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Lost: "Numbers"/L&O: "Dining Out"

The plot thickens. Doesn't it always on "Lost"? That's why this has been such an awesome show. My my, it may have overtaken "Alias" as my new favorite drama!

Anyone who's at least a little bit spoiled should've figured out Hurley's big secret: That of winning the lottery. Anyone who's a bit more spoiled knew that he went looking for the French woman, Danielle, because she had something to do with his numbers. But I'll bet no one except the insiders saw what was coming at the end, eh?

Locke and Boone (who wasn't in this episode) have been working away at the machine/window thing they found episodes ago, and we got to see much more of it. Is it a submarine? A machine of some kind? A ship? The "whoa!" moment was when we saw that the numbers - those used by Hurley for his lottery, chanted by his friend at the psych ward, used by Sam Toomey to win a prize, transcribed by Danielle, transmitted by the radio tower near the black rock... All these pieces, linking back to their origin, were skillfully put together to create back stories behind back stories. Loved it.

As to what the numbers truly stand for, or if there really is such a thing as a cursed sequence of numbers, only time will tell.

Yet another coinky-dink and tie-in between characters: Hurley apparently invested in mutual funds that included stock of a box company out of Austin. Locke was supposedly a regional manager for a box company. Most likely the same one.

Hurley's story won't be Hurley's unless there was comic relief. Even though all these horrible things were happening to him and his family, I couldn't help but snicker a little bit when I saw his grandpa keel over right after Hurley mentioned he had a pacemaker, or when his newly-bought house was mysteriously on fire, or when his mom looked at him so suspiciously and crossed herself when he was wrongly arrested, or when he was about to be hit with a booby trap but managed to hurl himself to the ground to escape it because he was "sprite." And then, with him being who he is, you'd think it wasn't the brightest idea for him to test out that suspended bridge. One almost expected the thing to collapse under him, but that'd just be too predictable, so equally predictably, it did not, but instead gave way when a light weight like Charlie crossed it.

How sweet was it of Locke to have built the crib for Claire? Oh, BTW, there was a nice article about Locke/Terry O'Quinn on CNN today.

Over all, a very nice episode to set us up and make us beg for more.

On the Mothership -

(The folks at ABC are deliberately running "Alias" over time, so whenever I'm done watching that and the previews, I've already missed the opening teaser for L&O. It's been happening ever since "Alias" came back on the air in January. Damn ABC. Anyway.)

I enjoyed this episode, even if it wasn't profound or groundbreaking. It's like a popcorn movie - good for the entertainment value when you just want to watch something and not think too much about it. Different kind of perp and different types of people this time: A famous chef committing a crime to save his TV show, which is being cancelled by what seems like one of the most unlikely people who'd be involved in running/cancelling a show.

That juror...ugh. I couldn't figure out if she was utterly dumb or infatuated with Aberto or both. She had that permanently deer in headlights look about her and behaved as someone who was either too naive or had a screw loose. Did she really think she was going to get away with writing a book on the trial and commenting on Aberto's innocence and guilt without getting caught? That was irresponsible of her. Who was she trying to kid anyway, interpreting the law as if she understood it, right in front of the judge, when she was obviously in court because she read the law to her liking?

On the other hand, I do feel a bit bad for her. I'm sure she was itching to get published, and it seemed like no one paid much attention to her, publishers or Aberto included.

And, because this is still such a breath of fresh air after 4 years of watching cardboard talk, I pay lots of attention to how Annie Parisse plays her character. Alexandra always strikes me as adorable new mint green, especially that look on her face when she realized she wasn't about to grab any dinner with her bosses.

Although it's good to know why criminals did what they did, it's becoming a little convenient when the *music cues* and they start admitting everything because they felt they've been wronged.

Speaking of which, I'm trying really hard to resist, but I just might have to watch "Trial by Jury" tomorrow and Friday, for old time's sake. They're showing the first 2 episodes on consecutive nights, and these were the only episodes that Jerry Orbach filmed before he died.

Posted by: merserene at 23:42 | link | comments (2)
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#1  03 March 2005 - 07:17

 

I was totally spoiled, so I knew everything beforehand, but instead of seeing comic relief, I found Hurley's story increasingly poignant and sad. It was nice to see that Reyes (?) can act well, besides being funny. When he was so relieved that Rousseau agreed with him, I had tears in my eyes. Really, surprisingly touched me, because until now, Hurley's presence hasn't been a factor for me.

I did find myself wanting Charlie to shut the hell up. He's really friggin' whiny.

I didn't get the box company tie-in, because for some reason I thought he was talking about a company in Canada. ???

I lovedlovedloved that Hurley brought them the battery. Sometimes these peoples' 'survival skills' make them overly smarmy.

Last thought: did the argument between Michael and Jin seem forced? Really out of nowhere, and stupid. Sometimes fitting everyone into the episode isn't necessary. Kate, I'm looking at you.

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L&O: Yes, good fluff. The story was pretty good; at least it wasn't ripped from the headlines.

I'm just going to ditto all you said about the juror. I think she was infatuated, especially when she was pleading while on the stand for Aberto to help her. Delusional much? Wow, she was really living in her own little world.

I missed the look on Alexandra face when they skipped dinner (looking elsewhere, don't remember why).

I'm not going to watch Trial by Jury. Busy with a concert tonight, and Friday's my fluff listening-- I've really got to start the Spring artwork.

BTW, I missed the first five minutes of Lost. What happened?

athenawj

#2  03 March 2005 - 13:53

 

Hurley is played by Jorge Garcia, whom I've never seen in anything else up until now. I'm glad they finally did his backstory, and I really hope he isn't the one that goes. (ETA: If the curse is that the person who uses it lives, but everyone around him/her dies, then maybe Hurley won't be the one to go, unless he kills himself?)

Hurley's accountant was telling him the status of all the companies that the mutual fund invested in; the Canadian company was the one that went bankrupt 5 days after Hurley invested in it. I think the box company was separate (good busines because "everyone needs boxes"); pretty sure the box co. is in Austin.

Yeah, they leave characters out of episodes from time to time, and they can do without showing everyone. I guess it'll take a while before Michael and Jin stop arguing, but at least they're now talking to each other and working together.

I don't really remember what happened in the 1st 5 minutes of "Lost." Did you see when Hurley was sitting in front of the TV, donned in his fast food restaurant uniform, eating fried chicken? His mama told him to go out and meet some girls instead of sitting at home on a Saturday night, and that he was gaining weight. He then saw that he had won the lottery, and there had been no winners for 16 weeks. Then he fainted.

merserene

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