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Wellllll. Whoa. Turns out I was right!

The Episode…

Where to begin? The Black Rock? Charles Widmore linked with Alvar Hanso and thus with the Dharma initiative? Finally seeing George Minkowski? Daniel Faraday’s hair anno 1996? The man on the boat helping our Losties? Which Desmond has a wig – the short haired one or the long haired one? …No. It’s only right to start with the reason why this episode of LOST is as good as it will ever get: Desmond and Penny. I shed a tear. Okay, two tears. This was heart-breaking, and maybe the best moment in LOST history. It’s the new “Flashes before your eyes” moment, the moment that just gets to you in a way you would never think possible. The moment that – without anyone dying – moves you. Kudos to both actors for moving all of us. It just shows that the most interesting love story doesn’t belong to… well, anyone in contact with effing Kate.

But this episode is not the best episode ever just for that. There’s so much in it, so much little subtle hints, so much answers and so much questions… so much Lostness that I can never hope to explain it all in this little review. Instead, I’ll just focus on something very important, something’s been aching in my skull ever since I watched the episode: subconscious time travel. So, basically, here’s what it boils down to: time’s set. Unlike Back to the Future, where your past actions influence your future. In LOST, future is determined. So… does that mean that Desmond always subconsciously visited Faraday in 1996? It’d be subconscious (as we’re talking subconscious time travel), so Desmond himself would not remember. Which raises the question: how does Desmond’s subconscious materialize? How does the subconscious become not only material, but also… well, conscious? It seems like 1996-Desmond’s living a dream in which he visits Faraday. When he wakes up, the dream is gone. But if he’s material, and ergo walking the face of the planet – does that mean there’s two Desmonds running out there? This kind of boggles my mind from a metaphysical point of view. I mean – I can clearly see why it’s his subconscious traveling through time. But… what about the basics of existence? Maybe I’m looking too deep into this, but it’s finally something I can grasp: it’s got two parts this time, physics and existential philosophy. I might not get the physics part (which will undoubtedly explain his materializing) but I do get the philosophy part – and philosophy’s not really that keen on doubling your existence. But then again, neither is physics about time travel. Heh.

Oh, and me and Cake Sensei came up with an interesting theory. Remember the Eggtown scene where Faraday was trying to remember cards? What if Faraday’s trying the Elouise experiment on himself? What if Faraday – at that point in time where he’s playing cards – had already seen the cards? It would explain why they were playing cards. It would also explain why Faraday wasn’t happy with two cards out of three. He’s already seen them before. Does that mean Faraday, let’s say anno 2000, sent his subconscious into the future? Let’s make it a bit more complicated. 1996. Desmond visits Faraday and gives him the numbers (which he got from Future Faraday – paradox!). Desmond also mentions being stranded on an island. Desmond leaves, never to be seen again. Faraday starts experimenting. Through let’s say the Dharma Initiative or the Hanso Foundation, Faraday gets in touch which Charles Widmore (the auction scene confirmed this link). Charles Widmore tells him about Penny and Desmond. Tells him Desmond’s making a race around the world. Tells him he’s lost, on an island. Widmore tells him how to get to the island. Faraday then experiments on himself, and ends up in the future… on the island.

It doesn’t make perfect sense, but I’m quite sure I’m onto something. Faraday had seen the cards before, because he had been there before. Faraday started crying when he saw the footage of the crash… because he knew all the people on the plane. He had been there already. So, as far as time travel is concerned, Faraday’s our key. Along with Widmore – something I’ve suspected since he got introduced, and something that’s almost certain for me right now.

The Questions…

Ehm… Nothing on those. Oops!

In all…

This was without a doubt the best episode of Season 4. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, and up till Minkowski died, I was really scared that Desmond had seen his final episode. I’m not quite sure if it’s the best episode of LOST so far, but it might very well be. This is LOST at its finest, and ranks up there with the revelation that Locke was in a wheelchair, the light flicking on in the hatch when Boone fell, the hatch’s implosion, Flashes before your eyes and Charlie sacrificing himself. It brought me to tears. It was wonderful.

Favourite Quote: DESMOND: I love you, Penny. I’ve always loved you. I’m so sorry. I love you!
PENNY: I love you too.
DESMOND: I don’t know where I am, but-
PENNY: I’ll find you, Des-
DESMOND: I promise-
PENNY: no matter what-
DESMOND: I’ll come back to you-
PENNY: I won’t give up-
BOTH: I promise. I love you.

