Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 1374 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Live Alone; Die Together
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2009.05.13
Sawyer doesn't have the time or patience to say all that, so he just punches Jack in the face. Good show, James! While giving him his long over-due whupping, Sawyer asks Jack who the hell he thinks he is. Jack answers with his fists and they beat the snot out of each other. Sawyer says, "You think you can come here and do anything you want? I had a life here!" It looks like Jack will best Sawyer for a while, but the tables turn, right around the time Jack tells Sawyer he just doesn't understand. Sawyer gets the upper hand and is just about to knock out Jack when he's stopped by Juliet who has totally changed her tune. She says, "We have to do this." She suddenly thinks Jack ought to blow everything up, after all. Jack wanders off while the lovebirds argue. She's driving him out of his mind, which he makes clear while reminding her that she's the one that demanded they return and stop Jack. He screams, "What happened?" Juliet says, "I changed my mind," and we cut to commercial so as not to witness Sawyer's aneurism first hand.
Mainland; 1980s (maybe): Young Juliet and her sister Rachel listen tearfully as their parents explain they're divorcing. They still love one another. Their mom says, "Just because two people love each other, doesn't always mean they're supposed to be together." The kids recognize this as the steaming pile that it is. So when Mom says, "When you're a grown-up, you'll understand," Juliet yells that she doesn't want to understand and storms off. But there's no Jacob waiting to lay a consoling hand on her shoulder, and give her a new bicycle chain, or parents, whatever. We jump to...
Island; 1977: Sawyer runs off after Juliet wanting to talk about her change of heart. "I need you to tell me where all this is coming from. [...] I got a right to know why you changed your mind." Juliet says, "I changed my mind when I saw you look at her." Yes. That's what she says. No lie. Sawyer says, "I don't care who I looked at. I'm with you." Juliet says, "And you would stay with me forever if I let you, and that is why I will always love you." She regurgitates her mother's line about love not meaning they were meant to be together. "Maybe we were never supposed to be together, so if Jack can make it so that none of you ever come here -- he should." Sawyer wants to know why she's doing this, and Juliet has trouble answering at first, but finally says that if she never meets him, she'll never have to suffer losing him. Sawyer stares at her as we cut to...