Summary: In flashbacks, Kate meets Cassidy in Iowa and Cassidy helps her arrange a meeting with her mom. Kate asks why she turned her in and her mom tells her that she loved Wayne and warns her that she will scream for help if she ever sees Kate again. Kate parts ways with Cassidy. On the island, Locke visits Kate and reveals he is leaving with the others. Kate is gassed and she wakes up handcuffed to Juliet in the jungle. They head back to the barracks and have a close call with the smoke monster. Juliet reveals she had a key to the handcuffs and handcuffed herself to try to endear herself to Kate since she was also abandoned by the others. Juliet and Kate meet up with Sayid and Jack and they head back to camp. At camp, Hurley convinces Sawyer that he's going to be banished so Sawyer starts trying to get on everyone's good side.
The Good: Kate's flashbacks were fine. It was nice to get an explanation as to why her mom screamed for help back in "Born to Run". The conversation between Kate and Diane is well done, and I appreciate how the episode frames Kate's view of her actions (noble and justified) against Diane's (selfish and criminal). It's also good to see Cassidy again in the flashbacks, and having her meet Kate is very unexpected and leads to them developing an interesting connection which we may see come up again (see: The Unknown). The island storyline had some moments too. The Juliet/Kate dynamic is unique and there are some good moments from their time in the jungle, particularly everything involving the smoke monster which remains one of the show's most engaging mysteries (see: The Unknown). The B-story is a ton of fun as Hurley cons Sawyer and gets him to be nice. It's funny and entertaining, especially considering how invested we are in both Hurley and Sawyer. Buried beneath all the fun is a good story of Sawyer learning to be a leader which does feel worthwhile. The Bad: Unfortunately much of this episode feels completely pointless. I don't know why so many episodes this season have been filler but it has made many episodes feel completely inconsequential. This is one of those episodes. The only important event that happens is that the others leave the barracks. Then Kate and Juliet end up in the jungle and the plot of the episode is just them walking back to the barracks so everyone can leave together. It's all so skippable and I feel like if we skip from Kate being gassed to everyone else waking up, we miss nothing from the story outside of minor mystery building with the smoke monster. Additionally, Sawyer's story ends up being pointless too. He seems to be set up as a leader, but with Jack, Kate and Sayid on their way back to the beach, he won't be a leader anyways. The Juliet and Kate drama was flat and completely uninteresting. Instead of developing the characters at all, the show inexplicably decides to spend their time talking about Kate's non-romance with Jack which is really dull and I found myself completely bored by all of it. The love triangle stuff has always been one of the show's weakest points. Even the Kate/Jack scene wasn't good in this episode. Typically Jack and Kate's scenes have bordered on having too much melodrama but have had enough depth to remain compelling. But here it goes way too far and their scene just doesn't work because it feels like it's trying to hard to make us feel Kate's guilt for messing things up with Jack. Unfortunately the episode doesn't succeed at connecting my emotions to Kate's. The Unknown: Where are the others going? Why is Locke going with them? What are they going to do with him? Why did they leave everyone else behind? Why was Juliet left behind? Are they actually abandoning her like that? Or is this some kind of a trap engineered by Ben? Why was Juliet antagonizing Kate so much if she wanted to be accepted into the survivors' camp? It feels like something is going on. Did Dharma build the sonic fence to keep the smoke monster out? Why can't it go through the fence, or even over it? It seems that even the monster has some limitations. Also, the monster seemed to "scan" Juliet like it did with Eko back in "The 23rd Psalm". This is interesting. Does this mean that the monster is going to end up judging Juliet like it did with Eko? Best Moment: I'll go with Kate speaking to her mother, it was one of the only scenes that I was invested in. Character of the Episode: Sawyer. Conclusion: This wasn't a good episode. There wasn't a lot to connect with, and the storylines felt both pointless and melodramatic. We've had 2 filler episodes in a row, this season needs to start picking up soon. Score: 49
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