So, Jack performed vascular surgery on the ground in a clearing in the rain forest. Without benefit of sterilization. And yet, chances are, Sawyer will be up and around, not septic, and his old self by next week (except maybe when Kate is around). I guess I can overlook that.
They skipped the part where Jack, in the space of a few minutes, discovers, extracts and refins a brand new miraculous antibiotic from a plant only found in the rain forest on this particular island.
[The typical plot on “Gilligan’s Island”]
I am extremely pleased that Sayid finally decided to walk the beach and figure out the geography of the “island,” if island it is.
I agree that Sawyer’s backstory was Sawyer himself, not a projection/transference into his childhood with his face on the con man’s. Just like he said: He became the thing he hated. Unlike some of you, though, I didn’t like this twist overmuch. It feels too pat, too “writer-y,” for lack of a better word. And it sort of bothers me that they gave the guy scruples, that they had his conscience attack him when he saw the kid. I was hoping for at least one of the castaways to be all-dark instead of just partly-dark.
Oh, and this:
…may have been my favorite single moment of the show. I love Hurley. (Charlie: “Okay, but are you sure there isn’t any food…” Hurley: “Duuude…” Charlie: “Sorry.” Heh.)
That torture scene sure was hard to watch, wasn’t it?
That and, as Kate pointed out, Young Sawyer’s letter was written in 1976! While some may think the backstory had a retro feel, it would have been really, really retro with wide ties, bell-bottoms, bigger hair. Sawyer’s pool playing partner would have had a 'fro, man! And the reluctant husband would have had a haircut from Welcome Back Kotter, and Sawyer would have had Luke Skywalker’s hair.
Nah, it was Island Sawyer seeing that kid and suddenly realizing with absolute certainty that he really had become the very thing he had despite since he was eight years old.
I disagree with the above. I think what we saw last night was the backstory of our Sawyer. He was pulling a con, had almost finished the deal when he saw the little boy… and bolted. Blew the deal, left the money, and thus was in dutch with the man who loaned him the money. Remember, the guy he was playing pool with, who threatened him with severe bodily harm if he didn’t get double his money back ASAP? Thus, Sawyer had to vacate the area immediate, which is why he was on the plane. The letter he showed Kate explains why he walked away from the deal despite the consequences.
I think it’s interesting that Sawyer fled to escape torture and death at the hands of the moneylender, only to wind up with bamboo shoots under his nails elesewhere. Seems to indicate that getting hurt is part of his agenda now because he’s so full of self-loathing. I do feel sorry for him. Seems that he needs healing even more than Locke did. In fact, all of the characters whose backstories we’ve seen so far are miserable and hurt for some reason and in need of a place to recover…
I concede. It does explain the scene where he drops the briefcase full of money after seeing the kid. It is true that that scene doesn’t fit my hypothesis of projection/transference.
I think I simply got hung up on a) the backstory as shown matched the story in the letter, and b) the $6000 con confessed by Sawyer to Kate did not match the backstory.
Either way, I liked it. I was happy that the writers did not have Sawyer turn to the good side after the reveal. I was waiting to groan at that turn of events, but then he showed his true rotten self again right at the end.
I don’t think this is the case. The plane was heading from Australia to L.A.
I think it’s pretty clear it’s Sayid on the island. The preview showed him walking into a snare trap, then waking up in a cave with jungle-like foliage asking “Where am I?” and wearing the same black clothes he was wearing when he got snared. Plus, there aren’t too many jungles in Iraq, are there?
Did anyone else have trouble understanding Sawyer? I didn’t catch what he said to Jack after Sayid tortured him - something like “The tables have turned, I’m going to watch you die” ?
Eucalyptus leaves also explains the polar bear, since that’s the only food plant that they…
Wait, never mind. I had the polar/Quantus/koala/teddy thing all mixed up.
Near the beginning, just before when Sawyer rushes back to find Boone going through his stuff… What was Sawyer hearing? The Tree Crusher Monster? Seemed a bit loud for Boone, esp from that far away. Remember Sawyer’s expression? Looked kind of scared. I think the writers were playing with us there. It was TCM, but it all got overshadowed by the athsma problem. Anyone?
I think he said, “If the tables were turned, I would watch you die,” or something to that effect.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. One of the Eight Wonders of the Ancient World.
It’s a really old flashback. 2500 years old.
But possibly he had originally fled TO Australia, and had been laying low for several months before deciding it was finally safe to go back to the U.S.
That I’m just chalking up to “info we don’t know yet”. Like Kate’s crime, what Jack did to ruin his father’s pride, and how Locke lost the use of his legs in the first place.
You’re not the only one. My GF called me to ask about that too. It may have been odd editing.
What Sawyer described to Kate was his first scam that seduced him to the dark side of the force when he was 19. He had no family, was alone and destitute, and was able to scam $6000 out of a woman – thus the start of his naughtiness that led to bigger and more elaborate scams.
When he saw the kid in this more recent scam, he realized he had become eeeeeevil Scam Master.
Lotsa redemption going on — Charlie lost his virtue in Driveshaft, Sayyid has gone off on his own because he tortured after swearing he’d never torture anyone again, and now Sawyer faces his Scam-Master-Sawyer side.
I believe that’s exactly what he said. I haven’t decided if he was just being brutally honest, or if he really wanted to die.
I’d agree with that. I was just commenting on Rubystreak’s comment:
"Thus, Sawyer had to vacate the area immediate, which is why he was on the plane. "
It seemed to indicate he was on THIS plane because he immediatley needed to get out of dodge (Or Louisiana).
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Sorry if I was unclear. My belief is that Sawyer is “on the lam” as it were. Clearly he wasn’t going back where he came from on this flight, though it wouldn’t surprise me if he was intending to return for his punishment. Clearly he thinks he deserves it.
Was the flight a direct to LA, or was it stopping somewhere to refuel? I wonder, because Jin and Sun didn’t seem like they’d be headed to LA, so maybe the plane was going to stop in Asia before going to America. Maybe this was stated already and I’ve forgotten.
Rubystreak- Cheerfully withdrawn!
I do think there are direct flights from Sidney to LA.
Some stop over in Honolulu, I’d bet.
I just thought he heard someone rustling through his secret stash. Being the type he is, I figure he’d hear a thief from a mile away, especially if it’s his stuff. And remember, Boone was tossing suitcases open, and throwing things around. He wasn’t trying to be quiet, he was desperate to find the medicine.
So, what is the explanation for Hurley not losing weight? If Sawyer didn’t have the inhalers. who did and what happened to Claire?
Thanks
He’s “down one belt notch” and a “big guy” so “don’t expect it to show”. It’s been less than 2 weeks after all.
No one had them. He says he found the book washed up on the beach and the assumption is the inhalers that were in the same bag were lost.
nothing. Charlie was just worried about her and wanted to convince her to move to the caves.