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[apocalypsos]

I hate this. I hate this so goddamn much, I could just punch something.

At the same time, I can't argue that it was a badly-played death, because while it wasn't a good death (Accidentally shot by Ana-Lucia ... bah), I understandably bawled my eyes out. I think the difference is that maybe by the end of the episode, other people who weren't me might have been crying, too.

Oh, God, my favorite female Lost character is dead. I still want to punch something.

I mean, okay, it wasn't like I didn't know it was coming. I spoiled myself rotten for it, which was probably good, because otherwise I'd be too incoherent to write. I love Shannon, damn it. She was not always nice and she was not good at anything and she was just easier to identify with. And her thing with Sayid was just so sweet and lovely and I still, still want to punch something. (And I know there are fans who are probably pissed that she slept with Sayid before she died and got her little Shannon cooties all over him, but I'm not. ;P)

So who do we have left that I still like? Well, I still like Sayid, and there's a really pissed-off part of me that wants to think this was all one big plot to make him hate Ana-Lucia, which ... Jesus, did he really need a reason like a dead Shannon? Because I like Ana-Lucia well enough, but her attitude isn't exactly going to win her the island's Miss Congeniality prize. (But I'll admit to a small level of sanity that they couldn't have possibly brought on two related characters I loved and then killed them off when they had so much potential for no goddamn reason. ... I think.)

I like Sawyer, who's currently passed out. Poor baby.

I like Jin and Sun, but it would be nice if they could be in the same room area of the island at once.

I like Hurley, but he was, you know, hanging laundry with Rose. Which wasn't so bad, when you think about it, because I like Rose, too, and those two can hang out together lots. (And because I like Rose, I want Bernard on that side of the island PRONTO.)

I like Locke, who I really wish would have laid more of a smackdown (heh) on Charlie. (I might have missed some of it because I was flipping away from the episode a lot towards the end.) And I do like Claire and Beelzebaby, although I'd appreciate it if somebody -- anybody -- would knock some sense into Charlie. Dude, knock it off. You're not the daddy, for Pete's sake. I used to adore you, but that adoration is seriously waning this season.

I like Ana-Lucia. I do. I think it's pretty obvious that there's a good reason she's a heinous bitch, and I prefer a heinous bitch over a sweet young mommy, an ersatz warrior woman, or an admittedly adorable earth mother. (See: Why I liked Shannon best.) I like a woman with a backbone and some fire in her, damn it.

I don't like Jack and Kate, but ... hey, they weren't in this episode, were they? (Don't argue with me on this. I kept changing the channel, I'd rather believe they weren't there.) YAY! BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON! Okay, so Jack's not that bad, but Kate brings the suck.

...

Yup, still want to punch something.

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And the reason I missed a little of Lost is that the crazy lady was freaking right the fuck out over on Fox. But before I say anything about that, the instructions she left behind for what the free-spirit family could do with their money pissed me off. They went like this:

-- $3000 for one son to get a motor bike.
-- $3000 for the other son to do whatever he wanted.
-- $1800 for the mom to decide for something for the daughter to have.

See where I'm having a problem here even before they showed the crazy mom going home? (And I refuse to call her Christian anymore because she sure as hell didn't act like one.)

In any event, back at her house, she walked in as her family was trying to greet her and just freaked. First she burst into tears, then she interrogated every single family member about whether the free-spirit mom did a tarot reading for them or hypnotized them, and then she started shouting that wackiness about being a God warrior, ordered the camerapeople to leave, and tore the check to shreds.

The best bit, though, was when the producers added a title card before the credits that said that after further thought (meaning after she took a downer and chased it with a bottle of wine), the crazy mom decided to keep the money. Which, I'm sorry, but ... HEE. So much for being a God warrior. Then again, maybe she needed all that money to pay for her God army uniform, her God semiautomatic, and her God tank. (EDIT: And if anyone's sadistic enough to want to see it, here's the clip.

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[anonymisty.livejournal.com]

Then again, maybe she needed all that money to pay for her God army uniform, her God semiautomatic, and her God tank.