Well. The week went by, and here we are with another LOST review. I’ll keep this one short, mainly because – the last twist aside – nothing really fundamental seemed to have happened. It’s a resolving of the whole pregnancy theme. Now all that’s left is Sun and we can all live happily ever after!

The Episode…

I’m glad we finally saw the end of the whole fugitive storyline. Kate is without a doubt the character I like least of all losties, and all of her flashbacks were not only boring but very irritating at times as well. In comparison, this flashforward was really, really good. We got a nice little plot twist at the end (which kind of screwed Claire – which is good as I’d really have a hard time deciding whether I like Claire less than Kate so it’s good that they decided for me), we got some more Evil Beardless Jack and a little info: eight survived the meta-crash, but two of them died. I smell a double homicide coming up, do you?

Every episode confirms my suspicions: Jack and Locke have both gone off their rocker. For Locke, this is very obvious because we don’t know his higher goals (which are perfectly understandable I am certain). For Jack, it’s more implicit. He has become unbelievably violent, but his ”darkest hour” only shows up in his flashforwards. I like what they’re doing to the two protagonists, it’s just a shame that people seem to think Jack is right and Locke is wrong, because it’s just not that simple. I’m quite curious to see where they’ll take it. Jack will return to the light, but will Locke? I can’t wait to find out!

I have the impression they make the Kate episodes especially for the housewives amongst the viewers. We got a tiny pile of mystery (eight survivers, Aaron, Faraday not remembering the cards, the disappearing of the helicopter, 2.3 million), but most of all, we were given a lot of Sawyer and Kate, Kate and Sawyer – filled with references to good ol’ Jacko. And, frankly, it’s really starting to grow a bit old. In the little world in my head Kate is meant to end up with Sawyer and Jack is meant to end up with Juliet. The other way around just wouldn’t work. Because we all remember that Kate can’t do taco night! It’s not that hard!

The Questions…

More mystery surrounding question the first. Just when we started to find out who got off the island, we know there’s two who supposedly explicitly did not. So… who got off the island just got a bit more complicated. The fourth question (”I’m sick of lying”) also was hinted at again. There’s a conspiracy, and Jack’s the enforcing lap dog. Most importantly: Question 3 has been solved! I didn’t see it coming, but I guess Kate didn’t have to return to Sawyer, a marshall or her exploding zombie father. She had to return to little baby Aaron. The fact that she is not Aaron’s mother aside, I find that very adorable. Question 7, however… I don’t want to go into that.

In all…

I liked this episode. But I’ll like it more when it’s out on DVD, because on it’s own, it was kind of uninteresting. Kind of like ”Stranger in a Strange Land” but with good flashes this time. It’s a nice
episode if you have access to the next one. It relieves your tension for a bit, and you can pay a lit less attention while it’s on. Maybe grab yourself a little bit of grub on the way. Next week’s episode is all about Desmond – so my hunch is right: this less Lostish episode is just a little preparation for something interesting…
Favourite Quote: ”She’s the very definition of a flight risk!”

Time flies by fast – especially if you have seen The Economist, the newest LOST episode. How was it? Read on to find out!

The Episode…

Sayid episodes always make me a bit twitchy. Maybe it’s because I find Naveen Andrews a bit of a disturbing actor (his obvious qualities aside). Maybe because they’re usually very boring (the cat flashback was cute, but insanely farfetched). Maybe because the Iraqi people don’t speak … Iraqi to one another, but English with a funny accent (which bugs me to a great extent, mostly because Jin and Sun never mimick English – English is English and Korean is Korean, what you hear is what you get). This episode, however, was different. And no, that is not just because the flashforward story takes place in Berlin.

Sayid’s apparently been transformed into Ben’s lap dog. I’m really glad they’re keeping up Ben as the evil mastermind. That’s taking the hard route – the easy route would have been to have him rethink his actions and change his ways. That’s not how Ben is though – in fact, he seems even more evil in season four than he did in season three. I love the little guy (even though he should lose the ridiculous glasses he was wearing in this episode’s final scene). I kind of figured Sayid was someone’s dog, but I thought it’d be Abaddon. Do I see two sides: Abaddon versus Linus?

