Hope Rides Alone

Double-feature, people! And half-way decent recaps to boot!

"Dead is Dead"

( Spoilers for these episodes, as well as pretty much every Lost episode EVER )

 

Oooooogh ...

Yesterday I woke up with ... something. I think it's some weird hybrid of a cold and the flu, because I spent all of yesterday in bed with a vampire-like aversion to light, mild nausea, and a nigh-incapacitating fever. I managed to eat some toast and was happy that I was able to keep it down, but I slept on and off all day, which, as you guys know, is an indicator of badness because of my 'I can't take naps unless I'm on a long road trip/deathly ill/suffering from a dangerous amount of lack-of-sleep' curse. Today I had mild fever and a stuffy nose and a cough, but I've been working my way up to a near-cognate-state all day just so I can do this WAZT. Mostly because rehearsals for Shakespeare start up on Monday and I have to memorize a part for that AND a part for a separate play that I DESPISE for English class, and I've decided to take a break from Lost for the next three weeks or so. Not gonna cut out Heroes unless it's absolutely necessary, because I'm just insane like that.

I probably won't catch up on your comments for a couple days, and for that I apologize, but seriously, it's the most I can manage to do this recap at the moment, and I'm lying in bed under the covers with the curtains drawn and my laptop acting as a heating pad. Sorry if the WAZT isn't as witty or funny as usual.

 

Previously on Lost: 

( Spoilers for all of Lost )

 

 

 

Yahoo for Tin Man! I mean, I know the acting was a bit weak here and there, and Azkadelia (sp?) flashed her cleavage around a bit more than was neccesary, and Raw didn't do much of ... anything, really.
But I loved what it tried and mostly-succeeded to do. I'm talking about the world itself, the O.Z. I mean, all the stuff, how clever was that?!  Central City was fascinating, and I'm slightly annoyed we didn't spend enough time underground with all the criminals and outlaws, because it was causing me to have pleasant Firefly flashbacks.
I liked how they wove all the old stuff from 'The Wizard of Oz' into it, especially the Road, DG's waitress uniform, Dorothy Gale, and the Tin Man himself (go Cain!) It was a bold move, considering this is a generation addicted to Wicked, and I think it worked pretty well.
On the subject of Cain (and Glitch/Ambrose) WOOHOO! Those two carried the show for me, and that was even before the 'sweetheart' bit. Cain, aka Mr. Badass Angsty, calling Glitch sweetheart?!
Let's not let that overshadow their previous moments of not-straight-manly bonding, when Glitch was talking about dancing (SQUEE!) and taking care of Cain in the van (BOYSCOUT!) and really just about anything.
I choose to ignore Cain's son. They should have left him as mysteriously-missing, a cactus could act better than that poor boy.

Yeah, I know I said I wasn’t gonna watch Lost anymore, because it’s stupid and I’m protesting the latest timeslot, but as I’m watching it online, and not at abc.com … I feel I’m still protesting.

Besides, this episode kicked ass.

 

 

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