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
Island; 2007: Locke and his minions arrive at the four-toed ruins. Locke says, "Well, it's a wonderful foot, Richard, but what does it have to do with Jacob?" Heh. Richard says, "That's where he lives." Because Jacob's an ancester of the old woman who lived in the shoe. Peculiar family, that. We jump to...
Island; 1977: Sawyer tells Jack, "I need five minutes to say what I need to say and then you can do whatever the hell you want to do. But you're going to listen. You owe me that much, Jack." Dr. Jackass agrees, and neglects to inform the only other doctor present, Juliet, that Sayid is BLEEDING TO DEATH. He then goes off exploring with Mr. Snide, and we jump to...
St. Sebastian's Hospital OR: 2000ish? Jack's in surgery. He accidentally nicks his patient's dural sac and freaks out. His father Christian is also in the operating theater and tells Jack he has five seconds to get it together, or he (Christian) is going to take over. So this is the origin of Jack's terrific scene with Kate in the pilot about letting his fear run wild for five seconds then shutting it off? Feh. Still, Jack does as he's told, gets his fear in check, and fixes up the patient. We cut to...
St. Sebastian's Corridor: Post-surgery, Jack tries to get an Apollo candy bar out of the vending machine but it gets stuck. He beats up the machine to no avail and then picks a fight with his father who is trying to give him good news about his patient. Jack says Christian embarrassed him by putting him in "time-out" during his first major procedure, in front of the entire staff. "Dad, I know you don't believe in me, but I need them to." Christian says, "Are you sure I'm the one that doesn't believe in you?" Blah blah blah Daddy Issues. Christian stalks off and a man rounds the corner with two Apollo candy bars. It's JACOB! He says, "Are one of these yours?" and hands a candy bar to Jack. Their fingers touch. Jack mumbles about the machine getting stuck. Jacob says, "I guess it just needed a little push." Okee-dokee. We jump to...