LOST DISCOVERIES

LOST:

THE MOTH

Created by: J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof

Story by: Jennifer Johnson and Paul Dini

Air date: Wednesday, November 3^rd, 2004

Drawn to the Daylight

By Vlad

A Soulful Spike Society Review

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Synopsis

Teaser

The scene opens with Charley strumming his guitar in the caves, sweating and looking the worse for wear from his drug withdrawal. Locke appears and insists that he take a walk with him, that the fresh air will do him good.

We change to the beach where Jack is studying the mug shot of Kate. She makes light of it, looking a little uncomfortable. He gives it to her, telling her that he was getting a few things. He goes over again his reasons for going to the caves. He asks her again why she won’t go with him and the others. She mentions Sayid and their plans about the signal. Jack tells her that whoever set that signal wasn’t rescued. At this point Sawyer shows up and claims the old hospital as his new “digs.” He leers a bit at Kate and Jack picks up his belongings and leaves for the caves.

The scene changes to Charley. He’s in the jungle wandering about alone. Something roars at him and he is pursued through the foliage. While he is running, he goes into flashback:

Charley is sitting in confessional, apparently in England. He is asking forgiveness for having a ménage a trois. He explains that because he is in a band, the girls are a real temptation. The priest tells him that life is full of temptations and choices. Charley says that he has made his choice, that he is leaving the band.

Upon leaving the confessional, a band mate of his is sprawled loosely over the pews. He holds up a slip of paper and tells him that their band has been signed to a recording deal and that charley “is going to be rock god.”

We return to the present and Charley is still being pursued. We see now that it is a boar. As he runs across a clearing, a net traps the boar, swinging it up from the ground. Locke appears smiling and congratulates him, telling him that he makes excellent bait. Charley says he is glad he could oblige and then asks for his drugs back, obviously surprising Locke.

Act One

Charley insists he wants them back asking why Locke is evening holding them why he doesn’t just destroy them. Locke tells him that he will let Charley ask him three times for his drugs and will give them back on the third time and that this is his first time. He then goes on to tell him that having choices and making decisions based on more than instinct is what separates him from the boar hanging helplessly in the net nearby. He then goes and bleeds the boar.

We cut to the beach where Sayid is explaining to Kate and Boone about how to place the other two antennas he has built to triangulate the French radio signal. He explains that they have only one shot and they have to act in unison in mere minutes. He hands them some bottle rockets to use as flares to show they are in place and switching on their antennas. Unfortunately he needs a battery still, that one from a laptop would suffice. Kate says she knows where they might get one.

The scene changes to Kate standing in Sawyer’s new digs. He is reading another book. They banter a bit and Kate tells him that she thinks he is a parasite. He asks her if she is feeling sorry for him. She tells him no, that she pities him. He pauses reaches into one of his suitcases and pulls out a laptop, removing the battery. Unflapped, he replies, “All you had to do was say ‘Please.’” He hands it over.

Back at he cave, Charley is trying to be useful to Jack and Hurley but only succeeds in spilling a suitcase full of medications. As Jack and Hurley walk away, Charley sorts through the medicines, checking labels. He is surprised by Jack, who asks what he is doing. Charley says he is looking for aspirin for a headache. Jack tells him to go get some water, that he is probably dehydrated and collects the spilled medications. Charley collects his guitar sits down and goes into another flashback:

Charley and his band-mate are walking in some public courtyard, maybe at a British school. They are arguing over whether to take the record deal. The band-mate is named Liam and Charley says he will do it, if Liam promises him that if it gets crazy that they’ll just walk away when Charley says to. Liam tells his “baby brother” that he’s the rock god and makes the promise to his sibling.

We return to the present. Sun is tending to the sore, still manacled wrist of Jin. She says he should see the doctor but he says it will heal. He then notices the somewhat revealing dress she is wearing and tells her that it’s indecent and to go cover herself. Sun just looks him in the eye and says,”It’s too hot.” They share a look and Jin says no more.

