Blogging LOST: No More Others!!

This week's episode was pretty lame. Every Tuesday when we sit down to watch LOST, I think, "Maybe this week will be the week that the plot moves forward in some discernable direction." And yet every week, I'm fairly disappointed. Especially this week.

Don't get me wrong. I liked Non-Crash Sawyer's police life. It was interesting. But it still felt pointless. Esau's long-winded narrative about his crazy mother was just confusing. When Claire attacked Kate, we were half hoping that she'd cut Kate's throat just so that something interesting would happen. Alas, no one died, not even from gunshots to the chest.

I'm not sure if we're supposed to be able to figure out whose side Sawyer is really on. He's lying to someone (maybe everyone?), and I got really tired of trying to figure out who. Plus, when Non-Crash Sawyer sat in the car with Non-Crash Miles and spent 4 minutes telling his sad story, I was just like, "Come on, the viewer already knows this. Why do you have to tell us again?"

I feel like there was a lot of symbolism in this episode that is supposed to help the viewer understand what's going on. Non-Crash Sawyer watching Little House on the Prairie, the camera focusing on the books he was reading (didn't catch their titles), and numerous flower references (LaFleur, Rose, the Orchid station, the sunflower Non-Crash Sawyer brought to Charlotte, etc.)

But the casual viewer really doesn't get much from all this. I read my share of LOST blogs, and if I still can't figure out what it's all supposed to mean, then what's the point of including it? If these references are so obscure that only the most diehard, obsessed fans will understand them, then they really aren't helping me at all.

Last week, I was really excited to see Widmore return. But this week, it just felt like more Others (the Widmore Others, perhaps) right after they got rid of the Other Others (the ones in the temple). PLEASE, NO MORE OTHERS.

I'm really looking forward to next week, though. Richard is one of my favorite characters, so hopefully we will actually learn something about him (but I doubt it).