LOST 5×06 316 — SPOILERS
February 22, 2009 · Print This Article
It took me awhile to get to watch this episode with moving to Florida from Japan and all, so I didn’t exactly watch this episode as I usually do. This episode felt like a cream-cicle to me. It was creamy and smooth and dream like, and just went on its way by itself like it didn’t know people were watching it.
WHAT I LIKED:
- The whole pendulum room, the Lampost
- Desmond saying “brother” again
- Hurley bringing Charlie’s guitar with him
- John’s note to Jack
- Sayid not getting a chance to say a word about his arrest
- Faraday’s mother’s voice
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
- No one asking been how he got injured (trying to kill Penny?)
- the abruptness to the feel of this episode…boom, they are back on the island? Come on!
- Ben can return to the island? Thought he couldn’t?
- Kate pounding Jack then being distant
- The weird feel to this episode
I haven’t read the comments below about this ep. All I have is a one-word description from the Can, “bizarre.”
I bet Jin can speak fluent English now.
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Straight into this episode- I thought I’d missed something. It was a real disconnect- were they on the island? Had I some-how gotten a copy of episode 7 or 8?
Of course- not. They just jumped things forward- and since I was expecting them to drag this whole thing out for the whole season, I’m very glad they sped things forward- while leaving plenty of new questions to flash back/forward to.
Things to Like-
-Ben to Jack: “My mother taught me.”
-Dude telling Jack- “Condolences”. Clearly a new bad guy.
-Lamp-post station- though was waiting the whole time for someone to get whacked by the pendulum.
-Did Ben kill Penny?
-Jack asks Mrs. Hawking- ‘Is he lying?’ about Ben. She says- “Probably”.
-Ben to Jack- “You tell me, Jack. You’re the one who got to stay after school”.
Things to dislike-
-Maybe too big a jump forwards.
Hmm. Can’t think much else to say. I liked it, has me hungry for more. Good episode. Vote- 4 out of 5.
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Jason Collin Reply:
February 24th, 2009 at 12:18 AM
I had the same feeling, like, did I miss an episode? It did seem all of a sudden for them to be back on the island and back in business there.
The after school line was good.
I’d vote it only 3 out of 5 stars though.
Ah, and I was waiting for the pendulum to whack someone too!
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Mike hit it on the head. Very cool episode. I’d go as far as to give it a 4.5 of 5.
I especially liked
- The realization that a story about how they make up their minds to go back or not was not very interesting
- New room for flashbacks
- Sayid in chains instead of Kate (Anna Lucia’s relative?)
- Hurley with Charlie’s guitar
- Lepidus
- The Penny question
- The Aaron question (Kate ditches her “son” and sleeps with Jack!)
- John’s letter
- The double meaning of John as a proxy for Christian
- Condolences guy–a red herring?
- Ben praying
- The reveal at the end with Jin
Possibly didn’t like:
- The jump was big
- The buildup seems over-complicated compared to how they get back
- Ray. Either he should have gone with Jack or there shoulda been another item. Thought there would be some importance about a 3rd gen of Shephards
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Jason Collin Reply:
February 24th, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Ah, good point. There should have been something more significant about Jack’s grandfather. Maybe there will be?
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Just watched 5×07. Another 4 star episode. A little too condensed but I really liked it.
Will comment once you’ve seen it.
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