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I guess episodes that don't feature crazy technomagic whatsits or neato revelations are harder to talk about, but here's this doomed thread anyway.
But we do know that characterizations of Driveshaft as a one hit wonder were not at all exaggerations.
And that you shouldn't get Locke mad.
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Yeah, what the heck is up with Charlie? And why did he suddenly need to "save" the baby? Whatever the reason, it's completely screwed his relationship with everyone on the island, including Hurley.
Locke was ticked. But why did he store the statues instead of destroying them? I noticed he changed the combination again to ensure only he can get in there.
I can understand one of Charlie's arguments, though. Kate sees a horse, others have seen Walt, but poor Charlie sees something and everyone assumes it's the drugs. He does have a long way to go before anyone will trust him again.
What was Sayid doing?
BTW, I have the specific Voltron toy that Liam was playing with on Christmas morning! I got it for Christmas 1984 (5th grade for me), and I still have it today. Of course, now my 5 year old son has "inherited" it, but it's still in very good condition.
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Heroin could have all sorts of beneficial medicinal uses. I also suspect Locke might be keeping them around so that Charlie will have a chance to reject them later on.
As far as Charlie goes, well, he has issues. And let's not forget all that talk back in season one about a disease that caused odd, dangerous behavior.
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Heroin is habit forming, sure. It's also available by prescription in the UK as diamorphine and is an effective painkiller.
So I suppose if Locke is a firm believer in the War on Drugs then sure, it makes sense to destroy the most powerful painkiller on the island, and every agonizing death is a victory in our just and moral struggle.
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I imagine having a talented surgeon without access to proper anesthetic has been something of a wasted talent. I'm guessing Jack would know the proper way to administer it, or could work something out. I mean if someone really needed some serious work. F'rinstance Boon might be alive with the resources of the hatch and some quality H.
Speaking of H, I don't quite know what's going on with Charlie. As in, things seemed to be heading towards someplace interesting with pirates versus astronauts (do we all recognize caveman vs. spaceman?), but now we're back to the tried and true "Drugs are bad, MmmK?" message. Which more or less contradicts the whole Charlie gets buried, saved by moth (also transformation) story. Anyway said clich� seems not on par with the rest of the series. Or maybe not on par with what I imagine the themes are for the rest of the series. But anyway the religious hallucinations were just awesome and I'm all for seeing a bit more of that.
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I think Boone was probably too injured to be saved by anything short of a modern surgical suite. Maybe. I do not know from massive internal bleeding.
Though this made me wonder, what sort of medical supplies could we expect to find in the hatch? (Desmond's glowing, benumbered injections aside.) Perhaps something like what was aboard Skylab? They're roughly similar; the same era, two or three residents for a lengthy period of time. (Well, lengthier, in the case of the hatch.)
Anyway, this was the best I could find when it came to Skylab's medical supplies. I'd expect the hatch to be better equipped, but not necessarily by much.
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Of course heroin is an effective painkiller. Until you stop taking it.
I do find it interesting that, according to that Wikipedia article, one of the symptoms of heroin withdrawal is priapism. I'm glad now that the "Lost" writers didn't spend too much time dealing with Charlie's withdrawal...
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