S6E01/2 - LA X Haikus

Yeah, so obviously I ran out of gas during the Haitus Rewatch

But I'm gonna do them for the rest of Season 6.

LA X was quite the rich mine of inspiration. So here we go.

Window Seat Again
Confused Familiarity
Have Another Drink

A New Perspective.
"See you in another life..."
Yes, indeed, Brotha!

Everyone Assumes
We're Seeing Flight 815
I'm Not Quite So Sure

Boulder In The Stream
The Stream Splits, Becomes Two Streams
Both Are Real (I Think...)

Fickle Destiny:
In The Land Of The Living,
You're Smokey's Bitch Now

Yo! M.I.B.! Dude!
Have You Tried Clicking Your Heels?
"There's No Place Like Home"

"Help Me Ilana."
"Sure thing, Boss. Thigh Highs Boots, Check.
Cuffs, Check - He's Coming."

Sayid's Real Purpose?
Shooting Ben A Small Part of
Jacob's Larger Plan.

Juliet, The Dice
Were Loaded From The Start - Just...
...That The Time Was Wrong

The O.G. Others
Anna Lucia Echoes
"You're Not Scared Enough"

From Stickers

S2E13 The Long Con Haiku

Oh, This Is Just Great
Trust Issues Sucked Already
Thanks A Lot Saywer!

S1E16 Outlaws Haiku

Doing Shots In Hell.
It'll Come Back Around, Hoss.
It Wasn't Your Fault.

S1E08 Confidence Man Haiku

It's About Bunnies.
It's About Friends, Too. And Dude,
You're Gonna Want Some.

S1E05-08 Notes

Well, I've watched all the episodes, but did not take good notes - so I'm just going to stress that I have absolutely no doubt that on-island John Locke is being seriously manipulated by.... well, by something or someone or other.

We know that, even before the 815 flight, Abedon put the 'Walkabout' idea in his head, and Jacob appears to have raised him from the dead - what else did that touch do?

He is totally fucking with Sayid's effort to establish radio communication - AND (I can never say this too often) he's lying about his encounter with Smokey (if it in fact was Smokey). He's totally manipulating Charlie - although during 'The Moth' he appears to be in character-building mode.

Can't wait to see how this shapes up during the rest of the season and into the ensuing seasons - quite the puzzle they've given us here.

Also - and I'm surprised I didn't hear anyone point this out yet - a point of symmetry between James 'Saywer' Ford and Ben Linus was in evidence at the end of 'Confidence Man' when James calls off the con when he see the little boy. Reminiscent of Ben's hesitation when attempting to assassinate Penny aboard Our Mutual Friend, as well as stealing Alex rather than killing her as Charles would have had him do.

Anyway, that's it on the notes - but I do have episode-specific Haikus.

S1E03 Tabula Rasa Notes

== Totally Random/Amusing ==

First Patsy Cline song!!!

== Amusing in Retrospect but Probably not Significant ==

The Marshall: "She's dangerous!"
Dude, you don't know the half of it.

Sayid: 'hope is a very dangerous thing to lose'
Sawyer and Kate in the cages?

Kate: "So we lie?"
Yup, get used to it, honey...


Kate: 'He wake up?
Jack: 'No, just for a few seconds during the surgery.
Kate: 'He say anything?
Jack: 'No.
Michael in the hatch asking about the dying Libby...


== In Retrospect Possibly Significant ==

The Marshall to Kate: 'You don't look free to me'

Need some killing done? Sawyer's your go-to guy.
Well, maybe not...
Unless he thinks the guy is the real Sawyer.

But Sawyer is truly horrified - our first peek at the chinks in his armor...

== In Retrospect Holy Shit ==

Such an ominous fade out on Locke after his good turn for Micheal!