Spoiler Accuracy Thread

One of our users, BookhouseBoy, from the Forum, has started to compile a couple of interesting threads.

These threads take a look back after an episode has aired and looks at all the spoilers that were posted for it and how much we knew and how accurate our spoilers have been. Thankfully so far it's been pretty damn good ;). All our sources for example all rated What Kate Does as the lowest rated episode out of the 8-9 episodes that they had seen, and this appears to have been the consensus of the fans if you look at the current polls/episode table.

Take a look at threads below. We'll be updating this each week so that those of you who do not follow spoilers can see what was spoiled about the episodes that have aired.

Episode 6.01/6.02 - LA X
Episode 6.03 - What Kate Does
Episode 6.04 - The Substitute
Episode 6.05 - Lighthouse
Episode 6.06 - Sundown
Episode 6.07 - Dr. Linus
Episode 6.08 - Recon
Episode 6.09 - Ab Aeterno
Episode 6.10 - The Package
Episode 6.11 - Happily Ever After
Episode 6.12 - Everybody Love Hugo
Episode 6.13 - The Last Recruit
Episode 6.14 - The Candidate
Episode 6.15 - Across The Sea
Episode 6.16 - What They Died For
Episode 6.17/6.18 - The End

Episode 6x05 Lighthouse -- Good Shepherd Recap by Anna

INTRO: Spare Chaynge

“I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, ‘Who in the world am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!’”

- Alice, from Alice in Wonderland

I have probably said this in every other article I’ve written, but I must say it again. It amazes me to no end how well LOST is able to reference itself and spin around and into its own story. I believe it truly is the Ourboros of television shows if there was ever such a thing. Take for example the latest installment of season six, “The Lighthouse”, which once again reveals part of the tale of one of our most beloved survivors, Jack Shephard, in the new “flash-sideways” time-line.

Once more we have a character who is both the same, yet different. There are fundamental personality traits we have seen before, yet we are served them in a different kind of light. One might even say in this episode specifically that light is reflected. As Locke is to Rain, Jack is to Mirror, or more appropriately, the Looking Glass.

Jack has never been one to really enjoy taking a deeper peek inside himself. For the last five years we’ve seen him play the scientific hero, yet we’ve seen him lack inner faith. Instead of facing his inner demons, he’s tried to escape them or ignore them for some time now. Jack even once contemplated suicide. He has served as a reflection of his own father both in his occupation and in his method of coping with the rest of what life has shown him.

However in this newest tale it would seem that down is starting to look as if it is turning up for Jack and his ability to see himself for who he truly is.

Comin' Back to Me

Of course the opening scene right away reflected the opening scene we saw of the good Doctor in the season’s opener, “LA X”, when he went to the restroom on the plane and caught his reflection in the mirror. There, he noticed a small wound on his neck. This time back in his apartment, he noticed the small scar that we all remember from where he had his appendix removed back on the Island in our “normal” time-line.

I feel very much like we are almost being teased at this point with how our characters appear to be having little bits and fits of memory and recognition issues in these new iterations of their lives. It would seem that Jack suddenly had no recollection of where the scar came from and had to ask his mom about it on the phone. Apparently it happened when he was a child, and he had even passed out at school from the failing organ. I would think that would definitely be something a kid of 7 or 8 years old would not forget, and that it would even more than likely be a downright traumatic experience overall. But nope, Jack only guesses that he remembers.

Curiouser and curiouser!


Let Me In

But before Jack’s conversation with his mom could get any further, he suddenly realized he was late, late, for a very important date…to pick up his son (insert multiple exclamation points) from school. Instantly we were shown that David and Jack really don’t have the best relationship. David is not only the typical, despondent teenager, but he is also the product of a failed marriage and only spends time with Jack once a month. And spending time with Dad to David is just getting through it. Jack makes every effort he can to connect with his son, but his attempts are only met with more detachment. From the Red Sox, to Alice in Wonderland, which we all remember Jack reading to little Aaron in the main time-line, Jack just can’t seem to relate to the kid anymore. It was kind of sad to watch, honestly.

One thing I want to mention was that Jack’s house was filled for the most part with nothing but stark, black and white décor. Even his choice of cookie was the black and white Milano, which David helped himself to in the kitchen while Jack had yet another call from his mom. The only room in the apartment that had any real warmth to it was David’s room, with its deep rusty orange curtains and basic earth tones overall. It was almost as if Jack’s inner desire to have a warm relationship with David was even reflected in how he made up his son’s temporary abode.


A Small Package of Value Will Come to You, Shortly

First they lost Christian’s casket, then they lost his will. Those Shephards certainly have had a hard time keeping track of all that surrounds the once-living patriarch of the family. It didn’t really seem like the will was even that difficult to find, but since in this iteration it seems that mom likes the drinky-drink, and not Jack so much, it made sense that she didn’t see that it was practically right in front of her eyes.

I really think she also just wanted to chat a bit with Jack, but not only for a little comfort from losing her husband and trying to manage the aftermath. The main crux of the scene served to tell us how David was now a mirror of how Jack was at the same age, and how David and Jack’s relationship overall mirrored Jack and Christian’s, with the son being terrified of somehow failing in the eyes of the father. I guess the Daddy issues run in the family, too.


Rock and Roll Island

The mirroring didn’t stop there, though. Just as Jack lost his father’s body both on the Island, and in time-line X, he then returned home to find his son missing. Jack raced over to David’s mother’s home, who was conveniently out of town so that her identity could remain unknown to us. Personally I am thinking mom is Juliet. For one thing, their relationship would then also be mirrored as one that did not last long in either time-line. The actor who plays David also looks like he could have her eyes. It’s obviously not Kate, and I just really doubt that they would bring Sarah back for this part of Jack’s story. Well, at least I hope not. Sorry Sarah fans, but she was just so blah.

Finally, it would not only give us the opportunity to have the amazing Elizabeth Mitchell back on the show, proving to us that as she was about to die after the Jughead explosion her character did indeed experience time-line X, but it would also then open the door for her and Sawyer to fall in love once again. I know that there are plenty more of you out there besides myself who are waiting to see them “go Dutch” on that coffee date she mentioned right before she expired in his arms.

