After reading this teaser about last week’s Lost episode, I had high hopes. All I can figure is that whoever wrote this breathless post was either a pre-teen or on some bad drugs.
Yeah, Claire came down with some strange illness, but we find out what it is at the end of the episode. That’s also when we find out that Juliet is a cast-iron cold lying bitch who has infiltrated the camp for the Others.
Like that’s a surprise.
There was far less “revealed information” than the article suggested. We find out that the house (the one blown up a couple of episodes back) really was the communications station. Yawn. We find out how Juliet got to the island. Yawn. We find out that there’s some kind of island effect that causes the immune systems of pregnant women to attack their babies. Okay, that could be interesting. We find out that Juliet’s sister is alive and gave birth to a son. Yawn. We possibly learn the reason for Juliet’s antagonism toward Ben.
Except that this episode called into question how literally we can interpret the flashbacks. Now that is perhaps the most interesting thing that happened this episode–though it’s also potentially annoying. Did Juliet actually want Jack to let Ben die on the table? Are the flashbacks about how she got there reliable? If so, why is she still cooperating with Ben and the Others?
I’m starting to get the feeling that the writers are flying by the seats of their pants. That’s not good.
