Episode Report Card LTG: B- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT The Other Woman
By LTG | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on March 5, 2008
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.It's a Juliet episode, which I assume means half of you didn't watch it. Juliet and Jack take off into the jungle to find Charlotte and Daniel, who have disappeared. Harper, Juliet's old shrink, shows up and tells her where to find Charlotte and Daniel. She also tells Juliet to kill them both before they release the gas that will kill everyone on the island. Juliet and Jack take off for the Tempest, another station on the island, where all the super-dangerous chemicals are stored. Along the way, they run into Kate, who is lying around unconscious because Charlotte clocked her when she found that Daniel was carrying a bag full of gas masks. Juliet dumps Jack and Kate and gets to the Tempest, where she finds Daniel fiddling with a computer (which is giving audible warnings about contamination and such). Daniel claims that he's not trying to release the gas -- he's trying to make it harmless. Juliet tries to stop him, but he gets to keep working when Charlotte arrives and starts beating on Juliet. Ignoring the catfight going on behind him, Daniel makes the gas inert at the very last second.
At the Barracks, Locke and Ben continue their male bonding. Ben convinces Locke to let him out of the basement in exchange for some information. That information consists of a videotape of the man allegedly in charge of the freighter. That man? Our very own Charles Widmore. Ben also gives Locke a file he has on Widmore. And he gives him the name of his man on the boat -- but we don't get to hear it. Since Ben gave him the info, Locke agrees to let him live in a house.
Finally, the flashbacks are all about Juliet and her earlier time on the island. She was initially miserable, and her misery was made worse by the thought that Harper hated her. Fortunately, Harper has an attractive and sympathetic husband in whose arms Juliet can find some comfort. That husband was Goodwin, by the way. Harper asks Juliet to stop sleeping with Goodwin because she's afraid that Ben will do something to hurt Goodwin in order to get him out of the way. Why would he do that? Why, because he thinks he owns Juliet. Back in the present, Juliet warns Jack that someday Ben will come after him because Ben knows how Juliet feels about Jack. Jack decides that’s the perfect time to kiss Juliet. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Of course, the idea that Jack or Juliet would let these two island newbies wander around in the jungle by themselves is pretty ridiculous. You know what else is ridiculous? Kate. She knows that Charlotte is lying to her, but she can't help but overplay her hand and press the point. Kate notices that notwithstanding the story about throwing the packs out of the chopper, Daniel is carrying quite a heavy bag; she asks to see what's in the bag and turns her back on Charlotte. As Kate opens the bag and finds a couple of gas masks, Charlotte clocks her on the head with the butt of her gun. Daniel looks upset. Charlotte: "What?" I think I like Charlotte.Jack and Juliet are tromping through the jungle themselves. Jack, having waited all night to ask any questions, asks Juliet about the woman they ran into. Juliet tells Jack her name, and then tells him that Harper wasn't her friend, but her therapist. Jack: "You people have therapists?" Juliet: "It's very stressful being an Other, Jack." Jack: "She seemed kind of hostile, even for a therapist." And that's a triple play. Juliet would rather not discuss why her therapist hates her. Jack thinks it's a little unfair, since Juliet has read his file and knows all his secrets. Juliet: "Trust me Jack. You don't want to see my file."
Flashback! Juliet looks through a microscope while Ben looks on. She's looking quite beautiful, and he's looking quite smitten. She's explaining what she's learned about the disease. He looks through the microscope, letting his hand touch hers. She leaves it for about half a second before moving her hand away. As they continue to talk, Goodwin walks into the lab, calling out her name. The music gets all dangerous and stringy. Goodwin tells Ben that he found himself with an extra sandwich for lunch and was wondering if Juliet wanted it. She doesn't, and also she has an appointment with Goodwin's nasty wife in just a few minutes. Goodwin offers Ben the sandwich before heading out. These are three very good actors -- I wish the producers had let us see the tension in this scene through their acting rather than shoving it down our throats with the extremely tense music.
And now it's a therapy session -- perhaps the one mentioned in the previous scene, since Juliet's wearing the same blouse. Harper asks Juliet what she thinks of Ben. This is what therapy must be like in North Korea: "What do you think of the Dear Leader?" Juliet thinks Ben is very smart and intense: "He's been very good to me." Juliet: "Well of course he has. You look just like her." Juliet tries to get an explanation for that, but Harper just moves right on to noting that Juliet and Goodwin have become friendly.