"Some Like It Hoth" (Lost Thoughts)

So finally a Miles episode and it was completely awesome as it should be. We got confirmation that Dr. Pierre Chang is Miles' dad like we already suspected.


Off-Island: At the beginning of the episode, Lil'Miles' mom is looking for an apartment and Miles is looking around and hears someone so he investigates and finds a dead man. He yells for his mom who comes and he tells her he can still hear him. Later, when Miles is older, he visits his mom who is dying and asks her about his dad and how come he is the way he is and she tells him that his dad kicked them out and didn't care about them. But later we see evidence of something different. Anyway, he asked where his dad is buried, I guess thinking he can get answers from him but his mom tells him his dad is somewhere he can't go.

Still later, we see Miles doing his spirit business and tells a dad, Howard Gray, that his son always knew he loved him and the man is happy to know this. Afterwards, Naomi approaches him and offers him 1.6 million to come to the island where his gift will be useful to them. So, of course, Miles agrees. Then he is kidnapped by Bram of "what lies in the shadow of the statue" fame who asks him not to help Widmore but Miles is only interested in money. Bram tells him that he (Bram) is working for the winning team and Miles is playing for the wrong team and tosses him out of the van. Miles goes back to visit Howard Gray to tell him he should have told his son he loved him when he was alive if he wanted the son to know.

Island 1977: Kate and James come back from giving Lil'Ben to Richard Alpert. James tells Miles to erase the surveillance tape but before he can, Horace comes in and takes him into the "circle of trust" and asks him to pick up a package from Radzinsky. It turns out to be a body and Miles finds out what happened which was the guy's filling was yanked by a force out of his head and exited through his forehead! Radzinksy tells him to bring the body to Horace who tells him to bring it to Dr. Chang. Miles picks up Hurley, accidentally, who finds out about the body and guesses about Miles' ability, but it is okay because Hurley too talks to dead people and even plays chess with them. (LOL) So at the Orchid, Dr. Chang is unhappy by Hurley's presence and Hurley calls him a "douche" and Miles says that is his father, like we didn't already know.

Then they take Dr. Chang to Radzinsky at the Swan's construction site and Hurley is asking Dr. Chang questions about his family who has a 3 month old son named Miles. Dr. Chang is mildly interested in our Miles but doesn't put 2 and 2 together and come up with Asian son named Miles. Then at the Swan, Miles and Hurley witness the hatch getting its serial number which are the numbers. Later Hurley tells Miles about his own dad and how it was good they made up. Mile sees Dr. Chang reading a book about polar bears to his 3 month old son (so cute!) and gets a little chocked up. Dr. Chang gets a phone call and comes out and tells Miles he needs him. Miles responds with a hopeful "You do?" and then takes Dr. Chang out to the pier where a sub full of Ann Arbor scientists is docked. And one of them is Daniel Faraday! Da Dum!

There was also a plot B about Roger who suddenly gives a crap about his son and takes to blaming Kate cause she is dumb and accidentally gives too much away by being caring. And Roger learns that Jack is taller than him as Jack steps up to him to tells him to leave Kate alone and he is drunk. But Roger is suspicious so that does not bode well.

So the cryptic comment that Faraday was not there was literal because I was thinking maybe mentally he was not there. Also more daddy issues for the show.
I'm thinking that shadow of the statue (SotS) people are some sort of island cult thing. And they live off-island but are back to protect the island from all the shenanigans going on and they don't work for Widmore or Ben. Also they are pissing me off.