Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 1374 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Live Alone; Die Together
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2009.05.13
Richard objects to this plan. "We sealed that thing up 20 years ago and we put it underground because it was emitting radiation." And by "sealed" he means they laid a tarp over it, and by "put it underground" he means just that -- they stuck it in the tunnels, even though Daniel told them to bury the sucker in concrete. I wonder if their casual storage of a leaking nuke has anything to do with the fertility problems on the island (and Lara Chang's future cancer). Eloise tries to shush Richard, but he asks her if this sounds like a good idea to her and reminds her that she's pregnant. Most pregnant women would deck him, here. But Eloise calmly says that's "exactly why we have to help them see this through."
Poor Richard is confused. I've got to set him straight (but not in the way that makes him stop being Guy-liner, because that would be wrong). Richard, let me explain. No, it is too much. Let me sum. It seems you've forgotten the point of the Jack Daniels cockamamie plan. The idea, my love, is to blow up the Swan site, therefore preventing the incident (although I don't understand how a bomb wouldn't cause the incident, since the mere act of drilling did, but Jack Daniels gets it and I digress), which will mean Oceanic 815 never crashes on the island, which will mean that Jack will never come to the island, which will mean that the Swan site never gets blown up, which will mean the incident happens, which will mean Oceanic 815 will crash on the island, which will mean Jack will come to the island, which will mean Jack will blow up the Swan site, which will mean that the incident never happens, which will mean Oceanic 815 never crashes on the island, which will mean that Jack will never come to the island, which will mean that the Swan site never gets blown up, which will mean which will which... Never mind.
Sayid explains that Daniel was explicit about his time table and there are only about two hours for them to get the core out of the bomb and blow up the Swan site, so we cut to...