Hey all! Sorry I haven’t updated in a while! School was starting and I just couldn’t get around to it! To make it up to you, I will make two posts today: one pre-Emmys and one post Emmys.
As I promised you last time we met, I would do a Season 1 review and discuss things I missed (or didn’t understand) the first time around. And then I will pose some questions I’ve had running through my mind all week.
One thing I really want to talk about it Boone’s death. I remember thinking that Locke was a complete jerk for claiming that Boone was a sacrifice the
Another thing I wanted to talk about was Kate. How come I didn’t realize how annoying she was first season? Don’t get me wrong, Kate is still my second favorite character, but I don’t remember her being so secretive and sneaky during Season 1. I kind of like it though.
Another thing I wanted to talk about was Walt and Vincent. I didn’t realize how many significant things they did this season. First off, let me say that a lot of my information was based off of things I heard from The Lost Flashbacks (a brand new Podcast, check it out)! Did anyone catch the fact that when Michael told Walt he would look for Vincent after it stopped raining, in Tabula Rasa, that it immediately stopped raining? Yes, it could just seem like good timing and comedic relief, but, what if Walt made it stop raining? Interesting stuff. And, Vincent: How strange was he acting those first few episodes? It makes you wonder what he was actually doing in the jungle the first few days.
Re-watching Season 1 was so much fun! Re-visiting all the information we were given Season 1 makes the rest of the series, especially Season 3, all the more interesting. If ya’ll get a chance, I recommend watching Season 1 during the hiatus! It’s a good refresher course!
So, I don’t really have a theory of the week, but I was pondering something this morning. In A Tale of Two Cities, we see Ben order Ethan and Goodwin to infiltrate the Losties’ camps. Ethan, as we saw, doesn’t look like the type of guy that takes charge. Although we realize that he is a strong and smart guy, he doesn’t look that way just by observing him. He is a perfect candidate for infiltrating. But why send Goodwin? Goodwin is a big, strong, nice looking guy that seems like perfect leadership material. Isn’t the point of infiltrating a camp to be unnoticed? It seems like Ben had some ulterior motives for sending him in!
Okay guys, I’ve got to do homework before I watch the Emmys tonight. Good luck to all those that are involved in Lost and nominated for awards tonight! I’ll be back to discuss the victory, or the disappointment.
2 comments:
Your thoughts about Goodwin are really interesting. It seemed that Goodwin DID take the leadership role at the tailie's camp - or at least co-leader with Ana. Could the Others have had knowledge of the different people that would be at each beach? That seems very unlikely, but it would explain how the two Others that Ben sent ended up fitting in perfectly to their appropriate niches. The Losties needed Ethan, because they already had their strong leader, and anyone else would have only clashed with him. But Ana Lucia wasn't exactly the best leader, and sending someone who would sort of share the leadership position made it easy for him to sort of manipulate the tailies, while simultaneously earning their trust.
Or maybe Goodwin's relationship with Juliet had something to do with it? She and Ben do have "history" ;)
i think ben wanted goodwin away from juliet
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