With a key conveniently located under a ceramic white rabbit, Jack let himself in to what was probably once his home as well. We got to see David’s room, and learned that David was a huge fan of music from Beethoven to The Who. It was only from then listening to David’s answering machine that Jack found out that he was late, late, for another important date.


Somebody to Love

It was quite a lovely touch to see David playing the piano, just like his Dad once did in his New Otherton estate back in our main time-line. And just like Dad, David was a “candidate”…well, at least for admission into what seemed like one very prestigious music conservatory. As Jack stood in the back of the auditorium listening to his son play the same Chopin piece that Daniel Faraday once played for his mother, you could see the amazement and pride well up in his eyes. I must say that some of Matthew Fox’s best acting of the series came from this episode.

However, before Jack could get back to David, he had to first have a fate-related encounter with time-line X Dogen who reminded him how hard it is to be a gifted kid under pressure, and how difficult it is to be a parent who feels like they cannot do anything to really help.

That seemed to be the final motivation that Jack needed to figure out how to re-connect with his son. All Jack really had to do this entire time was just open up and be honest with David. By sharing how he felt at the same age, terrified of disappointing a father who always seemed to be in overdrive, and by reassuring David that he could never fail in his eyes, Jack finally dissolved the wall that David had been keeping up around himself. The spell, and the history of Shephard father and son communication problems, was finally broken.


It's No Secret

In the first scene we were shown from Island-time, Jack was also staring at himself, this time in the waters around Temple Otherton. Here, Dogen and Jack shared some more words as they sat facing each other and reflected each other’s honesty about the current situation with Kate, Jin, and Sawyer who had taken off some time ago with no real intention of returning.

It didn’t really seem like much else had been going on in the meantime. The Others were back in the courtyard planting flowers and making hemp bracelets. Hurley and Miles had been tying each other in game after game of tic-tac-toe with cute little makeshift leaf-X’s and branch-O’s. Sayid was just wandering around getting stared at for rising from the dead and becoming “infected”. To me it seemed odd altogether how just a short while ago the place was on high-alert, but now the vibe seemed pretty relaxed again. I suppose if you have enough ash then you must be good to go.


Embryonic Journey

Thank goodness for Jacob and Hurley time! Those two are becoming one of my favorite parts of season six by a long shot. I love how Jacob really seems to care about Hugo, and how Hugo is no longer afraid to be a little more assertive with getting information from Jacob. I used to want to see a Hurley and Ben spin-off show, but Hurley and Ghost-Jacob might just have that wish beat by the end of the series.

Once again, Jacob had a task for our good buddy and newly-found “leader”. So with a literal arm-full of written instructions the Big H set off through the Temple looking for some secret exit door, but not before Dogen caught him and asked what he was up to. This was by far the best scene of the episode. I was so happy to have the writers give a proper shout out to my favorite film adventurer, Indiana Jones, since every episode this season has been reminding me of those films in one way or another.

But it was really Jorge Garcia’s acting that really had me in stitches as he portrayed a very nervous Hurley trying to deal with Jacob who stood right there, unbeknownst to Dogen, and told Hugo to stand up to “the Samurai”. Dogen’s expression when Hurley said that he could do what he wanted because he was a Candidate along with Hurley’s come-back, “Why don’t YOU go back to the courtyard?” was also pretty priceless.

However, the one thing Hurley forgot to bring along was Jack. Jacob was quite explicit about this, and so when Hurley tried to explain how difficult it was to get Jack to do anything he didn’t want to do, Jacob had just the solution. Once again I couldn’t help giggling as Hugo went out to the courtyard and told Jack to “stay cool” and “act natural” as if they were in some kind of secret spy adventure.

But there was no way that Jack could stay cool when Hurley let loose the magic motivational phrase Jacob gave to him to say. “You have what it takes” was the very opposite of what Jack’s father had told him as a kid; the one we learned that he had carried with him all his life. This was an exceptionally personal thing for Jack to suddenly hear, and with a mixture of fear, shock, and a maybe even a drop of anger in his eyes, he demanded that they go see Jacob that instant.

“Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.”

- Doorknob, from Alice in Wonderland

White Rabbit

Hurley so very often serves as the voice of the audience these days, and when he mentioned how his trek through the jungle with Jack was “old school”, he hit the nail on the head. It really did take me back, especially to memories of the first and second seasons, to times when there were always separate little groups off on their own little missions, when the whispers were loud and mysterious, and when occasionally, someone would get knocked out from behind, or even taken.

And then they literally took us back.

The discovery of Shannon’s inhaler actually made me jump in my seat a little bit, and before the knot in my stomach had time to recognize it was from excitement, we were back at The Caves.

The two episodes on LOST that really solidified my infatuation with the show (well, after the Pilot of course) were “Walkabout” and “White Rabbit”. Besides being the two stories that really introduced us to our Man of Science and our Man of Faith on the Island, we have had this ongoing mystery surrounding the appearance(s) and disappearance(s) of one Christian Shephard. We first witnessed how his “apparition” seemed to tease and torment Jack, yet at the same time ended up helping him by leading him to fresh water and shelter right when he needed it most. He then showed himself again and claimed to speak for the then unknown character of Jacob, Leader of the Others. Christian was the entity who also told Locke to move the Island, and was then the last one seen with Claire before her long 3-year absence.

Now in the final season, we can pretty much say that his body was being used by the Man In Black to manipulate the 815 survivors for his various purposes. It feels strange to now look back and remember how Dead But Here Christian Shephard used to freak me out, how for awhile I was then led to somewhat trust him, and how now I feel a bit silly having been tricked by the Monster himself all along.

As Jack stood before that old smashed coffin and told Hurley the true story of how he found the caves, I believe there was a larger purpose besides providing the opportunity for the audience to reminisce a bit. The way that Jack delivered his speech and his general mannerism as he went on with his tale led me to believe that he too was feeling a bit like a fool at that point. Just as David in time-line X was learning there was no longer a need to have fear of Jack, I think Jack was realizing there was no longer a need to carry all of that same negative weight he had been bearing from his own father. These two storylines, on-Island and “X”, are really starting to connect with each other in some very profound ways.

Time-line X is more than just “what could have been". It’s more than just a reflection.

