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February 07, 2008

STUPID ABC IS A PILE OF SMOKE-MONSTER CRAP

Male Jim Treacher | Category: TV
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Goddammit. I had Lost set to record from 9-10:02, just like it's timed out on the schedule. But then the show still went long, and it cut out right when Ben was about to tell Locke... something, hell if I know. Something about what the freighter people want. Right when he was about to tell them, it cut out! Goddammit! WTF did he say?

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Haven't watched it yet, but because I am the man I'm skipping to the end. Ben says "I have info that you need..." john asks about the monster and Ben says "I dunno"... Locke gets ready to skrag Ben... Ben says "Her name is Charlotte Lewis"... Charlotte Staples Lewis... lists off crap...farrady, miles strong... "Me, James...they want me." then "Because I have a man on their boat"... Logo...preview has lots of hitting and guns promises another survivor of the Oceanic 6.

Now I get to watch it. You owe me a beer for this.

Comment by Uncle Pinky on February 7, 2008 7:25 PM

The Hell? Is this ghost dustbuster some sort of The Frighteners homage? Fun flick, but what the hell is it doing here? This requires my magic thinking juice.

Comment by Uncle Pinky on February 7, 2008 7:47 PM

Okaaaay...

Ghostbuster, sure. Time traveling polar bear, no problem. Jeff Fahey??? Well, at least there was some cowbell.

Dunno if you've seen this yet:ED on John Locke, pretty gigglesome.

Comment by Uncle Pinky on February 7, 2008 8:23 PM

Thanks, Unc! Yeah, that ghostbuster-duster thing was weird. And then he's talking to a ghost, apparently. The show has flirted with outright sci-fi/fantasy, of course (SMOKE MONSTER), but I'm pretty sure this is the first time they've actually shown somebody with... what, superpowers? And even then they made it kind of ambiguous. He found the money because something fell in the bookcase. Maybe it was a ghost, maybe it wasn't.

Comment by Treach on February 7, 2008 8:29 PM

I was a little disappointed with the "i see hear dead people" thing for a minute, but then like so many other head-scratching moments from Lost I just went with it.

Finding a polar bear in the middle of the desert helped remind me why it's ok to do that.

This was probably one of my favorite episodes. It just flew by and filled in gigantic gaps without the normal hesitation. I can imagine it's because the season has been shortened but I don't care. I was like a fat kid around cake with all the new crap going on.

Comment by Tman on February 7, 2008 8:43 PM

Stealing from ghosts is pretty low, but then again, what are they gonna do about it?

Comment by Sean M. on February 7, 2008 11:34 PM

I liked the big fuck you right at the beginning to everybody wondering who Naomi's sister was. Cool episode. Reminded me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in places.

Comment by chaika on February 8, 2008 5:42 AM

He's kind of a dick ghosthunter, too. Asks where the money is, gets it, tells the ghost to leave. Weird pimp/ho dynamic there.

Comment by dorkafork on February 8, 2008 8:41 PM

At least he gave her a hundred back.

So was the ghost-duster some sort of way to allow the ghost to leave, maybe? Like he freed it somehow?

Comment by Treach on February 9, 2008 1:29 AM