(I also don't think the actors playing Shannon and Boone were strong enough to make this ep work.)
Yes. This.
Randall Flagg is basically the devil in The Stand (played by Jamey Sheridan in the TV miniseries, which is why I still get a start seeing him in L&O:CI).
Someone over at TWoP said that seeing how Locke is indoctrinating Boone made him think of how Holtz must have raised Connor in Q'ortoth.
Well, there you go. It's funny, I remember the odd detail from the book, but I really couldn't summarize it. I remember he was central to the goings on in the book... people were flocking to him or something. But details like that, I do not remember.
So...I thought the "love" scene between Boone and Shannon was supposed to be racy. Did they cut something out?
I definitely think that Locke wants loyalty and for some reason is seeking individuals with loved ones on the plane as opposed to folks like Hurley who are there by themselves.
He is definitely power tripping.
I also don't think the actors playing Shannon and Boone were strong enough to make this ep work.
Sadly, I think this is true. I wanted to like this ep better than I did, but Boone in particular didn't sell it at all. Even if I did think the kiss was kind of hot. Um.
I didn't notice "You All, Everybody" but that's so cool! I'll have to go back and listen for it now. Continuity is so much fun.
I definitely think that Locke wants loyalty and for some reason is seeking individuals with loved ones on the plane as opposed to folks like Hurley who are there by themselves.
Maybe because those with someone on the island have the other to lose and can be "broken" and swayed to Locke's psycho-ness. Those on the island by themselves don't really have any living ties to the outside world.
Help?
On the show Alias, Sydney Bristow is having a party and one song that was briefly heard was "You All, Everybody". This is the one-hit wonder song from
Lost's
Charlie. He sang it with his brother in the episode titled "The Moth".