LOST fans got a week off last week – and they didn't like it. Sure, a few of us put up the front of actually 'needing' the break to prevent our brains from boiling over, but anybody who tells you they actually enjoyed skipping a week is either not a fan, or is a masochist. Thankfully, LOST returns this week with the episode "Namaste," and we have some inside details on the episode. Read on for a spoilerific preview.
"Namaste" picks up hot on the heels of "LaFleur," with Sawyer's bitter sweet reunion wih Freckles, Jackass, and Stay-puff. The conman come lawman now has to figure out how to bring his former island compadres into Dharmaville without blowing his cover story. If you're looking for the thematic center of the episode, it just passed you.
Sawyer's conundrum is this: he likes the life he has built for himself. Where the Oceanic 6 had a pretty bad run of things post island, the past three years have been kind to Sawyer – kind enough that he isn't so anxious to let go of his island life. Of course, what the time-skipping averse Sawyer is not considering is that there is a fate awaiting the Dharma initiative that only the grim reaper would want. Or is there?
The question of whether the chrono-displaced are actually changing time or not is touched upon briefly in the episode via an appearance from exposition device Christian Shepherd. Look for Christian to show a very interesting picture to Sun when she arrives at the Dharma compound – and no, she is not back in time with hubby Jin. Far from it.
The seeds of conflict between the well adjusted Sawyer and the returning Oceanic 3 are sown in "Namaste," the intriguing question is what sort of plot-crop will grow from that conflict? Time will tell.
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Jon Lachonis is perhaps best known as DocArzt, the LOST blogger behind such sites as DocArzt.com and formerly TheTailsection. As an arm-chair pundit of the TV scene, Jon's writing has appeared on BuddyTV, CraveOnline, and UGO. His book, co-written with Amy J. Johnston, LOST Ate My Life is available on Amazon.
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OOOOOOOH I just can't wait!
Far from it? Crikey just cos he told John not to bring Sun back could this mean he has found a new love thinking he'd never see his wife again?
It looks like a wedding photo. Did Jin re-marry? Hmmm….
It's the picture that is included at the top of the story. Namaste to the new recruits. You can see Kate in her dark blue jumpsuit in the middle of the shot. They line up perfectly.
100% agree.
Is that Jill the butcher putting the pic up or Christian?
It's Christian, taking down the picture to show to Sun. The picture is the group shop from the top.
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THEORY: The picture that Christian shows Sun is the "Namaste: New Recruits" picture with Jack, Kate, and Hurley. However, after showing Sun, Christian will proclaim that all the people in this picture are dead.
I called it first.
Mmm for some reason I'm not liking this. I just don't buy domesticated Sawyer, and him holding on to this life
Oh well
Whoa, that picture of Christian is really important and I think it proves a commonly held theory wrong: he's holding a FLASHLIGHT. Evidently he and Jacob are not the same person, given that Jake freaked last time he saw one of those. And if that's the cabin he's hanging the picture in, it seems unlikely that Jacob is in there. Are they even on the same side?
Maybe back in the 70's we'll see Jake having a bad experience with a flashlight that scars him.
It's not JAcob's cabin. It's some abandoned Dharma barrack.
Re-itterating my belief that Amy and Horus' boy is Jacob…
Just thought of something else related to my homeboy Stephen King. Does the picture not remind you of The Shining? As in, "you've always been the caretaker here."
[...] Sawyer likes the life he's built for himself over the past three years with the Dharma Initiative. Only trouble is, the D.I. is due to come to a bloody end… or is it? The question of whether our time-jumping heroes can change the past comes up again in tonight's episode, as Christian Shephard shows Sun a very interesting photo when she arrives at the Dharma compound. And it sounds like Sun is not back in the past, with Jack, Hurley and Kate. (TV Overmind) [...]
[...] Sawyer likes the life he’s built for himself over the past three years with the Dharma Initiative. Only trouble is, the D.I. is due to come to a bloody end… or is it? The question of whether our time-jumping heroes can change the past comes up again in tonight’s episode, as Christian Shephard shows Sun a very interesting photo when she arrives at the Dharma compound. And it sounds like Sun is not back in the past, with Jack, Hurley and Kate. (TV Overmind) [...]