Something Nice Back Home | Some Answers, No Action
After last week’s been centric episode full of action and excitement, I should have expected a much slower paced episode this week. While the episode was a bit slow, it certainly started off with a shock. We saw a Jack flashforward where he is off the island and he has kids toys and some ladies underwear laying around. Either Jack has some weird fetishes or he has a woman and kids staying with him. Turns out that his lady friend is in the shower, and for once we weren’t forced to figure out who was in there. None other than Kate steps out and then we find out the toys belong to Aaron. This, and the fact that Christian Shepherd made multiple appearance were the most interesting events this week which I will go into more detail about when I do the full recap.
All in all it was a slow episode but I think it set up multiple necessary situations in the future that will allow for a great season finale. What did you guys think of Something Nice back Home?
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I thought it was disappointing to be honest. Frequently with Lost you get a great episode that leaves you breathless waiting on the next only to be left wondering why you were so excited. This episode was the same for me. The only thing that was interesting was Jacks comment on Sawyer choosing to stay on the island…
I enjoyed it. Yes it was slow, but it was well written, like most of season 4. I liked the flashfoward and the huge cliffhanger at the end with claire missing. The Jin and Charollete scene was another one of Lost’s brilliant ideas. The episode was perfect!
I thought it was good. I think this ep is starting to give some indication why Aaron made it off the island, but not Claire. And it also looks like that Jack has figured out that he is Aaron’s uncle. (Okay, he may have just said “You’re not even related to him”, but the way he said it felt like he was saying he’s the one related to him). This may explain why he wanted nothing to do with him, as Aaron is a link to his father.
I also love the way Sawyer is really stepping up to be a hero more and more.
If the others are the original crew of the black rock, then could Jacob really be Magnus Hanso?
it was awful. if the next episode doesn’t give a logical explanation of Claire’s disappearance i will stop watching the show. however the most interesting thing was when rose said that people don’t get sick on the island, when in fact jack got sick.
it was disappointing, but it confirmed my theory that sawyer jin and a few others chose to stay on the island, possibly the helicopter could only hold 6? I dont think clare chose to stay, i think something bad will become of her.
although this one was disappointing for me, im interested to see what happens when locke, ben and hurley reach jacob. Also daniel and charlotte seem to be acting a bit suspicious, Im starting to like the ‘ghost buster’ guy alot more, i think he will become more important.
Rose and her boyfriend seem to be getting a more prominant role…
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So how come Jack didn’t have an appendix scar in the opening sequences?
Good point Simond! Maybe the island ‘healed’ his scar? God knows!! I saw photos of the filming for the finale and it shows a big floaty raft thing ( a proper one not a made from island debris one) with Hurley holding a doll-assume thats Aaron, Kate, Jack, Sun with Sayid and Sawyer and a body in the water. Maybe thats Claire? Theres also a screenshot of next weeks episode of Jacobs cabin with someone with blonde hair in there.
I think you can faintly see Jack’s scar in the bathroom before Kate gets out of the shower.
I think this episode is giving us some insight into Jack’s mindset at the end of season 3 (i.e. his meeting with Kate by the runway). I think we can say now that Jack has changed his mind about lying about how only 8/6 survived the crash and Kate saved them, and I think Kate is resisting since if they tell the truth and try to go back to the island then it will be known that Jack lied in his testimony and Kate could possible go to jail and lose the kid.
Not a bad episode, not great, but I did enjoy it. Oh and I want to just mention something that breifly came to mind in the episode, do you think the smoke detector going off is in any way related to the black smoke monster, I read some where that Araon has a smoke detector visible over his bed also. It’s a long shot but in the interest of the show I wanted to throw it out there.
I do think the thing with Hurley thinking nothing is real is great. Although he states something like they are all stuck in heavn yet I don’t see Hurley as being very happy, I thought heavn was suppose to be a happy place.