One of the major revelations, one we had seen coming but was finally confirmed, was the one about time. Finally! Dan (who really seemed insane at a certain point – I’m convinced he’s an autist after this ep) requested a beacon, and when he got is, the clock inside was 31 minutes early. So, if I’m correct (and I’m usually not, because I suck at this reverse kind of logic), time’s passing slower on Monster Island. Could time travel be involved? Could this be why Ben had old pound notes in his drawer – notes that went out of circulation in 2001?

So, there go Sayid and Desmond. I’m surprised to see Desmond on that helicopter. I wonder what’s going to happen there: will he be one of the six? I always figured he wouldn’t be, but I’m open to surprises! The

The Questions…

Well, we now know four people that are part of the Oceanic Six. Hurley, Kate, Jack and now Sayid. I was surprised to see Sayid as one of them – I never thought him to be very interesting (although the last minutes of this episode made me change my mind). Another question that got hinted at – again – was the one about Jacob. While we don’t know who or what he/she/it is, we do know the cabin was gone. Did Locke get abandoned? Also, the Jack-Sawyer-Kate triangle got a bit of a punch: Kate’s starting to doubt whether Sawyer was the right choice. Sawyer wants to play house, Kate’s not interested. Although, she did “stay behind” in the end. But, LOST-style, I doubt that that’ll be the last word we hear about it. Maybe next week?

In all…

Not my favourite season 4 episode. I think it’s my favourite Sayid episode though. Enter 77 had a nice on-island story, but the flashback was dodgy. This one was great all around. Oh, and did I mention it had Berlin?

Favourite Quote: Hurley: “Locke said you were here to kill us. So are ya?”
Miles: “…Not yet.”

Did the week go that fast? It seemed like only yesterday when we saw “The beginning of the End”, the first episode of season 4. And now, after only having watched it again two more times, there’s a new episode already?! Slight hints of sarcasm aside, here’s what I thought about Episode 2 of Season 4, “Confirmed Dead”.

The Episode…

The story has come to a momentary standstill. This is kind of obvious, seeing how there’s not one, two or three, but four new people to be introduced. The victims are Daniel Faraday, Miles Strohm, Charlotte Lewis and Frank Lapidus. With the exception of Charlotte (who will, I think, be vital to the plot development later on) they’re wonderfully interesting. Daniel is a physicist, a “head case” – I think he has the form of Asperger’s (Autism) which causes you to be hyper intelligent but equally antisocial. Miles Strohm is what appears to be a twitchy medium with a foul mouth, very agitated and kind of a crook, but not really a crook. Charlotte Lewis is a postgraduate in archeology, and found aDharma Polar Bear (©1970 Dharma) in Tunesia. Friggin’ Tunesia! She also has a huge forehead. Last on the list is Frank Lapidus – the original pilot of Flight 815 who had to drop out due to… well, due to what actually? He has crazy eyes and a lovely little accent.

Why are they there? They’re there to rescue the losties, but 40 minutes later, we knew that was not the case. On the one hand, there’s Naomi’s picture of Desmond and Penny – so at first we thought it was Widmore. Then, it wasn’t Penny’s boat, so we were kind of in the blue. Then, we saw Naomi with Mr. Abbadon (“There were no survivers”). Ten minutes later, we know why they’re here: Benjamin Linus. Wonderful – I just knew he had more backstory to be uncovered. The question is: why are they on the island? Obviously, the four all had different ideas about it: be it physics, the dead, Dharma and Flight 815. Naomi, who apparently had the picture of Desmond and Penny and contacts with Abbadon, is I think the only one who can answer the question. That, and perhaps Benjamin Linus – the man with the man on their boat. My money’s on Charlotte!

The Questions…

Slow week for the questions. There’s no answer whatsoever. Only more questions: there are now four extra people to be in the coffn at the end of season 3. Poop.

In all…

The episode felt a bit slow, but really a lot happened. I can’t wait for next week’s episode, where they will finally incorporate the four new guys into the actualy storyline a bit more. I liked the first episode better, though – it showed the current evolution in a less disturbing way than this week’s episode. Current evolution? Well… LOST is starting scare me a bit. Because, in a way, the Losties have become the Others. Locke has a hostage. Sayid shot at Miles and Dan. Locke kills Naomi. Jack tries to kill Locke. They’re slowly becoming the “bad guys” and that’s something I’m finding honestly scary. Is it finally Lord of the Flies time on LOST?

