Lost-vivor: “Enter 77″
Posted on March 8, 2007 @ 10:02 am
Welcome to Week Eleven 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 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 at the Lost-vivor archives.
Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for last night’s episode of Lost. Proceed at your own risk.
When, exactly, did the Lost writers decide that they hate John Locke? Remember back in the first season, when Locke was the coolest character ever with the knives and the survival skills and the spiritual connection to the island? Then came the Hatch. Then Locke got obsessed with pushing the button. Then he let Ben get inside his head. Then he feuded with Jack over leadership of the castaways. Then he had his crisis of faith, decided not to push the button, and nearly got himself, Eko, Charlie, and Desmond killed in the process.
It looked like Locke was poised to make a triumphant return to form earlier this season, but last night suggests we’re stuck with the lame version of the character for the foreseeable future. Would it kill the writers to let Locke do something right every now and then? Here’s an idea: next time you find a secret video message from DHARMA, why not tell Sayid and Kate? You know, so they can say, “Hey, we noticed this place is wired with explosives. Do you think that whole ‘Enter 77′ thing might be a self-destruct code?” Sometimes, I think if these people would be off the island by now if they just had better communication skills.
The Locke stuff aside, though, I enjoyed “Enter 77.” We didn’t get any definitive answers on the connection between DHARMA and the Others, but the episode certainly hinted at some interesting possibilities. It’s easy to forget what a compelling character Sayid can be when he’s out of the spotlight for a few weeks. His flashback was short and to the point, and his actions in the present once again confirmed that he’s by far the most capable Lost-vivor (you know, ever since they ruined Locke).
The ping pong B-story was a fun idea, too. I wish we had seen more of Hurley and Sawyer’s match, but I guess the episode was already packed with Eyepatch Guy and Sayid’s flashback.
You know, last week they found a hippie van full of beer in the jungle. This week it was a ping pong table. If they keep this up, I expect Hurley and Charlie to bump into the Harlem Globetrotters out there before the season is over.
Okay, enough recap already. Let’s take a look at the scores.
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Look at Sayid go! It’s a big week for everyone’s favorite interrogator-turned-chef, as he shoots up through the rankings. Locke, on the other hand, took a major tumble from second to fourth place as a result of his computer chess addiction and blowing up the Flame Station. Meanwhile, Kate, Hurley, and Jin continue to post steady gains. Sawyer remains in the lead, but the gap is steadily closing.
After eleven face-rocking weeks of Lost-vivor, here are your standings:
- Sawyer (167) (-3)
- Desmond (142)
- Kate (126) (+5)
- Locke (121) (-18)
- Jin (119) (+8)
- Hurley (118) (+5)
- Sayid (112) (+19)
- Sun (112) (+5)
- Vincent (105)
- Claire (104)
- Nikki (97)
- Paulo (93) (-4)
- Charlie (92)
- Jack (81)
Stick a fork in this week’s Lost-vivor, ’cause it’s done! Be sure to tune in next week when Claire gets the flashback treatment in “Par Avion.” For what it’s worth, ABC’s promos for the episode include the phrase “Charlie exhibits peculiar behavior.” Does that mean he’s going to morph back into Evil Charlie and start skulking around camp with his hoodie pulled up again? We can only hope.
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For the record, I’m fairly sure that Sawyer didn’t want his magazine back because Paulo had been taking a dump (again?) with it. Check the Dharma TP.
pkal: My wife and I debated whether Paulo was borrowing the magazine for dumping purposes. I’m taking your comment as evidence we weren’t crazy and adjusting the scores accordingly.
Thanks!
Funny, I’ve never really cared for Locke. He’s always struck me as a little, not shady, per se, but definitely not very forth coming. Which goes to your non-communicative point I suppose. He’s always been a little high and mighty for my taste.
when i count up Kate’s score for teh week… I get a total of +5 not +6. Not that it matters.
Not a bad Sayid episode, but what a horrible episode for Locke.
It looked to me like Sayid, Kate, Locke didn’t take the cow and saddled horses from the Flame. Gee, it would be nice to have some fresh milk instead of whatever is dropped from the air - and a horse would sure make it easier to get around the island. wtf?!? Sayid, Kate, Lock and the WRITERS should all lose some points for that!