Hurley also says to Jack that when Charlie appeared to him he said that Jack “shouldn’t raise Aaron”. Remember way back in season 1 there was the flashback episode with Claire called “Raised by Another”? In it, the psychic told her something very bad would happen if anyone other than Claire raised her baby…?? I know the same psychic popped up in Eko’s flashback admitting he was a fake, but maybe he isn’t a fake?? Who knows! I just thought that was a interesting link back to season 1 and the potential spookiness surrounding Aaron
Helen:
About the Psychic saying he was a fake, I got that he was only telling Eko that to get him to not talk to his child (who drowned but then came back to life) I think he was trying to discredit himself and the family and make them look crazy. He really didn’t want Eko to talk to his child for some reason. I think it is great that all this stuff is relating to each other.
The show has some weak points like a silly black smoke monster (silly in my mind anyway) but just the fact that thus far it has been so well written makes up for any of the bad parts of the plots.
I thought the episode was not so bad. I do know that i dislike kate more and more as the show goes on, she is a bit nervwracking with her hair and her smiles and the crying… im preffering much more juliet, and charlotte – wittier and quick thinkers.
Anyway, i thought it was sad to see hurley in such a state and to know that sawyer is not a part of the oceanic 6… some things have been answered (im thinking we never saw claire again… and am beginning to understand why Jin will die afterwards).
“(im thinking we never saw claire again… and am beginning to understand why Jin will die afterwards).”
I don’t think we’ll never see Claire again. We’ll probably still see her, as her just disappearing with her dad like that is too sudden.
And is it 100% sure Jin will die? Cause if you’re thinking of his grave stone, maybe he still isn’t dead for sure. Who knows.
I hope Jin dies. I like him a lot but I think it would be great for someone to die that actually has a real relationship with someone except for Boone. He loves sun, and sun actually knows him and that would be the reason she leaves the island because Jin is dead and she has nothing back to go for on the island. I do not think claire should die, so it feels like kate has actually stolen Aaron. I believe Claire will be seen at the very end of the season finale.
Very interesting episode. Gives us a glimpse of the timeline in jacks after island experience. Saves Kate in the trial, then they get involved then he starts drinking and popping pills and flying all over the place. Then someone dies he meets Kate under the railroad and asks about who died and that they have to go back.
So we get some insight there. I def agree with Kat I think Jack knows at that point in his flash forward he is related to Aaron. Thought Hurleys scene was odd too. I know the creators have already dismissed purgatory but there is something going on here with death and dying.
I think Claire will be back at some point. Don’t think Sawyer dies he is obviously going to stay and he seems to def being the protector hero type now. What did Sawyer tell Kate to do for him? Did that happen in past episode I cant remember? Or is that possibly coming soon? Sounds like possibly a dying Sawyer tells Kate do this for me when you get back…..Maybe Jin or Sawyer dies but I think one of them probably does. Sloe episode but not a bad one. next week looks real good. Wont say anything here in case some of you guys from other countries havent seen em. looks spicy tho.
I read an interesting theory that Claire actually died when the rocket hit the house. What we’ve been seeing of her is actually an apparition or whatever you want to call it, similar to what we are seeing with Jack’s dad and Charlie. It went on to say this is why Miles changed his attitude towards her and wanted to be helpful with carrying Aaron since he is use to communicating with the dead.
Not sure if I buy it or not, but its a pretty interesting idea I thought. What do you guys think of it?
very interesting scott! but with those ‘dead’ people who pop up all the time, they seem to almst instantly disappear, where as sawyer seen her for a long while as did the people in ‘bens home’.
I’m very curious to see what Sawyer asked Kate to do, i hope they leave it unanswered till next season!
I think Jin and Sawyer will both remain alive and have chose to stay on the Island, ive also got a personal theory of my own that Clare goes to see Jacob with that ‘apparition’ and Jacob possibly asks her to sacrifice herself to help save the Island and in return he will protect Aaron?
P.S. I also agree its said to see Hurley in that state
If Claire died in the explosion, that would make a lot of sense. I still can’t get over the fact she didn’t have a scratch on her!
Jones – I’m loving that smoke detector theory.
And is Sawyer phoning Kate from the island?? How the heck is that happening?
I’ve always thought that the reason there were only 6 Oceanic survivors was because of some reason like the helicopter could only take 6. I don’t think it’s because the rest of the survivors just all died! Decisions had to be made, and it seems like a lot of people don’t actually want to leave (Rose, Sawyer, etc).
