Lost Cubicle Chatter: The Package
In an effort to focus our attention on something besides Phish for a change, we’ve decided at HT headquarters to (hopefully) drum up some good chatter about the final season of the greatest television show in the history of the idiot box. Check in on Wednesday of every week during Season 6 to share your thoughts, theories, complaints and assessments of the previous night’s episode. Big time SPOILER alert for anyone didn‘t watch yet.
Synopsis: As always, we teamed up with the Joker from Coventry for this week’s setlist and recap. Side note: Joker ran a reprint of his epic LOST/Phish Tees if anyone missed out the first time around. Check ‘em out.
Geronimo Jackson, March 30, 2010
Set I (Off Island): Mo Money, Mo Problems (1), Hardest Button To Button (2) > Money, Love and Change (3), Money That’s What I Want (4), Tweezer > Free > Punch (Shot) You In The Eye (5) > Knocked Up (6)
Set II (On Island): Commando (7) Runnin (from) The Devil (8) > You Can’t Talk (9), Garden (10), White Room (11), War Pigs (12)
Encore: Wolfman’s Brotha (13)
(1) Notorious B.I.G; Jin and Sun, Korean Lyrics
(2) White Stripes; Jin and Sun
(3) Trey Anastasio; Jin and Sun
(4) Barrett Strong; Keamy
(5) Phish Medely; Tweezer had “Jin stepped into the freezer” lyrics, Sayid,
Sun, Jin, Mikhail
(6) Kings of Leon; Sun
(7) Ramones
(8) Van Halen; Sun and FLocke
(9) David Bowie; Sun, Korean Lyrics
(10) Pearl Jam; Sun and Jack
(11) Cream; Jin
(12) Black Sabbath; Flocke and Widmore
(13) Phish, first time Desmond performed on the island since The Economist,
38 shows ago.
READ ON for this week’s epic one liner and discussion points…
Epic One Liner of the Week: I can’t seem to recall any real funny one liners from last night, but the episode does contain lots of dirty fodder to make up your own considering the name of the episode is The Package. Further, the Jin-Sun storyline centers around a pregnancy and Sun got shot in Jin’s little gunfight, leading to lots of corny jokes in the form of “at least he wasn’t shooting blanks.”
Lost An Hour of My Life Moment: As much as Kate can be painfully annoying on a routine basis, I can’t say I’m excited by the idea that she’s about to get dusted. Not only did Locke allude to needing her to get Jack and Sawyer to follow him off the island, but once that’s completed, “whatever happens, happens,” meaning he would allow Claire to kill her. The writers also seem to be setting the stage for some “sacrifices” next week. I think Kate should be on the show until it’s final hour. There are certain characters that shouldn’t die, and she is one of them.
Overall: Considering this episode served largely as set up for the Jin/Sun storyline, the episode was quite entertaining. Specifically, the plot lines twisted together amazingly well with the Sayid episode from a few weeks ago, whereby we first saw Jin restrained in the walk-in cooler. Furthermore, Widmore began to emerge as a real hero in this thing, explaining very matter-of-factly that if the MIB and his cronies get of the island, that everyone they know and love will simply cease to exist. Gadoosh. Finally, the confusing finale set the stage for the huge episode next week as our favorite character is back, Desmond. Overall: B
Discussion Points: 1) Which Kwon do you reckon will be the candidate? I’m thinking it’s Sun based on her noticing the mirrors, particularly in the hotel room, which leads me to believe she’s the one being watched by Jacob. 2) What’s inside the package? I thought Locke’s body seemed like the obvious choice, but the obvious usually doesn’t get you very far with Lost. 3) So, if Sun was pregnant, presumably with Jin’s baby, what does that mean? Did Sun never cheat on Jin? Or does the baby actually belong to the Jae Lee from the Seoul Hotel? 4) Why does Jin even work for Sun’s father if they are not married?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:13 pm
my favorite line came from sawyer, asking about why FLocke doesn’t just turn into smoke and fly over water” “That would be ridiculous!”
i thought the package was Desmond. is that too simple? is it someone else? i thought John Locke’s body was already buried on the island.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I am pretty sure the package is Desmond, its not too simple. It makes sense with what we know.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Yeah, I think you’re probably right. That makes more sense. I was thinking he was just gonna show him Locke to reinforce it, but I forgot they buried him already.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:32 pm
It’s pretty cool how much different Jin’s character off the island is (essentially his old self) to how he is on the island now. That actor is pretty amazing, it’s really believable how he’s changed. The original Jin is crazy.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 1:22 pm
The package is Desmond for sure. Prediction: Jack will become the new Jacob and Hurley will be the new Richard. Just saying.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Miles had a pretty funny line after Sun went on her tirade in Korean…something like “I don’t think she’s comin’ with us.”
Oh, and Lapidus’ response to Miles’ remark that Sun’s ability to only speak Korean after the head knock was strange: “…says the man that communes with the Dead.”
Based on my low expectations for what I thought would be a slow Kwon story, I thought the ep was great.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 2:12 pm
just thought of this: sun is shot, so is it reasonable she will be rushed to the hospital and her life saved by jack in the flash-sideways timeline?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I like that, Joker.
Also, Sayid was money in this ep. From just leaving Jin with a razor in the freezer to his uber creepy water-spy scene at the end, he has completely gone off the deep end and it’s pretty awesome to watch.
“No pain, no anger, no happiness. I feel nothing.”
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 9:15 am
It may have been the molly ringwald gooball talking, but I thought the encore went Sayid covering the Toadies’ ‘I Come From the Water’ -> Wolfman’s BrothAAAAAA.. May be he was just teasing it..
What about Widmore’s motives?.. Where does Widmore fit into this story?.. Does he just want to exploit/explore/study the island’s properties for himself? Regardless, he knows that he cant let FLocke leave the island and knows that it needs it’s candidates..
And Desmond.. I don’t see how he can be used against FLocke.. He doesn’t seem to have any connection to Jacob other than being ‘invited’ by Jacob since he made his way there.. I predict Desmond will be the linchpin for reconnecting the two time lines – that seems obvious – but I dont know how.. I do know we need more Desmond Jesus in our lives..
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Nice!