Episode Report Card Daniel: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I can't allow you to do that, Michael
By Daniel | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.29.2005
Eko continues: "What the secretary had found was an ancient book, the Book of Law. You may know it as the Old Testament. And it was with that ancient book, not with the gold, that Josiah rebuilt the temple." Locke's smiling like he wants to say, "Well, that's a great story, but you should know that over here, I'm the mystic." But Eko still isn't done, and he unwraps the parcel as he tells Locke that on the other side of the island they found a place much like this. "And in this place, we found a book," he says. In front of them is the Holy Bible, which Eko slides across the table to Locke. "I believe what's inside there will be of great value to you," says Eko. Locke's like, great, we got ourselves an evangelical, but he opens the Bible anyway, rifles through the pages, and is surprised to discover that a hole has been cut through the middle of most of the pages for a little secret hiding space. Inside is a spool of film that Locke takes out, holds to the light. And what he sees -- frame after frame of Dr. Marvin Candle -- actually makes him open his mouth in surprise. He looks at Eko, who smiles. Your move, Locke.
Jack's chopping wood. Hurley approaches, so it looks like we're going to get one of those scenes where Hurley awkwardly broaches the subjects that no one else wants to talk about. I think Jack's annoyed by it too, as he doesn't even respond when Hurley says "hey." Hurley tries, "So, Rose's husband's white. Didn't see that one coming." Jack snaps at Hurley to ask if there's something he needs. Hurley says he was just taking a walk, figured he'd say "hey." Then he asks who's taking care of Sawyer. Sun is, says Jack, and Hurley guesses that Jack's mad at Sawyer, prompting one of those insufferable "you're way off" Jack chuckles that way he likes to do when people pin him down exactly. He asks why he would be mad at Sawyer. "Maybe because he's the one that always comes down here and chops wood, and now you are? It's, like, transference." Waiting here for Jack to say, "Is it like transference, or is it transference?" Anyway, Jack denies that he's mad at anyone, like he's fooling anybody.
Sure enough, there's Sun, whom I guess Jack managed to talk to in the five minutes she wasn't having sex with Jin since he's been back, and she's looking after Sawyer. Kate strolls in, asks where Jack is. Sun says she doesn't know. Kate asks if Sawyer's said anything. "Sawyer? No, he's still sleeping," says Sun, kind of surprised by the question. Then she asks if Kate can watch Sawyer now. Kate doesn't answer right away, so Sun kind of awkwardly withdraws the request, but Kate assents. And Sun tries not to look too excited as she leaves right away. Hope Jin didn't go to the trouble of putting his pants back on.