Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 2997 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Namaste Or Nama-Go Now?
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 9 | Aired on 2009.03.18
It's now (and we get the feeling suddenly) daylight. Frank flies in a bright blue sky, above the fluffy white clouds. The co-pilot says, "What" while the plane keeps saying, "Stall. Stall. Stall." That doesn't seem too helpful after the first time. Ajira 316 looks prepped to take a nosedive. There is some techno-babble between Frank and his co-pilot which amounts to, "OHNOES don't crash this thing!" And possibly, "Let's jettison the curly haired dude. He's a total jinx," or maybe I'm projecting. I haven't flown since my husband and I returned from our honeymoon in Aruba. In November of 1994. What? We got busy having babies soon after. And we didn't want to fly with them. If you were flying on planes with loud, cranky wee ones, you can't blame us. Frank demands more power so he can pull them out of their swan dive. The co-pilot goes all Scotty: she can't take much more of this, Captain (and yeah, Trekkers, I know Scotty never actually said that). When flying the plane doesn't seem to be working, Frank talks to it. This, I totally get. Finally they spot a runway. Huh. On a desert island. Imagine. I wonder how that got there? The co-pilot is sending out maydays and Frank's just trying to land the frakkin' plane. Which he finally does, but the runway is a little bit short, so he ends up in the brush. And everything goes black.
Frank wakes, bloodied and battered, but in way better shape than his co-pilot, who has been shish-kebabbed by what looks to be a birch tree. Do they have birches in the South Pacific? He grabs his flashlight and makes his way to the cabin. Caesar is trying to wake Ilana. "Hey, lady. Are you okay?" She says, "Jarrah?" as she comes to. Caesar introduces himself and tells her they had an accident. She looks to Sayid's seat and finds him missing, and stumbles when she tries to stand. Sun is struggling to get to her feet, too. When she calls Frank's name, he helps her up and asks where Jack, Kate and Hurley are. Ben stands before them and says, "They're gone." When Frank wants to know where, Ben says, "How would I know?" Frank, don't bother, m'kay? Unless you've made up a new and exciting game called Spot the Truth to play while stranded, there's no sense asking him any questions. Even the show knows it's not worth sticking around for more "answers" from Ben because we cut to...