On a lighter note: for those who hadn’t read yet: the strike’s over. Five more LOST episodes are coming!

Favourite Quote: Sayid: “So what do you do, Miles?”
Miles: “I collect soil samples.”

Finally, the day has come. It’s odd, but for me, it felt a bit like I was cheating: not seeing any LOST for nearly 8 months had truely led me to believe – in a shrew, psychological post-traumatic stress disorder kind of way – that “Through the Looking Glass”, the wonderful Season 3 finale, was the end of the series. And, in many ways, it could have been. The first chapter of the series was complete, the only thing that was left now… was The Beginning of the End. On to the review, which will as always be covered with spoilers.

The Episode…
Whoa. Who could honestly not be completely psyched after this episode? We got more flashforwards, we got an exciting new plot development, we got just about everything we wanted from a new LOST episode. I am honestly thrilled to see where this goes. We got what we have been waiting for for eight months: some new insight in the whole flashforward business. A message of mystery: apparently, Hurley was one of the “Oceanic Six”. Six people made it off the island, then. Who else, other than Kate, Jack and Hurley?

Another message of mystery, brought by the last person I’d expect to ever see again: Charlie. “They need you, Hurley”. What has happened prior to Hurley’s return to civilization? Why is Jack visiting Hurley? “Are you going to tell?” …Something’s rotten in those flashforwards, something stinks, and I can’t wait to find out what.

Meanwhile, on the island, we finally got the plot twist I had been waiting for for ages: a group break-up between Locke and Jack. And, honestly, I might be a Locke fan, but I have no clue who I would follow. Jack seems to have started his descent into darkness (a descent which will not stop until he is ready to jump off the flashforward bridge, I think), he keeps on talking about killing people (Ben and Locke, to be precise) and he twitches. A lot. He doesn’t seem to be a hero anymore, he’s slowly turning into a dictator. Locke, on the other hand, whose faith I have always admired, seems to have really gone of his rocker, jumped the shark, gone absolutely stinking mad. Neither of them seems to be the valid option. I’d be torn between Hurley (who I’d follow until the end of the world, I think) or Desmond (who is also a trustworthy person) – because they went seperate ways. Why did Desmond go with Jack? Doesn’t he believe Charlie?

Freaky things happened in this episode – I didn’t really expect this. I expected a very down-to-earth showing of the new plot elements, and that would be it. In that way, I have learned a lot – but also gained dozens of questions. Why did Charlie appear to Hurley? Why was he “dead, but also here”? Who is the freaky black guy who goes by the name of Matthew Abaddon? He’s a guest star, so he should be back for more episodes. Scary, scary person . I mean, look at those eyes! Furthermore, what’s up with Hurley’s visit to Jacob’s cabin? Or: Jacob’s visit to Hurley? We noticed the ash in “The Man Behind the Curtain” and all supposed Jacob was Ben’s prisoner, but this appears to be not exactly true, as Jacob’s cabin apparently fl oats around the island constantly. Maybe he can move the cabin but not himself? Also: there were two people in this cabin. And one of them… was Jack’s father. What?!

The Questions…

You might remember me creating a prediction post for LOST’s season 4. Well… not much has happened. We saw Jacob (question 5)… or something that resembles Jacob. Or whatever. Jacob might be the “it” that wants the Oceanic 6 to return. It might have summoned Charlie. We also heard something about Rousseau (question 9) in the form of “You’re not her father”. But… that doesn’t answer anything. A poor start for my ten questions everyone wanted to know the answer to!

In all…
In all, this episode had great pace: loads of questions, great plot development, nice dialogue… I have got a feeling that season 4 will be even better than season 3 – and I really hope I’m right. LOST could have a great influence on serialized television drama in terms of setting an end date to your story and planning ahead in a way that Lord of the Rings had that influence on serialized movies. Let’s see how it develops.

“I don’t think we did the right thing, Jack. I think it wants us to come back.”

It’s not long more now. On the 31st of January, LOST continues, and even though the WGA’s strike took away the last eight episodes, at least we can enjoy the first half of season four. I have noted down some predictions for this miniature season, and when it’s over in two months I will return to them and see what has changed. Beware for spoilers!

