Completely ‘Lost’ Recap and Spoilers: ‘Sundown’

Dear ‘Lost’ Fans:

‘Sundown’ delivered, no? Seriously though, have we ever had a bad Sayid-centric episode of ‘Lost?’ I can’t remember if we did. I think it has something to do with the mad combination of his pretty face and ninja-skills. There’s no one who doesn’t like Sayid.

But what now? Are we left to believe that our favorite redemption seeker is truly a “bad guy?” I don’t want to believe it. At least the writers made sure our beloved John Locke was dead as a doornail before turning him into ‘evil incarnate.’ Yea, yea…stop yelling at me. Sayid technically died, too. But not in the way Locke has died. Sayid is still there-black tank top and all.

However, this morning for some reason, I can’t get a little story out of my head. The story is called The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. It’s a children’s book.

The gist of the story is that, when you hear the story of the three pigs, you’re only getting one side. This book tells the famous story from the point-of-view of the wolf who, as you learn, isn’t so big and bad after all.

“Maybe it’s because of our diet. Hey, it’s not my fault wolves eat cute little animals like bunnies and sheep and pigs. That’s just the way we are. If cheeseburgers were cute, folks would probably think you were Big and Bad too.”

So before we are quick to deem our favorite black tank top a “baddie,” let’s think about whether or not we’re getting the real story. Maybe the man-in-black, aka UnLocke isn’t the bad guy. We have to believe what Dogen says? We have to believe that because Jacob is soft-spoken and wears white that he’s “good?” Lots of famous good guys wear black:

1. Michael Kors: You cannot ever convince me that the American fashion icon and savior of ‘Project Runway’ is bad. EVER.

2. Johnny Cash: So he was a badass and drank too much and did drugs. But, as the saying goes, quiet people rarely make history.

3. My Mom: Seriously, the woman owns very little color. It’s a trademark for her. And, though she will knock someone out if she has to, she hasn’t gone looking for a fight in years.

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Let’s unearth the latest ‘Lost’ mystery that is ‘Sundown’

C’mon Knock On Our Door…We’ve Been Waiting For You…

I have decided to begin this week by looking at the on-island antics of Sayid. The writers made a good move making ‘Sundown’ Sayid-centric. At least to me. I mean, if you’re only going to have Dr. Jack show up for approximately 1.5 seconds, you have to throw in some mad ninja business to keep me motivated.

So we begin with Sayid and his black tank-top wanting to speak to the ever so annoying Dogen. Naturally, Sayid, like all of us, would like some answers. Instead of asking important questions like, ‘What the hell is that smoke monster?, Sayid is more concerned with why the Temple folks decided to torture him. I’m not interested because Jack already covered this for us last week.

This leads to Dogen, who clearly thinks his mastery of karate can match Sayid’s, to say some ‘Oh know you didn’t!’ kind of stuff like “ I think it would be best if you were dead,” which, in turn, leads Sayid to want to beat the crap out of him.

YES!

How many of you were screaming: BREAK HIS NECK WITH YOUR FEET!!!!!!

I know I was. Poor Dogen. He has no fans.

However, Dogen manages to pin Sayid and the precise moment his ball drops (ha!). He tells Sayid to leave. Bad move. Honestly. If the shizz goes down, I want Sayid with me.

Meanwhile, UnLocke, Claire, and her wig are waiting outside the Temple. UnLocke gives Claire and her wig some instructions about going inside and assures her that he only plans to kill the people who won’t listen.

While preparing for banishment, Sayid and Miles speak briefly about the fact that Sayid was in fact dead…for two hours…and the Temple people had nothing to do with bringing Sayid back to life…and you got the darkness in you…and you should wash that tank-top, it’s pretty rank.

Yet at this point Claire and the wig arrive. Apparently, there is no security system at this temple and any crazy person who looks like they ride the public bus to the gas station to buy pie, can walk on in.
Claire tells them that the bad guy is coming and they throw her in a ‘Silence of the Lambs’ style hole where she sings and rubs the lotion on so it doesn’t get the hose again.

Now that it’s about to go down, Dogen wises up and wants Sayid to help. He gives him a big ole knife and tells him to shank UnLocke in the heart before UnLocke can say boo.

You know how this is going down. Sayid is looking for redemption. He’ll do it, because why not? He’s bored. The Wig has clearly scared him. So he obliges.

While outside of the Temple, Sayid runs into Kate and ruins my night. I seriously was hoping he would think she was dead and plunge the dagger right into her underdeveloped chest. No such luck.

Kate returns to the Temple, using the turn-style door, and has a short conversation with Miles about Sawyer. I went to the bathroom. There’s no point to this conversation at all except for one note: Miles refers to Claire as “hot.” Obviously, Miles has been without the noony for loooooooog time.

