Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 849 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Right Round Like A Record Baby
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2009.01.21
On the island, at the beach: Bernard and Rose bicker as they try to start a fire. They're interrupted by a scoffing, actual Redshirt Rose refers to as Neil. She tells him they're focusing on what they can control and he can either help out or shut up. I love her like cookies. From the background, still shirtless Sawyer holds up a shirt, and asks whose it is. Neil the heel replies that it's his. When Sawyer asks if he can have it, a million fangurlies scream, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" but the boys don't listen. Neil merely whines about it not mattering since they'll all be dead by sundown. Speak for yourself, Redshirt. Sawyer says, "I'll take that as a 'yes', Frogurt." He covers up his pretty, pretty half-nekkidness, while Frogurt whines, "That's Neil.."
No-longer-shirtless Sawyer approaches Juliet, who's examining the little life raft motor boat thingie. Oh man, what's it called? You know what I mean -- the thing Daniel was using to ferry people to the freighter. Anyhow, they wonder why it didn't poof away when everything else did, so Juliet decides that whatever they had with them during the "move" is along for the ride. Okay, then, so why is the camp (and all the supplies) missing? Oh crap, my nose is bleeding, my head hurts and suddenly can't remember my mother's maiden name. Is that significant? Nobody cares about me, because they spy Daniel wandering out of the jungle. While he greets Miles and hugs Charlotte, Juliet and Sawyer approach him. Sawyer says, "Welcome back, Dr. Wizard." When Miles corrects that it's "Mr. Wizard," all he gets for his troubles is a "Shut up." Daniel obfuscates about his two-hour disappearance by babbling on about his backpack and getting lost. We don't care, because we know he's dissembling. Sawyer doesn't care, because Daniel's a nerd and Sawyer's a punk -- he just wants to know when they're going flash again. When Daniel confesses he doesn't know, Sawyer demands to know if he's got a plan.