At this point, it’s progress.


Turn My Life Down

On the final stretch to the Lighthouse, Hurley and Jack opened up to each other in regards to why they each had decided to return to the Island. I have always enjoyed when the two of them talk, as it seems Jack is always able to let his defenses down more with Hurley than with anyone else on the show. Jack didn’t even flinch when Hurley just flat-out said that Jacob met him in a cab and suggested that he come back. But Jack’s reason was even more surprisingly honest, as he told Hurley that he was “broken” and thought that the Island would somehow fix him. Jack’s need to fix everyone and everything has always been mostly about his need to fix himself. Though it was heartbreaking to hear him admit it, I also felt that it was a good thing for him to confess, as it meant that he was perhaps finally starting to identify the issues that have plagued him for so long.

The Last Wall of the Castle

The Lighthouse was an impressive structure full of the classic mythology and strange technology that we have all come to know and love on LOST. Inside the tower was the massive wheeled contraption Jacob had asked Hurley and Jack to tend to so they could help the mysterious “someone” who was coming to the Island to find the place.

As Hurley began to turn the wheel to the designated bearing of 108 degrees, which is of course yet another one of those oh-so-important Numbers, Jack realized that each degree on the wheel’s table corresponded with a name, much in the same manner as the Cliffside cave that Lockeness had recently taken Sawyer on tour of. As the cogs turned its giant mirrors toward Jack, he could see strange places fading in and out in addition to his own reflection. We saw the location where Sun and Jin were married. Then the church where Sawyer’s parents’ funeral was held came and went. When Jack found his own name listed on the wheel, he demanded that Hurley turn it to the corresponding degree, number 23. The result was a reflection of his own childhood home, and he immediately demanded to see Jacob, who was of course nowhere to be found.

The inner turmoil that Jack had been dealing with since he was just a kid seemed to suddenly rage up as he realized that Jacob, or someone, had been watching all of the survivors for all of their lives. Those mirrors forced him to take one – no, actually 4 – good hard glances at both himself and his demons one more time.

Progress isn’t always pretty. Sometimes we need to destroy in order to build back up again. And in the type of outburst one would expect from someone who may not have been totally ready to learn such information, or take such a deep look at himself, Jack smashed each of the 4 mirrors and stormed away.

Afterwards, Jack just sat on the rocks to himself and stared out into the ocean as Jacob finally did show up to have a chat with one very deflated Hugo. Jacob actually didn’t mind at all that the Lighthouse mirrors had been broken. Instead, he was simply making sure that Jack saw what was up in that tower. The fact that it triggered some subsequent soul-searching on Jack’s part was exactly what Jacob had intended all along. He expressed to Hurley that Jack was very important, and that he needed to work through a few things. Jacob then also confessed that he wanted to make sure the two of them were as far away from the Temple as possible. Apparently, someone bad was on their way there, and now Jacob’s seemingly two most important Candidates would be for the moment at least, out of immediate danger.


Crazy Miranda

Speaking of immediate danger, I suppose I should briefly mention the whole Creepy Claire storyline that was also occurring through the episode. Personally it didn’t do a lot for me, but I am sure there will be more to see so I will wait for it to play out a bit more before I really make a judgment about it. Maybe the problem is that Emilie de Ravin is just too adorable to convincingly pull off true malice. The scariest thing about this storyline to me was the skull-headed squirrel baby thing she had in the bassinet nearby a poor, wounded and confused Jin.

My Best Friend

Of course, the final reveal was one that I believe most of us had been expecting. The special friend that Claire kept referring to, who had apparently told her along with her “father” that the Others had her bay-bee Aaron, was Lockeness himself.

CONCLUSION: Wooden Ships

Overall I really enjoyed this episode, as the Lighthouse was a sweet addition to the long list of fascinating locations we’ve come to know on the Island. My thought at this point is that the Lighthouse is Jacob’s place for keeping track of the Candidates, and the Cliffside cave is where the MIB keeps his own backup list of sorts.

I suppose now we are also meant to wonder who exactly it is that is coming to the Island that Jacob mentioned. My bets are on Desmond, since Eloise told him that the Island wasn’t finished with him yet, aka Des still Has Work to Do.

However I think the biggest mystery of all here relates to Jack, and whether or not he will be able to face whatever task is in store for him. This journey that he took seems to have at least set him on the right path, and so far Jacob seems to know what he is doing. Here’s to the hope that his time spent gazing at his reflection in relation to the wide, open ocean gives Jack the perspective, courage, and wisdom to finally fix things.

“I relieve and release your hurt that you may be set free.”

- Alice, from Alice in Wonderland

Namaste,
a.N


*I write about LOST because I love the challenge of deciphering the clues and adding the pieces together. My thoughts are based solely on the show, the LOST Experience, and random research, as I try to avoid spoilers, promos, and even future episode titles. I love to guess what is going on, but I also like to do so in a way that leaves some of the conclusions still up to you. I do not know the answers and am often wrong. Whatever the truth turns out to be, it has been the journey that has meant the most to me.*

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ODI LOSTcast 53 - 6x05 Lighthouse Recap

Hey All,
So this past week we had some delays in getting our podcast recorded for Episode 6x05 Lighthouse but we were able to record on Monday and once I finished editing it on Tuesday I was able to get it posted on iTunes. However, there were some glitches on blogger and with the new episode last night I decided not to post it to avoid it from getting lost in all of the fun and excitement for Episode 6x06 Sundown.

I am sure most of you want to hear our thoughts on Killer Uncle Sayid, but Lighthouse is a very important episode where we covered many of the details from Jack's Flash Sideways with his son David to Jack and Hurley's Adventures to the Magic Lighthouse.

Based on the downloads via iTunes I know many of you have already listened but for those of you that did not check this podcast out yet, below is a link to the audio player and a download link.

NOTE: This podcast is spoiler-free, so enjoy!

http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2010/03/odi-lostcast-53-6x05-lighthouse-recap.html

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Lost Fantasy League: Week 4 Update!

Sorry folks, no video this week. I was just too busy to do one. That's actually for the better because it has given me time to think about the videos and they will be getting a makeover (content-wise).