Previously on LOST

“Jack… you’re not supposed to do this.” Has rescue come for the Losties? They got in contact with the freighter who will get them off the island, and even though John Locke seems to have completely  flipped and gone the way of the Linus, we don’t care: rescue is coming! But what will this rescue bring along?

The last five minutes of the third season finale, however “Through the Looking Glass”, will without a doubt be what will be remembered. They will be embedded in our puny little minds for ages to come as the best so-called game changer moment in at least ten years of television. We got so used to the whole Flashback formula, that we didn’t see it coming, that they would get off the island, that the series would move into the future with Flashforwards, showing us what would happen… which, ultimately, does not seem good at all. At least not for Jack “We have to go back!” Shephard.

Shadows foreboding: what’s next?
Is this the beginning of the end for our Losties? Which questions will the story answer, and which ones will it pass on? Below, I have written down 10 questions, 10 questions I will hypothesize about. After the eight episode run, we’ll see how full of crap I really was. Obviously, these are all spoilers so don’t read them if you haven’t seen the three first seasons of LOST. Point to note: questions of which I’m 99 % positive that they won’t be answered, have not been included. This includes the usual ramblings about Libby, Richard, the monster…

Will we find out…

1. …if all the Losties got off the island? Yes, we will. I’m quite sure of it. Rescue’s coming to the island, we already know Jack and Kate are going to make it off. We’ll undoubtedly find out more about the fate of the other Losties.

2. …what’s up with Walt? Not entirely. My guess is that time travel is somehow involved in the island. The pieces
are there, but mostly have to do with Desmond, whose fate it has apparently become to crash on the
island (proof: Mrs. Hawkins, Mr. Widmore… who always told him what he was and what he was not).
What exactly is up with Walt and his mysterious aging… I don’t think we’ll find out right away. What’s
up with his psychic abilities, I’m sure will be explored later on as well.

3. …who Kate had to return to? Yes, we will. 100 % sure of it. I’ve got a hunch pointing more in the direction of a marshall than an abusive husband. We’ll see!

4. …what Jack meant by “I’m sick of lying”? Yes. Conspiracy. It had to happen sooner or later – Americans love their conspiracy theories. Let’s hope they don’t pull a Prison Break out of their asses, though.

5. …who or what Jacob is? No. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t hear from him/her/it at all over the course of the next eight episodes. More pressing matters are at hand, obviously.

6. …why Ben and Locke didn’t want Jack to place that call? Well… we already know Jack ends up miserable. Maybe they can see the future? This is pretty far-fetched, though. Well, maybe not for Locke: I still think that Locke, in looking into the eye of the island (= having seen the monster) saw the future (just like Mr. Eko who saw the past in it). Ben, not so much. But then again: he knows more about the island, and he knows what things threaten it. He didn’t seem to unhappy to keep it hidden from the outside world. Which leads us to the next question: why are the freighter people
coming, if not for our Losties?

7. …any definite answer to the Jack-Kate-Sawyer triangle? I don’t think they will, but apparently I am mistaken. Rumour has it one of the three is not going to make it off the island, and we would find out the (very definitive) reason in the next eight episodes. I don’t believe this rumour though.

8. …why Ben decided to purge the Dharma initiative? Yes. There’s a black hole begging to be uncovered.

9. …what’s up with Rousseau? Also, who is Annie? See what I did there? People call me stupid for thinking this, but I’m still convinced Annie (Ben’s childhood friend) and Danielle are one and the same person. I’m guessing she will have something to do with the purge. But then again, I’m not sure.

10. …who was in the coffin? At first, I thought it was Locke. Seemed like the most obvious person to be in there. After rewatching the episode, however, and seeing the newspaper’s transcript, my money’s on Michael. The article mentioned something about leaving behind a teenage boy… I’m quite sure we’ll find this out in the next batch of episodes. It won’t be important, though.

Well… the wait will soon be over – thank god! Then I’ll have 8 weeks of sweet, wonderful Lostness to bask in. And then… it’ll be a cold spring, summer and possibly fall..

Another episode that brought a tear to my eyes – something which is starting to get quite common as far as the story revolving around Jin and Sun goes. They’re this perfect tragic couple, and it’s the perfect love story. The wedding ring, and where she found it (in the sand with the raft’s bottle) was symbolism at its finest: don’t bury anything just yet.

