In response to a comment about the top 100 TV show lists...

Hockey Flower said...
Those lists have disney channel on them. yick.Just because lost is popular does not mean it is not stupid. Just saying.
Banch said...
Yes that is unfortunate, but it is also a fact of life that the Disney Channel has managed to corrupt the minds of young children who watch the mind-numbing shows religiously forcing them to become popular. Their popularity could also be due to the fact that young children have much more time for TV in their daily schedules than people who have outgorwn the Disney Channel. This means that the shows that beat out the Disney Channel shows are truly beloved by the older public since the members of the older public (who are generally much too busy to watch TV during the week) make time in their busy schedules to watch these shows more often than the little kids watch their frufru kiddy shows. Since I doubt that anyone will actually read this comment I shall copy the run-on sentence argument into a short blogpost.

I say now (in response to reading the end of the comment, I really need to start reading the end of people's comments, I really don't know what my problem is, this has happened twice now, the first time I didn't read that my teacher had said to speak with him the next day about my paper until after I turned my paper in = EPIC FAIL) that even if it is stupid there still must be something about it that makes millions of people want to watch it.

The Pickles Have It

I like pickles so they are a positive influence on my life. Positive as in affirmative as in YES meaing I shall have a poll every week.

If You Ever Find Yourself Home Ill and Only in the Mood to Watch TV...

Due to my insufficient immune system I have spent much time watching TV lately as is custom when one is home sick. In doing so I have come up with a schedule of TV that I will watch when I am home sick:

9:00AM (if I am up by then and am in the mood to watch re-runs from the secon season) ER on TNT
10:00AM and 11:00AM (My favorite two hour block) Las Vegas on TNT (more on the excellence of this show later)
12:00Noon (Lunch) Tivoed episodes of Lost/In Plain Sight/ER or CSI: Miami on that one crime channel (24 for Shellesburg cable)
1:00PM (usually I am also workin on some form of schoolwork by this point in time unless I am truly dying of pain) From about noon to three there really isn't much on TV so if there aren't any fun marathons running on USA (i.e. House, Law and Order: SVU, In Plain Sight, or Burn Notice) I usually stick a movie in (yesterday I had to watch a movie as part of my HW so I stuck that in)
3:00ishPM Lost is on Scifi (it's season 4 re-runs at the moment so I will watch them) or Wife Swap is on Lifetime
4:00PM Gilmore Girls on ABC Family
5:00PM there is absolutely nothing on TV from 5-5thirty so I usually watch something that I have Tivoed
5:30PM Friends on TBS
6:00 and 6:30PM Friends on CW
7:00 varies from day to day:

• Monday: Dancing with the Stars on ABC or Chuck on NBC
• Tuesday: Biggest Loser on NBC
• Wednesday: Usually not home till eight when Lost is on ABC
• Thursday: Parks and Recreation on NBC
• Friday: Random movies on random channels or Supernanny at 8 on ABC
• During the weekend House or some other equally entertaining show is on USA

When I am sick I am usually done with staying conscious by Eight or so thus I go to bed. However with this round of illness I feel like someone is constantly using a sledgehammer to drive a railroad spike into the back of my head and the since laying down position usually irritates my massively infect sinuses and surrounding areas I have been finding sleep an incredibly difficult task to accomplish. In this case I usually read until ten or so then toss and turn for around two hours until exhaustion overcomes the pain and I lose consciousness. The battle has only just begun though for once I've had two to three hours of sleep and REM sets in the pain of my head is usually enough to wake me up in a cold sweat (from a fever?) and cause me to have to try to fall asleep all over again. Needless to say my nights lately have been less than pleasant. I go back to the doctor Tuesday to see if my infection deep sinus/head infection has cleared up (which I highly doubt being as I am in so much constant pain) and if it hasn't I shall be scheduled for surgery in the near future. My life is so great right now.

Note to the reader:

I am terribly sorry that all of my blog posts lately have been about me ranting about my horribly immunodeficient afflicted life, but being as the episode of Lost that was on last night was all the major flashforwards (from season 4) and early episode highlights (from this season) in chronological order I don't really have much else to talk about. Plus I haven't really been in an incredibly chipper mood due to the fact that AP exams keep getting closer which stresses me out quite a bit so obviously I'm not in the mood to write a Puff Piece (of course I've never really been in the mood to write a Puff Piece it's just not my nature). So once again I apologize for being such a downer and throwing so many pity parties for myself, but this really is the only place I can rant about this stuff.

Some Interesting Statistics From tv.vom (Yeah so this post won't count as far as word count goes)

