Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 964 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT The Island's Done With Who, Now?
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2010.05.04
Just then the power goes out all around the cages. The Losties know that can't be good. The Widmorons aren't too happy about it, either. As Baby Face dispatches a team to the generator, we hear Smokey's call in the distance. The wind starts up. Next -- the ticka ticka rattle clank. Hurley: "And? We're dead." Thump thump thump thump thump. Smokey blows into camp. The Widmorons shoot at it, which...seriously? Doesn't Charles know better than that? The Losties huddle together at the bars of their cage and watch in horror as their captors are slain. Smokey tosses baby face up against the cage, takes down pylons and generally wreaks havoc. Kate sticks her short, bony arm through the bars and tries to reach his keys. Sawyer and everyone else who has longer arms stand and watch her like they're Sideways Anthony Cooper (you'll see what I mean). Hurley: "Hurry. When that thing's done with them, he's coming for us." Frank approaches the cage door. "Well, I ain't waiting." He does his level best to kick it open, but no one helps him, either. Just as Kate's hand comes within reach of Seamus's belt, someone else grabs the keys. Oh no. Wait. It's Jack. Oh, yes! Kate looks at him like he's a long tall drink of water and she's been wandering the desert for forty years. The Losties can't believe Jack's there. Jack nods at Smokey who is still flitting about, and says the funniest line he's ever said in the history of the show. "I'm with him." Awesome. I mean, it's not awesome that he's with Smokey, but getting to say that line right then and there is almost worth aligning oneself with that Thing. Commercial.
Jungle; Day: Frank leads the Losties toward the Ajira plane. Kate hopes this means Jack is coming with them, now. It doesn't. "I'm sorry Kate, but I'm not meant to go." Sawyer, who has taken his lithium today, says: "Thanks for coming back for us, Doc. Appreciate it." Just then, the Losties are startled by someone coming through the jungle. When they see it's Sayid, they don't lower their guns until Jack tells them, "It's okay. Sayid's with us. He's the one that turned off the generators." Sayid tells them they need to go. Faucke is waiting.
Sideways; Sun Palms Nursing Home: The slip of paper Bernard gave Jack is magical, so it transports him right to Anthony Cooper's current residence. I hope he mails it to Detective James Ford, once he's done with it. Jack is at the desk asking to see Anthony when Helen arrives. He asks her, "Do you know him? Is that why you're here, too?" Helen blanches. "What do you want with Anthony?" Jack wants to talk to him about the accident he was in with "Mr. Locke." Helen pulls Jack aside and asks him to leave. She knows he just wants to help, but John doesn't want his help, so he should leave it alone. "You saved John's life. Why can't that be enough?" Jack: "Because it's not." Audience: "Get used to it, Helen. At least he's not crying."