So, "Lighthouse" wasn't very bright from a points perspective. It is the lowest scoring episode of the season so far but it still did better than Obama's state of the union address. (In case you are wondering, "What Kate Did" would still be ahead of "Lighthouse" without the double-points factor)

Things are starting to take shape for the Fantasy League and I believe this next episode will be critical in separating some pretenders from the contenders. Be sure to come back next week for all the juicy details! Until then, enjoy all the lovely content in store for you courtesy of 6.05, "Lighthouse."

NOTE: There were a number of point adjustments made this week. Any time we make adjustments retroactively, your score for the current week will look wrong. If your score looks wrong to you, check the Important Points Rulings section before emailing me about your "incorrect" score. Your cumulative scores are all correct.

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POINT ADJUSTMENTS FOR 6.01/02 "LA X"

There was a little points hiccup in our database for "LA X" that resulted in Charlie Hume being credited with 40 points that were earned by Charlie Pace. This has been corrected. If Charlie Hume is on your team, your weekly score might look wrong. This is why.



POINT ADJUSTMENTS FOR 6.03 "WHAT KATE DID"

1) Claire didn't kill Justin. She only wounded him in 6.03, so we went back and adjusted that point tally.

2) Jin received a major injury. We couldn't see the end result until this week but we now know that it was a major injury.

If you have either Jin or Claire on your teams, your weekly total will look wrong because of these changes.



POINT ADJUSTMENTS FOR 6.04 "THE SUBSTITUTE"

1) Jacob gets Travels by Car points. In the quick snippet showing his encounter with Hurley in the cab, I forgot to give Jacob points for traveling in a car. If Jacob is on your team, your weekly score might appear off. This is why.



IMPORTANT POINT RULINGS FOR 6.05 "LIGHTHOUSE"

1) Jin passing out warrants an injury deduction. The thing is that he is not docked for passing out itself. That is a result of his current injury, which is already causing him pain. Jin loses 5 points because he falls over and flops to the ground after passing out.

2) Shannon's inhaler counts as a new thing. I had to break out the Season 1 DVDs to verify this. While Boone mentions that Shannon has an inhaler to Jack, we never actually see it. Thus, we are taking this scene to be Jack and Hurley's first time seeing Shannon's inhaler.

3) Each time Jacob appears to Hurley while at the Temple counts as a unique Temple visit. Had it been implied that Hurley continued to see Jacob the whole time, this would be different. But, it was implied that Jacob returned to Hurley after being confronted by Dogen.

4) Claire's skele-baby counts for points. It is a significant item within Claire's camp, as it shows the depths of her insanity.

6.04 CHARACTER SCORES:

SEASON 6 EPISODE TOTALS:

GROUP 1

JACK (+195 points): Attendance; Encounters a New Person, Place or Thing (6- Lighthouse, Conservatory, Dogen's Son, Dogen, Christian's will, Shannon's inhaler); Encounters or Uses the Numbers (4 and 8 on a clock); Episode Centricity; First Line; First on Screen; Miscellaneous FB/FF; Says the Title of an Episode ("I Do"); Travels by Car (3 times)

HURLEY (+100 points): Attendance, Encounters Jacob (3 times); Encounters a New Person, Place or Thing (2- Lighthouse, Shannon's inhaler); Says the Title of an Episode ("Lighthouse")

KATE (+5 points): Attendance



GROUP 2

JIN (+80 points): Attendance; Encounters a DHARMA Logo (Swan?); Encounters a New Person, Place or Thing (2- Claire's camp, Claire's skele-baby); Encounters the Smoke Monster; Gets a Minor Injury (Falls over); Last on Screen; Says the Title of an Episode ("I Do")

MAN IN BLACK (+5 points): Attendance

MILES (+5 points): Attendance

SAYID (+5 points): Attendance



GROUP 4

JACOB (+45 points): Attendance; Visits the Temple (2 times)

CLAIRE (+30 points): Attendance; Encounters a DHARMA Logo (Swan?); Encounters the Smoke Monster; Inflicts a Minor Injury; Kills Someone; Last Line; Last on Screen

CHRISTIAN (+5 points): Attendance



GROUP 6

SMOKE MONSTER (+5 points): Attendance

Not only did we have 25 Fantasy Geniuses of the Week for "Lighthouse," but they all also had perfect picks! Granted, it's easier to snag a FGotW with perfect picks when only 4 of our 7 character groups are represented in the episode, but this is still an accomplishment! All of our FGotW earned a total of 325 points for this week's episode. Congrats to the following:

!@#Eli'sTeam: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Michael
Andrew: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
DaveyJr: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
demundo59: Jack, Jin, Ilana, Jacob, CharlieHume, Smokey, Libby
eeglue: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
Elektro: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Vincent, Smokey, Boone
Fizenvi: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
Henry Gale: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
HurleyDude: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Daniel
Imaginis: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
Island Leganes: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Daniel
Jazz Man: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
KEKLOST: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
La Curandera: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Daniel
LIGHTandDARK: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Daniel
lost from the last horizont: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Vincent, Smokey, Daniel
LOSTALFA: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
putoleones: Jack, Jin, Locke, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
ranma: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Walt, Smokey, Charlie
Rey del Mambo: Jack, Jin, Ilana, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
RiBera: Jack, Jin, Desmond, Jacob, CharlieHume, Smokey, Charlie
Team P.A.R.D.Y. (Patchy Ain't Really Dead Yet): Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, CharlieHume, Smokey, Charlie
The Colley Hurleybirds: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Vincent, Smokey, Daniel
The_Dark_Wozzy's Fabulous Angels: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Aaron, Smokey, Charlie
Vincent Rules: Jack, Jin, Richard, Jacob, Vincent, Smokey, Charlie

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Just a heads up, this section will likely be disappearing soon. I've decided to convert the LFL Update videos into something more along the lines of this section. That was always supposed to be the point of the videos- to sort of spoof or mirror an actual sports analysis show. Stay tuned for that. Until then...

The fifth hour of Lost is in the books and things are slowly taking shape. I'm not willing to write anyone else off just yet but that will be coming next week. This next episode is going to be crucial to those characters struggling to keep up with the herd.

