Summary: In 1977, Sawyer organizes it so Jack, Kate and Hurley join the Dharma Initiative as new recruits. Jin goes to The Flame to find the plane but doesn't find anything. He instead finds Sayid and is forced to apprehend him as a hostile. Sawyer takes over and gets Sayid in a cell at The Barracks. Sayid meets young Ben. Jack speaks with Sawyer who is still planning their next move. In the present, Sun follows Ben who wants to return to the main island. He takes her to an outrigger but Sun knocks him out and leaves with Frank instead. They go to The Barracks where they meet Christian. Christian shows them that Jack, Kate and Hurley joined the Dharma Initiative in 1977.
The Good: This episode had a lot of really fun plot developments across three different storylines. Watching Sawyer try to find a way to assimilate Kate, Jack and Hurley was really engaging. The story was packed with lovely moments of character reuniting after years apart, showcasing the bonds between these characters. But on top of that, it was tense and exciting to see if this plan would actually work. There are some really nice moments throughout, and I thought that the characters were handled nicely. Jack in particular had a great episode, and I got a laugh out of seeing his reaction when he realizes he's just a janitor. The final scene between Jack and Sawyer (spearheaded by an excellent reunion between Jack and Juliet) was really well written and had a lot of lovely moments (see: Best Moment). The Sayid storyline was more unpredictable and it's the first big problem that we're going to have to see sorted out. Sayid is unlucky enough to be apprehended by Radzinski, and he's found himself in a difficult situation, split up from everyone else, with nobody around to explain anything to him. I love how this wa emphasized throughout the episode with Sayid's shocked look once Jin points a gun at him, and with the glances shared between Sawyer and Sayid as the episode goes on. This storyline has been set up tremendously. Sun had a really good episode too. It was great to see her manipulate Ben for her own needs, showing us a new bit of ruthlessness within her that the season had been hinting at for a while now. Her determination to find Jin gives her story some more emotional weight as well. One of the episode's highlights has to be the spooky sequence in the barracks which felt similar to the amazing cabin scene in "The Man Behind the Curtain". While this wasn't quite on the same level, it was a tense moment and it gave us another encounter with Christian, furthering the mystery of who he is and what his goals are. The Bad: This was pretty much just a transitional episode. Don't get me wrong, it was fun and had a lot of good scenes, but it didn't come together as a complete experience like most other episodes of "Lost" do. The Unknown: We got to meet Radzinski surprisingly. Apparently he is building The Swan. What else will we learn about this? Why didn't Sun go back in time with the rest of the Oceanic Six? What happened to Daniel? Did he die? Why isn't he with Dharma anymore? Is Horace and Amy's baby the Ethan from season 1? That's a surprising reveal. Was he recruited by the others similarly to Ben? The monster was lurking around where Sun and Frank were. Will they encounter it? Why did Christian choose to help them? Who is he exactly? What are his goals? Is Phil suspicious of Sawyer? He gave a strange look towards Jack when he went to meet with Sawyer? What will become of Sayid meeting Ben? Best Moment: The Jack/Sawyer scene at the end had the most emotional weight to it. It's nice to see how both characters have grown. Sawyer has become a real leader while Jack has finally started to value letting things go. It's great to see Sawyer criticize Jack's ineffective leadership style, and to see Jack actually bask in not being in charge anymore. Of course Jack still bickers with Sawyer and gets defensive, because even with his development, he's still the same person. The episode does a nice job of showing change in these characters while still having them feel like the same people. Character of the Episode: Sawyer. Conclusion: This was a really solid episode that moved the story forward. It didn't have the emotional focus of the last three episodes, but there were plenty of great moments here, and I'm even more excited now for what's to come in the rest of the season. Score: 67
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