We change locations within the caves and Hurley hands Charley his guitar case. Charley starts to brag about his songwriting in Driveshaft, but Hurley just tells him that Jack said to get it out of the way. Charley goes storming after Jack, deeper in the caves. There he confronts him, saying that lots of people respect him, and that Jack treats him like a child. He shouts that Jack doesn’t know him, that he is “a bloody rock god.” The cave starts rumbling and collapses in over Charley and Jack. As the others rush to the cave-in, Charley is standing in front, having narrowly escaped. When Jack is inquired about, a shell-shocked Charley points to the now blocked passage behind him.

Act Two

Hurley and Jin rush to the blocked cave, while a shaken Charley rambles an explanation of what occurred. Hurley tells Charley to go for help at the beach and to make sure to tell Kate.

The scene shifts to Kate and Sayid walking through the vegetation discussing the plane crash and the amazing chance that they survived it at all. Sayid is of the opinion that they shouldn’t have survived at all. Kate seems to think it was just dumb luck.

Charley arrives at the beach and explains the situation in the caves. Michael and Boone instantly take charge and organize a rescue party. Boone then hands his bottle rocket to Shannon and explains to her about Sayid's plan, the signal and how to switch on the antenna. He stresses how important it is. Shannon seems hesitant on the understanding, but when pressed by an exasperated Boone finally says she will do it.

Running back down the beach with the rescue party, Charley remembers he needs to tell Kate. Sawyer tells him that he just missed her; that she and Sayid headed into the woods a few minutes ago. He then tells Charley not to worry, that he will go tell them and for Charley to “keep doin’ whatever it is you do around here.” This obviously irritates Charley and he enters a flashback:

Driveshaft is on stage performing “You All, Everybody” and Liam is stealing his brother’s vocals. At the after-concert backstage party, Charley confronts Liam about it, but Liam blows it off, saying it won’t happen again. Charley then watches Liam take a cute blonde into aside room, where he breaks out a package of heroin. Charley looks on in dismay, as his brother tells him to chill and then closes a door.

Back in the present at the caves, Michael and the rescue team arrive. Michael quickly takes charge, checking out the cave-in before the group starts removing the rocks. He tells them he has eight years of construction work to draw from. He quickly assesses things and tells them the best way to dig into Jack. Walt watches his dad in action, seemingly impressed.

We swap scenes to the jungle where Sawyer catches up with Kate and Sayid. He begins to tell her about Jack, but before he gets a chance, Kate is rude to him. Sawyer, put off, doesn’t tell her about Jack, but instead tells her that he is there to help them mount the antennas.

Charley finds Locke in the jungle skinning the boar he previously captured. He tells Locke that he wants his stash back. Locke takes him to a tree and shows him a cocoon and asks Charley what he thinks it is. Charley questions if it’s a butterfly. Locke explains that it’s a moth. He then relates how, while butterflies get all the attention, moths are strong and faster and more productive. He then explains that the moth is trying to hatch, and while he could help it from the cocoon, that it would be too weak to survive; all creatures need to struggle to survive, it’s what makes them strong. Locke then tells him that Charley has now asked twice for his drugs.

Act Three

The rescue team hurriedly removes the rocks from the collapsed tunnel. They manage to create a small hole and make distant contact with a barely conscious Jack. An out-of-sight Jack is pinned under the rocks and can’t move.

We find ourselves once more with the antenna team of Sayid, Kate and Sawyer. Sayid goes over the instructions for the task again. Then, isolating Kate while Sawyer climbs a tree to mount the antenna, Sayid tells her that he doesn’t trust her with Sawyer alone. She assures him that she can handle herself and to go mount the other antenna.

Back at the cave, the team is trying to decide which one to send in to help Jack. Only someone small will be able to fit. Charley returns and volunteers. When they at first dismiss him, he explains that everyone else there that can do the job has someone that is depending on them and shouldn’t be risked and that he should be the one.

Back in the jungle Kate and Sawyer sit waiting for Sayid to get into place and signal. Sawyer asks her what it is she sees in Jack. He asks her if it’s because Jack is a doctor. He says that the difference between Jack and he isn’t that big. He then lets it slip that Jack is trapped in the caves in a rockslide, insinuating that he hasn’t survived. A distraught Kate throws her flare to Sawyer and she runs off to the caves. Sawyer watches her leave, an inscrutable expression on his face.