GROUP 1
Jack is really making this a footrace in Group 1. He's 55 points behind Kate now, which means one strong episode could see him take the lead. He's already got his flashback in the books and so does Kate. Now it comes down to longevity. Who has the endurance to make it to the end.

Sawyer is going to have a hard time working his way back up into the mix but I'm sure we'll get a Sawyer-centric episode somewhere along the line. If it's one of our remaining double-point episodes, then all bets could be off. Aligning himself with MIB doesn't strike me as the healthiest of choices but Sawyer's come through quite a bit.

Hurley is trucking along comfortably and a centric-episode will keep him right in the mix. Ben, on the other hand, is on the verge of being written off in my book. He's trailing Kate by over 500 points and trailing Sawyer by over 200. He all but needs to become the focus of the show for three straight weeks in order to do anything for you whatsoever. Ben is on notice. We'll see what happens after this next episode.


GROUP 2
Jin finally managed to edge ahead of Sayid but both should have centric episodes looming. Jin typically shares his centric episodes with Sun, so that could hold him back a hair. This could also be bad news for Sun, who has half the points of Sayid and needs so screen time to keep herself in the discussion. If they continue to follow the Season 1 order for centric episodes, then Sun and Jin should be next. This would be good for Jin and okay for Sun (as any points boost she gets is kept in check by the gains of her husband) but it wouldn't necessarily close the door on Sayid's chances.

I can't help but feel that Miles' "That's it for me" line last week will be prophetic. I fear that he has run his course and will die before long. This is a shame, because he is an awesome character and also did very well last year.

MIB seems like he will be around for a while, so it's hard to judge him. His points are low but he's been climbing his way out of oblivion. If he doesn't kill anybody for a few weeks, he might find himself in the running after all.


GROUP 3
Nothing changed this week for Group 3, as all of the characters took the episode off. Locke's lead is dubious though as I doubt he will be of much importance on the Island and will likely show up briefly now in the Alt, if at all. Those of you with Locke can continue to celebrate and smile but I think you'll be seeing your boy's lead whittled away piece by piece until you're sweating it out.

Bram is definitely still toast though.


GROUP 4
Jacob is doing a good job at cutting Claire's lead. He now has just more than half her score. It looks like Claire will be a little more involved now though. Her gun-crazy sensibilities may play into Jacob's hands.

I still think that Frank is still in play. He just might be this year's come-from-behind stunner. As for the rest of Group 4, starting a run this late is almost a fool's errand.


GROUP 5
This group is still wide open and will be for some time.


GROUP 6
Smokey has the chance to work his way up to Cindy and Ethan because he'll be appearing quite regularly. The same cannot be said for most everyone else in this group. If Smokey can behave, then he might claw his way to a win.


GROUP 7
Arzt is rocking the Alt but there is still plenty of time for other folk to make a few appearances, which is what it's going to take now to win this group. Time's a wasting folks!

ODI LOSTcast 52 - Theories with Vozzek and Jeff Jensen

Hey All,
So this week we have a special bonus podcast for you all. Entertainment Weekly editor Jeff Jensen joined Danny and myself to chat up LOST!

We talked about him being a super fan and writing about his favorite shows for a living. We also talked to him about his thoughts about the early days of LOST and of course overall theories for the show.

Plus, we discussed some of the more recent reveals of the candidate cave and lighthouse and what they could mean.

It is a fun interview, Jeff was totally cool and we hope to do it again sometime soon!

Unfortunately Karen was busy and could not join us for this podcast, but we are recording our recap podcast for Episode 6x05 today and will have that out to you as soon as we can.

In the meantime hope you enjoy this one!

This was posted to iTunes last night but below is a link to an audio player and download link for those that do not use iTunes.

NOTE: This podcast is completely spoiler free so do not worry about spoilers, just theories with Vozzek and Jensen.

http://the-odi.blogspot.com/2010/03/odi-lostcast-52-theories-with-vozzek.html

Episode 6x05 Lighthouse - ODI LOSTometer Episode Grade

Hey All,
I really liked this week's episode but felt a few moments on island during the Crazy Claire scenes just did not sit well with me. Don't get me wrong I think Evil Claire is badass and MiB as her friend is cool, but I preferred what was happening with Jack and Hurley at the Lighthouse. Seeing the numbers associated to the Losties and to get that confirmation that someone was watching these characters was pretty cool.

I thought seeing Jack having Daddy Issues with his very own son was pretty cool as well.

Most of the graders seemed to like the episode quite a bit but a few of them thought it was not that great. Still the lowest grade given this week was a B- and the episode ended up with an average grade of a B+.

Quote of the Week via DocArzt about his grade of a "B": Well, first let me say that a B for an episode of LOST still ranks it higher than anything else on television. What made the episode less than perfect for me, frankly, was the redundancy. Maybe Jack and Hurley’s quest will payoff later on but for now it really just seemed to reiterate things we already knew: numbers represent survivors; Jacob was watching people; yadda yadda. I’m intrigued by the introduction of David, but in a season where we are supposed to be getting answers I thought the flash-sideways would have paid off better if we had learned who his mother is. It felt like an extraneous mystery considering what we are already dealing with.

Thanks once again to all that have participated. Don't forget to check out their recaps and sites via the following links:

DarkUFO | b3rt4 | Karen's LOST Notebook | Vozzek | Jeff Jensen - EW | Ryan McGee - Zap2it | Peter - SlashFilm | Cultural Learnings | Congested | Jay and Jack Podcast | FourToedFoot | DocArzt | SL-LOST | Jopinionated | Sawyer840 | LOSTzilla | LOST-Media | LOST-Forum | AV Club | Lyly Ford | LOST Mythos Podcast | LOST Blog | F***YeahLOST | Luhks | LOST in Portugal | LOST-Board.de

NOTE: A++ grades were scored as an A+


Source: The ODI

"Lighthouse" Recap and Analysis, by Erika

Here is the Episode 6.05 recap from Erika Olson (aka "e") from LongLiveLocke.com.

Curse Chicago germs! I'm pretty sick, people. That's why I was kinda glad that -- in my opinion -- there wasn't a ton to talk about in "Lighthouse." (Unless you count all the mirror/reflection symbolism and little nods to recurring themes in the series, like Alice in Wonderland and rabbits -- but I really have no energy for that kind of stuff at this point - sorry!)

