Lost Cubicle Chatter: Dr. Linus

In  an effort to focus our attention on something besides Phish for a change, we’ve decided at HT headquarters to (hopefully) drum up some good chatter about the final season of the greatest television show in the history of the idiot box. Check in on Wednesday of every week  during Season 6 to share your thoughts, theories, complaints and assessments of the previous night’s episode. Big time SPOILER alert for anyone didn‘t watch yet.

Synopsis: As always, we teamed up with the Joker from Coventry for this week’s setlist and recap. Side note: Joker ran a reprint of his epic LOST/Phish Tees if anyone missed out the first time around. Check ’em out.

Geronimo Jackson, 3/10/2010

Set I – (On Island): Jungle Boogie (1)> Father & Daughter (2), Gravedigger (3), Suicide Soultion (4) > Dynamite (5) > Welcome To The World of The Plastic Beach (6)

Set II – (Off Island):Had a Dad (7)> Good (Evening) Little Schoolgirl (8), Another Brick In The Wall (9), Principal’s Office (10), Future’s so bright (I gotta wear shades) (11)

E) Yellow Submarine (12)

(1) Kool & the Gang; Ensemble Singing
(2) Paul Simon; Ilana & Ben
(3) Dave Matthews Band; Ben
(4) Ozzy Osbourne; Richard Alpert
(5)  Jamiroquai; Unfinished, Jack and Richard Alpert
(6) Gorrillaz
(7) Jane’s Addiction; Ben & Dad
(8) Sonny Boy Williamson; Alex and Ben
(9) Pink Floyd
(10) Young MC; Ben Linus & Principal Reynolds
(11) Timbuk3; Alex
(12) Beatles; The Return of Widmore!

Epic One Liner of the Week: In a funny parallel to Artz getting the formaldehyde stain on his shirt off the island, I loved Hurley’s comment regarding the dynamite, “So did Dr. Arzt and I was wiping him out of my shirt two days later.”

Lost An Hour of My Life Moment: “I’m sorry that I killed Jacob. I am. And I do not expect you to forgive me, because… I can never forgive myself.”

We said it once and we’ll say it again, Lost always suffers when it comes to the sap. It’s like trying to throw a pass to Chris Chambers on a deep route; he is going to drop the ball. It’s like clockwork, er, clockbreak. Whatever. Despite being the best actor on the show,  Ben’s sob story meltdown felt really awkward and not so believable.

Overall: While overall the all the episode left perhaps a slightly unsatisfying feeling, overall there was some top notch material here. In particular, the Richard Alpert back-story is really shaping up as we are clearly getting closer to getting the full details on him and his history with the Blackrock. We also thought that it was really cool to see Ben get some redemption and finally make a right choice in his decision to sacrifice his own personal gain for Alex. Overall Grade: B+

Discussion Points: 1) Now that we have the return of Charles Widmore, who do you reckon he’ll side up with, Jacob or MIB? 2) When Richard made mention that once Jacob touched him, he could no longer die unless killed by somebody else, does that same fate hold true for the rest of the Oceanic Six? 3) Did Jacob actually touch all of them? 4) Finally, think that was just a courtesy nod to rid the producers of Nicki and Paulo once and for all, or will they (and their diamonds) actually serve a purpose on this show after all?