100 Most Popular TV Shows as of Today:

1 Prison Break (rank show start - end score)
2 Lost 2004 - present 9.1
3 Desperate Housewives 2004 - present 8.8
4 Family Guy 1999 - present 9.1
5 House 2004 - present 9.2
6 Heroes 2006 - present 9.1
7 Grey's Anatomy 2005 - present 8.9
8 Gossip Girl 2007 - present 8.7
9 Bones 2005 - present 9.0
10 Smallville 2001 - present 8.9
11 NCIS 2003 - present 9.1
12 Supernatural 2005 - present 9.2
13 One Tree Hill 2003 - present 8.9
14 Scrubs 2001 - present 9.2
15 The Simpsons 1989 - present 9.2
16 Hannah Montana 2006 - present 8.5
17 How I Met Your Mother 2005 - present 9.1
18 24 2001 - present 9.1
19 SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 - present 8.6
20 Terminator: The Sarah Connor... 2008 - present 8.8
21 South Park 1997 - present 9.1
22 Dollhouse 2009 - present 8.0
23 CSI 2000 - present 9.1
24 Brothers & Sisters 2006 - present 9.0
25 The Office 2005 - present 9.1
26 Chuck 2007 - present 8.8
27 The Big Bang Theory 2007 - present 8.9
28 Naruto 2002 - present 8.9
29 The Unit 2006 - present 9.0
30 Fringe 2008 - present 8.6
31 CSI: NY 2004 - present 8.8
32 90210 2008 - present 7.8
33 The Mentalist 2008 - present 8.6
34 CSI: Miami 2002 - present 8.7
35 30 Rock 2006 - present 8.9
36 Criminal Minds 2005 - present 9.0
37 Bleach 2004 - present 8.9
38 Ghost Whisperer 2005 - present 8.8
39 Saturday Night Live 1975 - present 8.5
40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001 - present 8.9
41 Harper's Island 2009 - present 6.9
42 The Amazing Race 2001 - present 8.9
43 Kings 2009 - present 8.2
44 Law & Order: Special Victims... 1999 - present 9.0
45 Two and a Half Men 2003 - present 9.0
46 Dexter 2006 - present 9.2
47 Pokémon 1998 - present 8.2
48 Friends 1994 - 2004 9.2
49 American Idol 2002 - present 7.6
50 ER 1994 - 2009 8.9
51 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005 - 2008 9.1
52 Dragonball Z 1996 - 2003 8.9
53 Battlestar Galactica (2003) 2003 - present 9.1
54 Legend of the Seeker 2008 - present 8.6
55 American Dad! 2005 - present 8.4
56 Gilmore Girls 2000 - 2007 9.0
57 Private Practice 2007 - present 8.7
58 Primeval 2007 - present 8.6
59 iCarly 2007 - present 8.5
60 Numb3rs 2005 - present 8.9
61 Life 2007 - present 8.9
62 Breaking Bad 2008 - present 8.4
63 Ugly Betty 2006 - present 8.8
64 Charmed 1998 - 2006 8.9
65 Reaper 2007 - present 8.8
66 The Tudors 2007 - present 8.9
67 Wizards of Waverly Place 2007 - present 8.5
68 Degrassi: The Next Generation 2001 - present 8.9
69 Ben 10 2005 - 2008 8.8
70 Cold Case 2003 - present 8.9
71 Beverly Hills, 90210 1990 - 2000 8.6
72 Greek 2007 - present 8.6
73 True Blood 2008 - present 8.4
74 America's Next Top Model 2003 - present 8.2
75 Nip/Tuck 2003 - present 8.9
76 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2003 - present 8.9
77 My Name Is Earl 2005 - present 8.9
78 Pushing Daisies 2007 - present 8.9
79 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997 - 2003 9.1
80 The Girls Next Door 2005 - present 7.8
81 Dirty Sexy Money 2007 - 2009 8.8
82 Ben 10: Alien Force 2008 - present 8.7
83 Sonny with a Chance 2009 - present 7.5
84 In Plain Sight 2008 - present 7.7
85 Weeds 2005 - present 8.9
86 Castle 2009 - present 8.6
87 MythBusters 2003 - present 9.0
88 Rescue Me 2004 - present 9.0
89 Lie to Me 2009 - present 8.8
90 The O.C. 2003 - 2007 8.7
91 Kyle XY 2006 - 2009 8.9
92 Entourage 2004 - present 8.9
93 Stargate Atlantis 2004 - present 9.0
94 Seinfeld 1989 - 1998 9.1
95 Britain's Got Talent 2007 - present 8.2
96 Power Rangers 1993 - present 7.9
97 Without a Trace 2002 - present 9.0
98 Sex and the City 1998 - 2004 8.7
99 The Game 2006 - present 7.9
100 Robin Hood 2006 - present 8.9

100 Most Popular Shows This Week:
1 Lost 2004 - present
rank show start - end score
2 House 2004 - present 9.2
3 Heroes 2006 - present 9.1
4 Prison Break 2005 - present 9.1
5 Grey's Anatomy 2005 - present 8.9
6 Smallville 2001 - present 8.9
7 Gossip Girl 2007 - present 8.7
8 Family Guy 1999 - present 9.1
9 NCIS 2003 - present 9.1
10 Bones 2005 - present 9.0
11 Desperate Housewives 2004 - present 8.8
12 Supernatural 2005 - present 9.2
13 One Tree Hill 2003 - present 8.9
14 24 2001 - present 9.1
15 Scrubs 2001 - present 9.2
16 Terminator: The Sarah Connor... 2008 - present 8.8
17 How I Met Your Mother 2005 - present 9.1
18 Chuck 2007 - present 8.8
19 South Park 1997 - present 9.1
20 The Big Bang Theory 2007 - present 8.9
21 The Office 2005 - present 9.1
22 SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 - present 8.6
23 Fringe 2008 - present 8.6
24 American Idol 2002 - present 7.6
25 90210 2008 - present 7.8
26 CSI 2000 - present 9.1
27 The Simpsons 1989 - present 9.2
28 Dollhouse 2009 - present 8.0
29 Hannah Montana 2006 - present 8.5
30 CSI: NY 2004 - present 8.8
31 The Unit 2006 - present 9.0
32 The Mentalist 2008 - present 8.6
33 Naruto 2002 - present 8.9
34 Criminal Minds 2005 - present 9.0
35 Two and a Half Men 2003 - present 9.0
36 CSI: Miami 2002 - present 8.7
37 Ghost Whisperer 2005 - present 8.8
38 Harper's Island 2009 - present 6.9
39 30 Rock 2006 - present 8.9
40 Bleach 2004 - present 8.9
41 Brothers & Sisters 2006 - present 9.0
42 Saturday Night Live 1975 - present 8.5
43 Life 2007 - present 8.9
44 Friends 1994 - 2004 9.2
45 Law & Order: Special Victims... 1999 - present 9.0
46 ER 1994 - 2009 8.9
47 Private Practice 2007 - present 8.7
48 Gilmore Girls 2000 - 2007 9.0
49 Reaper 2007 - present 8.8
50 Pokémon 1998 - present 8.2
51 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005 - 2008 9.1
52 Dragonball Z 1996 - 2003 8.9
53 America's Next Top Model 2003 - present 8.2
54 Charmed 1998 - 2006 8.9
55 Dexter 2006 - present 9.2
56 Battlestar Galactica (2003) 2003 - present 9.1
57 The Amazing Race 2001 - present 8.9
58 Numb3rs 2005 - present 8.9
59 Greek 2007 - present 8.6
60 Ugly Betty 2006 - present 8.8
61 iCarly 2007 - present 8.5
62 Shameless 2004 - present 8.9
63 Lie to Me 2009 - present 8.8
64 Cold Case 2003 - present 8.9
65 Legend of the Seeker 2008 - present 8.6
66 Without a Trace 2002 - present 9.0
67 The Tudors 2007 - present 8.9
68 Castle 2009 - present 8.6
69 Beverly Hills, 90210 1990 - 2000 8.6
70 Ben 10 2005 - 2008 8.8
71 Breaking Bad 2008 - present 8.4
72 Kings 2009 - present 8.2
73 American Dad! 2005 - present 8.4
74 My Name Is Earl 2005 - present 8.9
75 The Biggest Loser 2004 - present 8.1
76 The Hills 2006 - present 8.4
77 Ben 10: Alien Force 2008 - present 8.7
78 True Blood 2008 - present 8.4
79 Rescue Me 2004 - present 9.0
80 Doctor Who (2005) 2005 - present 9.0
81 Degrassi: The Next Generation 2001 - present 8.9
82 Home and Away 1988 - present 8.0
83 Nip/Tuck 2003 - present 8.9
84 Primeval 2007 - present 8.6
85 The Girls Next Door 2005 - present 7.8
86 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997 - 2003 9.1
87 Caprica 2009 - present 8.5
88 Sonny with a Chance 2009 - present 7.5
89 Dirty Sexy Money 2007 - 2009 8.8
90 Medium 2005 - present 8.9
91 Weeds 2005 - present 8.9
92 The Game 2006 - present 7.9
93 Hell's Kitchen 2005 - present 8.6
94 Dancing With the Stars 2005 - present 7.9
95 Seinfeld 1989 - 1998 9.1
96 Kyle XY 2006 - 2009 8.9
97 Law & Order 1990 - present 8.9
98 The O.C. 2003 - 2007 8.7
99 Red Dwarf 1988 - 1999 8.6
100 Wizards of Waverly Place 2007 - present 8.5

