LOST 5×05 This Place is Death — SPOILERS
February 13, 2009 · Print This Article
LOST is back in its groove with 5×05 “This Place is Death.” Lots of mythology and perhaps the first time I have ever felt scared while watching an episode of LOST. Lots of things happened and it seems the story has taken another step forward, so this episode cannot be called filler by any means. It seems like there are far fewer characters on the show now, which is a good thing.
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After Locke fell down the well and started to hear footsteps, I got totally creeped out. I was petrified actually sitting here with my laptop in, well, my lap and noise canceling headphones on. I thought, “what in the world could be down there” and thought Locke was going to get eaten by a monster or some other horrible creature. I was quite releaved to see Christian there, and totally did not guess it was going to be him. In the split second I had to try and guess, Alpert came into mine.
WHAT I LIKED:
- Charlotte dying (is that bad of me?)
- Smoke Monster pulling fools down
- Jin in general
- Ben going OFF in the car saying they should be thanking him
- Sun’s flaring nostrils
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
- Charlotte not telling anyone until her dying breath she had been on the island before, seriously, WTF?
- Overly dramatic score
- Faraday’s one-note acting
- Locke’s weak-ass reasoning for bringing the Oceanic 6 back
- Sawyer still has no purpose
- Juliette’s bosom did not heave much this time
A very entertaining episode of LOST full of mythology and confirmation again that the Smoke Monster is a security system, this time learning that it protects that, what did they say, temple? Lots of haikyo on that island.
Ben! Really loved his explosion on Sun and Jack in the car. People need to bow down and show respect.
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I definitely like the continued flashes forwards and backwards, on both the island as time itself comes unstuck, and the three year gap between the island off-island.
So the woman Desmond met in his first ever flash, who tells him the future course corrects- is a real live woman. So he flashed to a real place then, and she knew he was coming, to explain the rules to him. Crazy- just who is she, and how much does she know?
Faraday and Charlotte- unearned emotionality to that death scene. Soaring music, Faraday being a pain in the butt- had to try not to laugh.
The ruins, the smoke monster producing fakes to ‘smoke’ danielle off the beach, locke dropping down a well- all great. Really good, looking forward again to learning more, exploring more of the mythology and ruins.
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I liked this episode a lot–the only thing I didn’t like was the way that Jin and Desmond both just coincidentally popped into the right places at the right time. Hurt my suspension of disbelief. I loved the line “Say hello to my son” and Locke’s reply “who’s your son?”. I immediately wondered where the line is between Christian and Jacob and whether one is affecting the other. Now Christian has gathered Claire to him, and I wouldn’t be shocked if one of the motives to get Jack back to the island might be more personal… I know Mike hates it any time the scope is taken off the macro scale, but I think that would be a brilliant twist.
I also like that Locke kept his word to Jin.
Also one thing I am surprised wasn’t mentioned by Mike or Jason–did Jin get huge or what? He is totally ripped now. Crazy.
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