Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The anvil of life
By Daniel | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on April 5, 2005
Cut back to Jack steeling himself for the chop-chop, when Boone starts raspily talking about how messed up he is inside. "This is our best chance," says Jack, who might want to focus on some positive aspects, like Boone earning a cool nickname like "Stumpy." "There's no chance," says Boone. "Look where we are." Jack says he won't let Boone give up. "I know you made a promise," says Boone. "I'm letting you off the hook." And now we're recycling Rose's dialogue. "Let me go, Jack." Again with the agony, torture, inner conflict, and hopefully Jack will realize this is NOT ABOUT HIM. He finally apologizes to Boone, who tells him not to sweat it.
You know, I don't know why they didn't just title this episode "The Circle of Life" and have done with it, as we cut immediately to Claire giving birth, with the screaming and the grunting, and I'm no baby doctor or anything, but I'm pretty sure her knees need to be a little farther apart then they are right now. Or maybe this is a special knees-together technique that produces especially clean, month-old babies, which is what winds up coming out. Kate puts the baby boy into an ecstatic Claire's arms, and Jin and Charlie figure it's safe to come over. Jin's grinning like he's the dad, and Charlie's just stunned, until Jin puts out his hand for Charlie to shake, and Charlie hugs him instead, like, what these two are congratulating each other for I have no idea.