LOST Lunch 6.12 Everybody Loves Hugo

Small group today, work does intrude so....

I started off noting something that really struck me watching the episode:  the moments when Smocke seemed to lose his confidence...when that smug look of control fell and one caught a glimpse of fear in his eyes.  Once when he saw the young boy - or another young boy, we thought this one was different, and we wondered if it was the bother of the other one.  Another instance was when he heard Desmond's response to "Why aren't you afraid?" and another when he heard Desmond's confident answer to "do you know who I am?" 

ILANA GOT BLOWN UP!!!  what a way to go.  It did strike us all as a bit weird that she was so NOT careful with the unstable dynamite from the Black Rock...I mean...dropping those water bottles on top of them in her bag did NOT seem smart.  Just what was she trained for...  military arts, spying, protecting strange ethereal beings?  All of us were glad they didn't show the gore...though we supposed there wasn't anything left of her...must admit we did sort of want another Hugo-ism like "you've got some Ilana on you..."  Ben's musings on the incident were priceless.

The Voices - who else might be stuck there?  I thought it could be folks going back hundreds of years, but of the Flight 815 passengers we were sort of stumped.  If a criteria is that you did something bad...  sort of eliminates Boone, Shannon, and Libby.  Ana Lucia, Mr. Eko, per chance?  We wondered if it was a factor if we hadn't seen the person in Sideways World, which might indicate that they had "moved on".  Is there a connection between the 2 worlds on this... and if so does it matter when you died?  Our brains started to steam here so we moved on.

Phyllis wondered if Desmond tried to kill Locke in Sideways World to prevent MIB from getting into his body.  Thought it was a great scene when Ben checked Desmond out as a potential pervert.  We think he used Charlie's name for his "child" because he had just seen him at the hospital.  Of course it could be an echo from world to world, like when the name Aaron popped into  Claire's mind when asked what she was going to name her baby. 

Libby - was killed in the hatch before the first explosion...  so does that effect her status in the 2 worlds?  Fans of the show House:  Phyllis reported that the actress will be appearing on that show as Wilson's ex-wife soon...I'm soooo happy!

Wondered - regarding the mental hospital - where was Dave?  The imaginary (?) friend Hurley saw on the Island way back in the episode "Dave", #18, Season 2.  BTW, we also saw Dr.  Brooks in that episode, played by the same actor, Bruce Davison.  Nice continuity.  (Lostpedia is soooo handy!)  It was nice to see the ole game room, though we wondered where was the fellow who gave Hurley the numbers though as I type I think:  would he even exist in Sideways World and besides, Hurley was never there to hear him.

Phyllis (and someone else) expressed some feelings that all this is somehow anti-climatic...  taking time to give anwers slows down the proceedings.  Kristina hoped it wouldn't all end up being about Loooove.  I think.  Can't read my own writing...  but we sort of got away from mushy love since, again, Constants don't have to be one's love interest. 

Lisa brought up the question:  Will  the Black Rock  being gone effect anything?  And why didn't Smocke's group react to the explosion?

Happily everyone reminded me that Jin is with Widmore.  I had sort of lost track of him.  This is why it's good to have people to chat with about this show.  I can't remember it all myself!

Kristina brought up how creepy it was that the 3 people Smocke needed to get on the plane just happened to wander into his camp.  Just as she said it I thought - he knew they were coming...that's what he was waiting around for!  Was he controlling Michael?  Oh no! 

General feeling that Widmore has same goal as Jacob...to keep Smokey on the Island to prevent disaster..

General question:  is Sayid really dead?  or just his soul, spirit?  We want him HAPPY!!! (and some of us were happy that the actor, Naveen Andrews, 41,  likes older women; some were disappointed - he has been with the actress Barbara Hershey (21 years his senior) for many years. [yeah IMDb.com!]

Did Smocke throw Desmond down the well because he knew he was going to try to kill "him" in Sideways World...or that he is just a threat in general?  Is it the Well that holds the Donkey Wheel?  Will Christian Shephard make an appearance? Feel like he will  and that the character is very important.  Can't be a coincidence that BOTH of his children ended up on the Island.   Carol dropped in long enough to make the wonderful prediction:  In all the Lassie shows (it seemed) someone would tell the heroic dog that someone (Timmy?) was trapped down a well and to go get help.  Well,  it seems only natural then that VINCENT will come and rescue Desmond!  I LIKE it.  OK, I LOVE IT.

Does  Desmond really think that Smocke is John Locke, or does he know its really MIB and was messing with his mind?  No one bought Doc Jensen's idea that Locke was always evil.  Or something like that.  Do feel its possible that getting to that Well was all part of Desmond's (and Widmore's) plan...they need to be close to the electromagnetism and Smocke lead them right to it.

Some eagle eyes noted an image in the previews of a face one half Claire and one half Locke.  Creepy!!! 

Kristina thought Smocke was taunting Desmond by asking him "how long did you push that button?"

Lisa wondered if there was a connection between Dr. Chang and Hurley but we just think its that Hurley made a donation to the museum...and it was a way to get to see our old friend.  She also wondered why Libby started to remember the other world when  she saw Hurley in a commercial and why he got memories back when they kissed...  is one the other person's Constant?   Is Sayid's problem that he doesn't have, or lost, his Constant?

So, see, we cleared up everything, HA HA HA.

That's it...  oh, except we wondered how they were going to work 5 more episodes into 6 more dates...  Lisa said she read somewhere that they are going to repeat Ab Aeterno one night.  Let me know if you can confirm that anywhere.

ok, I'm beat...  

Namaste, Yinz!