100 Most Popular Shows this Month:
1 Lost
rank show start - end score
2 House 2004 - present 9.2
3 Heroes 2006 - present 9.1
4 Grey's Anatomy 2005 - present 8.9
5 Smallville 2001 - present 8.9
6 Gossip Girl 2007 - present 8.7
7 Family Guy 1999 - present 9.1
8 Supernatural 2005 - present 9.2
9 One Tree Hill 2003 - present 8.9
10 NCIS 2003 - present 9.1
11 Desperate Housewives 2004 - present 8.8
12 Prison Break 2005 - present 9.1
13 Bones 2005 - present 9.0
14 American Idol 2002 - present 7.6
15 Terminator: The Sarah Connor... 2008 - present 8.8
16 How I Met Your Mother 2005 - present 9.1
17 Scrubs 2001 - present 9.2
18 24 2001 - present 9.1
19 The Office 2005 - present 9.1
20 South Park 1997 - present 9.1
21 Chuck 2007 - present 8.8
22 The Big Bang Theory 2007 - present 8.9
23 ER 1994 - 2009 8.9
24 Naruto 2002 - present 8.9
25 CSI 2000 - present 9.1
26 The Simpsons 1989 - present 9.2
27 Battlestar Galactica (2003) 2003 - present 9.1
28 The Mentalist 2008 - present 8.6
29 Fringe 2008 - present 8.6
30 Dollhouse 2009 - present 8.0
31 90210 2008 - present 7.8
32 Criminal Minds 2005 - present 9.0
33 CSI: NY 2004 - present 8.8
34 CSI: Miami 2002 - present 8.7
35 Two and a Half Men 2003 - present 9.0
36 Ghost Whisperer 2005 - present 8.8
37 Hannah Montana 2006 - present 8.5
38 The Unit 2006 - present 9.0
39 30 Rock 2006 - present 8.9
40 Bleach 2004 - present 8.9
41 Brothers & Sisters 2006 - present 9.0
42 Private Practice 2007 - present 8.7
43 Life 2007 - present 8.9
44 SpongeBob SquarePants 1999 - present 8.6
45 Friends 1994 - 2004 9.2
46 Law & Order: Special Victims... 1999 - present 9.0
47 Reaper 2007 - present 8.8
48 America's Next Top Model 2003 - present 8.2
49 Saturday Night Live 1975 - present 8.5
50 Dexter 2006 - present 9.2
51 Pokémon 1998 - present 8.2
52 Ugly Betty 2006 - present 8.8
53 Dragonball Z 1996 - 2003 8.9
54 Ben 10: Alien Force 2008 - present 8.7
55 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005 - 2008 9.1
56 Charmed 1998 - 2006 8.9
57 Gilmore Girls 2000 - 2007 9.0
58 Legend of the Seeker 2008 - present 8.6
59 Numb3rs 2005 - present 8.9
60 Lie to Me 2009 - present 8.8
61 Kyle XY 2006 - 2009 8.9
62 Nip/Tuck 2003 - present 8.9
63 The Amazing Race 2001 - present 8.9
64 The Game 2006 - present 7.9
65 Ben 10 2005 - 2008 8.8
66 Greek 2007 - present 8.6
67 American Dad! 2005 - present 8.4
68 Cold Case 2003 - present 8.9
69 My Name Is Earl 2005 - present 8.9
70 Kings 2009 - present 8.2
71 Harper's Island 2009 - present 6.9
72 The Tudors 2007 - present 8.9
73 Skins 2007 - present 8.8
74 Castle 2009 - present 8.6
75 iCarly 2007 - present 8.5
76 Damages 2007 - present 8.9
77 Dancing With the Stars 2005 - present 7.9
78 Without a Trace 2002 - present 9.0
79 Dirty Sexy Money 2007 - 2009 8.8
80 Breaking Bad 2008 - present 8.4
81 Survivor 2000 - present 8.3
82 Beverly Hills, 90210 1990 - 2000 8.6
83 Degrassi: The Next Generation 2001 - present 8.9
84 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997 - 2003 9.1
85 True Blood 2008 - present 8.4
86 The Girls Next Door 2005 - present 7.8
87 The Biggest Loser 2004 - present 8.1
88 Life On Mars 2008 - 2009 8.3
89 Sex and the City 1998 - 2004 8.7
90 Seinfeld 1989 - 1998 9.1
91 Medium 2005 - present 8.9
92 Law & Order 1990 - present 8.9
93 Knight Rider 2008 - present 8.1
94 The Secret Life of the... 2008 - present 8.2
95 Home and Away 1988 - present 8.0
96 Eleventh Hour 2008 - present 8.0
97 Friday Night Lights 2006 - present 8.7
98 The O.C. 2003 - 2007 8.7
99 The Hills 2006 - present 8.4
100 Stargate Atlantis 2004 - present 9.0

