This was a truly great episode with both heart and head moments. I was surprised by Walt burning the raft, but I realized that it made sense. I love Locke (and I don't think he's a shape-shifting monster in Locke's skin). I think Shannon wants to turn over a new leaf but will lapse into old patterns and hate herself for it, even as Sayid gets hurt and walks away from her. Shannon's another candidate for being killed off, IMO. I'd prefer that Jin stay and Shannon go, personally. :) Jin's ability to fish makes sense now that we know he grew up a fisherman's son. I loved finding out that Jin coming home with blood on his hands signified that he'd put his own neck on the line to save someone, instead of killing them. I don't think there's inconsistency about Jin not wanting to tell Sun about her father--Jin might simply not realize that she knows more about her father than he thinks she does. He has been holding her up on a pedastal; I never got the sense that they were the sort of couple that confessed all their fears to each other. Their fight on the beach at the beginning and then his decision to walk away from her at the end seemed to be heartbreaking to me--but then when he got the space away from her and the opportunity to help Michael, and she got the space away from him and the opportunity to finally wear the clothes she was comfortable in and to go swimming, I realized that this separation is far better for both of them. I heartily believe that it's only temporary now.
Hopefully, we'll see more of Sun, now that everyone knows they can speak to her. I'm looking forward to Jin learning to speak English--maybe his first lessons would be from Michael and Walt, even. :)
One point of confusion from the last episode: in the break-up scene between Jin and Sun at the end, when Sun speaks English and says that he had made her believe that he loved her again, and couldn't they go back to the beginning?, I wasn't sure whether she was speaking passionately in Korean (Or Japanese? I was under the impression that that Jin and Sun were Japanese, but I could be wrong.) or English. If English, he couldn't have understood her and then he would not have turned around at that point. If Korean/Japanese, then why do we hear the line in English? They go back to speaking in Korean/Japanese right after she finishes her outburst.
Hurley on TV in Asia! LOL! Love it and I can't wait for next week! I totally agree that they shouldn't kill off Hurley. He's a breath of fresh air amongst the island full of The Young & Buff, With Issues. Though I wonder if he will lose weight as the months wear on.
I'm hoping that we get to see Rose again, too, or maybe meet some of the other 30-odd people from the crash (in ways other than, "oh look! The bad guys killed some random person and his body just washed up on the beach! His name was STEVE. STEVE DOE.")
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Date: 2005-02-26 01:27 pm (UTC)Hopefully, we'll see more of Sun, now that everyone knows they can speak to her. I'm looking forward to Jin learning to speak English--maybe his first lessons would be from Michael and Walt, even. :)
One point of confusion from the last episode: in the break-up scene between Jin and Sun at the end, when Sun speaks English and says that he had made her believe that he loved her again, and couldn't they go back to the beginning?, I wasn't sure whether she was speaking passionately in Korean (Or Japanese? I was under the impression that that Jin and Sun were Japanese, but I could be wrong.) or English. If English, he couldn't have understood her and then he would not have turned around at that point. If Korean/Japanese, then why do we hear the line in English? They go back to speaking in Korean/Japanese right after she finishes her outburst.
Hurley on TV in Asia! LOL! Love it and I can't wait for next week! I totally agree that they shouldn't kill off Hurley. He's a breath of fresh air amongst the island full of The Young & Buff, With Issues. Though I wonder if he will lose weight as the months wear on.
I'm hoping that we get to see Rose again, too, or maybe meet some of the other 30-odd people from the crash (in ways other than, "oh look! The bad guys killed some random person and his body just washed up on the beach! His name was STEVE. STEVE DOE.")