Cabin Fever
My GOD LOST SUCKS. Ok I said it. So now we are going to be subjected to pre-natal flashbacks?!?! Seriously. If you were to tell me 2 seasons ago we would be flashing back to Locke’s unwed mother I would have said you were crazy. If that wasn’t bad enough, they are now just recycling scenes from last season. The dharma death pit, check. The creepy cabin, check. Another pointless jungle trek, check. Another pointless filler episode. And does anyone else notice that on every preview of the next episode they said “everyone in the island will die” . Well, unfortunatley they seem to all be just fine. Especially now that Locke is “moving” the island.
Ladies and gentleman, we have our first perfect 10 of 10 on the suck-0-meter! Woohoo!
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You are so right.
This episode was swill. No wait. That would be an insult to swill.
The writers are pulling this crap out their asses, and this is proof there was not master plan all along.
Hate to be a contrary, but I thought this episode was the best of the season. I’ll call out the writers when there is major suck-o-meter action, but this episode was not nearly as bad as the rest of the episodes we’ve seen this season or last season.
I just don’t care any more. Does it seem to anyone else like things are just getting more random? Ooh John’s special specially specialaciously special. Can’t they just firebomb the island? Please? Who wants answers to b$^$@#%#t
So after all his murdering and scheming, Ben is just turning over the keys to the island to Locke? I guess Alex getting snuffed by the mumbling soldier of fortune suddenly changed his raison d’etre from “keeper of the island” to “revenge on Widmore,” but first he will have a quiet, touching moment with Hurley as they share a Dharma Apollo chocolate bar. That was beautiful man!
And I know this has probably been beat to death already, but are they serious with the “Michael can’t die” routine? What would happen if they put concrete blocks on his feet and dropped him in the ocean? Would a magical air bubble appear so he wouldn’t drown? I guess that still wouldn’t address the issue of the bends, but oh well.
I almost changed the channel when Adam Ant appeared in the maternity ward and then showed up at infant Locke’s home to adminster some harebrained test in which Little Locke was forced to choose among a knife, comic book, box of dirt, the Book of Kells(?) and some other random objects. It seemed the only purpose of the scene was to generate Lost fanboy buzz over more “clever” Easter eggs.
Tyler, you should take a page from Spinal Tap and change the suckometer scale so that you can give Lost a rating even higher than 10. For me, this episode was pushing an 11 suck level.
u shoudl see us at teh fuselage!! we are loving this episode!! lost roolz!!
Look guys – proof that the “No child left behind” policy is working. Note the perfect English! I bet all the grade school children like this one are perfect for the fuselage.
You can’t possibly say this episode was worse than the “release the gas episode” or last week’s appendectomy abortion. If you think this week’s episode was worse than those two, then I nominate this week as this site’s Jump The Shark week. Keep some friggin perspective, people.
Dr. RobbyLove, I don’t know if it was worse that those episodes you mentioned, but it was at least as bad.
It was one of the worst for me, and to prove I’m not just making blanket negative statements about the episodes, I thought that The Constant was a halfway decent episode this season.
The Constant REALLY REALLY REALLY reeked.
Mrs. Meister
LOST is like a Christmas tree with too many ornaments on one side: it can’t stand the strain and just falls over. That’s the effect of running so many stupid story lines in one series. It has just murdered this show. Last week I think I called the episode boring, the week before, painful. This one was ludicrous. Or fucked up, whichever you prefer. What I wonder is how the actors feel about the show these days. You just know they have to be thinking, “What the fuck is this shit? Christ, we’re going to get our asses cancelled and doing Ford commercials next fall!!! Someone get someone in here who can write! We know it’s impossible to save the show at this late date, but can’t there be a form of Creative Hospice where we might at least die a respectful death??? Why does Master JJ prolong this agony? There just simply has to be some TV Kervorkian who can fly over to Oahu and put us out of our misery with kindness — that is to say, one episode where everything makes sense, riddles are explained, nonsense dispensed with at long last, and where the Island fades blissfully away into television history!”
They’re actors. They’re morons.
ahhh actors. the scum of this fine planet. we hate them so much, we pay them millions of dollars to pretend to be someone else.
I don’t know. I would bet that they like working on the show, given how much they paid and the cast’s numerous award nominations.
They usually follow a crap episode with a good one, this week not so much. Jack’s dad is dead, right? He was in a coffin and now he’s in the magical cabin with Clair. What the hell was that about? I usually try to look for the positive, but the only thing I gathered was the eyeliner dude either is a time traveler or he’s a ghost or immortal or something. And don’t you think Locke would have recognized him when they chatted on the island? “Hey, aren’t you the guy who put those retarded items in front of me then stormed out when I picked the knife?”
The hole is getting deeper and filled with more crap they won’t be able to explain. Team Darlton, I hope JJ isn’t pissed at you for ruining his great show. Don’t think that you will have 2 more seasons just because you haven’t finished the story.