Back at the caves, the team outfits Charley with some water and a flashlight and wishes him luck. He begins making his arduous climb through the tiny tunnel and goes into a flashback:

Charley threads his way through a throng of people prior to a Driveshaft concert, making his way into a suite where Liam is drinking and consorting with several beautiful women. Charley ushers the women out angrily. Once they leave, Charley bitches at Liam for missing practice and sound-check and tells him that they have a show in an hour. This last rouses Liam from his stupor and he rushes to a makeup table and begins to dose himself with his drugs, getting psyched up about performing. Charley watches and then says that they are playing that night and then canceling the rest of the tour; that it’s time to walk away from the craziness like Liam had promised. He says that Liam is killing himself. Liam ridicules Charley, telling him that Charley can’t dismantle the group, that Charley is nothing without Driveshaft; that no one even knows who he is. Liam then storms out of the room. A disillusioned Charley sits down at the make up table, hurt and confused and the then picks up Liam’s drugs, in tears. We are to presume that is when he started taking them.

Back in the present Charley is still traveling through the tunnel. Suddenly, there’s rumbling and the tunnel collapses in behind him, cutting off his entrance route. He struggles on and finally comes out of the little tunnel and happily finds an alert Jack. He announces that he is there to rescue him.

Act Four

While the rescue party tries to figure out a course of action, Kate comes rushing breathlessly up. They tell her that they sent in Charley for him and then the tunnel collapsed. Kate asks why no one is digging them out and runs to do so. The rest follow and begin helping.

Back with Jack and Charley, Charley rolls the boulder off Jacks legs. He then finds out that Jack’s shoulder is out of socket and Jack needs Charley to pop it back into place. Anxiously, Charley does as asked. He then has another flashback:

Charley is dressed as he was on the plane that crashes and is knocking on a door of a big nice wooden farmhouse. A mundane dressed Liam answers the door happy to see Charley and they hug. They retire to a patio. Turns out that Liam has settled in Australia and has two children. Charley tells Liam that they have a chance to open for a band in L.A. and that he is putting Driveshaft back together, but it won’t be a deal without Liam. Liam however doesn’t want to come back. We find out that Liam had bottomed out and finally had kicked his drugs. Liam is astonished to find out that Charley is still using and tries to get Charley to stay with him and detox; that he would look after him. Charley gets up and says that Liam never looked out for him and storms off.

We return to the present and the caves. Jack, who has been studying Charley, asks him how long it had been since his last fix. Reluctantly Charley tells him a day and a half. Jack asks him why he hadn’t talked to him; that he could have helped him through it. Charley says he didn’t want him to think he was useless and a junkie also. Jack says that he isn’t useless and praises his efforts to find him. They bond, two men facing possible death. Then Charley spies a moth and following it, it leads him to some light.

We again focus on the rescue party. Kate is working herself to death clearing rubble. Michael tells her to slow down and she just stares at him and continues on. Inside the chamber, Charley persists in digging and manages to break through to the earth above, some where away from the cave.

Charley and Jack come walking in to meet their rescuers. There is much rejoicing and Charley receives much adulation. Kate emotionally hugs Jack, happy to have him back.

We change locations to Sayid, who now that he has placed his antenna, sets off his rocket. Shannon who is talking with another survivor on the beach catches sight of the flare and does her job and sends up the flare. Back to Sayid, who sees the flare and waits for Kate/Sawyer’s flare, which goes up right on schedule. Exuberant, he pulls out the transmitter, powers it up and acquires the signal, which appears very strong. Just then, an unknown assailant clubs Sayid down from behind with a branch.

Act Five

Back at the caves, Hurley is tending to Jack and Charley, bringing them drinks and blankets. Charley looks terrible and is shaking. Hurley asks what is the matter, but before Charley can reply, Jack interrupts and says that Charley has the flu. Hurley is sympathetic and moves along. Charley smiles at Jack in thanks, then upon seeing Locke tending the fire in the distance, he asks Jack to excuse him and wanders away.

