The End of the Beginning

I really wish I could play the theme to Chariots of Fire here.....maybe in the future...

HELLOOOOOOOO, LOSTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before I get started with the update, I have to give LFCer4Life, Braveheart, the most props for giving me grief for not posting...In true LOST geekdom, he told me that if John Locke could survive a gun shot to the stomach, surely I could write an update with a severe headcold...HAHAHA...That one got me pretty good....well played, sir....

ANYWAY, let's get on with how awesome the beginning of season 4 was!! It felt as if this show had never been gone...8 months were immediately forgotten...I know because I was still able to yell at the cat for meowing incessantly, just like I did back in Season 2....ahh, good times....

So we started with a Hurley flash FORWARD....If you knew your LOST history, you would have recognized the car that was in the high speed chase as the one Hurley and his dad Cheech were going to restore....And big props to LFCer Andy Plant for commenting about the fact that during the chase, we saw a big bottle of OJ.....I swear, I'm just trying to keep up with these guys....The OJ in question was mixed with a little vodka and belonged to one clean cut Jack Shepard, apparently at the beginning of his descent into alcohol and drugs...C'mon people!! It was like 9 in the morning!!! But more importantly it sets the timeline up a little better. This episode was POST rescue and PRE Jack's awesome beard....

As Hurley was arerested he was screaming if they knew who he was..."I'm one of the Oceanic 6!!!!"......that's interesting...and telling: Let's add up who we've seen so far in the future: Kate, Jack and Hurley....That leaves 3....who else made it?? Is one of those people in the coffin?? I'll give my best answer: highly unlikely....The "Oceanic 6" are semi celebrities...we know this at the end because Jack says he still gets stopped for autographs when he goes for coffee....we also remember that he was recognized for his heroics while trying to get a prescription filled....he was referred to as a "hero, twice over"(Season 3 finale, as well).....so the point is that if one of the Oceanic 6 was in the coffin, then someone would have shown up at the funeral....as it was, there was only Jack.....

Also we saw another flash back in the form of Ana Lucia's former partner, Officer Mike..Now Detective Mike....interesting that Hurley would lie and deny knowing her...I mean, he did help dig her grave...she did die in the same place as his unrequited love interest Libby....You'd think the big fella would remember...Brainwashed? Or threatened? I'll pick the later and you can catch some well placed points to that further in this long winded diatribe....

So what had Hurley all freaked out in the first place??? Why, it was a ghost of course!!!

Charlie!! He got himself a fancy new jacket and snazzy haircut in the after life...Further proof that the after life has at least one mall, as I've always contended.....So Charlie had a message for Mr Reyes:

Who are they??? The people left on the Island?? Is this a hint that they aren't dead? Are they in need of rescue? Are they in need of a hero?? Are they lonely and just miss the big fella???? Time will tell...
Prior to Hurley seeing Charlie, he was asked by an Oceanic lawyer if they were still alive...again, the they.... what in the h e double hockey sticks happened on that island??? and was that dude even a lawyer?? He looked too creepy to be a lawyer....He looked like a messenger of death...Now, I've never met an actual messenger of death, but I would suspect he would have the same menacing stare as that gentleman had.....but I digress....

Now for the big LOST conspiracists, Hurley was seen painting a picture of an Eskimo and an igloo...was this a reference to the 2 guys in the Arctic at the end of Season 2??? I'll let Jorge Garcia, Hurley Himself, answer that one, courtesy of Kristin from E!Online, courtesy of Janet in Eugene, Oregon:
That was a great Hurley interview, but you forgot the biggest question of them all. What was with the Eskimo watercolor painting he was drawing? Was that an Easter egg?
Funny. Jorge himself brought that up and said that if anyone asks, he wanted everyone to know that that painting is hugely important because it was drawn by...Jorge himself.
“I just thought to myself, what would Hurley be drawing? And given that he didn’t want an ocean view and wanted to be as far away from the island as possible, that seemed like the farthest place.” That's all it meant, according to J.G.
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So there you have it...or do you? Nothing is an accident folks, not with this show, you can bet your bottom dollar...or your top dollar...whichever...

Another cool feature of the show was another run in with the CABIN.....Jacob's cabin to be exact...and who was in the rocking chair?? I'll let you all go back to your DVR's and discover that it was none other than Jack's dead father, Mr Christian Shepard!!!!! WTF!!! Now I know what that means and it fits right here!! I won't even begin to speculate as to WHO's eye it was that peered out at Hurley...I will only say that I made a little pee when it happened....to my credit, it was the beginning of my sickness that I am still suffering through, so it's really not a big deal.....I could blame the illness but I'll just admit I was a little frightened there.... and then Hurley started running and the cabin appeared again!!! Now I have to speculate if the cabin really exists or does it just appear to those who are special enough to see it?? Time will tell...

Ladies and Gentleman, the WORST basketball player in the LOST universe...it's a good thing he's pretty....It was nice to see Jack show up to support his friend and fellow Oceanic 6er....But we saw right through Jack when he asked Hurley if he was going to crack and tell the truth...Hurley was offended by the suggestion and then told Jack that he was sorry and should have gone with him instead of Locke....Then he shouted that IT wants them to go back to the island, that they never should have left.
IT. IT.......first THEY need him, then IT wants them to come back.....I CANNOT wait to see that part of the show when they leave and under what circumstances....It is going to be AWESOME!!!...It would have to be... we can see that Jack hasn't yet fell victim to his lying ways, as we saw in the season finale but it won't be long...Never say never, dude!.......also the part about Jack saying he was thinking about growing a beard was pretty funny, partly because it looks funny and partly because we know he does in fact grow a beard...turns out he did it to keep from being recognized in the streets while getting coffee, not out of some drug induced laziness.....I'm sure the fact that it's gnarly looking is helped by the alcohol and vicodin....

And finally, we have our first glimpse of the new "Others".....possibly the bad guys that Ben was referring to, not that long ago.....

This is Jeremy Davies. You may remember him from Saving Private Ryan.....or the Helter Skelter movie, where he played Charles Manson.....either way, expect nothing but evil from this dude......he looks just innocent enough to cut you where you stand......

Wow...well that's all from me...I am winded and a little weary..I think I'll take a pill and relax....Jack style.....
Yours Truly,
EPdeLFC, JB

PS...El Prez does not advocate drug use in any way, unless it's been prescribed by a doctor....and given to you in a brown paper bag, behind the Tastee Freez.....I kid!!!