Episode Report Card LuluBates: B | 7 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Locke and Load
By LuluBates | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 2007.03.07
In flashback, Sayid is chained to the floor, looking desolate. He perks up a bit when Sammy brings him some water. The perkiness does not last long; Sammy then accuses him as his wife's torturer. Doesn't Sayid recognize his victims? Doesn't he remember dumping boiling oil over her arms after she was arrested for harboring enemies of the state? Sayid confesses that he was an interrogator in the Republican National Guard, but denies torturing Sammy's wife. He swears that he remembers every face of every person he ever tortured -- and he doesn't know her. He says maybe she saw him at the same facility, maybe she remembers him from there, but he did not torture her. He swears. Sammy says she remembers him well enough to know it was him after one glimpse as they walked past the restaurant where he worked. So Sayid better start remembering, because if he doesn't, he is leaving the room. In a bag! I'd be more concerned for Sayid if this weren't a flashback and we didn't know that he didn't leave the room in a bag. Unlessâ¦unless the entirety of Craphole Island is populated by ghosts! Maybe all the Losties are dead and the island is Purgatory! And the Others are living people like in the movie The Others and they kill people by exorcising them! Yeah! Totally!
Sayid is so damn smart. He knows that Patch is not alone in the station because the horse outside is still saddled and the stirrups were set for a much smaller person. Oh, Sayid. Sigh⦠As they hogtie Patch, Locke wants to know why the Others would send someone to keep Patch company. Sayid flicks Locke in the forehead and points out that maybe the Others lost communication when the sky turned purple and maybe, since this is a communication hub, it would make sense to send someone along to check on things. Locke says he can't figure out where another person would be hiding, because in between games of computer chess he has managed to search every nook and cranny in the entire place. Sayid lifts the carpet, points to the giant trapdoor in the floor, and says, "Uh duh." Locke bursts into tears and goes back to his computer. Oh, Sayid!
Sayid is still shackled to the floor in Sammy's House of Pain. He is getting his face whupped by Sammy while his wife watches. Now I'm not positive, but I think I saw their adult personal ad on the back page of the Voice. The more Sayid denies knowing her, the more Sammy smacks him. Sayid says he cannot admit to something he didn't do, no matter how much he is beaten. Sammy claims Sayid forced his wife to admit to something she didn't do by pouring a pot of boiling oil over her arms. Sayid denies it some more. Sammy reaches for a pipe to finish the deed. Sammy's wife uses her safe word to stop the onslaught. Oh, the suspense! Will this be it for our loyal Sayid? Oh gosh! Oh golly!