I’ve been distracted by Grand Theft Auto for the past week, but I did want to take a break to write about the most recent Lost episode. After reading the description in my Google reader, I knew it was going to be an episode of filler, but wondered what curve ball the creators would toss at me. Turns out to be Jack’s Dad, yet again.
I have no problem with slow, unrevealing Lost episodes. I do have a problem with anti-climactic episodes though. We knew Jack was going to be perfectly fine from the surgery, yet were forced to sit through the operation anyway. The only purpose it served was to offer yet another doppelganger moment as the situation improved on the island, the situation post rescue deteriorated for Jack.
We learned very little from this episode other than Charlotte speaks Korean, Sawyer decides to stay on the island, and lots of those crazy mercenary bastards survived the wrath of the smoke monster. But the writers decided to give us a lovely “What the Fuck?” moment when Papa Shephard shows up to lead Claire off into the jungle. For you folks that forgot, Jack’s Dad is also Claire’s father. I believe Jack’s dad is involved in the island’s fate somehow and perhaps we will find more out in the season finale. His brief appearances are becoming utterly ridiculous at this point though.
Before the previews for next week rolled, the only thing this episode really achieved was setting up possible scenarios for the finale. Jack may not be well enough to travel on the helicopter, Jin made it clear that he won’t get on the chopper before Sun and baby Aaron is on the way to his new mom, Kate.
Oddly enough, the previews were more exciting than the entire episode. For one, it’s clearly going to be a Locke episode. Does this mean we will see a Locke flashforward? One can only hope. We also saw a brief clip of Horace Goodspeed chatting it up with Locke. Seeing how Horace died 12 years ago in Ben’s purge, he’s either another ghost or been faking his death for years. Either way, I want to see Jacob for the love of Pete. I can’t go another entire year without some details about that crazy mystery man.
