Quick Hits (cont’d.)
- I’ll defer to my Russian readers for a translation of Ilana’s red book.
Whatever its contents, it seemed to be the trigger for Hurley attempting to convince the castaways to avoid the Black Rock.
- It’s been a while since we saw Dr. Brooks, who last made an appearance in the season 2 episode, “Dave.” A couple of noteworthy items from his office, the most obvious being the picture of an island hanging up on his wall.
The other item was the box sitting on his desk. It seems an odd trinket to have there — loyal readers, what say you?
- Last but certainly not least, another appearance from our mysterious Island boy, who seems to be growing older by the day.
We first saw him several episodes back with bloodied hands, reminiscent of stigmata. Esau, as he had previously, became instantly irritated at the boy’s presence, this time urging Desmond to ignore him. The last time we saw the boy, he was telling Esau he “knew the rules,” as if to say Smokey was skirting dangerously close to a line. Along with Smokey’s apparent unease at Desmond’s presence, some cracks are showing in the Man-in-Black’s facade.
Other Stuff from Other Sites
- My Russian friends at, er, Lostpedia shed some light on Ilana’s book, “Notes from Underground.”
Notes from Underground (1864) is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is considered by many to be the world’s first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man’s diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky’s What Is to Be Done?[1]. The second part of the book is called “Apropos of the Wet Snow,” and describes certain events that, it seems, are destroying, and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, omniscient narrator. [Wikipedia]
That’s all I got from other sites; stay tuned for Doc Jensen’s recap on EW.com, which seem to have devolved into glorified rehashings of the plot as of late. Never fear, I’ve got you covered here if you don’t wish to stray too far afield on the Interweb. Until next week, have a cluckin’ good time. Ahem.
Re: The T-Rex trophy. You asked about the relevance of the shape of the trophy. The donation was to the Paleontology Museum, thus the dinosaur trophy. If you were asking for a less obvious answer, the only thing that I can think of is this: Didn’t Hurley once suggest (very early on) that the noises in the jungle might be dinosaurs? Or am I making that up all together?
Thanks for yet another awesome recap / discussion. – les
Is it me or does the face inside the chicken look a lot like Locke?
I was thinking the same thing about the face in the chicken!
The pac man thing is Claire’s baby buggy….
The Y is for Why
Psi equalling twenty three could be indicative of the twenty third psalm from the Bibile…Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, For God is with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me, ….. and I will walk in the valley of the Lord forever….
Oh, yes, and as far as the red, watch the special features on M night Shamalan’s Sixth Sense…I believe he used it for a metaphor of death….I can’t remember now…But there was the red door knob to the basement, the red in the restaurant, and a couple of other times he said he used it for a purpose…I just can’t remember the detail right now… and could the “bottom” stuff you mention in your chalkboard picture be indicative of the submerged island we saw in this year’s first episode?
I had to wait twenty four hours to see this episodie, and to read your commentary….both terrific, as usual…thanks! I am still waiting for Jin to be reunited with Sun