Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 5870 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found
By Cindy McLennan | Season 6 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2010.05.23
Tossing down his backpack, he tells Kate they've got to jump. Now, for the last hour and 40 minutes or so, Kate's been holding her left arm at a right angle, on account of her gunshot wound to the shoulder. She looks at James then looks over the edge to the ocean far, far below, says, "I'll see you at the boat," and then RAISES BOTH ARMS IN THE AIR and jumps in feet first. Now that's some Island healing. In a feeble attempt to distract us from the actor and director's choice with the arm thing, Sawyer dives HEAD FIRST into unknown waters on a rocky shore. It almost works -- until I notice Kate's strong, smooth strokes as she swims out to the Elizabeth. Heh.
Sideways; St. Sebastian's: Detective James Ford is walking down the hospital corridor when he passes Jack, who -- in his suit (and sans ID tag) -- could be a doctor, but he could be a lawyer, a banker or a confidence man. As they pass, Sawyer asks where he can get some "grub." Jack: "Uh, the cafeteria's closed, but there's a vending machine down the hallway." Sawyer nods. "Thanks, Doc." Jack's slightly taken aback, but he's been shaking off bigger things all season, so he just says, "No problem." Sawyer's eyes follow him. The wee Kate who lives in the cabinet with my hair products says: "You checking him out?" Wee Jack hops off my son's sling. "What?" Wee Kate: "No harm in it." Wee Saywer (to Wee Jack): "If I was checking you out, you'd know it." Wee Kate: "Yeah, so then what were you thinking right now?" Wee Sawyer: "Well I sure as hell wasn't thinking that." Oh wee triangle, how I'll miss you. I must smish you, now.
Vending Machine: Sawyer puts his dollar in and selects the classic Apollo Bar, which gets stuck, because Jacob's dead and can't give it a nudge. He drops to his knees and sticks his hand up inside of the machine. Just as he realizes he's not going to be able to reach the candy, Dr. JULIET Carlson walks in. James' eyes travel slowly up her form as she asks, "Can I help you?" He straightens up. "It's okay. I'm a cop." Juliet: "Mmm. Maybe you should read the machine its rights." Hee. James lets a little laugh escape, but then ruins it by saying, "That's funny." Good thing this isn't an episode of Seinfeld. Juliet tells him the secret to life, the universe and everything not answered by 42. It's also an answer to Jack's dilemma over on the island. "If you unplug it and then you plug it back in again, the candy just drops right down." James: "Is that right?" Juliet: "Yes, and it's technically legal." They're having so much eyesex I'm afraid they'll go blind, so it's good that Jimbo moves to the outlet. When he unplugs the machine, the lights go out. James: "Oops." Juliet chuckles as she gets his candy. "It worked." I've seen a lot of people questioning this, so I just want to confirm: yep. That's the source of the message Miles heard from her corpse or spirit or whatever, back on Craphole. Remember, Juliet was straddling both realities as she died. She must have seen this happen right before her death -- after the "coffee" conversation. Yes it was a misdirect. This is a mystery show. It was resolved. I don't see any problem with it, even though I was wrong about what it meant, too. It's not like her dying words (as opposed to those Miles heard after she was dead) weren't meaningful. Speaking of...it's time for that, right now.