the blast door map

ack! are you kidding me, more michael? more arzt? they should give arzt his own spinoff show that takes place entirely behind the scenes of the main action. if only arzt was as interesting as rosencrantz and guildenstern.

well here was our chance to humanize arzt, and i don't think this does a very good job of it. it makes him look like even -more- of a loser. to put him in sydney for a blind match.com date is just beyond hokey. this was a chance to make him real, well, as real as daniel roebuck could attempt to make him, but still, it was a chance.

i had forgotten that part of arzt's original story arc was to warn of impending monsoons, pushing michael to get the raft built faster. so this scene at least does more than the last 'missing pieces,' it undermines information previously thought to be important.

in any case, there's a fun retcon: the jar with the insect ties him to the convenient 'insect-collecting' plot point in expose. also, there's another debbie downer "waaa waaaaahhhh" moment when arzt says he'll be there waiting for michael when he gets back. i'm sure michael was real bent out of shape when he found out arzt was pureed. maybe that will be next week's 'missing pieces.'