Episode Report Card Daniel: A- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Immaculate misconception
By Daniel | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on March 29, 2005
Boone climbs and climbs, and takes like a million years to get up onto the plane, and then carefully crawls in through the side emergency door, which he pries off and drops to the ground. He climbs inside and looks around. He finds a map of Nigeria, which I'm not sure is the biggest surprise after the discovery of the currency. Then the plane creaks and shifts somewhat, which might indicate to Boone that now's a good time to get out of the plane. Eventually the plane stops moving and Boone stops shouting. Down below, Locke struggles to his feet, and yells at Boone, asking what he sees. Boone's found a box of statues and baggies broken open. "You know what's in your damn plane, Locke?" He sticks his head out the window, holding up a foot-long statue of the Virgin Mary, of which there are several. "Here's your sign," he says, and throws it to the ground, where it breaks open and it spills its contents. "They're drug smugglers," says Boone, back inside to see what else he can find. "That's all that's in here." This would explain why so much of the regular cast is absent or appeared only briefly; they're required to keep Charlie off the set. Locke's dismayed. He sits down again, muttering that he doesn't understand.
Boone, meanwhile, has made his way up to the cockpit, where he, clearly not expecting any results, flicks on the radio. It crackles to life, surprising him. Also surprising him, apparently not knowing anything about balance or fulcrums, is the plane shifting even more, what with him now being in the cockpit. Locke yells for Boone to get out, but Boone's intent on trying the radio. He sends out a message, and is elated to hear someone respond. I agree that the person who responds sounds somewhat like Boone, but it's not like Boone's got some kind of distinctive voice or anything. The plane continues to lurch downward, as Boone yells, "We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815," and I know it's caused a lot of debate on the boards, but it sounds to me like the response is, "We're the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815," but I don't know how much stock we're supposed to place in that. Maybe it's just Boone's line re-looped with static added, and all we're really supposed to hear is someone else's voice on the radio? Because this would be quite a plot twist, and you'd think they'd make that revelation a lot clearer. Or...who knows. Forget it. I give up.