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6.12 Everybody Loves Hugo Libby: "Being here with you feels so familiar, like a date we've never had." I feel like I need a degree of some sort to figure out what happened in this episode. The big question is what sort of degree. Psychology? Physics? Egyptian history? Parapsychology? Smokey just tried to kill Desmond, and alt-Desmond just tried to kill alt-Locke. Did Smokey do it because of Desmond's incredible power over electromagnetism (and possibly over Smokey)? It seems like a strange coincidence that Locke survived a fall down a similar well; did Smokey expect Desmond to live? It feels like Desmond and alt-Desmond are the same person now, with the same knowledge and the same agenda. I'm sure Desmond knew what Smokey was, but he wasn't afraid. Did Smokey throw Desmond down the well because of what alt-Desmond was doing in the alternate universe, perhaps? Or did alt-Desmond hit alt-Locke with his car to bring him close to death so that alt-Locke would remember the Island, as Charlie did for him? But alt-Desmond didn't have to kill alt-Hurley to get him to remember the Island; he just had to get him to go out with Libby. I'm so confused. Love is the answer, but what is the question? It has occurred to me that none of the characters in the alternate universe have the ones they love -- except Locke has Helen. Is alt-Locke really Locke, or is he Smokey? Or is Smokey in charge of the alternate universe, and alt-Locke gets special privileges? In a stroke of utter weirdness, Ilana just went boom in exactly the same way that Arzt did, prompting Ben to conjecture that the Island was done with her. (The same way the Island was finally done with Michael, too?) I kept thinking we'd see Ilana pop back into the story unexpectedly, but no. Maybe the dead Ilana will show up and tell Hurley what to do, like Michael just did. Interesting that it was Michael, huh? The perfect curtain call for Harold Perrineau, what with the Libby plotline and all. I've never been that into Hurley's doomed romance with Libby, but the two of them finally picnicking on the beach together was just beautiful. I also thought it was lovely that Hurley had never been in Santa Rosa, which meant he never caused that balcony to collapse. And that he was known for his "unparalleled philanthropy." Alt-Hurley was everything he should have been. Except that he didn't have love, of course. He does now. The episode ended in a cliffhanger. All of the candidates in one place. Next week's should be interesting. (Okay, except for Jin. Oops.) What have we learned? -- We finally found out what the whispers are: they signal the arrival of ghosts trapped on the Island because of what they did. Hell. Purgatory. Who knows. Will they ever tell us? -- Smokey mentioned that he needs to get everyone on the plane who was on it when they arrived. So maybe it's not a candidate thing; maybe Smokey is doing that "sympathetic magic" thing they did with Flight 316. Character bits: -- That last shot of alt-Locke on the cement seemed very like the shot of him after he was pushed out of the eight story building by his father. I wonder if he's going to wind up in the St. Sebastian emergency room? I wonder if Jack is going to fix him, after all? -- Loved Doctor Chang as the emcee for Hurley's award at the Golden State Natural History Museum. That must be where Charlotte works. -- Alt-Ben was once again actively trying to protect children. It is by far his most appealing personality trait. -- Interesting that alt-Desmond remembered his son's name. Again, it seems like both Desmonds are the same person now. -- Libby's doctor, Dr. Brooks, was Hurley's doctor in "Dave". Note the obvious picture of a desert island in Brooks' office. There was one on the chalk board in the rec room, too. -- Desmond saw a boy in the jungle as he and Smokey were heading toward the well. It was the same boy Sawyer saw in "The Substitute." Smokey was freaked that Sawyer saw him. I think he was freaked that Desmond saw him, too. -- Jack seems to be doing penance for causing Juliet's death by submerging his overachieving personality and following others, instead of trying to lead. I really liked how he just did what Hurley said in this episode. -- Michael expressed his regret for killing Libby. -- Ilana, we hardly knew ye. Bits and pieces: -- The title references the earlier Hurley episode, "Everybody Hates Hugo." -- Flight 815 landed a week ago. And we thought time went slowly during the first five seasons, huh? -- That car accident was an accident to end all accidents. Except it wasn't an accident. In the first season, most of the car accidents were caused by a gold car. Lately, it seems that all of the cars are silver. Can bronze be next? -- Four sticks of dynamite. And Desmond's chicken order was number 42. -- So much for the Black Rock. Boom. All that drama and pain, and it's gone. -- Smokey said that there are a number of very old wells, and that compass needles spin above them. Are there more donkey wheels? -- What was the title of the book in Russian? And hey, what was in the pouch? -- Something from Willy Wonka was playing over the preview for next week. Disturbing lyrics. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/quotes?qt0537669 Quotes: Sawyer: "That gonna be a spear?" Smokey: "I'm not sure what it's gonna be yet, James. When the time is right, it'll tell me." Sawyer: "You talk to wood now?" Shades of Eko's Jesus stick. Richard: "We get more dynamite. Or else she died for nothing." Jack: "Maybe she died to show us to stay the hell away from dynamite." Hurley: "I mean, it takes a lot of guts to go up to a total stranger and tell them you know them from some bizarro alternate universe." Hurley: "So what do you think we should say to Locke when we get there? I mean, how do you break the ice with a smoke monster?" Smokey: "Why aren't you afraid?" Desmond: "What is the point of being afraid?" This felt important. Again, like both Desmonds were on the same page and couldn't be killed, maybe? Another terrific episode, even though it was oh so confusing. Would it be three polar bears? What's your rating? Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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