lost - the last recruit
I wrote most of this in response to an email and realized that most of what I wanted to say was enveloped in here, so I'm just copy/pasting as a large part of my 'review'. So some of you have read this, LOL.
This Thing Called Triangle Bullshit Love
Off the island Sawyer might be interested in Kate's fiestiness, but he is a cop and I would say a determined one. As a cop, he might find Kate "hot", and he might "flirt", but the bottom line is, she's a criminal to him, so she's not someone he's thinking about taking out on a date. It made her repeated insistence that she is not a killer that much more prominent -- that she HAD to repeat it. He doesn't believe her. Off island there's obviously no connectivity. They made a point of having Sawyer say, "Do you remember me?" to showcase this because after the past few episodes, you're more likely to attribute that to, "Oh shit, he remembers the island!" but then he clarifies, from the plane, from the elevator and then she nonchalant calls him on his trip to Australia and they share sarcastic smiles and he leaves -- uncomfortable. He's still a liar and she's the teller of truths.
On the island there is no "skate" and there hasn't been for almost three seasons. The friendship they've developed over their failed relationship is all that remains and I'm almost sick to tears of knowing people are misinterpreting his actions. He loves Kate, but he's in love with Juliet. Sawyer isn't thinking about Kate as a conquest now, but as a person who's willing to help him get what he wants because she wants -- in a way -- the same thing, but he's still showing that he's not listening. If Claire hadn't shown up, Kate would have jumped ship with Jack -- she would have been right with him in saying they had to go back because Kate's sole motivation in going back to the island was to reunite Claire with Aaron. It's easy to say "Jack is a part of the reason she wanted to go back," but no, he was the means, not the reason. That's not "unJaterly" to say, I just think Kate is honestly the person who went back with the purest motives and she's determined to go through with them.
As for Jack, he's got his mission and she's got hers and he's very much in a place where he feels if it's meant to happen, it's meant to happen. If her saving Claire happens to cross with his saving the island, then they'll be together; but if Kate has to leave with Claire and Jack has to remain behind, then that's what the fates want. He did hesitate to get off the boat, but was it Kate? No. He needed to tell Sawyer that he was sorry about Juliet. And it's not some reminder; Sawyer KNOWS.
He's not pining after Kate; he's actually trying to help Kate as long as her goals are aligned with his. He doesn't want her to die like Juliet, or any of the others, but he doesn't want to jump her bones. Jack just had to say it - for Sawyer. For as much as it's NOT his fault - it wasn't something he could have controlled - he believes it is and he knows Sawyer believes it is and he's willing to say, "I'm sorry for my part in that," and he's also big enough to say, "If this is what you need to do, then you do it, but it's not what *I* need to do and it's not my place to order you around," and even though he turned back to Kate and knows Kate can't leave because of Claire, he knows there's something on that island that needs to get done before he can leave and be whole.
Other Stuffs
"No… No… it's him!" - Sun's recognition of Locke was particularly creepy. I would say it's a 'near death experience' thing, like with Charlie. But poor Locke, being blamed for Smokey's actions. Also, I'm a bit disturbed that Jin and Sun STILL haven't had a 'connective' moment. Despite their consistency with being a 'couple' in both worlds, I'm finding it harder and harder to believe they were destined to be together and that it is only the conception of Ji-Yeon that is important. Much like David - his parents are of no particular importance, just that he exists.
"Apple?" - "I don't wanna be Eve." It was a curious line uttered in the first season, made curiouser, to me at least, every day. Eve was deceived by the snake into eating from the tree of knowledge, fed Adam, and we suffer for this decision every day. In the alt world Sawyer enters the scene with an apple in hand and offers it to Kate, who refuses. They then have a conversation in which he lays out what he thinks he knows and she insistently tells him the truth and then questions him. After hearing his lie, she tells him the truth and basically dismisses him. Foreshadowing her on-island actions in the end, or continuing what she's already done? Is it Kate's role in the endgame to BE Eve, but resist the temptation? MIB's concern is Jack. If MIB can deceive Kate, he can deceive Jack through her… but if she resists, MIB loses.
"What are you gonna tell her, when she asks…" - I joke about Sayid being a zombie, but like I believe there's a part of Locke in Smokey; there's still Sayid left in this person doing his bidding. And Sayid - who did not kill a woman when taking Desmond - is well aware of the fact that Shannon would be none to thrilled to know that people had to die for her to 'come back'. And yes, the woman who died in his arms that he loved was Shannon - not Nadia.
"That where you get it from?" - Jack and David walk alike and that tickles me. So does their developing relationship as a father and son who are honest and open with one another. Something I wonder if David has with his mother.
"I know this man." - Jack looking into the mirror, at himself, and then at this man. Did he sense a connection, or does he only know this man like Sawyer knows Kate: from the airport.
