Getting “Lost”: Some Like It Hoth Review

By johnnysweeptheleg and Mike Frey

Last night’s episode worked like a game of chess, as the island lost some pawns and more pieces were moved into place for a future battle. We seem to be getting closer and closer to that war we’ve heard so much about.

Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait two weeks until we get a new episode and, hopefully, the answers to more questions. Next week’s episode is one of those “clips” shows.

Enough about the future, let’s flashback to yesterday …

johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost in a Moment:

After three years, Miles finally makes his way into the “Circle of Trust.” Unfortunately, it appears it’s a circle full of jerks.

With Sawyer incommunicado, Horace is forced to entrust Miles with a delivery. He’s told to go directly to Grid 334. Do not pass Go. Do not ask any questions. Simply trade items with Radzinsky and move on. But Radzinsky is always stressed and complainy, so it’s bound to be more hassle than it’s worth. The “it” in this case, is a body that Radzinsky needs taken to Dr. Chang at The Orchid.

Of course, Radzinsky has no clue that dead people are in Miles’ “Fave 5” circle. So Miles gets a pretty good idea, immediately, how this Dharma worker met his demise. But before Miles can get on his way to The Orchid, Hurley calls shotgun so he can deliver sandwiches to the workers. They crank some Albert Hammond “It Never Rains in Southern California” which makes Hurley someone who’s always allowed to carpool with us. But Hurley quickly begins to smell something foul in the back of the van, and fears that Najeh Davenport is on the island. Hurley actually takes his job on the island seriously and decides to check on the sandwiches to make sure they aren’t spoiled. He finds some spoiled meat in back, all right.

Miles says just enough for Hurley to figure out that he communicates with the dead. Don’t worry, dude, Hurley can do the same. Unfortunately, what he can’t do is keep his mouth shut. If Dr. Chang wasn’t mad enough already, seeing Hurley bummin’ a ride with Miles, hearing that Hurley knows about the body is enough to set Chang over. He threatens Hurley with polar bear feces duty on Hydra. Yes, I just used feces and duty in the same sentence. Class has left the building, thank you and good night. Hurley comments that Dr. Chang is a total douche. “That douche,” says Miles, “is my dad.”

Yeah, that’s right. From flashbacks, we learn that Miles never knew his father growing up. His mother, on her deathbed, tells Miles he died a long time ago in a land far, far away. Turns out, that place is Dharma Island. It makes one wonder if his mom’s exposure on the island had anything to do with her sickness later on. Hurley wonders how Miles knows that the doctor is his father. He says it helps when you see your mother holding your baby self, and living with Dr. Chang.

But that isn’t why Miles came to the island originally. For him, it was all about the Benjamins, baby. Money, not Linus. Naomi — remember, helicopter Naomi? — auditioned Miles on behalf of Widmore, who heard about his talents. Naomi presents a body to Miles, and says do the voodoo that you do. Miles listens, and “Felix” tells him he was delivering photos and paperwork to a man named Charles Widmore. The photos were of empty graves. The paperwork consisted of a purchase order for an old plane.

Miles lands his audition and is offered a cool $1.6 million to talk to all of the people Benjamin Linus killed. Just before hopping his helicopter, Miles is kidnapped and dragged into a van by Bram and his people. Bram is the fella from Ajira 316, working with Ilana. He pleads with Miles not to go to the island. In exchange for not going to the island, Bram offers answers to all of the questions Miles has always wondered — about his father, about the origin of his gift, etc. Miles says that unless they’re willing to offer him double the money that Widmore is, then it’s a no-go. Money talks.

Bram asks Miles the same question that got Frank knocked out on the island. “Do you know what lies in the shadow of the statue? Do you like movies about gladiators?  Have you ever seen a grown man naked?” Bram tells Miles if he can’t answer those questions, then he isn’t ready to go to the island. As we’re already aware, Miles ignores Bram and goes, anyway.

Back on the island in present time, Miles takes his daddy issues out on Hurley, who just wants to help George Lucas write “Empire Strikes Back.” Despite trying to help Miles and his dad get together over a beer, Hurley can’t crack Miles’ shell. Miles says what’s done is done. Hurley is like, look dude, he’s right here. It isn’t done, yet. In a way only Hurley can, he explains to Miles that the same thing happened in “Empire,” with Luke Skywalker not wanting to talk to his father. And look what happened there. The Death Star demise and Ewoks, dude.

The “Star Wars” saga metaphor works, and Miles pays his douche of a dad a visit, seeing that he maybe wasn’t so bad after all. Miles gets to see himself in Dharma pajamas, sitting on his dad’s lap as a book (about polar bears!) is read to him. Just then, Dr. Chang gets a call and walks outside to find current Miles, and utters words Miles never got to hear his dad say before. “I need you.” This time, it’s to drive him to the sub. But hey, it’s a start.

Speaking of a start, Jack has started to get used to not being the leader. And he likes it. After spending some time with angry, drunken Roger, he stops by Sawyer’s house to give the new leader some info. It seems that Kate was a little too chatty with Roger earlier in the day, which made Roger suspicious of her. He wants to go to Horace about her, thinking Kate has something to do with the disappearance of Little Ben. Jack talks him down (or at least, thinks he does), but feels Sawyer should know what has transpired. Surprised by Jack’s help, he walks him outside, only to meet up with Phil. Seems that being the leader takes lots of energy. All he wants to do is crack open a Dharma cold one, but everyone wants a piece of his time.

But it’s going to be a long night for Sawyer. Phil has seen the tape of Sawyer and Kate, and wants an explanation. Sawyer subscribes to the notion that actions speak louder than words, though, so he knocks him out. Little do they know that help may be on the way, though, as Miles and Dr. Chang welcome the latest addition to the island … a certain bearded scientist we haven’t seen in a while.

Welcome back, Daniel Faraday.

Questions Answered

How do Ilana and her crew know about the statue — and who sent them to the island? Technically not answered, but we do have more info about them. We know that Ilana and Bram are anti-Widmore, now, and that they (supposedly) don’t know Ben. Could Eloise have sent them?

Why isn’t Daniel Faraday part of the Dharma Initiative, circa 1977? Daniel has been on the mainland for the last few years. But something has brought him back to the island.

Who really put the fake Oceanic 815 at the bottom of the ocean? As suspected, Charles Widmore is responsible for the fake O815 at the bottom of the ocean. We thank Felix for this information, who had to die in order for us to get this confirmation.

New Questions To Be Asked

How do Ilana and Bram know about the statue — and who sent them to the island?

Why did Daniel Faraday come back to the island?

Photo: Credit: Mario Perez/ABC