The Dhorkma Initiative

G4 has done a little segment that discusses the latest episode. It's significantly less lame than most of G4 sketch-dealies. I wonder if they plan to contine doing this.

Sawyer the Gun Runner

"There's a new sheriff in town."

Okay, I admit, I'm a sucker for twisty turny episodes of LOST where supporting characters are manipulated and lied to for the greater good of a grander scheme, so in my eyes, last night's The Long Con was a successful episode, following last last week's boring and redundant Fire + Water. Here are some quickies:

-"Sawyer as a bad guy" is way better than "Sawyer the innocent bystander who got shot in the arm. " Although I like his redeeming qualities, Sawyer's right: people don't just change their ways. Conning is what he does best, and in a strange way, I feel safer knowing that Sawyer has the guns and not Loose-Cannon Locke (remember, the guy was in anger management in his "past life"...).
-I think Hurley referencing time displacement in the scene with Sayid and the radio is enough proof to say that the "time out of place" theory is likely not going to play out. I'm no longer considering this a lead in the investigation of LOST Island.
-Tokyo Rose, LooLoo, the imagery of Jack riding Kate's horse with a big white hat.
-I definitely didn't expect Charlie to be involved!
-Nish pointed this out: the waitress in the diner scene was Kate's now-dead mother, right?
-Did Charlie take the heroin that Sawyer brought for him as payment? Or was he satisfied with making Locke look like an old fool?
-Does anyone care where the hell Michael is?
-When is Kate going to kick AnaL's ass? Does the phrase "AnaL's ass" make you laugh?
-Whatever happened to the huge cliffhanger episode endings? What's the point of extending the episode 4 minutes if it's not for dropping a bomb at the end?

"It wasn't me."

One more new episode for the month of February. Fortunately it's next week, and Rousseau comes back!

j.

Podcast Updates

For those of you who don't listen, Carlton and Damon confirmed a couple tidbits in this week's podcast:

1.) Randy The Bastard Boss from Locke's "box company" is, in fact, the same Randy who was Hurley's boss at the Chicken Shack (or whatever it's called). Carlton claims the backstory is that since Hurley felt bad for the meteor hitting the Chicken Shack due to his bad luck, he felt he was responsible and gave his old boss Randy a job at his newly-acquired box company, the very box company that Locke was employed at in Walkabout.

2.) The "important building" in Fire + Water (the power plant referenced in an earlier post) has been clarified. There is a sign on the building that, although very difficult to see from screenshots, reads "Widmore Construction," a company that will be important in later episodes. Still unclear whether or not it has any connection with the Hanso Foundation or the Dharma Initiative.

3.) This isn't fully confirmed, but the producers hinted that Alex -- Rousseau's DAUGHTER -- may very well be the same Alex who handed off a captured Kate to Zeke (or as the producers call him, "Mr. Friendly") in the episode where Jack, Locke, and Sawyer go searching for Michael.

S'all I got for now. Looking forward to tonight's episode!

j.

ManaBoozia Going Bye-Bye?

From the latest issue of the always reliable and respectable US Weekly:

MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ
Losing Lost?
Will Lost star Michelle Rodriguez be told to, uh, get lost? A source tells Hot Stuff that the actress, 27, who plays tough Ana Lucia, has become increasingly difficult on the set — and execs are eager to kill her character. “The producers are fed up with the fact that she barely shows up to the set and is always in a bad mood,” the source says. “They said she was getting killed off as soon as they could write it in.” Still, another source denies Rodriguez has any attitude, saying, “She’s very friendly.” A rep for ABC declined to comment, but the actress’ personal rep tells Us, “Michelle is very proud of her work.” The rep, however, wouldn’t reveal Ana Lucia’s fate. Rodriguez is already in trouble: She was arrested in December in Hawaii (along with costar Cynthia Watros, 37) and charged with DUI. She pleaded not guilty; her trial is set for March 30.

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