A Look Back At This Season Of Lost So Far : Rate The 8 First Episodes
By fred | April 21, 2008
Also, I’ve always thought Aaron was one of the O6, which meant there would only be one left. And in the end, expect to try to fool the audience with this new twist, there was no real point to this flashback. Some might argue it was a reminder of who Jin used to be and how he changed, but I feel it was an excuse to try a new twist, I perceived it mostly as filler, a waste of time, and other than finding out that Sun was the last one of the O6, we didn’t get anything from this episode.
Again, a disappointment.
(And please, don’t go on with Jin being dead or not, that’s completely irrelevant!)
#7 : The Other Woman (S04E06)
As I said in my review, The Other Woman was probably not going to be liked no matter what, because it came after such a strong episode.
So it’s not a surprise to see it down on my list, although I feel it was at least much better than Ji Yeon. Sure, no “big twist” or anything, but still we had some “revelations” about Ben and how creepy he can be, especially when he plays it nice and cook you a meal. Also, that whole incident with Dan & Charlotte going to yet another Hatch was probably more meaningful that it looked.
I mean, this is season 4, that season that’s so good we call it the best one yet, so that couldn’t possibly have been just another four-toed statue, right ? Right !??
It was a special thing, to see them running up there and to see Juliet following what she was told were Ben’s orders to stop them from doing whatever it is that really wanted to do, or did do. But it also helped making the episode that followed, yes that would be Ji Yeon, disappointing. Because after all that, we expected a lot to happen regarding this issue, yet none of it happened.
No one bothered to ask Charlotte and Dan what else they knew about Ben and the Island, no one bothered to ask for all the maps they could have, no one had any question at all for those two after what they pulled there. Neither did they for Juliet, who too knew about this place, yet never shared any of such knowledge. And all of that, all of this disappointment, followed this episode, but actually took place in Ji Yeon, where really nothing happened.
Whereas in this episode, was Dan & Charlotte doing their thing, and the whole issue what who or “what” was Harper, and who send “her” here…
#6 - Eggtown (S04E04)
It seems many people hate Kate, and so any episode about her is doomed to be disliked. I don’t really feel that way, so I don’t have such a problem. So I feel Eggtown was a good episode, and I really enjoyed it.
We have a few important revelations and new question brought up by this episode, starting with that lie the O6 are telling, or have to tell the world, about their journey. As Jack revealed for us during Kate’s trial, the official version is that 8 survived the crash, but then 2 died. The six others, are the Oceanic Six.
Now, why do they have to lie, and not mention the Island or what really happened ? Who made them lie, why did they agree to it ? Why only six, what happened to the others ? Are they still alive and well, on the Island, or dead ? Why the Hell say that 8 first survived ? Who are those two that died quickly and why was it important to include them in the story ? Also, how the Hell does anyone explain the O6 and that story, after with the wreckage of Flight 815 had reportedly been found, with dead bodies of absolutely everyone on board ?
My list:
Ji Yeon
- I don’t agree with a lot of the negative stuff you said about this episode Fred. I agree that i thought there would have been a better twist because of the hype - i remember Jorge said in an interview that this ending would blow our minds, but i was actually pissed that they killed Jin off (even though it was in the future and i hadn’t thought of the possibility of him being still alive on the island) i think that might have been because of the needless use of the flashback to through people off. Even though that was a good tactic naratively…in the long run we’re just left with a pointless flashback. Also the on island action did seem like filler. Maybe i do agree with you Fred.
The other woman-
I wish i could put this higher because of the great acting from Michael Emerson, but the gas station storyline wasn’t handled as well as it should have been. They tried to make it dramatic with the timer countdown but if Charlotte and Dan had of explained what they were doing to the losties/us we would have been more engaged in the suspense.
Meet Kevin Johnson- Disappointing. After waiting since the end of series 2 to see what happened to Michael and Walt this was a bit anti-climatic. I was hoping that Ben had told them to go on a bearing that would transport them back in time 5years to before the crash therefore when Michael tried to tell someone that they were survivors they wouldn’t believe him. Then 5years later Walt would have been the age he is in real life and they would have made their own way back to the island to help everyone because there was no place for them in the real world any more. -does anyone think this would have been better -Fred?
