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Eggtown - 02/21
Between the producer's interview in Jeff Jensen's column today and tonights
episode we've gotten a ton of information. I'm not even sure where to start, but I guess the identity of Kate's baby is as
good a place as any. It's Aaron.
So we know something bad must happen to Claire. Why else would Aaron be with Kate? Why else
would Jack not be able to bring himself to see the baby when we know he aches to be with Kate? We also have a rough time frame
for tonights flash forward, as Aaron appears to be around 2 or 3.
Another mystery solved is why Kate is a free woman (well, sort of) now that she's back home
and who she was referring to last season when she told Jack "He'll be wondering where I am.". I'm also betting that
the condition of her parole that she not leave the state will come back to haunt her in a big way.
The producers were very adamant today that these flash forwards are not things that
might happen, they are facts set in stone. They also said that although there is a "bend" in the show's time-space
continuum and although next week's show will involve time travel, there won't be any possibility of a paradox occuring.
Does that mean that the only time travel that happens is when you enter or leave the island? Perhaps the time difference is
so small and the players have all been in place for so long that there isn't any chance of it happening in any of the current
scenarios? The chopper has been missing for a day according to Jack, and he's been trying to call the ship the whole time
to no avail. Maybe the chopper moves slightly forward in time on it's way back and the ship won't see it til
they reach that point in time themselves. That's what I'm betting was the situation with the missle, could be the same
for the chopper.
I think my head is going to explode.
Anyway, as with every episode this season there's just too much to discuss and too little
time. It's getting late here on the East Coast and we're supposed to be getting a wicked storm tomorrow, so it's time to stop
for now. After I'm done shoveling out we'll pick up where we left off.
Before I sign off I have to say thank you to Jeff Jensen. He knew we were
curious about the bracelets so he asked the producers about them. Not only does he bring
us great scoops, he also listens to us, and responds. Check out the feedback page.
Eggtown - Where's the eggs?
Let's go back to Kate's baby for a minute before we move
on. Aaron may not be that Aaron. There's a chance he could be Kate and Sawyers child, if they in fact conceived
in captivity. It would definitely be a good reason for Jack's standoffishness, but I just don't buy it. Now if his name was
James or Sawyer, maybe, but naming your kid after someone you left behind, or worse, uh-uh, don't think so.
Okay, so I guess next up is the title of the episode, Eggtown. Like me, you all seemed to be thinking, wtf.
Most of the time the tie in to the title is pretty evident. This one is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside
an enigma.
You've got the eggs Locke prepares and serves to Ben. "Last fresh eggs in camp" says Locke.
You've also got the fertility talk between Sawyer and Kate, as well as the baby Aaron twist at the end. Both
could be subtle references to eggs.
Then there's the one Doc Jensen brings up in his latest column. The first thing I thought of during the scene
where John was wiping blood off of his hands and inviting Kate to his little Saturday night chicken fry was that we certainly
know which came first this time. Eggs for breakfast, chicken for dinner. I followed Doc's link to Wikipedia to
read the origins of that age old question and found some very interesting stuff.
The phrase does in fact have a long standing relationship with time travel, and one of the things I read there
made me think of the producer's comment in their recent interview about how time travel on the show will not create
any paradoxes. Here's a bit of the entry for the Novikov self-consistency principle:
Another resolution, of which the Novikov self-consistency principle can be taken as an example, holds that if one were
to travel back in time, the laws of nature (or other intervening cause) would simply forbid the traveller from doing anything
that could later result in their time travel not occurring.
For example, a shot fired at the traveller's grandfather will miss, or the gun will jam, or misfire, or the grandfather
will be injured but not killed, or the person killed will turn out to be not the real grandfather, or some other event will
occur to prevent the attempt from succeeding. No action the traveller takes to affect change will ever succeed, as there will
always be some form of "bad luck" or coincidence preventing the outcome.In effect, the traveller will be unable to change
history from the state they found it.
Very commonly in fiction, the time traveller does not merely fail to prevent the actions he seeks to prevent; he in fact
precipitates them (see predestination paradox), usually by accident.
