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Date Posted: 22:37:38 05/03/07 Thu
Author: Erica24
Subject: This is my favorite part of the article.
In reply to: kathy 's message, "Added.. TV GUIDE Spoiler.." on 18:38:20 05/03/07 Thu

This summarized how I felt:

If nothing else, let us praise Josh Holloway for his furious performance. How I wanted him to kill this man. How I wanted him to not kill this man and instead forgive him. How I loved this scene for presenting without judgment some very complicated ideas about justice, personal responsibility, and how people become the people they become. Yes, the morality of all this is troubling and disturbing. So is our world. Which brings this full circle. Go ahead, flame me. You know where to find me. But please: Debate these ideas first. I think the show earned it.

In the aftermath, I felt appropriately conflicted by the complex dynamics of the episode. Is Locke a hero or a villain for the way he manipulated Sawyer to commit the murder he couldn't do himself? Have these men purchased some liberation — or have they sealed the deal on their damnation? Regardless, I look forward to seeing how both these guys grapple with and rationalize their actions. Watching Locke march into the jungle with his father on his back, it was hard for me to know if Locke had finally found himself or if he was more lost than ever. The line from the Beatles came to mind: ''Boy, you're going to carry that weight/Carry that weight a long time.''


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I do hate that he thought Skate were doomed. Why? Why do they have to be doomed? Honestly, I'll never get why the characters with the most chemistry, who go on the most painful character journeys have to be doomed in the love department. I don't get it. What's wrong with finding someone that understands you and gets you deep down inside, who sees your faults, knows who you are at your worst and still loves you anyway? Isn't that someone you WANT to be with? That's how I view Skate and Spuffy. They got each other deep down in the nitty gritty. Isn't that what you WANT in a mate? Couples like Bangel or Jack/Juliet or freaking SNL go off on their high horses and never really get deep, but spout "romantic" tings to each other like they have deeper meaning when we never SEE that deeper meaning. Couples like Spuffy or Skate or L&L are couples that we SEE working through their pain, working to survive and being there for each other. I swear, I must have flunked that section in Literature class, because I do NOT get why those characters (the characters I relate to MOST) are not worthy of love or relationships in fiction.

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