Before we get to HOLY LOST lets review day one of March Madness.
Yours Truly went : 9 for 16 on the games against the spread. I was 0-2 on the best bets of the day.
Here are my picks for Friday , day 2 of the first rounds:
Utah -1.5 vs Arizona: Ill talk the points and take Arizona to win outright
Wake Forest -8 vs Cleveland State: I love Cleveland State, but Wake Forest is too tough theyll cover
Cuse -11.5 vs Stephen Austin: Stone Cold is not enough for Cuse, I'll take Cuse
Arizona State -5.5 vs Temple: Arizona State can make noise in this tourny and Temple is getting too much love right here.
Louisville -20.5 vs Morehead St.: Well we can all use Morehead, but Louisville is no match they cover easy
Ohio State -3 vs Siena: Ohio State covers but barely, might win by 4
Pitt -19.5 vs E. Tenn. St.: Pitt is covering by halftime and never looks back
Tennesse -2 vs Oklahoma State: I like Ok State and the points, SEC is overrated
Michigan State -16.5 vs Robert Morris: Robert is no match for MSU, but dont expect MSU to last much longer in the dance.
USC -2.5 vs Boston College: USC is just flat better than BC and only 2.5 points is basically a pick em, I'll take BC
Kansas -9.5 vs North Dakota State: Please show Kansas some respect, this spread is too low, I'll take Kansas
West Virginia -9 vs Dayton: If WVU gets hot they cover easy, but I'll take em to cover regardless
Missouri -12.5 vs Cornell: Maybe its just the upsate NY love I have, but I will take Cornell to cover, loose but cover
Marquette -4.5 vs Utah State: The spread is too low take Marquette
Florida State -2.5 vs Wisconsin: Wisconsin wins this outright take the points.
Xavier -10.5 vs Portland State: I like the X-men to win this, they may cover.
Best Bets: Kansas, Michigan State, Pitt, Louisville
And NOW on to HOLY LOST.....ITS BACK:
In an episode seemingly lacking in a "go to" line of the night, I leave it up to you. And the nominees are.
Jin Kwan for his work and feigning the tough guy in the jungle. "Say another word and you're dead."
Jim LaFleur and the Doc for their regular old 'pick-up from the airport' convo. "Faraday? He's here?" "Not anymore." Might as well have been LaFleuer pointing out a local burrito shack that makes the best fish tacos in town. He'll take them there after they drop off their bags and settle in. Their mango salsa cannot be beat anywhere. Count on it.
The Asian Video Doctor for his sticking it to Jack. “Based on your aptitude test you’ll be doing janitorial work.” Good one LeFleur! (ooh, you’re a legend LeFleur!)
And lastly, Hugo Reyes for his work in saying what everyone was thinking to Jin.. "Dude, your English is awesome."
A little something a friend of mine, Joshua the Fagen, and I saw coming was the Project Runway reveal. Clearly the 1994 White Aztec (please excuse the Camp reference) building project that Sawyer and Kate were taking part in while in Others' captivity was the runway that Lapidis sees when the plane is going down. You remember the chain gang I'm talking about. Sawyer drops his pick axe, struts over to Kate, totally gets to first base with her, then takes the gun from the dude who Juliet shot on the beach. So now we don't know what year that was...but let's say it was 2004 as we all originally assumed being blatantly ignorant of the complexity of time jumping at the time. If we accept that as fact, then Sun, Ben, Lapidis and Caesar have landed the plane in the future; 2009? Beyond? By the way, hate to say "I told you so" that Caesar was looking in a station post DI's reign.
Something to remember--and I'm sure someone out there is nerdy enough to have looked this up-- what was the name that Sayid's guard whispered as she was coming to from the crash?
Ethan the baby throws off our whole "Richard was born on the island so he won't age" chatter. Clearly something else at play. But Ethan's existence makes it easier to believe that an older Ben could convince the little kids (Ethan among them. Goodwin also? The Sheriff? Gay Tom?) that he's special. It's like convincing a youngin' that there's a water polo hall of fame in Scranton, PA.
