LostSome Like It Hoth
Original Air Date: April 15, 2009
Laura Kelley - Associate Staff Writer
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In this week’s installment of Guess Why Kate’s All Sad And Stuff, there was thankfully almost no Kate at all! Instead, Miles was tonight’s focus. In a flashback, we saw little Miles go into an apartment where an old man died because he can hear the man “talking,” which unsurprisingly worries his mother. Current Miles gets paged by Sawyer, who needs him to erase the surveillance tapes that show Ben being taken away.
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In this week’s installment of Guess Why Kate’s All Sad And Stuff, there was thankfully almost no Kate at all! Instead, Miles was tonight’s focus. In a flashback, we saw little Miles go into an apartment where an old man died because he can hear the man “talking,” which unsurprisingly worries his mother. Current Miles gets paged by Sawyer, who needs him to erase the surveillance tapes that show Ben being taken away.
ReplyDeleteBefore Miles can erase the tapes, Horace comes in and invites Miles into the circle of trust. Basically, this is just a way to make Miles feel special about having to deliver a black package thing to Radzinsky in exchange for…something. Miles gets in the van and after Radzinsky almost shoots him, he is given the body of a man who was shot in the head. As soon as the body is in the van, Miles opens up the body bag and asks the body what really happened.
Teenage Miles, apparently in a punk phase, goes to an apartment to see his dying mother. He asks her about his father, and she says he’s been dead “a long time” and his body is somewhere Miles could never go. Apparently Miles’s dad kicked them out long ago, and I wonder whether he did it to protect them. Current Miles gets back to Horace, who tells him to take the body to Chang at the Orchid. (By now, you all had probably guessed that Pierre Chang/Marvin Candle/Dharma Video Dude is Miles’s father.) Hurley, apparently having nothing better to do, volunteers to go with Miles. As they’re driving, Hurley asks “how do you spell bounty hunter” while writing in a notebook. Hurley smells something weird, and after ascertaining that neither h nor Miles farted, he finds the body. Hurley says he doesn’t care that Miles can talk to dead people, because he can too.
In the past, slightly older Miles gets paid for talking to a guy’s dead son. Then, a woman we knew as Naomi comes to tell Miles that her boss is looking for him. Who could it be? Oh, wait, we so already knew that. Ben’s dad is drinking alone on a swingset in the middle of the day, and Kate tries to tell him Ben will be okay. He immediately suspects her, because she has the acting skills of a used Kleenex. He tells her to mind her own business and goes back to drinking. Back in the van, Hurley thinks Miles is jealous that his powers are better, and Miles tells Hurley “that douche (Pierre Chang) is my dad!” Best. Line. Ever.
Naomi takes Miles to a restaurant kitchen, and there’s a dead body there, which violates SO many health codes. She asks him to tell her about how the man died, and he says the man was going to deliver papers to Widmore. Miles refuses the job she offers until she says he’ll get $1.6 million, and then he’s thrilled to accept. Well, thrilled in an understated, Miles-ish fashion. Have I mentioned that I really like Miles? He’s the best of the Freighter people, except for that hot captain who Keamy killed. Anyway, Miles is instructed to drive his dad to meet Radzinsky. While Miles is driving, Jack tries to convince Ben’s dad that Kate would never do something bad like kidnapping a kid, except when she basically did and that other time when she blew up a guy. In the most awkward van ride ever, Hurley asks Pierre Chang about his kids. Baby Miles is on the island, and Chang reveals that he likes country music. When they arrive at their destination, Hurley sees that the workers are building the hatch.
In the coolest part of the episode, Past Miles gets thrown into a van by a guy who looks like a cross between Brendan Fraser and Ethan. He tries to convince Miles not to work for Widmore, and tells Miles that he knows nothing about the island. Miles says he’ll work for them instead for…$3.2 million, which is the amount Ben wanted from Widmore. So, the thugs in the van work for our trusty pal Ben! Then, in the most brilliant moment of the show so far, Miles finds out that Hurley is writing a script for The Empire Strikes Back. Hugo, you are a genius! After Miles peers longingly into his dad’s window and sees his dad holding baby Miles, Chang comes out and asks Miles to drive him to the pier. Faraday gets out of the submarine in a suit! Holy crap! I liked this episode. Miles is an interesting character, and it’s good to see him being utilized. Leave your two cents in the comments, and I’ll see you in two weeks!
Some GREAT Hurley moments tonight. And then the Faraday reveal? Awesome.
ReplyDeletethe guy in the van is actually on the island present day (with frank/sun/ben/locke)...he's called Bram...he is not working for ben. my guess is that he is with the "bad guys" side of the war.
ReplyDeleteWhen did we see this Bram guy on the island? I don't remember him.
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