The Other 48 Days

The other 48 days was full of laughs, wasn’t it?  At least now we understand why Ana Lucia is such an uptight and aggressive pain.  Not to mention, homicidal.  The “tailies” had a really rough time of it.  First, they crashed in the ocean.  The tail section sank, so they didn’t have access to luggage or other items salvaged from the wreckage.  They didn’t have the supply of food and water that the original castaways had.  There were far fewer of them – and their numbers dwindled fast with the others sneaking up and snatching people left and right.  Plus, total paranoia about each other – and that wasn’t just Ana Lucia, Libby felt that way too – probably they all did. Unlike the fuselage gang, these people were under attack from the first night, and had good reason not to trust each other. It was a pretty horrible situation.  Clearly, Ana Lucia has issues, but I don’t think she can be blamed for it.  

There was some nice synergy with previous episodes, particularly when Bernard tunes in Boone’s mayday, sent from the old plane that he and Locke found.  So now we know for sure what Boone heard – “WE are the survivors of Flight 815.”  Too bad he fell out of the tree before he could tell anyone.

Interesting about the things that they found in the Dharma project bunker – I’ll have to go look at the message boards to see what people thought about the logo.  OK – here’s a report, it was an arrow pointing north.  And what about the glass eye? Also, the Bible was interesting.  Mr. Ecko seems to be a religious fellow – and obviously his not talking for 40 days after he killed the two others was significant.

I think these characters are going to be a great addition to the main cast.  And I can’t wait for Bernard to be reunited with Rose!!