Hurley likes it Hoth

SO I ABSOLUTELY LOOOVVVVEEED LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE, " SOME LIKE IT HOTH." It can't get any better when you mix LOST with Star Wars and people who talk to the dead. Awesome. Plain and simple awesomeness! There were soooo many Star Wars references so I'll get to those first.

1) Hoth - Hoth was the ice planet featured in Empire Strikes Back. Hoth is the sixth planet of the remote Hoth system. It became famous as the one-time location of the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Echo Base during the Galactic Civil War. It was also the site of the Battle of Hoth, a major engagement between Imperial and Rebel forces. It was also the place where Luke was freezing cold and cut open a Tauntaun and crawled inside to keep warm - yummy!

2) Hoth=ice cold; polar bear talk=ice cold

3) Miles learns who his father is. Luke and Darth Vader had a similar story. Could that mean Dr. Pierre Chang is a member of the dark side?

4) Miles uses his own force to talk to dead people. Luke used the force to move things. But let's not forget he saw his favorite dead people at the end of Return of the Jedi.

5) Hurley talks of Luke getting his hand cut off and well most of us know what eventually happens to Dr. Marvin Candle/Chang (he loses and arm as seen in the Dharma videos)

6) Hurley apparently rewrites Empire Strikes Back. I'd love to see that version where Luke and Darth have a heart to heart.

7) This was definitely a "father" episode for many reasons. But I wanted to point out that Roger is suddenly concerned for Ben, even though he has always blamed and mistreated Ben for killing his mother while in labor. Similar to what happened to Padme Amidalia when Luke and Lei were born.

8) Could Miles be the cause of his own daddy issues? Remember back in the Orchid video when Dr. Chang freaks out because both rabbits are too close. Could Miles have his heart to heart, Chang freaks and send mom and baby away?

9) Since Hurley is writing and talking about the place of Galactic Civil War, should we expect the beginning of our LOST war?

With Star Wars aside...

10) We find out 100% that Widemore was behind planting the fake Oceanic plane in the ocean when Miles does his talking to dead people thing for Naomi.

11) Numbers 4,8, 15, 16, 23, 42 where everywhere: there was a 8 on the ear of the ceramic rabbit outside of the dead man's door when Miles was young, the microwave in the apartment says 3:16, 4 on the apartment door, and of course Hurley actually watching them put the #s on the Hatch door. But why does a hatch door need a serial number?

12) So a guy died by his metal filling - could it have been put in by Bernard (since he is a dentist)



13) Bram (the guy in the van who grabbed Miles) was also seen flying over on Ajira. He was the guy last week on the beach with Ilana holding a gun at Frank. But whose team is he on? We know there's Widmore vs Ben. It doesn't seem like he's on Widmore's because he wanted Miles to miss the boat. It doesn't seem like he's Ben's team because Ben clearly didn't recognize them on the beach when asking to help with the chest. But Is Bram and Ilana on a third team that knows something about what lies in the shadow of the statue? I believe they're looking and may belong to Richard's original people. Or, could they be with the original Hanso/Dharma Initiative?


14) So the sub arrives with Faraday (YAY) but it came with a load of scientists from Ann Arbor. So I'm hoping we'll finally get to meet the DeGroots (founders of the Dharma Initiative). But what I'm really hoping for is the meeting of Hanso!!!



15) The chalkboard that Jack is erasing has a a lesson about Egyptian mythology.

16) Everyone has daddy issues on LOST: Miles, Kate, Jack, Sawyer, Locke, Claire (being that her dad was Christian and he didn't live in Australia), Ben.

17) Miles sees baby Miles - so that means that two of the same people can exist in the same place at the same time

18) Polar Bear talk - Hurley is threatened to weigh Polar Bear poop - why are they weighing poop - who know? Dr. Chang is reading a polar bear book to baby Miles. Talk of Hoth - an icy cold place.

I seriously can't wait for the the Faraday episode!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Smoke Monster

WOW!!! All I can say is HOLY SMOKE! WOW WOW WOW! Dead is Dead was such an amazing episode of LOST. Something I've been waiting for for such a long time. We actually met Smokey! And it was amazing!!! Plus, we got almost an hour of Ben and Locke and LOST can never go wrong with two of their most amazing characters.

1) OK, I'm saying. I'm just putting my new theory out there right at the start: Current alive Locke is Smokey playing dress up. We clearly saw that Smokey takes other forms, such as with Alex in the temple, why not Locke? For the moment enlighten me and ponder this: a) Locke is alive after he was clearly killed by Ben, b) When Ben conjures Smokey, Locke comes out from the buses, c) Locke knows exactly where to find Smokey (yet we've never actually seen Locke at the temple before this ep. Only once dragged down a hole by Mr. Smoke and looking into "the eye of the island," d) when Ben goes to find Smokey below the surface Locke goes to find rope, e) when Ben is done having is chat with Smokey in the form of Alex Locke reappears with rope, f) Ben is told by Smokey to follow whatever Locke says!!! Maybe the title of the episode says it all "Dead IS Dead." OR - is Ben the one who is really dead? I mean he has been shot and beaten to a pulp several times. SO NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2) Here's your brief lesson in Egyptian mythology (take a look at the pic above): Anubis is presumably on the right. Anubis was the god to protect the dead and bring them to the afterlife. He was usually portrayed as a half human, half jackal, or in full jackal form wearing a ribbon and holding a flail in the crook of its arm. Most likely all we have left of him is a foot statue now. HOWEVER, then there is a depiction of the Smoke Monster on the left of the picture. This is where I get excited about the Egyptian Apep, an evil demon, the deification of darkness and chaos. As the personification of all that was evil, Apep was seen as a giant snake, crocodile, serpent, or in later years, in a few cases, as a dragon, leading to titles such as Serpent from the Nile, and Evil lizard. Some elaborations even said that he stretched 16 yards in length and had a head made of flint. (Flint is what hikers use to make fires...which make smoke!!!) Plus, n an annual rite, called the Banishing of Apep, priests would build an effigy of Apep that was thought to contain all of the evil and darkness in Egypt, and burn it to protect everyone from Apep's influence for another year. AND, Apep was thought to live in the underworld, he was sometimes thought of as an Eater-up of Souls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3) Ben clearly has mommy issues. We all know that his mom died while giving birth to him and his father went around blaming him for killing her. Poor Ben. Now he's faced with killing Danielle and Alex, BUT he can't cuz there's a baby involved. Later, history repeats itself once more and we see Ben faced with trying to kill Penny (so glad he didn't), BUT he can't cuz there's a baby involved. So, it seems Ben does have a week side.

