tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post7347009718305154457..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: Lost 4.8: Michael and AlexPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-33467957518431377082008-03-22T21:08:00.000-04:002008-03-22T21:08:00.000-04:00Hi everyone,Wow this keeps getting better!A couple...Hi everyone,<BR/>Wow this keeps getting better!<BR/><BR/>A couple things...<BR/><BR/>1. I think we did know that Tom was gay. When he gave Kate the dress to wear in the cage, she gave him a weird look, and he said, "don't worry about it I don't roll that way" or something like that.<BR/><BR/><BR/>2. Rousseau dying...Seems fishy to me. (Maybe just wishful thinking on my part) but she was so intune to the island, the other's and survival, it seems out of character that she would all of a sudden agree with Ben, and let her guard down.<BR/><BR/>3. Does seeing Aaron on the promo = him being an O-6er?<BR/><BR/>4. Also, Sayid turning Michael in to the captain was very interesting knowing what we do about him working for Ben in the future.<BR/><BR/>5. And was it last week that Juliette's lover's wife (forgot their names) said, Ben was still orchestrating things, and right where he wanted to be...so he could very well have had Danielle and Karl killed<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lost indeed!Carrin Mahmoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362232175103159199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-46102661101587440972008-03-22T01:27:00.000-04:002008-03-22T01:27:00.000-04:00dube: absolutely!I'm also more of a mind that ever...dube: absolutely!<BR/><BR/>I'm also more of a mind that ever (what an expression!) that Ben's in the coffin at in Season 3 finale...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-51218656023820213652008-03-22T01:01:00.000-04:002008-03-22T01:01:00.000-04:00I definitely think Ben was behind Danielle and Car...I definitely think Ben was behind Danielle and Carl's shootings. He's just as possessive of Alex as Juliet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-46635652676833253322008-03-21T18:37:00.000-04:002008-03-21T18:37:00.000-04:00That was Libby - one of the two women Michael kill...That was Libby - one of the two women Michael killed at the end of Season 2.<BR/><BR/>Good to see you here, Jessica!<BR/><BR/>Elisabeth - I've been mulling over what I said about coming attractions, and just wrote a blog piece about it - thanks for the inspiration! :)Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-76582360979271978692008-03-21T17:47:00.000-04:002008-03-21T17:47:00.000-04:00I have a question: that woman Michael kept having ...I have a question: that woman Michael kept having flashes of—he saw her in the hospital and then again at least one other time. And he screamed every time he saw her. Were we supposed to recognize her, or was that a new character?Jessica Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134277281082757857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-47720463113664761202008-03-21T17:09:00.000-04:002008-03-21T17:09:00.000-04:00Elisabeth - I'm stubbornly refusing to believe tha...Elisabeth - I'm stubbornly refusing to believe that Aaron is one of the Oceanic Six ... his name wasn't on the plane's manifest ... it just doesn't make sense ... :)<BR/><BR/>But we'll see. Coming attractions are sometimes not that reliable ... I also don't like when coming attractions settle a debate among viewers which is still going on...<BR/><BR/>In the latest official Lost podcast, Lindelof and Cuse do say that all of the Oceanic Six were revealed at the end of episode 7 - which makes Michael a possibility. The coming attractions are produced by ABC's publicity department - not by Lost's producers - but, unless the coming attractions were deliberately deceptive, Aaron does seem to be among the Oceanic Six.<BR/><BR/>===<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward, as you are, to finding out more about the other surviving children on the island...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-33710611569994908662008-03-21T14:56:00.000-04:002008-03-21T14:56:00.000-04:00I hope Rousseau isn't dead. I never felt that her ...I hope Rousseau isn't dead. I never felt that her character was fully developed and was hoping for a lot more.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the Temple is in any way related to the giant four-toed statue.tvindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944046580562714104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-21861552658188572302008-03-21T13:57:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:57:00.000-04:00did you see the end of the episode? In the promo ...did you see the end of the episode? In the promo for the rest of the season they announced that the "Oceanic 6" had been revealed.