No, they’ll have 2 more because ABC has already GIVEN them two more seasons to finish the story.
I agree with RobbyLove on this one. I thought this episode was easily the best of season 4. There were many enjoyable and entertaining scenes and it was great, once again, not to see Jackass but for a few seconds.
The good: Love seeing the Locke kid flashbacks – thought seeing Eyeliner man was very cool. Also enjoyed seeing mysterious bald black man and the conversation between him and Locke. The dream and the trek was also enjoyable. Admittedly, Locke is by far my favorite character, and perhaps the only reason the show doesn’t TOTALLY suck in my opinion, so a Locke-centric episode is a breath of fresh air to me, especially after suffering thru a whiny-Jack horseface Kate episode.
The bad and the ugly: Combining both these cause its hard to choose. The boat seen was abhorrent. Military Dude going nuts and going to nuke the island with the strange device on his armpit? What the hell? The Captain that we are “not supposed to trust” (see the stupid note episode) is somehow good suddenly and then is dead. So who gives a crap whether he is good or bad? The doc getting killed after they remind the moron viewers about his impending death about 2 seconds earlier. And, once again, we are made to believe we will see Jacob and all we see is, what a surprise, Christian Shepherd – that really sucked.
I thought this epi was entertaing, but it still had so much wrong with it. I thought it was really stupid for Sayid to go off towards the island in his dingy. And what the heck happened to Des? He now doesn’t give a crap about anyone but himself and his precious Penelope. That was just dumb. He’ll let everyone on the island be murdered, because what… he thinks the ‘bad guys’ won’t kill him next. He’ll just remain safe and sound on the boat.
And did anyone else get teary eyed at the scene between Botox and Jack. BARF! That scene was nothing but salt added to an open wound to us out here enduring the remainder of this sess pool of a show.
The cabin scene. Who didn’t think it was Shepherd inside, that’s what I want to know? Do you think they have any Darmha paper towels and Windex? That lantern could sure use a wipe down. I mean, it’s amazing any light at all makes it thru. And why is Jacob, or whoever always sitting in the creepy chair with no lights on. I mean, we know Shepherd can LEAVE the cabin, why not move the chair to the porch? It looked like him and Claire were just chilling… in the dark creepy cabin, which she is now so ‘ok’ with the bye-bee being gone. And she tells Locke, “don’t worry, I’m fine…I’m with him”. Oh, ok then, as long as you’re with HIM, the creepy dude in the cabin. But seriously, what are they doing hanging out in the dark cabin. It is, IMO the dumbest part of the epi. Although, it did have the most appropriate line…”Once the men with the boat are here, all of these questions won’t matter one bit.” There you have it. As if there was any doubt. All the question don’t matter one bit.
The other big surprising moment from last nights epi. Who didn’t know Hurley Duuuuude Hugo was going to pull a Dharma bar from his leg pocket?
But Ben didn’t even say thank you when he got half, after staring at the candy bar, drooling practically. Doesn’t he understand how hard it is for HDH to give up half his candy bar?
And now, they need to move the island. And just how do you move an island? What a set up for more stupidity. I just cannot wait…
Mrs. Meister
If they move the island, are they going to move the second island too? Or does it not matter anymore?
Will they use the outboard from Sayids zodiac to move the island you think?
get a life you fat ass cunt.
Haha epic. This marital argument is certainly more entertaining than Lost.
Dear Lostard,
My husband would never call me such names and any arguments we have certainly would not be done on-line. Get a brain. Obviously Mr. Meister (of which LMeister has never signed is as) is an impostor.
Mrs. Meister
Neither is Lost a “reality TV” show. Why do you deny me such simple entertainment?
Hey dumbass, don’t try to be me.
I thought the preview was good, they come back. I would bet they won’t cover exactly how they got off, and plus we were promised the answer to who was in the coffin. Maybe it’s Christian again. Maybe he’ll stay dead this time. I actually am beginning to think it’s Michael or maybe even Sawyer. Who knows, I think they just make this shit up over a doobie anyway.
Captain, are you saying you heard that they were revealing the coffin residence IN THE NEXT EPISODE? I missed that if they did – can you explain, please?
There is one episode split into 2 parts, which means about 8 minutes of actual worthy viewing. So by 29 May, we’ll know (supposedly) who the coffin person is.
C’mon – does anyone still really believe it when they say they’re going to answer questions on this show? As the saying goes (sort of), just when you think you’re going to get an answer, they change the questions.
No shit, answer a question on Lost? Nope. What I heard was they are going to reveal the coffin guy/gal this season. I think there are 3 episodes left? So it has to be next week or in the finale weeks (Finale I think I read in TV Guide is split into two weeks or 2 epsisodes). I have an inkling they’ll dance around it next week and then probably reveal it at the end of the last episode.
CPT Preevyet
I know it’s an ongoing TV series with the possibility of new viewers jumping on board (seriously?) and others who may have missed an episode here and there, but I don’t know if I can stand any more blatant, previous-episode exposition crap dialogue.