100 Most Popular Shows of ALL TIME:
1LOST
2 Smallville
3 Prison Break
4 One Tree Hill
5 Grey's Anatomy
6 Heroes
7 Naruto
8 Avatar: The Last Airbender
9 House
10 Gilmore Girls
11 America's Next Top Model
12 Family Guy
13 Desperate Housewives
14 Charmed
15 The O.C.
16 24
17 Scrubs
18 CSI
19 South Park
20 Supernatural
21 ER
22 Nip/Tuck
23 7th Heaven
24 The Simpsons
25 NCIS
26 Hannah Montana
27 Battlestar Galactica
28 Stargate SG-1
29 The Office
30 Friends
31 Home and Away 1988 - present 8.0
32 Bones
33 Veronica Mars
34 Stargate Atlantis
35 Degrassi: The Next Generation
36 CSI: Miami
37 American Idol
38 Law & Order: Special Victims...
39 Inuyasha
40 Power Rangers
41 The Sopranos
42 CSI: NY
43 The 4400
44 Las Vegas
45 Newport Harbor: The Real...
46 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
47 Ugly Betty
48 Criminal Minds
49 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
50 Angel
51 Justice League Unlimited
52 Dancing With the Stars
53 Pokémon
54 Bleach
55 Weeds
56 Without a Trace
57 Dragonball Z
58 Beverly Hills, 90210
59 Jericho
60 Ghost Whisperer
61 Alias
62 Everwood
63 Zoey 101
64 Seinfeld
65 Reba
66 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
67 Full House
68 The X-Files
69 Entourage
70 That '70s Show
71 Danny Phantom
72 Teen Titans
73 Beauty and the Geek
74 Dexter
75 My Name Is Earl
76 Gossip Girl
77 SpongeBob SquarePants
78 Sex and the City
79 Kyle XY
80 How I Met Your Mother
81 Saturday Night Live
82 The Shield
83 Cold Case
84 Numb3rs
85 The L Word
86 Ben 10
87 The Bachelor
88 That's So Raven
89 The Unit
90 JAG
91 Law & Order
92 Survivor
93 So You Think You Can Dance
94 Brothers & Sisters
95 Boston Legal
96 The West Wing
97 Invasion
98 Rescue Me
99 The Amazing Race
100 Medium


Well it would appear that my favorite show is not so stupid, but rather quite popular. Think I made this up, well here's the proof.

Top Ten Reasons Why My Week Has Sucked

This has been a spectacularly craptastic week. I've already blogged about the most prominent reason why my week was absolutely splendiforous, but here is some more recap:

1. My Grandfather is very ill in the hospital with pneumonia.
   
2. The swelling of my head (pretty much the entire right half is swelling now) for unknown reason and the intense pain it causes really sort of put a damper on my week. We shall see how I feel about this after I get the results of the CT. The way I picture it is if something incredibly life-threatening was quite prominent in the pictures they took the radioligist would have called neurology right away and I would not have made it to school in time for second hour. So either the CT is clear (which quite honestly would really annoy me as I really want the swelling/pain thing fixed) or it's something relatively minor and fixable (which would make my day, I really don't enjoy having mystery illnesses).
3. Due to my health I haven't been able to ride my horse at all this week and the weather has been gorgeous (although I've decided that even/especially if there is something incredibly wrong with me the one thing that I will not give up is riding and the first thing to go will be school).
4. The AP Lang essay that I have no idea how to fix is now due Monday (the due Monday thing is really great, the fact that I have no idea how to fix my essay is the downer part).
5. I was one point away from failing a supposedly easy quiz in Advanced Pre-Calc yesterday (D-'s are not really my thing).
6. I've had a really bad time this week in Spanish which used to be one of my favorite classes (I got cinco out of quince on mi tarea para lunes).
7. French has also been going poorly this week, I'm at a bit of a loss about that class (usually by the time I get there being as it is my last class, I am so completely worn out from the day and in such incredible pain from my head that I have little to no tolerance for the Freshman antics or the busy-work that we do and that gets me into trouble with the teacher).
8. Yesterday when I was walking down the stairs at school on my way to lunch I had a momentary loss of balance and all of the weight of myself and my backpack came straight down on my knees so now I have some spectacular bruises.
9. I have not been able to work out at all this week due to time constraints as well as my health so I feel rather fat.
10. It would appear that unless Juliet dies, there is a great possibility that I will lose my 'Lost' bet.

"Some Like It Hoth"

It would appear that Aaron's theory that Miles was Dr. Chang/Halliwax/Candle's son. That really was the only question that last night's episode answered. Instead the episode opened the door for about fifty more questions to appear and ended with a major cliffhanger that did in a round-about way sort of confrim that the Oceanic survivors and their friends from the future will be leaving the 70's timeline very soon in one way or another.



I've come to the conclusion that I really like Miles and feel pretty bad for him. He reminds me of what Sawyer was like before he got all serious and mature. I feel bad for him because he grew up like the Osment kid in the Sixth Sense: His dad was never around (because he was dead) and he was constantly plagued by the unhappy dead. That is a seriously crappy life. However I think that Mrs. Straume was lying about Dr. Chang/Halliwax/Candle not wanting anything to do with Miles, he seemed be very loving and caring of baby Miles in the 70's.



Plot (in summary):

Dharma Time:

• Kate and Sawyer get back to the pylons and Sawyer radios Miles and tells him to get rid of the video records from the camera on the pylon where he and Kate brought Ben.


• Kate goes back to New Otherton, Sawyer heads off somewhere else to cover their tracks.


• Miles is about to erase the tapes when Horace comes in looking for LaFleur.


• Miles tells him that LaFleur is out looking for the fugitive Hostile (meaning Sayid) and that he is out of radio contact.


• Horace tells Miles that since LaFleur is out he is going to be brought into the Circle of Trust (every time I hear that I think of Robert DeNiro in 'Meet the Parents') and that he needs Miles to run an errand for him that is top secret.


• He send Miles out to Hostile territory to 'pick up a package' from Radzinski.


• The package turns out to be the body of a Dharma worker who has been shot in the head and therefore killed.


• Miles then asks the dead guy what happened to him.

Well I started to write a summary but now that I have procrastinated I shal simply jot down some things that you need to know before you watch next weeks episode:

• Some guy got shot out at the Swan Station possibly by the Dharma people.


• Miles is Dr. Chang's kid.


• Miles, after accepting the job from Widmore (to go to the Island) which $1.6million (which explains his want for $3.2million from Ben)is 'kidnapped' by Ilana's friend (Statue-Shadow-question people) and told that he is not 'ready' to go to the island because he can't answer the statue-shadow question. He tells them that if they pay him $3.2million he will stay home, they refuse and he gets on the freighter.


• Roger Linus suspects that Kate had something to do with Ben's disappearance because she tried to comfort him and told him she had a feeling that everything would be okay.


