Comments on: Lost: Across the Sea

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:34:01 +0000

@Charlene – 1) getting off the island on a boat ain’t that easy, as we’ve seen. The island won’t let you just leave.
2) That conversation took place just before the Black Rock crashed, I believe.
3) She was able to die because she found her successor. Also, the immortality they have appears to be only the inability to die from natural causes – murder is unnatural.
4) I’m confused by how MiB was able to die. He can’t leave the island, though, I believe, because he is entwined with the Source and can only leave when the Source is unprotected. Which means all the candidates need to be off the island, too.
5) Yeah, honestly, Jacob wasn’t very bright.

@Erika – I felt that way at points, particularly in wanting to see what’s up with Desmond, but I thought if they’d broken it up over a period of weeks to give us bits and pieces of this story, we’d have been screaming bloody murder. However, I kept hoping we’d see how the statue was built. Dammit.
Also, I agree – there’s gonna be more heartbreak for us.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:35:50 +0000

The writers purposefully hiding Esau’s name started off irritating in this episode, and got worse the longer it ran on. They referred to Jacob by name so frequently that it was just inconceivable that no one would do the same with his brother.

If it turns out that he has no name because his real mother hadn’t planned on twins I’m going to be very disappointed.

On the whole, I was annoyed and disappointed with this episode. I loves me some Esau though, that I enjoyed his origin story, no matter how silly it ended up being.

By: AmyV

AmyV — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:17:12 +0000

Dammit. Just as I was posting my response, my server hiccuped and I lost my extremely erudite answers to Scott, Amanda & Charlene. Will rewrite soon, I promise.
Short version:
@Scott: I disagree with the first part and agree w/the second.
@Amanda: I liked it a lot; you’re not a bad person; did not notice, now I have a headache.
@Charlene: yes to the first part, but I don’t think so to the second. And yes but no on the third.

By: Charlene Jaszewski

Charlene Jaszewski — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:41:51 +0000

Ok, I’m going to venture something else here.
Remember when Jacob was born – mother looked at him happily. When MIB was born, she suddenly looked distraught. She recognized he was “special.” what if MIB was possessed by EVIL form the beginning? and she knew that she needed to keep evil on the island? What if MIB was smokey all along? and when Jacob put MIB into the light, smokey was released from the body? Also, i’m sure you all noticed that when MIB went into the light, the light went out.

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By: Amanda R.

Amanda R. — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:50:47 +0000

Thanks Amy. Great recap. Overall I was bored and annoyed by this episode, despite my love of Allison Janney.

And I hope it doesn’t make me any less of a person, but dammit I wanted his name. Was that too much to ask? And they went out of their way to avoid giving us his name even when it would have made perfect sense. Aaaargh.

Did you or anybody else notice that when Jacob came back to the cave, he was accompanied by the sound of the boar? So does that mean that when the boar shows up “today” that it’s actually Jacob? My head hurts.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:43:54 +0000

I don’t think MIB died, just his body no longer was a vessel. I am a little disappointed by Jacob’s ignorance, although the thousand or so years since this initial situation makes me hope that since Jacob did eventually leave the island, he would have become wizened, and I can imagine that MIB built up quite a grudge over the period of time to share with Jacob his wishes on him.

Still, to me, lots of character cramming without much fleshing out. We will still be left with more questions I fear than answers.

By: AmyV

AmyV — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:11:44 +0000

By: erika

erika — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:54:34 +0000

Listen, I am happy for the whole origin of it all and such, but about halfway through I was pretty annoyed that I wasn’t gonna get my Lostie fix. And as much as I adore Allison Janney, I would have liked to have gotten this story in another way, and let us have more Desmond, Jack, Sawyer, etc. It just felt like another week without Lost to me by the end, because to me, Lost is the Losties.

Good news: the last bits of Lost will most likely be action packed and probably heart breaking, so there’s that to look forward to.

By: Charlene Jaszewski

Charlene Jaszewski — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:25:56 +0000

Lost is starting to resemble Gilligan’s island. So MIB wanrs off the island. Hasn’t anyone heard of a BOAT?
Also, the conversation where Jacob and MIB are on the beach, and MIB says “do you know how much i want to kill you right now?” when did that happen? And if MIB couldn’t be killed, why is he dead? And if mom gave Jacob the “immortal drink” and said, “now we’re the same” why was she able to die. She said “thank you” when MIB killed her so she was thankful to be “released” i think.
I dunno, the whole episode just made me think Jacob was less a savior figure and more a shortbus figure.