Episode Report Card Daniel: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jack On Crack
By Daniel | Season 3 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.03.2006
Christian stares at him for a little while but doesn't say anything, because really, now that the argument has gone to that place, there's no point, right? "Let it go, Jack," he says quietly, and leaves. I do think Jack looks at least a little regretful about what he said. As for whether Jack should have recognized his father's cell phone number, I confess that most numbers I dial are programmed into my cell phone and I select a person's name from the phonebook and never see the number. I also think that on the scale of unlikely things that have happened on this show in the past two seasons, Jack not recognizing his dad's cell phone number is pretty far down the queue.
Back on the island, Jack's so thirsty that he tries to catch some nasty dripping dungeon water in his mouth, but that turns out to have been a bad idea, and he spits it out. Nearby, the intercom starts emitting little scratches of static, with a very faint voice underneath. Jack goes over and starts yelling that if someone's trying to talk to him, he can't hear them. And then, barely audible, is Jack's father's voice saying, "Let it go, Jack." So we're revisiting Jack hallucinating about his old man, huh?
Jack doesn't have a whole lot of time to think about this, because an overhead light switches on, and Juliet's come into the room opposite with food and water. "I know you're hungry," she says, and tells him to sit across from the door, with his back against the wall; she'll open the door and leave the tray. "Can I trust you to do that, Jack?" she asks. "I don't want your food," snarls Jack. That would be a big ol' negatory, Juliet. Be careful. Instead, she tries touting the sandwich's virtues; i.e., its deliciousness. But what Jack wants is for her to tell the guy trying to talk through the intercom that he can stop. "Maybe you're hungrier than you think. That intercom hasn't worked in years," she says. Plus, your father's been dead for months!
Jack notices a big red button behind Juliet and asks what it's for. She presses it, and all her office supply needs are instantly met, Jack. Jesus. What are big red buttons always for? "It's for emergencies," she says.
Jack wants to know who's watching him, but Juliet ignores this to ask him again about sitting against the wall so she can open the door. We get an extra-special closeup of what seems to be a grilled-cheese sandwich, cut diagonally into quarters, each with a -- what the hell? -- toothpick stuck into it. Give the prisoner some tiny sharp objects. Good idea. "It's just off the frying pan," she says, but Jack tells her she can have it.