The Lost running diary: 1.05
White Rabbit
Jack gets beat up as a little kid. Poor guy.
This is the episode that starts with Jack saving Boone, who is trying to save the girl being carried out to the sea. Do we ever have any idea who that girl was by the way (her name is Joanna)? Also, how does Boone get out that far and then spontaneously drown?
Last episode was the first time we got the creepy vision of Jack's father. We just got another one. I don't think there's anything significant about when he pops up, but I'll try to keep track of what's going on when it happens anyway.
Claire asks Kate if she's a Gemini and goes into a short creepy rant about astrology. Just a bit of foreshadowing on the whole Claire going to a creepy psychic thing.
I don't really remember why Jack can't make decisions as a leader in this episode. I remember thinking at the time it was some sort of Christ reference to when Jesus disappears from the Bible during his childhood which people believe is because he had a crisis of faith and didn't want to lead people. Cause you know, evidently I'm not only a Christ expert but also a run-on sentence expert.
Jack sees his father again while Boone is yelling at him about saving Boone and not the girl.
I do really like that they address the leadership issue on the island. People look to Jack as the leader because he is good and attempts to help people. In my opinion, Sayid is probably the best suited to lead on the island, but he recognizes his limitations and leads where he is able. Boone thinks he is entitled because he's a rich kid who was given a business to run by Daddy. Locke seems to be knowledgeable enough to lead but has no desire whatsoever.
Something I just thought of in reference to Joanna (the woman we never see who gets swept out to see). Kate mentioned that she was not supposed to be on that flight; that she got an ear infection and got bumped onto that plane. I seem to remember a number of other people who were not supposed to be on that plane that were. Sayid stayed an extra day in Sydney to see that the Arab guy got a proper burial. I think Claire ended up on the plane last minute because of weird psychic guy.
I'm kinda schizophrenic with this episode tonight: back to Jack as Jesus. What I remember of stories where Jesus is not in the Bible as a teenager is that he had a crisis of faith and didn't believe that he was the son of God (maybe because he was Jewish, but I digress). He finds himself, and his faith, and believes that God is actually his father. Jack is also in the forest running around shirking responsibility and the flock looking for his father. Also somewhat fitting that he almost falls off a cliff and is saved by Locke, AKA man of faith.
Chalie's tattoo on his left shoulder: "Living is easy with eyes closed"
I've been looking for signs that Sun speaks English. So far, I have seen none.
Interesting point from Becky: Locke encourages Jack in this episode to lead. Very different from the second season where they have a power struggle.
I'd like to again point out the liberal use of the term "the others."
"What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason... I looked into the eye of this island and what I saw was beautiful." Locke becomes total man of faith, and slightly less creepy.
I like the "Ice in Glass" noise that is supposed to signify Jack's father. Sort of like brief theme music for the snobby drunk. Anyway, Jack's father makes the noise and leads him to the natural spring, along with the cave and piece of the plane and Jack's father's coffin. And it's empty. DUN DUN DUN!!!
Any chance Jack's father was brought back to life by the same healing power that healed Locke and Rose? Probably not, just throwing that out there.
Great final scene: Jack returns to the flock, leads them away from their wrongful behavior. Right after he says the words "We're going to die alone," we get a shot of two people: Boone in the foreground, Shannon in the background.
Sawyer has asked a lot of people how it feels to be the new most hated person on the island, yet he continues to take back the thrown pretty quickly.
I really do like the leadership struggles in this episode, it might make it one of my favorite episodes. Or at least my favorite episode that doesn't reveal much about the island.
One final comment from Becky. While reading over my shoulder about Jack returning to the flock and setting right their wrongful ways, Becky was reminded of Moses coming back down fom the mountain to the golden calf. Yay religion.
Jack gets beat up as a little kid. Poor guy.
This is the episode that starts with Jack saving Boone, who is trying to save the girl being carried out to the sea. Do we ever have any idea who that girl was by the way (her name is Joanna)? Also, how does Boone get out that far and then spontaneously drown?
Last episode was the first time we got the creepy vision of Jack's father. We just got another one. I don't think there's anything significant about when he pops up, but I'll try to keep track of what's going on when it happens anyway.
Claire asks Kate if she's a Gemini and goes into a short creepy rant about astrology. Just a bit of foreshadowing on the whole Claire going to a creepy psychic thing.
I don't really remember why Jack can't make decisions as a leader in this episode. I remember thinking at the time it was some sort of Christ reference to when Jesus disappears from the Bible during his childhood which people believe is because he had a crisis of faith and didn't want to lead people. Cause you know, evidently I'm not only a Christ expert but also a run-on sentence expert.
Jack sees his father again while Boone is yelling at him about saving Boone and not the girl.
I do really like that they address the leadership issue on the island. People look to Jack as the leader because he is good and attempts to help people. In my opinion, Sayid is probably the best suited to lead on the island, but he recognizes his limitations and leads where he is able. Boone thinks he is entitled because he's a rich kid who was given a business to run by Daddy. Locke seems to be knowledgeable enough to lead but has no desire whatsoever.
Something I just thought of in reference to Joanna (the woman we never see who gets swept out to see). Kate mentioned that she was not supposed to be on that flight; that she got an ear infection and got bumped onto that plane. I seem to remember a number of other people who were not supposed to be on that plane that were. Sayid stayed an extra day in Sydney to see that the Arab guy got a proper burial. I think Claire ended up on the plane last minute because of weird psychic guy.
I'm kinda schizophrenic with this episode tonight: back to Jack as Jesus. What I remember of stories where Jesus is not in the Bible as a teenager is that he had a crisis of faith and didn't believe that he was the son of God (maybe because he was Jewish, but I digress). He finds himself, and his faith, and believes that God is actually his father. Jack is also in the forest running around shirking responsibility and the flock looking for his father. Also somewhat fitting that he almost falls off a cliff and is saved by Locke, AKA man of faith.
Chalie's tattoo on his left shoulder: "Living is easy with eyes closed"
I've been looking for signs that Sun speaks English. So far, I have seen none.
Interesting point from Becky: Locke encourages Jack in this episode to lead. Very different from the second season where they have a power struggle.
I'd like to again point out the liberal use of the term "the others."
"What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason... I looked into the eye of this island and what I saw was beautiful." Locke becomes total man of faith, and slightly less creepy.
I like the "Ice in Glass" noise that is supposed to signify Jack's father. Sort of like brief theme music for the snobby drunk. Anyway, Jack's father makes the noise and leads him to the natural spring, along with the cave and piece of the plane and Jack's father's coffin. And it's empty. DUN DUN DUN!!!
Any chance Jack's father was brought back to life by the same healing power that healed Locke and Rose? Probably not, just throwing that out there.
Great final scene: Jack returns to the flock, leads them away from their wrongful behavior. Right after he says the words "We're going to die alone," we get a shot of two people: Boone in the foreground, Shannon in the background.
Sawyer has asked a lot of people how it feels to be the new most hated person on the island, yet he continues to take back the thrown pretty quickly.
I really do like the leadership struggles in this episode, it might make it one of my favorite episodes. Or at least my favorite episode that doesn't reveal much about the island.
One final comment from Becky. While reading over my shoulder about Jack returning to the flock and setting right their wrongful ways, Becky was reminded of Moses coming back down fom the mountain to the golden calf. Yay religion.
posted by Mike Oliver at 9:32 PM
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