speak softly...
I’m guessing we’re in Nigeria… a bunch of kids are playing some soccer in front of a church, and a couple truckloads of rebels(or something) pull up. They get out, gather all the children and knock out an old priest, then throw an old man to his knees. A husky kid with a cross around his neck puts a smaller kid behind him protectively. Eko and little brother, right? One of the rebels grabs the kid from behind him and puts a gun in his hands. He points him toward the old man.
“Shoot him. Now. Shoot him. Do it!” The kid can’t do it, and before the rebel can do anything, Eko takes the gun and shoots the old man dead. The rebel is impressed, and asks his name. Eko. “Look at Mister Eko! …a born killer,” he tells everyone. (like Kate?)
He tears the cross from around Eko’s neck and throws it to the ground. Little brother picks it up as the rebels drive away with Eko.
Fade into older Eko on the island(great casting). He’s carving something into his stick… what we can see is:
23 PSALM “HATETH” REVELATIONS:3 T:4 (judgment night?)
TITUS:3 PSALM 14(4) COINSIANS*
(*is this phonetic little kid version of Corinthians? or am I completely biblically ignorant? English is not his first language, he was young when he got taken away, had very little education… This would also explain the less than perfect story of Josiah he told Locke.) He’s scratching in an M when Claire interrupts. She wants to know what he’s writing. “Things to remember.”
She introduces herself and Aaron. Eko tells her Aaron was Moses’ brother, and Claire points out it must be hard to measure up to an older brother like that. Eko knowingly agrees, but assures her (and himself?) that Aaron was a great man. While on the topic of religion, Claire brings up Charlie’s statue of the virgin mary. Something immediately comes over eko… he changes. He demands that Claire take him to it, and she does. She wants to know why he’s so upset over a statue, so he smashes it and shows her the heroin.
“Where is Charlie?”
L O S T
A hand is spinning the combo lock on the gun closet. -right 25 left 29-
it’s Locke. Mike comes over (what? What happened with Walt’s IM?!?!) Locke tells him he’s changing the combo to limit access to the guns, and he assumes that’s what Mike is there for.
Jin is fishing while Charlie is “singing” a kinks song to him. He has a hell of a time trying to explain the k at the end of kinks to jin. The song was 'he’s evil'. Appropriate song to be singing as the (soon to be)machete madman himself storms up. He has the head of the mary statue and demands Charlie take him to where he found it. Charlie will, but he needs to go tell Claire first, so she doesn’t get the “wrong idea.”
Flashback to an all growed up badass eko with one of the coolest leather vests I’ve ever seen. (not that I’ve really seen many. But this one is kickass.) Two others get out of a car with him. One older junkyard dog looking guy with a gold tooth, and a scrawnier dude that looks kinda like a zombie. They’re here for a drug deal… a couple of middle eastern men with a shitload of H and a kid are waiting for them. The men send the kid to get some beers, and the adults get down to business. Eko explains that there is no market for heroin in Nigeria, and the only way to get it out of the country is to smuggle it on a plane with catholic missionaries. The guys agree to Eko's terms, and one of them tells Eko it is true what everyone says, he “has no soul.” (is he don simmons?)
then, goddamn…
Eko slashes both of their throats with one swing of a machete, just as the kid returns with beer. He tells the kid to leave and tell everyone, “…that Mister Eko let you live.”
Back on the island, Claire confronts Charlie with the H from the statue. He claims he didn’t know it was in there, and assures Claire that he’s not using. He tosses the baggies into the fire to prove it. In the jungle, Locke is teaching Michael how to use a rifle. Mike asks how he learned. “My dad used to take me hunting.”
Mike seems a little paranoid, and he’s sure that everyone is talking about him planning on taking off to find Walt. -is that what Walt IMed him about?- Locke says he hasn’t heard anyone saying that, but that it’s not a good idea. Michael agrees… then blows away a jar of dharma brand ranch dressing. nice shootin’ tex!
