocre at best. Still not a stinker yet this season though.
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1. OMG! It’s a black rock in the Zen garden! It must mean something! (sacrasm people!)
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2. Juliet is going to die. We know about Ben’s obsession with her and I doubt he would ever let her leave the island. BUT… what if she dies helping Aaron leave the island? She obviously cares about children (she asked Ben about Zach and Emma not to mention she’s a baby doctor) and that would also explain why future Jack can’t bear to see Aaron off of the island.
3. Way to go Harper! Not only does she have a Certificate of Recognition from the Hanso Foundation, she also belongs to the Experimental Social Psychology Society. She is obviously well qualified to be counseling people on *this* island.
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4. Wow, Harper, jealous much? I can understand the animosity once she finds out that Juliet is a home wrecking ho sleeping with her man, but in their first meeting she’s already cutting her down (“You’re not a celebrity…. you’ll find out soon enough that you’re no different than anyone here.”). Claws are out!
5. Yeah Tom! They really should have kept him. I would have loved to have seen his flash back story.
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6. I’m thinking that Juliet is of so much interest to everyone not only because she is the baby doctor, but also because Ben has obsessed about her for some time and I would guess they’ve all heard or know about it. “So, this is the woman he’s been so infatuated with.” Sounds like Ben did quite a lot of research and work to get her to the island.
7. AND, we’ve finally found Ben’s Achilles Heel. Juliet.
8. I’m wondering if Juliet somehow did figure out why the women keep dying but that Ben has sabotaged her research because it will keep her on the island. He knows how passionate she is about her work and if she can’t solve the puzzle it will keep her there until she does. Juliet probably has no clue that she has solved the mystery because Ben is a very sneaky little man.
9. Those are pretty amazing torches that can stay lit in the rain.
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10. If you heard scary whispers in the jungle wouldn’t you be like “What the hell was that!?” Juliet and Jack never discuss, at least that we see.
11. Of course Ben would send Harper as an unspoken reminder to Juliet that she still *belongs* to him.
12. It was pretty good timing that Harper showed up during the whispers then vanished. It reminded me of the old Walt apparitions.
13. Why is it safer for Jack not to know about The Tempest? He’s not prone to freaking out over new information, so why not at least give this guy a clue about the gas? If I were Matthew Fox I would not be pleased with how naive they make Jack all the time. You can’t just chalk it up to trust. At some point doesn’t he want answers?
14. I really like Kate’s new, darker hair. She must have gotten a touch up from Claire while she was at the barracks.
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15. Michael Emmerson is truly an amazing actor. He goes from a love sick little puppy in this scene to the crazy mad man who practically drags her to the dead, rotting corpse of Goodwin. I thought the scenes where Ben is doting on Juliet were great. He is practically skipping around his house getting ready for their dinner together.
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16. There must be a lot of (ahem) *coupling* going on here at the island for all these pregnant women to be running around. They have to conceive on the island in order to be part of the experiment. I’m just saying that they can’t all be using in vitro fertilization.
17. I miss the old crazy, jungle running, knife throwing, sneaking around Locke. This domesticated version isn’t nearly as interesting.
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18. I found it interesting that the writers hinted that Ben had something to do with the plane crash. I thought that it was settled that Desmond’s error caused the crash. But Goodwin asks what Ben is going to do then they flash to the plane breaking apart mid air.
19. This is definitely a new tape of Widmore. Ben just showed Jack the Red Sox game a few weeks back in island time.
20. Does the tape of Widmore really prove anything to Locke? I think I would have had a heck of a lot more questions for a man that had just shot me and left me for dead days ago.
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21. When Locke asks Ben what Widmore wants, Ben goes into the story about the mold. I’m thinking that is our answer why Widmore wants to find the island – for the healing powers.
22. Locke wants to keep this island to himself just like Ben wants to keep Juliet. They do have this obsessive side to their personality in common. I think that Locke will help Ben keep Widmore away so he can keep the island secret.
23. Ben’s man on the boat. We all think it’s going to be Michael, but it just seems so obvious. It’s torture because on one hand we know Michael is coming back and it makes sense. But on the other hand it seems to go along with the show to have a twist. Maybe have Michael as his man but Christian Shepherd be the captain? I would love it to be Charlie but that is just asking too much. Any wild and crazy theories out there?