<BR/><BR/>I was disappointed, b/c I was in the group that thought baby Aaron wouldn't count as the 6... but he did, b/c they showed him in the flashes of the 6. <BR/><BR/>I no doubt think that Alex's survival has meaning, and was planned by Ben. <BR/><BR/>And like stacker/house said... I am so interested to know where some of those "Others" are. Are they in the temple? Where are Zach and Emma? Who is caring for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-68706293234933985822008-03-21T13:52:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:52:00.000-04:00Well, it seems like most of The Others are aware o...Well, it seems like most of The Others are aware of the lists that Ben keeps or has made. So, I'd guess that there would be a list of certain people allowed access to the Temple. (All guessing, on my part of course.) So, I would say that there would be orders that if anyone approached to kill them, unless they were on a list. At the end of Season 3, only Alex was with Ben heading to the temple, before Ben left to intercept Jack heading towards the radio tower.<BR/><BR/>So, I find that the most plausible - and with how Lost seems to work, most easily to completely go in the opposite direction from.John Muthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917933189756085956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-49060770102642533532008-03-21T13:06:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:06:00.000-04:00my above response was to Stacker/House...John - ye...my above response was to Stacker/House...<BR/><BR/>John - yeah, I think it was The Others too (unless there are other people from the ship already on the island, people we don't know about - unlikely).<BR/><BR/>The question then is: were these Others under Ben's command, or working against him...<BR/><BR/>Good analysis of Tom.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-11309648670666490042008-03-21T13:02:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:02:00.000-04:00Good thoughts - but on the shootings at the end - ...Good thoughts - but on the shootings at the end - I'm thinking Alex's survival may be meaningful (your hypothesis says her survival was just a coincidence)...<BR/><BR/>Welcome to Infinite Regress...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-34710777681894625972008-03-21T13:00:00.000-04:002008-03-21T13:00:00.000-04:00I agree, great episode. The one, great part that y...I agree, great episode. The one, great part that you left out, was the appearances of Libby (in the hospital and on the boat). <BR/><BR/>The whole Michael portion of the episode was pretty fantastic. When Tom asked, "So, did the bullet bounce off your skull or did the gun just jam?" was a great moment of 'mystery'. The revelation of Tom to be a homo-sexual, I initially thought was a hackneyed idea, but the more I think about it - and the fact that we're probably not going to get too much more character development for him, seems like a cool detail to learn. (creepy...in the way that Tom always has, but cool.)<BR/><BR/>BTW, Stacker/House - It wasn't Tom that was run over by Hurley in the van. That was the character, <A HREF="http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Ryan_Pryce" REL="nofollow"> Ryan Pryce</A>. <BR/><BR/>As for Alex, I am of the mind that it was The Others that killed Karl and (very, very sadly) Rousseau. It was made pretty obvious that in the coming episodes, there's going to be a war between the Widmore freighter and the island... except, as Ben mentioned, no one knows where the temple is. So, the mercenaries from the ship ought not be that far into the island yet, and not attacked the beach or The Other's camp. And Ben, only told Alex that she needed to go to the temple. Rousseau, just assumed that she was allowed to go. <BR/><BR/>And of course, I find it very interesting in the development of Ben's character. As he said, a long time ago (Season two finale??) "We're the good guys". I keep thinking that his character is sort of in that vein of, if you ask a question he'll give you the true answer, it's just in how you ask and what details you want revealed that factors into his answer. Had Alex or Rousseau - or even Karl - asked if they would all be safe to go to the temple, I think that he would have said that only Alex was safe. But, since Rousseau and Karl just volunteered to go, then Ben wasn't going to warn them. And as Miles said, "He finds a way to survive." <BR/><BR/>Great episode. Not as great as the Desmond episode from a few weeks ago, but still top notch.John Muthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917933189756085956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-66433075353015328962008-03-21T09:10:00.000-04:002008-03-21T09:10:00.000-04:00Just a couple things I wanted to comment on in you...Just a couple things I wanted to comment on in your review/recap of last night's episode of Lost.<BR/>Mr. Friendly/Tom might not have been too important to be saved by the island. I mean, he was hit by a decrepit VW bus and shot in the head. One really can't survive something like that. And he was one of the Others. Whose to say that the island saves good people who can redeem themselves?<BR/>Secondly, we don't exactly know who fired at Karl, Alex, and Rousseau. It could've been enemies of Ben, but who do we know on the island that could be enemies of Ben? But what if it was the group of Others we haven't seen for ages, like Richard Alpert, Cindy (the stewardess who survived), and Zack and Emma (the two kids from the Tail section)? What if they just shot because they're out of the loop and told to shoot anyone who comes near that they don't recognize? It would make sense because they probably haven't seen Alex, Karl, and Rousseau.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389275812518418328noreply@blogger.com