An ancient temple with an enchanted spring.
And…huh???
LA X went inside my brain and turned the monolithic mountain of thought that isLostinto a volcano.
Credit: ABC
It really IS Purgatory!
Or something like that.
Perhaps tonight,Losts season 6 explosion of volatile exotic matter will begin to coalesce into discernible story.
My discovery: antenarrative.Narrativemeans story, and theanteprefix means prior.
But the guy who coined antenarrative was usingantein the gambling sense.
Out of love!)
An antenarrative exists in a perpetual place of now.
Antenarratives look to the future, not make sense of the past.
Honestly, I didnt understand that part.
But from what I understand, it communes with the concept of eternal recurrence as explained by Friedrich Nietzsche.
[In fact, in the same essay, I argued for the relevance of Soren Kierkegaard to theLostsaga!
And wouldnt you know, last week finally gave us an explicit Soren reference, too.
kindly, salute my alleged smartyness with theappropriate respectful gesture.]
WHAT KATE SAIDIf I ever write a book, this is the pull quote Im using.
I was totally that guy!
Still, even I must confess that such fanciful thinking doesnt really serve yourLostneeds at the moment.
To that end, I am rededicating myself to relevancy and insight this season in this space.
Heres one way I can do that:
The Sideways story line includes subtle and radical deviations from knownLosthistory.
Moreover, the seasons new episodes offer the promise of existing in knowing super-position to pastLostepisodes.
But theyve also said that knowing stuff might make for an even richer experience.
No, this isnt a spoiler, just a reminder that Kate is defined by an action she runs.
Kates story reminds me of Hurleys story in a way.
This was the story that finally revealed the crime Kate had committed to put Marshal Mars on her tail.
Interesting that the title puts Kate in thepresenttense.
There are two presents inLostthis season the Sideways reality present and the Island present.
In which present will Kate be doing her does-ing?
Instead of blowing up her house, Kate blew up plumber Waynes place of work.
The irony of Tabula RasaInLosts rookie year, the second episode, entitled Tabula Rasa, focused on Kate.
Tabula Rasa means blank slate.
We use the term colloquially to describe someone whose sins or memories or imprinted identity have been wiped clean.
Did Sideways Kate commit a different kind of crime that made her into a wanted woman?
Did she do anything different during her Down Under days?
Per this theory, people arent born with an operating system, but gain knowledge and identity through living.
My very tired brain decided to go on strike for a moment there.)
NEXT PAGE: Doc Jensens Catch a Falling Star theory of the Sideways world!
Add a dash of Raised By AnotherBonus!
Kate, Claire, and Aaron have some kind of fused fate.
Kate played midwife to Claire during Aarons birth.
And as we already said, Kate took care of Aaron during the Oceanic 6 idyll.
Finally, I cant resist this.
Claires favorite lullaby for Aaron was Catch a Falling Star.
Kate also used to sing for Aaron.
Does this explain the Sideways world?
Is it the next life that the Island castaways will be reincarnated into?
For now, thats my theory.
Jack tried to help him but all he could do was slow his painful death.
While tending to Mars, Jack figured out that Kate was a fugitive.
Mars told him not to trust her.
Kate was tempted to kill the marshal to secure her freedom and her second chance/tabula rasa life.
She couldnt do it.
But Sawyer screwed up the job, and Mars didnt die from the gunshot.
It just made his suffering worse.
As I write these words, I have not seen one bit of What Kate Does.
Wikipedia says: A dark horse can describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence.
Most often used in the context of thoroughbred racing, of course and politics.
What did Bram mean by candidate?
What Kate Does has the opportunity to give us two funerals, if it so chooses.
Will it proceed even though Christians corpse is MIA?
Maybe those Ajira people could do right by the man of faith and give him some proper final rites.
Thats semi-interesting to think about!
I know, I know: ouch, huh?
Okay, dont think about that.
(Very John Edwards/Crossing Over.)
This was also the episode that ended with Michael making contact with his abducted son via the Hatchs computer.
I bring all this up to remind you of the big questions we should be mulling this season.
Is there a connection between the Sideways world and the Island world?
Will one world become aware of the other?
Can there be communication with the other side?
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