Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT If you don't know Des by now, you will never, never, never know him.
By Daniel | Season 2 | Episode 23 | Aired on May 23, 2006
Jack still isn't sure that Michael has "turned," because he made sure to take his stupid pills this morning, but Sayid's sure. And Jack wants to fill in the rest of their party, but Sayid nixes that, pointing out they don't want to accidentally tip off Michael that they're onto him, as that would negate their advantage of surprise. Jack agrees, and is all, "Signal fire, huh?" Sayid nods. "This time, they will know that we are coming." What was that you were just saying about the ELEMENT OF SURPRISE?
Down in Swan station, Locke limps into the computer room, noting the timer at five minutes. Eko's at his post at the computer, and pleasantly asks him what he's doing there. Locke says that Eko's gonna let the timer run out this time. "But I am going to push the button. Why wouldn't I?" says Eko, genuinely puzzled. "Because you don't wanna be a slave," says Locke. Oh, not a wise move. Eko quietly says he's not a slave to anything. Locke insists Eko's a slave to the timer. Locke might have figured that his "don't be a slave" strategy would work better if he weren't a white man telling a black man what to do. Locke tells Eko again not to push the button. "Don't tell me what to do," says Eko. Sound familiar, Locke?
The beeping has started by this point, and Locke glances at the computer. He grabs Eko's Bible Thumper and tries to smash the computer with it, but he's blocked by Eko, who takes his stick back and effortlessly tosses Locke to the floor. He goes back to the computer, and enters the numbers, then returns to grab Locke and give him the bum's rush out of the hatch. "We're just puppets! Puppets on strings!" yells Locke. You mean marionettes? Those SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ME. Locke yells that if they don't stop pushing the button, they'll never be free. Throwing him outside the main gate, Eko points out that Locke's free now. "Do not come back," snaps Eko, and he slams the door in Locke's face. Eko's really made himself at home in Swan station, no?
On the beach, Jack's locking and loading. He hands Michael a pistol, and offers one to Hurley, who declines, on grounds of not wanting to kill anyone or something, or some other crybaby reason. He mumbles, it's hard to catch. "Ain't that the point?" snaps Sawyer. "Thought the point was to get Walt back," says Hurley, who...well, he isn't wrong. Kate takes a gun too, but since she's not bright and chipper about this journey, Jack asks her what's wrong. She reminds him of the stuff they found in Dr. Feelgood hatch: the costumes, fake beard, makeup -- what if the Others just want the Losties to think they're hillbillies? Michael not at all suspiciously butts in to yell that the Others are indeed hillbillies ("hillbillies" is a word that never fails to crack me up, for some reason). "They live in huts, they eat fish, they go to Rob Schneider movies, they're probably more scared than we are!" he yells. Then he adds, again, NOT AT ALL SUSPICIOUSLY, "and they have no idea we're on our way." If Jack wasn't convinced that Michael's been compromised, the look on his face tells us that's no longer the case. Like Mr. T, Sawyer ain't got time for the jibber-jabber. And much to my delight, he actually says "jibber-jabber." And also, "let's roll." Tribute to United Flight 93? Everybody stomps off down the beach. I love the way they all load up their guns in broad daylight and go marching off. Careful; you don't want to alarm the other Lostaways, guys.