Things Change
Mood:  vegas lucky
Topic: Lost
Last night viewers saw a slight shift in the narrative structure of Lost. We still got flashbacks, but this time, they were from different characters, rather than just focusing on one for the whole episode.

We get another scene of Jack in the airport, where he meets Anna Lucille, a woman in the tail section (seat 42F). She's kicking back tequila for her own personal flight prep, and flirts with him so strongly she's practically salivating. She heard him arguing at the desk about getting his father's casket on board the plane, and she tells him, "The worst part is over." That's what you think, sister!

Back on Oahu, I mean, the island, in a pot-kettle-black moment, curmudgeonly high school science teacher Arzt calls Hurley "the fat guy." He later snottily instructs Hurley on the proper pronunciation and spelling of his name, and says high school students have no problem pronouncing it. Unflapped, Hurley says he memorized Arzt's first name from the plane's log, and he thinks Leslie is a "bitchin" first name.

According to the USA Weekend article of May 6-8, we're to expect some "shake-ups" in the regular cast next season, and I think these two moments are preparation for that. According to Arzt's expository dialogue, we can expect Michael, Walt, Sawyer (aka James), and Jin to sail north for 3 to 4 weeks, before the wind changes and blows them southward. If they don't get picked up by a ship, as they hope, they MAY drift back to the island in 6 to 8 weeks. Unless they miss it, in which case, they will end up in Antarctica. If the bamboo doesn't rot and they sink in a storm at sea. The point is, we may not see these intrepid rafters next season, except via flashback.

In "Deus Ex Machina," (Episode 19), or rather in the commercials following the episode which clear up the audio, Boone receives a radio transmission from a voice insisting "We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815." This immediately called the tail-section to mind - it has never been found. Could Rose be right - there are more survivors, among them her husband? [Nevermind that since the transceiver didn't work because it was blocked by Danielle Rousseau's transmission, the radio Boone found shouldn't have worked either. Maybe it was a different frequency? And by the way, Jean Jacques Rousseau tried to found a new religion called The Cult of the Supreme Being. I wrote a paper on it once. The previous link is informative and tries to remain unbiased. Read more about it, people!] I believe Season 2 will bring us another group of survivors, that Anna Lucille will be one of them and she will probably start wrestling (not literally, although you never know) with Kate for Jack's attention. Arse, er, Arzt is going to step up and take Sawyer's place as Sarcastic Nay-Sayer, Bestower of Non-Clever Nicknames, and General Pain in the Arzt. Danielle has already made a prominent appearance, and we'll be seeing more of her as well.

Oh, and I decided I want my own pirate ship.