Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 1953 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT I Will Be Your Father Issues
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2009.04.15
Well, that was quite the episode, huh? It wasn't my favorite to watch, but it might be one of my favorites to think about. There was so much mythology in it I was afraid I'd miss something if I blinked. Hurley was cute nudging Miles and Pierre at first, but I think they over-used him, a little. Miles isn't stupid and Hurley isn't socially clueless. I don't think he should have hammered home his point, quite so hard. I wish I had time to count up all the characters who have daddy issues on this show. I'm tempted to bet money that it's every character, and if we think a character doesn't have daddy issues, then we probably haven't seen him/her and daddy interact. I mean just off the top of my head, there's Miles, Ben, Sawyer, Kate, Jack and Claire, Sayid, Locke, Hurley, Sun, Jin. Hell, even baby Aaron has them. Who do you think Ilana and Bram are working for? Right now, I'd say Dharma and/or Ellie, although I think there's an outside chance they're working for Ben. It would be hysterical if they were working for Widmore, and he was just trying to get Miles on the cheap.
This week, we get a clip show, "The Story of the Oceanic Six," so I'll catch you next week with the new episode, "The Variable," in which we're told Daniel Faraday will "come clean" about all his island knowledge. C'mon. Who do they think they're kidding?
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