If you were to tell me before this season started that we would not only get a gem of a scene between Hurley and Miles where they talk about the laws of time-travel, but also a scene in which it is revealed that Hurley is writing The Empire Strikes Back, I would say, “Sir, you talk a good game, but that simply can not be.” As it turns out, it can… AND IT DID.
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I almost see Hurley/Miles as the new comic relief duo as Hurley/Sawyer were in season 3. Too bad there’s not more of their interactions, but there’s a hell of a lot more stuff going on this season than in those previous, so it’s understandable.
The whole bit of Hurley writing The Empire Strikes Back is hilarious and ingenious. You spend the whole episode thinking there’s something extremely important and perhaps disturbing being scrawled in that composition book, and lo and behold, Hurley is using his geek knowledge for his own personal gain in his given situation.
On a more serious note, what’s with this new group of people talking about what’s in the shadow of the statue? Is it some sort of cult? It seems pretty late in the game to introduce a whole new sect of people wanting in on the action. And they seem to present themselves as having drawn a line in the sand between them and Charles Widmore. When Widmore told Locke in the hospital in Tunisia that there was a war coming, I thought it was going to be between Widmore and Ben. But now I’m thinking this new group of people are the opposition to the Others and this is all setting up one furious battle for season 6. I’m extremely interested to learn more about the origin of this group, and can’t help but think they’ll somehow be tied into characters or entities that have already been introduced in past seasons. Either way, it’s cool that they’re finally revisiting the statue that was briefly introduced in the season 2 finale.
Also, with this episode addressing Miles’ relationship with his parents, I couldn’t help but reflect and realize how much of this show hits on the characters’ relationships with their parents and how much it affects who they have become. Go down the roster and think about each character in the show, and you’ll realize that (with the exception of Sayid, Juliet and Desmond), they have all had at LEAST one episode putting much focus on their upbringing and the effects of how their parents raised them. Maybe this is a complete coincidence and was unavoidable for the writers to hit on through all the flashbacks, but it’s food for thought.
Posted on April 16th, 2009 at 10:42 pm