Friday, March 14, 2008

Lost Episode 4.7 "Ji-Yeon"


We know now that polar bears can live on tropical islands. That cripples can walk again. That our consciousness can travel through time (isn't that just "thinking?") We've also learned that very often things are not what they seem. That a race of mythical jungle people are really evil scientists/weirdos. That a sweet beautiful girl is really a fugitive. That the guy who's busting the prostitution rings is actually a hypocritical sleezeball who's sleeping with a call girl on the side. Wait a minute, was that Lost, or Spitzer?

Here's what went down this week, in a giant Korean panda toy purchased for a Chinese businessman:

Sun doesn't trust the "new" others (i.e. the people from the boat), and she convinces Jin they should join Locke's group. Juliet adamantly opposes because she knows Sun and her baby will die if she doesn't get off of the island. In a last ditch effort to get her to stay, she tells Jin about Sun's affair. SLAP!

On the boat, Sayid and Desmond are still kind of prisoners. They meet the captain, whom they were told via a note "not to trust." The crew is going nutty and one girl kills herself (awesome creepy scene) Sayid and Des meet Kevin Johnson, a janitor on the boat who is actually MICHAEL! ...duh

A flash forward reveals that Sun is the last of the Oceanic 6, she delivers a healthy baby girl back home, and Jin has died. Or is he just still on the island?

Here's what we learn:

1. Babies count as whole people; Aaron is counted as one of the Oceanic 6 I'm guessing if Jin is dead? We weren't really sure if they were counting the baby, but according to last week's preview, we learned "the last of the Oceanic 6" this week. The uncertainty about Aaron's status allowed us to think that maybe Jin was the 6th "survivor" for part of this week's episode. The new status of Aaron, however, allowed us all to rethink abortion.

2. Sun is racist and thinks that all Asian people look the same. (She thought the dude in the suit was Jin).

3. Jin's English is getting kickass (we knew that would happen), and he forgives Sun for her affair. Tears.

4. Jin's dead. But, c'mon! We all know he's still on the island!

5. Bernard needed a little "dude time." He reveals to Jin that he and Rose stayed with Jack because it was the right thing to do. (Love this scene. I actually almost cried during this for some reason. It was so genuine for Lost.)

6. The Captain is a douche. Also, he implies to Sayid and Desmond that Ben staged the crash. But was it Ben, or Widmore?

7. Michael is on the boat. Duh. If you didn't see that one coming.

8. Someone will die next week. My money's on Claire.

10. Scary boast people are trying to freak out Desmond and Sayid. Re: Big Blood Stain: "That shouldn't still be there." Hi, Larious! How ya doin'?

11. The helicopter left the boat. Where'd Frank go?

Questions:

Is Jin actually dead?

Who staged the fake 815 crash?

Did I really get all excited for Death Proof star Zoe Bell to appear, only to have her kick the bucket in her first episode?

So, the Oceanic Six are: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun, and...who? The promos told us that we'd discover the last of the Oceanic Six tonight, but that only adds up to five, unless they're counting Aaron. This is just another reason why ABC promos make little sense.

Why didn't Jack come see the baby? Is there a division between the Oceanic 6?

Bottom Line: Probably the most heart-wrenching episode of Lost ever. That scene when Regina jumped off the boat was AWESOME! They tricked me with the Jin flashback, Sun flashforward. Did not see this coming at all. What I did see coming (insert sex joke here) was the "reveal" of Michael on the boat. Some fantastic scenes between Sun/Jin, Sun/Juliet (that whole sequence when bitch TOLD JIN about the affair, yowza) and Sun/Hurley (he showed up lookin all nice, but there was a split second when I thought Sun and Hurley were fuckin post island, creeped me out a little.)

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