Episode Report Card Daniel: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shannon's death, take two
By Daniel | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.08.2005
Inside Rutherford House, Boone's helping himself to some teacups and asking Shannon where her Marky Mark poster is. "I'm 18, Boone," she says, and so I guess we're seeing a little timeline-fudging going on. Since Island Shannon has said she's 20, that would make the car crash only two years ago, but Jack supposedly met his wife before that. I'm willing to accept Shannon lying about her age…if only she had ever demonstrated vanity! Boone complains about the lack of booze at the wake -- fortunately he brought his own scotch, which he puts in the cups. They toast Shannon's dad, and she almost starts crying at Boone's fugly haircut. He invites her to visit him in New York when "all this" is over, which is a nice way to refer to her father's death. She says she'll be living in New York herself if she gets the job with the Martha Graham dance company. And despite me knowing less about ballet than, well, anything, I've heard that name before. Although I suppose it could be I'm thinking of Martha Stewart. Shannon says the internship is a one in three thousand chance, but she might get it. Too bad we know how that turns out. And in case we can't decode Mama Rutherford's frosty glare, Boone has to ask if Shannon's been getting along with her. "She hates me," she says softly. "Just try to talk to her," says Boone, which ain't exactly a denial. Shannon says that Mama Rutherford resented Shannon's relationship with her father from day one. Awww, poor Shannon. She was really sweet, right? It's only because of Mama Rutherford that Shannon became so self-involved, right? Give me a break.
Back on Mystery Friggin' Island, the Tailaways have made their way to the coast and are moving across the rocks. Eko watches Sawyer hobbling painfully along and tells Ana-Lucia that they need a break, so she tells everyone to take five. "We have to cut inland," he tells her, much to her surprise; the Lostaways are on the beach, so she figured they'd follow the coast. "The beach curves into a peninsula ahead. It may not be passable," he says. "'May not'?" she asks. He looks at her and says "may not" again. She guesses that he's doing this to get the "cowboy" back to the camp faster. "You would risk our lives to help him?" she says, and he says, simply, "It's the only way I know." He brushes past her to rejoin the group. "I liked you better when you weren't talking," she says after him. Now you know how EVERYONE ELSE feels, Ana-Lucia.
Back on the beach, Claire is still thrilled about Aaron still being asleep, like maybe this kid has been awake since he was BORN or something, and Locke says that swaddling works every time. She asks Locke if he wants to hold Aaron, and he's reluctant, but she insists, so Locke takes him. And now maybe Claire can have a mother/grandfather relationship with a stranger on the island instead of husband/wife, hey? Locke sniffs at the baby. "He smells good," he says, and Claire agrees. This is some kind of miracle baby.