Posted on May 1, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
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.
“Something Nice Back Home” wasn’t exactly an action-packed extravaganza, but I imagine it was a real treat for all the Jack/Kate ’shippers out there. That being said, I guess I’m glad Jack is still alive, and it was a pleasant change to see Juliet step up to the plate and do the whole doctor thing (considering she’s been somewhat underutilized this season).
I’m curious to see where the Christian Shepherd storyline is going — both on and off the Island. I wonder if Jack’s whole “get my father down here” rant from the Season Three finale wasn’t as nutty as it initially sounded. Factor in Christian’s appearance in Jacob’s cabin earlier this season, and I imagine things are about to get very interesting.
Meanwhile, I’m definitely enjoying the development of Sawyer’s character. Seeing him stand up for Hurley last week and take such a protective attitude toward Claire this week is a welcome turn of events. I’m sure Lost purists are filling up the message boards right now, demanding the return of the guy who used to horde asthma inhalers back in Season One, but I think his evolution makes sense in the context of his recent Island experiences (especially the attack on Othersville).
Anyway, I thought it was an okay episode — nothing earth-shattering, but a decent hour of television nevertheless. Let’s take a look at this week’s scores…
Jack:
Ew…Jack’s all sweaty and gross: -1
Passed out again, face-planted on the beach. Hey, I wonder if the “sickness” that Rousseau used to rattle on about was just ordinary appendicitis all along. If so, the whole “murdering her crewmates” thing seems like overkill in hindsight: -1
Slept in, late to an appointment: -1
Jack wears panties now? And he has Star Wars toys scattered around his house? I never realized how much the two of us have in common: -1
Oh, wait — he’s living with Kate. Way to go, Jack: +5
And he’s reading Alice in Wonderland to Aaron. And getting mucho kissy-face from Kate: +3
Failed to convince Juliet that he was suffering from food poisoning. It was an obvious lie; after all, DHARMA shut down its subterranean Taco Bell station (”The Chalupa”) last October: -1
Cooked up the crazy mirror scheme so he could watch his own surgery. If only he had tried to do it himself. As I said last week, that would have been worth fifty points at least: +2
Asked Kate to marry him; she said yes: +10
Stayed conscious for a solid minute his surgery. That’s not too bad considering using lidocaine as a local anesthetic for an appendectomy is like crunching up a few children’s aspirins and rubbing them on your stomach before cutting it open with a rusty steak knife: +3
Survived the surgery: +10
Saw his dad, who may or may not actually be there: -3
Hey, I’m pretty sure that combining your anti-anxiety medication with six or seven beers is contraindicated: -5
Got a little emotionally abusive toward Kate, still jealous of Sawyer: -4
And thus begins Jack’s descent into a drugged-up, suicidal, blubbering mess: -6
Net gain/loss: +10
Current score: 117 |
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Daniel:
Totally called out Charlotte on her “attitude”: +1
Volunteered to go to the medical station, found all the junk on Juliet’s list: +2
Net gain/loss: +3
Current score: 144 |
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Claire:
Wandered off into the jungle with Christian Shepherd, seemingly abandoned Aaron: -7
Net gain/loss: -7
Current score: 94 |
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Sawyer:
Bestowed nickname on Miles (”Donger”): +1
Check out Mr. Caretaker, looking after Claire and Aaron: +2
Issued a Mysterious Island Restraining Order against Miles on Claire’s behalf: +2
Slept through Christian’s nocturnal visit and Claire’s departure. In Sawyer’s defense, he was probably plumb tuckered out from running around like an action hero back at Othersville: -2
Net gain/loss: +3
Current score: 130 |
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Miles:
Apparently hears dead people, found Rousseau and Karl: +4
Targeted by Sawyer’s restraining order. Wait a second…doesn’t Sawyer need Mayor Locke’s approval to do something like that? Or is the jungle under Tribal Chief Jack’s jurisdiction?: -2
