LOST: vote for Sawyer

*SPOILERy* commentary recorded roughly live as I watched tonight's episode on DVR.

Woohoo! A Sawyer episode!

Psych! (D'oh!) I got a little excited, seeing Sawyer's ex, thinking it was a Sawyer episode, but no.

But, what's this? Even better, a Kate & Sawyer crossover? Allright, allright, settle down. Settle down...

Nice start, Kate jumping Juliet and getting knocked down herself. Where did Juliet go to school that she became such a badass research scientist, right? Her one-liners could use some work, tho...

Juliet: I was just bringing you something to eat... enjoy your sandwich.

Love this! Hurley's playiing Sawyer with a "Survivor" scenario! And of course, Sawyer's gotta play the huffy Han Solo...

Sawyer: I don't do amends.

Woohoo! Juliet and Kate handcuffed! Gotta love the stuff this show manages to write its way into. I mean, this is the shackled unlikely partners genre, a la THE DEFIANT ONES, or THE 39 STEPS, only, y'know... without the romance... or... is it? Wah wah wah~

Meanwhile, at the beach...

Sawyer: Ain't gonna get the Korean vote...

It's pretty marvelous how almost every episode runs at least one character's issues in parallel, in LOST "present day" and in the flashback past. Sometimes it's even boiled down to a line or two of dialogue, in case you don't quite catch on on your own...

Kate, aka Lucy (significant alias choice?): Someone I love, someone who's supposed to care about me, betrayed me, and I want to know why...

J & K encounter the smoke monster...

Juliet: what the hell is that?

[later] Kate: Are you serious? You've never seen that?

So, she's saying she doesn't know what it is? As if she's never seen it before? Is it possible that the the black smoke didn't exist before the Oceanic crash? They brought it with them?

WTF with the flashing/strobing? That's new for the smoke, isn't it? Dig the EVIL DEAD 2 camerawork, tho.

Back at the beach... The Sawyer storyline is feeling a little bit IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, with Hurley as his Clarence, donchathink? I *like* it.

Sawyer: Hey there, little... baby.

VOTE FOR PEDRO SAWYER! =)

Kate roughs up Juliet...

Juliet: Don't flatter yourself, this is the fourth time it's been dislocated...

Again, Juliet must be to fertility research what Indiana Jones is to archaeology.

LOVE the good Sawyer bit. He gets Desmond to help him hunt a boar. Desmond, of course, is suspicious. Guess he didn't get a flash that covers this...

Sawyer: My angle is, I've got hearts and minds to change... and politics is all about bribes... since money doesn't count for squat on this island, I gotta give people something they like, and people like meat.

Too frickin fun! =)

In flashback, Kate's mom has some words of wisdom for her daughter regarding Sawyer, although she doesn't really know it at the time. Warped wisdom, given her situation, and the relationship with her husband...

Kate's mom: You can't help who you love, Katherine, and for good or bad, I loved him...

Okay, I've figured it out. Smokey is the physical manifestation of the id of a perv who really enjoys catfights! First, in the rec room, then, in the rain, now, in the mud! Where's the kiddie pool full of Dharma Jell-O? Oh, you naughty naughty writers!

Hey now. Smokey doesn't like the fence! Anyone else thinking FORBIDDEN PLANET? And it's sonics? Now I'm thinking Spider-Man's symbiote! Juliet owns up to a recognizing Smokey...

Juliet: We dont' know what it is, but we know that it doesn't like our fences...

How true is that? Lying Other jerks. Bleah.

Back at the beach, Citizen Ford is doing a bang-up job with the making nice...

Sawyer: A little dharma A-1 and paprika... ... I hope you remember this little barbecue at your meeting later...

And when the jig is up, Hurley reveals his master plan...

Sawyer: You tricked me into being decent? That's gotta be the lamest con in the history of cons...

Hurley: Just for today they can eat boar, laugh, and forget that they're totally screwed...

Pretty frickin sweet. It's too bad there's all this extra mystery weaved into and throughout the show so far. They've created some really excellent characters that I'm gonna miss when it's all over.

Hey, Dr. Jack, who will you choose? Kelly or Brenda?

Damn. They get back next episode? Already? C'mon, give Mayor Sawyer some more time in office! Although, given Jack's time with the Others, perhaps he's compromised his island-political cred and image...? Until next week...~

Keep on keepin on~