Out in the forest, UnLocke arrives and bids salutations to Sayid. STUPID! You’re not supposed to let him say anything before you plunge the knife into him. Of course it isn’t going to work now. Boo!

UnLocke then manipulates our favorite former Republican Guard member and has him return to the Temple to tell everyone they’re free and kill Dogen and Lennon.

Kate uses this time to find Claire, her wig, and the hole she’s in where she informs Claire that she took Aaron, that he’s super cool, and that she’s going to rescue her. Really Kate? You’re going to rescue Claire how? You have a backpack. Unless it’s Dora’s, you’re not going anywhere.

Everyone with half a brain at the Temple (including Cindy and the kids) take off to seek UnLocke and save themselves.

Before offing Dogen, we get to hear Dogen’s back-story about how he got drunk and killed his baseball playing son. We already know that, in SIDEWAYS world, Dogen’s son is very much alive and playing music with Jack’s son.

The pity-party does nothing for Sayid who kills Dogen, then promptly slashes Lennon’s throat only after revealing to us that Dogen was the only thing keeping UnLocke out. Sayid knows. And this, my friends, is when we see the ‘darkness’ in more than just Sayid’s tank-top.

While Smokey begins to kills everyone left at the Temple, Ilana, Ben, Sun, and Lappids arrive to save our friends…and by friends I mean Miles as Kate’s stupidness kicks in a again and she leaves to save the unsave-able Claire and her Wig.
Claire won’t leave. And now, we’re subjected to watching Claire, her Wig, Crazy Sayid, and Uber-Confused Kate walk through a sea of dead people to UnLocke and the runaways.

It doesn’t matter to me. Jack is safe. He’s safe thanks to Jacob and therefore Jacob is good…because Jack can never be bad.

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on.

In Sideways World-or alternate future world as I like to call it, we see Sayid, in a white tank-top, arrive at Nadia’s home. The greeting is a little chill and is soon interrupted by screaming brats yelling, “Uncle Sayid.”

Yep. In alternate future world Nadia is alive…and married to Sayid’s brother Omer. Classic.

Apparently, in alternate future world, Sayid travels around working as a translator and not breaking necks as I had hoped. He’s brought the kids some gifts from down under and does not seem embarrassed when the kids find their mother’s picture in his suitcase. Omer doesn’t seem to care either. It’s Wife Swap: Crazy Iraqi Edition.

After nearly killing Omer in his sleep, Sayid is told that Omer is being harassed by some loan shark. Sayid refuses to go and teach them some business on behalf of his brother and tells Omer that he isn’t “…that man anymore.” Well great. Then this story line will suck.

Of course Omer gets mysteriously mugged in the middle of the night and Sayid and Nadia find themselves rubbing elbows with Dr. Jack Shepherd in the ER of the hospital.

That evening, Nadia does everything short of ripping her top off for Sayid, but he declines telling her that he doesn’t deserve her and that’s why they can’t be together. This is devastating to me as it means no steamy sex-scenes featuring Sayid. Boo.

In the morning, Sayid is met by some nice looking fellows who wish to take him to a local restaurant for eggs. I hate eggs. So does Sayid. You know who doesn’t hate eggs though? MARTIN F’ING KEAMY!!!! How many of you audibly gasped? I never thought we would see that creepy bastard again.

Low and behold, he’s Omer’s loanshark. And, sadly for him, he’s picked the wrong person to try and intimidate today. Sayid’s not having it. He’s got the rogue in him and it’s not going anywhere.

Sayid quickly offs Keamy’s two pals and plugs Keamy in the chest despite letting us all think for two seconds that he was going to let him go. Nice. Keamy is not a nice person. I feel no remorse.

Sayid, however, is a BAMF and, even if he’s evil, I love him more than my luggage.

Before leaving without a take-out order, Sayid hears some banging coming from the freezer. Oh crud! It’s alternate future, I work for my mobster father-in-law Jin. We haven’t seen him since he and Sun were playing dumb at customs in LA X.

See where running with mobsters gets you Jin? You land right in the middle of that episode of ‘I Love Lucy’ where she gets locked in the freezer. I think I would have liked to see some icicles on Jin’s eyelashes. The prop department obviously made a huge mistake.

So where are we left?

Well, I think that we can safely assume that, in alternate future world, the Losties are getting what they want most:

-Jack settles his dad issues and is a good father.

-Kate makes sure Aaron and Claire are together.

-Dogen is with his son.

-Sayid, well, he’s made sure Nadia is alive and protected from everyone, especially him.

-Locke is with Helen and is working somewhere more satisfying than a box factory. And he’s making super cool friends like European History teacher Ben Linus.

-Hurley is lucky. No more accidents and no more nuthouse.

I am sure we will find out about the rest of them as the season goes on. In the meantime, I am anxious to know your thoughts. Comment!!!!