Lost 4x05 - The Constant

[janie_tangerine]

So much for getting up at 7 AM and put the episode to download before even washing your face.

 I seriously can't remember squeeing so much since... duh, Hearts and Minds.

FLASHBACK:

1. Darlton like Full Metal Jacket?

2. Desmond my dear, your short hair is great but long suits you better.

3. LEATHER JACKET? *dies* [as you've seen, I've taken some veeery interesting notes about actual facts. Hey, I really took notes.]

4. Widmore is a bastard. Duh.

5. Well, Des, sorry but you deserved Penny's cold shoulder. Though at least, damn, well, not only at the end, I think I wanted to console the poor guy through all the episode.

6. Military? You totally weren't suit for it. But I love you anyway.

7. How COOL was young!Dan's lab? Though that hair, EEEW. Worse wig EVER on show. Okay, maybe Boone's in Expose was worse, I concede it. And errrrm, I didn't understand a thing of the physics. Guess I'm not supposed to anyway.

TEAM JACK:

8. Juliet, you are owning, this season.

9. Charlotte? Thumbs down.

10. How relieved Jack was when Sayid called? *aaawww*. Though this round I was always shouting at him stuff like let Dan do his work lol.

11. Dan? I can't POSSIBLY love you MORE. When he called Des? And Des is his constant? What he's supposed to remember then? He'd better stick around.

TEAM LOCKE:

12. And thankfully this week NO team Locke. Thanks. Because I couldn't take happy Claire again, broken!Sawyer would have made me sad among the squeeage and if Kate doesn't appear for one episode I'm totally okay with it.

TEAM FREIGHTER:

13. Okay, when Sayid was holding Des on the helicopter? Oh man.

14. Frank OWNS me for life. Seriously. I LOVE him. Totally. And he's helping them, yay!

15. Poor, poor Minkowski.

16. All those idiots, you dare touch Des that roughly? Who the hell do you think you are? You've got to handle him with CARE!

17. Sayid? How I loved Sayid here? Even if he and Des are actually not the best friends ever he was so nice and cool and level headed and he fixed the phone and.. and... and... *dies*

18. DEEEEEEEESMOND. I LOVE DESMOND. Nothing else to say. And Henry Ian Cusick is a hell of an actor. I mean, he totally sold the thing and he was plain awesome. Emmy anyone? I think he'd totally deserve one. And the blue shirt was so open! Yeah, sorry, had to say that. Damn, he really needs plenty of hugs, though. And I love him when he's all crazy and angsty. Darlton are cruel, duh, but well. I think he could have gained that inch above Sayid, though I think they're going to share my first place until the show ends. Oh dear, how I love you.

19. The phone call with Penny? Well, Des/Pen is officially my het OTP. It kind of was before but now it's official. I was completely blown away. The last part when they spoke at the same time? *tears up* I love them. I so love them. And they remembered it's Christmas! I should say that it was a lucky case that Penny didn't change number in eight years but whatever. Who cares for logic?

20. Well, at least they remembered that Charlie's dead. Which means they haven't dropped the issue. I'll cut Des some slack here because with such a situation I couldn't see how they could address it, but I hope they will in the future.

21. Sayid + Des = team WIN. I hope they stay together on the freighter with Frank for the whole season plzkthxbye.

22. Okay, Dessy dear, now you can stop time traveling. Because I can lose Minkowski, but you've gotta stop. K? Thanks, love, me.

No speculation because my brain can't process speculation right now.

I think this is my favorite until now with The Economist. Duh, they could leave Eggtown and air this last week. Oh, Des.

Comments

[halfdutch.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of speechless after that ep (in a good way) but yes, Desmond & Sayid ftw! :) And Daniel, too.

Oh, this show put me through the wringer tonight, but I love it. I was not at all certain Desmond would survive. *sniffs happily*

[alemyrddin.livejournal.com]

Che episodio STUPENDO! E per una volta mi ha lasciata in lacrime, ma di gioia.

4. Duh.

7. I think the worst wig prize goes to Jack's in the ep where he operated on Sarah. Ugly thing, even if not as ugly as the beard of doom.

8. Juliet: if you keep it up like that, I might start to love like you.

11. That was so sweet.

12. I didn't even miss Sawyer (shocking!) due to the awesomeness of the ep. And I really don't mind a week's respite from Kate and Locke.

15. Poor Minkowski, I agree.

17. Agreed on everything,.

19. Again, I agree on everything. But I don't think it's a case that she didn't changhe her number. She believed him and therefore she did not change it. And she waited for his call. Awww.

I'm happy. :)

(e se il fatto di lasciare un commento metà in italiano e metà in inglese sembra da pazzi, è perchè Lost mi fonde il cervello)

also "I already know you are crazy". lol.

[maewe.livejournal.com]

Sono l'unica che quando il freakguy lì ha chiamato Des per la prima volta, quando gli fa "HEY!", ha pensato OMGCHARLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11! ?
Sì eh.

