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[krickets]

Okay I will probably be strung up for saying this, but I do not get the fandom beef with Ilana. I LIKE HER, OKAY? I feel like everyone just hates her because she's a girl! (Yeah, said it.) Maybe I am reading into things, but seriously? WHAT IS UP WITH THE HATE? I also have finally decided (as of a couple weeks ago) that I really like Kate a lot -- taking into consideration season 5 and 6 (so far) especially. These two facts probably make me nobody's friend.

[The only girl it's okay to like is Juliet, or something?]

General commentary:
Miles made me happy. Miles and Frank made me happy. Kate being so delighted to see Claire (the smile) made me happy. Seeing Sayid and Nadia interact, seeing him help two cute kids onto the school bus, made me happy. The thing that interested me most in this episode BY FAR was Jin in that closet. NEED MORE.

I feel that Kate actually has no idea what is happening. She is just following the two people she knows that are still standing. (Anyone else she knows are in Ilana's secret cave.)

Where were Jack, Hurley, Richard, Jin, and Sawyer? I fully expected Kate to spot Sawyer in MIB's group there at the end.

Other things:
The song at the end was so fucking creepy I think it actually gave me chills. I am not cool with both Sayid and Claire being romanced by the devil though. Nuh-uh.

Episode was entertaining -- but overall made me feel like this:
Sayid and Claire are dead.

No matter how cool it might look, that is not a good feeling. And I want to believe that's not true, but seeing Sayid turn so quickly gives me little hope for Claire being a product of time, survival instincts, paranoia, and brainwashing by the Man in Black.

I'm conflicted.

ETA: I feel like every opportunity this show has to go "deeper" it makes a u-turn. Let's dig into the psychological ramifications of being left on that island for three years and having to defend, protect, survive, etc.? OR -- let's just say some magical entity turns people evil. Yeah, that's it.

Comments

[kools-pad.livejournal.com]

I like Illana. I don't know why anyone wouldn't. She's soothing to the ears, not terrible to look at, and shes tough as steel. Shes like a less obnoxious Ana-Lucia

Yeah, thats what made me so upset. Was that this is worse than Sayid dying. He's been so tragically and pathetically heroic. To see him go full evil just felt wrong to the character.

You know what might be trippy? If Jack kills Sayid. That irony of him having the choice before, but didn't. And now he has to. A trippy journey for Jack.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

It is worse than the character dying because then they don't even get the benefit of some epic death scene/last episode. And on top of that it's frustrating cause it's like, okay, this is no longer Sayid. Who is it? Do I care?

The only way I care is if there's some way for the infected to be "cured." Without anyone having to die.

Though it's said the show is about your "destiny" and free will being taken from you, say what you will about Jacob, but at least those on his side, like Hurley, are able to consciously make a choice to follow/help him. Whereas with MIB, in the cases of Claire and Sayid, it appears the choice has been taken from them. Which is why I'm inclined to trust that MIB is indeed the evil one.

[kools-pad.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The episode really defined the difference finally. And after Lighthouse's example of Jacob giving everyone a choice, then Sundowns example if 'you don't listen, you die'. I have no doubt MIB will kill everyone once they successfully free him from the island.

What I am really kind of digging about Jack's journey is that he's on that righteous hero path. He's being led and protected by an outside force. He's accepted what he cannot do. He's let go of his fathers influence of self-doubt on him. Now he's just a man. Jack. No epic man of science or faith. That classic story of getting torn down to nothing and then rising to greatness. He's definitely going to be the main protagonist in this season. Besides Kate.