Lost, Ep. 4.04: Eggtown

On island, the helicopter is missing, sneaky Kate gets Miles and Ben together, Miles proposes a deal to Ben, Locke becomes borderline dictator to protect the island, and Sawyer and Kate have their last goodbye. In off-island flashforwards, Kate (one of the most recognizable faces in the world) is on trial for all the bad stuff she did pre-island, but makes a deal in the end, leaving her free to take care of her son: Aaron.

Although I didn’t post these thoughts sooner, because of a crushing feeling of inferiority about my thoughts, a big pep talk from Chris pushed me back in…

• “Eggtown” WTF is that about? The first scene was Locke breaking eggs (sometimes you gotta break a few eggs?), then we find out that’s all the eggs left, then he kills a chicken (which came first, the chicken or the egg? hint at a timeloop?). An ironic name considering the state of women’s fertility on the island? The best theory is on Lostpedia. Egg-town has to do with bartering days. Simply put, eggs are a crappy trade. A town that isn’t good for business might be called an “egg-town.” This works perfectly with the theme of this episode: making deals that don’t seem to be all that beneficial to everyone involved.

• The story Jack tells on the stand: 8 survived initially, Kate helped everyone, she couldn’t save the other 2 (when are they considering that they died? why say 2 more survived if they died in the end anyway? who are these two people that they felt necessary to include? this is a very important weirdness to the story…).
• We still don’t know for sure who the Oceanic 6 are. My guess was Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun and Jin…but is Aaron considered one? Technically he was a passenger, but wouldn’t have been considered one formally. Also, he wasn’t born yet, so he would be an extra body after the initial survival. And now we know Ben is off-island, with all his resources, he could plant himself as an Oceanic 6er. One part of me says he wouldn’t because that would expose his face to the world, but what if that is his goal?
• Kate has AARON! OK, I admit I theorized this already. I didn’t know for sure, but I keep seeing this terrible image in my head of Kate on the copter, Claire running with Aaron, but people are shooting, can’t make it…she hands Aaron to Kate, Claire is shot… Another thought is that Claire and Aaron get on the copter, but she doesn’t make it to the freighter or doesn’t last long while on there.
• How are the 6 lying about Aaron being Kate’s? She was not known to be pregnant at the time of being on the plane, and he would be much too old…How are they getting away with this? The public must know about him because the lawyer wanted to put him in the courtroom, and her mother knew of him.
• Also, Claire was warned that she must raise Aaron. He needs her good influence. Is this a bad omen for Aaron? What will happen now that she is not the one who raises him? And even more so, now that KATE is the one who raises him?
• What is Jack’s reluctance to see Aaron? Does he know of his relation to him in the future? Was he partial cause of why Claire is not there to raise Aaron and he can’t face it?
• Jin/Sun’s discussion about where they want to live was an odd addition to the show, therefore, it must be foreshadowing, right? I think they DO get off the island, and this was our hint. Are they considered part of the Oceanic 6? I like how Sun has grown past her need to leave and believes she and Jin can make it at home now.
• Kate is very insistent on NO jail time. Is this just showing that she’s pulled an Eko? (Not sorry for how she’s lived, feels she did what she had to) Or is it cooler than that…she really CAN’T go to jail for some reason. Of course it could just be because she was entrusted with the raising of Aaron. I think that’s valid enough reason without a bigger theory.
• Miles…what’s up with that guy?? He really plans to doublecross the guys he’s working for? He wants 3.2 mil why? He really thinks he has the power to convince people Ben’s dead? And he’s totally willing, despite what he knows, to let Ben live? And he says “I know what you can do” oooooohhh….good line. What can Ben do? Of course, I think he can do everything: see the future, see dead people, create realities in which women cannot carry to full term, travel between slightly warped timelines…
• Daniel and Charlotte: My mother proposed that Charlotte’s got a couple of jobs, one of them being taking care of Daniel. That appears to have some weight to it. What was with the card game? Are they testing to see if his mind is healing on the island? Are they testing to see if he sees in the future which cards she will play? I think since we know he’s a headcase, they are likely seeing if he will get better while he’s here.
• Locke: holy crap! Everything he said was insane and terrifying and awesome! I have a lot to say about him, but it’ll have to wait…
• Books: VALIS by Philip K. Dick and The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, both of which I now must read, but we have neither at the library. Argh.

I know there’s a lot more, but I got work to do…