Lost-vivor: “Every Man for Himself”
Posted on October 26, 2006 @ 11:08 am
Welcome to Week Four of Lost-vivor — all the mystery and adventure of Lost with an added dash of Survivor-style competition. Here’s the deal: after each week’s Lost, I’ll arbitrarily award and deduct points from the characters based on their actions during the episode. I’ll tally up the Lost-vivor scores as the season progresses, and, at the end, we’ll declare a Lost Season Three champion! You can catch up on the action so far here.
After the jump, I’ll share my thoughts on “Every Man for Himself” and assign points for the week. Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for last night’s episode of Lost. Proceed at your own risk.
Overall, I thought “Every Man for Himself” was a real letdown after last week’s action-packed episode. Sawyer, Kate, and Jack’s imprisonment by the Others just isn’t all that compelling to me at this point. I’m much more interested in what’s going on back at camp, and we only got a few glimpses of that this week. Speaking of which, I’m really pumped about the direction they’re taking Desmond this season. It’s nice having that supernatural vibe that played so heavily in Season One back on the show after it receded into the background last season.
On a totally unrelated note, I can’t help but wonder if Sawyer’s ex-girlfriend Cassidy was running a con job with regards to their supposed daughter, Clementine. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time. Oh, and it seems the Others have a submarine. Man, the Losties don’t stand a chance now.
Okay, let’s see if Sawyer’s time in the spotlight this week helped him regain the top spot in the Lost-vivor rankings…
| Charlie:
Net gain/loss: -1 |
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| Claire:
Net gain/loss: +1 |
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| Desmond:
Net gain/loss: +19 |
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| Hurley:
Net gain/loss: +1 |
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| Jack:
Net gain/loss: -2 |
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| Kate:
Net gain/loss: -18 |
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| Sawyer:
Net gain/loss: -7 |
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It was a tough week of Lost-vivor for Sawyer. To recap, everyone’s favorite conman: 1) got the ever-loving snot beaten out of him twice, 2) had his Rube Goldberg-esque escape plan thwarted, 3) fell for the old “we implanted a pacemaker in your chest” trick, and 4) displayed poor reading retention skills by not recognizing Benry’s quote from Of Mice and Men. If he hadn’t been throwing out new nicknames left and right, he probably would have fallen even further in the rankings.
Then again, he wasn’t dumb enough to escape his cage and then climb back inside…like a certain Lost-vivor. Good news, Jack! If Kate keeps this up, you might not finish last after all!
Meanwhile, Desmond continued to make major gains. The combination of being able to see the future and looking like Jesus may give him the inside track for the number one spot next week.
After four weeks of pulse-pounding Lost-vivor, here are the standings:
- Locke (126)
- Desmond (116) (+19)
- Sawyer (115) (-7)
- Jin (110)
- Sun (107)
- Hurley (104) (+1)
- Claire (101) (+1)
- Eko (101)
- Charlie (100) (-1)
- Vincent (100)
- Sayid (94)
- Jack (79) (-2)
- Kate (78) (-18)
Be sure to tune in next week for more Lost-vivor!
Posted by Jess | Filed Under Lost-vivor |
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I hereby demand you start handing out points to Henry Gale and/or possibly some other Others as well.
Failure to meet these demands shall result in… not a whole lot, probably. But still.
I’ve debated whether I want to start scoring prominent Others, as well as new cast members like Paulo and That New Girl from the End of Last Week’s Episode.
My rule of thumb is to only score good guys (or at least characters who seem to be good guys). I’ll probably add Paulo and That New Girl to the rankings once they actually figure into an episode prominently (or, better still, get a flashback).
I’m also going back and forth on what happens if a player reaches zero points. I’m thinking they get voted off the Island.
I am not into either show, but this is funny.
Desmond might pass Locke up. No doubt about Kate getting back into the cage. Idiot. They have to know she can get out though, and her loooooove for Jack is keeping her there, or something. I can’t wait to see what happens when the camp losties try to rescue the other losties.
I might be getting soft on Sawyer for showing a softer side giving that kid the money (I think your right about the possible scam by the mother) and the bunnies. A guy that likes bunnies, has to be hot. Cus I said so.
If Desmond stays on the track to becoming the Christ figure of the series, I would actually start deducting points. We all know what happens to THAT guy.
I think last night show left the writers with some big logistical questions to answer. How in one show this season they show the crash as if one part of the island could see the beach and the aft section of the airplane which was near the OTHERS. Then the OTHERS show Sawyer that he can’t escape becuase they are on a separate island.
And how did Hurley get back to the main island?
I thought the Others captured Jack, Kate, and Sawyer and THEN took them to the other island.
I think Jack should have got +8 points for letting Trixie the whore die. She was really annoying and one of the others.
I think Desmond should also get a few points for having his slang catch on, since Charlie referred to him as “Brotha”.
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