Maybe Charlie wants what his brother has. A settled family life with a child.
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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lunda - Nov 18, 2004 9:52:01 am PST #2870 of 10000
Sometimes evil drives a minivan.
beathen - Nov 18, 2004 9:56:00 am PST #2871 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I think he's just trying to hold on to something so he feels connected. Before the crash he was "alone" in the world - no one to care for and no one to care for him (in the way that he wanted). I think through Claire he has a chance to be a part of something special.
Lee - Nov 18, 2004 11:18:19 am PST #2872 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Claire also told Charlie in an earlier episode (I think White Rabbit) that he was the only one who would really look at her, so she liked talking to him. The Moth made it clear that feeling important and needed is important to Charlie, so he probably gets a lot out of the relationship too.
Kathy A - Nov 18, 2004 11:31:15 am PST #2873 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Before the crash he was "alone" in the world - no one to care for and no one to care for him (in the way that he wanted).
They've really done a good job of making him a very consistent character throughout the series so far, including his flashback story. He's always been the neediest character on the island, the one who's just begging to hook up with someone, anyone, in any way, be it romantic (first Shannon, then after the fishing debacle, he seemed to think about Kate, leading to the snarky comments about her and Jack having private jokes already, and now Claire, who seems to be open to the possibility), or buddy-buddy, with Hurley and Jack, or mentor-ish, with Locke. As for his flashbacks, I got the impression that he reached for his brother's heroin just so he could share something with the brother he loved, since the music no longer connected them.
beathen - Nov 18, 2004 11:35:02 am PST #2874 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I wanna give him a hug - make him feel better... I claim Charlie in the name of beathenism! All other unworthies better get out of my way!
quester - Nov 18, 2004 12:54:17 pm PST #2875 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
. There was some word with a prominent H in it, and when she said that one word I was like, "Oh look, now we are in Sarajevo!"
Skipped to say that Mira Furlen is from the former Yugoslavia. Unless someone else has already said this.
SailAweigh - Nov 18, 2004 2:08:35 pm PST #2876 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Quartermaster and Chief of Morale
Hurley is playing the Luther Billis role from South Pacific. It worked for Ray Walston.
Kathy A - Nov 18, 2004 2:23:52 pm PST #2877 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Just, please JJ, don't give us Hurley and Charlie in grass skirts, doing the hula.
DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 2:26:52 pm PST #2878 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
If someone wanted Hurley to put on a grass skirt, I hope he'd roll his eyes and say "dude! No."
Polter-Cow - Nov 18, 2004 2:29:26 pm PST #2879 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Just, please JJ, don't give us Hurley and Charlie in grass skirts, doing the hula.
Holy shit. They are Timon and Pumbaa.