Michael and Walt are still at the cave and Walt says it’s a cool place and asks if they can live there. Michael doesn’t answer but looks at Sun in the distance folding clothes. She looks back, an empty face.

Kate visits Jack with a sling she fabricated out of a t-shirt for his bad shoulder. She kids him about the “safe” caves he has moved to and he tells her that Michael has checked the rest out and assures they are now stable. He then asks her if she is going back to the beach. She mentions something halfhearted about helping Sayid. Jack comments that it’s one step closer to getting rescued and then thanks her for the sling and doesn’t say anything further.

Charley approaches Locke and asks him for his drugs. Locke says this is the third time and offers him a last chance to recant, but Charley says he has made his choice. Sadly, Locke hands him the drugs, which the musician slowly throws in the fire. Locke tells him that he is proud of him with a smile and that he always knew he could do it. Charley catches sight of the white moth once more as it rises from behind the fire to flutter off into the night.

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A Note from Vlad:

In my opinion, this was the least of all the episodes to date. Not because of the acting, or the directing, because those were both completely up to par. Better than most to be found out there, in fact. But the story itself was very ho-hum. It had the feel of something lifted from an After-School Special, maybe that one with Scott Baio as a stoner that nearly kills his brother in a boat because he was high. I remember that for some reason. Probably because they were handing out pamphlets at school with Chachi’s face on it and little pictures of rolled up doobies as the border. Pretty heady stuff for a 6^th grader. And also very full of plot holes and saccharine goodness.

So, forgive me if this review is short or doesn’t have any great insights. It was not for lack of trying. I watched it four times straight through, one of which was writing the detailed synopsis with lots of rewinds. Who knows how many times I have seen selected scenes. I know this story inside and out. To me this one was a let down; there’s just not much to work with. However, “I” have faith. This was episode 7, and if this is as bad as they get, we truly have a treat to watch every Wednesday night.

V.

A Day of Faith

Faith is a funny thing. When you have it, you don’t think about it. You can’t taste it, smell it or touch it. But, when it’s gone, you know. The Moth is about finding one’s faith again. However, it goes about it in some rather curious methods: mainly by showing how it isn’t done.

Charley

Towards the end, when Charley is talking to his brother about coming back to Driveshaft, he says, “It was about the music. Music, Liam. You took that away from me.” The thing is, Liam shouldn’t have been able to take anything away from Charley. Charley chose to believe in his brother, rather than himself. When things were crashing down, why didn’t Charley quit? Perhaps it would have signaled to his drug-addled brother how seriously wrong the turn of events had become. Charley let his brother down, in my opinion, not the other way around. But, then, we already knew that Charley was weak. His confession to the priest, while humorous, should have really said something to us. His resolve that he was going to quit the band, made in that confessional, went out the window at the first temptation that walked through his door: his brother and the record contract.

So, Charley lost his music, tossed it a way because he was disappointed in the actions of his brother. Being the sober one, why didn’t he pick up his stuff and refuse to perform that night, instead of joining his brother in the very madness that he knew was wrong. Or cancel the rest of the tour, as he told Liam they should do? Was Charley still clinging to faith in his brother to make up for his own lack of faith in himself? Or has he no faith at all?

In the end, Charley, of course, finds faith in himself. A little. He volunteers to do a dangerous heroic act, not because he is brave, or because he really has skills that no one else has, but because he is the most expendable. And, I believe, he does it out of a combination of misplaced guilt and a sort of death wish. I don’t find that lesson very appealing myself.

Jack and Kate

On the beach during their discussion, Jack flat out tells Kate that he wished he shared her faith in a rescue. The funny thing here is that I believe most viewers think Jack is making the sensible decision: setting up for the worst possibility, rather than risking them all in the “hope” that they will be rescued shortly.