I wonder where Juliet fits in with all the Oceanic 6/those who stayed behind. Surely she’d want to get back to see her sister and the baby?
I guess claire could be dead and just be an apparaition, I am not a big fan of that theory though. I think if she was she would have came out of the woods or something like that rather then being found under a blanket. Also I think there is to big of a story line left with her (although Rous. is known to have been killed and her story was no where near being over) and her seeing things, i.e. her dad and I think charlie (just from her calling charlie’s name when she first came too).
Kat: Thanks for the support on the black smoke theory, its a long shot but that is what lost is all about these days. As for Juliet I don’t think she will get off the island. Ben seems to think he own’s her and I don’t think he will actually let her go. Although he has sort of let her go in this season, I think it is temporary because right now he has bigger things to worry about.
I dont think she was talking to Sawyer on the phone. I think she is talking to Ben and working with him in some way similar to Sayid.
I think what Sawyer asked her to do may be related to the woman Sawyer conned early on. Maybe some kind of redemption for his wrong doing. Or maybe the kid he had with her (i think he got her pregnant right?).
I have heard the smoke detector theory too. But I think the smoke detector over Aaron’s bed you are referring to is actually part of the mobile over his bed.
Aaron’s Room
What I have to say is that I think the smoke monster impersonates dead people, i.e. Christian S, and proof for this is that the smoke alarm went off when Jack saw Christian…I think this is also true with Claire…Also I’m almost positive Kate was talking to the girl from her and Sawyer’s past on the phone…the one that Sawyer conned and who sold the fake jewelry at the gas station in one Kate flashback…
messeis: I do think that the thing over Aaron’s bed could very well be just a part of his mobile, but then thats no fun is it?
Joe: That was also my general thinking on the smoke monster although I think that instead of impersonating them it is there conscience/soul/equivalent. And I we are on the same line as far as who Kate is talking too. By the way, as Scott mentioned earlier, Sawyer had a kid (Clementine) with Cassidy, and after he conned a fellow inmate into telling him where he had hid a large sum of money, he got out of jai and got a cut of the money found to which he set up an anonymous trust fund for his daughter.
Sorry to be a killjoy, Jones.
Although I do think that smokey could be impersonating people(dead) I don’t think the smoke alarm was a clue, it was a low battery beep, not a detecting smoke alarm. I think it was simply a means to get Jack’s attention away from what he was doing and direct him toward Christian. Although, I do think it was the “island” that made it beep.
also did anyone get on to the fact the smoke monster never actually killed the captain and his men???/
does anyone understand that the smoke monster is the dumbest thing on this entire show. i hate it, so stupid.
I don´t think the thing on Aaron´s bed is part of his mobile, doesn´t fit in imo.
@toby: not really I guess. I think that’s extremely weird though =S I expected them dead.
My two cents….
As far as the theory of who Kate was speaking to on the phone, My first thought was that after they mentioned Sawyer,was that it was Cassidy, and Kate would be trying to do something for Sawyer’s daughter. Seeing as how Kate and Cassidy, coincidentally, know each other. Im sure they will have some big emotional moment before Kate leaves the island (and sawyer) behind, and Sawyer will ask Kate to do something for his daughter. (Probably tell her that Sawyer wasnt such a bad man)
The show is so good at throwing curveballs, but i think the goal was to intentionally mislead us to believe Kate was decieving Jack, which would set up the reason Kate and Jack eventually separate due to Jack losing control, and not trusting Kate, so she leaves him.
As far as Claire being dead, I highly doubt that. However, I think something is OFF. My theory is that before the house was blown up, supposedly with claire inside, that the Freighter commandos abducted claire, rendered her unconscious, and marked her with some sort of tracking device. That way they can track her location either from the freighter, or a mobile device on the island. (they did come oddly close to discovering her at one point last episode) That or they possibly injected her with something that is making her behave erratic, possibly leading to her abandoning her baby. Maybe she is hallucinating and seeing visions of Charlie due to her subconscious playing tricks on her. (REMEMBER, Claire had never seen Christian on the island before the attack, and he’s been there as long as she has. Only Jack has seen him)
crippla sawyer doesnt know the women he conned (cassidy) that she was pregnant by him so i dont think kate is speaking to her, i also think that is to obvious for lost writers.