Net gain/loss: +2
Current score: 96 |
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Bernard:
All up in Daniel’s grill: +2
Served as anesthesiologist for Jack’s surgery. Appeared disturbingly comfortable applying chloroform-soaked rag: +3
Net gain/loss: +5
Current score: 110 |
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Charlotte:
Speaks Korean. Sure, why not?: +2
Net gain/loss: +2
Current score: 102 |
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Hurley:
Stopped taking meds, isn’t sleeping. Looks more nutso than the last time we saw him: -3
On the plus side, he’s still getting visits from the Ghost Hobbit: +1
Net gain/loss: -2
Current score: 111 |
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Jin:
Noticed Daniel has a crush on Charlotte: +1
Figured out that Charlotte speaks Korean. Very observant: +2
Brokered a deal to get Sun off the Island: +5
Then again, I’m not sure Charlotte is exactly the “go-to person” for these kinds of matters: -3
Net gain/loss: +5
Current score: 109 |
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Juliet:
Remembered she was a doctor, started caring for Jack: +1
Saw through Jack’s clever food poisoning ruse: +1
Took charge of the camp; sent Losties off to boil water, fetch clean towels. That’s an OB/GYN joke. Well, kinda: +4
Doesn’t know precisely where to make the incision. Don’t worry, Jack; if your appendix is inflamed enough, it should be easy to find once she’s in there: -2
Successfully pulled off the surgery, saved Jack’s life: +10
Offered Jack back to Kate. My theory? Jack is a horrible kisser: +2
Net gain/loss: +16
Current score: 125 |
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Frank:
Thought fast, told Sawyer and company to hide in the jungle: +3
Distracted Keamy when Aaron started crying. Stupid babies: +2
Net gain/loss: +5
Current score: 121 |
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Rose:
Bestowed nickname on Charlotte (”Red”): +1
Correctly pointed out that Jack shouldn’t be getting sick on the Island. If anything, he should be growing a second appendix: +2
Net gain/loss: +3
Current score: 100 |
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Sun:
Remembered where the medical station was: +4
Net gain/loss: +4
Current score: 112 |
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Kate:
Since I didn’t give Kate any points for her fancy house the last time we saw it, consider this catching up: +2
Drafted as Juliet’s nurse: +1
Subsequently kicked out of the operating tent: -1
Accepted Jack’s marriage proposal: +10
Unfortunately, her financé is a pill-popping, self-loathing, hallucinating alcoholic: -5
Net gain/loss: +7
Current score: 109 |
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Ten weeks down, just a few more rounds of Lost-vivor to go. Here are your updated standings:
- Ben (145)
- Daniel (144) (+3)
- Sayid (131)
- Sawyer (130) (+3)
- Juliet (125) (+16)
- Locke (122)
- Frank (121) (+5)
- Jack (117) (+10)
- Desmond (115)
- Sun (112) (+4)
- Hurley (111) (-2)
- Bernard (110) (+5)
- Vincent (109)
- Kate (109) (+7)
- Jin (109) (+5)
- Charlotte (102) (+2)
- Rose (100) (+3)
- Miles (96) (+2)
- Claire (94) (-7)
- Michael (79)
While Ben maintained a very narrow lead over Daniel, there were some shakeups further down the scoreboard worth noting this week. Juliet posted major gains thanks to her successful surgery, and Jack didn’t do too bad for himself either by surviving the ordeal. It’s also worth mentioning that Frank Lapidus has somehow crept into seventh place over the past few episodes — and is now in easy striking distance of the top three. Could he be this season’s Lost-vivor dark horse?
That just about wraps up this week’s installment of Lost-vivor. As always, feel free to comment, complain, or offer your predictions below. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you next time!
The picture you have of Charlotte looks like someone just told her “oh yeah, you speak Korean too…”
Ben and Daniel duking it out for the top spot? Cats and dogs living together–mass hysteria!
@Daniel: For what it’s worth, Charlotte’s awful portrait is one of the things I’m enjoying most about Lost-vivor this season.