Charlie’s led eko to a spot at the edge of the jungle, and tells eko this is where he found the statue. Eko knows he’s lying, pushes him up against a tree, and tells him to take him to the plane. Charlie has no choice... walking thru the jungle a while later, Charlie tells Eko the plane has been there for years, and wants to know how he knows about it. Eko doesn’t answer, instead he asks Charlie why he lied to Claire about knowing what was in the statue. Charlie starts to argue, and then eko sees the ‘monster’ zip thru the jungle over Charlie's shoulder.
Flashback, and older Eko's walking up to the church we saw earlier. There’s a table full of the mary statues. I think these ones are clean… for now. A woman is selling them to raise money for polio vaccines. A priest comes outside, “hello Eko.”
“hello brother”
His brother refuses to hear his confession, telling him, “you may live far from here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t heard of who you are and of what you have done.”
Eko pulls the cross out from around his brother’s neck, and asks if what he did that day was a sin, or if he was forgiven because his brothers life was saved? He tells him about the smuggling plan, pointing out that he’s getting the drugs out of the country, and that they can use the money to buy vaccines. His brother refuses to help.
On the beach, Sawyers getting a trim from Kate. She tells him he can stop being so belligerent, ‘cause Everybody Loves Sawyer. He doesn’t believe her, but both Hurley and Michael prove him wrong in short order. Deep in the jungle Eko and Charlie come across the body of the priest Locke and Boone had found the gun and money on. Eko checks for the cross and doesn’t find it, but the corpse has a gold tooth. He tells Charlie, “this man saved my life.”
Flashback, again at the church, and Eko has a new plan. His brother ordains Eko and his friends, and they do the dirty work. The real priest’s hands are clean, and they get the money for the medicine. His brother still won’t do it. Eko tells him, “I understand you live in a world where righteousness and evil seem very far apart. That is not the real world.” Gold Tooth and Zombie threaten to burn the church to the ground if he doesn’t sign them into the priesthood. He does it- “my signature does not make you a priest.” he tells Eko. “you will never be a priest.” Eko reminds him they are both sinners now. “…god will forgive me, eko.”
Charlie’s lost in the jungle. Eko tells him to climb a tree to get his bearings, or maybe spot the plane (where’s Kate when you need her?). Charlie refuses at first, and asks Eko if he will “beat him with his jesus stick?” he finds it a little odd that the ‘scripture stick’ has dried blood on it. “What kind of priest are you anyway?” but he eventually backs down, and starts up the tree. Eko senses something in the jungle…
BOOM! BOOOM! The monster's back!
Point of view from the monster as it approaches eko thru the jungle (nice Sam Raimi-evil dead shot) and looks down on him, like it did to Locke oh so long ago. Didn’t Locke call it the eye of the island? Probably because it sees all… It sounds like a synthesizer purring… we sort of bullet time around eko and take a trip thru the monsters brain…or something. Flashes of light (electromagnetism?)illuminate Eko’s memories as it scans/reads/remote views him:
~ The church ~ little brother ~ him as a boy ~ a woman with a badu head dress and a man in a suit (his parents?) ~ the old man on his knees? (i'm not sure about this one)~ the rebel separating Eko from his brother with the gun ~ that same rebel's face ~ Eko in the water after the crash (upside down) ~ a woman in a floral print dress (his wife/girlfriend?) ~ his brother getting shot ~ his reacting to it ~ Christ on the cross ~
Did the creature see into the soul of the man who supposedly has none? and did the creature(God of the island?) then grant him the forgiveness that his brother and his god were could not? i wonder, can the creature replicate him now? or anyone it picked out of his memories? maybe the "incident" was this 'nanosmoke' becoming sentient?
kates horse, sawyers pig, jack's dad, everyone is kind of experiencing their personal walkabout/vision quest... is the creature/island security system/godsmoke behind all of them? did shannon fail this test somehow? cause it seems to be a test of some kind, seeing whether someone can (or has) overcome their past(nature v. nurture?) to become a better person.
either way, that was some cool shit.