E poi. Mi sa che una fangirl pazza si è impossessata del diario di Dan e ci ha scritto DESMOND HUME IS MY CONSTANT, perché SCUSAMI. La frase sembra uscita da una bad!fic ! HAHHAHA

[zoedriver.livejournal.com]

I think this is my favorite until now with The Economist
concordo!
che meraviglia! a me piace Des versione militare perchè è osì poco il suo!xD
E Dan quando ancora aveva la testa più o meno al suo posto!
E naso e desieeeeee! Oddio, senza parole! Speriamo che restino da soli per un po' e abbiano tanti abbraccini coccolosi! Sayid gli chiede tipo cinque volte in un episodio come sta! AMMMMMORE!
E LA TELEFONATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH;____________;

[zelda-zee.livejournal.com]

I like Desmond with long hair best too. And yes, I'm so with you that Penny was entirely justified. I think I would have behaved in exactly the same way. Only I probably wouldn't have relented and started searching for him 5 years later, because Penny is much nicer than I am.

I loved Dan's flashback hair! I thought it looked way real. And it totally suited him as an academic geek.

I agree about Team Locke. That group is not happy-making right now. I can't believe I prefer the group with Jack and Juliet to the group with Sawyer and Hurley, but I do.

I love how this ep we got HIC and Naveen together, playing off each other. They're two of the best actors on the show (THE best?) and I'd love to see them have more screen time together.

Des/Pen is my het ship too. Not that I'd write it, god no. But I really like it on the show.

I agree, Des, Sayid and Frank on the freighter together for the rest of the season would be okay with me!

You're an optimist if you think they're going to bring up Charlie again. Remember how Lost treats character death? They've done better by Charlie than they have most of the other dear departed.

Eggtown was the dud so far this season. The rest of the eps have all exceeded expectations by far!

[falafel-fiction.livejournal.com]

This is the first episode I've genuinely liked since 'Greatest Hits'. I've been very heavy hearted going into S4, I've missed a few eppys (side stepping the eggs!) My enthusiam hasn't been so low since the S3 mini-season.

But this ep was so exciting and refreshing! I loved Desmond, Penny, Sayid and Faraday. I was glad of a break from Kate and Team Locke too. And there were ANSWERS!

Can we say...bring on the Desmond/Sayid slash? Actually I'm too sold on Despenny as constants too ship or slash Desmond with anybody else. But Desmond - PLEASE! - think about your poor lil brutha Charlie soon okay?

[bachlava.livejournal.com]

ITA on just about everything! (Especially the HoYay and the Desmond pretty.) I just hope Daniel has repented of his past - I have a big problem with torturing animals just to see if you can get abstract theoretical physics problems to work out. The bastard.

Of course, it looks like past!Daniel and future!Desmond (or vice versa) have switched looks...

[aussiephil.livejournal.com]

You know what else just occurred to me? Where the hell is Desmond's boat? It hasn't been seen since the Others swiped it.

[matitablu.livejournal.com]

6. Military? You totally weren't suit for it. But I love you anyway.

Ah ah! Grande verità. Beh, un po' come il convento. DESMOND, NON NE IMBROCCHI MAI UNA! XD

8. Juliet, you are owning, this season.

Juliet, in quanto Altra, è figa e intelligente di default ;-)

Ah, scusa se ho sconfinato ma... in questo momento di piena scimmia per Lost non ho resistito! ;-)

[vividly.livejournal.com]

Wow... this episode was amazing!! I couldn't believe when it was 40 mins... I just want more!!
I tend to always like the Desmond episodes though, he's one of my faves.
And the plus was very little Kate and Jack... episodes are always better without them :D

[xqueen-mab.livejournal.com]

Ciao! Non so bene come sia capitata nel tuo journal ma da quel che ho letto, e visto (omg l'header!♥) abbiamo un po' di cose in comune, primo fra tutti l'amore per Desmond!XD
Sono completamente d'accordo con la tua recensione (che tra l'altro mi ha fatto morire dalle risate!), puntata davvero stupenda ed emozionante...
Ti dispiace se ti aggiungo fra i friends?
Anna

[elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com]

Can you forgive the out of date comment/ancient squee but I was of course interested in reading your thoughts on this. I agree with everything you said. I am loving Daniel and Frank because they are good and interesting characters and they take care of Desmond, not man handling him like the other freighter folk. And Sayid/Des, it will only be bad writing that does not allow these new partners to contain the freighter threat, rescue everyone in five minutes and resurrect the dead.

I’m slowly catching up on livejournal. I hope you made icons or wrote Constant based fic!

[eva-rosen.livejournal.com]

8- Totally. Go girl!
11- Nothing will convince me Daniel didn't spend years obsessing over Desmond (until he forgot him, that is). That picture of Des and Penny surely came from him.
19- They better not forget him. *sob*
22- Word. That team is made of win, and that's not even considering how hot they both are.