To me, Kate’s actions are a great example of “blind” faith. There is no reason that the survivors couldn’t be living in the caves with a rotating crew to tend a fire and keep an eye out for rescue. Kate’s faith, belief, or overwhelming desire to be rescued is not only keeping her from looking at the bigger picture, but is also clouding her judgment. After eight days of being stranded, any hope of an imminent rescue has to dwindle fast for a realist. But then, Kate is not a realist. Self-admittedly she runs from her problems. Only this time, she has no place left to run.

In the end, after she fabricates that sling for Jack, we find that Kate is clinging to her faith still, but from the look she gives him, perhaps it is not quite as blind as it once was. I think in time, she will join Jack. And Jack has to be learning that he can depend on Kate to be there for him, when he needs it. Her face was practically the first he saw after his rescue. I think he has faith in her to come to her senses and that his faith is not misplaced.

Locke

Locke has more faith than the entire boatload…excuse me…planeload of folks that are stranded with him. Of course, Locke is playing with a stacked deck. What he is asking the others to take on faith from him, he learned through very concrete means: First, he was able to walk again after a 4-year condition, and second, he saw the great mysterious creature in the forest (and perhaps even interacted with it in someway.) Mr. Locke has seen the light, so to speak, and his faith is all the stronger for it. If any of the others had shared in his experiences, they would not be acting as they are now.

But then, that is faith: the taking of an idea with no tangible backing as the truth. Lock has no more faith than the rest of them, just, seemingly, more information.

Sawyer and Kate

Sawyer is the lone wolf: the man who takes care of himself first. People learn to be this way through disappointment by others. It is sort of the ultimate realist. So, when Kate berates him for acting like a parasite and tells him that she pities him, it should roll off of his back. But it doesn’t. He is obviously affected and hands her the battery she requested. Then, on news that Jack is trapped, he runs off into the jungle to alert Kate. It is only when Kate shows him such undeserved disdain that he chooses to hurt her instead. I find this very Buffy/Spike: her absolute refusal to see the good that lies within him, or at least the spark of good because of preconceived notions. Kate has only some faith in Jack, and absolutely none in Sawyer. She places nearly all her faith, interestingly, in Sayid.

Sayid and Kate

Sayid is certain that they shouldn’t have survived that crash. He is already operating on a belief that a miracle occurred. Perhaps it is not as unexplainable as Locke’s sudden spryness, but a belief in a miracle that you can’t easily explain any other way has to be empowering. Interestingly enough, Sayid is the defacto leader of the “hopefuls” populating the beach. He thinks they were spared from death for some reason and believes that, at least part of that reason, is to go back to their lives.

And Sayid doesn’t hold out false hopes to anyone. His belief is founded on his own skills and the tangible knowledge that there is a power source out there. It is a shame that he and Jack couldn’t find some sort of compromise to allow the beach idea and the cave idea to be one “great” idea. They needed a mediator, and the one that best fit that role was Kate. She obviously saw some merit in both sides of the argument. But, due to her normal mode of running away from problems, she didn’t set them down and force the issue. She wants to believe that she can once more run away to freedom.

Boone and Shannon

Boone was forced into depending on Shannon for what could be arguably (if it succeeded) one of the most important endeavors they have attempted. Having known Shannon all his life, he doubted her ability, but was forced to have faith. This, to me, is one of the lowest forms of faith imaginable. When one has no choice but to depend upon another, what decision could that person really make? Of course, it could be argued that Boone wasn’t needed at the cave, that there was a sizeable party already organized and going. In that case, then perhaps he did believe somewhat in his sister’s capabilities. Or perhaps he judged the reality of rescuing a trapped man to be more important than a chance of getting off the island. Jack, did, after all, save Boone from drowning a few days before. Perhaps he sought to repay that debt?

Michael and Walt

In my opinion, the only good display of faith in this episode was watching Walt develop a righteous faith in his father, not because his father was trying to earn it, but because he was doing things naturally that deserved it. He had come to the caves to save Jack, and may wind up staying with the realists. Unfortunately, his reason for doing so may not be intellect but rather a matter or the heart, or at least the loins.