Confirmed Dead- Great introduction to new members of the cast. However if you think about Naomi…she asked Abadaom what would happen if she encountered survivors of oceanic flight 815 i.e. she was aware of the possibility of them being alive on the island however when she later lands on the island she is overwhelmingly shocked that they’re alive because ‘they found the plane. everyone was found dead.’ This seemed to me like the writers wrote that twist in last series just to make us think they were in a parallel universe then went back on themselves this series with the storyline that a small group think they’re alive.
Eggtown - It’s high up on my list because of the way camp Locke were acting like the new others in the barracks along with the twist that Aaron was Kates kid.
The Constant
-Great rollercoaster of an episode. However if you stop to think about the contradictions of the time travel it makes us think Damon and Carlton didn’t think it through fully. i.e. when Desmond tells Penny that she won’t hear from him till Christmas eve 2004, were the characters aware of this when we seen them in previous flashbacks that took place after this conversation (e.g. at the stadium)
The beginning of the end
-Introduced to the Oceanic Six. Groups divided. Jacob’s cabin. Hurley being a member of the Oceanic 6. Jack pulling the trigger on Locke.
The Economist-
I believe the Economist had it all. Mystery. Travel. Sex. Murder. Twist on island of Kate staying with Sawyer. Double-bluff twist with Sayid’s girl playing Sayid to find out who HE was working for, followed by a huge twist that Sayid worked for Ben.
Also the Economist had this dialogue:
Frank Lapidus: This guy Sayid, where’s he from?
Jack Shephard: Iraq.
Frank Lapidus: Iraq? So he is just going to go and work everything out. What was he, a diplomat?
Jack Shephard: No. He was a torturer.
Brilliant. The Economist also had the reveal that Ben has been leaving the island
Hey Aidan,
A few comments…
Meet Kevin Johnson : I now that many were disappointed that we didn’t get to see what actually happened to Michael and Walt after they took off, how they actually got to find their way out, especially since leaving the Island hasn’t been the easiest thing to do (ask Desmond), and I still hope we’ll find out a bit more about it later on, but we will never be shown anything just because they can’t use Walt no more, since Malcolm David Kelley grew up.
About your little idea, I’m not sure how I would have felt, but you seem to believe that people can just travel through time as they want ! Remember that there’s actually no evidence of such time travel. For Desmond, it was only the mind, the consciousness that travels, not the body, and we know there’s something fishy with time and leaving or coming to the Island, but there’s no actual evidence that it can allow one to time travel!
Confirmed Dead : I don’t know, Naomi was definitely aware of the possibility they could find some survivors, but as we now know everyone was supposed to be dead, all their dead bodies have been found. She wasn’t lying to Hurley, they’re all officially dead. Maybe Naomi didn’t really believe she would met any survivors, maybe she was a bit out of it after her landing on the Island, and just didn’t think any further than the fact the wreckage was found, with all dead bodies.
The “problem” with this whole thing isn’t really Naomi or the Freighters’ reactions, because we can think if they know about Ben and the Island, the idea of finding survivors of 815 was something they had accepted. The weird part I’d say is that Hurley didn’t ask Naomi what it meant that “everyone was found dead”, that they don’t care about that, but it’s just one of those things on Lost I guess, like how no one ask Juliet, Dan, or Charlotte despite all that happened and all that they probably know…
The Constant : Yes, maybe lots of “contradictions” in this one, and there wasn’t a deadline set for the show, if producers didn’t know the exact number of episodes left for the entire series, I would fear they just made things up without thinking it more throughout. But since they know when it will end, and they have to work on how it will end and how to get there, I want and choose to believe it mostly looks like so to us, because so far we don’t know everything they know.
But it was one of those episodes that just blew us away while watching. I remember watching it and being completely excited, blown away, and amazed by it. It brought lots of new things on the table, made us think and theorize a lot more, I just love it!
The Economist : Yes, definitely a great episode. But The Beginning Of The End really set everything in motion : the future, Oceanic Six, the Hurley and Jack chat, Hurley “meeting” Jacob, even Dan showing up!
But yeah, it was a really good one.
Anyways, at least it seems we have a consensus when it comes to what were the three best episodes so far. (And that Ji Yeon and The Other Woman were the least good ones.)
Now let’s see if some episodes will be even better than The Beginning Of The End, The Economist, or maybe even The Constant…
I’m sure they will be!
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