Thursday, February 5. 2009
LOST: The Little Prince [SPOILERS!!]
Well, I think this time around I'm going to be brief on the recap, and lump the analysis in with it. Just a 'short on time' thing. And honestly, there wasn't a whole lot to obsess about this time! A few familiar faces re-appear, well at least in name, and the band is getting back together...
Off The Island
Long story short: Kate leaves Aaron with Sun while she goes to visit this Norton lawyer dude, who still won't reveal his client. She tries to cut a deal but he wants no part of it. Meanwhile, Jack and Sayid are back at the hospital. Jack gets called out on being suspended but still there (doh!) and while he's chatting it up with doctor Ariza(?) a guy comes into Sayid's room in the guise of a nurse. Of course he has a different idea of medication and a fight ensues. Sayid wins (duh!) and he and Jack (oh and Ben shows up) find Kate's address on this guy. Sayid and Ben go off to secure Hurley, while Jack rushes off to find Kate.
He does, after her meeting, and they both follow Norton to a hotel, where he meets with Claire's mom. They decide to tell her the truth, but before letting it slip, Jack realizes she doesn't know anything about Aaron's true lineage.... They contact Sun and Ben/Sayid to meet at the marina.
Ben and Hurley meet up with none other than Norton(!) who seems to think Hurley will be let go in the morning, and not to fear. Norton == Ben's lawyer. Hmm, coincidence?
Sun gets a package with some surveillance reports and a pistol. She heads off to the marina to find the other four already there. She grabs the gun and exits the car.
Oh, and its revealed that Ben is the one who hired Norton to go after Kate.... Which should have been obvious by this point!
On The Island
Faraday believes Charlotte's condition to be related to their time travelling, and that the amount of time spent on the island might be a clue. He thought maybe this might happen.
Locke believes they need to go back to the Orchid, that he might be able to get off the island the same way Ben did. Charlotte finally comes around, and at first doesn't recognize Daniel, but quickly returns to normal. Sawyer agrees, and they head toward the Orchid via the Zodiac raft, which is back at the campsite. Miles starts bleeding from the nose as well.
They must be near the old camp though, as suddenly a pillar of light shoots up from the ground. Locke recognizes it as the moment he was banging on the hatch door. They hear a woman screaming, and Sawyer goes to investigate. He finds Kate and Claire, at the moment of Aaron's birth. He looks on, knowing he can't go to her, and then HUMMMM BAM. They move again.
This time its day, and they find the camp, albeit a bit older and rundown than they recall. The raft is gone, but two canoes are there. They don't belong to either group of people (Freighter or Others.) They find a bottle of water and various other garbage from "Ajira Airlines" out of India.
They take one of the canoes, and start rowing towards the Orchid. Another boat approaches and starts shooting at them, Juliet returns fire, and HUMMMM BAM it happens again. Now its night again, and they're in the middle of a nasty storm. "Paddle for shore!"
When they reach the beach, they find a bunch of junk from what looks like a shipwreck, and the word "Besixdouze"(?) on a bit of junk. Juliet's nose starts to bleed this time.
Return of Chewbacca
Ah, and the payoff! Out there in the water, a group of French people are huddled together in a liferaft. They spot something in the water and row towards it. It's a man lying on a large piece of driftwood. They haul him into the raft, and we find that its (wait for it)...... Jin!
The Frenchies make it back to the beach, only now its morning. They've got a radio, and the "numbers station" is coming in loud and clear. A woman removes her jacket, to reveal that she's pregnant. It's a young Danielle Rousseau. And the look on Jin's face tells it all.
BONK. Yeah I could have gotten a bit more detailed but that's about the gist of it....
Ben and Aaron
So what is Ben trying to do? Yeah, he's just trying to get Kate on the run, and make it easier for her to justify leaving with Aaron. I have to admit that was sort of a letdown
Sun
Do you really think she's been able to surveil Ben without him realizing it? Me neither. Again, probably intentional on his part, to bring her into the mix.
Jin
Well, having remained spoiler free so far, I have to say that was well worth it.
Rousseau
Now we get to see what happens to them? How long will we stay in this time frame? Long enough to witness "the sickness" and to see Alex born? Then what?
More importantly, did future Rousseau know who these people were/are, especially Jin?
The Canoe
Ah, and what of the canoes. Juliet says they're not the Others', they're not from the freighter... Even though we know the Others used similar boats to get to the Hydra.... Anyone's guess at this point. Maybe the Besixdouze group? Probably not, because of...
Ajira Airlines
So what to make of this? Did they jump to some future time where another plane crash has happened? It has to have some significance, or they wouldn't have shown it to us.
"The Sickness"
Here's a random thought. What if "the sickness" that Rousseau spoke of killing her party, and that Desmond vaccinated himself against, is this time-travelling-nosebleed business? If Locke moves the island yet again, with Rousseau's group on it, will they start to feel the affects? Will the two groups diverge in time? Curious, isn't it?
Claire's Mom
Will anything come of this one? Will she get suspicious and figure out what the real deal is?
