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AIR-DATE: 11/10/2006
Written by: Drew Goddard, Jeff Pinkner
Directed by: Paul Edwards
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Starring: Tanya Raymonde, MC Gainey, Tony Lee
In Flashback Sun’s dad discovers her affair with Jae, and tells Jin to bump him off (not telling Jin the real reason). Jin, though, just roughs Jae up and tells him to leave the country. Instead, Jae commits suicide.
On the Island Sayid, Sun and Jin are still on the yacht waiting for Jack and co. Sayid tricks the Korean couple into helping build a fire to attract the Others, so he can take captives. Instead, the Others capture the yacht, but not before Sun shoots one of them.
Jin also hints that knows more about his wife’s indiscretions and has a better grasp of English than she realised.
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Kate and Sawyer snog while on work duty, which causes a big punch up. Ben offers to send Jack back to his old life if he cooperates with the Others.
Review There are quite a few revelations but not many of great significance. Jin has learnt some English and may know about his wife’s affair. The Others are definitely in contact with the outside world (though the scene where they prove this to Jack is fairly amusing). This feels more like a leisurely mid-season plod, and the flashbacks are now more of an annoying distraction rather than shedding light on the main events. Sawyer and Kate are still good entertainment value, but Sayid is worryingly sketchily written here; his sudden “It’s a fair cop, guv!” apology at the end seems totally out of character.
Dialogue Sawyer: “You taste like strawberries.” Kate: “You taste like fish biscuits.”
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