Is Faraday time jumping or is he dead? Did he volunteer to be part of one of Asian Doctor's experiments of time travel for the good of LeFleur's entourage? That's my guess. But I hope he's merked. Sweet justice would be if Adam Goldberg (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004965/) came on for a cameo and killed him, saying "You couldn't have shot that German dude while he was digging that hole and singing the wrong words to the National Anthem? He stabbed me in the chest! Slowly! Slow, painful chest stabbing because you were sympathetic of a Nazi in a Speilberg movie! You dick!"
Did it bother anyone else when Sawyer and Jin spoke openly on the walkie about Sayid? Jin ducks behind a wall and says "It's Sayid." Are we to believe on this huge island, only the two of them communicate by walkie talkie? I used to go skiing, my friends would have those ill walkie talkies, and we purposely would go on other people's channels to jump into random conversations. "Meet me at the top of Nor’Easter in half hour.” I imagine the folks on the receiving end of these pranks never showed, but I think it’s a useful example of why not to speak openly over walkie talkies about sensitive information, i.e. Genuine Iraqi Hostiles.
Real cool that Ben’s arm was healed once they crashed.
Can’t wait for LeFleur to slip up in his nick name rant and make some kind of 80’s or 90’s reference that the DI members just don’t’ get. Maybe that’s how…
Dean Gordon “Cheese” Prichard’s former assistant figures the whole dubious situation out. He clearly doesn’t trust our crew. And way to fuck it up for everyone Jack. “I’m looking for James.” Just cause the Boss (fuck Bruce Springsteen) shaved his beard doesn’t mean he’s not a fan of the nick names! You know he loves nick names! Besides, you were clearly instructed to call him LeFleur. Follow directions for once, Noah Wiley. Yea, you’re the equivalent of Noah Wiley in E.R. Not even LaSalle status, let alone Clooney, Anthony Edwards or new-wave Stamos.
In that sense, the sense that Jack is a fucking idiot, I agree that LeFleur was right about “thinking” before acting. At the same time, this is the first time I’ve ever had to say this to my favorite character: “I’m not mad, LeFleur. I’m just disappointed.” Honestly, Jack-o shows up, you barely fill him in on the last 3 years, he comes to talk about Sayid’s situation and you’re a total dick to him? I could see that being the case if he saw that Kate had written on Jack’s Facebook wall or something. But this attack was totally uncalled for. Read your book, think before you act. That’s all well and good. But let the Doc know about what you’ve learned since he’s been gone. Tell him about the Hostiles. Tell us about the Hostiles! And tell him about pre-pubescent Ben on the island…
Now I’ve been arguing this for a while…at least 3 episodes. I was convinced that Ben was not on the island yet. Convinced. Why? Because Juliet would’ve said something. Sawyer would have tried to kill him (which is exactly what Sayid is about to try and do.) But then at like the middle of the episode I knew I was wrong…as soon as LeFleur said “Farday’s has some interesting theories about what we can and can’t do.” Clearly Sawyer and Juliet meet little Ben, and Sawyer is about to go all “That’s for taking the kid off the boat” on him until Faraday has to explain things to him.
Speaking of PP Ben, finally a nice casting job by the team. This kid LOOKS like he could be Ben. A huge step up from the Jack’s grand dad debacle.
I liked the irony at the end of the episode. Ben greets Sayid in his cage, just as Sayid greeted Ben when he was locked in the Hatch’s gunnery. Clearly it’s gonna take time, a whole lotta precious time, for Ben to rise to status amongst the Hostiles, but I think we can believe that he’s made contact with Richard in the jungle at this point. His fascination with Sayid gives that away. Now it’s a matter of him convincing the right people that the DI must be wiped out, that he’s the dude that should be leader, that Ethan and Goodwin and whoever else should be allowed to come along for the ride.
Karma that the EP's of the best show ever are Lindelof and Cuse? Go Orange - Johnny Flynn is the Troof.
“Too many questions”
-mos jef
Before I go:
Yesterday's Movie Quote: My Cousin Vinny, if you havent seen it get out of the country.
Todays Quote: "Normally, both your asses would be dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't wanna kill you, I wanna help you. But I can't give you this case, it don't belong to me. Besides, I've already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass."
Question of the day: If you could live any where in the world where would it be?