“So this is, like, the mass grave where you shot Locke?” You might as well add, “… in Season 3, dude?”
Not the best episode of season 4, in my opinion, but I think it’s funny how we’ve got so bored with bashing that we’re actually arguing over which episodes are the best.
I hope within a few episodes, they take us back to the funeral home and Jack opens the mystery coffin to find a LOST Season 1 DVD set.
The scene with Locke picking out the items that “belonged” to him was a friggin BLATANT RIPOFF of a scene in the movie Kundun.
Do a search on YouTube for “Kundun” and select Part 2. You’ll wanna puke at how shameless the ripoff is.
Nearly ruined the episode for me.
(Add this to the youtube url) /watch?v=bFwn-tQzGMo
Lindeloff and Cuse would call it an homage. Besides, it’s so much easier to steal plot developments than to have to come up with them on your own.
good one!! very snarky, hahaha
they’ve done the blatant rip off a few times, the last one i remember was in the constant, the whole “unstuck in time” was a blatant word for word rip off from the kurt vonnegut novel slaughterhouse 5. so that to a certain degree proves they are unoriginal hacks
It’s not a ripoff of Kundun but the Tibetan Buddhism,
Through this “blatant rip-off” the writers were making a ham-fisted attempt to suggest that Locke, like the Dalai Lama, is the reincarnation of a someone important. Strange that you missed the significance of something so obvious.
its strange that we don’t understand the test Bhudist monks are put through to see what they might have possibly be reincarnated from? thats a ridiculous thing to say, most of the people in the united states have not studied bhudist culture, so how could we make that connection? its just another bullshit thing the writers have done in their pseudo-intellectual way to make this retarded show something its not, to be smart after all the dim witted plot holes that have now been created because they have failed so bad in stretching it farther then they were prepared to. your name is a pretty bad rip off, couldn’t make the connection of yourself to anything else?
I actually watched parts of it for the first time in ages. I can’t comment on what was going on, because what I did catch didn’t make any sense to me. (I have no idea who anybody on the ship was, for example, nor do I care.)
What I do want to comment on, though, watching Locke, Ben and Hurley traipsing through the jungle (yet again), was how *bored* all the actors looked. They had all the enthusiasm of assembly-line workers who had punched in for yet another day’s work. It was like they were all muttering “different day, same crappy dialogue” under their breaths. Part of me doesn’t blame them, since it’s obviously a great paycheck for such minimal effort, but then again, part of me is starting to blame them for not quitting the show (good on you DM!), for two reasons. One, they are starting to lose their integrity as actors, and two, they are preventing the show from getting the axe that would surely come if all the good actors left. In any case, it is sad seeing good actors like TOQ, and to a lesser extent ME, wasting their talents on this dreck.
well…Ben just got his daughter killed in a hostage situation of his own fault so unenthusiasm on his part is to be expected at the moment.
so before you start delving into why the actors look so tired and bored maybe you should go a couple episodes back and see why they are acting that way.
before you all lynch me with attacks please take note that im neither a fuselage fanboy nor do i have any affiliation with most online lostboards.Im a 22 year old woman with a job and a social life that happens to be a fan (were not all 13yr old masturbating fanboys) as you claim.
“Im a 22 year old woman with a job and a social life that happens to be a fan (were not all 13yr old masturbating fanboys) as you claim.”
so social life = looking up a site about lost’s suckiness, and defending it?
YESSS! good one mr. monkey! ask tribalchic if she senses the irony behind some tool who looks up a site about a television show he hates and posts inflammatory remarks about it, dipshit!
fucking TWOP refugees are destroying this once-good site
no real irony there since this site was set up to bash lost in the first place. You might have had a case if i had chose to bash lost on a pro-lost site.
good try though. Keep working on the smartassness and you just might succeed some day!
you know monkey, you can have a social life and also participate in an on-line chat. Not all of us are void of real-life human interaction.
Mrs. Meister
I disagree. I didn’t think the characters looked bored and tired, I got the distinct feeling the *actors* looked bored and tired with the show. Subtle difference, I admit. Maybe I was just projecting.
In any case, you are certainly entitled to your opinion, tribalchic. It is also very noble of you to visit a hostile place like this to defend the show. One wonders, why do you do such missionary work?
“Im a 22 year old woman with a job and a social life that happens to be a fan”
Going with your mom to the Cheesecake Factory every Friday night does not really constitute a “social life.”
really stupid comment.
Said the expert on really stupid comments.
Welcome tribalchic. It is alway nice to have another woman around. Assuming you turn out to have good commentary and not just defend LOST blindly.
I think it is fair to say they’d be a little tired and weary trekking threw the jungle, again. But you have to admit, the candy bar scene was just stupid and lame.
Hope you stick around.
