Lost Podcast

I am pleased to say that Lost has gotten much better in these past few episodes. The show finally got its momentum back. The introduction and development of Juliet’s role has really pumped up Lost and made it even jucier. Last week when we saw her help out Sun in determining her date of conception (D.O.C. episode), we realized that Ben is somehow forcing Juliet to go along with whatever plan he has concocted. It was extra creepy when we saw her go back after the ultrasound and record her findings for Ben. It makes you wonder why they are tracking the survivors so closely and what the purpose could be.

More importantly, what was with the parachuted woman, Naomi, who fell from the sky into the jungle? She knew Desmond’s name and said that there was no way Hurley and the other survivors could possibly have been on Oceanic flight 815 since rescuers found the plane and there were no survivors. That’s extra creepy. However, although it may allude to the idea that the survivors may be in purgatory, loyal fans know that cannot be true since the writers and creators promised this would not happen.

After a little bit of confusion, I decided to log onto ABC’s website and listen to the show’s most recent podcast narrated by executive producers David Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse. They confirmed that the island is in fact not purgatory, though they fail to give much else for an explanation. Possible suggestions are that Naomi is lying (highly unlikely) or that it was all part of a conspiracy so that people would stop looking for them…though they refuse to really expand on anything they add that more will be revealed on this Wednesday night’s upcoming epside, The Brig.

The executive producers know people have been frustrated and they promise to reveal some major secrets in the next couple of episodes leading up to the finale, but of course, as expected not all of them since Lost always keeps viewers guessing even after major secrets have been revealed. We also discover from the podcast that the Other’s interest in children goes beyond women’s inability to successfully give birth to children if they are conceived on the island. Lindeloff and Cuse say that along with fertility issues, the Others are also interested in children who have”special abilities” like Walt for example. They say that is part of the reason for why the Others spent time trying to kidnap him and why they forced him to perform tests and answer so many questions.

All in all, this week’s podcast was not only entertaining, but also somewhat helpful on a small scale. I cannot wait for this week’s episode to air…only a few more left until the season finale which is sure to reveal something good that we have been hoping for all year long. Hopefully the writers will incorporate Jacob (the mysterious man with more power than Ben) into the mix and reveal what’s going on in terms of Oceanic flight 815 supposedly being found with no survivors.

Gray Grey’s

i have watched grey’s anatomy from the beginning. i have seen every episode of every season and haven’t been this disappointed yet. For 3 seasons viewers have been waiting for McDreamy and Meredith to be happy and together. why, after only a few episodes of them being together, are they already trying to pull them apart again? this is the thing about television writers that i don’t like. they love to mess with the lives of our favorite characters. mcdreamy and meredith deserve one season of non-threatening relationship drama. take christina and burke for example, for almost the entire show these two have been together. we have watched them overcome obstacles and fall madly in love with one another. yes they have their drama but i don’t think i’ve watched one episode of grey’s and actually feared that christina and burke might brake up. you just sort of know that they will work out whatever problem they have in the end and surprise surprise they always do. but meredith and derek can’t ever get that kind of a break. i understand the whole dramatic effect that television needs but why not mess with burke and christina? why not give them something worry about instead of meredith and derek all the time. it just gets to the point where it’s not dramatic anymore between them it’s just old. i think it would better serve the writers to focus on christina and burke or even focus more on the addison/alex/mcsteamy love triangle (that only lasted like 2 episodes - there was such a build up of addison and alex and with in like 3 minutes they did it and alex was an ass and that was that). I just don’t like what the writers are choosing to focus on. The battle for chief is a great idea but why put derek and meredith’s relationship in the middle of that. i know it creates conflict but derek is the romance guy. he’s the one that does the right thing, that treats meredith right and takes care of her and suddenly he’s throwing away everything he’s done to get her back in order to be chief? the mcdreamy that i know would never do that, it just simply wouldn’t matter. if it came down to chief or meredith derek would chose the girl - mark would chose chief, even burke, but not derek. it’s just not in his character to do that. so why are the writers doing this to him?
after asking myself these questions over and over again i decided that maybe i was missing something. something from one of the previous seasons that i just didn’t remember. maybe derek was extremely work oriented like burke and i just forgot because i wanted him to be with meredith so badly. so i went back and re-watched the second season. i was right. derek is not the man the writers are making him out to be. yes his work is important to him but they’ve always made it seem more enjoyable for him instead of a job. his relationships were what he put most of his energy into - addison, mark, meredith, etc. but now suddenly he’s all about the job and burke is all about wedding cakes. i dont understand why the writers are messing with the dynamics of the characters but they shouldn’t. they need to let the characters be what they are and create drama somewhere other than meredith and mcdreamy. people are starting to get tired of meredith and mcdreamy and if the show is going to be successful for a long period of time then they have to focus more on the other characters in the cast.
I also have a problem with the izzy george relationship but that would need to be a whole other blog in itself.
I fear the worst for Grey’s. Please don’t ruin a good thing!

The Race for Chief

The scene: we’re in an elevator with Chief of Surgery Doctor Richard Webber and Mark Sloane is standing towards the back.  The elevator stops and a woman steps on.  The elevator starts moving again and the woman comments that Webber is wearing a nice sweater.  That point is when we all needed to pull out an awkward turtle.  Webber starts going on about how his wife got him the sweater and how they are divorced but he’s not a bad guy, and the audience erupts in laughter.  Webber is making it so awkward that the woman gets off at the next stop when the floor she was going to was a few more up.  The best part by far is when Mark offers to help and the Chief says something along the lines of, “so you’re going to get chief by getting me laid?” 

The race for chief has been a tumultuous one that has resorted all the attendings to acting like children to vie for Webber and the Board’s attention (although after last night’s episode, I am seriously wondering if Webber is in fact really leaving).  And I personally love it.  The elevator scene (not the previously mentioned awkward one) where all four attendings and Richard end up in the elevator and can’t figure out what’s different about him?  Priceless.  It’s even better when they all figure out he dyed his hair and the boys start cracking comments and giggling like school girls while Addison tries to get them to stop.  All four of them try to come up with ridiculous plans for the future (I believe it was a ten year plan) when the new Doctor, Colin Marlow, comes in to try to get the position with the exception of Mark.  In every episode there’s been something where the four of them try to out do one another, and I’m sure there will be until something is official.            Now, it is very probable that Preston Burke will get the position.  He has after all taken over the position of chief before and seems to be the favorite. 
Addison is leaving anyway and Derek is out because of Meredith….plus, he’s one of those guys that thinks with his heart more than with his head when it comes to personal stuff, which would lead him to not always put being chief first.  The finally contestant is Sloane, whom I would personally LOVE to see get chief over everyone else.  He is the ultimate bad boy, came to Seattle for
Addison and stayed there for her (up until last night) and he is cocky, full of himself, and tries to bed every girl he meets.  Imagine the craziness that would ensue…and the major fit that Derek would throw!