Before I dive into blogging this weeks episode,I wanted to apologize for having it up the next day. I meant to post right after I finished watching, but my wireless mouse chose that opportunity to die. Well anyway, here’s the stream of consciousness I was having while watching last night’s episode “The Constant”.
-Interesting opening. The exact coordinates thing is interesting, I don’t know what it means.
-And it appears we’re on a Desmond-centric episode. Yes! I love Desmond. Hmm, Desmond is having insta-flashes. He appears to be in the military and thinks the island is a dream. But now he’s forgotten anything about the island. That’s not good.
-And Commercial. Thankfully it’s the new trailer for Iron Man. Awesome!
-Hmm, so according to Daniel, their perception of how long they have been gone may not be how long they’ve actually been gone. And if Frank diverted, there could be “side effects”, which appears to be what’s happening to Desmond.
-Desmond is still flashing back and forth. I’m trying to remember if Desmond had past military service. I think he did. So he’s actually moving between the past and “present” then. Interesting.
-He still knows who Penny is, which is a good sign. Definitely a sign that he’s in the past.
-And they put him in the cook house…with another cook apparently.
-Back from the commercial, Frank is in trouble with the crew. But Sayid acquires the phone and makes the call to Jack. Dan says Desmond doesn’t have amnesia, it’s something else.
-Desmond’s friend in the nuthouse is out on a ferris wheel, but thankfully he comes back in time to be drugged, right after he says they need to go back to the island. Hmm, another one.
-Desmond goes back again and calls Penny, but she doesn’t want to see him.
-Desmond returns to the present and the doctor. But they’re awesomely interrupted by Frank and Sayid, who owns the doctor. Who punches the alarm. Dude, stop trying to interrupt my answers with your stupid alarm.
-The doctor fails! Desmonds tells Daniel he thinks it’s 1996, so Daniel gives him a quest…to find the 1996 Daniel Faraday. Awesome. I’m waiting for Marty McFly/Doc Brown exchage where Daniel says “I’m going to send you back to the future!”
-Important facts for the past: 2.342, oscilllating at 11 hertz. Also, if he doesn’t believe him, he has to tell him about eloise
-And he passes it on, which convinces Daniel Faraday to invite him into his office. ANDdemonstrates the experiment with Eloise which apparently moves her consciousness to the future. So then I guess we can assume that when Desmond goes to the present, his past body stands still looking silly too.
-Desmond finally has the phone stolen from him. The doctor is angry that Desmond was talking to Daniel, who the doctor says “can’t even help himself”. It seems there are factions on the boat, the civvies (Frank, Miles, Daniel, and Charlotte) and everyone else. Thought some of them might be on the other faction.
-Turns out that the guy on the bed (who woke up, probably from all the noise) is George McKowski (sp?) the comm guy. Who was told not to answer all the phone calls the boat got. Which happened to be from Penny Whidmore. Nice!
-Desmond was in the present for 5 minutes but in the past he was catatonic for 75 minutes. The rat couldn’t take the transfer and had a brain aneurism. Daniel tells Desmond he needs to find a constant, something he really cares about. My wife just said “Pennny”. Desmond wants to call Pennny. In the past and in the present.
-But in the present the communications room is sabotaged. Good thing they have Sayid. And a friend on the boat who left the door open for them to escape, My wife says “Michael”.j
-And Desmond is back in the past again. And we’re at an art auction. Where Charles Whidmore is. Desmond is trying to find Penny. Thankfully Charles i s nice enough to give the address.
-But Before Desmond can find her, he goes to do something menial like turn off the water in teh bathroom. Dude, let’s try to be productive. Please.
-Back in the present, McKowski reveals that he’s crazy because he left the boat with Brandon, who forced them to turn back when he went crazy. He’s also now dead. They make it to the comm room where someone sliced the wires with a knife or something. IT’s pretty ugly looking. McKowski proceeds to not make it. Literally. He “can’t make it back”. And then he joins Brandon in the land of the not-so-living. Also, it’s still 2004. I’m almost disappointed. I was hoping 4 years had gone back like we were watching it.
-Desmond finds Penny, and he can only get her number by promising not to call until December 24, 2004.
-And he awakens with the number. And Sayid dials. But Desmond is gone. And he’s back And he reaches Penny.
-I can hardly type through this scene. I’m emotionally invested right now in this show. Please while I enjoy the reunion of Desmond and Penny. That was amazing. And Desmond is back. Which is awesome because as I said at the beginning, I love Desmond.
-And what’s our close? Daniel Faraday now knows he is wrong. You can change the future because in his notebook it now says that “If anything goes wrong, Desmond Hume is my constant.”
Another thought I didn’t squeeze in was to point out that at the art auction Charles Whidmore was purchasing a painting of the Black Rock, the boat found in the middle of the island, and (according to the ARG between Season’s 2 and 3 and I believe confirmed in this episode) was a slave trade ship owned by the ancestor of none other than Alvar Hanso, founder of The Hanso Foundation. There’s another tid-bit to chew on. Well, what did you think? The feeling I’m getting so far is that if you’re a guy or a lover or sci-fi, you loved this episode. If you’re a girl, well you liked that scene at the end with Desmond and Penny, but were otherwise confused and/or thought there could have been more in this episode. Let me know what you think!
