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Episode 19: S.O.S.
This is Bernard and Rose-centric
FLASHBACK: (Careful what you wish for. You just might get it.)
We see a car spinning its wheels in snow. It's stuck. Rose is behind the wheel and Bernard is telling her that she needs to rock it out or she will just dig herself in deeper. Rose tells him that she has been driving in snow all her life. Finally she listens and Bernard pushes while she gently uses the gas and gets it out, causing Bernard to fall face-first into the snow.
Rose gets out to help him and then introduces herself. Bernard introduces himself and then begins to walk off but Rose stops him to see if he would like to get a cup of coffee. Bernard says he would like that a lot.
Next we see Bernard and Rose having dinner at a restaurant overlooking Niagara Falls. Rose is talking about how beautiful it is but Bernard looks distracted and keeps gesturing behind her as if he is trying to get a waitress. Finally Rose asks what he is doing just as men with violins begin playing behind her. Bernard gets down on one knee and says that the last five months told him all he needs to know and then proposes. Rose then informs him that she is dying. Bernard asks the musicians to excuse them and then sits back in his chair as rose tells him that her disease
(she never says cancer) was in remission but has come back and her doctor gave her a year to live. Bernard's only response to this is to ask if she will marry him or not. Rose asks if he is sure and he says that he is, so Rose says yes.
Now Bernard and rose are on their honeymoon driving through the Outback. Rose is positive that Bernard is lost and complains that she wanted to spend her honeymoon on a beach somewhere.
(Careful what you wish for) Finally they pull in to a small town and Bernard tells Rose that he brought her here for a reason. This town has a faith healer that he hopes can heal her. Rose gets upset and tells him that she didn't ask for this. Bernard just wants to try and save her, to do something.
In the faith healer's office Rose asks him what she should do. He tells her just to sit down. He uses energy from the Earth to heal and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It depends on where on Earth you are. He puts his hands around her head and closes his eyes and the stops. He looks at her for a second, almost scared looking, and then he tells her that he cannot heal her. She can be healed but not in this place. He offers to give back Bernard's donation but Rose tells him no, she wants to tell Bernard that it worked.
Finally Rose and Bernard are waiting in the airport when Bernard gets up for some reason. While he is gone Rose reaches in her purse for her medicine and drops a pill bottle that rolls away. A hand reaches down and picks it up. It is Locke, still in his wheelchair, and he hands her the bottle back. She thanks him and then he rolls on.
(She knows!!!)
MAIN STORY: (Getting what you wished for)
Rose and Bernard are stocking makeshift shelves with food from the drop. Bernard isn't doing it right and Rose lets him know. They bicker like a married couple. Finally Bernard goes off about how he can't believe that people are settling in as if they plan to live on the island long-term instead of trying to get home. He thinks that they have all given up.
Later Rose is trying to give Hurley a box of food but Hurley says that he is on a diet of fish and water so he can lose weight. While they are talking Bernard comes running up and tells Hurley to gather all the people together that he can. He seems to be in a very good mood.
After Bernard gets a crowd of people gathered round he tells them all about his idea of trying to get off the island. Everyone gets defensive when he accuses them of giving up. His idea is to build a giant sign in the sand so that the next time a plane makes a food drop or a satellite takes a picture they will be seen. Rose suggests they ask Jack first and Bernard wants to know why. He is just a doctor. Rose says, "And you are dentist."
(Pwned) The people gathered around try to hold back their laughs. Bernard takes Rose off to the side to ask why she is being so negative and they argue. Eventually Bernard just excuses himself and goes back to the group.
Next Bernard goes o try and enlist Charlie and Eko to help. Charlie says that they are busy building a church.
(It's about time!) Bernard says that he is trying to save them and Eko tells him that people are saved in different ways. Bernard wants to use some of their logs but Eko doesn't let him. Bernard tells him that he liked him better when he was hitting people with his stick. Charlie tells Eko that he likes him the way he is.
Bernard now has the people that are willing to help and he is laying out how he wants to build his sign. The letters need to be about 40 feet and then they will make it out of black volcanic rock that they can carry in from about a half mile away.
(Is this the crater on the map?) Some people don't seem thrilled but others get to work. Jin and Hurley say they don't seem thrilled about carrying all those rocks.
Next Bernard tries to enlist Sawyer's help and Sawyer just doesn't seem interested because he is trying to rebuild his shelter. Bernard gives up and goes to get some water at the trough, which is where Rose is. Rose asks if he is losing workers and Bernard blames her. Rose suggests it is the management. Then she asks him why he always has to do something and he reminds her that she wouldn't be here if he hadn't done something.
Bernard is still working on his sign but only Jin is left to help. Bernard starts to try and tell Jin he is doing it wrong and Jin just motions that he quits. Bernard tries to stop him and explain that he is trying to save Rose and get her home. Jin doesn't appear to understand the words but he gets the message and says one word, "Sorry," before walking away.
Next Rose finds Locke sitting on the beach in staring out at the ocean from where she normally does. She jokingly tells him that he has her spot. Then she asks why he is outside because he hasn't left the hatch in a while. Locke says that he is done with the hatch, but Rose tells him he will be out of his splint and running around the island again in no time. Locke tells her Jack said it would be about four weeks. Rose looks at him and says that they both know it will be a lot shorter than that and just gives him a look. Locke smiles.
