The Little Prince

Hello all! I think I am actually going to get this out in a timely manner! (kiss of death!). I am truly loving season 5 of LOST. I am falling helpless in love with Daniel. I might just have to re-watch the episode and stare at him. And as if it were possible, Sawyer is even more hot! Okay, fellas…I can hear your groans. But I commented on Kate and her panties and the shower scene with Jack last season…so let’s be fair! I am still waiting for more character development with Miles. I love almost everything he says.

Just when you think its going to be a slow episode….that nothing earth shaking is going to happen…BAM! Jin is back! I love it! I knew he wasn’t dead, but I didn’t know how or when he would return. It was beautifully done. So many questions so let’s get started!

Oh! For easier discussion I am creating a new name – the Losties 6 – Locke, Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, Daniel and Charlotte. Coincidence that there is an Oceanic 6 and a Losties 6? Coincidence that there are 4 boys and 2 girls on each side. Love the subliminal stuff!

Connections

The title of the episode The Little Prince a connection the French children’s book. I never read it but did a lot of reading about it last night. It was too difficult for my pea brain to understand especially having not read it myself. But the main theme of the story is the importance of looking beneath the surface to find the real truth and meaning of a thing. It is the fox who teaches the Prince to see with one's heart instead of just with one's eyes. I am guessing the connections are of Kate’s love for Aaron. The flashback emphasizes how she was there at the birth, then once Claire went missing and again now after the rescue. She loves him despite the fact that he isn’t her son. Besixdouze is the name of the French boat and that is French for B612 the name of the planet the Little Prince in the book was from. Also the author of the book disappeared in his plane in the Mediterranean. He was never found but his plane was discovered 50 years later.

Canton Rainier is an anagram for Reincarnation. They often say the numbers when speaking (Sayid was unconscious for 42 hours), it isn’t always visually (Kate’s address number is 42). I did notice it was raining in Los Angeles similar to the times it was raining on the island. It rarely rains here in Southern California so I thought it was nice mirror of what was going on the island.

Questions

Ajira Airways

I feel like an idiot. My daughter made a connection to the show that I hadn’t even made. I will pretend she is 24 and has watched the show since the beginning instead of a 9 year old who just wandered in for her goodnight kiss. When Losties found the wreckage of the Indian airlines Ajira Airways she said “oh the crashed again. I guess that’s how they get back to the island.’ Huh? Could it be? I was hoping for a door or a portal. But another crash…this time with the Oceanic 6 on it? I know if I boarded a plan and recognized all 6 of them on my flight…I would get the hell off it. But interesting idea. We know it’s the future since it was day time (flashes at night are the past, flashes during day are in the future). But we don’t know what happens on the island between 2004-2008 when Locke gets off the island and dies (Maybe the time shifts for him in the “real world” cause him to die?). We assume there wasn’t another plane crash so I would put the Ajira Airways crash at 2008 or later.

I am adding this as a Timeline page on the site but for the sake of this discussion I am putting it inside the blog for now.

Oceanic 6

1) 2004 Flashback – Kate on boat with Jack going to claim Aaron as her own.

2) 2008 – Oceanic 6 are being manipulated by Ben to return to island.

Losties 6

1) Time Jump (night) - 2004 – Losties 6 back a few months when Claire was giving birth to Aaron.

2) Time Jump (day) - Future (2008 or further) – Losties 6 at wreckage of flight in the future (possibly the flight that brings the Oceanic 6 back or much further in the future)

3) Time Jump (night) 1988 – Jin is washed on the beach with Rousseau pregnant with Alex. (Alex was 16 when she was killed by Keamy in 2004). Losties 6 once back on shore come across items on the beach in French

Jin

I love the fact that he is with Rousseau! They said we would get her flashback story last year…never did I imagine that we would see it as she was instead of a memory. I can believe that Rousseau never mentioned meeting Jin in the past because everyone went crazy, she killed people, her baby was stolen and she was alone for 16 years living in a jungle. I don’t think it’s a leap that she forgot or that she just never said anything (she wasn’t ever really talkative). I am glad we get to see what happened to her crew. The other question is if Jin will connect with the Losties 6 or continue to time jump on his own.

Miles

Another bean in the pot for Miles being Dr. Chang/Marvin Candles son. If Daniel is right and both Miles and Charlotte have been to the island before, what happened? Will the time jump eventually kill one of them before Locke leaves? I hope not. Daniel is being evasive. Really evasive. I don’t believe he doesn’t know what is going on to all of them. BUT maybe he cannot tell them because he can’t change the past. His past. He has been a time jumper for some time. So perhaps he is not telling them because it may effect what they decide to do.

Walt

So was Walt jumping all those time people saw him places he was not supposed to be? Just like Daniel is able to. That would explain tall Walt when Locke saw him. I think the times when he would try to stop something, course correct, he would unintentionally cause it – Like when he tried to warn Shannon and she followed him and was shot.


Conclusion

I thought it was a really good episode overall. I do feel that more is being answered, or should I say connected then previous seasons. I think that is what is leading to the overall feeling of satisfaction in this last episodes and with the show overall. I think those that left in season 3 were just really dissatisfied and confused. But this season there is definitely a lot more pay-off.

I have yet to make the alterations on the site but give me some time this weekend. I hope to add a link to character backgrounds, major (and minor themes) and a discussion board so that you can participate more. Sounds like a lot but hey…what are weekends for! So until next week…c-ya!