Lost Tawk: The Little Prince

As much as I love this show, this episode seemed to have dragged until the end.  There has been some discussion over what is meant by "The Little Prince"  --- is it referring to Turniphead Aaron, a parallel between the character in the book and the island or something else?  The world may never know.  But the theories abound and are all quite interesting.

Much like last week, we get a terrific reveal (or two!) at the end and unlike some viewers, I like to remain unspoiled so that the reveals are that much more exciting.  As if I needed more excitement as far as this show is concerned.  I jumped around like a loon for 30 minutes after this episode aired!  But I digress.

Unfortunately, we get a lot of story with Jack and Khate.  This is why it probably seemed to drag on for me.  We pick up on the Khate and Sun visit where Khate decides to leave Turniphead with Sun while she goes snooping around the attorney who served her with papers to see who his client is.  Because Khate is so "bad ass" and such a "rebel" she does not do things by the book.  Except, she's highly lame so she comes off just looking like the big stoopid doofus that she is.  She got nowhere trying to get anything out of the attorney by batting her false eyelashes at him so she decided to follow him to his next appointment hoping it's "the client."  Since she has nothing better to do with her day, she trails him to a hotel where lo-and-behold, he visits none other than Claire's mother.  Aha!  She must be the nefarious client who wants to "steal" Aaron back from her by claiming she's a blood relative.  Silly woman, don'tcha know that Khate kidnapped Aaron fair and square so finders keepers?!  Someone desperately needs to put Khate out of her (and mine) misery.  I'll happily volunteer.

In the meantime, Sayid is attacked again at a hospital by some thug with Khate's address so conveniently in his pocket.  While everyone smells a set up, Jack being Jack falls for it and has to desperately help Khate from these awful, evil goons who carry around her address.  Jack goes spying with Khate because he's her lap dog and will do anything she says.  Even try to talk Claire's mother out of legally claiming Aaron.  Oooookay.  Except, she's not there for that, she's there to collect on some insurance money.  Just a coinkydink that she happens to be in town at the same time the DNA test was requested and has the same exact attorney as the person requesting the DNA test. Who woulda thunk? 

Meanwhile back on Craphole Island, Charlotte's nose is still bleeding from the last episode.  I hope she dies.  There, I said it.  She's been useless since she arrived and has done nothing but bitchface herself all over each scene.  If the island needs her, I say she should be sacrificed.  But, methinks that it'll be revealed sometime in the near future that she and Daniel or Widmore or Benry or Penny or Ellie or Vincent or someone will be related at some point in time.  Boooooring.  Soon, Myles starts getting a nosebleed and so does Juliet.  Pretty soon all the cool kids will have one!  Aww!  Daniel has all the answers, but heaven forbid he actually reveals one.  Instead, Locke thinks that the Zodiac will be the answer to all their time-travel problems.  Oy, the time travel thing.  Just thinking about it gives ME a nosebleed!

They find their way to the beach but don't see their old buds -- Bernard, Rose, Vincent...all are MIA. Boo!  They'd better be safe or the show will officially suck.  They don't find the Zodiac but they do find some canoe-type boats and decide to use one.  I haven't rowed a canoe since I was twelve at Disneyland but I remember it taking a lot of energy and I was exhausted by the end of the 5 minute paddle to the other side of the "island" (which, in reality was about 50 yards away back then).  So, where the malnourished Losties got the energy to paddle that thing, I'll never know.  Anyway, as they are booking it, suddenly it starts raining...and to make things more complex, someone starts shooting at them.  It's the other boat with unidentified individuals with guns aimed at their heads!  Good times!  Fortunately for the Losties, a flash of light saves them and they end up in another place and time.

They wash up on the shore and come across what looks like the cargo from another boatload of people.  Locke turns over a box with some foreign writing on it (some reference to The Little Prince!) and it's in French!  Hey!  Next shot is a raftload of people coming across a semi-conscious person floating on what looks like a piece of driftwood.  The folks on the rubber raft speak French...!  They pick up the person on the driftwood and turn him over -- IT'S JIN!!!  Yes!  Jin is alive like I kinew he (should) would be!  YESSSSSSS!  They all get back to shore and the young French speaking woman also speaks English and introduces herself as Danielle Rousseau!  YES, WE GET A DANIELLE FLASHBACK!!!!  Poor Jin, he's thinking, damn, I just learned English and now I have to learn freakin' French?! 

In the meantime, the only working lawyer on Lost gives Benry a file saying that Hugo has been exonerated of all possible charges (and can therefore join the merry band of returnies to the island).  Oh yea, and Benry is behind the whole DNA test thing with Aaron.  Just to mess with Khate's head.  Heh!  Why do Benry's confessions come off more creepy than his lies?  Next week, Sun opens up a box of candy, I mean whoopass on Benry.  Sounds like fun.  But, then he tells her he knows Jin is alive and can prove it.  Damn, word sure travels fast from the island of Losties.  Oh yea, but only if you're Benry.