My take on Juliet

[spicedogs]

I am still going to do a review with pictures. Until I gather all the screen caps I want to use, I have to get this little tidbit off my brain.


Juliet:

OK, here's my take on Juliet. She is an idiot. Why? Because she accepted to go to a remote island with the men who were responsible for making sure that a bus would kill her ex-husband. Now, I don't know about you, but I personally would steer away from people who have such power and are not afraid to use it. It's like marrying someone from the Mob. But Juliet, despite being a brilliant researcher, is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

So, she follows these people who can control her life even more than her ex-husband could have (what a moron), finds herself on a remote island, is seduced by the leader (hey, I wouldn't mind being seduced by him), and helps him raise the daughter he stole from Danielle. (Alright, the seduction part, the raising of the child together , and stealing her from Danielle are drawn from my imagination, which, when it comes to LOST, is amazingly fertile.)

Here’s my conjecture:

Juliet becomes a nuisance. She raises Alex to think for herself. (Something that appears to be prohibited on that island.) She pisses her lover (husband, or whatever Ben is to her) and is forbidden to leave the island. (Hey Juliet, you moron, you should have seen that coming when you met Ethan and the other guy back in Miami.)

Alex is now a rebel, thanks to Juliet. Ben is angry at Juliet for teaching Alex free will. Juliet wants out. Ben is a mean SOB (no, folks, I have not stopped liking him, but it is true that he is a SOB, a lovable SOB) and says "no" to her freedom.

Ben gets sick. He needs an operation. Juliet sees it as her key to freedom: Kill Ben and everything will be fine.

Juliet, you ought to read the newspapers. We have an astronaut in the United States who was thinking along the same lines as you. Guess what? Her life is now hell.

Ben finds out that Juliet wants to kill him. He makes a deal: Let me live, and you’ll be deported back to your home. Yeah, baby. Juliet, you are dumb. Ben will get better, and you will go to jail. Ben is not that dumb.

Capture taken from the promotion for "Flashes Before Your Eyes"

And according to a capture I obtained from the next episode "Flashes Before  Your Eyes," you are arrested. You, fool.

Oh, I love LOST.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't say that she's a complete idiot, I think that she was at a very vunerable point and that makes us do stupid things sometimes.

Maybe she became attracted to their offer of the illusion of total freedom to do what she wanted for her research. All the funding you need, all the equipment, etc. Sounds a little too good to be true but she was in that state where she seemed almost in awe by what was coming her way.

As for her future, the picture above says alot. I think that her storyline and Jack's will run together. They both betrayed Ben and that may mean for some trouble. We'll have to see, but I'd like to learn more about Juliet.

Besides....How did she get to be this strong? Before coming to the island, she was a weak, easily influenced woman who now speaks softly but carries a strong stick.

Katie

www.katiescrazyride.com

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Katie you are right. We don't know what the underlying reason for accepting the assignment was. It could have been duress. She could have thought, "Hey, these men are willing to kill my ex-husband; what could they do to me." But I look upon this essay as a satirical view of Juliet's character.

Now, what will the future bring them. Will they be in the cages that Sawyer and Kate were. Will they consummate their lust for each other? Wow, inquiring minds want to know so much.

And, yes, I, too, would love to learn how this weak woman became so strong.

[oz-vampy-chick.livejournal.com]

Wow, i'm now intrigued! LOST doesn't air here in the UK till Sunday! I really want to know what's happening :(
But all you've said, makes me so interested! And so much for promising myself that i wouldn't read anything spoilerish!

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Gina, just remember that most of what I wrote are just my theories. However, the episode was awesome. Have fun watching it.

[squeaktastic.livejournal.com]

Watching Lost with my boyfriend is always mildy distracting. Did I miss the backstory on her sister? It looked as though she had cancer, but why would that prevent her from having a baby? What was so special about this woman that she couldn't conceive, and therefore it would be miraculous for her to do so?

I am confuuuused!

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

We have not learned why a woman who seems to have cancer wants to conceive so badly. Chemo is known to harm a fetus. In fact, none of your questions were even touched upon. We just have to watch it in good faith. It is a TV story. It will have flaws, but I still love it. And I think this one really lived up to LOST's reputation.

[(Anonymous)]

I also wonder how Ben will take it if Jack and Juliet do hook up. I get the feeling he was the one who liked the other more.

Katie

www.katiescrazyride.com

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Is she actually being arrested in that pic?

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

It sure looks like it.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I wonder if she goes back home and then is arrested.

[boheme06.livejournal.com]

I need to see the episode again but oh damn. Juliet is a fool. your whole first paragraph was my immediate thoughts.

[twisk.livejournal.com]

I got the point ^_^

Though I also don't think we have actually seen the reason she accepted (willingly or under preassure ) to go to the island - or rather some place she didn't knew nothing about. The scene with ex-husband killed by the bus I think was mostly made to show how much power these people have and what they can do to obtein what they want. But it wasn't shown that she really accepted to go by the end. Who knows, maybe they just thretened her sister, knowing all about her anyway or something else what made Juliet say yes.