Posted on March 7, 2008 @ 12:20 am
Welcome to Lost-vivor — all the mystery and adventure of Lost with an added dash of Survivor-style competition! Please note that the section ahead contains spoilers for last night’s episode of Lost. Proceed at your own risk.
“The Other Woman” didn’t strike me as a spectacular episode, but it was certainly good enough in the sense that it kept the season’s momentum going strong. Juliet has never really grown on me as a character, and this episode didn’t do much to remedy the situation. I guess she’s always just felt a little nonessential int he grand scheme of things. There’s already a doctor and a tough chick with jungle survival skills on the island. Do we really need a tough chick doctor with jungle survival skills, too? Sure, it might be interesting if she was sharing all the cool secrets she knows thanks to her past with the Others, but of course, that never seems to come up.
Enough about Juliet, though. In other developments, Daniel continues to absolutely rock. Meanwhile, “The Other Woman” certainly gave Charlotte an edge the character was missing in previous appearances. On the other hand, it seems Locke is slowly reverting back into his indecisive, easily manipulated self, letting Ben play him like a fiddle. Oh, well…I guess it was inevitable. We can’t have Awesome Locke stick around too long, can we?
So, let’s take a look at this week’s scores. Oh, I almost forgot — by popular demand, I’ve added the Freighter Folk to the Lost-vivor rankings this week (with initial scores reflecting the points they “unofficially” earned in previous episodes).
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Juliet:
Celebrity status on Island (and Ben’s secret crush) got her some pretty decent digs: +1
Apparently knows a chemical burn when she sees it: +1
Quip of the night: “It’s very stressful being an Other, Jack”: +1
Busted by Harper, the passive aggressive shrink, for her affair with Goodwin: -2
Enjoyed romantic beach getaway with Goodwin: +1
Got the drop on Daniel in the Tempest: +2
Whacked from behind by Charlotte. Ouch: -3
Eventually won the scuffle with Charlotte: +2
Kissed Jack. Anyone else think Kate should start dating Ben now, just to get back at Juliet? Or maybe Zombie Goodwin?: +3
Net gain/loss: +6
Current score: 114 |
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Jin:
Silent Bob here didn’t bother mentioning that to anyone that he saw Charlotte and Daniel skulking off into the jungle. Just for that, Jin gets no points for busting out his increasingly mad English skillz: -2
Net gain/loss: -2
Current score: 99 |
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Charlotte:
Bad liar (concerning the “out of juice” satellite phone): -2
Cold cocked Kate. Eh…she probably had it coming: +3
In what’s quickly becoming a signature move, whacked Juliet from behind. Ladies and gentlemen, Charlotte Lewis — snooty anthropologist by day, cheap-shot artist by night: +3
Net gain/loss: +4
Current score: 100 |
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Claire:
Lobbied Locke to give her some face time with Miles. It didn’t work, but you have to give Claire credit for being proactive for a change: +2
Net gain/loss: +2
Current score: 98 |
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Vincent:
Vincent cameo (getting his belly rubbed by Jin): +1
Net gain/loss: +1
Current score: 106 |
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Locke:
Check out Daddy Warbucks, cooking up a fancy rabbit dinner and throwing around cash like it’s going out of style: +1
Let Ben out of the basement. Dude…he’s just going to Scooby Doo you (again): -2
Got some answers about who sent the freighter. So, I guess the H.M.S. Not Penny’s Boat is actually the H.M.S. Penny’s Father’s Boat. If Ben is to be trusted. Which, generally speaking, he isn’t: +3
Set Ben free. I guess Competent Locke has officially been replaced with our old friend Easily-Manipulated Locke: -5
Net gain/loss: -3
Current score: 123 |
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Sawyer:
Defeated by Hurley at horseshoes: -1
Net gain/loss: -1
Current score: 118 |
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Ben:
Still ordering around Juliet even while he’s a prisoner on the other side of the Island. Jack, Locke — pay attention. That’s what you call “leadership”: +2
Tried to get fresh with Juliet using the old “brush hands while looking through a stereoscope” trick. Shot down: -1
Reading Philip K. Dick’s VALIS. If you hold off a few years, I’m sure they’ll eventually adapt it into a shitty movie: +1
Totally getting inside Locke’s head. Yet again: +3
Juliet didn’t realize his dinner invitation was for two. Awkward: -1
Taped over the Red Sox: -1
Got all creepy with Juliet (”You’re mine”): -2
Locke was all like, “I’m setting you free!” and Hurley and Sawyer were all like, “WTF?!” and Ben was all like, “I have clean towels! See you at dinner!” and I was all like, “No way!”: +5
Net gain/loss: +6
Current score: 122 |
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Daniel:
Has a map of the Island: +2
Stopped the deadly, deadly neurotoxin. Daniel is going to turn into a twitchy, nebbish, American version of Sayid if he keeps throwing around so much awesome: +9
Net gain/loss: +11
Current score: 138 |
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Kate:
Tracked down Daniel and Charlotte: +3
Wait…was she even looking for them in the first place?: -2