I gotta finish this up tomorrow after work. i'm beat...
“Shoot him. Now. Shoot him. Do it!” The kid can’t do it, and before the rebel can do anything, Eko takes the gun and shoots the old man dead. The rebel is impressed, and asks his name. Eko. “Look at Mister Eko! …a born killer,” he tells everyone. (like Kate?)
He tears the cross from around Eko’s neck and throws it to the ground. Little brother picks it up as the rebels drive away with Eko.
Fade into older Eko on the island(great casting). He’s carving something into his stick… what we can see is:
23 PSALM “HATETH” REVELATIONS:3 T:4 (judgment night?)
TITUS:3 PSALM 14(4) COINSIANS*
(*is this phonetic little kid version of Corinthians? or am I completely biblically ignorant? English is not his first language, he was young when he got taken away, had very little education… This would also explain the less than perfect story of Josiah he told Locke.) He’s scratching in an M when Claire interrupts. She wants to know what he’s writing. “Things to remember.”
She introduces herself and Aaron. Eko tells her Aaron was Moses’ brother, and Claire points out it must be hard to measure up to an older brother like that. Eko knowingly agrees, but assures her (and himself?) that Aaron was a great man. While on the topic of religion, Claire brings up Charlie’s statue of the virgin mary. Something immediately comes over eko… he changes. He demands that Claire take him to it, and she does. She wants to know why he’s so upset over a statue, so he smashes it and shows her the heroin.
“Where is Charlie?”
L O S T
A hand is spinning the combo lock on the gun closet. -right 25 left 29-
it’s Locke. Mike comes over (what? What happened with Walt’s IM?!?!) Locke tells him he’s changing the combo to limit access to the guns, and he assumes that’s what Mike is there for.
Jin is fishing while Charlie is “singing” a kinks song to him. He has a hell of a time trying to explain the k at the end of kinks to jin. The song was 'he’s evil'. Appropriate song to be singing as the (soon to be)machete madman himself storms up. He has the head of the mary statue and demands Charlie take him to where he found it. Charlie will, but he needs to go tell Claire first, so she doesn’t get the “wrong idea.”
Flashback to an all growed up badass eko with one of the coolest leather vests I’ve ever seen. (not that I’ve really seen many. But this one is kickass.) Two others get out of a car with him. One older junkyard dog looking guy with a gold tooth, and a scrawnier dude that looks kinda like a zombie. They’re here for a drug deal… a couple of middle eastern men with a shitload of H and a kid are waiting for them. The men send the kid to get some beers, and the adults get down to business. Eko explains that there is no market for heroin in Nigeria, and the only way to get it out of the country is to smuggle it on a plane with catholic missionaries. The guys agree to Eko's terms, and one of them tells Eko it is true what everyone says, he “has no soul.” (is he don simmons?)
then, goddamn…
Eko slashes both of their throats with one swing of a machete, just as the kid returns with beer. He tells the kid to leave and tell everyone, “…that Mister Eko let you live.”
Back on the island, Claire confronts Charlie with the H from the statue. He claims he didn’t know it was in there, and assures Claire that he’s not using. He tosses the baggies into the fire to prove it. In the jungle, Locke is teaching Michael how to use a rifle. Mike asks how he learned. “My dad used to take me hunting.”
Mike seems a little paranoid, and he’s sure that everyone is talking about him planning on taking off to find Walt. -is that what Walt IMed him about?- Locke says he hasn’t heard anyone saying that, but that it’s not a good idea. Michael agrees… then blows away a jar of dharma brand ranch dressing. nice shootin’ tex!
