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Lost: "The Other 48 Days" / L&O

Lost

Wow.  Even the death of a pretty person last week doesn't compare with this week's episode, in which we find out just what happened to the "Tailies" (people at the end of the plane who survived and crashed on the other side of the island).  Although the "extended episode" advanced little in terms of the "Lost" plot we're used to, I dare say it is one of the best, if not the best, episode of this season. 

The format of a condensed, quick and dirty version is very effective.  We finally get a glimpse of why Ana-Lucia, the much-hated shooter/killer of the ex-Lost regular, was so trigger-happy.  The Tailies apparently have gone through a horrifying 48 days and discovered much of what took the Fronties a season to "find out."  I say this in quotes because it's not that the Tailies have any more answers, it's that they have gone through more a lot more quickly. 

They had run-ins with the Others on day 9 (?) when the Others took a whole bunch of them.  The Others had attempted to take more on other occasions, but the Tailies actually managed to kill some of them.  The identity of The Others are not any more clearer at this point.  What we do know is that (SPOILER alert) Goodwin infiltrated the Tailies and pretended to be one of the crash survivors just as Ethan had been able to do so...until gets himself killed by a survivor.

The Tailies also managed to discover a hatch-like bunker with the Dharma symbol on it, and find electricity, a Bible, and a glass eye inside.  The mystery surrounding the cryptic message on the radio when Boone and Locke tried to use it - "We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815!" "WE are the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815?!" - is revealed.

For whatever reason, the Tailies didn't exactly end up with a group of people who function as well as the Fronties.  Instead of getting a natural, mostly-rational leader like Jack, they get Ana-Lucia.  Also for whatever reason, the Tailies weren't as shielded from the brute forces of the island as much as the Fronties were.

A lot of Christian/religious references in this episode.  Next week we get to find out the consequences of the clash between two groups.

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I must admit that because I was reeling from "Lost," I wasn't really paying attention to this episode even if I should have - immigrants and all.  From what I can tell, it is ripped from the headlines - one where over 10 illegal immigrants basically cooked to death in a transport truck on their way to the US via the desert.  Since "Lost" was an extended episode, I missed the first 5 minutes of the show completely and that just spiralled from there...  From what I can gather a group called the "Countrymen" is involved with possibly trying to get rid of these illegal immigrants, though the twist again (somewhat clichéd) involved someone using/manipulating another person into killing for "the cause" when it's really about personal gains/vendetta. 

Things that stood out -

The scene with Arthur Branch at the very end, where he dines in a restaurant, an obviously Latino waiter asks him if he wants more wine, and Arthur replies with "Si," is blatantly there for a reason.  You don't know if the waiter is legal or illegal, but it's obvious that the immigrants make up a vital part of our society, and most people (like Arthur) interact or even use their services without thinking.

Which makes the deportation of the immigrant woman even more compelling - she did not have to testify for the prosecutor as a witness, but she chose to do the right thing and ends up getting separated from her husband, mother, and children who are all in this country.  Dammit.  If you want to use people to help ferret out crime - or in general, to do the jobs that no one else in society wants to do - at least  have the decency to give her some sort of immunity or waiver from deportation.

Next week: McCoy gets shot!

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