Caught on to Charlotte and Daniel’s lies. Way to go, Encyclopedia Brown: +1
Clocked in the back of the head by Charlotte. That looked pretty brutal: -4
Used her super jungle tracking skills to find Charlotte, Daniel, and Juliet at the Tempest: +2
Net gain/loss: 0
Current score: 99 |
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Jack:
Organized search party to find Charlotte and Daniel: +1
Didn’t bother to ask Juliet about the mysterious jungle whispers or the disappearing psychiatrist. ‘Cause, you know, it’s probably not an interesting story anyway: -4
Tended to Kate after stumbling across her in the jungle: +1
Kissed Juliet. All that was missing was a heartbroken reaction shot from Kate: +3
Net gain/loss: +1
Current score: 108 |
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Hurley:
Defeated Sawyer at horseshoes: +1
Net gain/loss: +1
Current score: 113 |
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Six week’s into the second season of Lost-vivor, here are your updated standings:
- Daniel (138) (+11)
- Sayid (127)
- Locke (123) (-3)
- Ben (122) (+6)
- Sawyer (118) (-1)
- Frank (115)
- Desmond (113)
- Hurley (113) (+1)
- Juliet (114) (+6)
- Jack (108) (+1)
- Vincent (106) (+1)
- Bernard (101)
- Sun (101)
- Charlotte (100) (+4)
- Kate (99)
- Jin (99) (-2)
- Claire (98) (+2)
- Rose (97)
- Miles (93)
Oh, my! The addition of the Freighter Folk — specifically Daniel — certainly shook up the standings. With another strong showing this week, Daniel catapulted into first place. Meanwhile, Locke slipped a bit while Ben continues to steadily build up points. Even more so than last season, I think it’s anyone’s game at this point. Well, anyone’s but Claire’s. Thanks for reading Lost-vivor, and I’ll see you next time!
Nothing to say except the fact that I’m psyched to see Daniel at the top of the list. He’s become quite the guy on this season! Great work as always. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
YEAH FARRADAY! It’s like Hunter S. Thompson mated with the crow from Secret of Nimh and had a child who they homeschooled! By far my favorite character of the season so far. I’ve even taken to adopting his mannerisms when interacting with my girlfriend. I’m guessing the over under is 2 months before she gets sick of it and dumps me.
Once again, great work Jess, though I was surprised Jin didn’t get a mention of his increasingly “mad english skillz”
What about Goodwin’s freaky wife — where the heck did she come from in the jungle?? And what about the little kids that were tailies to begin with? Where have they ended up? I totally agree with you about Locke…I think he has a man crush on Ben cuz all he does is do what Ben says, and it always bites him in the ass!
He taped over the Red Sox! We were SURE that would be worth a point or two. You gave him negative points?!
What happened with Hurley? Is it +1 or +2 for his good luck in horeshoes? The net gain doesn’t match . . .
Thanks for taking the time to do this -the laughs are much appreciated.
Ben cracked me up last night. Great work, as always, my mom got me hooked on this site!!
I love Daniel!!!! Way to go!!! I think I am secretly in love with him or something.
He is definitely a great asset to the show…although I will say I am not a Charlotte fan!
Thanks for doing this.
Can’t help but notice Sawyer and Desmond aren’t racking up the points like last season. I wonder if the writers are running out of quipping nicknames — I suppose it’s hard to top “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” for Jin and Sun.
My wife moaned aloud when Jack kissed Juliet, muttering ‘why is he kissing her when he really loves Kate.’ I had to explain that the only person tapping that was definitely Sawyer.
I like the ‘Kate dates Ben to get back at Jack’ idea. But then Sawyer will get jealous, so he’ll start making moves on Claire. Then Kate will get jealous of HIM, so she’ll steal Aaron and ditch the island. Jacob consequently gets pissed off because he loves kids and hates baby stealers, so he makes Dead Charlie stalk Hurley to lure them back to the island.
Either I just solved the mystery of Season 4, or I need to get a life. I’m betting on the latter.
C’mon - Locke got a _FOLDER_ of information on Widmore and also learned who Ben’s man on the ship is (surely this must be Michael as per the ’someone you never expected to see again’ line for next week).
Re Claire being proactive: Sign of impending doom for the character? A la Charlie’s redemption by end of last season…
Jess- +100 for awesome Encyclopedia Brown reference!
I agree w/ Jane about the Encyclopedia Brown ref…lol! I also dug the Silent Bob thing.
I really expected Juliet to get points last week for her comment to Daniel…”Maybe, if you talk REAL slow, we could understand it…” Juliet is getting some great quotes lately.
Charlotte’s facial expression bugs me. She looks permanently PO’d. I’m glad to see Daniel in the lead, although Sayid has my heart. (Okay, really Sawyer.)
I’ve never commented on this blog before, and was directed here via the USA Today Pop Candy blog on Lost. I just wanted to say YOU ROCK, and you have achieved what I had previously though impossible — you add to my enjoyment of what’s already (arguably) the awesomest show on television. Lost-Vivor cracks me up every time. That’s all. Please carry on with said rocking.
Just giving you props for what i think is a Portal reference (deadly neurotoxin). If not, you still rock! I love Lost-vivor!