"Some Like It Hoth" (Season 5, Episode 13)

Lost and Star Wars. Two of my favorite things. I have a blog dedicated to one and a room in my house dedicated to the other. I know, I'm a geek. But who's more of a geek: the guy who writes a blog based on a TV show or the people who read it? Then again, there is that Star Wars room, so I guess I take the prize. On to last night's episode. . .

Best Line (Star Wars-related, of course)

• "And let's face it, Ewoks suck, dude." Hurley to Miles after a Star Wars analogy on the importance of father and son relationships.
  

Did You Notice?

• We can add little Miles to our growing cast of characters with younger selves (Ben, Ethan, Sayid). Maybe the producers should go the Muppet Babies route and create a Saturday morning show with these children? Dharma Street? (Smokey Monster says today's show is brought to you by the letter L and the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42.) The Electro-Magnetism Company? (HEY, YOU OTHERS!) Mr. Albert's Neighborhood? (It's a beautiful day in the underground temple.)
  
• The extra key to apartment 4 is hidden under a white rabbit statue. "Alice in Wonderland" reference?
• So the Orchid Station was built in territory belonging to the Hostiles.
• What events led to the breakdown of the Chang family?
  
• The songs heard in the Dharma van are "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond (released in 1972) and "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tennille (released as a cover in 1975).
• Hurley's question about how to spell "bounty hunter" is obviously a reference to Boba Fett from "The Empire Strikes Back".
• Abbott and Costello. Ren and Stimpy. Miles and Hurley. Great comedic pairings.
• Alvarez's filling being pulled through his head was apparently the result of the electro-magnetism.
  
• As previously suspected, Miles is the son of Dr. Chang.
  
• Yet another alias for Pierre Chang/Marvin Candle/Mark Wickmund/Edgar Hallifax: Douche, as in "That douche is my dad."
• Miles' reading of dead Felix leads us to believe that Widmore did fake the crash site of Oceanic Flight 815 as previously explained to Michael by Tom, supported by the photos of empty graves and a purchase order for a plane.
• Miles was hired by Widmore through Naomi to read the final thoughts of the Dharma dead killed by Ben in the Purge.
  
• Lots of notes on Ancient, Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian on the school room blackboard that Jack is (symbolically?) erasing.
• Miles' look when he finds out his father likes country music is priceless.
  
• Bram in the van of men that snatch Miles is one of the three men we previously saw helping Ilana on the beach with the guns. Once again, the code (?) phrase of "What lies in the shadow of the statue" is spoken.
• The $3.2 million (double what Naomi offered him) that Miles asks for from Bram answers why this was the amount he demanded of Ben when Miles first encountered him on the island in order to tell Widmore that Ben was dead.
• Bram's comment to Miles about being on the "wrong team" goes back to Widmore's statement to Locke about the upcoming war and being on the right side. So they are not working for Widmore based on Bram's comments. Are they Ben's people or maybe even Ms. Hawking's?
• I presume one of the "couple of improvements" Hurley was making to "The Empire Strikes Back" was that Chewbacca fired on and successfully destroyed the probe droid as opposed to how it actually happened, which was that Han Solo was responsible while Chewie looked on. (I told you I was a geek.)
  
• The book Chang was reading to baby Miles was titled "Me and My Polar Bear".
  
• So did Faraday leave on the sub in 1974 when the others stayed and is just coming back in 1977, three years later? Has he been at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, headquarters this whole time?
  

The Numbers - 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 16 23 42 108
(Only one number reference last week but lots this week!)

• The time on the microwave in the apartment Miles' mother rents is 3:16 (same as the Ajira flight number).
• The landlord wants 2 months of rent up front.
• Young Miles goes into Apartment 4.
• Sawyer asks Miles to erase the tape from security camera 4.
• Horace tells Miles to go to grid 334.
• Juliet tells Roger she was only gone from Ben's side for 10 minutes.
• Naomi offers Miles 1.6 million dollars to go to the island.
• Chang says his son is 3 months old.
• The serial number of the Hatch is (naturally) 4 8 15 16 23 42.
• Hurley says he was 10 when his dad left.
  

Previews - Next week will be a recap of the fifth season so far. "Lost: The Story of the Oceanic 6" will review the lives of the characters since Ben turned the frozen donkey wheel. Then in two weeks, we have the 100th episode, "The Variable" which is being compared to "The Constant". Makes sense.