Summary: In flashforwards, Sayid is attacked by somebody with Kate's address. Jack goes to Kate, who is following the lawyer who confronted her. Kate lets Jack get in and they go together. They get nowhere and Jack convinces Kate to meet with him and Sayid at the marina. Sun comes along with Aaron. Kate is angry upon seeing Ben and figures out that the lawyer works for him. On the island, Charlotte wakes up and is okay. The group decides to head back to the beach, and on the way Sawyer witnesses Kate helping Claire give birth. Another flash happens and the beach camp is back. The group finds an outrigger on the beach, likely from another plane crash. They take the outrigger to go around the island, but are attacked on the way. Another flash happens and they get to land. Elsewhere, Rousseau's camp crashes on the island and they find Jin in the water, dehydrated but alive.
The Good: This season has had a sense of urgency in both storylines. The flashforwards have a time limit to get everyone together so the episode has a rush to ensure that everyone is together. On the island, the nosebleeds are becoming a bigger problem, and this provides the urgency in that storyline. Daniel, Locke and the others need to find a way to stop these flashes from happening, and due to the imminent threat, this story is also exciting to watch. "Lost" is using fast pace and urgency really well to make the drama more engaging. The developments in this episode were solid. The island story has some great moments involving the time travel. Sawyer seeing Kate was a surprisingly emotional moment, and I really appreciate how this moment was executed. Sawyer losing Kate has been emphasized really well in this season, and it's sad to see Sawyer try to maintain his tough exterior while going through this pain. It was nice to see how this moment affected Sawyer for the rest of the episode. The time travel also introduced another mystery involving the outriggers, which I'm interested in. I also really laughed at Sawyer's "thank you lord... I take that back!" The flashforward story also had some nice developments. Kate's investigation of Norton was interesting to watch and there was a nice red herring with Claire's mother talking to him. Naturally, the one after Kate was Ben (whenever something happens it's ALWAYS Ben), and it seems like he's been orchestrating something involving the Oceanic Six. Perhaps he's been the one terrorizing them in an attempt to bring them together. This is a really interesting twist and I'm invested in finding out what his plan is. I was glad to see Jack and Kate together again. It's evident that while Kate is upset at him, she does still love him and was happy to see him back in good health (no beard!) and caring for her again. That made the ending scene of the episode more impactful as Kate realizes that Jack may not be reaching out to her to return to her life and that he still wants to go back. This marina scene provides a really exciting set-up for the next episode with Sun seeing Ben and Kate readying to blow up at Jack. The Bad: The one development I don't like is Jin's survival. It's just absurdly unbelievable that Jin would somehow have survived this long in the water. Furthermore, he was right in the middle of the explosion that sunk the freighter. How can you propose that he survived that? Also, it must be incredibly lucky for Jin to be travelling through time along with everyone else, especially seeing how far away he was from the island. There are a few too many contrivances here for Jin's survival to be a good reveal. This episode doesn't feel coherent in a way that all of the great "Lost" episodes are. Season 5 seems to have done away with having character-centric episodes to the same degree as the last 4 seasons, and that hurts an episode like this one. While the story progression is good, this episode is not a memorable standalone experience. While that definitely doesn't make this episode bad, it holds it back from being better. The Unknown: Who was the man in the hospital working for? Was he also sent by Ben? I don't see how anybody else would know where Sayid was except for Ben. I think it's likely that all the attacks were orchestrated by Ben. It doesn't make sense for others to be after the Oceanic Six. It seems that both Miles and Charlotte have been on the island before. Could this be why both of them were chosen by Widmore to be part of the science team on the freighter? Who left the outriggers? And who started shooting from the other outrigger? Apparently this was from the airline Ajira. Will we see another plane crash before the series ends? Could this be the airline that brings the Oceanic Six back to the island? Jin interacting with Rousseau was a huge surprise and a delight. But how is it that Rousseau doesn't remember him? Of course I can't blame her for forgetting Jin's face after 16 years. But I wonder if there's another reason. Will we see what happened to Rousseau's team after they landed on the island? Is Sun going to try to kill Ben? What will happen next? Best Moment: Sawyer seeing Kate again was a really powerful scene and I love the impact that it had on him for the rest of the episode. Character of the Episode: Sawyer. Conclusion: This episode had more strong story progression, but it doesn't do a whole lot to stand out. In the end, it's a solid but unspectacular episode. Score: 65
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