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March 31, 2005
TV : Lost, Episode 1.19, "Deus Ex Machina”
(Warning - this posting contains SPOILERS for those who have not yet seen the episode)
Episode 1.19 was a good episode if not entirely satisfying. The island plot was about Locke and Boone’s continued attempts to get the hatch they found buried in the jungle open, with Boone coming to realize that Locke believes “The Island” is telling him what to do. The flashback was part 2 of Locke’s backstory. I had hoped we’d discovery more about Locke’s paralysis; but instead we find out that he was raised by foster parent and then conned by his biological father (with his schizophrenic biological mother’s help).
Unlike many of the episodes, the common theme of the two stories isn’t clear to me. I see two possibilities. It could be that we are supposed to see parallels between Locke’s father manipulating him and the harm it caused Locke, and the way Locke is now manipulating Boone and that harm that comes to him. Or we are supposed to see that despite his apparent resolve, Locke is easily manipulated, first by his father and now by “the island”. Neither is particularly satisfying for me.
On the hidden connections front, we may now have two connections between Locke and Hurley. Not only does Locke work at a box factory that is one of Hurley’s many holdings (I am certain of that); but I also believe Locke’s mother was hospitalized at the same mental institution with which Hurley has some association (patient or employee has not been made clear)
Finally, I don’t know how much to trust closed captioning (I believe it is done by a separate service not associated with the writers of the show); but when Boone says into the radio “We are the survivors of flight 815”, I thought I heard the reply as “You are the survivors of flight 815?” as if to confirm; but the closed captioning read “There were no survivors of flight 815.” (If accurate, that gives support to those who think everyone is actually dead and the island is a kind of purgatory where these people are working out their unresolved issue from life).
Posted by Steven at March 31, 2005 01:44 PM
