Thoughts on "Lost"

[mabfan]

[Major spoilers for last night's episode, "Two for the Road"]


gnomi and I tend to watch "Lost" when it's broadcast on Wednesday nights, one of the few shows we don't time-shift. The main reason for this is that "Lost" tends to be a show where they actually manage to surprise us with their plot developments, and we'd rather not run the risk of reading spoilers the next day. (Well, that's my reason. Not sure if Nomi feels the same.)

Anyway, over the past season they've been developing two new characters rather extensively, with significant flashbacks and interactions with the season one characters. The two characters are Ana Lucia, played by Michelle Rodriguez, and Libby, played by Cynthia Watros.

Well, last night we saw a significant flashback in the life of Ana Lucia; we saw the beginnings of a relationship being developed between Libby and Hurley; and then we saw the two of them, Ana and Libby, get shot to death in the space of the last minute of the show. No warning, just bang bang, and they're dead.

After I recovered, it immediately occurred to me that Rodriguez and Watros are the two actresses who were arrested for drunk driving a few months back, on the same night. Suddenly the title of the episode, "Two for the Road," takes on much more significance. Given the chance that Rodriguez may be unavailable for the next 18 months or so if she gets sent back to jail, it makes sense to ensure that the producers don't have to worry about her anymore. It's certainly one way to deal with misbehaving actresses. Or, as Nomi said, "Moral of the story? Don't mess with JJ Abrams."

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I thought they said "she's dead." I think. I was still in shock. ;)

[delkytlar.livejournal.com]

You may be right. A co-worker says the same thing. The only thing that bothers me is that IIRC Mike shot Ana once, and Libby three times. Blankets or not, I would think that Libby's a goner, except that I can't see them letting Ana live to tell who shot her.

A further thought: Up until last night, I've been thinking that Jack didn't know why his father had gone to Australia. Now that I've rewatched his "let me get this over with" moment at the airline counter, I expect we'll get another Jack flashback in which he learns about the reason for his father's trip.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I was a bit disappointed that this is the second person killed that had crossed paths with Jack or his dad in a flashback (the first was Shannon; Jack's ex had been the one who killed her father in the car accident), so Jack will likely never know. They do torture us so!

[pressburger.livejournal.com]

In the scenes from next week we see Ana Lucia's body and Michael shot in the shoulder, but we don't see Libby's body. Michael is locked in the safe, so Libby alive is an option.