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"Lost" is back on its game, people.  This is a must-see episode.  Great stuff.


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"Lost" just blew my fucking mind.  Again.  Even though it looked like just another "poor Hurley" episode, this week's "Lost" even managed to top last week's spectacular episode.  Hurley starts off the episode by asking Libby at her grave why she never comes to speak to him like the other dead people.  Not long after that, Ilana blows herself up with dynamite from the Black Rock and, at the behest of Michael, Hurley blows up the entire ship so no more dynamite can be used.  In the side-verse, successful entrepreneur Hurley meets up with side-verse Libby who somehow remembers him from the island.  Desmond shows up to prod Hurley into pursuing Libby and, in a weird parallel of their date on the island, Hurley suddenly has memories of the island, too, after Libby kisses him.  Meanwhile, back in the Lost-verse, Sayid delivers Desmond to the Locke-ness monster who promptly throws him down a well.  Back in the side-verse, Desmond runs his car over Locke in the school parking lot and drives away.


It's pretty clear now that the two universes are connected--but how and why are still big questions.  I'm loving the side-verse Desmond now, as he's becoming this all-knowing Jacob sort of figure, meddling with everyone's lives and apparently causing them to remember the island.  Why did he run over Locke, though?  I have a theory and we'll see how it pans out, but I'm guessing that whatever "loophole" the Man in Black used to change himself into Locke's doppelganger, it involves taking possession or switching forms with the Locke in the side-verse.  Therefore, Desmond's attack is an attempt to hurt and/or kill the Locke-ness monster in the Lost-verse.  I could be wrong--there are several holes in that theory--but I'm sticking with that for now.


I have one minor gripe with the episode and it's another example of the characters not acting like they have any common sense.  When Hurley tells the group that Jacob is standing among them and he has told Hurley they must speak with Locke, Richard challenges Hurley to prove it by telling him to ask Jacob what the island is.  Richard says something to the effect of, "A while back, Jacob told me what the island is.  If he's really here, ask him to tell you what it is."  Hurley's lying, of course, so he simply tells Richard that he doesn't have to prove anything to him.  Here's the thing, though--didn't anybody think to then say, "So, uh...Richard, now that that's settled, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ISLAND ANYWAY?"  Holy Christ--these people's entire lives have been continually ruined by this fucking island for years now and they have a golden opportunity to find out what it is and THEY DON'T ASK?!  That's crazy!


Speaking of "what the fuck is the island", I found it interesting that Michael tells Hurley that the whispers in the forest are the voices of the spirits who are trapped on the island and aren't ready to move on.  What does that mean?  Is the island some kind of limbo between life and death?  This is getting all kinds of interesting...

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Another great episode of a show that just keeps getting better and better.  Must see for fans of science-fiction, Stargate, or televised drama in general.


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In "Divided", Dr. Rush takes the opportunity of having Young and Scott out in a shuttle to team up with Wray and execute a coup d'état with the rest of the civilians onboard Destiny.  The military quickly retakes the ship, though, and we learn that Rush was only trying to keep Young from finding out about an alien tracking device surgically implanted in his chest.


Superb writing and acting all around, which is pretty much the norm on SGU.  I particularly enjoyed the music-filled teaser with Chloe's dream--great stuff.  The tension throughout the episode was absolutely palpable.


The consequences of the actions taken on this episode should be long-reaching.  I can't imagine the tension is going to get any better (especially for Greer) as the season wears on.

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More questions and no answers but still one the series' best episodes.


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It's weird how last week's episode provided no answers whatsoever and was absolutely terrible yet this week's episode also delivers no answers and manages to be one of the series' best.  Desmond is back, brought to the island by Charles Widmore after being shot by Ben.  Widmore subjects Desmond to a huge electromagnetic shock to see if he can survive a second time.  In the Sideverse, Desmond works for Widmore, has no idea who Penny is, and is tasked with delivering one Charlie Pace to a concert with Widmore's son, Daniel.


