Summary: In flashbacks, Jack meets a woman named Achara in Thailand. He is too insistent on learning more about her and follows her, forcing her to "mark" him which gives him his tattoos. Jack is hated for this and Achara's friends force him to leave Thailand. On the island, Kate, Sawyer and Karl reach the main island. Kate and Sawyer fight as Kate feels guilty for sleeping with him. Karl leaves them to go back to Alex. Meanwhile, Jack is moved to the cages to accommodate Juliet who is being punished for killing Danny. The plan is to execute her but Alex frees Jack who goes to Ben and cuts a deal to spare Juliet. The others pack up and leave for the main island since their position is now compromised.
The Good: Jack has some pretty solid moments here. Matthew Fox has been consistently great as Jack and that continues here. Jack gets some very good moments expressing his frustrations to everyone. His back-talk to Tom is very good, and it's nice to see somebody calling out the others for having the gall to act like good people after what they have done. Another great scene was when Cindy arrived and asked Jack about Ana Lucia. Fittingly, Jack flips out and snaps at everyone, frustrated by the gall of the others. It was nice to get more information from Karl about the others. I do wish that he had spent more time with the survivors to give us more insight on how the others operate, but if we learn this stuff later then there is no problem here. The Bad: This episode is an incredible waste of time. Hardly anything of importance happens here, and the whole episode is both slow and boring. There really isn't much to talk about because not much even happens. The flashbacks are also a waste of time. We learn nothing new about Jack here. We already know that he's a stubborn prick sometimes, so getting yet another case of him acting like this is underwhelming. Furthermore, the characters aren't interesting at all and there is no drama produced int he flashbacks. Learning about Jack's tattoos is hardly essential to the story and it feels similarly superfluous to Kate's marriage from "I Do". The island plot is also pretty bad. The investigation on Juliet produces no drama whatsoever, and it's hurt by the fact that we still know next to nothing about how the others operate. We aren't able to understand how serious Juliet's offense is, and it doesn't help that nobody seems to be particularly upset about what happened. We have no stakes or context to get us immersed in the plot, so why should we care? The show tries to draw parallels between Jack and Juliet as both of them get marked, but there isn't anything significant enough to make these comparisons feel worthwhile. The attempted character dynamics of this episode fall horribly flat. If Ethan was the others' surgeon, why the hell did they risk his life instead of sending somebody more expendable? This makes the others look like morons for risking the life of their only surgeon, especially knowing that Ben had a tumour. The Unknown: The others have a sheriff apparently. Why? Is this how they solve infighting issues? What else does the sheriff do? What does it mean to get marked? What's the significance of Juliet's new mark? Is the home that the others are going to the village that we saw back in "A Tale of Two Cities"? Best Moment: Cindy and the kids appear to Jack and it's the first time we have seen them in ages. Surprisingly enough, they seem to have been treated well and assimilated amongst the others. Emma asks Cindy to ask about Ana Lucia and she does. Angry, Jack snaps at them and shouts for them to leave him alone. It's a well-acted scene that is the closest to drama that this episode gets. Character of the Episode: Jack. Conclusion: This was a failure of an episode. It was slow, boring, and provided very little of interest to think about. A filler episode if I've ever seen one. Score: 38
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