Lost, Some Like it Hoth

Love the title of this episode, but I think it was another "filler," but we did learn some things about Miles;

1. Miles has to deliver a body to the Orchid station, he learns the man's name, but I'm confused as to how he died - was he shot or did the filling in his mouth come loose from the electromagnetism and shoot through his brain?

2. Naomi has a meeting with Miles in a restaurant kitchen with a dead body on the table. Miles tells her that the man was attempting to deliver cemetery photos of empty graves and a purchase order for an old airplane to Charles Widmore. My first thought was, Aha! Charles Admire ordered the plane full of dead bodies...but was the man trying to blackmail him or give him information about Ben? Remember when Mr. Friendly showed similar photos to Michael? Didn't the freighter Captain have the same file, except he claimed Ben set it up?

3. Miles is pulled into a van, and Bram tries to persuade him to not work for Widmore. He asks him the magic question, "What lies beneath the shadow of the statue," and when Miles doesn't know the answer, he says he is not ready. He wants to help Miles fill the hole inside him left by his father, Miles wants to fill it with 3.2 million dollars. They push him out of the van and Bram says, "You're playing for the wrong team." Miles responds, "Yeah, what team are you on?" Bram,"The one that's going to win."

4. Who are the people in the van? Are they Dharma super babies who want to return and take over the island? Did they ask Miles the statue question because they are part of the statue question people or know the statue question people will kill him?

5. Kate tries to drink a beer with Roger, and is shot down even though she is sporting some fine bell bottoms. Roger decides to get drunk and belligerent and has a confrontation with Jack, who is erasing some Egyptian stuff from the chalkboard.

6. Favorite Hurley quotes:

   • "You're just jealous my power is better than yours."
   • "Dude, that guy is a total douche." Miles, "That douche is my Dad."
   • "Maybe he will let you hold baby you...or you can change your own diaper."
   • "Let's face it, Ewoks suck, dude."
7. Love that Hurley is rewriting The Empire Strikes Back.
8. Miles has closure when he sees his Dad holding him, reading The Little Polar Bear (?). I want to know what kind of symbol is on the Dharma onesie. Did they do experiments on the children?
9. The numbers were all over in this episode, the Orchid and the hatch are being built, and the Dharma people seem more sinister.
10. I think their days in Dharma Land are numbered - maybe it's Sawyer tying up his coworker or Roger who will see to that.
11. The big surprise? Dan pops out of the sub, without a tie, wearing his new evil scientist black jumpsuit. What is Dan doing?
12. Next week is a Lost special (re-run) of how the Losties got to the island - from a whole new perspective. Who's perspective? The week after is new; Kate is trying to flee in a van, while being shot at by Dharma men in black jumpsuits, Sawyer says, "This is our home, come with us Freckles." Does he want her to live with him and Juliet, like Three's Company?

The giveaway has been extended until next week since it's not a new episode. You may change your answers up until the 22nd. I have a bonus question - which will be a mini prize..."What lies in the shadow of the statue?"

Comments

[Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom]

It was his filling! Crazy, huh? And gruesome...

Hmmm, I don't remember a similar file blamed on Ben, but I totally believe you... In that case maybe it isn't so obviously Widmore after all. Though, the freighter captain *was* working for Widmore, so who knows whether he could be trusted...

I'm so curious about the statue thing, and Ilana and the guys in the van! I'm really confused who they're working for -- somebody on another blog suggested Daniel's mom, but their language hearkens back to the Ben/Widmore "war" talk... like we need another variable in the scenario lol.

As always, great review... and I might take you up on changing my answers for the giveaway now... I'll think about it and get back to you. :P

[Janet Rhoads]

Here is what I learned....
I am totally hoth on Miles. :)

[Alexis]

Loved when Miles was a punk kid.

Loved every second of Hurley.

Still very confused!

[Bunny]

I am liking Miles more and more each time he gets screen time.

WTF Evil Scientist Daniel?! I am very curious to find out what he has been up to!

Also, the dead guy wasn't shot; Miles asked if he had been shot due to seeing a hole in his head. But then when Miles got a chance to get a sense from the guy, he found out it was caused by a filling. Freak accidents like that can sometimes happen in highly magnetized areas. Thus, being required to take off all metal items before you go into the MRI lab, for instance. I don't know if you watch House, but there was one episode where he put a dead guy through the MRI machine. The guy had a nail or some such thing in his head, and when the MRI machine was turned on, well... I won't go into the gory details. Ick.

I'm disappointed that next week's episode won't be a new one. :(

P.S. Hurley/Miles scenes are hilarious.

[Bunny]

Also, what the crap is the deal with the statue question???

[Tracy]

Geez, what DOES lie in the shadow of the statue? And who's Bram? Have we seen that dude before?

Fine bellbottoms indeed. I commented on those to Nate at the first wide shot. :)

[molly]

i too have been analyzing kate and juliette's clothing, making sure it's period appropriate :) we can't remember the last time we saw daniel. hoping you can help - the last thing i remember is him sitting at an outdoor table on the compound watching charlotte as a little girl. but then where did he go? help, i'm lost! (hehe)

[Paper Dolls for Boys]

I'm not limited to 1 guess, right?

What lies in the shadow:

-Does the bomb lie in the shadow of the statue?

-The past lies in the shadow of the statue.

Will think of more after I drink lots of wine tonight.

Also wtf about Walt? How did/does he figure into all this?

Hurley is the new Sawyer.

[Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom]

Daniel totally is with them in the 70s -- he was with them in that last scene in Dharma-ville before we jumped the 3 years chronologically, when he was so distraught over seeing little Charlotte. I definitely don't think he's evil -- he either was off the island trying to make progress to get them back to the present, or has adopted the Dharma-life like the others and was on a mission/assignment for them... I can't wait to find out which!

[Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom]

PS What made it seem like Daniel might be evil? I wasn't able to find the preview for the next new one anywhere, so if there was anything in it to that effect then I totally missed it... but even if there was, I refuse to believe it! :P