Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 1953 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT I Will Be Your Father Issues
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2009.04.15
When Miles picks his duffel back up, Gray asks why he's telling him this. "You could have just let me go on believing what you said." As if it's obvious, Miles says, "That wouldn't have been fair to your son." Gray doesn't understand, so Miles elaborates. "If you needed your son to know that you loved him, you should've told him when he was still alive." Ouch. Miles marches off, and leaves Gray to stew in his own juice. Hopefully, Old Man Gray's father is still living, and he can call him up and take it out on him.
Island; Nighttime; 1977: Miles and Hurley arrive back at Dharmaville. When they reach the motor pool, Hurley watches Miles as he silently returns the van keys to the hanger, signs the van back in, gases it up and whatnot. Finally, Hurley says, "Sorry I said you were afraid to talk to your dad, dude." Miles tells him not to worry about it. Hurley then explains about how his own father left when he was 10, but how he gave him a second chance and it was the best thing he ever did. "We got to be the best of friends, and although I may never see him again, I miss him and I know he feels the same." Don't worry, Hugo. He's probably consoling himself with your money. Miles says that his own father didn't leave when he was 10. "I was a baby. I never knew him and I don't want to. It's not happening."
Hurley's still got his head in the clouds, or I guess that's stars, so he says, "That was Luke's attitude, too. [...] In Empire, Luke found out Vader was his father, but instead of putting away his light saber and talking about it, he overreacted and got his hand cut off. I mean, they worked it out eventually, but at what cost? Another death star was destroyed. Boba Fett got eaten by the Sarlacc. And we got the Ewoks. It all could've been avoided if they'd just -- you know -- communicated." A beat. "Let's face it -- Ewoks suck, dude." For the love of Smokey, Miles, He's right. Forget all of Daniel's whatever happened, happened nonsense. You've got to make up with your father, right now. Maybe you're special, like Desmond. Who knows? Regardless, I have to say I'm madly in love with how serious your face is as you listen to Hurley's fannish, if apt, lecture.