Mrs. Meister
it’s pretty difficult to stick around, mrs. meister, when anyone who posts something contrary to the “purpose” of this site is automatically — in typical high-school-student fashion — labeled a “fanboy” and shredded to pieces by a select number of smug, condescending little fuckwits who have now begun to visit this site.
bye!
YOU TELL HIM, MR. MONKEY! I LOVE YOU!
Dear Anonymous, in the future, if you directly address me, I would appreciate it if you’d skip the profanity.
But trying to address your comment, this website frequently has posters of opposing views and SOME have actually been welcome. You see, to be a fanboy on this site that is actually welcome, you must:
A) not be offended by people who think LOST sucks. you see, that is why we’re here. To lament and commiserate over a show that was once fantastic and we have watched it steadily go further and further down the crapper.
B) offer commentary that is worth reading, something besides “LOST is great and you all suck!” or the ever boring and so so old “Why do you watch a show that you think sucks? etc.”
C) you must have a sense of humor, which unfortunately most Fanboys seem NOT to have
Most of the regular posters here will agree that they once thought the show was very enjoyable and will honestly critique it and admit when they think the writers have done something well again, as infrequently as that seems to be these days. So, if you are able to intelligently debate without getting offended or emotional, stick around. But you’re gonna need the ability to laugh, because, well, the site IS Why Lost SUCKS.
Mrs. Meister
mrs. meister, i’ve visited this site many times. it has only recently started sucking large amounts of ass. back during season three days, it was actually worth reading because it wasn’t a bunch of people posting the exact same thing and somehow insinuating that people who like the show are lower life forms.
Aononymous, If you’ve been here for so long, than you should see that the time when this site is not entertaining is typically when we have a lot of Fanboys defending the show without using any real arguments to back up their words. They just shout insults for us “not getting it” instead of realistically taking a look at the quality of the show. I’ll agree that there is a lot of fun at the expense of Fanboys, but come on, some Fanboys just ask for it.
And if someone were to suggest that you are a lower life form because you like LOST, obviously that would be an untrue statement. Don’t be so thin skinned. Ignor the ignoramuses and have fun with the rest, or if you’d rather not, don’t. Simple enough.
Mrs. Meister
when you come to a site which has people discussing why they think lost sucks, do you honestly believe that they will speak nicely of the show or its fans? Especially since if you go to any lost fan site/fan forum and bring up something negative about the show, you get berated for being of lower intelligence, and lacking patience – this is a haven from those places.
And the only reason people say the same thing is because maybe we all share the same opinion, i.e. the show is a big steamy pile of horse shit at the moment.
finally, the only reason this place drops in intelligence is because some fanboys/girls decide to drop in with their smug one-liners from time to time. Anyway i should learn and not take the bait from now on.
yet you continually do take the bait, probably because you secretly relish the chance to prove the “fanboys” wrong time after time with your sparkling wit, dazzling rhetoric, and mindbogglingly wry and clever observations not just about the show, but about the intelligence of the people who watch the show. also, probably, because this is the only form of social interaction where you can pose as a badass while hiding the fact that you’re basically a gigantic pussy in real life.
i don’t want to take your bait, but i’ll do this just this once to defend myself…
please point out where i’ve acted like a ‘badass’ and/or threatened someone in a matter which would show that i’m some sort of person giving a ‘badass’ impression. please go on. Now before you go acting all high and might, you should know that you’ve been dishing out the insults and condescending talk yourself.
you come on here acting like some sort of victim when the reality is if you act the way you did, you’re bound to get flamed. You don’t see me going on lost forums and saying “OMG you guys are so stupid!!”
Let me get this straight the plan is to move the island, seriously is that the best they could think off? With the others and the plane crash survivors they outnumber the commando guys like 10 to 1 and they do have guns. You know what a better plan is – mount up and kill the commandos with some help from smokey.
Now for the weekly criticism:
1) Once again to put try and get the viewers interest they kill a few more people. Surely there running out of guys to kill, somewhere on that island there is a sign saying ‘no murders in the last 40 minutes and proud of it’
Commando’s looking to kill everyone and they don’t bomb the nice bonfire lit beach. You telling me not one of them thought ‘pass me a grenade please’?
2) The entire which items belong to you scene. For god sake stop ripping stuff off. This is nothing by some hokey religious hook up with the way they associate the next incarnation of a budah by getting him to choose from items some of which belonged to the last incarnation. Lame so very, very lame. I pray this doesn’t end up as the search for the reincarnation of Jacob, you know big twist Locke is Jacob.
3) Again no explanation for Claire abandoning baby in middle of forest.
4) Someone mentioned the ‘we have a plan story arc type thing’ the writers are meant to be doing. Well that worked out so nicely for the French woman. French woman – dead, French woman’s daughter – dead, boyfriend of said daughter – dead. Yep there’s your proof non of this is thought out, it’s simply the garbage the writers projectile vomit onto the script week in week out.
5) That damn dramatic music they use every time some big secrets is about to be revealed only – wait for it – the secret is never revealed.