Charlie tells Desmond how his life changed when he suddenly fell in love with a mysterious blonde woman while choking on a bag of heroin and now wants to die.  When he yanks the steering wheel and drives the car into the water, the scene bears an uncanny resemblance to Charlie's drowning death in the Lostverse.  So much so that Desmond actually starts to see flashes from the Lostverse, including Charlie's hand with the words "Not Penny's Boat" written on it.  Widmore is married to Eloise Hawking in the Sideverse and when Desmond meets her in person to apologize for not delivering Charlie to the concert, she tells him, "Someone has affected the way you see things," says it's a "violation" and, "You're not ready yet, Desmond."


As he leaves, he is met by Daniel Farraday (known as Daniel Widmore in the Sideverse) who talks to him about true love, shows him a notebook with advanced equations that Daniel shouldn't have known how to write, and tells him where to find Penny.  Back in the Lostverse, Desmond is awakened after the experiment and is suddenly eager to help Widmore.  Sayid shows up, though, and takes out all of Widmore's crew.  Desmond leaves with Sayid.


Finally, back in the Sideverse, Desmond does meet Penny and they make plans for an informal date.  Desmond then makes arrangements to have the flight manifest from Oceanic 815 delivered to him.  Why?  Because he has wants "to show them something".


Damn, what a good episode!  Like I said, no real answers but the questions are becoming more intriguing.  It seems this Sideverse may have a purpose after all.  I was beginning to suspect it was just a filler device by the writers but it seems this alternate reality does exist and it may be of significance to the Lostverse.  I still want to know what the hell Widmore wants with Jin and why he suddenly seems to be a good guy but with only a handful of episodes left, for once I know those answers are coming.

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The Destiny crew finally meets an alien race and the result is the best episode since the series premiere.


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Man, oh man, how I've missed "Stargate Universe".  Sure, I agree with those that say it's nothing more than "Battlestargate: Voyager" but it's a damn fine show nonetheless.  And it's world's better than "Caprica", it's mid-season replacement.


This week the crew finally meets an alien race which results in a few nice space battles and the return of Dr. Rush.  We don't learn much about the aliens but again, that's part of the charm--if I wasn't already going to keep watching, the mystery surrounding these blue-skinned kidnappers would be enough for me to stick around.


As this is a character drama, there are a lot of stellar performances sprinkled throughout the episode: Ming-Na is excellent as IOA member Camile Wray, a character I'm beginning to like more and more, and Louise Ferreira is fantastic as usual as Colonel Young.


I especially loved the montage at the end of the episode showing the isolation that being stranded alone on the far side of known space would bring.  It's little moments like Colonel Young mending a sock that are so simple yet their impact helps make this such a good show.


Next week: A coup d'état!

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Nothing happened.


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No, seriously--nothing happened.  You could've missed this episode, picked up next week, and not have batted an eye.  It's almost like the producers/writers plotted out how to end the series, figured out they had one extra hour, and said, "Here, let's just fill it with a Sun/Jin episode".  You find out in the side-verse how Jin ended up locked up in that restaurant (and no, it's not compelling at all) and you find out absolutely nothing on the island.


Okay, we did find out that Desmond was who Widmore had hiding in that submarine room but that was literally the very end of the episode so, like I said before, you could've missed this one completely and not have to worry about catching up.


By the way, while we're on the topic of ABC shows, I'm gonna shoot for a "Flashforward" and a "V" recap this week, too...just didn't around to it last week.

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The Zoe/Tamara storylines were partially wrapped up and there was a lot of useless junk about the STO.


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Still don't know what I think about "Caprica".  There are times that I enjoy it but there are many more times that I don't like it.  It reminds me of all of the worst parts of "Battlestar Galactica": the preachy "one true god" episodes, the whole Baltar/prophet thing from the last season, etc.  This was a decent episode in that it had some major developments in the Zoe/Tamara storylines but the B-story was what bugged the hell outta me.  I don't care anything about the STO and I can't stand that teacher character that dragged Zoe and her friends into it in the first place.  Add to that the awful James Marsters (showing his age here, unlike on "Buffy") and you've got one borefest of a storyline.


To be honest, that's all I have to say right now.  It's been 4 days since I watched the episode and I've forgotten most of it.


Thank god "Stargate Universe" returns next week...