Best Lost Ep Ever. Period.

[thistlechaser]

I've never come close to crying at Lost before, but even after a second watching I had tears in my eyes as the show faded to black. Locke is so... I'm... gah.



While I haven't re-watched a Lost ep in a long while, I was eager to see this one a second time. Locke's father was so horrible I figured that there had to have been signs of the betrayal coming and I just had missed them, but I was wrong. I watched it again this afternoon and saw nothing out of place in their interactions... which somehow makes it even worse. (And worst yet, I projected my own RL childhood into that: After being crushed for Locke, I mumbled to myself "Yeah, fathers are just like that, they do that all the time." Locke's situation was bad enough on its own, it didn't need my own butting in to make it worse!

I just can't believe all the shit Locke has had happened to him... and he keeps going. Keeps smiling. Keeps helping (in his own sometimes-twisted way).

And the ending of the ep? To me, it was the best one so far. On my first time watching it, I was getting a big "island as god/religion" feeling from it, so the light coming on felt to me like his prayers/faithfulness were finally being answered. On my second watching I got what was probably the intended connection: That the island was more like a father figure, and it finally gave him back what he deserved instead of screwing him over. (Yeah, it was "only" a light going on, but it was more than that -- it was acknowledgment.)

I suppose the question should be: What's inside the hatch? Why did the light go on? But I find that I don't care about those answers. Something is there, and it responded to its faithful follower. Locke hasn't been abandoned, and that's good enough for me.

While there were lots of other good parts in the ep (Hurley's HP comment, the Jack/Sawyer stuff, and (though I doubt it) that Boone may die next week), Locke overshadowed them all. What an amazing man; my heart just goes out to him.

Edited before hitting post: Heh! "Deus Ex Machina" means "god from a machine", right? I said a while back that I thought some sort of Power was inside the hatch, likely that someone locked it in there to keep it away from people. A god-like power? What machines are there on the island? Could it be in the hatch?




And if they kill him off, I shall hunt the writers down and hurt them. Lots. :)

Comments

[kwolfhard.livejournal.com]

I liked Walkabout better, but not by much, to be honest.

I love the fact that Boone's becoming... who he's becoming. I have this fear that Boone is going to die. Personally, I don't care who dies, as long as it ISN'T Boone.

I love Boone as a character. Locke can't die. He's too important to the island. Sayid though... I think it's either going to be Sayid or Boone.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If I had to pick between those two, I'd have to pick Boone. However if I could pick from anyone, his sister would be eaten by boars before she could spit!

Better not be Locke...

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

I just can't believe all the shit Locke has had happened to him... and he keeps going. Keeps smiling.

I've tried to see it this way and I just... Maybe I've gotten too irrational the way I often do with characters I really love, but it really felt like he was unneccessarily torn down and even though I cried and was very upset /for/ Locke...

I dunno. :\

"Deus Ex Machina" means "god from a machine", right? I said a while back that I thought some sort of Power was inside the hatch, likely that someone locked it in there to keep it away from people. A god-like power? What machines are there on the island? Could it be in the hatch?

I think it's that the task of opening the hatch has become Locke's religion. So the light, the possibility of something reaching out to him... his God is coming from the machine. Or, you know, man-made vessel that's probably got mechanical stuff going on. *eee*

*still all kinds of messed up about this episode*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

but it really felt like he was unneccessarily torn down and even though I cried and was very upset /for/ Locke...

Yeah, I read that in your own post and understood what you meant. The show is just way too good at playing with our emotions.

[loneguardian.livejournal.com]

... Is it sad that I read that title as 'Best Lost Exp Ever'? 9.9;;;; I thought you found a really cool way to die, like poking Vrtra or something. ;3

[recsrainbow.livejournal.com]

Hee! I died twice tonight (on purpose) and once on accident (as WAR, no biggie), but none of the deaths were exciting at all. :p

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

...or I could be logged into the right account...