Y'know, knowing the title of this episode pretty much killed a lot of the surprise of the opening scene.
But was that Playboy model Sung Hi Lee as Tanaka?
Like Kate points out in the episode, I think half of it is the anticipation and the questions of where and how. I personally had forgotten that Hurley had said that the chicken restaurant was hit by a meteor so the cause of her death was a surprise and a bit morbidly amusing.
And yes, that's her.
"Duuude!" I mean, "Awesome."
Vincent is back!
Rousseau is back!
Roger "Skeletor" Workman is "back" -- at least until they bury him.
Kate's destination was no surprise. Nor was there any need for the speech just before Danielle showed up. When Kate passed by Sayid and Locke back in the camp, telling them she was going for "help," there was a very FemPower tone in her voice. And disdain for them not forming a rescue party.
TomM: Kate's destination was no surprise.
Amen, TomM. The minute Kate said that she was going for "help," I knew for sure where she was going. That being said, the whole scene at the end, with the trio being fired upon and with Rosseau slinking into view--none of that was needed, as we all knew who it was.
Overall, this ep continues the third season's method of "show-in-a-box," meaning that the main story is raised, explored, and resolved almost entirely within the show, whereas the ongoing mythology is being relegated to the back burner. Again, I ask: when is bloody something going to happen???? (Please, don't argue or debate that last question; it's not a statement of fact, but rather an outburst of annoyance.)
Jesse: Amen, TomM. The minute Kate said that she was going for "help," I knew for sure where she was going. That being said, the whole scene at the end, with the trio being fired upon and with Rosseau slinking into view--none of that was needed, as we all knew who it was.
Maybe not needed, but I think that it's something Rousseau would do. Especially in the middle of the night.
I'd heard a lot of people calling this the "Little Miss Sunshine" episode. I figured that it was just because of the VW Bus. But I saw "LMS" last night and realized that there was more involved in connecting to the movie.
First, there was the porn. (While technically the porn was discovered in the previous episode, it was mentioned again in this one.)
And the guys involved were chosen as counterparts to the characters: Jin was Dwayne, the uncommincative brother. Charlie was Frank, the suicidally depressed uncle. Roger was Grandpa, the dead body. Sawyer was Richard, the a-hole father. And Hurley was Olive, whose dreams propelled the entire episode.
I suspect that in early drafts of the script, one of the women, most likely Kate, Sun, or Claire was slated to fill the mother's role, but they could not squeeze any of them into the necessary frame of reference.
Every time I see the title to this episode, I go all Family Guy...
Tom: "And here with a report on the lucky lottery winner is Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa!"