Hey, and let me kick things off with an apology. Sorry I haven't posted in a few days - the Ninja got really sick on Saturday night after the throwdown and I've been stuck in bed since. My ninja senses are so blurry, this is actally the second time I've written this post - the first time, I hit the big X instead of minimise - and I'm pretty sure my non-ninja neighbours heard me, perhaps for the first time in their lives. Perhaps not. Anyways, let's get to it.
Rachel Blake (aka Persephone, I'm sure of it) got through to us again with another video, this time starring everyone's least favourite fake doctor turned world saviour, Dr Thomas Mittelwerk. She's a brave girl, our lovely Rachel - she dressed up in disguise and had a literal run-in with him, and in the melee that followed managed to grab a few shots of some maps that he had in his folder. You can check the video out on her blog, if you've not seen it yet. The weird thing is, someone worked out there the lake shown on the map is - in the middle of North America!?! While you're lookin through the folder she's linked to, make sure to check out the memo to Dr. Hackett - no idea what it means, yet!
Being stuck in bed has given the Ninja some time to wrap his head around what happened in Dave. You know, it's funny, but a few days away from writing about an ep gives you a whole new perspective on what happened. I'm now pretty sure Dave never existed, though my ninja sense still tingle anytime I see that polaroid. Am I just paranoid, or are things different? Could the photo have been staged? Very cool to see Bruce Davison (X-Men's Senator Kelly) and Evan Handler (Sex & the City's Harry).I've still got little idea as to what Libby being there means, but I've got a theory I want to throw out there to you. I think the key figure here, that we've overlooked both times we've been to the hospital, is Leonard. The fact that it was the same numbers that have sent him crazy is not a coincidence. There. I said it.
After everything we've learnt about DHARMA/the Hanso Foundation and the Mental Health Appeal, is it so hard to believe that the Santa Rose Mental Institution is part of their empire? Think about it - they can keep a close eye on Leonard, pre-condition Hurley to the importance of the numbers and Libby... well, I don't know how she figures into things yet.
Here's the question I want answered. Sam Toomey's wife told Hurley that Sam and Leonard had heard the numbers while monitoring radio waves on a naval base. Sounds like a cover story to me. Theory one - they were former occupants of the hatch, and pressing the button sent him bonkers. Theory two (and far more chilling) - they were both part of the team who worked upon the mysterious Valenzetti Equation, the equation which supposedly predicts the end of the world and sent everyone other than it's creator insane. When Hurley told him in season one about using the numbers on the lottery, Leonard bugged and screamed that Hurley had "opened the box" - stay with me here - could he mean he opened Pandora's box by using the Valenzetti Equation?Maybe I'm crazy. But hey, I like Leonard and his crazy 42 piece Connect 4 game, and he's the flashback character I want to know more about than anyone else. Any ninjas with me? Or who would you choose?
So, those of you who were here Saturday afternoon would already know this, but we went over to Speaker's blog en masse to try and convince him that Rachel Blake IS Persephone, something he still refuses to accept/believe. Special thanks to Lilly, grover, split and themain, both for having the Ninja's back in the fight and their great efforts looking after things here while I was sick. I also have to give props to The Fox for taking snaps of the geekcore Yo Mumma off with his amazing camera, I've loaded them up next to the Anti-Hanso Artwork Alley. Mad snaps to my girl Just Willow over in the UK too, she managed to record everything that went down and blogged it - check it out to see teh Ninja truly lay the smack down! We also spent about 5 hours in Yahoo Messenger Chat, add me and say hi anytime I'm on!You know what? I'm exhausted. The Ninja's gonna go crawl up in bed and watch Australia smash Italy. Go socceroos!
Namaste