Fri, Mar 7th, 2008
06:30 Lost
07:30 Blade
Lost. Season 4, Episode 6. Elizabeth Mitchell rocks the planet. Again. She's amazing. I would watch this woman perform selected pages from the telephone directory. Or possibly the whole thing, if I felt I could stay awake that long. Story-wise this is a nice high concept idea. Juliet gets a specific mission, there's a mad chase across the island (with Jack and Kate in tow) and there's an action-packed climax where she has to decide what to do. The Juliet flashback episodes are always my favourites because they tend to offer up a wealth of information about things that went on on the island, that we didn't see at the time. This one is no exception. Lots of little blanks are filled in. Delightfully so. And, on the topic of filling in some blanks, Ben gives Locke (and us) a big definiton of what exactly is going on. And who the bad guy of the piece really is. Red herring or not, it now seems that we have a clear view of the big picture. Well, one of the big pictures. On a less satisfying note, I didn't really buy the kiss between Juliet and Jack. They didn't seem to have the passion that Jack and Kate have/had. Somehow I don't think this is a threat to the Jack-Kate relationship. Which makes me fret all the more for Juliet...
Blade. Episode 4. Simple idea. Clever idea. Before he was a vampire hunter, Blade was a vampire. And, obviously, he turned some vampires. Makes sense. But it never occured to me before. It also makes sense that these 'offspring' of Blade would be shunned by the larger vampire community because of Blade's actions. So, in this story, we see what happens when some of these guys come to put things right, put themselves back in the game. Their plan involves catching Blade and offering him up to Marcus. Good episode, with enjoyable action-packed climax.
Highlight? Elizabeth Mitchell.
Lost, Blade
