Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I Was Dreaming When I Wrote This
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 4 | Aired on 02.04.2009
On the Island; Time STILL Not Yet Known; but It's Dark: Sawyer and his merry band of strand-aways trudge through the jungle, toward the beach. He wants to know what Locke will say to Kate to get her to come back. Locke hasn't figured it out yet, and Sawyer reminds him that Kate was pretty hot to leave. I don't know if you can actually round a corner in a jungle, but they sort of do, and once they do, they spy a pillar of light streaming up from the ground, into the night sky. The gang does their best deer in the headlights imitation, but Miles is the only one with the presence of mind to speak. "What the hell is that?" Locke reels back in recognition. He knows that light. He knows that night, but because he's another Other now, he doesn't share with the class. He only says, "Whatever it is, we'd better stay clear of it." He veers off to the left, thinking his sudden change of course will be lost on the rest, but, although not an Other, Sawyer's like a brother from another mother (and father), so he calls Locke on the fact that the beach is in the other direction and that now might not be the best time for the scenic route. Daniel asks John if he knows when they are. Locke grimaces such that I'm surprised Daniel doesn't shout, "This is my verse, hello!" But he doesn't. And Locke simply says they need to keep moving. Sawyer is frustrated, but he's come to realize he's not going to get straight answers from any of these fools, so he's the first to head off on their altered course. Locke takes a long, lingering glance at the pillar of light, but does not turn into a pillar of salt. Unless you count the sweat, which seems to be pouring off all the strand-aways.
Daniel's behind Charlotte and asks about her headache. She tries to make light of it by pointing out that her feet are so sore, they've distracted her. Daniel reminds her that once they get to the Zodiac, she can rest. She appreciates how sweet he's being, but tells him he doesn't need to baby her and my stomach lurches. A few people have emailed me that they think Daniel might actually be Charlotte's father. I wouldn't care, because they've been written as having less heat between them than Ben has with the Frozen Donkey Wheel, but Daniel did tell Richard he was "in love" with Charlotte (not just that he "loves" her -- I checked). Despite the fact that I covered Supernatural for a couple of months, Flowers In the Attic gave me more than enough of that to last a lifetime. I mean I still can't scrub it out of my head, m'kay? My mother clearly, CLEARLY had no idea what V.C. Andrews was all about. Shudder. Oh shoot, when am I?