4) Who actually killed Alex? Keamy because he's a jerk. Widmore because he wanted revenge on Ben for getting booted from the island or maybe thought it would be a ticket back if he did what was initially supposed to have been done? Ben because he had to think of the island above anything else? OR Smokey, because she was bound to die anyway (according to Widmore)?

5) If Alex died because Ben was protecting the island, which is what he was initially supposed to do in the first place, does he really need to ask for forgiveness?

6) Widmore truly is the bad guy! He disobeyed the rules, went island and woman hopping way too many times, and really is kind of a jerk.

7) Going out on a limb here - Richard Alpert has always been on the island and is actually Egyptian (given the eyeliner look)! Maybe he is Jacob! Maybe Jacob is his father! maybe him and Jacob are brothers. Who knows, but I want a Richard Alpert flashback!

8) Who is Illana and why is she on this island with a big metal box? Why does Ben not seem to know or care, when he seems to know everything. And what's with, " What lies in the shadow of the statue?" Is she talking the whole thing or just the foot? Is it another code like the snowman/carrot riddle? Was she sent by Widmore?

9) Now that Ben is back is he a bit different? It seems he may not know as much as before. He didn't know about Hurley and the gang in the Dharma Initiative ( and while that is actually happening now in the past - it DID happen - cuz what happened happened!). He seems to truly not have known that Ben would be totally alive again (even though I think he may have had a clue it could work). He doesn't know where to find Smokey - which I found really weird. We definitely saw a more vulnerable Ben in this episode.

10) Who lived in Ben's house before Ben? I mean it does lead to Smokey's lair. Someone obviously built the house on top of Smokey's underground chambers.

11) Did taking Alex cause the island pregnancy problem? If the island or Jacob wanted Alex and Danielle dead, and Ben chose to save their life (a baby's life) then maybe killing babies before they're born was the other alternative. Especially since later on when Widmore is leaving it is clearly stated that he had a baby OFF the island with a woman. Why not on the island with a woman?

12) SO briefly this season I thought the whispers where people in a different time standing in the same place while talking (as in Sawyer watching Kate). That's obviously not the case. Now Ben tells Danielle to run the other way if she hears whispers. Why? Are the whispers related to the Others? If you can stretch your brain back to season 1 she told Sayid that she never saw them, but she heard them.

13) Why does Ben tell Sun to apologize to Desmond for him? The attempt to kill Penny doesn't seem like something Ben would apologize for. Was it for shooting Desmond and then realizing he has a kid? Possibly. Was it one last chance to redeem himself before having a face to face with Smokey?

14) Why does Charles so desperately want to go back? His life seems pretty good (even though he doesn't have a relationship with Penny). Why can't he talk to Elloise and figure a way to get back? I mean yes he was banished, but what is really stopping him from going back. Especially if he was able to send a freighter full of people there. Will the whole trying to kill Penny thing set her on a reconciliation trip to find her father and get revenge on Ben and get Desmond back to the island.

15) When Ben enters his old house the game Risk is exactly where Sawyer and Hurley left it right before Keamy came barging into Otherton and shot Alex. Which means what? Well, it could mean that the Ajira flight has actually landed just after Claire's house blew up, Alex was shot and the O6 and Ben left the island, which is why Sun isn't running into herself. Or am I way off and they can't run into themselves? I have a headache.

16) Why didn't Desmond die? I saw he has Michael syndrome - the island won't let him.

17) Close up on Locke's shoes. Why? We know he's wearing Christian's shoes cuz Jack put them on him. So is he filling Christian's shoes? I kinda say no cuz we just saw Christian talking to Sun. hmmm?

18) Does Smokey take people to the afterlife and if so, then is Ben not worthy of going yet??? Let's ponder this for a sec... Shannon became a better person and died. Boone became a better person and died. Charlie quit drugs, cared about everyone, sacrificed himself, became a better person and died, Michael couldn't die at first then saved everyone, sacrificed his life, became a better person and died. Ana Lucia - better person= died. Libby - better person= died. So who has been seriously hurt and hasn't died?Ben! Ben has been shot at, stabbed, beaten and is still living to talk about it. Jack! Jack even tried to kill himself and it got interrupted. Saywer has been very seriously hurt and is living to talk about it. Locke has been shot at and murdered and is still walking around (maybe alive - I believe he's Smokey tho). Claire blew up in her house and came out ok (kinda). Where she is, I have no idea.

19) Why did Ben have to drain out the water to summon Smokey? Is it a Smoke can't mix with water thing? Is that why we never see Smokey on the beach?

20) Last, but never least, young Widmore on a horse looked absolutely ridiculous! What is with that Fabio hair!?! Ben's younger hair days kinda sucked too!