I’m not even gonna pretend that I’m embarrassed about how much the Jack/Kate hookup pleases me. That’s good TV man. Bad boys are overrated. Give me a good looking doctor any day. I must confess I’ve given up on Lost the last few weeks and I wasn’t going to watch this week either but I was slow with the remote and bam! Jack and Kate goodness. Awesome. I don’t even really care what else happened in the episode. Yeah. I know. Predictable. Okay. I’ll stop typing now so I can get back to the show…
Oh and by the way the Nerds On The Internet® will be quick to point out that Sawyer was never hording asthma inhalers, Boone just assumed he was since Sawyer was reading Watership Down. Sawyer maintains that no matter what kind of commie-share-fest Jack is running down in cave-town, down on the beach, possession is 9/10ths…
I’d like to comment on the trailer for next week, but then again I’ve been dead for 12 years. Weird, huh?
i’m pretty sure Sawyer called Miles “Donger” as in “Donger need food”
i think you should include smokey
i think you should include smokey.
Well, this episode was not the gangbuster last week was but nonetheless enjoyable! What does everyone think happened to Claire? One theory is she died from a head injury when her house was blown up and her Dad came to get her… What is everyone else’s theory? This is curious for sure.
Well, this episode was not the gangbuster last week was but nonetheless enjoyable! I really enjoy the character Sawyer is becoming. I think he should take over Othersville, wait does it still exist?
What does everyone think happened to Claire? One theory is she died from a head injury when her house was blown up and her Dad came to get her… What is everyone else’s theory? This is curious for sure.
Im pretty diappointed in smokie. Not even one kill. Just a beatdown on a redshirt commando (or was it Omar?
“My theory? Jack is a horrible kisser.” Best one! And he probably is!
I think I may be the only girl not in the Jack/Kate camp. The whole thing kind of nauseated me. It was all too lovey-dovey, so I kind of figured things would go awry by the end. The fact that it was Sawyer with the combination of a drunken medicated Jack just made it that much more juicy!
I think you have Sun out of order in the number rankings based upon the current count. Great overview!
I’m glad to finally see an OBGYN joke in your LOST episode recaps. Brilliant.
I’m also pretty upset that Smokey got ZERO kills, just messed up a guys foot. Need I remind you what happened to Eko?!
I’m deducting Sawyer 8 of my own points for not taking advantage of the perfect ambush position/Frank diversion where he could have taken out Kearny and his cronies. What a lack of tactical awareness…how disappointing…
Hey — I just rewatched the episode again. Did you notice how a majority of the characters were wearing blue? Do you think that symbolizes anything? Maybe you can give them points for coordinating their outfits.
did anybody else notice that jack was totally dising juliet?
like he told her she was opperating in the wrong place he told her that he wanted kate with him
and when she told kate that she knew he didnt kiss her because he wanted too but because he needed to do it for himself he didnt say anything to her and she knew he was awake
i normally think juliet is annoying but that was kinda mean what they did to her i mean she loved him!
and i do not like who sawyer is becoming either the writers are goin wack!
everyone is changing and it seems weird!
i kinda miss the good old times when sawyer was dising hurley and juliet was a nobody and i miss sayid and desmondo on the island the survivors are all spliting up
and i like seeing them all together like one big happy family!
i hope next episode they get their ACT TOGETHER CAUSE YOU CANT JUST CHANGE WHO THE CHARACTERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH SEASON!
(sorry i didnt mean to capitalize those letters)
Hahaha, “The Chalupa.” Probably the best thing you’ve said on Lost-vivor, ever. I predict that the big twist at the end of this season will be that Dharma was officially sponsored by Taco Bell, which will be the major focus of season 5, the return to Burrito Island™.
@lostnerd: Good grief, the characters’ personalities are changing. The writers *must* be running out of ideas now. Why can’t they just keep them the “big happy family” that they were in the first season?
Jess, I think the writers are fans of LOSTvivor, they’ve been listening to you and have given Bernard some hero traits beep…beep…dash…chloroform!
I loved the ~Miles tripping over the ghosts~ part, and hope to see more of it!
@Iain: Glad you liked my reference to the Chalupa Station. I imagine the logo would look a little something like this:
love the logo! love it!
“It’s too early for Chinese.” Best Sawyer line of the season and should get +13
That logo is wonderful. I could really go for a Dharma taco right now. Mmmmm..
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