This theory might lead to concerns about the existence of free will (in this model, free will may be an illusion). This
theory also assumes that causality must be constant: i.e. that nothing can occur in the absence of cause, whereas some theories
hold that an event may remain constant even if its initial cause was subsequently eliminated.
Not only does this fit with their paradox comments, the last paragraph sounds suspiciously
like what Ms. Hawking told Desmond in "Flashes". Hmm...certainly something to ponder.
Anyway, I'm thinking that Eggtown was probably chosen as the title for all of the above reasons.
Eggs, eggs, and eggs.
Oh, and one more thing while we're on the subject. Why did Locke kill the chicken if they were out
of eggs? He does appear to be staying for a while and there can't be that many chickens in camp. Strange.
Okay, let's move on to Locke. His control over his flock is slipping away like sand through an hourglass.
How can he be so stupid as to let Ben under his skin again? Granted, Ben is a master, but come on man.
His problem, or one of them anyway, is that he isn't capable of being in charge of anything. Even if
your very life depends on it, you can not plead for information from someone who is your prisoner or subordinate.
You always have to bargain from a position of power.
It seems he's finally learning this, as evidenced by his innovative way to shut Miles up,
but it's way too late. He's proven time and again that he can only hurt people who's lives he has no stake in. He could
knife Naomi in the back, but he couldn't bring himself to kill the person who has done the most harm to him, his father, or
to shoot Jack when they argued over making the call.
The survivors are a group of people with strong personalities and even stronger motivations. It
was hard enough for Jack to hold them somewhat in check for as long as he did, and he had an edge. Who wouldn't follow
the only man with medical training if they were in a plane wreck on a deserted island? Locke's got nothing, and his weaknesses
have been more than evident to all. Unless something miraculous happens, I think time's almost up for him.
As it is for me, at least for now. More to come...
Eggtown - All the rest
So, there's still a ton of stuff we haven't covered. Why is Kate being billed as a hero? And never
mind the Oceanic 6, now we need to know who were the 8 survivors, and why 8?
We've also got the strange scene with Faraday and Lewis sharpening their Three Card Monte skills. No
idea what was going on there, but Follow the Lady is one of the oldest "short cons" in existence. A bit of a coincidence
there?
Speaking of coincidences, didn't the Aussie psychic tell Claire that if she wasn't going to raise
the baby herself that she should take it to LA, on flight 815, as there were good people there to raise him?
Now it would appear that prediction will come to fruition in the not to distant future. I'm gonna need to rewatch that scene
and see what else he predicted. Seems the writers and producers do have a plan.
Another big question is who are the new characters we see in the previews. One of them appears unhappy
with Faraday and seems to rough him up a bit. If they're Freightees, why jump on him?
Maybe he took all their money back on the ship playing Three Card Monte with Charlotte as
his shill?
Just a thought. It's more likely that they feel he's been to cooperative with the Losties. They're
there for a reason, and it isn't to rescue the survivors of 815.
One more thing about Locke before I wrap up. How could he not have figured out that Sawyer
was in league with Kate? As soon as they got to the boat house and found Miles gone, I was chuckling. It was a beautiful
plan by Sawyer. He let the mark think that he was calling the shots. Well played.
So, the next episode is titled "The Constant". Will it be another riddle?
There's physical constants, mathematical constants, constant companions, constant readers,
it could be refering to just about anything. Here's an interesting snippet from Wikapedia on constants:
In physics and chemistry
- Physical constant, a physical quantity that is generally believed to be both universal in nature and constant in time, such as c, the
speed of light, or h, the Planck constant
- Cosmological constant, usually denoted by Λ, a parameter modifying the original equations of the theory of general relativity, introduced
by Einstein and important for determining the ultimate fate of the universe as predicted by the theory
- Time constant, usually denoted by τ, a value characterizing the frequency response of a first-order, linear time-invariant system
- Reaction rate constant, often denoted k or λ, a value characterizing the speed of a chemical reaction
This is gonna be interesting...
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