Telly time
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chaniNo, despite my new addiction to Life On Mars, I didn't forget to download Lost.
Grey's Anatomy has been rather disappointing lately but I may give it another try.
So many shows, so little time...
Being unspoiled, I didn't know it was going to be a Desmond-centric episode so when I saw the "previously in Lost" I did the little dance of joy.
Having said that, I don't think it was a great episode. Certainly not bad, but not great either. For some reason episodes that were centred on my favourite characters haven't been brilliant lately while episode that focused on characters I don't care much about (Hurley, Niki and Paolo, Kate even!) turned out to be excellent writing-wise. I may have too many great expectations when it comes to Locke or Desmond...
However Desmond was wonderful as usual. I love how he keeps struggling, how he doesn' t quite understand that prescient talent he has and I loved the flashbacks. The short hair suits him by the way. He was charming. It was interesting to see that prior to Penny there was Ruth and Desmond kind of pulled a Xander on her (for non Buffy fans, he was about to marry her but left one week before the wedding). I liked the idea of echoes in Desmond's love life, showing how much it's about his inner fears of not being where he's supposed to be, of not fitting in, of being helpless too (which is nicely tied-up with his newly found prescience). He kept running because he felt that he had no controle over his life. The island is definitely teaching him a lesson about that.
I also loved the romantic side of the episode. It reminded me a little of the first part of that taiwanese movie, Three Times I saw two years ago where a guy has first to lose a woman he thought he loved to meet the woman he was meant to.
When Desmond told Ruth what happened to him, how he was wondering about their marriage and simply woke up on his back, it recalled his awakening on his back in the previous Desmond-centric episode (an awakening from the explosion of the hatch). He knew he was supposed to follow the monk who helped him but misunderstood the reason, misinterpreted the meaning of that meeting and his own path. Penelope knew better of course.
Also I liked how they explained Desmond's habit to call everybody "brother" ! Once upon a time he was a novice. The monks' test, the vow of silence, echoed Locke's temporary muteness at the beginning of season 3 and of course recalled Eko's choice of silence in season 2. I think it's funny that Desmond had been a wannabe monk and actually ended as a hermit during 3 years until they found the hatch !
The theme of Abraham/Isaac and sacrifice was well done, echoing this time Locke and Boone. In Desmond's visions Charlie was supposed to play Boone's role and it was again about to get something in the trees (a girl this time, not a plane!). Desmond didn't seem to have realized that in his visions he also saw Charlie helping to cushion the girl's fall. So actually he saw two alternative futures and when he chose to save or rather to spare, Charlie he made one happen. Charlie wasn't necessarily supposed to die, neither was Isaac. Desmond was Abraham and his God at once.
Except that the girl wasn't Penny. Desmond doesn't understand how his puzzle-flashes work. Ruth, Penny and eventually it's a third girl who shows up from the sky! Ironical...
Does Desmond underestimate the value of sacrifice? What has he been doing for so long if not sacrificing himself?
Speaking of visions, in the monk's office we could see a photograph showing him and the woman with whom Desmond discussed precognition in a previous episode, the woman to whom he bought the ring for Penny. I didn't like how the camera emphazised that clue. A bit too obvious.
Speaking of photograph...there should be only one photograph of Desmond and Penny yet there are two of them. Maybe one is just a figment of someone's imagination or maybe they both are!
I liked the campfire on the beach and Jin telling his Korean story in his Korean way.
Of course the Jack/Kate/Sawyer triangle annoyed me as hell. Why do they persist in writing that crap? I tried to find a connection between that and Desmond's storyline but came to the conclusion that the Jatawyer stuff was pointless.
Having said that, I don't think it was a great episode. Certainly not bad, but not great either. For some reason episodes that were centred on my favourite characters haven't been brilliant lately while episode that focused on characters I don't care much about (Hurley, Niki and Paolo, Kate even!) turned out to be excellent writing-wise. I may have too many great expectations when it comes to Locke or Desmond...
However Desmond was wonderful as usual. I love how he keeps struggling, how he doesn' t quite understand that prescient talent he has and I loved the flashbacks. The short hair suits him by the way. He was charming. It was interesting to see that prior to Penny there was Ruth and Desmond kind of pulled a Xander on her (for non Buffy fans, he was about to marry her but left one week before the wedding). I liked the idea of echoes in Desmond's love life, showing how much it's about his inner fears of not being where he's supposed to be, of not fitting in, of being helpless too (which is nicely tied-up with his newly found prescience). He kept running because he felt that he had no controle over his life. The island is definitely teaching him a lesson about that.
I also loved the romantic side of the episode. It reminded me a little of the first part of that taiwanese movie, Three Times I saw two years ago where a guy has first to lose a woman he thought he loved to meet the woman he was meant to.
When Desmond told Ruth what happened to him, how he was wondering about their marriage and simply woke up on his back, it recalled his awakening on his back in the previous Desmond-centric episode (an awakening from the explosion of the hatch). He knew he was supposed to follow the monk who helped him but misunderstood the reason, misinterpreted the meaning of that meeting and his own path. Penelope knew better of course.
Also I liked how they explained Desmond's habit to call everybody "brother" ! Once upon a time he was a novice. The monks' test, the vow of silence, echoed Locke's temporary muteness at the beginning of season 3 and of course recalled Eko's choice of silence in season 2. I think it's funny that Desmond had been a wannabe monk and actually ended as a hermit during 3 years until they found the hatch !
The theme of Abraham/Isaac and sacrifice was well done, echoing this time Locke and Boone. In Desmond's visions Charlie was supposed to play Boone's role and it was again about to get something in the trees (a girl this time, not a plane!). Desmond didn't seem to have realized that in his visions he also saw Charlie helping to cushion the girl's fall. So actually he saw two alternative futures and when he chose to save or rather to spare, Charlie he made one happen. Charlie wasn't necessarily supposed to die, neither was Isaac. Desmond was Abraham and his God at once.
Except that the girl wasn't Penny. Desmond doesn't understand how his puzzle-flashes work. Ruth, Penny and eventually it's a third girl who shows up from the sky! Ironical...
Does Desmond underestimate the value of sacrifice? What has he been doing for so long if not sacrificing himself?
Speaking of visions, in the monk's office we could see a photograph showing him and the woman with whom Desmond discussed precognition in a previous episode, the woman to whom he bought the ring for Penny. I didn't like how the camera emphazised that clue. A bit too obvious.
Speaking of photograph...there should be only one photograph of Desmond and Penny yet there are two of them. Maybe one is just a figment of someone's imagination or maybe they both are!
I liked the campfire on the beach and Jin telling his Korean story in his Korean way.
Of course the Jack/Kate/Sawyer triangle annoyed me as hell. Why do they persist in writing that crap? I tried to find a connection between that and Desmond's storyline but came to the conclusion that the Jatawyer stuff was pointless.
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Date: 2007-04-20 03:54 pm (UTC)Grey's Anatomy was quite good this week, I thought.
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Date: 2007-04-20 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-04-21 11:20 pm (UTC)Kate doesn't have any excuses, she is a capricious bitch! She's nothing like my Buffy.
And nothing is like Spuffy, Spuffy was beyond any other tv romance!
*raises her Spuffy pompoms*