My nasty illness is also why I'm keeping this post more succinct than usual -- though I did throw in a section at the end about "the big picture."

But first, the flashes.

WHEN YOU COMIN' HOME, DAD?
I DON'T KNOW WHEN
BUT WE'LL GET TOGETHER THEN, SON
YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME THEN

The biggest surprise of the night was that Jack has a teenage son, David. That means in the alternate timeline, Jack would've had to have hooked up with the kid's mother in the late '80s or early '90s for David to be in junior high in 2004 (this is of course assuming his son was not adopted at an older age). We can figure that Jack was born in the early '70s, which probably means he became a daddy right outta high school. (Remember, I'm not talking about Matthew Fox's age, I'm talking about the presumed age of the character Jack Shephard.) So it most likely wasn't Sarah that he married, had David with and then divorced, because in the original timeline Jack and Sarah didn't meet until her accident in 2001.

If you're confused about the timing of everything, just know that my point is that Sarah probably isn't Jack's ex. We might never find out who that ex is (though you can bet I was like, "Oh my gosh, who's going to be in that house?!?! Juliet... PENNY?!?! Did ALTJack dig the older chicks and get with Ms. Hawking!?!?!") because the writers have bigger fish to fry at the moment and there are already a lot of other 815 connections in the flash-sideways. To play devil's advocate with my own theory, though, it could still be Sarah that Jack married because -- hell, why not? Enough has changed for our characters in the alternate timeline that really, anything is possible. But I still think that either way, the identity of David's mom probably doesn't matter.

(If anyone could follow the above two paragraphs and is NOT on Nyquil, you should be very worried.)

I think the bigger question to ask about Jack's flash segments is, why would he have a son in this version of events in the first place? That's part of what I'll talk about at the end of this post.


WELL WE'RE ALL IN THE MOOD FOR A MELODY
AND YOU'VE GOT US FEELIN' ALRIGHT

After helping his mom find Christian's will (which listed Claire... who might be the connection that brings Jack and Kate back together in this timeline -- remember Kate still has Claire's credit card and could easily find her again), Jack returned home to find that David had vanished. After a little investigative work, Jack tracked him down at an audition. (I got a chuckle out of the "Welcome All Candidates!" sign in the entryway.)

I can only assume that David's character name was a shout-out to pianist extraordinaire David Helfgott (whose life was the basis for the Oscar-winning movie Shine). 'Cause he was tearing it UP on the stage. My first thought was that maybe this kid is the one who ends up programming the musical code into the Looking Glass station, but that doesn't really make sense since he's not in the same timeline, so forget I even mentioned it. My second thought I voiced aloud to my husband: "Oh crap, that kid is going to glance into the audience, see Jack there and then totally blow it and Jack will NOT be able to 'fix it.'" Thankfully, that didn't happen. What did happen is that David finished his piece successfully, and while Jack was waiting in the wings, who does he meet but Dogen. That was the second-biggest surprise of the night for me. You all know that I was not in love with Dogen in the previous episodes, but dammit if he hasn't grown on me. I was hoping he'd have the scroll necklace thingy on, but his shirt was too buttoned up to tell.

Will the Jack/Dogen encounter amount to anything more, or is it just another neato run-in in the flash-sideways universe? I'm thinking it's the latter -- I'm failing to see another circumstance that will bring those two together. For now I think Dogen's purpose was to remind Jack that, um, he's like the worst dad ever. David's in junior high and Jack has no idea how long he's been tickling the ivories? For shame!

Ah, but it was all made right in the end, when Jack had a very moving and heartfelt talk with his son in the parking lot. His words weren't quite up there with "We have to go BACK!" or "Why do you find it so easy?!?", but overall this scene is certainly a contender for one of the Top Ten Jack Moments of the series. He stopped himself from becoming like his father. Better late than never, right?

OK, Island time.


I KNOW YOU CAN
WON'T YOU DO IT FOR ME NOW?

After Jack and Dogen stopped being polite and started getting real with each other, and after Miles and Hurley grew tired of playing tic-tac-toe (?!?), Hurley went back into the Temple, and there was Jacob, totally pouring something into the spring. No idea what it was -- maybe something to make the water run clear again?

Jacob's like, "What up, dog? Can you run an errand for me since I'm dead?" Said errand is soooo complicated that poor Hurley needs to scrawl instructions up and down his arm. Do you know how hard it is to wash off pen ink? Hurley's a good sport because I wouldn't have done it. Anyway, the point of the errand is to help someone find his or her way to the Island.

While Hurley's dealing with Jacob, Sayid's upset that all the Others are giving him the stinky side-eye. "Are they jealous of my tank top collection? I mean, they're pretty fitted to my body but I will totally share if that's what's causing the problem here." Jack tells him that no, it's actually that they think he might go loco at any given moment and that they'd wanted Jack to poison him with the little green pill. Jack also shares that the Others have seen this happen to "someone else," but stops short of naming Claire.

Now Hurley's trolling around some hallway o' hieroglyphics and Dogen catches him and demands that he leave. Jacob materializes (only to Hurley, of course) and tells Hurley to say "You are not the boss of me and I can do whatever I want so nyah nyah -- deal with it!" In response Dogen reverts to spewing Japanese and takes off. Then Jacob's like, "Uh, I told you to bring Jack," and Hurley says, "But he's such a freakin' DOWNER all the time," and Jacob replies, "Sorry, dude, them's my rules."


BONES
SINKING LIKE STONES
ALL THAT WE'VE FOUGHT FOR
ALL THESE PLACES WE'VE GROWN
ALL OF US ARE DONE FOR

Hurley gets Jack to come along by uttering the magic phrase, "You have what it takes." That's just like somebody telling Locke all of the stuff that he CAN do. It works.

Along their trek to god knows where, they run into Kate. She does NOT want to tag along with them for once -- she's dead set on locating Claire. "I hope you find what you're looking for," are her parting words. I think that sentiment could apply to all of the characters at this point, don't you?

