Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 641 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Double Your Pleasure
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2010.02.02
Hatch-Pit: Jack says the bomb must have gone off. Sawyer scoffs at the idea that they could have survived it, and continues to scream at Jack about how little he knows and how wrong he is. Just then, Jin shows up and tells them that Sayid needs Jack's help. Kate hears something and heads toward the pile of debris in the middle of the pit. Sawyer keeps harping on Jack until Kate shushes him and makes him listen. That's when they hear it -- Juliet's muffled cry for help. She's in the ur-pit of the hatch-pit, covered with all the hatch remains. Kate, Sawyer and Jack rush to dig her out. Miles joins in. We cut to...
VW Bus: Sayid is conscious and coughing up blood. Hurley covers his own mouth. "Oh God, oh God this is gross." Oh how uncomfortable for you Hurley, that Sayid had to get shot. Sheesh. He tells Sayid not to worry, which is the standard incantation people utter when it's totally time to worry. So worry, Sayid does -- specifically about what waits for him in the great beyond. With his history of torture and murder, he's none too optimistic. Hurley tries to get him to stop dwelling, which Sayid does when they hear footsteps approaching. Hurley calls out Jin's name and gets a gun from the van. He tries to cock it (or whatever one does to guns) but he knows as much about them as I do, so he does the smart thing. He lies. "I'VE GOT A GUN AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT!" And uh...if any weird stalker-readers have snuck in amongst the usual gentle readers, I'VE GOT A GUN AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT, TOO! Hurley wanders off in search of the noise, leaving the slowly-dying-Sayid vulnerable and alone. When Hurley hears rustling behind him, he turns to find Jacob, whom he seems to recognize from their post-jail cab-share in "The Incident." Jacob asks him if he has a minute, which is at least how long it's going to take for Hurley to believe his eyes.