Episode Report Card Daniel: B+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Friendly Fire
By Daniel | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 02.06.2007
And of course Jack wants her to tell him the story he related the first day on the beach. "You think this is the best time, doctor?" says Zeke, who is clearly anticipating just how boring this is going to be, bringing the momentum of what was a pretty damn good episode right to a halt. So Kate blathers on about Jack being scared while doing surgery, and then he counted to five, and blah blah blah, and remember, we have Party of Five to thank for this. And I have to wonder, does Scott Wolf have the same tattoo? Would it have been worked into the storyline for The Nine had that show survived? Does Jennifer Love Hewitt have that tattoo? What about the chick who was in Mean Girls? Was the cast all joking around one day about getting matching tattoos, only Matthew Fox thought they were serious, so he went out and got one? I'm very strangely fascinated by this.
Anyway, after about five hours (during which Ben seems to stablize), Kate finally finishes telling the story, and Jack says he needs her to make him a promise: "Promise me that you'll never come back here for me. Don't come back, Kate." Kate's not down with that and starts saying his name, and the music and Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lily really make amends here for relaying that clunky tattoo explanation a moment ago. Pretty affecting. Jack ignores Kate's pleas and tells Zeke to turn the walkie-talkie off, and he does.
Sawyer has wisely kept quiet the whole time, and after Kate's done sobbing and turned off the radio, he takes it from her and softly says, "The trades are coming. We've got to go." Kate rubs her face and nods, and the two of them push the boat into the water and hop in. Alex sadly watches them hoist the sail. Juliet sadly watches Alex, and then looks out over the water at the boat, where Kate and Sawyer are paddling furiously.
Juliet's in the morgue, with Ed's body, which looks remarkably good for someone who you'd think they'd STILL be scraping out of the bus's front grille. Some morgue guy says there's some paperwork to sign, but she can take her time; there's no rush. I guess he's not going to get any deader. She thanks him, and he leaves. She seems to be holding it together pretty well, at least until she goes to actually sign the whatever papers, and she starts sobbing.
Back in Hydra station, Jack's apparently done the surgery. He's watching Ben from the observation window when Juliet comes in and walks up the steps to the deck. She asks if he was able to get the tumor out. He says he was, and she'll want to do a biopsy and see if it's malignant. "So what now? I just go back to my cell?" Yeah, pretty much, says Juliet: "Until they figure out what to do with you." Jack snorts at her saying "they" instead of "we." Then he asks what Ben said to her that made her want to save his life. Juliet, gazing down on Ben, smiles a little and says, "It doesn't really matter what he said." "It matters to me," says Jack quietly, standing up. "After everything that I have been put through, you owe me an answer. I want to know what he said." Juliet says nothing, just stares straight ahead, hoping her flashback will provide the answer. Usually the final flashbacks wind up posing more questions, but maybe this time it'll be different, hey?