• Roger asks Jack if he should turn Kate in to Horace and Jack becomes a tad hostile when he tells Roger that he and Kate are friends and that she would never do anything to hurt Roger's kid thus implicating himslef in the crime.


• Phil (one of the security guys) found the tape from the pylons of Sawyer and Kate taking been to the Hostiles and confronts Sawyer about it. Sawyer punches him and knocks him out...

I'm pretty sure that's all you will need to know for the next episode so there you have it short, sweet, and to the point.

Computed Tomography

So I am having a CT scan tomorrow morning in hopes of finally getting to the bottom of the whole eye swelling thing. This means I will definitely get to miss zero and first hour. Wish me luck.

I Forgot a Movie

So I finally broke down and watched Twilight and was quite amused. The movie actually sort of followed the book, but the over-dramatic-ness was really quite hilarious. I do admit there were only a few times in the movie that left me going "Really? No, I mean seriously, really?" It was a decent movie, I can see why a twilight fan would really enjoy it, but there is no way that I would ever spend money on it. I don't even spend money on the books, I borrow them from my kind and generous friends. I think the problem that I have with the Twilight series is that I read the first three books before they were really popular and got strange looks from people because iwas reading "a vampire book" which translates to "Fantasy" which translates to some form of the word nerd. Then all of the sudden millions of girls realized that within the nerdy fantasy book there was a slightly provacative love story so those miliions of potentially shallow fangirls took the nerd book and turned it into something that reminds me of the Disney Channel and the Jonas Brothers (both of which I despise). Suddenly it was cool if you read the nerd book and those who didn't (such as myself because I already had) were weird. Next came the obsession over Edward, every girl wanted to be Edward's girl but unfortunately they couldn't mainly because HE'S A FICTIONAL CHARACTER! Personally I think Edward is a little bit of a creeper. I don't know the book me cae mal ahora. I'm going to stop myself before I really start ranting, so back to the movie. The movie was okay, if you are the steriotypical fangirl go ahead and buy it (although if you are a steriotypical fangirl you would have bought it on the day it came out on DVD so the preceding sentece was absolutely unnecessary). If you're like me, borrow it and watch it with a group of friends who enjoy lauging at it (not with it) and making jokes about it. If you're somewhere in between rent it and watch it on your own.

Brief Movie Reviews

It seems to me that it has been a very long time since I have blogged about a movie so now I shall briefly describe movies I have seen recently and my thoughts about them.

The Fast and the Furious (the first one): In case there are people such as myself before 3 P.M. yesterday out there who have not seen this movie the plot follows an undercover cop who infiltrates/befriends a group/team of street/drag racers. He is investigating a string of highway robberies of semi-trucks that he believes this team of racers is responsible for. Along the way he falls in love with the head hauncho's (Dominic played by Vin Diesel) sister whose heart he breaks when he informs her that he is a cop. He is also blamed (by the FBI) for a premature arrest and therefore release of another dangerous racing team. After the cop finally figures out that it is indeed Dominic and his team who are robbing the semis he follows them out on a job and ends up saving the life of one of the team members as the truck driver was ready for the robbery and therefore armed with a shotgun. The movie ends with a lot of things left unresolved and therefore leaves the viewer with a hankering to see the sequel and now the third one which is either in theaters now, or will be soon. Quite honestly I enjoyed this movie, but people who have a low tolerance for bad language and gang-type activities (meaning a lot of lawlessness) will probably not. I do want to see the sequel and the third movie, but I doubt that I will ever buy them because the first two are on TV all of the time and I'm sure that eventually the third one will be on TV as well. If you want to see this movie I would suggest renting it or watching FX, TNT, or USA on the weekends.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: I am ashamed that I hadn't seen this movie before last Friday. This movie is a classic about a teenage boy who concocts and brilliantly (but not quite flawlessly) executes a plan for skipping school, getting his girlfriend out of school, and taking his girlfriend and best friend for Chicago to spend the day. This is a must see. I would definately buy it. It is absolutely hilarious (and stupid, but hilarious).

The Simpson's Movie: If you like the Simpson's you'll like the movie. I didn't particularly enjoy it as that kind of stupid/funny isn't really my cup of tea, thus I would definately not waste any money on this movie.

The Holiday: This is a chickflick/romantic comedy. It's abot two girls who have just had their hearts broken who spend Christmas at each other's houses and manage to find love and happiness. It sounds really cheesy, but I, a person who despises corny chickflicks, really enjoyed it because mixed into the vast amounts of cheese was a ton of comedic relief. No, I wouldn't buy it, but I would watch it again on TV. I recomend this movie as an excellent break-up movie. If you haven't seen it and it's not going to be on TV anytime soon and you're really in the mood for a chickflick I would say go ahead and rent it otherwise just wait for it to be on TBS again.

My Best Friend's Wedding: Staged as a Romantic Comedy, but not you're average chick flick. It's about a woman who is asked to be the maid of honor at her ex-boyfriend's/best friend's wedding. They two had made a deal that if they were both unmarried at 30 they would marry each other. Well right as the woman (Julia Roberts) is about to turn 30 she gets a call from this guy asking her if she will be in his wedding. She says yes with the intentions of breaking up his wedding and winning him back. The movie is about her schemes and the turmoil she goes through in trying to get the wedding called off. If you're looking for a happy/sappy ending do not watch this movie. Personally, I think it could have been funnier, but that's just my perogative. It wasn't my favorite movie so I definately wouldn't spend any money to see it (I don't really want to see it again) but if you want to see it, wait for it to be on TBS.

Gran Torino: Absolutely the best movie I have seen this year. This movie is about a widower who befriends his Chinese neighbors and protects them from the neighbor hood gang. I'm not going to say anymore because I think everyone should go see this movie, or buy it when it comes out on DVD and find out what the movie is about for themselves. This movie combines a precise amount of comedy with a truly sad/dramatic situation. I laughed, I cryed, I loved it. I will be buying this movie when it comes out on DVD.

