They're Coming, and They're Close

I’m not much for message boards, probably because avoiding them gives me some small strand of hope that I’m not entirely gone to the rest of the world when in comes to Lost. I am not, however, above having other people tell me things they’ve read on message boards and then relaying those things to you. This helps maintain an illusion of personal involvement I suppose. Blah blah blah ANYWAY! My sources tell me that they played what Walt said to Shannon backwards and got this: “They're coming, and they're close.”

Did you just get shivers up your spine, because I sure the fuck did. How is he appearing and disappearing? Why is he talking backwards? Why is he posed the exact same way each time she sees him, and each time it’s in the rain? Is he projecting himself somehow from a scientists’ lair? We also know the island is playing some other tricks that were never quite explained, like Jack’s dead dad wandering around. Could the image sightings be related?

I’m roaming into major SPOILER ALERT territory if you haven’t seen the newest episode yet, so, uh, you’ve been warned. (But seriously, get caught up before next week, okay? I can’t promise I won’t answer my phone with “Jack died!” instead of “Hello?” or something. Jack didn’t die [in fact, is this the first show where we don’t even see Jack?]. Although we learn on the bonus features disc from the first season DVD collection that the writers’ original intent was to kill Jack off right away. But when they tested that on audiences, everyone got very angry, so they changed it to the pilot getting killed instead.) You’d think I would have guessed that it was going to be Shannon who was shot because, oh, IT WAS HER EPISODE, but for some reason my mind completely filtered that right out and I was surprised at the end anyway. But I wasn’t surprised it was new bitch lady that was wielding the gun. Two points for me.

Prior to that, we got to see Sayid giving Shannon a little candlelit bungalow on the beach at night. Is it just me, or would you ladies have been all, “Aw, sweet,” but then be thinking a little, “Hmm, he does realize that he already did this two episodes ago or so, right? I really hope this isn’t the only trick up his sleeve because the ‘Surprise, here’s a tent I built!’ thing is going to get old quick.” Also, dude may be sweet, but he is not slick. He said, “It’s all for you,” but we all know he meant, “It’s all for you…and me to get busy in!” Not to mention the last time she spent a romantic evening alone with him happened to be the same night her brother/lover (brover?) was killed. NO BAD ASSOCIATIONS THERE OR ANYTHING. Also, what do you think the chances are for safe sex? You’d think the fear of becoming pregnant on a monster island that steals babies might kill your sex drive, but apparently not so much.

Also, in case you missed it, Jack is the doctor who couldn’t save Shannon’s dad. Remember why? Because he saved his future wife instead.

Good lord, is it next Wednesday yet?