24. Cool new hatch.
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25. Notice the painting over Ben’s shoulder. I think that this is the “her” that Harper was referring to that Juliet resembles. I think that it’s Annie. Annie probably got preggers, died, lost the baby and that is what fueled Ben’s fire to fix whatever is killing the women. Then he found Juliet and kind-of, sort-of started to forget about Annie.
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26. Daniel sure can type fast in those heavy rubber gloves!
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27. Here are a bunch of screenshots from the computer:
28. I forgot to mention the map that Faraday is looking at to find The Tempest. My guess is the original was taken out of the Black Rock log but since they are using it to find the hatch (that could not have been there in the 1800’s) then someone who has been to the island would have had to give them the location. Michael perhaps? Maybe that is why they were holding off going to the island because they needed the one last piece to be sure they wouldn’t be killed when they stormed the island. I know that Charlie had to flip the switch to get them there, but they needed to be able to find The Tempest and the Losties on the island didn’t know about this hatch.
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29. They have to be either purposely filming where these red flowers on the island are, the red flowers do mean something, or there are just a whole bunch of these around Hawaii. Anyone from Hawaii know?
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30. If Juliet was so in love with Goodwin, then why is she so hot and bothered for Jack (outside of the fact that he’s a hottie)?
31. Awesome camera shot.
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32. Oops, here are some shots of inside the new hatch:
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33. Hurley is darned good at horeshoes. But remember how good Walt was at throwing that knife? They both apparently have some special *abilities.* Either that, or they’ve spent some serious time in the Southern US learning these skills.
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34. First we have Hurley questioning Locke out in the jungle on the way to the barracks. Then Claire wants to talk to Miles. Now Sawyer sees Ben just wandering around. Yes friends, I think we are going to see a revolution just as Ben predicted, against Locke.
35. Now we know what Daniel’s purpose was in being chosen to come to the island. Didn’t see that one coming. Now it will be interesting to see what Miles and Charlotte’s uses are. I’m not so convinced that they are good guys or really care what happens to the Losties. Well, Daniel and Frank seem to care, but Miles and Charlotte are certainly more self centered.
36. Could Smokey be the by-product of a gas leak from The Tempest? I think there is more to it than just gas (like it cloaks something solid) but it appears that this gas is deadly and could certainly kill people.
March 9th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Has anyone yet discovered the fact that the name of the “miracle girl” daughter of Claire’s psychic is CHARLOTTE? If you get some stills from Season 2 (Eko’s flashback in Episode “?”) and compare them to some stills of the current day Charlotte, they look very much alike, although they are obviously different actresses. Time-wise, it doesn’t make sense that they would be the same person…, but time doesn’t neccessarily mean anything on the island, of course.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Wow, msb, I didn’t remember that. You got a good memory!
When I was on a plane yesterday flying over much of the Atlantic Ocean/Gulf of Mexico, I was secretly hoping that we would safely crash-land on the island… But my wish was not granted. It sure would have been awesome! Also, when I was sitting in the plane, I remembered something from the end of season 3. It’s not important, but it’s kind of cool. When we see the flash forward of Jack in the plane, he asks the flight attendant for another drink, and she says “We’ll be landing in twenty minutes.” Jack’s response is, “Twenty minutes is a long time.” Who knows if Jack’s mind was on the time continuum of the island.
Like I said, not important, but whatever.
Man I was reallllllllly hoping to see Smokey this episode. When it started to rain, I told my mom “Aha! We’re finally gonna get to see the smoke monster again!” but we never did. Maybe Thursday…..
March 10th, 2008 at 4:55 am
I really hope you are kidding about crash landing on the island. Maybe it’s just me but I can’t imagine living with the bugs and not being able to watch Lost every week.
Hm, I didn’t remember the Charlotte thing and the twenty minute comment probably seemed meaningless at the time. Interesting.
Smokey is supposed to make an appearance this season. I would *guess* that would mean the next two epis since the other five weren’t written when I read that comment. Fingers crossed!