Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 860 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Sayid Jarrah And The Falling Star
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2010.03.02
Temple: Kate finds Miles and they commiserate on getting the cold Sawyer shoulder. Miles says he thought about going after him, too. "But I knew he'd just end up berating me until I turned around and came back. Is that pretty much what happened?" Yep! He welcomes her back "to the circus" and tells her that the Australian chick is back. Kate's all CLAIRE?!?!?!?!?! Miles says, "She just strolled in here a couple of hours ago, acting all weird. Still hot, though." Hot, really? In the wig of wingnuttery? I mean Emilie de Ravin is breathtaking, but as Feral Claire, don't you think she's tilting the wrong way on the Hot/Crazy Scale, Miles? Then again, that was after your time, huh? For your own sake, assume that restraining order Sawyer issued is still in effect. As Kate asks Miles where Claire is, we cut to the...
Jungle: Sayid and his dagger run into Faucke. Well, it happens like this.... As Sayid stops to take a drink and splash himself off with some water from his canteen, something watches him from above and behind. The wind whips up. Sayid grabs his dagger as the dull roaring begins. Ticka ticka rattle clank. And here's Johnny... Faucke. He is silent for a moment, but says, "Hello, Sayid," before Sayid acts. Sayid does stab him, right in the chest, but it's not even a flesh wound. When Faucke removes the blade from his torso, it's all shiny and clean. He tilts his head as he looks at his attacker. "Now why'd you go and do that?" Commercial.
ASIDE: I'll take this opportunity to throw out some theories being tossed around as to why Faucke didn't die. First and most plainly: Yoko may have known all along that the dagger wouldn't kill Faucke. In other words, he was setting up Sayid to be killed by Faucke. Second: When Yoko gave Sayid his marching orders, he told him not to let "the man" even speak. And while many (myself, included) just took this to mean that he shouldn't listen to Faucke/evil incarnate some people are speculating that there's something else at work. Perhaps the Smokey to Faux-Locke transformation isn't complete until he speaks, or something like that, there. Third: And this was my original thought (see recaplet) -- perhaps Faucke can only be slain by someone good, and Sayid is just too far gone. Okay, now, back to the show.