There is Something Wrong With Me (Health-wise)

So I have had a bad run of health lately that has left me rather clueless as to what's wrong with me. It all started about a month ago when I ended up with a horrible virus that rendered me unable to speak or breath for that matter as I was constantly coughing and in pain from a spectacularly raw throat. That lasted about a week. On Wednesday of that week I decided to go to school (you can't really miss a lot of school and expect to pass classes with my schedule) if for nothing else, than to pick-up the work that I missed so that I could start catching up. The next day I woke up and my eye wouldn't open all of the way so I couldn't see very well. I figured that I was just tired and that the blurry vision would pass (it didn't) I walked to the bathroom, looked in the mirror and saw that my eye was glued shut in one corner by a nastiness which I shall refer to as matter and the eye itself was bright red/pink. I hope that you have used some sort of argumentative reasoning to determine that I had pinkeye (the best and worst disease you could possibly be afflicted with). Pinkeye, as it turns out, is very contagious thus I stayed home so as not to infect the entire student body. By that afternoon I was on antibiotics so I figured that I would go to school the next day. The next morning I woke up and couldn't open my eye at all, it was glued shut by matter, so I stayed home once more.

The next week was Spring Break and by Sunday afternoon (the fourth day of the pinkeye infection) my eye was almost back to normal so I figured that I would be healthy throughout the rest of break. Monday was an excellent day, I felt great, the weather was lovely, and I was able to go to the Barn and ride my horse for quite a while that afternoon then relax that night. However, the next day (Tuesday) I woke up with a migraine above my left eye so I pretty much slept all day in attempt to get rid of it. Wednesday I felt okay, my head still hurt some, but it was nothing compared to the day before and I was able to function and start working on my homework (which I had intended to do on Tuesday).

Now we get to the health problem that has me rather perplexed/worried. Starting that Thursday I developed a migraine-like headache over my right eye which has progressively worsened. The week after Spring Break my eye/the area around my eye began to swell, that Wednesday the combination of swelling and pain caused me to miss school once again. I went to the doctor and was informed that all of the mucous created when I had my cough had gotten stuck in the sinus pocket behind my eye and was now infected which was causing the pain and the swelling so he put me on Augmentin to clear it up. Now two weeks later I finished the antibiotic Saturday morning and today (being Monday) my eye has started swelling again and my head is killing me. So I think I shall be going back to the doctor's office/hospital for some X-rays/further investigation in the near future and quite honestly I am a little worried. I can't imagine anything good causing a person's face to swell, but at the same time I really want the problem fixed.

Possible diagnoses:

1. Last week I went to the optomitrist for an annual check-up as well as to see what was causing some inflamation on/in my eye and found out that the pinkeye/sinisitis had caused an infection in my eye which I believe that doctor referred to as choroitis or something along those lines so perhaps this is some random side effect. However both of my eyes are infected and only one of them is swelling so...? Also she put be on antibiotic eyedrops that I believe should have cleared up that infection by now so I don't really think this is directly related to that.
2. Chronic migraines, my symptoms match those of a migraine but I don't believe that migraines usually last for a month so this is rather unlikely.
3. Brain Tumor? I don't have all of the symptoms of this, but still, you never know.

Symptoms:

I have had a migraine headache that doesn't change sides, dizziness (no fainting), stiff neck, extreme exhaustion, blurry vision, and sensitivity to light.

Hahaha...I do believe my theory is correct

So the season 5 finale Lost episode is called "The Incident (Part One)" which insinuates that my theory that "the incident" mentioned in the Swan Station orientation video does indeed involve the flight 815 survivors perhaps getting back to the future. This would also support my theory that said survivors get back to the future before young Ben comes back to New Otherton...intrigue. I can't wait!

"Dead is Dead"

I've had this internal battle going this season about which evil fellow's (Ben or Widmore) story about what happened on the Island 20some years ago I want to believe. I think after last night's episode that from now on I shall definitely believe Ben's word over Widmore's (even though both men lie with every breath) due to the fact that Ben seems to actually have a heart. Another thing I thik I learned from last night's episode is that Kate, Sawyer, Miles, Jack, Hurley, Juliet, Jin, and Sayid have to get back to the future before Ben comes back from his stay with the Others otherwise I assume he would have some memory of them (excepting Sayid of course who is apparently roaming around the land inside the Dharma fence unless of course he went into the jungle when Sawyer shut it off).

Key Points:

Current time:

• So as we all know from last week's episode Ben woke up on Alcatraz at the Hydra with Locke sitting next to him.
• After he wakes up he informs Locke that he knew this (meaning that John would come back to life on the Island) would happen and that he is amazed that it actually did happen...blah, blah, blah, lies, lies, lies.
• When John asks Ben why he came back/why he was trying to escape to the main Island Ben replies that he was going there to be judged by the smoke monster for coming back to the Island.
• Later Ben is walking around the beach when he meets Caesar. Caesar informs Ben of the accusations that Locke has made against him (saying that Ben is the man who killed him). Ben uses these accusations (as well as the fact that no one say Locke on the plane) to spin a lie about Locke not being on the plane/Locke being a crackpot resident of the Island. Caesar shows Ben a gun that he has and tells him that he has his back.
• Ben then goes to his office in the Hydra where he digs out an old photo of Alex. Locke comes in and asks Ben about the whole murder thing.
• Ben explains that killing Locke was the only way to get him and the Oceanic 5 back to the Island (it was also the only way for Ben to get back to the Island), he also says that he had to talk Locke out of killing himself so that the important info Locke had about how to get back to the Island wouldn't die with him and after he got that information it was much easier to kill Locke than to talk him back into killing himself.
• Locke replies that he was merely looking for an apology. He also tells Ben that he thinks Ben came back to the Island for killing Alex (his adopted daughter for those of you who don't know) not to be judged for coming back to the Island (cuz that's just sillly). Then Locke suggests that they go over to the main Island that very minute.
• While Locke and Ben are getting ready to leave in one of the outriggers Caesar comes over and questions them about what they are doing.
• Locke tells him that they are going to the Main Island, Caesar asks Ben if he is going with Locke. Ben replies that Locke didn't really give him a choice.
• Caesar says that he is the leader and he says that they can't take the boat.
• John keeps getting ready to leave.
• Caesar reaches for his gun.
• Ben pulls the gun out of his own pack and shoots Caesar (didn't see that coming, but that's okay I don't really like Caesar he's too much of a wannabe Jack and I don't really like Jack thus my dislike of Caesar).
• Ben tells Locke to consider that his apology.
• The two head to New Otherton and find Sun and Frank in Alex's room at Ben's old house.
• Sun says that they have been told by Christian to wait for Locke...Locke is there...surprise, dead is apparently not dead.
• They all talk...Lapidus goes back to the Alcatraz Island, Sun chooses to stay with the psychopaths as they are the only chance she has of finding Jin.
• Ben trys to summon the monster, but the monster doesn't come.
• Locke says that he knows where the monster lives and leads the two to "The Temple."
• Locke and Ben go under the temple (the place where the frenchmen got 'infected').
• Ben affirms that he came back to be judged for what happened to Alex and starts to press on alone when he falls through the floor into another chamber below, Locke goes to find a way to get Ben out.
• Ben explores the chamber. There are lots of hiroglyphs on the walls and at the far end there is a picture of what/who I assume is Anubis fighting what/who I also assume is either the smoke monster or Jacob. Below the picture is what appears to be some sort of cage from which the smoke monster emerges and engulfs Ben.
• Ben is forced to relive some of his best and worst moments with Alex including her murder.
• After that the smoke monster goes back into the cage and Alex (or perhaps Jacob/the smoke monster in the form of Alex appears).
• Ben tells her that he is sorry and that what happened to her is all his fault.
• She tells him he knows and then attacks him informing him that she knows he is already planning to kill Locke again and that he is to listen to and follow Locke no matter what.
• She makes him swear that he will follow (and therefore not harm) Locke and tells him that if he breaks his promise she will hunt him down and destroy him.
• Then she is gone.
• Locke throws a vine down and Ben informs Locke that he has been forgiven...L O S T
• When Lapidus gets back to Alcatraz he is informed by a very distraught survivor that Ilana (the bounty hunter who had Sayid in custody) and her men have found guns and taken over.
• When Lapidus goes to ask Ilana what is going on she asks him what lies in the shadow of the statue (we know that the well is behind the statue, but how would she know that unless she has lived on the Island before? SHE'S AN OTHER) to which Frank answers something along the lines of "What?" Thus Ilana knocks Frank unconscious...L O S T.

