So far this season, it seems like only every other episode of Lost is really doing it for me. But tonight was the "on" week.My main criteria of a good Lost episode were in evidence tonight. There were lots of very important character moments as the relationship between Sawyer and Kate was really tested by the Others. There was an interesting and relevant flashback as we saw a new chapter from Sawyer's past -- we got to see exactly what Sawyer meant by "every man for himself" and "when you let them in, that's when they can hurt you." Fun head games with the Others, as they, in Ben's words, "conned the con."
There admittedly wasn't much in the way of island plot progression, but I didn't mind. The tiny snippets of Desmond testing his "future sight" were intriguing enough. (The question is, is he repeatedly glimpsing the future? Or was he given one flash of things to come, and is now working off of what he saw? Or something else?)
I couldn't help but wonder if we'll be seeing some of the characters in Sawyer's flashback again at some point down the road, since so many of them were played by recogizable actors. Not "A list," necessarily, but working folks in Hollywood that you know if you've watched much film or television. There was Bill Duke as the prison warden, a familiar face in everything from Battlestar Galactica to Karen Sisco to Predator to Payback and who-knows-what-else. Ian Gomez as the victim of Sawyer's prison con, a recurring fixture on Felicity and The Drew Carry Show. And there was Kim Dickens as the mother of Sawyer's child, best known for her role on Deadwood. In other words, a lot of good acting talent to just "waste" in small parts in one episode.
But then, they did just take another Deadwood actor, Paula Malcomson, and shoot her in the one episode she appeared in (unless you count watching her die on the operating table tonight). Too bad.
As a footnote, I thought I'd mention that tonight on The Nine, we saw one of the main characters playing online poker. Filmed months ago, of course. It was both a laugh and a sad reminder all at the same time, and all unintentional.
3 comments:
Elizabeth and I were all "squee!" when Ian Gomez appeared. I wish the writers would nudge one of the Lostaways to call Ben Linus "Benjamin" with a Javier inflection. Maybe they could squeeze in Amanda Foreman some time down the road.
As soon as they put that heart rate monitor on Sawyer, I knew they would throw in a joke about his blood pumping hard for Kate.
Points to the writers for remembering "Live together. Die alone." The writing can deviate or stagnate at times, but at least it has a memory.
Who has the spinal tumor? And, more importantly, if Jack was brought there to remove a spinal tumor, for what purpose did they take Kate and Sawyer?
I think in that situation Sawyer would have fallen for the misdirection.
I think we're supposed to believe that the con man extraordinaire is just as gullible as his marks. In fact, I doubt he has a daughter. I think his ex-partner-in-crime has taken to the life, and that she had some con in the works with Javier.
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