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3.19 The Brig

Sawyer: "How 'bout that. Sawyer's my name, too."

Major plot resolution! I almost can't believe it. And for not one character, but two. Not that I was shocked, or anything. Many of us guessed way back in season two that Cooper had to be the original Sawyer. I also thought Locke wouldn't betray his friends on the beach, and he didn't.

Cooper was a revolting, toxic human being, and if there is a Hell, I'm sure he just bought a condo there. I only hope his death will bring Locke and Sawyer some relief. But confronting the source of one's trauma doesn't always work, take it from me. Locke needed a father's love; Sawyer needed his parents and his childhood back. They're never going to get those things. Plus, dead people tend to come back on the Island. Sawyer may need to kill Cooper over and over again, and isn't that a horrible thought.

Did Cooper really believe he was already dead? He must have, since he stupidly goaded Sawyer into killing him. Naomi of the parachute told Desmond and the guys that Flight 815 had been found four miles down off the coast of Bali. And again, I must say that I don't believe the Island is the afterlife. I think someone pulled off a powerful hoax. There's no way to do DNA evidence and dental records on over 300 unretrievable bodies, after all.

Ben is turning out to be the most interesting villain in the series. Richard, who went out of his way to help Locke, said that Ben had them "wasting their time" with fertility problems. What could be bigger? Perfect health and immortality? Ben also said that proximity to Locke helped Ben heal. Was that bull, like Ben's big magic box (which he admitted was a metaphor box)? Ben said that the pillars were an "old place." A temple? Ancient religion centered around whatever it is the Island does? Did it have something to do with Homer Simpson's foot?

Desmond has definitely become one of the Island leaders, and he actually has an active anti-Jack faction. I was surprised at Kate for going right to Jack, although I also find it hard to believe that a man as loyal as Jack has turned. Even though he and Juliet know something they're not ready to tell. The Others are planning a raid on the beach to kidnap the pregnant women, and they're coming in three days. (I am assuming that means season finale.)

Maybe that's what Jack and Juliet know, and aren't telling. Yet.

Character bits:

-- James Ford was originally from Jasper, Alabama. Cooper swindled his mother out of $38,000.

-- Kate and Sawyer are still sleeping together. And Kate is still uncomfortable about it.

-- Cindy and the kids don't seem as drone-like as I originally thought. I'd really like to know what's going on with them.

-- Sawyer's no-nickname week must have passed because he called Locke "Tarzan" and "John-Boy."

-- Cooper gave a number of aliases: Alan Seward, Anthony Cooper (so what was his real name?), Ted McLaren, Tom Sawyer, Lewis Jackson, Paul something. Sawyer's nicknaming and Cooper's aliases are related, of course.

-- In this week's hair report, Sawyer's looked a bit better. Maybe it was the extended proximity to Kate and to Dharma Initiative shampoo.

Bits and pieces:

-- The flashbacks were all on the Island.

-- This week's Most Obvious Symbolism was the brig, as well as the dessicated skeletons of the still chained slaves. Locke and Sawyer have both been prisoners of their past.

-- Danielle Rousseau showed up at the Black Rock to grab a box of very unstable dynamite. What you gonna blow up, French Chick? Whatever it is, it must have something to do with Alex.

-- The Others back in Florida used a car accident to kidnap Cooper. Yet another car accident.

-- When Sawyer was choking Cooper with that chain, I couldn't help thinking of Princess Leia and Jabba the Hut.

-- I recently did a "favorite character poll" on the front page of my site. Sawyer won, and Sayid and Desmond tied for second place. Just wanted to pass that on.

-- Gold acting stars for Josh Holloway. Even though it was Locke's flashback and Locke's father, this was mostly Sawyer's episode.

Quotes:

Sawyer: "Okay, Tarzan. So now that you're back from your 'blow up everything that could get us off the Island' tour, how 'bout you tell me why you joined up with the damn enemy?"

Cooper: "If this isn't Hell, friend, then where are we?"

Sawyer: "Tom Sawyer?"
Cooper: "I was young, and Huck Finn was taken."

I'm not sure all of this episode was a four, but the Locke/Sawyer plot certainly was. Four out of four polar bears,

Billie