6) Move the island, more chance of Hurley actually loosing weight. This will be one of those ‘oh I lied’ Locke moments.
7) Locke’s mum, pregnant and run over whilst on way to meet boyfriend. Was it just me or did she not look in the least bit pregnant. No bump = baby of only a few weeks old = no chance of survival.
9) Jack up and about already, please you have an incision in your gut you ain’t going nowhere for a while. Mystical island healing thing be damned!
10) If any lost fanboys have actually read this far down without bursting into tears, do I make you mad well do I?
u suck! i hate u! especially that part about the music!! that was a really well thought out criticism of the show that, it’s very likely, millions of people across the globe are echoing! i strongly urge u to send angry hate mail to ABC to convince them to reveal a BIG SECRET every time the dramatic music plays!! GRRR!
Music like that is designed to build suspense. The idea being to build towards something. With lost they build it up but nothing happens or if they just fob you off with a even bigger mystery. Lost one great failing is it’s all show no reveal. To keep a large fan base you have to have forward momentum. Lost has momentum but it just suddenly stops then picks up a new plot twist and runs with that. All I’m asking for is a little bit of resolution, you know a reward for watching 3 and a bit seasons of this show. Oh and I do get the irony of hating the show but still watching it. You see I have this problem, I need to know how it ends. There is this small part of me convinced that there will be a reward that at some point I will see another episode which I outright like. I mean there were decent episodes in the first two series so they can do good script writing.
They oughtta just fast forward to the part where they move the island to Disneyland. It would make a great ten minute ride where you come out all dizzy and think that it must have been really good even though you can’t for the life of you remember much of anything about it.
Yikes.
Remember the first/second season when, for example, they discovered the hatch and you could not wait until next week to see what was in it? What the hell happened… this season is so awful that it hurts me to watch. Now they keep adding more sub-plots, more characters, more loose ends, it’s getting more and more confusing. I give up.
Paul.
then don’t watch it.
Good comeback, you should write for LOST.
Paul.
Maybe (s)he does. God knows the Lost writers have plenty of time to hang out in chat rooms since they steal most of their plot developments from other TV shows and movies.
HA HA HA GOOD ONE!
Look! Fanboy rolf has discovered the Caps Lock! You’re very clever rolf.
don’t be mean to fanboy rolf!! fanboys suck!! i hate them!! i hate them all!! you should definitely kill all fanboys while soundly mocking them in a smug and condescending fashion because their taste in television differs from your own!! then quickly find a website and post about how much more intelligent you are than these fanboys!!! KILL THEM ALL!!! RAARARQRJQWE
haha the poor little fanboy can’t take the ’smug and condescending’ bashing directed towards him/her and the shit pile known as lost. Oh and your sarcasm sucks just as much as lost.
btw why don’t you go back to your original alias and stop changing it around.
pleez don’t hurt me! this ‘poor little fanboy’ is very scared of the ‘bashing’ that you are hurling toward me! i did not know my ’sarcasm sucks just as much as lost’! thank u for telling me!
in the future i will not change my alias! i know it scares u! eek!
u called lost a shitpile? i go to fuselage now to yell at u! HAHAAH!
I think your suck-o-meter is off. Compared to some recent episodes, I wouldn’t say this was the worst. Filler, yes, but not horrible.
This website kind of sucks.
We all suck, for still watching this crap.
Exactly. All who watch do suck for watching this crap.
But alas, that’s what TV is for-to fill a void in the sucky lives of ordinary people.
Simple pleasantry for simple peasants.
Of which you are the simplest, no?
Oh well, I fell off the wagon, I had a relapse, I watched this episode after being dry (insert diaper joke here) for the previous two. I did notice when Ben and Hurley shared the candy bar that neither one of them had a clue either. I liked this episode although I have no idea why. But, when Locke found Claire and Admiral Doenitz in the cabin it did suggest paaaaarrrrttaaaaay to me. I did find the whole “Batman at the Orgy ” thing to be somewhat offensive.
I can honestly say I forgot that Lost was on last night. I ended up watching old episodes of the simpsons and king of the hill which aired at 10 and 10:30. It wasn’t til i flipped through the guide later that i noticed lost was on. Just shows how much lost has dropped. In the past I couldn’t wait to see the next episode and i would die of anticipation… now I really don’t give a crap about this garbage. I’ll be waiting next to hear about its cancellation.
kewl dude! simpsons and family guy are funny shows! you’re a cool dude
go back to your fanboy haven.
i am a fanboy! you are a hater! everything is polarized into sharp blacks and whites, not shades of gray! it is an epic battle between fanboys and haters! WHO WILL WIN?
its not getting canceled.
Its the only show in network history to strike a three year deal (48 episodes guarenteed) with the network to end on its own terms after 6 seasons no matter what.