Flashbacks:

• First flashback is of Ben recovering from his GSW at the Hostile's camp. Widmore (who is the leader at this time) is very unhappy with Alpert for saving Ben until he finds out that 'the Island wanted it done/chose Ben for something.' Widmore then welcomes Ben as one of his own and informs Ben that he will being going back to New Otherton, but he will remain a member of the Hostile clan (or whatever you want to call the Other's of this time).
• Next we see a older Ben (probably mid-twenties) with a twelve-year old or so Ethan arguing about who is going to 'do it' (meaning shoot and kill Rousseau). Ben says that he will do it and takes a gun into her tent clutzily making a racket as he does so. Alex starts to cry and instead of killing Rousseau he takes Alex and tells her that if she wants her baby to live (and also to stay alive herself) that every time she hears whispers in the jungle she is to run the other way. When Ben gets back to the Hostile camp with Alex and the news that he did not kill Rousseau as was intended he is met with hostility from Widmore. He asks Widmore what he wanted him to do about Alex after he was to kill Rousseau and Widmore replies that he was to kill her as well. Ben says that's not what the Island wanted and if Widmore really wanted Alex dead then he could kill the poor innocent baby right there in front of the other Hostiles, Widmore backs down.
• Afterwords we flash to a time after the Purge (Alex is about 6 and the Hostiles are living in New Otherton) when Widmore is being exiled. Ben goes to see him off on the submarine (not at the Orchid as Widmore had told John). Ben tells Widmore that he is being exiled because he broke the rules by going off Island constantly and having a daughter (Penny) with and outsider. Widmore replies that Ben wouldn't give up Alex for the Island and the two get into a spat about who actually wanted Alex dead. Widmore replies that if the Island truly wants Alex dead then she will be dead.
• Finally we flash to the day of the flight (before Ben calls Jack to ask him to take Locke's body to the airport) where Ben is at the Marina. He calls Widmore to tell him a) that he has found a way back to the Island and b) that he is about to kill Widmore's daughter, then he hangs up and head towards Desmond and Penny's boat. Desmond returns from what appears to be a grocery run and yells at Ben who in turn shoots Desmond in the side. He then advances toward Penny (who is on the deck of the boat shouting at Desmond) and is about to kill her when Charlie (her and Desmond's son) comes up on deck. She tells him to go back below decks and begs Ben not to harm her son. During Ben's hesitation he is (deservadly) brutally attacked by Desmond from behind and thrown into the water...L O S T.

What we can gather from this:

• Ilana and friends are either Others, working for Ben, or working for Widmore
• Widmore lied about how he was exiled.
• Widmore is a truly evil man who wanted to kill a baby.
• Penny is NOT dead (hooray).
• Ben saved Alex's life and did not kill Rousseau as he was meant to (perhaps he is in some twisted way a good guy).
• Ben has no recollection (although he could be lying) of seeing Jack, Sawyer, Hurley, Kate, etc. in the Dharma Initiative when he was a kid so they have to get back to the future before he returns to New Otherton.

ER Finale!

7:31 PM: Yeah it's not on yet, but I thought I could start talking about it anyway. I can say that I will be very sad when all is said and done, and I'm really glad their bringing back all of the cast that they can to be on tonight's episode. I only just starting watching the re-runs on TNT but in the year that I've been watching I've managed to watch (in-depth) the end of season 6 all the way through season 14 and back to the pilot and season 1, so I do have some claim to being sad about the end. I'm kind of annoyed that they keep playing commercials for Southland as if it is going to replace ER since it's by the same producers. Okay, ER recap is back...

Later: Wow, what a great way to end such an influential and beloved series. The episode incorporated a ton of details (i.e. speeches, actions, gestures, scenes) from various episodes of the previous season. I especially appreciated that the final episode began in the same way that the Pilot did. One thing that really made me happy was that they began and ended the series with the rise of a Dr. Greene, it really added to the whole legacy of ER (and was really pretty special to all the people who watched Dr. Mark Greene die =>the last thing on his bucket list was "Fix Rachel" and he obviously succeeded as she is on her way to becoming a doctor). Although it was a little annoying the fact that there were things left unresolved from the episode served as a reminder that the life of a real ER doesn't ever end, I don't know, it was a reminder that if the portrayed County General ER was real it wouldn't stop functioning just because it's show was over. Anywho I thought that the end of the ER era was very well written and acted. I was not disappointed.

Category for KennedyBlogs

This is a "Pop Culture" blog I suppose as I discuss random movies and a select few TV shows (mainly Lost, but I should blog about ER soon as tonight is the series finale).

