5x13 Some Like It Hoth: Recap

We decided to give ourselves a little vacation from blogging for Easter week. But now we’re back with our regularly scheduled recap and (coming soon!) ginger ale talk.

In tonight’s episode: “All about Miles”

In flashbacks:

Little boy Miles is off the island with his mother, who is trying to find an apartment. She informs the landlord her husband is out of the picture, and it’s just her and her young son, who wanders over to another apartment in the complex, senses a dead body that tells him where the hide-a-key is, enters the apartment, and yells for his mother. He claims the body is still talking to him, saying his chest hurts, and calling out for a woman the landlord identifies as his wife, who died in the previous year.

Young adult Miles (with piercings galore) visits his sick (and it appeared on chemo?) mother. He asks her why he is the way he is, and about his father. She tells him his father wanted nothing to do with them, and died a long time ago. His body is in a place he can never go.

Adult Miles visits a man who wants to talk to his dead son. He tells Miles his son’s ashes were spread, and Miles reacts negatively. He agrees to try anyway, for more money. The man agrees, and asks Miles if his son knew he loved him. Miles sits with the man, holding his hands, and tells him his son knew that he loved him. While leaving, Miles is stopped by Naomi and she tells him her employer wants to hire him. She suggests going to a nearby restaurant. The restaurant is empty, but there is a dead body in the kitchen. Miles “talks” to the body, and learns that the man was bringing Charles Widmore pictures of empty graves and a purchase order for an airplane. Naomi tells Miles Widmore will pay 1.6 million for Miles to go to the island.

Later Miles is grabbed by a group of men in a van who try to convince him he is on the wrong side, and working for Widmore will not bring him what he needs. The man asks Miles “What lies in the shadow of the statue?” and Miles does not know the answer. The man asks Miles to come with him, and he will bring him answers. When Miles refuses (after asking for 3.2 million) he is thrown out of the car, and the man tells him he is playing for the wrong team.

On the island:
Sawyer and Kate head back from dropping off Ben. Kate goes to talk to Juliet, and they are interrupted by Roger, bringing things for his son, who he notices is missing. Juliet puts on a strong act, saying she left him only for a few minutes. Roger leaves angry. Sawyer contacts Miles, and tells him to erase the tapes that show him taking Ben.

Later Roger is on the swing set, and Kate joins him. She tells him how sure she is that Ben is okay. Roger (now drunk) grows suspicious, and believes Kate had something to do with Ben’s disappearance. He later encounters Jack in the schoolhouse, where Jack is erasing a lesson on Egypt (from a quick glance, it looked to be early, middle, and late Egyptian?). Roger tells Jack of his suspicions about Kate, and Jack strongly supports Kate, and intimidates Roger a bit.

Before Miles can finish erasing the tapes, Horace gives him a black bag and tells him he needs him to meet with Radzinsky on an area of the island that is considered Hostile territory. He tells him to pick up a package from Radzinsky, and is careful about telling him he is now in a circle of trust. Miles drives out to meet Radzinsky, who meets him with a gun. Two men walk out from the woods with a body. The men put the body in the bag Miles brought, and send him back to Horace. In the van, Miles “talks” to the body. When he gets back, Horace tells Miles to take the body to the Orchid, to Pierre Chang. Miles resists, but goes. Hurley is loading up his van with food, and insists on accompanying him. On the trip over Hurley smells something, and rummages through the trunk to find the body. Miles explains that the man was digging a hole when a filling in his tooth came out and drove through his brain.

Miles and Hurley meet with Pierre, where Hurley watches the numbers being added to the hatch door (the serial number). Pierre is angry Hurley came along, threatens Hurley with Hydra duty if he tells. Miles admits Pierre is his father, that he left and had no interest in him, and that when he “talks” to dead people it’s really just a sensation of who the person was. Hurley (obviously) has a different experience with dead people. Hurley, in the car with Pierre and Miles, tries to get them to interact, and unsuccessfully pushes them to have a beer together. While dropping off the van, Hurley admits to Miles that his father left when he was 10, but he forgave him and it was the best thing he could have done. Also, Hurley is writing Empire Strikes back to save George Lucas some time. Awesome.

Miles takes a walk by the Chang residence, to see Pierre playing with 3 month old him. He looks happy. Pierre gets a phone call, and walks outside. He calls to Miles, saying he needs him. Miles goes off with him. They greet scientists coming in from Ann Arbor on the submarine, one of which is Faraday (WOO!!!).

Meanwhile Jack is talking to Juliet (and later Sawyer) about how Roger suspects Kate. He says his piece, Sawyer thanks him (and is more than a little stressed out) and Jack leaves. Phil walks up to the porch to greet Sawyer, with the un-erased tape of him taking Ben. He tells Sawyer he knows it was him. Sawyer invites him inside, knocks him out, and asks an unfazed Juliet to grab some rope.

Next week: All about Faraday!

Written by Susan
Pictures courtesy of: Lost-Media.com