No wonder the writers are getting so lazy. Not that they were very good to begin with.
i’ll disagree with that.. they were great to begin with, about three quarters of the way through season 1, they started falling off, the bulk of season 2, all of season 3 and this whole season so far have been absolute trash
It’s getting cancelled because it’s ad-hoc bullshit. It’s not ER, Dynasty or Cosby, it’s dependent on a hook, on a lure and it can’t sustain itself señor dipsheet. The network knew it was burning down 2 years back, it knows it was a fluke and it was picked up serendipitously. They gave it ago, if they can get millions to watch for a few years guess what? Good enough suckers, we got our ad rates fuckers! Until the next plotless and pointless serial comes around…
I see where your coming from, Jake. I also loved Season 1 – I thought it was a brilliant concept, and wonderfully executed. But seeing how badly these clowns have botched things up since then, I have to agree with Laurent – it was a fluke, proof that sometimes monkeys really can type out a Shakespearean play. Sadly, these guys only made it to Act I, before returning to their normal monkey ways.
Most of the episode was retarded like Locke’s mother not looking pregnant at all, the captain pointing a gun at several armed bloodthirsty psychopaths then looking away, Desmond suddenly being a whiney bitch like Jack and not wanting to help.
Why is Michael the only one who can repair the engine? That’s totally illogical. Breaking stuff is a lot easier than fixing it.
The Horace scene was dumb.
We were again let down by the fact that they didn’t show Jacob.
Locke asked an idiotic question, which received an idiotic answer, as somebody pointed out. The question should have been “What the fuck is the island?”
However: After the first few episodes of the first season I had a feeling that Locke knew something about the island that the other survivors didn’t.
I don’t know whether it is just coincidence that they now revealed that he did indeed know stuff, or all planned. Probably the former because there was no indication he recognized Richard Alpert when they first met in the second or third season.
“there was no indication he recognized Richard Alpert when they first met in the second or third season.”
I pointed that out earlier, and it’s indicative of the writers making shit up as they go along with no concept of continuity. The explanation of this whole shitbag of a series will be a wizard did it.
I think it will end with nothing being explained and all characters dying. Fanbois will therefore declare it the best show ever.
der, i don’t understand, duhhh. are you saying that john locke should have recognized some guy he met for roughly 2 minutes while he was 10 years old when he met him two decades later on an island? please clarify. i am very slow, but it looks like this point you are trying to make is extremely cogent and very intelligent. the only reason i am, duh, asking is because i don’t really remember many people who i met for brief periods of time when i was 10 years old.
The event seemed to make quite an impression on him. I think I’d remember something like that.Also, he drew the smoke monster as a kid and should have recognized it.
One more thing: Hurley didn’t want to leave Ben and John because he was afraid of the monster. Shouldn’t he know by now that Ben controls it?
dude you can’t argue with these damn fanboys… to them lost is the greatest thing to have ever existed, and regardless of how many plot holes we point out all over the place, they will find some stupid miniscule thing to refute it. just don’t even waste your energy discussing with the fanboys, that is until one of them brings a valid point to the table to discuss.
To be fair, Locke not remembering Dude is plausible, willful suspension of disbelief and so forth. Plus, it’s a minor point when compared to the disaster the rest of the plot has become.
Yes, I agree it’s a lot more plausible than most ridiculous events in this show.
funny. But seriously, I don’t think the smoke monster is the only thing he’s afraid of. I mean they are going to Jacob to ask what to do next. They do realize there are people trying to kill them. Hurley Dude hugo isn’t really a warrior type, unless of course he is equipped with a rockn VW bus.
Mrs. Meister
I don’t know how old people are on this site, but I can assure that the chances of Locke (who must be near or more than 40 yrs old) remembering someone he met for what, fifteen minutes or less, when he was a kid, are extremely remote. I’d say that if the writers expected him to remember, then they’re idiots. Of course, since we know they’re idiots, and we know they’re making this up as they go along, anything’s possible.
Good suggestion for what Locke should have asked ‘What the fuck is this island?’ Personally considering the weird vibe in the cabin between Claire and her father I would have gone for ‘What the fuck have I just walked in on?’
Yep, that too.
I think the writers of Lost missed a good bet when they passed on the chance to show us Locke as a kid, but bald and wearing his usual white t-shirt! Same for when we saw teen-Locke. Bald with a white t-shirt. Now THAT would’ve been awesome! Then I would’ve believe anything they wanted to sell about all of this story as being tied together. Of course, next they would’ve show Kate as a ten year old tart, too, right?
Last ten minutes of last episode: Kate wakes from a nap. Turns off the rerun of “Dharma and Greg” that was on the tv. Hears the shower running. Opens the door and grinning Sawyer is there. After a little banter she says “I had the weirdest dream.” After he’s dressed they go out and walk down the street. Kate smiles as she recognizes all the familiar faces that were in her dream. The end. Cue theme music from “Dallas.” JJ and writers all high five for screwing with so many viewers for so long. Old saying about how you can fool some of the people most of the time appears on screen. (Merciful) fade out.
that is the most likely theory I’ve heard yet.
