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Episodes: Reviews
5.9 Namaste
Jack: "What do you think?" Kate: "I think we should listen to Sawyer." Hurley: "I vote for not camping." This episode felt like part two of "LaFleur." It was a "getting us from there to here" type of episode. Nothing wrong with that. It was still fun to watch. Jack used to be the leader and the doctor, while Sawyer was just a con man who was good with a gun. Now Sawyer is head of security, in control of his life, an intellectual quoting Winston Churchill, and Jack is nothing. Sawyer made cutting (and possibly well-deserved) comments about Jack's leadership style, too. Did Sawyer just use his advantage to make his romantic rival a janitor? Yes, the recruitment of a new doctor would be harder to fake, but wouldn't Jack be better suited to, well, pretty much anything else? (For a moment, I thought Juliet was going to sabotage Kate, too, but it's hard to believe that Juliet would be that mean to anyone. Then again, she did try to talk Jack into killing Ben a couple of seasons ago, didn't she?) Sawyer, Juliet, Miles and Jin have integrated into the Dharma Initiative. I can't imagine it'll be all that easy to insert three more people. Especially Jack, who won't accept his new career without a fight. And that love quadrangle isn't going to just go away. Although if everyone would just act like a grown-up about it, Kate and Jack could move in together and go play canasta with Sawyer and Juliet every Friday night. I think the biggest problem is going to be teenage Ben. (And is he creepy, or what?) I assume that young Ben is already flirting with the Others, just from the way he was acting. Will he try to break Sayid out? (Maybe there's a file in that sandwich.) Or does Ben know that Sayid isn't really a hostile? The Losties all know what Ben is going to do someday; I can't believe they won't at least *try* to stop the massacre of all those people, no matter what Faraday said. And Christian is apparently about to show Sun and Frank how to get to 1977. What will happen when they show up? Nowhere to hide. There won't be another batch of recruits for six months. Why were the Oceanic Five separated at all? Why did Sun end up in 2007 with Ben and the passengers from coach? For that matter, why did Locke end up there as well? If it were just Ben, I'd think it was because there couldn't be two of him in one place. But that doesn't explain Sun and Locke. I loved Sun whacking Ben with an oar; definitely my favorite moment in the entire episode, even though I could see it coming. Maybe it's just Ben's destiny to go through life with injuries. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Character bits: -- Whose story was this? There really was no specific emphasis on any one character. For awhile there, I thought it would be Frank, whose valiant effort to land flight 316 reminded me of the Miracle on the Hudson. -- I loved that Hurley put on a sleep mask as the plane started to shake. He truly didn't want to see what happened. But really. Who would do that? -- We finally met Radzinsky, Inman's Hatch partner who was mentioned in "Live Together, Die Alone." Radzinsky created the invisible map on the hatch door, and edited the Orientation film. And killed himself, if I remember correctly. Radzinksy is nasty and obnoxious. Not much of an improvement on Patchy. -- Amy and Horace named their new baby Ethan. So much for that little mystery. [And it's been pointed out to me that future Ethan is an Other, not Dharma. Reinforcing my theory that Amy is an undercover Other.] -- As she regained consciousness after the crash, Ilana said the name "Sarah." The only Sarah I know of so far in the story is Jack's ex-wife. It's probably not her. [And it's been pointed out to me that she probably said "Jarrah," not Sarah. Ah, well. I do make mistakes.] -- A lot of us have theorized that Miles was Dr. Pierre Chang's baby. We don't know what's going on with Miles, so I suppose it could still be true. Uncomfortable for him, though, if he has to avoid his parents and younger self. If he's been born yet. -- Faraday was mentioned, but Sawyer said he was gone. In the season opener, Faraday was working with Dr. Chang when the Wheel was discovered. Has that happened yet? If it hasn't, then the baby, whoever it is, hasn't been born yet, either. -- Phil the security guy is very nosy. They'd all better watch themselves around him. -- In this week's hair report, Jack's hair is longer than it's ever been. It makes him look different, somehow. -- As they were reunited, Sawyer called Hurley "Kong" almost immediately, and then backtracked and fondly called him Hugo. And he *didn't* call Kate "Freckles." He also called Radzinsky "Quick Draw." Very appropriate, considering how gung ho Radzinsky was with the guns. Bits and pieces: -- As 316 was crashing, you could hear "4 8 15 16 23 42" over the radio. Is that right? Wasn't it turned off? -- The Dharma security code for the hostiles is "14J." -- The new recruits were greeted with "Ride, Captain, ride upon your mystery ship." How appropriate. -- One of the TV monitors at the Flame was running The Muppet Show. -- Hurley's Dharma jumpsuit had the word "chef" on it. Kate's said "motor pool," so she'll be working with Juliet. There's a car crash waiting to happen. -- There were whispers for Sun and Frank right before Christian showed up, backlit so you couldn't see his sneakers. We've seen Christian so many times now that he almost feels like a normal guy. Yes, it's just Jack's dead father walking and talking, nothing to see here, move along. -- The Swan is being built. Radzinsky had plans and models in the Flame. And he was upset that a hostile might have seen them. -- Even though we didn't see the Monster, we heard it. In 2007. Still haven't seen it in 1977. -- There was a woman with blondish hair standing in the shadows behind Sun in the wrecked Rec Center. I really had to look for it the second time I watched the episode. Was it deliberate? Was it someone we know? -- Frank: "I thought you trusted this guy?" Sun: "I lied." Fun episode. Not as wonderful as "LaFleur," but I'm really enjoying the cast as undercover hippies, Billie My blog version of this review is here, if you'd like to comment. |