Ana Lucia Makes It To The Merge

Last night's episode of Lost got me thinking that this was just the Survivor episode from hell.  Wouldn't Mark Burnett just kill (whoops, bad analogy) for a cast like this!

When we rounded the the corner and ended up in the same place where we finished last week... I half expected Jeff Probst to pop out from behind Sayid and the dying Shannon and yell out "C'mon in Guys" to Ana Lucia & crew.

At one point last evening, I was thinking... shouldn't these people be happier?!  They've made it to the merge!  After watching Survivor, the ONE thing I do know is that you want to make it to the merge!   Granted on the island of Lost  when the "tribe has spoken" one is not exactly whisked off to a nice hotel for some food and a shower.  Take this picture for instance.... Ana Lucia wins the immunity challenge... but something appears to have gone terribly awry!  Ouch!

But all the signs were there for a tribal merge.  One tribe has been fairly decimated... there was the unexpected tribe switcheroo with Sawyer, Jin, and Michael joining the other tribe for a bit.  Where will their loyalties lie when they return to camp?  We even had the surprise double-elimination with the disappearance of Cindy and the Shannon "oops" moment ahead of the merge.

So the dynamics of the merged tribe should be interesting.  Ana Lucia has likely sufficiently pissed off Sayid.... so that should make the whole Bobby Jon/Jamie Guatemalan "in your face" rivalry look like a couple of school boys fighting on the playground.  Then we have what I assume will be a juicy Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Ana Lucia love triangle square... and who is not looking forward to the reunion of Rose and Bernard!

As Probst would snarkily say at the end of a tribal council... it looks like these folks have a lot of issues to work through... now grab your torches and head back to camp!

Comments

[Gail]

I can't wait to see how this all turns out; but don't forget that first Jack will be torn between saving Sawyer or saving Shannon. Who has the better chance for survival? Or is it already too late for Shannon? (Poor Sayid just can't seem to hold on to his women.) I have no doubt that Michael's, Jin's and Sawyer's loyalties lie with the original "tribe". They haven't exactly warmed up to Ana Lucia.