LeFleur

Okay, first things first. This post is very, very late and that is not cool. But life happens and life goes on. The only important thing is that I'm finally getting this done. Now, onto Lost…

Many years from now, when Lost is all said and done, this season just may end up being my favorite season. And if this happens it will all be thanks to awesome episodes like this one. From start to finish "LeFleur" was simply perfect and of course, like all the great Lost episodes, it made me rethink a couple of simple plot elements from seasons past. One of those things being the attitude of the Others towards “invaders”.

Numerous events from this season have made me take a closer look at their past behaviors and I've compared them to their attitudes towards to the Oceanic survivors (in 2004) and things just quite add up. The Others that existed in the past, before flight 815 crashed, have been shown to be extremely aggressive. We have seen time and time again that they shoot first and don’t even bother asking questions afterwards. Yet when flight 815 crashed the Others merely stuck to kidnapping certain people and they left the rest alone. I keep returning to the Season 2 episode, “The Hunting Party” when Tom told Jack and Locke, “This is our island. And the only reason you're living on it is because we let you live on it”. I’m wondering now if they were allowed to live on the Island because of their interactions (in the past timeline) with the Others, and more importantly, with Richard.

Now, I’ve always believed that Richard has been in communication with Jacob even though we’ve never seen it happen nor has it even been hinted at. It would certainly make sense that he would let Jacob know all about these crazy time travelers from the future who crashed on the Island. Thus in the future, when Ocean 815 crashed, the survivors who eventually end up in the past aren’t on any of Jacob’s lists. He has an understanding of their destiny so he allows them to live in relative peace instead of merely wiping them all out. This could also be the reason that he asked for Locke’s help because he knew from Richard just how important Locke is (to the survival of the Island). I guess time will only tell just how right or wrong my theory will end up being; And speaking of time, let’s move onto this week’s battle of who did the best things and such... Click here to see how the dice landed for each of our crazy Island folk...

Sawyer:

Uh, why exactly did he think that jumping into the well would be a good idea: -1

"Jim LaFleur". A decent alias. Although I would have chosen "Chesty McBoobs" but hey that's just me: +1

Wins the award of having the most ironic job title ever by becoming "Head of Security": +2

Nicknames Miles, "Enos": +1 (Enos was a deputy on The Dukes of Hazzard)

Also nicknames Miles, "Mr. I Speak to Dead People" and "Bonsai": +2

Gives Daniel two more nicknames, "Plato" and "Mad Scientist": +2

Convinces Juliette to stay by using words when really all he needed to do was take off his shirt. Or shoot somebody: +1

None of that cheap boxed Dharma wine for his gal Juliette: +1

Ends the episode with a look on his face that makes me think he wishes the helicopter exploded. Or maybe that was the look on my face. It's real easy to get me and Sawyer confused: +1 Net Gain/Loss: +9 Total Points: 155

Juliet:

How many Others does she have to kill before she’s officially kicked out of their club? Maybe in the future those two Others stole her lunch and now she’s finally getting her revenge: +1

Evidently the Others teach all new recruits two things; Latin and Auto Repair: +1

Performs her first on-Island baby delivery. I give all the credit to Sawyer’s motivational speech: +2

Finally, an island romance that doesn't make me sick: +1 Net Gain/Loss: +5 Total Points: 111

Richard:

Does the mascara enable him to walk through the sonic fence unharmed?: +1

If you looked real close you could actually see the moment where his brain melted after Sawyer mentioned the jughead bomb: +1

Of course this also left him so confused that he accidently asked for Paul's body instead of Paul's stash of Dharma weed: -1 Net Gain/Loss: +1 Total Points: 150

Jin:

Speaking pretty good English. Maybe he was fluent all along but just didn't want to talk to Kate and Jack. I do the same thing at work by pretending that I’m from Australia: +2 Net Gain/Loss: +2 Total Points: 102

Faraday:

He must have read my blog ‘cause he sure seems convinced that he caused Charlotte’s death: +1

Was he flirting with a 12 year old Charlotte? Geez, she wasn't kidding when she said he was creepy: -2 Net Gain/Loss: -1 Total Points: 129

Charlotte:

Hey she’s alive!! And she's a happy, go-lucky twelve year old who has no idea why the guy with the skinny tie is leering at her: +/- 0

Kate:

This was a great episode right up until the moment when she stepped out of that Dharma van: -5

But I am looking forward to seeing her sleep with Horace to make Jack jealous: -1 Net Gain/Loss: -6 Total Points: 41

Jack:

Welcome back Jack; let's hope that you haven't planned on using Juliet to get over Kate 'cause Sawyer stole her away from you just like he did with Kate: -2

Also, I’m willing to bet that if Sawyer had made it back to the mainland he would have made it a point to sleep with Jack’s mother and his ex-wife: -2 Net Gain/Loss: -4 Total Points: 95

Aaron:

I wonder what this crazy kid's been up to. More than likely he's trying to use the unique magnetic properties of his gigantic head to locate the Island. Net Gain/Loss: A freaking huge head that is capable of completely blocking out the Sun's rays and thus causing a new Ice Age.