Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Right Round Like A Record Baby
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 01.21.2009
Nighttime on the island: Daniel's moping or thinking; Vincent's yawning; Sawyer's brooding. Bernard, who has been furiously working to start a fire sees his hard work pay off, and then... blows it out. Rose's cheers turn to jeers while Bernard tries to explain he was just trying to fan the flames. Frogurt, who earlier mocked Bernard for even bothering to start a fire, now berates him. "I thought you said you knew how to start a fire."
Rose is all, oh no you didn't talk to my man like that.. "And I thought you said you didn't care." When Frogurt whines that he cares about surviving, Rose says, "I think you need to take a time out, Neil." Frogurt stalks off as Rose encourages Bernard to try again.
Charlotte brings Daniel a mango -- she says there are only two and she thought they could do with a bite to eat. As opposed to all of the other people on the beach who are stuffed full of nothing?! She's got a headache that she can't seem to shake, and confesses that earlier she couldn't recall her mother's maiden name. Now why does that sound familiar? Is it significant? Daniel bluffs that it's all on account of stress, but Charlotte suspects he knows what's happening to her. A loud cry of "Dinner," saves Daniel from having to give a straight -- okay, it saves Daniel from having to again pretend to give a straight answer.
Miles is back with a dead boar he found, but assures the rest of the strand-aways that it's only been dead three hours, which confuses everyone who doesn't know Miles talks to dead people (and boars, apparently). He's now Haley Joel Doolittle, I guess. The strand-aways are too hungry and tired to worry about getting details they know are only likely to confuse and upset them -- if they're even true at all, so they stop questioning. When the call goes out for a knife, Frogurt snarks, "A knife? You need a knife? It's over by the Cuisinart, next to the stove." When Miles asks him what his problem is, Frogurt complains that his problem is that they don't have a knife or anything, and that "Bernie the dentist" can't even start a fire. When Sawyer tells Frogurt to ease up, Frogurt says, "It's Neil, you inbred, and I'm not gonna ease up, 'cause I'm tired, and I'm hungry and I'm screwed!" Despite Juliet-Galadriel's attempts to calm him, he's in a full-on panic. She should have brought him a sandwich (or lembas); it worked with Jack. Neil continues to freak out. "How are we gonna get through this? You heard what I just said. We can't even get fire!" And the island must be back to healing mode, because a flaming arrow flies out of nowhere and into Frogurt's chest. Hooray!!! Thank you, island! I generally prefer my Frogurt frozen (frogen?), but I'm game to try the flambé. Oh, noes! Now flaming arrows are raining down on the beach. Perhaps because of his proximity to Juliet (or possibly the combination of the dark shot, and the extreme glare from the sunlight that's currently shining through my windows and onto my TV screen) when Sawyer commands everyone to RUN, he reminds me of Aragon, and frankly? I've never found him more appealing.