Episode Report Card LuluBates: A- | 2 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT What To Expect When You're Expecting Trouble
By LuluBates | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2007.04.25
The troops are still gathered around the pilot (who is now muttering in Chinese) trying to decide what to do. Desmond is determined to go for Jack, but Charlie says he can't leave them -- he is forgetting what is at stake! Desmond balks at this because the pilot said his name and was carrying a picture of him and his girlfriend. Their hard-to-follow logic is interrupted by a noise. Something is breaking sticks out in the jungle. It's getting closer, so Desmond draws his machete. The sound is right upon them and the trees split apart. It's a zombie! It's a ghoul! It's Nikki! Back from the dead! Okay, it's not. But it is the recently deceased Mikhail Bakunin (that's Patch Adams to you and me, and the father of anarchy to everyone else) who comes barreling through the woods. As he stares around at the Losties with his one good eye, his thoughts are painted all over his face: Busted! He makes a break for it, not realizing that none of them know who he is. That doesn't stop Jin from chasing him through the woods and taking him down. They fighty-fight and wrestle until Jin gets him in a headlock. Here is something that bothers me about the fight scenes on this show: Does everyone know how to fight before they get to the Island? Or are people's tendencies to be total wusses cured by the Island's magical healing properties? I'm asking because Jin totally nailed Mikhail's ass (well, technically his head) with a roundhouse kick and a clap to the ears. Impressive grappling!