Comments on: LOST 5×05 This Place is Death — SPOILERS

By: Jei

Jei — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:52:36 +0000

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.

By: Michael John Grist

Michael John Grist — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:33:35 +0000

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.