Charlie’s led eko to a spot at the edge of the jungle, and tells eko this is where he found the statue. Eko knows he’s lying, pushes him up against a tree, and tells him to take him to the plane. Charlie has no choice... walking thru the jungle a while later, Charlie tells Eko the plane has been there for years, and wants to know how he knows about it. Eko doesn’t answer, instead he asks Charlie why he lied to Claire about knowing what was in the statue. Charlie starts to argue, and then eko sees the ‘monster’ zip thru the jungle over Charlie's shoulder.
Flashback, and older Eko's walking up to the church we saw earlier. There’s a table full of the mary statues. I think these ones are clean… for now. A woman is selling them to raise money for polio vaccines. A priest comes outside, “hello Eko.”
“hello brother”
His brother refuses to hear his confession, telling him, “you may live far from here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t heard of who you are and of what you have done.”
Eko pulls the cross out from around his brother’s neck, and asks if what he did that day was a sin, or if he was forgiven because his brothers life was saved? He tells him about the smuggling plan, pointing out that he’s getting the drugs out of the country, and that they can use the money to buy vaccines. His brother refuses to help.
On the beach, Sawyers getting a trim from Kate. She tells him he can stop being so belligerent, ‘cause Everybody Loves Sawyer. He doesn’t believe her, but both Hurley and Michael prove him wrong in short order. Deep in the jungle Eko and Charlie come across the body of the priest Locke and Boone had found the gun and money on. Eko checks for the cross and doesn’t find it, but the corpse has a gold tooth. He tells Charlie, “this man saved my life.”
Flashback, again at the church, and Eko has a new plan. His brother ordains Eko and his friends, and they do the dirty work. The real priest’s hands are clean, and they get the money for the medicine. His brother still won’t do it. Eko tells him, “I understand you live in a world where righteousness and evil seem very far apart. That is not the real world.” Gold Tooth and Zombie threaten to burn the church to the ground if he doesn’t sign them into the priesthood. He does it- “my signature does not make you a priest.” he tells Eko. “you will never be a priest.” Eko reminds him they are both sinners now. “…god will forgive me, eko.”
Charlie’s lost in the jungle. Eko tells him to climb a tree to get his bearings, or maybe spot the plane (where’s Kate when you need her?). Charlie refuses at first, and asks Eko if he will “beat him with his jesus stick?” he finds it a little odd that the ‘scripture stick’ has dried blood on it. “What kind of priest are you anyway?” but he eventually backs down, and starts up the tree. Eko senses something in the jungle…
BOOM! BOOOM! The monster's back!
Point of view from the monster as it approaches eko thru the jungle (nice Sam Raimi-evil dead shot) and looks down on him, like it did to Locke oh so long ago. Didn’t Locke call it the eye of the island? Probably because it sees all… It sounds like a synthesizer purring… we sort of bullet time around eko and take a trip thru the monsters brain…or something. Flashes of light (electromagnetism?)illuminate Eko’s memories as it scans/reads/remote views him:
~ The church ~ little brother ~ him as a boy ~ a woman with a badu head dress and a man in a suit (his parents?) ~ the old man on his knees? (i'm not sure about this one)~ the rebel separating Eko from his brother with the gun ~ that same rebel's face ~ Eko in the water after the crash (upside down) ~ a woman in a floral print dress (his wife/girlfriend?) ~ his brother getting shot ~ his reacting to it ~ Christ on the cross ~
Did the creature see into the soul of the man who supposedly has none? and did the creature(God of the island?) then grant him the forgiveness that his brother and his god were could not? i wonder, can the creature replicate him now? or anyone it picked out of his memories? maybe the "incident" was this 'nanosmoke' becoming sentient?
kates horse, sawyers pig, jack's dad, everyone is kind of experiencing their personal walkabout/vision quest... is the creature/island security system/godsmoke behind all of them? did shannon fail this test somehow? cause it seems to be a test of some kind, seeing whether someone can (or has) overcome their past(nature v. nurture?) to become a better person.
either way, that was some cool shit.
I gotta finish this up tomorrow after work. i'm beat...
posted by karmacomedian at 2:10 AM
