Lost recap, episode 4×04: ‘Eggtown’
The biggest question I had from this episode was the title. Eggtown? What does Eggtown mean or refer to?
Just the fact that Locke was cooking up eggs for Ben? Since he said they were the last of them, it’s really not much of an “egg town” anymore is it? I’d love to hear your ideas because I’m at a loss.
Locke
One thing is is pretty evident: Locke is confused and suddenly has no direction. Ben points out that he can’t find the cabin, can’t find Jacob and is now even turning to Ben for advice.
I loved Ben recognizing that this is the same situation they were in before, but it involves a different cell. At the time Ben manipulated Locke and he’s doing it once more.
Locke leaves after getting nothing from Ben and throws the tray he made for him at the wall. Hmm, maybe that’s Eggtown?
Kate
The woman who is torn, or pretends to be torn, between Jack and Sawyer, starts off the episode by asking Locke if she can talk to Miles. He denies the request of course, so she spots Hugo carrying breakfast to someone and tricks him into giving away where Miles is kept.
Best line of the night, again from Hugo:
“You just totally Scooby-Dooed me, didn’t you?“
There is no doubt I’ll be using that line again. Thanks Hurley.
Kate flashforward
We jump to Kate in the future and she’s about to go on trial for the numerous charges she has against her, like murder, extortion, arson, and others. The downside to it all is her mother is the star witness, whom we all know Kate confessed to that she killed her deadbeat dad.
Her lawyer suggests that a deal is the only solution to not getting slammed with a life sentence. Kate say no deal, so he offers a character strategy. Kate somehow knows what he’s about to say and vehemently objects.
“You’re not using my son!”
Who, what, where, when? Son? My head hurts!!!
On The Island
Kate and Claire are hanging clothes out on the line and Aaron starts fussing. Maybe it was his gigantic diaper, I’m not sure. Claire ask Kate to grab him, but that’s no good ’cause Kate isn’t great with kids.
Foreshadowing of course from the above development. Although for me, it wastn’t a huge leap to guess what this scene really meant and I knew it from the get-go. I wont spoil it now for those that haven’t watched it yet, but you’ll read it at the botto.
The BIG LIE!
Back in the future, Kate is in the courtroom and apparently things aren’t going well. So her lawyer leans over, asks her not to fire him for his next move and then calls Jack to the stand. Yikes.
This leads to a HUGE clue in the mysterious reasons surrounding the Oceanic 6 and what Jack and Hurley are all torn up about. When Jack is on the stand, he’s there to talk about how Kate is a hero. Only, it’s for something that never happened.
He says: “Only 8 survived, we crashed in the water and Kate saved my life by pulling me to shore. I’d be dead if it wasn’t for her.”
Of course, we all know Vincent woke up Jack who was on dry land, so who and WHY is this lie the one concocted? And who the heck are the other two that apparently didn’t survive long enough to get “rescued” and why did they make that part up?
Kate stops Jack halfway through what he’s saying and says it’s not important, it doesn’t matter here. That’s the last question her lawyer has for him anyways, but the opposing legal counsel has her own cross-examination.
She asks Jack if he still loves Kate. Ouch. But he answers no, not anymore.
Okay then…
$3.2 Million Dollars
Kate comes up with a plan. She found Miles earlier, asked him if he knows who she is, but he wont answer a question until he gets a face-to-face meeting with Ben for one minute.
Sawyer helps Kate pull a “Scooby Doo” on Locke, and she ends up getting Miles down to the basement with Ben. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I certainly didn’t expect this.
Miles asks Ben for $3.2 million in exchange for telling his team that Ben is dead. Charlotte saw Ben, but Miles can take care of that. He gives Ben one week. He knows who Ben is and this apparently isn’t a problem for him to obtain.
How does he have that money and is it just lying around or something?
Kate gets her answer from Miles too. Yes, he knows who she is and that she’s a fugitive. Going back may not be the best thing, but we all know she does anyways. Why?
Kate’s Mom
Kate’s very sick mom asks for a meeting to make a deal. She’ll not testify in exchange for seeing her grandson. Kate will have no part of it and asks her to leave.
But her mom is very close to death, having been told she only had 6 months to live four years ago, so she withdraws as a witness anyways and the prosecution’s case falls apart. Kate takes a deal with no jail time and 10 years probation.
Back on the Island
So Daniel apparently has some memory problems. He can’t remember three playing cards after they are turned upside down. But Charlotte points out he’s making progress, so is the island’s healing properties working on him?
Jack had been trying to use the satellite phone all day to call the freighter, since it had been a day since Sayid and company left on the helicopter. With no luck, he asks Charlotte and Miles, and they call some emergency line which is answered.
The woman on the other end says the helicopter never arrived. WOAH! Where is it? I think we find out next week.
And finally, Locke goes a bit nuts in punishing Miles. He gets a grenade with a handle that you keep pressed once the needle is pulled in order to stop it from exploding. Well, he shoves the thing in Miles’ mouth, pulls the trigger and makes sure Miles is biting down on the handle. He then walks out.
Brutal…Locke is really losing his mind.
The Baby
In the future, Kate leaves the courtroom out the back door and runs into Jack. He tells her that he didn’t mean what he said on the stand, and obviously still loves her.
But the baby…he wont come see the baby. You immediately think the baby is Jack’s and that he wont be a part of the kid’s life for some reason and Kate tells him that until he comes to see them BOTH, there wont be a “Kate and Jack.”
Yet I knew the whole time who it was…and Kate gets home (a nice home, thanks Oceanic for a nice settlement!) and walks upstairs.
She takes the baby in her arms and the kid says “Hi mommy….”
Cute. But…
“Hi…AARON.”
BOOM!
I knew it of course, I’ll bet most figured that out, but the big question is: WTF?
Why does Kate have Aaron and why doesn’t Jack want to see him? Is the baby somehow part of the guilt that starts building up in Jack? Does Claire die, or do they take the kid without her permission, so he can’t bear to look at him?
Is Aaron an Oceanic 6 member? I somehow doubt it…but how did they explain the baby was Kate’s?
What do you think?
So what is going on here? What are the theories on anything?
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