Mrs. Meister
I like the promos for next weeks episode – “be prepared for the most compelling hour of tv…” (i burst into laughter just hearing that much so i didn’t catch the whole thing)
can’t believe there are still those out there that would agree with that statement.
sometimes i want to know t.v shows you guys watch????
If you want some decent tv series to watch:
1) Dexter – best thing on tv I’ve seen in sometime
2) Heroes – season 1 was great, 2 took a bit of a slide but they promise to fix that in 3 (unlike the boys at lost heroes can admit to a mistake)
3) Battlestar galactica – final series so if you’re looking for something which is actually going to wrap up the plot lines this one is it
4) Moonlight – vampire private investigator pretty decent so far in my opinion
5) My name is earl – a fairly good tv series with, as far as I know, an original idea behind it
6) Scrubs – still going has it’s bad episodes but mostly of the good
I have a similar list, not necessarily in preference order.
1. Scrubs, probably the best comedy show that has been on in the past 10 years (ie since Seinfeld).
2. Heroes, arguably the most unique show ever to come on, a product of cheaper, better, effects and casting unknowns who blow people away. Agree with Bob that S1 was unreal, S2 started to suck (whyheroessucks(dot)com anyone?) but again they admit they hosed the second season partially because of the strike, but mostly because they changed the focus of the show.
3. My Name is Earl, next to Scrubs, I can’t miss it.
4. CSI, CSI Miami. Can’t be beat for drama, wit, and just downright good tv.
5. Aliens in America, sadly canceled but had potential to be a long running show if they let it, then again, once Raja finished his year at the school not sure what they would have done.
6. Reaper, thankfully picked up for S2, one of the best hours on TV next to CSI.
7. Eureka, arguably one of the best Cable shows, even better than some regular non cable shows in my opinion.
8. Chuck, though it’s shtick might get old in S2.
9. NCIS, my military fix even if it is Navy and not realistic.
10. Biggest loser, fun watching fatties lose weight and come out looking absolutely hot.
11. Jimmy Kimmel Live, best talk show hands down. DVR it if you can. “Unfortunately we ran out of time for Matt Damon”, classic.
12. Deadliest Catch, they say it’s the most dangerous job but I’d like to see them going out on patrol in Iraq.
13. Numbers, as a math geek, pretty good at explaining complex math stuff to make it seem not so geeky.
14. Big Bang Theory, Kaley Cuomo, nuff said.
15. Best Week Ever (VH1), good way to finish off the week.
Well, that’s all of what’s in my DVR list, not that I watch them all each week, but I try to. I’ll miss it while in Iraq for a year but hoping the wife will burn DVD’s for me and mail them regularly.
CPT Preevyet, TC, US Army
my list is not so long.
1. LOST (obviously)
2. 24 (just finished the last season on DVD and I won’t see the new season until it comes out on DVD. The suspense would be too much for me to wait an entire week)
That is pretty much it. I watch movies or King of Queens on DVD. And football. Love foot ball season.
GO RAVENS!!
Mrs. Meister
I have never seen a funny episode of Scrubs. It’s all artifice.
I guess My Name Is Earl is funny if you think Larry the Cable Guy is funny. Don’t care for the former; hate the latter.
Best Week Ever is ok, but The Soup beats it hands-down.
LOVE The Big Bang Theory even though Sheldon is just doing Niles Crane in College. Need to give more screen time to the hot chick.
McLaughlin Group still rocks!! Insane debates every week.
definately the best show on tv in my opinion is Nip/Tuck!
1. Nip/Tuck – the drama is so ridiculous.
2. Greys Anatomy – The only reason i watch this shit is because my girlfriend got me into it when it started, and just like lost, the pile of crap it is, has gotten me hooked and i can’t escape.
3. Friday Night Lights – Anybody from small town life can relate to this show
4. The Office/Arrested Development – two of the funniest comedies on television, although arrested development is no longer running,
5. and even though there are no more new episodes, the one show that i think is funnier and more original than any other show has ever been, or ever will be, is SEINFELD!! There will never be a better comedy on tv, and thats a fact
Oh right, how could I forget the office, I just watched a couple epis last night. That show is so funny. It is a bit of every office I have ever worked in. I think Laurent reminds me a little of Michael Scott.
Seinfeld is funny, but I have seen every epi so many times I need a decade just to watch it again. King of Queens is funny. That show makes me LOL.
Mrs. Meister
King of Queens is best (like so many other shows) when they focus on the supporting cast. Spence and his roommate (can’t remember his name) are great together, and I love the girl who walks Arthur. Very funny.
The Office is another show with outstanding support players. Toby, Creed, Oscar, Meredith, and Kevin steal just about every scene they’re in.
His name is Danny.
I agree that KoQ has a top notch supporting cast, however, I think my favorite relationship in the show is Doug and Arthur. My all time favorite is the opening scene when Arthur is giving Doug the phone number for
” Doe-mean-os”. That is pure cry from laughing so hard comedy.
