Sunday, September 24, 2006

Episodes 2-16: "The Whole Truth" and 2-17: "Lockdown"

2-16: "The Whole Truth" 2006.03.22
SUN and JIN back story

  • Here was not much here in terms of advancing the island. This was mostly a character building episode.
  • Back in Episode #12, Fire + Water, there was supposed to be an "easter egg" in the episode (I mentioned this in the last write up) that was a sign on a building in the skyline of London. The sign was to say Widmore Construction. The pregnancy test that Sawyer gave Sun was made by Widmore Labratories. I'm smelling a connection...
  • Something eerie: when Ana-Lucis was running, she went by Locke who said to her "you are running like the devil is chasing you." This is the same thing Desmond said to Jack when he was running in the stadium during the first episode of the second season (Man of Science, Man of Faith).
  • It is (perhaps obviously) Sun pregnant with Jin's baby (and Jin's fertility problem perhaps is now "fixed" like Locke's legs are now"fixed") or her English tutor's (aka, guy she was on a date with the day she met Jin) baby.
2-17: "Lockdown" 2006.03.29

RANDOM THINGS/CONNECTIONS
  • The woman Locke did a home inspection for was Nadia, Sayid's love (the one in the Iraqi prison in episode 9 of the first season Solitary).
  • The Real Henry Gale's driver's license expired in 2003. What could that mean about how long ago he died or came to the island. Picture of license: http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/galeLicense.jpg
  • Clarification: there was some confusion online about the Henry Gale balloon that Ana-Lucia, Charlie and Sayid found, and the parachute with the Dharma food that Jack and Kate found. They are not the same thing. The balloon in the tree was very far from the Lostie camp and was a hot air ballon. Jack and Kate saw the blinking light in the woods, which ended up being attached to a supply of food with the Dharma logo (at least Dharma mac & cheese) and a parachute. The balloon and parachute are not connected in any way (at this point at least).
LOST NUMBER REFERENCES: (LOST #s = 4 8 15 16 23 42)
SPECULATIONS/THEORIES:
  • Locke's dad is the real Sawyer (conned Lostie Sawyer's folks, causing their deaths) and that when he left Locke at the motel, he flew to Australia, where Lostie Sawyer followed him to kill him. Timeline on this is not clear though.
  • Some believe that Helen may have been in on the con to get Locke to get the money for his dad. There was talk of her reaction to Locke's dad, and the way she was dressed at the motel, but I wasn't interested enough in this idea to really retain much.
  • The dead Henry Gale may be Rose's brother. Apparently she may have mentioned having a brother, but I don't know the validity of this.
  • The blast doors coming down is connected to Dharma food drop. According to Desmond and the Orientation fil, usually there should be 2 people in the hatch so one should not be locked in where Locke was. I could not find a translation of what the speaker was saying when it was all full of static, but I did go back to my Tivo and put on the closed caption. There was a definite countdown, so if it had been clearer to hear, the people or person in the hatch could have gotten to the computer area if they needed to. There was tons of speculation on this topic. Some ideas:
    • One person is to stay locked in the hatch while the other goes and gets the food from where it appears. Remember, the button pushers were told they were safe in the hatch from whatever caused the quarintine. If one stays behind, they won't get sick.
    • if the Dharma food came from plane from above, the Losties would have heard the plane. Perhaps the food comes from below or underground and the blast doors lock so that people inside cannot "explore".
    • Since we nkow that different hatches have different Dharma signs (the Tailes had found the Arrow hatch), and the Dharma mac & cheese had the Swan symbol (our Losties are in the Swan hatch), perhaps there are or used to be drops at other hatches around the island, and they were designated by the symbol on the food.
    • There was crazy talk about magnetic force fields that the blast doors may trigger, but it was so conveluded i can't even begin to touch on it here.
    • Also, the count down for the button got to the point of where the hieroglphics started again (you can hear them go if you listen to that scene again. Perhaps the Fake Henry Gale did not hit the numbers in on time, and that is why the black light came on.
  • Questions around the Fake Henry Gale (such a great actor, totally freaking me out!!!): has he been in the hatch before? He needed to be told the numbers to enter only once, and he remembered them so quickly. How many of you remember them if I were to ask you right now? Is he an Other like Ethan and "Zeke" or like Goodwin (assuming they are from 2 different camps). Did he really push the buttons on the computer? Since we never saw him do it, perhaps he didn't, or perhaps he pressed something else on the computer to open the blast doors, because he knows more than he is letting on about the hatch.
THE MAP ON THE BLAST DOOR
  • To begin with, here is a black and white of the original with no notes or overalys on it. This takes a while to load: http://sier_element.home.comcast.net/lost-wallenhanced3.png
  • Now, here is a high resolution picture of the map with all clear notes and overlays on top of the original. The latin phrases on the map have been translated on the left side. Remember, this is people speculation on some of it, so it may not be 100% accurate. I recommend zooming in if you can. http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/blastDoorMapOverlay.jpg
  • I am not going to go into what anything may mean. there is just way too much. A great site to go to that has been crazy enough to go into almost everything on the map(as well as Lost in general) is here : http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Blast_Door
  • A few things to notice about the map, which is in the shape of the Dharma logo:
    • There are 2 different handwriting styles, cursive and all capitals, implying that 2 different people put together the map.
    • some of the hatches are drawn with solid lines and others with dotted lines. The dotted hatches are probably speculation hatches, while the solid ones are confirmed. there is also a dotted hatch crossed out.
    • all the hatches have blocked off corridors leading to the middle dotted circle with a question mark in the center. Potential spoiler: Supposedly, the final episode of season 2 is entitled ?, which may answer the question about the ? in the middle of this map.
    • The Swan hatch (where our Losties are) is located at 6 o'clock on the map. The Arrow hatch (where the Tailes had been) is located at 12 o'clock. The Staff hatch appears to be the medical hatch that Claire found/was taken (located at 8-9 o'clock).
    • The top of the map is cut off due to the door not being all the way down (remember, it was crushing Locke's legs) so there may be more notes on the top.
    • Perhaps whoever did the map knows a way to bring down the blast doors and turn on the black light on purpose, and for longer periods of time. More time would be needed to work on the map.
NEXT EPISODE: spoiler alert
  • 2-18: "Dave" 2006.04.05
  • Hurley flashbacks
  • Dave is apparently someone from Hurley's past that shows up on the island, perhaps from the mental institution.
  • After this episode, there is a 3 week break, then the final 5 episodes of Season 2 air through May.
As always, thanks for reading.

Leigh

P.S. to read the blacked out portions, simply highlight the lines with your mouse, and you will be able to read what is hidden.

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