And I ran out of time at work, so that's the end! Tada!
This Thing Called Triangle Bullshit Love
Off the island Sawyer might be interested in Kate's fiestiness, but he is a cop and I would say a determined one. As a cop, he might find Kate "hot", and he might "flirt", but the bottom line is, she's a criminal to him, so she's not someone he's thinking about taking out on a date. It made her repeated insistence that she is not a killer that much more prominent -- that she HAD to repeat it. He doesn't believe her. Off island there's obviously no connectivity. They made a point of having Sawyer say, "Do you remember me?" to showcase this because after the past few episodes, you're more likely to attribute that to, "Oh shit, he remembers the island!" but then he clarifies, from the plane, from the elevator and then she nonchalant calls him on his trip to Australia and they share sarcastic smiles and he leaves -- uncomfortable. He's still a liar and she's the teller of truths.
On the island there is no "skate" and there hasn't been for almost three seasons. The friendship they've developed over their failed relationship is all that remains and I'm almost sick to tears of knowing people are misinterpreting his actions. He loves Kate, but he's in love with Juliet. Sawyer isn't thinking about Kate as a conquest now, but as a person who's willing to help him get what he wants because she wants -- in a way -- the same thing, but he's still showing that he's not listening. If Claire hadn't shown up, Kate would have jumped ship with Jack -- she would have been right with him in saying they had to go back because Kate's sole motivation in going back to the island was to reunite Claire with Aaron. It's easy to say "Jack is a part of the reason she wanted to go back," but no, he was the means, not the reason. That's not "unJaterly" to say, I just think Kate is honestly the person who went back with the purest motives and she's determined to go through with them.
As for Jack, he's got his mission and she's got hers and he's very much in a place where he feels if it's meant to happen, it's meant to happen. If her saving Claire happens to cross with his saving the island, then they'll be together; but if Kate has to leave with Claire and Jack has to remain behind, then that's what the fates want. He did hesitate to get off the boat, but was it Kate? No. He needed to tell Sawyer that he was sorry about Juliet. And it's not some reminder; Sawyer KNOWS.
He's not pining after Kate; he's actually trying to help Kate as long as her goals are aligned with his. He doesn't want her to die like Juliet, or any of the others, but he doesn't want to jump her bones. Jack just had to say it - for Sawyer. For as much as it's NOT his fault - it wasn't something he could have controlled - he believes it is and he knows Sawyer believes it is and he's willing to say, "I'm sorry for my part in that," and he's also big enough to say, "If this is what you need to do, then you do it, but it's not what *I* need to do and it's not my place to order you around," and even though he turned back to Kate and knows Kate can't leave because of Claire, he knows there's something on that island that needs to get done before he can leave and be whole.
Other Stuffs
"No… No… it's him!" - Sun's recognition of Locke was particularly creepy. I would say it's a 'near death experience' thing, like with Charlie. But poor Locke, being blamed for Smokey's actions. Also, I'm a bit disturbed that Jin and Sun STILL haven't had a 'connective' moment. Despite their consistency with being a 'couple' in both worlds, I'm finding it harder and harder to believe they were destined to be together and that it is only the conception of Ji-Yeon that is important. Much like David - his parents are of no particular importance, just that he exists.
"Apple?" - "I don't wanna be Eve." It was a curious line uttered in the first season, made curiouser, to me at least, every day. Eve was deceived by the snake into eating from the tree of knowledge, fed Adam, and we suffer for this decision every day. In the alt world Sawyer enters the scene with an apple in hand and offers it to Kate, who refuses. They then have a conversation in which he lays out what he thinks he knows and she insistently tells him the truth and then questions him. After hearing his lie, she tells him the truth and basically dismisses him. Foreshadowing her on-island actions in the end, or continuing what she's already done? Is it Kate's role in the endgame to BE Eve, but resist the temptation? MIB's concern is Jack. If MIB can deceive Kate, he can deceive Jack through her… but if she resists, MIB loses.
"What are you gonna tell her, when she asks…" - I joke about Sayid being a zombie, but like I believe there's a part of Locke in Smokey; there's still Sayid left in this person doing his bidding. And Sayid - who did not kill a woman when taking Desmond - is well aware of the fact that Shannon would be none to thrilled to know that people had to die for her to 'come back'. And yes, the woman who died in his arms that he loved was Shannon - not Nadia.
"That where you get it from?" - Jack and David walk alike and that tickles me. So does their developing relationship as a father and son who are honest and open with one another. Something I wonder if David has with his mother.
"I know this man." - Jack looking into the mirror, at himself, and then at this man. Did he sense a connection, or does he only know this man like Sawyer knows Kate: from the airport.
And I ran out of time at work, so that's the end! Tada!