Lost: Some Like It Hoth

By Lisa Fary

If you could turn back time and write The Empire Strikes Back with some improvements, what changes would you make?

I’d remove the Luke-Leia kiss. They may not have known they were twins then, but I know now and that scene is weird because of it. Maybe the best I could do is write it in such a way that The Lucas wouldn’t feel the need to add extra effects and deleted scenes for theatrical re-release.

Then, I’d address Return of the Jedi. As Hurley said, “Ewoks suck.” And Mark Hamill could have used some dramatic pause lessons from The Shat.

Of course, if you found yourself in the past, you could always try to form a relationship with your absent dad, or maybe find out why he wasn’t there.

Miles has never been a character that got my attention – on an island where dead people walk around and a smoke monster stalks the land, talking to dead people isn’t that impressive. And he was kind of a scumbag.  But,this ep did what the others haven’t been able to do: make him sympathetic, make him interesting, make him someone to root for.

Turns out that Dr. Chang of the orientation films is Miles’ dad. And dad threw them off the island without explanation, or without adequate explanation. Hurley – being who he is – makes a valiant attempt to get father and son to connect in an uncomfortable van ride.

Miles may do his best to not care, to not want to know his dad, but he’s in a position to get answers. How can he ignore that? Let’s just hope he goes about it in a better way than, say, Sylar on Heroes.

Hurley’s re-write of The Empire Strikes Back was cute, although not my favorite moment this ep. When Dr. Chang yelled, “Miles! I need you!”, that slight break in Miles’ voice in his response – “You do?” – spoke volumes about the feelings there. It was heartbreaking.  He said so much with those two words.

Elsewhere around the island, Kate’s sneaking around and meddling isn’t winning her favors among the Dharma-ites (Dharmites? Dharmites!). Roger sees right through her lame attempts at comfort, even with beer goggles, and has it in his head to report her.

SPOILER

Dr. Jack Janitor deflected Rog for the time being; however, with a major character being killed off by the end of the season, Kate could be in trouble.

END SPOILER

The biggest surprise was Dr. Janitor. He SHARED information with Sawyer. Voluntarily. That’s a big step for him. I’m proud of him for growing as a person. Maybe now he can work on his chest hair.

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Lisa Fary’s early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl. She thinks diagramming sentences is a fun alternative to Sudoku.

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