Episode 4.07: Ji Yeon (Sun/Jin-centric)
Airdate: March 13, 2008
02/23 - Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun
threatens to move to Locke's camp. Meanwhile, Sayid and Desmond begin
to get an idea of the freighter crew's mission when they meet the
****p's Captain. Guest starring are...Grant Bowler as Captain Gault...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Gault
"Captain Gault is a fictional sea captain created by English writer
William Hope Hodgson. Many of the Captain Gault stories were collected
in the book Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-
Captain, published in 1917.
Captain Gault seems to be a captain for hire, and operates a different
****p in each of the stories. Some take place in England, some in the
United States, some in Havanna, and some in Europe. Gault himself is a
morally ambiguous character who follows the pattern of many famous
fictional criminals: although a law-breaker (he seems primarily
interested in making money), he proves also to have a strict moral
code. As the series progresses, we learn tantalizing bits of
information about Captain Gault: he seems to be highly placed in a
secret society; he has occult knowledge about arcane religious
artifacts; he seems to be very knowledgeable about gemstones; he is a
skilled amateur painter. In general, he reveals himself to have
surprising resevoirs of specialized knowledge. Where he got all this
knowledge is generally not revealed; we get only these tantalizing
hints at the character's past.
The Captain Gault stories tend to follow several patterns. Most of the
stories are about smuggling, usually involving a great deal of
cleverness; often the plot centers around information that is known to
Captain Gault but not provided to the reader. There is usually some
kind of misinformation or even play-acting performed for the
misdirection of customs officials. Sometimes the deception is in
sleight-of-hand; sometimes it is in the Captain's choice of hiding
place (which may be in plain sight). In many of the stories the
customs officials or other law-enforcement personnel involved are told
about the plot. Sometimes Gault's own confidants are fed
misinformation so that they can reveal it, as part of the deception.
The stories usually end with a smug Captain Gault explaining the plot,
sometimes over dinner, and sometimes by letter.
[In one story]... Captain Gault is revealed to be a member of a secret
society, perhaps based on Freemasonry."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Hodgson
"William Hope Hodgson (November 15, 1877 - April 1918) was an English
author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short
fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including
horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction...
While away at sea, in addition to his exercises with weights and with
a punching bag, Hodgson also practiced his photography, taking
photographs of cyclones, lightning, sharks, aurora borealis, and the
maggots that infested the food given to sailors..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Hodgson%27s_Short_Stories#.22Through_the_Vortex_of_a_Cyclone.22
"Through the Vortex of a Cyclone"
A four-masted ****p is absorbed by a terrible cyclone storm; an
excellent example of the fight between man and nature...the story
begins among the quiet waters of the ocean beneath clear and blue sky,
but gradually far horizon is getting darker, strange noises are heard,
then the ****p is plunged into the monstrous hurricane. Then, when they
are exactly in the Vortex (the center of the cyclone), they fire an
old pistol loaded with a flash-dust and they see the legendary
Pyramidal Sea, a sea raised to a high water-hills, while the cry of
the cyclone is circulating around them in a distance of several tens
of miles...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_the_Borderland
"The House on the Borderland"
(A most interesting and creepy plot summary. Hodgson was an influence
on H.P. Lovecraft.)
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