Conclusion

It is an interesting situation we have here: Jack with his course of action, Sayid with his decisions, and Sawyer with his choice of “non-action.” But, we see the followers of Sayid’s camp rushing to help the leader of the dissenting group with no hesitation. I would in no way doubt that if Sayid had known of Jack’s dilemma, he would have delayed his experiment to also help. We see Sawyer at start out with, if not good, at least benign intentions of helping Jack and then, most likely, staying around to help Kate and Sayid. It was because of Kate’s lack of Faith in Sawyer and Sawyer’s lack of faith in humanity in general that there was even a problem at all.

Going with this in mind, it seems that it is the “undecideds” that are the ones lacking faith. Jack believes and Sayid believes. Jack can arguably be said to have had the island intervene. Sayid was already sure of his own miracle of the jet crash. It is Sawyer and Kate that need to re-examine their own beliefs and perhaps find some faith: for Kate, faith in herself and for Sawyer, faith in others. Perhaps Locke can share some of his brand of insight with the two of them?

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What Worked?

• You all, everybody

You all, everybody

Acting like it’s stupid people

Wearing expensive clothes

You all, everybody

You all, everybody

You all, everybody

-Driveshaft

A great rendition of the faux hit. You actually can buy into it having been big on the top 40. Charley and his brother seem just perfect there on the stage playing.

· Dominic Monaghan’s portrayal of Charley in general is just excellent. From his boyish youthfulness with his brother in the flashback, to his world-weary addict in the final flashback, to his sense of amazement and wonder in the caves. Of particular note, is his mature gallows humor with Jack when they are trapped. When Jack tells him he will always remember what Charley did for him, the way Dominic delivered the line “for the rest of our lives?” Just an exquisite tight moment.

• Hurley: “Locke’s out in the jungle…killing stuff.”

· Charley: “I’m here to rescue you.” Am I the only one that expected Jack to quip, “A little short for a stormtrooper, aren’t you?”

· The unexpectedness of Shannon not goofing up the flare and antenna. It was beautifully set up by her character in general and was a real surprise when the whole plan went off without a hitch…well, until Sayid got conked on the noggin.

What Didn’t?

• Kate’s harsh dismissal of Sawyer when he rushed up to them in the jungle. To me, it was out of place. Earlier the same day, he had begrudgingly helped her out, without dickering, or bargaining, or even making any lewd offers. Why she should suddenly feel such animosity towards him is unfathomable to me. The only thing it serves is to make us loath Sawyer for acting a certain way. Even though’ that way is brought on Kate’s unreasonable actions. Let’s call this Cliff Climb #7.

• The browbeating we took with the theme of the week. I appreciated Locke’s use of metaphor with the moth, but the use of the actual moth as the means for Charley to find escape and then seeing that moth fly out of the flames where Charley had disposed of his stash like a proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes was just overdone.

Questions

• I don’t believe that Sawyer accidentally let it slip about Jack being trapped in the rockslide. The real question is his motive of letting it slip to Kate. Was it because he wanted to hurt her? Or was it because he felt she deserved to know?

• Was it Charley’s proclaiming that he was a “rock god” that angered the island? Is the island some form of a god, or at least the environs of some type of god? Or was it just the vibrations from his shouting that triggered the rockslide? I think it interesting to note that they were standing in the only tunnel (according to Michael) that was unstable.

• Who (or what) clubbed poor Sayid? We saw Sawyer’s flare go off in the distance, so it was unlikely to be him. Besides, what motive does he really have? He might be the ultimate realist, but I don’t think he minds getting rescued. That leaves us Locke, who was unaccounted for and had some motive (ie. His working legs, his bargain with the island perhaps) to stop them from locating the signal. Thing is, Locke shouldn’t know about the signal. That leaves us an unknown passenger’s motive, or a complete stranger. The French lady perhaps? A super Vincent wanting to play fetch is almost as plausible at this point. (Thanks, Rob Sorenson, for that visual!)

· I loved You All, Everybody! Where can I download an MP3?

The Missing: Update

Jack – Matthew Fox

Jack, stop being so stubborn and realize that: A. She loves you B. You have complete access to one of the most attractive and most capable women on the island and C. That this is just a silly argument; you can do both the caves and the beach! Idiot. Maybe you didn’t graduate medical school after all!