Next thing we know, Jack's stepping on Shannon's inhaler and Hurley's gazing upon the Adam and Eve skeletons, last seen near the beginning of Season One. He wonders aloud something that we've of course all been theorizing about: with the insane amount of time-traveling that's transpired, couldn't those skeletons be two of the 815ers? Why yes, Hurley, I imagine we'll find out that they are and that's exactly why Darlton wanted to plant that seed with the audience. "Normal" fans of the show would have forgotten all about Adam and Eve, so they needed to be reminded.

One note about the skeletons, since their identities are one of the mysteries I've been the most curious about: I rewatched "House of the Rising Sun" to be sure, and my memory served me correctly -- the skeletons did not used to be next to each other. Now they are.


If you want to see for yourself and have your Season One DVDs nearby, pop in Disc 2, go to HOTRS, and the scene in question is at the beginning of Chapter 4. Or you could 1) just trust me or 2) infer that the skeletons are not near each other in that episode because of Jack's comment (from the transcript) that I've bolded below.

KATE: Who is he? How'd he get here?

JACK: I can't exactly perform an autopsy but there doesn't seem to be any major trauma to the bones. There's another one over here. Someone laid them to rest here.

. . .

KATE: Any idea how long they've been here?

JACK: Long. It takes 40 or 50 years for clothing to degrade like this.

Let me first say that I do not think the movement of the skeletons is anything to get all worked up about. I think the easiest explanation is that their repositioning might've simply been a conscious production choice, most likely because the characters those skeletons belong to will end up being a couple. And it would seem kind of weird if a couple had been laid to rest across the cave from each other. The vast majority of Lost fans would've never noticed the difference, and if/when the skeletons are revealed to be Bernard/Rose, Jack/Kate, Sawyer/Kate, Desmond/Penny, Widmore/Hawking, Jin/Sun or some other couple then it will make more sense that they're side by side.

As for who *I* think the skeletons are? I've never bought into the Rose and Bernard theory because that would've meant that Rose and Bernard died immediately after we last saw them in 1977 at their retirement beach home. (And 40-50 years haven't passed since then, either.) I think it's more likely that the characters in question died in the '50s, or maybe there is something so bizarre happening with the time warp on the Island that it was impossible for Jack to be correct about how long the people had been deceased. All I know is that Jack was the last one seen with the small black and white stones in the pouch he removed from one of the skeletons, so he's still Suspect #1 in my mind. Thoughts?


LET IT SHINE ON
LET IT SHINE ON
LET THE LIGHT FROM YOUR LIGHTHOUSE
SHINE ON ME

(Shout-out to Kyle C for suggesting this section's lyrics!)

Lots of big revelations from Jack in this episode, huh? We've already talked about his "I love you no matter what!" speech to David, and then at the caves he not only told Hurley that his father was NOT in his coffin after Flight 815 crashed, but he also copped to returning to the Island because he thought it would "fix" him. I think that all of this self-reflection on Jack's end is clearly necessary in order for him to be able to fulfill his ultimate destiny, which is of course what Jacob also refers at the end of the episode.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Next, Jack and Hurley reach a lighthouse that nobody's ever seen before. Even though they had Jack acknowledge that fact, I was still kind of annoyed -- I mean, come on -- somebody would've seen this lighthouse by now. But I'm over it.

They climb up to the top and Jack grows increasingly pissed off because Jacob hasn't graced them with his presence yet. Hurley said that they're supposed to turn the big wheel in the middle of the room to degree 108.
As they start doing so, Jack notices weird reflections in the series of mirrors behind the wheel. Let me just tell you that I was SO excited when I saw those buildings flashing by -- I thought it was going to be a portal into another dimension, kind of like in the His Dark Materials books. I thought the characters would be able to leap through the mirror -- you know, "Through the Looking Glass" and all that. Instead, Jack put the names on the degree markings together with the images in the mirrors and turned the wheel to his own name. Once he turned the counter to 23 and subsequently saw the home he grew up in, he decided that Jacob had been using the contraption to spy on him and -- like an exceedingly frustrated Lost fan -- demanded answers right then and there.


WALKING ON
WALKING ON
BROKEN GLASS

Jacob failed to materialize and dole out answers, so Jack did something I thought was kind of dumb -- he smashed all the mirrors. No otherworldly portals for YOU now, Jack -- good job. I'm not fond of when the Mad Doctor does things without thinking them through first. But, like the presence of the lighthouse, I'm over it.

The funny thing was that Jacob DID actually appear, it's just that 1) Jack was off sulking and 2) couldn't have seen him anyway. Jacob told Hurley that some peeps can just be told what to do ("Not that there's anything wrong with that, Hurley..."), while others need to be influenced a bit more subtly. Jacob said that Jack has "something to do" and that he needed to understand how important he was, so basically the entire errand he'd sent those two on was a set-up. Hurley's like, "But what about the person who needs to get to the Island?" I thought Jacob would say that there wasn't actually anybody coming, but instead he said that whoever it was would "find another way."


AND I WON'T TELL 'EM YOUR NAME

I'm sure most of you thought the same thing I did once you saw the lighthouse: "Oh, it must be Desmond who's sailing to the Island. YESSSSSSSS!!!!" He's been known to sing "I'm on a BOAT!", right? But when pausing on the wheel's 108 mark, the name there was "Wallace" (AND it was crossed out). Not "Hume."


Hmm. We know of no Wallace. Here's the thing, though... since Jacob really just wanted Jack to realize he'd been tracked his whole life, I don't even know if we can trust that Person #108 is who's coming to the Island in the first place. It sounds like the lighthouse wasn't even necessary to get that person ashore. So I'm still rooting for Desmond's return. And I'm definitely rooting AGAINST yet another new character being introduced.


ANYBODY SEEN
MY
BABY?

Elsewhere on the Island, Jin was bleeding out thanks to Claire's bear trap. Man, those scenes were gross. He's resting in her Rousseau-ish tent and she's out retrieving Justin the Other, who wasn't actually dead like we thought he was. She kept interrogating Justin about where Aaron was, and he kept saying he had no idea. Finally when she was about to bludgeon Justin with an ax, Jin shouted, "Kate's had Aaron for the past three years... and, for what it's worth, he looks NOTHING like your little Frankenstein doll over there!"