Not all is well, though. Jin is now one of those who has seen them, these Others. We witnessed them too, through his eyes. They were barefoot, and were dragging along a teddy bear. Are we dealing with a band of cavemen or is the island a gathering spot for pedophiles and kidnappers? Are they running around with teddy bear as bait for Walt, who they might have lost in the jungle? Time will tell!

I’m starting to grow fond of Mr. Eko. He’s an enigmatic character, not quite unlike Locke – his character could very well develop into anything. Of all LOST characters (Locke excluded), he is the one who speaks in riddles the most. “Are you married”, Jin asked in his one-word sentence. “Worse”, Eko answers. What could be worse than being married? Being divorced? Also, hats off for Sun for delivering a priceless range of emotions during this episode, ranging from tearing apart her garden in despair to looking for Vincent the dog… once again in despair. This was one of those little funny moments that makes LOST such a wonderful little show.

Favourite Quote: Locke: I’m not lost any more.
Sun: How did you do that?
Locke: The same way anything lost gets found – I stopped looking.

White Rabbit. The first episode which refers to Alice in Wonderland, and certainly not the last. This is also the first Jack-centered episode, in which we find out what he was doing on that plane: returning from Sydney to Los Angeles, with a coffin containing the corpse of his father, Christian Shephard.

Am I the only one completely freaked out by Jack’s dad? Dare I say more: am I the only one who dares to say that Christian Shephard seems like a more interesting character than his son? Mystery loomed around Christian, both off the island (“You don’t have what it takes”) and on the island (where’s his body?). Also, why was he wearing white sneakers on the island? A bold fashion choice, or something more? It boggles the mind…

Meanwhile, on the island, the little bit of rationed water that remained for Team Beach has gone missing. I didn’t find this that interesting, mainly because it was impossible to figure out who it was, much like your basic Agatha Christie novel. Boo for Boone, who always seems to want to take matters into his own hands but ends up screwing things up. Imagine this: without Jack, we’d have a Rose with a pen down her throat.
I’m starting to see a bit of a problem here, a little pattern emerging. I’m not going to be the world’s biggest Jack fan. Jack’s the hero, and I’m not really a hero person. But I guess Americans dig him. Maybe they added Locke especially for the European viewers? Anyway, real hero-wise, Jack took up his crown at the end of the episode (nudged towards it in a wonderfully inspiring but equally confusing scene with John Locke) and spoke the famous words that would lead Team Beach to victory and salvation: “If we can’t live together, we’re going to die alone”. Sorry Jack, but you didn’t make my favourite quote section this week. Thanks for participating!
Favourite Quote: Locke: “I’ve looked into the eye of this Island, and what I saw was beautiful.”

Before having seen this episode, I liked LOST. After having seen this episode, I knew it was going to be out of this world. In fact, it already was. They placed something right under your nose, and then yanked away the curtains, making a revelation that brings along dozens of new questions. Absolutely brilliant – this episode is surely one of the best in the series.
As you might have already guessed from the end of the last episode, this is an episode that’s all about Locke, who was apparently in a wheel chair for four years before deciding to join up on a Walkabout tour in Australia, then ended up being not allowed and headed back to L.A. on Flight 815 to then crash onto the island, discovering all feeling had returned to his toes and that he could walk again. Feeling he had gotten a second chance, he seizes the day and acts like he is a God on the Island. Terry O’Quinn, who is performing John Locke’s part, is a genius.

The episode was filled to the brim with tiny little moments, which some would consider fillers, but which I consider wonderful little bits and pieces which makes an ensemble show like LOST feel alive. The scene where Hurley and Charlie went fishing with all due consequences was hilarious, and the little scenes in between with Rose – who refuses to believe her husband is dead – and Jack were acted out brilliantly.

What did John Locke see, when he saw the monster? Why would he lie to Michael about it? Why would he not tell anyone about being a paraplegic for four years? Mystery surrounds this guy, and I just know the best is yet to come.

Favourite Quote: Locke: “Hey, hey, don’t you walk away from me. You don’t
know who you’re dealing with! Don’t ever tell me what I can’t do, ever! This is destiny. This is destiny.
This is my destiny. Listen, I’m supposed to do this, damn it! Don’t tell me what I can’t do! Don’t tell
me what I can’t…!”