Episode Report Card Daniel: A- | 3 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Desmond's got a gun
By Daniel | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on September 20, 2005
Out in the hall, Jack wants to know what he did wrong, and he knows it's something, because Jack Daddy is frowning. Jack Daddy is all Ringo Starr, "My face is always this way," but Muskrat Jack tells him to spit it out. Jack Daddy says his son should try holding out a little hope once in a while, because even if it's ninety-nine percent certain that a person is screwed, he'll cling to that one percent chance that he's not. "Her spine's crushed," says Jack, adding that if he tells Sarah everything's going to be okay, that's false hope. Seems to me there might be some middle ground between being all gloom and doom and saying "everything's going to be okay," but I'm not a doctor. "Maybe, maybe," says Jack Daddy. "But it's still hope." Jack makes some kind of exasperated noise, and the two Sheppards go their separate ways. Two stashes of liquor in the hospital?
Back at the camp, Shannon is telling everyone that she saw Walt. And she sounds really angry about it. Sayid tries to keep her from upsetting everyone, particularly Sun, who asks Shannon if she thinks something happened to the raft. Sayid assures Sun that nothing's happened to the raft, and she doesn't point out that there's no way he could possibly know that. "Sayid, I know what I saw!" says Shannon. Then Jack and his merry band return, and all the whispering and arguing and rhubarbing stops, awaiting Jack's proclamations.
He hesitates for moment before filling everyone in on the hatch, which he says is about a half-mile from the caves, and that the plan was to hide everybody in the hatch. He says that doesn't matter anymore, because there's no way to get everybody down there tonight. Charlie interrupts to ask where Dr. Arse is, and Jack says Dr. Arse's two-episode contract has been terminated. With a vengeance. "Did you see them? Did you see the Others?" says Shannon, prompting Charlie to tell her angrily that there are no Others, and everybody starts bickering again, at least until Jack yells "hey!" Everyone looks at him expectantly. So he starts blathering on about how everything's going to be okay. They'll all stick together, and they'll post lookouts and have a big ol' campout right here! "The sun comes up in three hours, and we're all going to be here to see that happen. I promise." Wow. When Jack decides to hand out false hope, you really get your money's worth. Hurley and Kate look less than convinced, but they don't say anything.