LOST, Season 3, Episode 6 “I Do”

Kate: This Kate flashback shows her engagement and eventual marriage to a cop named Kevin. At the flashback point of her life, she’s living in Florida (NOTE: Sawyer was in jail in Florida), and getting ready for her marriage. Kevin is unaware of her past, and knows her as Monica. Kevin’s mom gives Kate a necklace that she had planned to give to her daughter on her wedding day, but since she had 4 (NOTE: one of the numbers) boys, she is giving the necklace to Kate as a wedding token. Kate and Kevin (K&K) even have a “taco night”, which, ironically, was also something that Hurley & his buddy Dave went through in the nut-house from last year’s episode (they had “taco day” at the psych unit). Kate, while apparently happy with this guy, can’t escape the fact that she’s still on the run from the FBI, and eventually has to leave Kevin. She does this after: 1) an at-home-pregnancy kit (from Widmore Pharmaceuticals, natch) reveals she is not pregnant and 2) he presents her with 2 airplane tickets (on Oceanic Airline, natch) to Costa Rica for their delayed honeymoon. She decides at this point that she cannot stay in the marriage, drugs Kevin and as he’s passing out, tells him she’s on the run, and doesn’t want to drag him into her situation. On the island, Kate professes her love for Sawyer by climbing out of her cage (again), and breaking the lock(e) on Sawyer’s cage and then they proceed to boot-knock. Wonder if Benry was perversely watching this on the monitor? Or, if Kate will get pregnant from this encounter.

Sawyer: This guy so far is having the most luck with the ladies on the island. First, Ana Lucia, and now Kate. Hmmmm…relationships haven’t been good for the Losties: Sayid and Shannon (Shannon dead); Hurley and Libby (Libby dead); Sawyer and Ana Lucia (Ana Lucia dead). But, he “loves” Kate, and she loves him, so we’ll see where it goes. Danny, however, hates Sawyer, and wants him dead. And, after catching Kate and Sawyer in the cage post-sexing, he’s ready to shoot Sawyer while Kate watches.

Jack: Still being held in the empty, no longer used dolphin tank, is given a visit with Kate. She pleads with him to do the surgery on Benry, because otherwise, the Others will kill Sawyer. Jack, irate that she would ask him to betray the Losties by helping the Others, screams to “get her out of here”. Benry talking to Jack about the tumor when Jack tells him that the tumor is borderline operable, and that the surgery should’ve been done “yesterday”. When Benry tells Jack to do the surgery, Jack laughs and says he won’t….”I just wanted you to understand how you’re going to die”. Benry replies that he’s “disappointed” in Jack’s decision, to which Jack says, “Well, at least you won’t have to be disappointed for very long”. Classic line. Later, hearing a female voice over the intercom in his cell telling him to “try to door”, Jack finds the door to his cell unlocked, and he’s able to go out into the hallway where he finds the armory, and grabs a loaded handgun. He sees the room of monitors, and is able to see Kate and Sawyer snuggling up after they’ve done the deed. Benry comes up behind him, and Jack tells Benry to get ready for the surgery after Benry rubs it in Jack’s face that Sawyer and Kate were together: “If I were a betting man, Jack, I’d’ve thought she’d pick you”. Jack tells him that tomorrow morning he’ll do the surgery, but I need your word: I need to get off this damned island”. During the surgery, Jack intentionally nicks Benry’s kidney sac, and tells the Others that Benry has one hour to live unless they let Kate go. Jack tells Kate over a walkie-talkie to run, and after an hour, he wants her to contact him, and tell him the story he told her when they first crashed on the island (do you remember? he told her about how he had done surgery on a woman, and he made an incision that caused her nerves to spill out like “spaghetti”…..presumably he’s made the same incision in Benry…)

Juliet: I. Still. Don’t. Trust. This. Woman.

Locke: With the gang who had gone to the Pearl Station, they bury Eko, but not before Locke goes to get Eko’s Jesus Stick, upon which Locke sees the message: Lift your eyes, look North John (3:15). Obviously, this is some kind of clue that Locke will follow in the days to come. Could it be that it will direct him to the second island? Or maybe another hatch? Explains to Sayid what he believes killed Eko (the Smonster), as Sayid has yet to encounter this island phenomenon.

Sayid: Not much to do in this episode except doubt Locke’s story of the polar bears being the thing(s) that killed Eko.

Alex: Turns out she’s very good with a slingshot. She trips the “Compound Breach” alarm when she comes out to try free Sawyer and Kate, all while trying to find out from Danny what happened to Carl (her assumed boyfriend; he was the guy in the cage across from Sawyer earlier in the season). As Danny takes her to see Benry, she screams to Kate: “Don’t believe anything they say. They’re going to kill your boyfriend (Sawyer) just like they killed mine!” However, we don’t currently know if Carl is dead.

Benry: Prior to having the surgery started on him, he asks Juliet if Alex asked about him. “No”, she says. So, what’s the relationship between Benry and Alex? My thought is that she was the first kid that was taken by the Others, so he’s a father-figure, but I don’t thinks he’s Alex’s father. If he was her father, that would mean he was with Rousseau at some point after she crashed on the island, and she lied to the Losties about her history on the island. Or, maybe she’s another insider planted by the Others, the same way Ethan Rom was, and the same way Goodwin was.

Jacob: It was mentioned that the “doctor” wasn’t on Jacob’s list. Who is this Jacob? Could he be the Spooky-Eye-Patch-Guy? Is he someone off the island that the Others have contact with? And more importantly, does Jacob have a ladder??? Ba-dum-dum

Vincent: WHERE IS THE DAMN DOG?????

Walter and Michael: Where are they? Have they made it out of the circular-sailing-path that doomed Desmond when he tried to get away in his sailboat? Have the run out of gas and are drifting in the middle of the Pacific?

You all have 13 weeks to ponder what the hell is going on before a new episode airs. What’re you gonna do during that time? Me, I’ll be pondering….and pondering….and pondering…..

There won’t be any LOST updates from me on this blog until February 7, 2007.

So until that time….Namaste.