*ROFLMAO* It's probably good I missed this - I might have made myself sick from laughing!

[thebitterguy]

Jack was actually in this episode, in the flashback.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Shhhhh. I missed him, and I'm happy about that. ;p

[valerie]

It was a blink-and-you-miss-it deal. So there :P

And there was no Kate, thank the Goddess. Of course, even that didn't stop it from being a "meh" episode.

[fyrdrakken]

The sole cool think about the Jack flashback is that seeing him walk past as Shannon and Boone's mother are learning Shannon's father died confirms what you figured out about him letting Shannon's father die to work on his future wife instead.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I'm very sad to see Shannon go (and Boone looked goofy with the longer hair, bwahaha). But. I like Ana. I'm really, really, looking forward to next week, too - I'm dying to see what's gone on over on their side of the island since the plane went splat, and it's really kinda something that needs to be addressed before the two groups merge. If they can make me like Sawyer (who I DESPISED for the longest time), and make so many people upset that Shannon's gone, I'm pretty sure they can make people dig Ana too. And then kill her. Because they hate us. But. :>

I wanna see more Locke and Claire stuff. And I really wish he'd pulled out the Holy Mother of Heroin statue and smacked Charlie upside the head with it. "WHATCHA THINKIN' 'BOUT?!"

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

Large Marge was in charge with the Lord!
Points go to her husband for his "shut the BLEEP up" reaction to her flailing.

And yes, why so little to the daughter of the other family?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I missed a lot because of Lost, but I was assuming because I knew that she was trying to convert the kids that maybe the daughter was the vocal in saying, "Bitch, please." Or she could just be a schmuck. Neither would surprise me.

Large Marge was in charge with the Lord!

*dies*

[fyrdrakken]

Not just the amount that annoys me, but the idea that the respective sons get A) a motorbike (which I presume he'd asked for) and B) whatever he wants, but the daughter is to get whatever her mother decides she should have.

[fortuna-juvat.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/userpicks/161741.html

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* That's the best icon I've seen all week. :)

(And there's a link to the spazzfest in the comments! HEE!)

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

I'm drained out and dead and playing 'Let Her Cry' on constant loop. And I love my girl more than I ever have before, goddamnit. Stupid, stupid writers, because IT DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.

[foenix.livejournal.com]

I had heard the rumours, refused to believe it, and the second Sayid said "I love you" I knew that was it. She was a goner.

Damn damn damn.

And was tempted to dig out my Shannon sock puppet I use on Sages of Chaos once in a blue moon to reply. ;)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

-- $3000 for one son to get a motor bike.
-- $3000 for the other son to do whatever he wanted.
-- $1800 for the mom to decide for something for the daughter to have.

DID she? Oh my. I taped that for later. I foresee a long rant in my LJ about how FundieGodWarrior threw money at the boys for no reason, but not only gave the girl less than a fair share, she patronized her twice by making her mother decide for her while the brothers got input (and in one case, full control.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And you could tell the poor girl was upset about the whole thing, although she didn't say anything about it. The parents were really nice, though, and the crazy mom let them do what they want with the rest of the money, so I imagine they'd be nice enough to even out the daughter's portion.

[fyrdrakken]

I thankfully don't watch the show, so I'm missing where the swapped-in mom has the right to tell the other family how they're going to use what I assume is the financial motivation for participating in the show in the first place. Is that actually in the terms of the show?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's actually in there. On some level, it's obviously a play to the cameras -- as in, "Holy crap, she made them all buy Bibles?!" (Which she did, too -- Crazy Mom made every single family member in the New Age house get a Bible with their name stamped on it, and it got just the sort of uncomfortable reaction you'd expect.)

But on the other hand, I imagine it does sort of help with some families. I guess the New Age mom had the money for the Christian family divvied up pretty fairly, giving the elder daughter money to move out, the younger daughter money for her dancing, the husband money to take care of the house, and the crazy mom the money to get gastric bypass surgery that she wanted. I got the impression that the Christian family took their younger daughter for granted, so I'm not sure she would have gotten anything out of the 50k if they'd chosen.