"Whatever Happened, Happened"

May I first start off by saying Jack is an idiot. If he had just saved little Ben's life, Ben would not have been evil and all would have been right with the world, but nooooo, Jack is way to arrogant and stuck up to save the life of an innocent child. Let's look at it like this: had Jack saved Ben he would have remembered being shot and almost killed by a "Hostile" and saved by a "Janitor" named Jack Shepherd. Had this happened a)if the Purge happened Ben would have been killed in it and Widmore would still be on the Island leading the Others which could be good or bad, but would most certainly have altered the course of the lives of the 815 survivors, b)if the Purge didn't happen or perhaps Ben survived the purge he probably would have been much kinder to (and slightly confused) to Jack and company when they showed up on the Island the second time AND he would most likely harbour a horrible hatred of the Others/Hostiles, and c)who knows what sort of drastic differences to the plot of Lost would have been created.

Last night's episode was absolutely magnificent. Finally we know a)what happened to Aaron, b)why Kate came back to the Island, and c)what happened between Kate and Cassidy regarding Sawyer and Clementine (I still wonder if Kevin ever tried to contact Kate after the crash though). I had al lightbulb moment while watching last night about how the Oceanic 4 and friends will get back to the future, Widmore told Locke that Ben took over as leader of the Others and exiled Widmore back to civilization. In order to get back to civilzation Widmore was forced to turn the wheel which would have moved the Island (or certain people on the Island, through time (this is also might be the "Incident" mentioned in the Swan Station Orientation video), 30 years into the future perhaps. Anywho last night's episode was further evidence that neither I nor Aaron is anywhere close to winning the bet we have going due to the fact(s) that Kate and Jack had a major falling out and Sawyer told Kate that they never would have worked out because he wasn't "fit to be her boyfriend" (however he did call her Freckles for the first time in three years, but then again he also told her to shut up and scram).

Once again I'm going to break down the episode in (what I hope is) an easy to follow manner that simply highlights the key events/things you will probably need to know and understand in order to follow future episodes:

1977:

• Ben survived Sayid shooting him and was brought back to New Otherton by Jin.
• Kate met Ben's dad Roger Linus and the two had a friendly talk about being made greese monkies and janitors by the Dharma people.
• Horace caught Sawyer and Kate in the end of an argument (Kate wanted to know what was going on w/Ben and Sayid, Sawyer didn't want her to draw attention to herself) which could have (but didn't as far as we know because the two managed to make up a semi-convincing cover story about Sawyer asking Kate if she saw anything suspicious) blown their cover.
• Sawyer and Horace determined that Sayid had been busted out by somebody with access to Janitor's keys.
• Upon going to the infirmary to check on Juliet's progress with Ben, Sawyer met Roger and asked him for his keys, when Roger went to his pocket where his keys normally resided they weren't there informing both Sawyer and Roger that Ben was the person who helped Sayid escape.
• Sawyer put Jack, Kate and Hurley under House Arrest via Miles to keep them out of the way.
• Juliet (not actually being a surgeon) could not fix Ben's injuries and thus asked Sawyer to ask Jack for help.
• Jack being the arrogant bastard he is refused to save the dying child.
• Hurley and Miles had a confusing and amusing argument about the past (1977) being their present and since whatever happened, happened they cannot possibly change the outcome.
• Kate had a falling out with Jack about him refusing to help Ben and how she didn't like the new Jack who just sat around and did nothing to which he rebutted that he had already saved Ben once for her (and apparently he didn't plan on doing it again) and that she didn't like the old Jack to which Kate responded by storming out of the house and slamming the door behind her (so much for house arrest).
• Kate (who must be O-neg) gave blood to help sustain Ben's life. Whilst giving blood she had a nice conversation with Roger about parenthood.
• Ben went into hypoxic shock and Juliet didn't know what else to do so she and Kate decided that Ben's only hope rested with the Others/Hostiles.
• Kate took Ben in a Dharma bus to the sonic fence on her way to take him to the Hostiles.
• Juliet sent Sawyer after her to help her with her mission.
• Sawyer shut the fence off and carried Ben into the jungle on the other side with Kate.
• The two had an interesting conversation about their relationship, Cassidy, and Clementine.
• The Hostiles arrived and informed Sawyer and Kate that they were in violation of the Truce.
• Sawyer asked them to take Kate, Ben and himself to Richard in order to save Ben's life, the Hostiles complied.
• Richard greeted Sawyer genially and asked who Kate was.
• Richard agreed to save Ben, but warned Sawyer and Kate that if he did this his innocence would be gone and he would forever be one of them (an Other/Hostile).
• Kate and Sawyer agreed to the consequences and apparently headed back to New Otherton...L O S T
  

Present (On Alcatraz):

• Ben woke up with Locke next to him.
• Locke welcomed Ben back to the land of the living (for now)...L O S T

Flashbacks:

• Kate went to visit Cassidy right after getting back to civilization spilling the beans about what really happened on the Island and giving her the settlement money she got from Oceanic as Sawyer's restitution.
• Cassidy figured out that Kate was lying about Aaron and asks her why even though she told her all about what really happened on the Island she still lied about who Aaron was. Kate replies that she lied because she had to.
  
• Cassidy tells Kate that she thinks Sawyer is a coward and that the only reason he jumped was because he was afraid of what would happen relationship-wise if he didn't. She also shares that she thinks he is an idiot for thinking that sending Kate with a restitution of money that isn't even his and a message that he wants Clementine to be taken care of makes up for everything that he put them through. She tells Kate that she has nothing but sympathy for her and her situation.
• The Flashbacks then go to the night that Jack, Ben, Sun, Sayid, and her all met at the marina. It shows that after she drove off she went to a grocery store to get Aaron something to drink.
• While there her cell rings and upon seeing that the caller is Jack she turns the phone off and puts it away. In the short instant while she checked her phone Aaron disappeared.
• Kate frantically runs through the story asking everybody she sees if they have seen her son. She finally spots a blonde woman leading him to the check-out about to make a lost and found announcement.
• She then goes to Cassidy's house and the two discuss Kate's situation.
• Kate admits that she has always expected someone to try to take Aaron away from her and wondered why it hadn't happened yet.
• Cassidy suggests that this feeling is due to the fact that Kate "took Aaron" first.
• The flashbacks then go to the night that Kate showed up at Jack's appartment, only now she is at the hotel where Mrs. Littleton (Claire's mum) is lodging.
• Kate explains everything about Aaron to Mrs. Littleton and tells her that Aaron is in a room a few doors down waiting for her (Mrs. Littleton) when she is ready. She explains that she has told Aaron that he will be staying with her while she is away and that she is his Grandmother.
• Mrs. Littleton asks Kate where she is going and Kate tells her that she is going back to the Island to find and rescue Claire...L O S T