Lost is starting to really roll with the "Others" and some information (FINALLY!) about their origins and at least the level of where their power reaches. Obviously, they are a group of manipulators, brainwashers, and tapping into the human psyche more than what we can possibly imagine; the question is, what role then do the passengers of Flight 815 ultimately have to do with the puppet game that the Others are playing? Or do they?
Jack, now on his own with the Others, is having a very hard time putting all of these different pieces of the puzzle together. One of the most intriguing lines of the show is when Jack is reprimanding Tom for what the Others have done, and Tom responds to him, "You like this glass house you live in? How 'bout I get you some stones?"
The point that I think Tom was trying to make was that, although the Others have done some despicable things in the passengers' eyes, is that we all have our faults, our wrongdoings, and maybe a clue as to finding out some things that the passengers have done that we don't know about yet.
We get introduced to Isabelle, "The Sheriff", when Jack gets injected into Juliet's "trial" about whether she wanted Jack to kill Ben. Isabelle is very much a hardened toughie that doesn't show much emotion other than to intimidate. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Kate are away but not exactly--safe--that we feel as they are still in the jungle. We also get a little bit more on Carl and Alex, and even Sawyer again shows his soft side in his discussion with Carl about love. I love Sawyer--the perfect vulnerable man who never shows it until the time is right, the tortured soul that comes off so bad and has done so many bad things, but still deep down knows he is wrong and wants to be better.
We get another intriguing situation with the flashbacks with guest star Bai Ling and Jack with the story of "being able to see someone" and then marking them. Jack believes that it is something having to do with being an "angry, lonely leader", but it's easy to think that perhaps because of Isabelle's comments about "do you know what it means?" leave something to the imagination that there's more to what Jack believes it is--especially because of the beating he takes! One side note: I didn't care for this set of flashbacks--Bai Ling did not put in a strong performance, in my estimation.
Another subplot that is really starting to cook up is Jack and Juliet. Does Juliet care for him? Is she playing him? Is this part of an Others experiment? Is she really in trouble? If so, how will they work together? Will Jack be able to go back home--and what about her now after Ben promised her?
Whatever it is, this is the kind of stuff that keeps me absolutely mesmerized about Lost. So many people have clamored for answers and the producers have given more and more, but I love the fact that nearly every person in the world can intelligently formulate an idea of why and what is happening on the island. But that's the magic of the show; the unknown, being "Lost" with the losties.
Sawyer and Kate's relationship, in a word, is just weird. It was better when the tension between the triangle of Jack-Sawyer-Kate was what it was prior to them having sex; now it's a question of jealousy and true intent, and while that's ok, it doesn't have the same "verve" to it. I don't like having Sawyer be this way, it kind of degrades his character's progress a bit. I also don't like Kate being this way, but again, it's up in the air how things will progress, and that's all we can ask for.
We're left with the raft leaving with Jack, Juliet, and Ben going "home"--or is it? I certainly think that this episode again created more questions than answers, but I am ok with that--the tension continues to mount on many levels, and we begin another climactic climb towards what should be a great season finale in the next couple of months. The only constant is change with this show, and that's fine by me--despite the lame flashback and explanation of the person "who is not one of us but walks among us", this episode was a good starting point after the end of the chaos surrounding Ben's surgery and Kate and Sawyer's return.
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