But Claire still gives it to Justin in the chest. D'oh.

Then Jin has to cover and say that Kate did NOT in fact have Aaron, but rather the Others had him over at the Temple, and that she'll need Jin in order to get there. At that point Fake Locke pops his head in the tent and Jin's like "What the..." and Claire introduces him as "her friend."

The main question I have about all this is whether or not Claire's seeing "her friend" as Locke or as someone else, since it seems as though her friend has been guiding her for the past three years and the Man in Black has only been in Locke's form for a few days. I'm not sure we'll ever get an answer to that one, though.

Jacob did warn Hurley that some eeeevil was on its way to the Temple and that it was too late to do anything about it, so now we know that he was most likely referring to Team Clocke going in to 1) retrieve the baby who is not actually there and 2) raise all sorts of holy hell. It will be interesting to see what happens if/when Sayid and Fake Locke come face to face, if Fake Locke is indeed the entity that put a "claim" on our favorite Iraqi. And, you know, since the previews couldn't show us ANYTHING since the next episode is going to be SO CRAZY (seriously, how ridiculous was that preview?), I guess we'll just have to wait and see if that's what goes down.

That's it for my episode analysis. Now here's what I think is going on overall.


THE BIG PICTURE

Before the season began, I figured that we would see an alternate version of events -- what the Losties lives would've been like had they never crashed on the Island. I also assumed that all of their lives would be significantly worse in that scenario. While we have yet to see what everyone is up to, so far -- with the exception of perhaps Rose and Bernard (since they were REALLY happy at their Retirement Beach Hut and Rose no longer had cancer) -- that prediction has not panned out.

As of right now in the flash sideways timeline:
- Kate is on the run, but not in jail like she'd feared she would be. And since there's a chance she didn't actually commit the crime she's accused of, she might escape prison (or at least get a light sentence) if she is ever caught. Plus, she made a friend in Claire -- awww!!!!
- Jack just turned a corner in the relationship with his son. And, um, Jack HAS A SON.
- Sayid appeared happy and was most likely going to meet Nadia after he landed.
- Hurley is the luckiest guy in the world and totally happy and chill.
- Sun and Jin... hmm, things aren't that rosy there, but we haven't seen much more of them so I'll reserve judgment for now.
- Sawyer we haven't seen enough of yet to know what's going on with him.
- Rose has cancer but is at peace with it.
- Locke is confined to a wheelchair but has made peace with it, has what appears to be a good relationship with his father, and is getting married to Helen, who rocks.- Charlie - A drug addict, but presently still alive.
- Boone - Still dopey, but presently still alive.
- Arzt, Frogurt - Still alive.
- Ben's a teacher, Dogen's a dad.

So then I started thinking, "OK, they're showing us these two versions of how the 815ers lives could have been, and eventually each character is going to have to choose one version to stick with." But then I realized that that could never work, because it's not like off-Island Locke could just remove himself from the Island events and not have it affect what happened with/to the characters who might've chosen to stay with their Island lives. It's got to be an all or nothing scenario.

Then I thought that we just haven't seen enough of the off-Island events yet and that perhaps things are going to head south for everyone and it will be clear that the original timeline was what was "supposed to happen." Another idea was that events in the off-Island timeline would start (or eventually be able to) affect things on the Island -- but I'm still having trouble figuring out how they would communicate that to viewers now that we know the off-Island flashes are in 2004 and the Island events are years later. I guess they could always just cover 2005-2007 in the alternate timeline, too, and then everything would be synced up.

Most recently I got very worried that they're headed toward making ONE character -- Jack -- responsible for deciding everyone's fate. My problem with this scenario is absolutely nothing against Jack -- it's more with the fact that this would seem to fly in the face of the series' whole "free will versus fate" battle. It's not free will or fate if one person decides the fate of many. But since Jack had the nick on his neck, the weird reaction to his appendectomy scar and the faint memory of Desmond, I started thinking that he might end up being the only one who eventually has full recollection of BOTH timelines for ALL characters and then has to ultimately decide which one timeline should be kept and which one should cease to exist.

What gives me hope is that Kate seemed to have a spark of recognition with Jack outside of the airport, and was also moved by the whale stuffed animal of Claire's (which, as I discussed in my "What Kate Does" post, she bought for Aaron herself in the original timeline).

So right now I'm just hoping that it's going to end up being the type of thing where all of the characters -- TOGETHER -- make a conscious choice to choose their Island existences over their No Crash existences. As my brother pointed out to me, when Jacob and the Man in Black had their infamous talk about how "it always ends the same... but it only ends once," what if the difference between the Losties and all of the other people Jacob's brought to the Island is that a subset of the 815ers actually chose to come back? So in a way, they've already taken a step toward deciding which life they want to lead.

Anybody got any other ideas? Like I said at the beginning of this season, I'm totally just rolling with things and am not getting too crazy about the various theories, but I figured now that we're 27.78% of the way through the season I'd let you know where my head was at.


BEST LINE OF THE EPISODE

"I just lied to a samurai." - Hurley


OTHER BITS

- As you all know, a fire consumed my fellow DarkUFO blogger Vozzek's home (and I told you to buy his book already). He'd like to thank everyone who did, and I wanted to pass along an update he gave recently on The ODI's podcast. I mentioned that Vozzek is one of the most positive people I know, and I think his upbeat personality really shines through in the linked clip.

- My husband and I went out to eat recently and were amused by the first cocktail listed on this bar menu. Of course we had to try it.


- My friend Zach Dionne interviewed Michael Emerson (aka Ben) for GQ.com and it's an absolute must-read -- totally hilarious and, of course, spoiler free. Here it is!

- Matt R, who had a "super-fan" interview with Entertainment Weekly's Doc Jensen a few months ago, is best-known for making incredible videos that serve as invitations to his Lost viewing parties. They're like movie quality, seriously. Now he's extended his creativity to a t-shirt design revolving around the Dharma Shark (that's Ezra James Sharkington to listeners of the Official Lost Podcast) and I thought it was very cool. If you want one for yourself, here's his CafePress page.


And with that, I'm off to find a spring to dive into that will hopefully cure my own personal version of "the sickness." Wish me luck.

Until next time,
- e