amy:
While Sawyer was in prison, Cassidy visited him and showed him a picture of a baby girl named Clementine Phillips, whom she claimed was his daughter. Sawyer rejected the notion that he could be her father; but later opened a bank account in Albuquerque, in Clementine’s name, with the earnings from his prison con. (“Every Man for Himself”)
(taken from http://www.lostpedia.com)
Crippla, very good theory on Claire imo.. Explains why she wasn’t hurt badly if they did something to her first.
ive just found this
1. The Island is a place where mind can manipulate matter.
2. It is possible for a disembodied mind with a strong will to live to create a body for itself.
3. More often, however, Island ”ghosts” are merely external byproducts of acute castaway/survivor psychology.
4. Regardless, these constructs are fundamentally incomplete because they lack souls.
EXAMPLES:
1. Pseudo Christian exists because Jack’s survival demands it; his sense of self as savior/fixer/hero is shaped by his relationship to his father, and more to the point, it is continuously reinforced by his ongoing internal struggle with his daddy issues.
2. Claire died in the attack on her cabin, but Pseudo Claire exists either because her disembodied mind had a strong will to live — or because Baby Aaron needs her for his own survival. Nursing, you know.
3. Locke died in the plane crash, but his mind created a new body, though his soul is trapped in Jacob’s cabin, because LOCKE IS JACOB. Maybe.
so yeah i think she is dead now :S
IDK, I think the theory makes sense but I dont need to be guessing all that ya know. As a fan of this show I don’t want to have to watch it and also have to have a Masters Degree in Psychology or know Freudian theory’s. I just want to watch and be entertained. Those types of theories are so out there that you can’t even watch and explain the things that go on….Theres time travel fine, theres a island that in the middle of no where fine, peoples souls are traveling around because they have a will to live and create their own bodies….im not buying it…just a dick around way of screwing with everyone…..the real reason has to be far less complex…..I cant watch and wonder who is dead and alive…
whats bugging me is why did Jack need an appendectomy? It didn’t move the story line along or create any new connections. It just didnt fit. It was dull, too straight forward, uninteresting. (except for the electric floodlight so they could perform a night operation — where did that come from?) So, IMO it is either that Juliet gave Jack something to create the sysptoms so she could go in and implant some sort of tracking devise or whatever in him for Ben or else he still has his appendix and the scar vanishes (for those who insist they have seen the scar.) I bet in a flashforward Jack will need an x-ray and discover an implant or that still having his appendix will reinforce the already dead / different time line theories and maybe cause him to go off the deep end with Hurly.
Sounds intresting kay, although I doubt she did. Bernard was in the room with her, so he probably would have noticed.
And there was a new connection: Jin found out Charlotte speaks Chinese/Japanese
I think another important story line to take from it is the fact that Jack got sick on an island that has supposide abilities to heal. I think rose stated that outright. Why is Jack getting sick, I think that is the big question.
yeah i agree with jones. I also think Jack has 4 toes
I decided that I am a bit bored with some of the diversions that this season is giving us. We become immersed in talking about who did / does / will do to whom, how they did / do / will do it etc etc. None of this really takes me any nearer my fundamental desire to understand what the island itself is all about.
In other words this has become a bit of a soap, where the characters themselves have BECOME the story, rather than them being IN a story.
I want to know about why the island is undetectable, I want to know if it was always undetectable (or only after the DHARMA project), I want to know how the time travel thing is possible and why only Ben appears able to do it etc etc.
Sorry to have a bit of a downer on it (and I do love the show), but I feel it has become a bit stale and the finale to this season needs to be something pretty special for me.
well, andy, the writers of the show made the characters the story in the first season. I do want questions answered, but i like not having questions answered kinda. It makes it all the more suspicious and freaky and awesome. Like when you did not know what the dharma initiative was in s2 it was awesome. That is the beauty of the show.I like this season a lot. It is awesome.
The only bad thing was that it ended in a bad place. It should have ended in a more exciting way. However, I still can’t wait!
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