Kate – Evangeline Lilly

Okay, you have shown where your loyalties lie. Faced with either the one shot of making the signal operation work or going to find Jack, when you don’t even know he is alive, you immediately chose the latter. Doing so left your oh-so-important mission in the hands of a guy you don’t trust and who has just, this very minute, told you of his betrayal. But, now that you have done all you could, you tell Jack that you need to go back to the beach? Sister, you and Jack are meant for each other; what fuzzyheaded thinking you share!

Charley – Dominic Monaghan

The Bloody Rock God! I am pretty proud of you Charley. Thing is, not as much as most might be. It took some strength to toss the last of your stash in the fire. Thing is: Would you have had that strength tomorrow in the real world? It’s easy to have a moment of strength; it takes a real hero to maintain that strength for the rest of your life. When, and if, you get off this rock, I would like to see you in 5 years. Maybe by then you will have proved you can stay clean, and just not be able to buy more drugs.

Hurley – Jorge Garcia

Dude, you are always there to lend a hand. Sure you might grumble and use up irreplaceable batteries, but that was true concern on your face for Jack. And you never stopped working to get him out. You are a real…Dude among dudes!

Claire – Emilie de Ravin

Sweetie, I am really missing you! This is two full days. And we don’t even know which camp you are in. I hope someone is bringing you water if you are on the beach. Maybe Boone, since Charley is sorta busy up in the caves.

Boone – Ian Somerhalder

and

Shannon – Maggie Grace

My God! The two of you… being… so…dependable! Okay, the alien theory must be true. You are both doppelgangers. Maybe that’s why we didn’t see you last week!

Sayid – Naveen Andrews

It worked! It worked! Now maybe you can build that coconut sat-phone. Oh sorry. Well, I hope that whatever clobbered you didn’t either eat you or drag you off somewhere as a captive. And I don’t know for sure, but you might have actually gotten some information out of that signal strength stuff that could be useful.

Michael – Harold Perineau

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Walt – Malcom David Kelley

Way to go, Mikey! So you do have some tangible skills to lend the group! Of course, I am rather interested in what building skills you learned in 8 years of construction that would allow you to determine a load bearing cave wall in mere seconds. But hey, whatever works! And, though you may not know it, kudos on impressing your son. I would watch out for making a play for Sun… let her come to you, my man. Slow and easy and maybe the little yakuza/triad guy won’t make you into...ahem…fish food. We already know he is good at that.

Sawyer – Josh Holloway

My man! What am I to think? First you do the right thing, then you do the even righter thing, and then you do the wrong thing. And then you do the right thing the wrong way but for the right result. I did appreciate how you told her the truth, which you let her take the wrong way: “ I just came to tell you that you were right about me, that I don’t help anyone but myself. Well, here I am to pitch in.” Sneaky! Makes up for that lapse over the peanuts. And I really think you let the truth slip once you knew you could handle the job of the flare and signal. Maybe it's your way of “telling” Kate the truth.

Locke – Terry O’Quinn

Okay, are you now the resident shaman? You’ve been flirting with it all this time, but you have finally slipped over the line. Am I the only one that felt like you were doing more than butchering that little piggy? Like maybe reading the future in its entrails? Maybe you found out about Sayid’s operation that way and went to bonk him.

Jin – Daniel Dae Kim

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Sun – Yunjin Kim

You go girl! I like the way you didn’t even deign to argue with him over the clothes but instead stated it in the most obvious of answers. “It’s hot.” And so are you, my dear, so are you! And I think Mikey noticed. Just make sure that’s what you want and then make sure you split with Jin first. Not only is it the right way to handle it, but it’s the way to help make sure you don’t wake up next to some cold “Mikey sushi” some morning.

The Dog (Vincent)

I know boy, they coulda sent you in to Jack through that tunnel. Strapped a bottle of water ‘round your neck like some Saint Bernard. Oh well, at least you are at the caves now. Plenty of water, lots of things to chase outside. Of course, let’s hope none of the bats have rabies. Hmmm, Cujo was a Saint Bernard too, come to think of it!

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