Lost 2x17- "Lockdown"

Lost make Matt happy.

• Ok, so absolutely no time has passed between this episode and the last. That's kind of neat, I guess. Though it doesn't really help advance the story all that much.
• What kind of reaction did Henry Gale expect from his little scenario? Anyone who was really fearing for their life wouldn't be making such of color jokes.
• So Jack goes topside to find out where Anna Lucia ran off, and ends up playing poker? I realize he got distracted with the whole doctor thing, but it kinda seems like he shouldn't have just given up so easily on finding Anna, Sayid, and Charlie.
• Jack spent some time in Thailand. I wonder how that'll figure in to the rest of the story. Too much time was spent on it for it to mean nothing.
• Also, Sawyer knowing that the city Jack mentioned was in Thailand is going to figure in to something bigger too. Just not sure what.
• Locke is a building inspector now? Man, this guy burns through careers like Ethiopian food through my colon. Regional Sales Manager for a box company, toy store clerk, seemingly unemployed psycho, and now, building inspector. Bit of an odd mix, don't you think?
• The woman for whom Locke inspected the house was Nadia, Sayid's long lost love from his first flashback (this one thanks to Lexatron and The Girl - went right over my head).
  
• Locke's dad faked his own death to pull off another con, huh? I'm really with The Girl on this one; Locke's dad is the real Sawyer.
• Speaking of such, did Locke walk away with $200k at the end of this flash back?
• Not that that really mattered to him at the time, though. Sucks about Helen, but it was Locke's own fault. There was no reason not to tell her about what was going on. Again, my biggest problem with this show: no one knows how to communicate. Ugh...
• Anna, Sayid, and Charlie find the balloon and grave, and Sayid's first thought is too dig up the body? That's pretty fucked up. He didn't even wait a few minutes.
• I guess it paid off, though, since the real Henry Gale was the one in the ground. Fake Henry sure did know an awful lot about that damn balloon, though. I wonder if was actually on it with the real Gale, or if they met after the crash. Did the real Gale volunteer the information, or was it extracted by force?
• I think the bunker went in to lockdown mode in preparation for the supply drop. Seems like too much of a coincidence to be otherwise.
• Oh, yeah, and the lockdown itself... that's some creepy shit, right there. Why, oh why, would someone design a lockdown system comprised of blast doors and blacklights? What purpose would the blacklight serve other than illuminate the very obviously non-OEM secret writing on the back of the door.
• And about that writing; here are some screenshots: DoorMap1, DoorMap2, DoorMap3, DoorMap4
  
• I'll let you decipher all the scribble, but here are a couple of things that I've noticed:
  1. the medical bunker appears to be in the 10 o'clock position,
  2. the Arrow bunker the tailies found looks to be at the 1 o'clock position,
  3. this drawing appears to be some sort of map, with terrain features and paths clearly marked between bunker designations,
  4. all but one of the bunkers seem to be connected by a system of lines,
  5. all of the bunkers appear to have some of their internal structure mapped out, all with tunnels heading off toward the center position,
  6. the Swan bunker seems to have several chambers and tunnels mapped out, one of which appears to be marked as broken or blocked.
• Locke's flashback was kind of disappointing. It wasn't boring or anything, but every time we see more of Locke's past, I keep waiting for some kind of horrible attack or accident to happen that puts him in the wheelchair. I thought we might see it in this one with those two goons following him around, but nothing.
• Locke did get himself squished, though, which I'm sure will factor in heavily to the rest of the season.

And with that, I'm done for now.

I didn't catch the preview for next week. Anyone got a link? I'm too lazy to find it myself.

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