3:14: Expose (Mar 28th)

[MtDoraAngel]

Maybe they KNEW he was in there and they planted it for him to take.

"We'll let you keep the diamonds IF you spy on your fellow Lostaways and report everything that is happening. When they go on their little hunting parties ect..." They are great at manipulation.

 

[snoochface]

I did like seeing Artz again, but I didn't like the spider thing. At least not Nikki just happening to getting bit out of the blue right after intentinally throwing a spider on Pablo. I mean why hasn't anyone else gotten biten?

I think that was the pheromones that Artz was telling Nikki about in the flashback. When the pheromones are released, it attracts swarms of other spiders. Paulo smooshed the spider that bit him on the neck and got its ugh all over his hand, so that probably released the scent and attracted the spiders that bit Nikki.

So, here's the part that I had to question... When Paulo returned to the Pearl Hatch by himself to hide the Russian Doll, did he close the hatch door behind him? Wasn't the hatch door concealed with grass, sticks and dirt in order to hide it? If Paulo entered by himself, he wouldn't have been able to recover the door with all of the dirt. SO..... why didn't Ben and Juliette notice?

There was a comment made on the way down the ladder. I picked it up on my CC - something like, "Who left this open? Have you been here?" (Ben, to Juliette.)

My question, though, was when Locke and Eko were on top of the cliff, didn't they look down and see a question mark that gave them the location of that hatch? How did that get formed?

And why were Ben and Juliette, these "others" that are so good at covering their tracks leave their walkie talkie when they left the Pearl?

Yeah that seems unlikely. They would have at least noticed later that it was gone. I agree, they may have known Paulo was down there and got to him in part of the flashback we have yet to see.

Nothing about last night's episode explains why these two were brought onto the show. I loved how they weaved them into scenes we have already seen and have come to love, but still -- what was the point again?

 

[kimber1]

in regards to why hasn't anyone else gotten bitten? well recall that paulo got bit by the female spider right? and arntz told nikkie that her feromones( sp) would send all the males in a hurry to her? yert right before nikki got bitten we hear that dreaded "monster noise" like eko heard before seing the smoke. so were the male spiders, the ones who bit nikki actually smokey?

 

[kimber1]

*doh* posted too late

 

[LovesToRead]

I'm going to post this and THEN read this thread...

At the end, I got SO sickened!


This has to be one of my biggest fears! Being buried and NOT really being dead! How terrifyingly horrorifying!

 

[Redguard]

*doh* posted too late

Ha Ha!

 

[sf49erfan]

This episode was a clever way of having one of those clip shows where they catch everyone up before moving the season along. Instead of having a "best moments" episode (like they did last year), they did it through the eyes of a couple of despensible characters.

 

[snoochface]

This episode was a clever way of having one of those clip shows where they catch everyone up before moving the season along. Instead of having a "best moments" episode (like they did last year), they did it through the eyes of a couple of despensible characters.

Ha, maybe that was why they were introduced into the show.

I forgot about the monster noise before the spider bite. The monster tends to show up when a "bad person" needs tending to, right? That could be significant. (I'm grasping for significance to this episode.)

 

[MtDoraAngel]

Could be what Paulo was seeing. He got that terrified look in his eyes.

BTW - I HATE SPIDERS! So that part of the show was just terrifying to me. Being burried alive was just disturbing. Seeing all those spiders just gave me the ebbie jebbies.

If I ever went on Fear Factor and had to choose between $50,000 and letting even 1 spider climb all over my hear, it'd be bye-bye dora.

 

[AirPo]

I think that was the pheromones that Artz was telling Nikki about in the flashback. When the pheromones are released, it attracts swarms of other spiders. Paulo smooshed the spider that bit him on the neck and got its ugh all over his hand, so that probably released the scent and attracted the spiders that bit Nikki.

Good call!

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

How on earth did I miss the monster noise I think fatburger deleted it from our DVR, so I'll have to try and find it online to watch again.

 

[AirPo]

Here is an interesting article about last night's episode.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20016318,00.html

Now does this sound familiar?

What I didn't want to see was Paulo and Nikki! The best thing about this episode is that they got killed — because at least I know my time will never be wasted on those two ever again.''

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Anyway, overall I thought it was an ok episode. Didn't really advance the plot much, but I'm not one of those people who needs a jaw dropping episode every week. After the long hiatus I'm greatful for any lost I can get

I'll take a looksy through lostpedia and pull up anything good that I come across.

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Interesting tid bits from lostpedia:

The newspaper Paulo was reading in the airport was dated Thursday 24th September 2004, which is after the flight 815 crash date (22nd September 2004). The actual September 24th was a Friday.

After warning Paulo against smoking near the safe because leaving ashes could implicate them, Nikki opens and loots the safe bare-handed

The Exposé clapperboard says act A21, scene 39, take 3, 15 52 15 28
(On this note, I also noticed there was the number "22" inside the toilet cover when Paulo hid the Russian dolls- not sure if anyone else noticed or not)

Jin speaks to Hurley in Korean and he responds "yeah, I know."

Shannon complains about Boone "flirting with random guys." During a podcast and an interview, the producers hinted that a character might be revealed as gay this episode. This matches the concept of the word "exposé" as well, as Boone was outed, exposed in the episode.

It was Day 49 when Paulo overheard Ben say that he would use Michael to lure Jack, Kate and Sawyer to him. When Michael first made contact with Walt on the hatch computer it was also Day 49.

Howard refers to Paolo as the "Wolfgang Puck" of Brazil, an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles. This is likely also a reference to Rodrigo Santoro's nickname in the media of "The Brazilian Tom Cruise."

Sawyer is reading "Evil Under the Sun" by Agatha Christie.

 

[GodrockDJ]

I do not think Boone was gay. Either the producers mean someone else or they're just trying to stir the pot.

/oh, and waste of an episode

 

[ChristopherMcBreen]

NO! Boone wasn't gay. He shagged his sister. That makes him a hillbilly, but definitely not gay.

 

[MtDoraAngel]

Just cuz you sleep with someone from the opposite sex doesn't necessarily mean you are straight. Look at all the ppl who come out after being married, having children. Its a big cover.

I'd hate to think of Boone as being gay, but Shannon did keep making reference to his spending alot of time with his boyfriend Locke. (Not saying Locke is gay)

 

[MissVegas]

ummm Boone ? gay.. nahhhhhhh say it ain't so... and I don't think Locke is gay.. only creepy.. (even tho i like his character... ) still, creepy.

 

[snoochface]

Okay, on the gay issue:

Question: Are Paulo and Nikki really dead on Lost?— Casey


Ausiello: Yes, but don't take my word for it — take Carlton Cuse's: "Paulo and Nikki are definitely dead. Until the zombie season. And neither Paulo nor Boone were gay." Any other questions?

.

So I'm back to betting on Tom.

 

[Redguard]

But why are we (or Snoochface) convinced that there's a gay character on the island?