Again, another great cast for the Office. I like them all. Very talented.
Mrs. Meister
I really like KoQ too. Especially the scenes between Doug & Carrie – they’re the best. A lot of people mistake them as your typical “dumb husband/smart wife” sitcom couple, but they are not. He’s more browbeaten and wimpy than dumb, and she’s way too pigheaded and shrewish to be viewed as superior to him in any way. They deserve each other, and that’s why I think they are so funny together.
I can never get past the hot chick, fat guy routine (like According to Jim, et al), but admit the Lou Ferrigno episodes were choice.
Battlestar Galactica (though that’s starting to suck too)
I recently started watching the U.S. version of The Office, which is among the best comedies out there.
Dexter
Heroes
Jericho (until it was cancelled a couple of months ago)
Scrubs
Family Guy
The Simpsons
American Dad
South Park
I forgot the best drama series:
Breaking Bad
TV flat out sucks, and that’s why the downfall of Lost is heartbreaking, and why, at the same time, I keep watching and hoping for the good moments to surface now and then. It’s all that’s left.
My Name is Hurl is not funny in the least.
The Office is is a shameless cartoon caricature of the BBC original. When people laugh at it or say they watch it, I instantly assume their sense of humor stopped developing after 8th grade, if it ever made it that far. Dwight might be the most un-funny paid comic actor in the world and any high school class clown could deliver jokes with the same lame timing and effect.
Arrested Development was awesome for 2 seasons, then all the original writers got hired for other gigs and more money. I quit watching after a few episodes of season 3.
The Contender Season 1 made me bust a load in my pants week after week. Sly Stallone rules, and the Ultimate Fighter wishes it could be as good as this genius work was.
Dr. Katz was good. I loved it in college. Been a while since I’ve seen it.
Taxi Season 1 is great stuff.
I finally got into Sopranos. Hooked. Need to get my hands on Season 5.
Deadwood is maybe the worst entertainment I’ve ever puked my way through 4 episodes of.
I agree that most stuff on TV is quite bad at the moment. I blame it mostly on this direction towards reality tv.
I don’t know how shows like American Karaoke Idol, and Dancing with the Stars repeatedly get high ratings. Seriously, a show about ball room dancing is the highest rated show in the US? You know as bad as Lost has been I would rather watch it then that reality garbage that’s on.
Survivor was ok for a season, then it lost its appeal. Big Brother is a total waste of time. Why do people want to watch a bunch of college-drunk types live in a house together? The bachelor/bachelorette shows are puke worthy.
Grey’s Anatomy is nothing more than a chick show, meant for daytime. Office is nothing compared to the UK version. If most people have seen the English version, I doubt they would speak highly of the American version. Family Guy was funny for a while but it’s the same thing over and over. I stopped watching Law & Order after they became obsessed with rapists, and terrorists.
Only things i watch these days is a few flavours of CSI, House, BG, Nip/Tuck, Simpsons and repeats of old shows. Tend to watch Earl now and then – though it’s not overly funny, it’s a good way to kill 30 mins.
Well said, mrmonkey.
People who constantly criticize the U.S. Office for not being as good as the UK Office are the worst kind of pretentious TV snobs. I’ve seen all of both series, and the U.S version is waaaayy better.
You want a funny UK sitcom? Check out The Black Adder.
Red Dwarf kills all UK shows, hands down. Black Adder was probably equal, but Red Dwarf I think had a slight edge.
I agree. This episode truly sucked. I sware I’m on the verge of giving this show up. I’m still hoping it’ll get better. Season 2 and 3 were the best seasons so far. Season 4 sucks. Season 1 was okay.
WORD, DAWG! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOTALLY RADICAL POST!
Come on, this episode was good. And to be even crazier, this season is good besides that episode 2 weeks ago. The suck o meter is broken. Also I think everyone is forgetting about dawsons creek as one of the top shows out there.
I still say that scene was a ripoff of Kundun.
I guess it’s more likely than the writers knowing about Tibetan Buddhism through other sources.
Sadly I will miss tonight, I have martial arts training and have a damn good excuse to not be able to watch until the weekend. I’ll look at the comments after I see it so as not to spoil the suck factor (I’m betting a 9.5/10).
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You’re such a little pussy, BigJim. Apparently someone can’t take the heat, huh?
Another impossible thing: Sawyer must have whispered on the helicopter to Kate:” I have a daughter in Albuquerque, her name is Cl. Philips.Her adress is 18 Oxford street. By the way, you met her mother years ago, her name is Cassidy.”
By the way, it seems that she lives in LA, not in Albuquerque, how convenient!
She wasn’t even surprised that Sawyer sent her.
I don’t really understand how Sawyer broke Kate’ heart. Because he didn’t want her to be pregnant? On an island where every mother dies? Kate was always a slut who went back to Dr. Jack. Right?