Long story short: Kate leaves Aaron with Sun while she goes to visit this Norton lawyer dude, who still won't reveal his client. She tries to cut a deal but he wants no part of it. Meanwhile, Jack and Sayid are back at the hospital. Jack gets called out on being suspended but still there (doh!) and while he's chatting it up with doctor Ariza(?) a guy comes into Sayid's room in the guise of a nurse. Of course he has a different idea of medication and a fight ensues. Sayid wins (duh!) and he and Jack (oh and Ben shows up) find Kate's address on this guy. Sayid and Ben go off to secure Hurley, while Jack rushes off to find Kate.
He does, after her meeting, and they both follow Norton to a hotel, where he meets with Claire's mom. They decide to tell her the truth, but before letting it slip, Jack realizes she doesn't know anything about Aaron's true lineage.... They contact Sun and Ben/Sayid to meet at the marina.
Ben and Hurley meet up with none other than Norton(!) who seems to think Hurley will be let go in the morning, and not to fear. Norton == Ben's lawyer. Hmm, coincidence?
Sun gets a package with some surveillance reports and a pistol. She heads off to the marina to find the other four already there. She grabs the gun and exits the car.
Oh, and its revealed that Ben is the one who hired Norton to go after Kate.... Which should have been obvious by this point!
On The Island
Faraday believes Charlotte's condition to be related to their time travelling, and that the amount of time spent on the island might be a clue. He thought maybe this might happen.
Locke believes they need to go back to the Orchid, that he might be able to get off the island the same way Ben did. Charlotte finally comes around, and at first doesn't recognize Daniel, but quickly returns to normal. Sawyer agrees, and they head toward the Orchid via the Zodiac raft, which is back at the campsite. Miles starts bleeding from the nose as well.
They must be near the old camp though, as suddenly a pillar of light shoots up from the ground. Locke recognizes it as the moment he was banging on the hatch door. They hear a woman screaming, and Sawyer goes to investigate. He finds Kate and Claire, at the moment of Aaron's birth. He looks on, knowing he can't go to her, and then HUMMMM BAM. They move again.
This time its day, and they find the camp, albeit a bit older and rundown than they recall. The raft is gone, but two canoes are there. They don't belong to either group of people (Freighter or Others.) They find a bottle of water and various other garbage from "Ajira Airlines" out of India.
They take one of the canoes, and start rowing towards the Orchid. Another boat approaches and starts shooting at them, Juliet returns fire, and HUMMMM BAM it happens again. Now its night again, and they're in the middle of a nasty storm. "Paddle for shore!"
When they reach the beach, they find a bunch of junk from what looks like a shipwreck, and the word "Besixdouze"(?) on a bit of junk. Juliet's nose starts to bleed this time.
Return of Chewbacca
Ah, and the payoff! Out there in the water, a group of French people are huddled together in a liferaft. They spot something in the water and row towards it. It's a man lying on a large piece of driftwood. They haul him into the raft, and we find that its (wait for it)...... Jin!
The Frenchies make it back to the beach, only now its morning. They've got a radio, and the "numbers station" is coming in loud and clear. A woman removes her jacket, to reveal that she's pregnant. It's a young Danielle Rousseau. And the look on Jin's face tells it all.
BONK. Yeah I could have gotten a bit more detailed but that's about the gist of it....
Ben and Aaron
So what is Ben trying to do? Yeah, he's just trying to get Kate on the run, and make it easier for her to justify leaving with Aaron. I have to admit that was sort of a letdown
Sun
Do you really think she's been able to surveil Ben without him realizing it? Me neither. Again, probably intentional on his part, to bring her into the mix.
Jin
Well, having remained spoiler free so far, I have to say that was well worth it.
Rousseau
Now we get to see what happens to them? How long will we stay in this time frame? Long enough to witness "the sickness" and to see Alex born? Then what?
More importantly, did future Rousseau know who these people were/are, especially Jin?
The Canoe
Ah, and what of the canoes. Juliet says they're not the Others', they're not from the freighter... Even though we know the Others used similar boats to get to the Hydra.... Anyone's guess at this point. Maybe the Besixdouze group? Probably not, because of...
Ajira Airlines
So what to make of this? Did they jump to some future time where another plane crash has happened? It has to have some significance, or they wouldn't have shown it to us.
"The Sickness"
Here's a random thought. What if "the sickness" that Rousseau spoke of killing her party, and that Desmond vaccinated himself against, is this time-travelling-nosebleed business? If Locke moves the island yet again, with Rousseau's group on it, will they start to feel the affects? Will the two groups diverge in time? Curious, isn't it?
Claire's Mom
Will anything come of this one? Will she get suspicious and figure out what the real deal is?
It talks about these adventure trips that look a lot like the sorts of things on the island.
There's instructs to print out a sample boarding pass and then to fold it into an origami ball.
It suggests that if you look in the ball there's a message / clue ... but I don't see anything of note.
The name of the asteroid is a reference to "The Little Prince" (famous French children's story with adult overtones), who lived on an asteroid named B612. The name Bésixdouze is the concatenation of B, six and douze, French for "B six twelve". Also, 46610 is the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number B612