(Wounds seem to heal very fast and leave little or no scars. I just thought it was bad continuity)
Rose goes to Bernard, who is still trying to make his sign by himself. Rose decides it is time to tell him the truth, that the faith healer didn't do anything for her. She was still sick when they left Australia. She then tells him how you can feel when something that shouldn't be in your body is there and when they landed on the island it was gone. Something on the island cured her. Bernard tries to argue with her about the point but she tells him that she is positive. Bernard realizes that she doesn't want to leave because then it will come back. He tells her that if she can't leave then he can't leave.
Rose asks him about his sign and he says it's OK. He didn't get very far anyway. He hadn't even finished half of the first letter.
SIDE STORY: (Why can't this be the whole episode?)
Locke is sitting at the computer desk trying to redraw the map from the door. The alarm from the timer is going off and he can't concentrate. Jack walks by and asks if he is going to push the button. He does.
Jack goes to Ana-Lucia who is standing guard over Henry and asks if he has talked yet. She says no. He is apparently on a hunger strike because he has had no food or water and hasn't talked in days. Jack goes in to see him and Ana follows behind with the gun. Jack tells Henry that he is going to change his bandage and if he tries anything she will shoot him.
Jack rips the old bandage off very roughly making Henry flinch. He also applies a disinfectant that stings and Henry cringes. During this Jack talks about how Henry said that if he were one of them he would arrange an exchange. Jack thinks that is a good idea and he is going to go out to the line they aren't supposed to cross and exchange him for Walt. As Jack is walking out Henry kind of snickers and Jack stops and asks if he has something to say. Henry tells him that he will never give him Walt.
While Jack begins packing a bag Ana says that she wants to go too, but Jack tells her that he needs her to watch over Henry. Ana gives Jack the gun and asks him to not go alone. Jack tells her he won't.
We see Kate trying to get mussels(?) and Sawyer harassing her. Kate challenges him to try it but he refuses. At this point Jack walks up and explains that he is going to try and arrange a trade with the Others. Sawyer makes a joke but says he would be glad to tag along only to have Jack tell him that he wasn't asking him, he was asking Kate. She agrees and walks off with him.
With Jack gone it is just Locke and Ana in the hatch. Ana is working on something.
(It looks like the pulleys for the weight set) Locke asks her if he can talk to Henry. Ana tells him that with the gun gone the door stays shut so Locke yells through the door. Locke is trying to get Henry to tell him if he actually entered the numbers or not. Henry never answers but we see him get a very disturbing looking smile.
Meanwhile Jack and Kate are wandering through the jungle and Kate is talking about how she is glad that Jack asked her to come along. While they are walking Kate notices a doll lying on the ground and goes to pick it up. Jack sees and tries to stop her but gets to her a second late and they both get caught in a net hanging from a tree.
They figure that it is one of Danielle's because, as Kate says, the Others are more sophisticated. Being Danielle's she might not show up for a week. They decide to use the gun to try and shoot the rope. Kate goes first thinking that she is the better shot but misses. Jack takes the gun and Kate worries about bullets. Jack tells her they will still have 13 bullets left to shoot each other with. Jack's shot is spot on.
Jack and Kate are walking along through the rain and Jack decides to ask Kate what she meant about the Others being sophisticated. Kate tells him about the medical hatch and everything they found, including the costumes and fake beard. When Jack asks why she hasn't told him about it yet she says that she was waiting to be back in the club. At this point they come into a clearing and Jack recognizes it as the point they weren't supposed to cross. Kate isn't sure but Jack points out a few areas where things happened before. Then Jack begins yelling for them to come out because he has their man.
Meanwhile, back at the hatch; Locke comes in from a stroll on the beach and Ana tells him that she pushed his button. She asked where he was and he said that he just needed to stretch his legs for a bit. Then Locke goes back to the desk and begins to draw the map, but he remembers this time.
Jack and Kate are still at the clearing sitting around a fire in the dark and Kate wants to know how long Jack will wait. He says until his voice comes back and then he will yell some more. Then Kate tells Jack that she is sorry she kissed him. Jack says he isn't.
Before this conversation goes further they hear a rustle in the woods. They both stand up and Jack draws his gun. As the noise gets closer they both head towards it. Then a figure stumbles out of the jungle and falls down. Jack rolls him over and it is Michael.
Some questions:
1) Between Rose, Locke, Kate, and Sawyer all being better off on the island are they holding everyone back from rescue, even if subconsciously?
2) Did Henry push the button?
3) Will the Others make a trade, or is that what Michael is?
4) Are Kate and Jack ever going to hook up?
5) Why didn't Rose ever mention Locke to anyone or even just tell Locke she knew and reveal her secret to him?
6) Why don't they just tell Jack, since he is a doctor?
7) What makes people heal on the island?
8) Is the island volcanic? They have volcanic rocks. The incident maybe?
9) Where has Michael been?
10) WTF is going on!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
My friend has a theory. In the preview for the next episode (5/3) Michael is telling them that they aren't very well armed and they can be taken. He thinks that he might be setting them up to lead them to a trap so he can get Walt back.
Also here on the LosPedia they discuss the first mention of Neil Frogurt and the role he is rumored to play in the future. It is also a Simpsons reference since he makes frozen yogurt and Frogurt was the name of the cursed frozen yogurt Homer had in a Halloween episode.
I also think that Bernard may be the next main character to die. His back-story has been spent as a supporting character to Rose's story. Usually when the back-story dies they die not long after. Besides, he is very Arzt-like. "You've got some Arzt on you."
Rose won't die because she is a key to the island mystery, but unless Bernard has some pre-Rose flashbacks that are important I don't see much more to him. Everything to do with Rose has been spent.
What do you guys think?
) we'll for sure get one then. Provided it lasts that long.
Can't wait to get Season 2 on DVD. 
