Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 958 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT The Island's Done With Who, Now?
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2010.05.04
Islandways: Jack wakes -- dazed, and on my first viewing I was too busy wondering if he died during the last episode to pay attention. After multiple viewings, the confusion on his face makes me think that while he slept, he dreamt of (or woke to) life in the Sideways, where he had set about to fix John Locke. That's going to be a meaner feat here than in the Sideways. Islandways -- John Locke is all Faucked up. He's way, way backwards. Can you "fix" him, Jack? Can you "save" him? Should you? When Jack pulls himself up to sitting position we can see that he's in a beached outrigger. Sayid kneels in the sand nearby, keeping watch and cleaning weapons. "Welcome to Hydra Island." You were expecting Mr. Roarke? When Jack sighs and looks around, Sayid adds, "At least you didn't have to paddle." Oh, he's definitely not the Shell of Sayid. He's actual Sayid, again. Hooray!
Elsewhere on Hydra, the Widmorons are moving their porta-pylons around when Baby Face marches Hurley and the rest of our Losties to the cages. Once they're there, Baby Face presses his rifle against Sawyer's back. "Get in." Sawyer's not in the mood for a fish biscuit, but Baby Face doesn't care. "I've got the gun." Sawyer disarms him easily. "Not anymore, Dough Boy." Hee. And awww. How many more nicknames will he bestow before the end?
Just then, Widmore appears out of nowhere, fires his handgun into the air, grabs Kate by the scruff of her neck and barks at Sawyer. "Put the gun down, or I'll kill her." Yeah, yeah, I know half the fandom is hoping for just that, but I like Kate, so I'm not playing along. Sawyer's not worried. "You ain't gonna kill anybody, otherwise you wouldn't be throwing us in a cage." Chuckles has a list of names: Ford, Reyes and the Kwons are on it. "Kate Austen? She's not. It doesn't matter to me whether she lives or dies." The Khaters go wild! Kate doesn't care. She tells Sawyer not to listen, but Sawyer learned all about lists, names, candidates, and recruits on Faucke's field trip to the cave, so he hands over his weapon. Baby Face rifles Sawyer in the gut, and into the cages our fair Losties go. Chuckles: "You may not believe it, but I'm doing this for your own good." Sawyer: "You're right. I don't believe it." Widmore looks surprised by that, doesn't he? I don't know your angle, Chuckles. I don't know where you're getting your list. I don't know if you're following Eloise's plan, Jacob's or one of your own. Heck, there's speculation in the forum that you're actually in league with Faucke. Whatever it is, I can't trust you until I see what you have in store for Des, but the main point is: you're delusional if you expect Sawyer to trust you after you made a deal with him and then weaseled out of it.