Finally!
I was extremely unhappy with this season of Lost (which had been on hiatus until this week), because I was sick of seeing the Survivors as helpless victims. The series turned that corner this week, and I was extremely glad to see it — and now, I don’t have to mark Lost off the must-see list.
A lot of people are hailing it as one of the best episodes ever. I can’t say I agree that overall, it was — though it did what the show badly needed to do: Have the Survivors fight back. It was immediately obvious who was trying to recruit Juliet (in the flashback), and just as obvious what was going to happen when she said the only way her ex-husband would let her go was if he got hit by a bus. Still, the show turned the corner, and from the previews, it looks like there’s going to be more fighting back.
Excellent.