At least Sayid took the Operations Manual, we learned that the Others are the “hostiles” from before Dharma got to the island (probably), and what the cable out to the ocean was all about.
OK. Let me start by saying I’m about 3 weeks behind on the TiVo for Lost so I haven’t read your posts or the comments for fear of spoilers. I just wanted to say that I think it would be cool if you changed the logo to say “Outwit Outplay OutLost” instead of “Outlast”. I’m witty like that. If this has come up a bunch of times before you can ignore this. Heck, you can ignore it anyway. It’s your blog.
emg: Right you are! Addition was never my strong suit.
It’s been corrected.
Phollower: I like that idea. It might be time to fire up Photoshop and see what I can do.
Hey - something I just realized - Hurley got nothing for playing “psychiatrist” to Sawyer (”we realize you need stuff” and “Kate will be alright”). That seems like an injustice of some kind!
Ok, I know - they’re your scores so I’ll stop complaining
Seriously, when did Locked become this stupid? You’re right he used to be such a badass who knew everything, could build anything, and could kill anything. Now he’s freaking Homer Simpson! Playing a game when he’s supposed to be watching the eye-patch dude? pushing the button when even if you did’t know about the C4 you had to know something bad would happen? At least Sayid is still on top of his game.
It was funny when they made the deal about Sawyer not being able to use nicknames for a week. The first thing I thought was “ooh, how many episodes is this going to account for? Sawyer stands to lose a lot of points!”
Oh, and I love the Bruce Dickinson line.
I’VE GOT A FEVER, AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL!!!
Jeff: Yeah, I debated giving Hurley a few points there and eventually decided against it (based on whatever “logic” drives my scoring in the first place). Maybe I’ll sling him a few extra points next week.
Adam: I’m glad someone out there appreciated the Bruce Dickinson line. I was afraid it might be too obscure.
I think Nikki needs a few minus point as well, for her single line and Sawyer’s rebuttal - “B) Who are you anyway?” That was just too funny
Good week overall for most losties…well except for Locke, but he’s an imbecile, and I guess those new lostaways, who are frivilous to everyone anyway. They’re like the new Shannon and whats-his-face, except less meaningful. And I bet I won’t care half as much when they die a horrible death by being shot in the arms of the one they love/crushed to death in a drug plane.
Hey, how did Jack get a point this week when he wasn’t in the episode?
Dave: Oops! He didn’t.
That was a remnant from copying and pasting last week’s scores when writing the recap. It’s fixed now. Thanks for the heads-up!
Locke has always been a sucker. I mean… he let someone steal an internal organ.
Here’s what annoyed me so much about Locke’s role this week - it seemed like the writers needed to unveil some new hope (Kate/John: “Look, Sayid, it’s a broken satellite tower!), but they couldn’t leave the tower up (Sayid: “I’ll have it fixed by the end of the next 45 minutes episode!”). So they had to contrive a way to build up their/our hopes, and then dash them in a firey explosion. It would have been a far cooler ending to have Locke push “77″ and see nothing happen…then we could have wondered for a while. The explosion just seemed very forced, and not at all subtle storytelling.
Jeff - I totally agree about the cow and horses. Also, there was a whole station of notebooks and goodies, and Kate & John come out empty handed? That seems incredible lame. At least grab a jug of the sweet tea or a few ice cubes. (Also, wasn’t it strange that Sayid knew Patchy was lying, but still drank his tasty tea anyway?) Jess - LOVED the Bruce Dickinson mention!
Dude, Hurley should get an additional 25 points for stopping Sawyer from using nicknames. That’s like a huge victory. Or at least give Hurley 10 points per episode until Sawyer’s week is up. Sawyer usually bestows about 5 nicknames per episode so Hurley should get those points for no nicknames.
Also, where is Sawyer’s -160 million points for learning that Hurley’s name is Hugo and not remembering that Hugo’s note for the raft mentioned his $160 million fortune. Reference Season 1 Exodus (2). Sawyer: “Who the hell is Hugo and how did he get $160 million to leave to his mama?”
This episode would have been much better if that guy’s eye patch switched eyes every other scene.
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