Friday, July 10, 2009

LOST Season 1: Ep.17 - "In Translation"



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SNYOPSIS - the mysterious couple of the island, Jin and Sun gets a little less mysterious in this episode. from the flashbacks we learn more about Sun's father who could be the number one reason why Jin and Sun relationship is so dysfunctional. from the previous episode when we saw Sun approaching Jin and telling her about how her father allowed them to get married, well we learn how Jin really pulled it off. Sun's father told Jin that if he wants to marry his daughter he must work for him and of course Jin accepts and that's when the trouble starts. over the course of several years Jin's work becomes more intense and it becomes a burden on their relationship. from the previous episode when we saw Jin rushing in and washing the blood of his hands well that night Sun's father had requested Jin to deliver a harsh message to one of the governmental agencies responsible for closing his factory down. that night Sun realizes what kind of man Jin had become and that love between them finally turned into hatred. Jin realizes that something has to change before his marriage is done so he visits his so called 'dead' father who actually is alive. Jin made him dead because he felt ashamed of his father being a fisherman. Jin describes to his father that he is caught between Sun's father and their relationship. if he tells Sun of what her father does she would leave him and if he doesn't do what Sun father commands of him he would lose her forever. his father says its not too late to start over. Jin decides to start a new life in American after he delivers a watch to Sun's father associates in Sydney.
one thing I dont understand is why wont Jin start over on the island even when there is no way Sun's father can get to them and they don't have to worry about disgracing their family name. we will have to see what is really bothering Jin.

CHARACTERS
  • due to Jin's outsider attitude Sun finally comes out with her secret and shocks everybody about her speaking English. we see Michael and Jin confront each other after all those weeks of boiling tension until Locke interferes the fight by reminding everybody that they are not alone on the island and the crew should fighting each other.
  • Michael finally gets the raft finished and is really glad to get his son to New York but Walt doesn't seem too pleased. we find out that it was actually Walt who burned the raft because he was sick of moving places and he liked it on the island. so why doesn't he tell his father?
  • the relationship between Sayid and Shannon goes haywire when Boone tells Sayid that Shannon likes old men and once she gets what she wants she will move on. Shannon finds about this and tries to confront Boone when she meets Locke who reminds her that its time she start a new life and forget about Boone. she gets back Sayid's interest by kissing him and tells him that she wants to start over.
MYSTERY VAULT
  • where is this island?
  • how did the plane crash?
  • what is that creature in the woods with strange noises?
  • where did the polar bear come from?
  • why hasn't anybody picked up the Danielle's distress signal for 16 years?
  • where did Jack's father body disappear to?
  • where did the male and female skeletons came from and what does the black and white pebbles attached with the bodies mean?
  • who are the "others"?
  • what is a hatch doing in a middle of a jungle and what does it contain?
  • where did Ethan come from?
MYSTERIES RESOLVED
  • none of our mysterious have been resolved yet.

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