Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Right Round Like A Record Baby
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 01.21.2009
In which Hurley explains it all: "We lied, Ma... All of us -- the Oceanic Six -- we lied about what happened after the crash... See, we did crash, but it was on this crazy island. And we waited for rescue, and there wasn't any rescue. And there was a smoke monster, and other people on the island. We called them the Others, and they started attacking us. And we found some hatches, and a button you had to push every 108 minutes or... well, I was never really clear on that. But... the others didn't have anything to do with the hatches. That was the Dharma Initiative, but they were all dead. The others killed them, and now they're trying to kill us. And then we teamed up with the Others, because some worse people were coming on a freighter. Desmond's girlfriend's father sent them to kill us. So we stole their helicopter and flew it to their freighter, but it blew up. And we couldn't go back to the island, because it disappeared, so then we crashed into the ocean, and we floated there for a while, 'til a boat came and picked us up. And by then, there were six of us. That part was true. But the... but the rest of the people who were on the plane -- they're still on that island." Oh my word, I need to smish him. Doesn't that feel better, baby? You should always tell your mother the truth. Anyone else need a cigarette? (Don't tell my mom.)
Carmen lays her hand on her son's. "I believe you. I don't understand you, but I believe you."
Hurley can't be easily consoled, poor love. "A lot of people died, Ma. And now this bad stuff is happening because... we shouldn't have lied." Mrs. Reyes, you've done a fine job raising your son.
As Sawyer and Juliet are making their way to the creek, he steps on something. The shot is too dark for me to make it out -- it's some sort of nail or dart, though. Sawyer and I both say, "Son of a bitch." I can't speak for him, but it's because I suspect this is an important plot point, but who call tell with this crazy show. Sawyer gets shirty with Juliet when she points out that the creek is sort of a long creek, and maybe not the clearest meet-up point. When they hear footsteps, they take cover from the armed men patrolling the jungle. As Sawyer and Juliet whisper to one another about the identity of the armed men, I nearly get a thought, but it won't crystallize. Later, I read someone else express what I was thinking (or trying to), and I apologize for not thinking to jot down where I read it -- but here goes... As Sawyer and Juliet whisper, I can't help but think about all the whispers our original Lost-Aways heard, whenever the Others were about, and I wonder if what they were hearing were the furtive conversations of (now) fellow (time) travelers. Anyhow, the armed men flank Sawyer and Juliet, grab her up by her ponytail, and restrain both her and Sawyer. A Brit with a rifle shouts, "What are you doing on our island?" and we cut to commercial, son of a gun (and hooray!).