Yes. Ben was captured. Now he has captured some Losties.


Season 3 Episode 7 “Not in Portland”
Day 73 - Friday, 3 December 2004
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I went back and watched the Nate Fillion episode with the wedding and the surgery stuff. Then I watched Season 3 Episode 7 “Not in Portland” Somehow watching the wedding episode about two or three (?) episodes ago messed up my idea of the narrative.

I like the title of this episode. Alpert says we are not in Portland. I'll say!! The island is far from Portland and so is the activity of the island and its inhabitants.

We see that Juliet is a world-class fertility specialist who helps her sister. Her sister becomes three months p.g. Otherwise I skipped most of the Rachel / Juliet flashback scenes. The medical stuff was intense an episode or two before and while this might not be as intense, I can lighten the load so to speak.
Juliet’s husband has the name of a philosopher -- Edmund Burke, and gets run over by a bus --- her hope she stated aloud the day before.


On the Hydra Island: The operating room stuff goes back and forth with will Jack finish the surgery or won’t he and will Kate go or won’t she? Also, can we trust Juliet or can’t we? And can poor Sawyer get a break from the beatings and smack downs?
We expect more of the Alex and Karl story sometime in the future because so far nothing has happened except we know that Karl is on the "outs" with Ben. It cute to see star crossed lovers work against authority.


Mr. Alpert is a new character who represents a group on the island.


Juliet was promised that she would work for the “Others” for six months.
We learn that they have not been able to travel back and forth since the sky turned blue.
Regarding trusting Juliet: she has disregard for standard medical ethics and agrees to join a shady group for six months. Yet we do see her shoot and kill Pickett so that Kate, Sawyer, and Karl can escape. When she tells Jack that she wants to go home after being there for three plus years, we pretty much believe her.

She can be as violent as any of the Others but hers violence is different maybe. She shoots Pickett is a clean focused shot. She is ruthless but contained in a way. That why is it is hard to get a good “read” on her. She might not be as conniving as Ben but seems to be as equally as free to mess with people’s heads. Maybe I see her as cerebral -- lives in her head as much (or more than) as she does in her actions. Also, she makes her own rules.

How do you feel about Juliet? I mean, even if one believes her, one might see that she has some inconsistencies. And we see that for now she and Jack are somewhat tied to each other.

M