Episode Report Card LuluBates: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What To Expect When You're Expecting Trouble
By LuluBates | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.24.2007
Sun sits on the beach, staring at the water and looking bereft. She turns to watch Claire with Aaron and looks even more glum. Back in the past, the newlywed and newly blackmailed Sun has tracked down Jin's father. When she approaches him on the dock, she is surprised to find that he knows all about her and seems genuinely excited to meet her. He takes her to his house for tea and asks about the wedding. She says it was the happiest day of her life, and he opines that it was for his son, too. She asks him why he wasn't at the wedding. He asks what Jin told her, and she says he told her his parents were dead. His father looks chagrined but says it was to avoid the shame. His dad then confirms that Jin's mother was a prostitute. That she was with many men and left the baby with him. He doesn't even know if he is the father but he raised Jin anyway. He smiles, wipes off his hands, and touches Sun's face. He tells her that she's beautiful and he is glad he met her. Then he asks her to never tell Jin that she met him or that his mother is still alive. He should not have to suffer the shame. Jin's dad is a really good, understated actor. Damn it, I hate it when there is nothing to make fun of in a scene. Oh right, Jin's momma's such a ho, the only thing she won't do is the dishes!
It's night on the Island, and Sun is asleep in her tent when a hand reaches over her face. She screams when she realizes it's Juliet acting straight out of the Other playbook. There must be a playbook, 'cause how else would they all know how to act so darn creepy? Juliet tells Sun that she can help her baby and she has answers, but Sun has to go with her right now. Alone. When Juliet removes her hand, Sun saves me the trouble of asking why she should bother going with her if she is as good as dead already. Juliet says there may be hope for her yet. Don't believe it, Sun! They all say that! Juliet gets up and offers Sun her hand. Using torches to light their way, Juliet and Sun make their way through the jungle. Sun asks where they are going. Juliet says they are going to a medical facility where she can give Sun an ultrasound. Sun says Kate and Claire told her the place was abandoned. Juliet claims they just didn't know where to look. Sun asks what Juliet is going to do to her, which is a question probably better asked before you left the safety of the camp. Juliet wants to determine the D.O.C. or the date of conception. Date of conception? D.O.C. has nothing to do with wine? Well, shoot. There goes my one-woman theme party! Oh well, no harm done, now I'm just a lady gettin' sauced on the couch on bum wine and Cheetos. Classy like. Juliet explains that if the baby was conceived off Island the baby should be fine. If the baby was conceived on the Island, well, they will cross that bridge when they come to it. Do you think the Dharma Initiative made a fine apple wine? Or a Dharma Initiative 20/20 blue raspberry-flavored wine product? I sure hope so, in case Sun needs to get really likkered up at the end of this episode. Don't worry -- it's good for babies! Juliet asks Sun when was the last time she and Jin had sex. Sun looks taken aback. Juliet tries the I-can-ask-any-embarrassing-thing-I-want-because-I-went-to-medical-school routine, but Sun. Does. Not. Want. To. Talk. About. It. Juliet gets the hint and continues heading for the medical station.