Poor Jacky. The strain of being a hero is starting to show. He can’t save everybody, and it cuts him up inside. He has to, even if it means endangering himself. Jack swims out to save a girl caught in a rip tide but has to stop to save Boon, who is doing the same thing. In doing so, Jack passes up the opportunity to save the girl. He’s getting tired of looking after the group and their lack of water. Some of the group keep begging him for orders and some keep harrassing him about why he’s in charge. Also he’s hallucinating.

Sun and Jin stay isolated from the group. Must be waiting for their flashback episode. So’s Sawyer. Until then he’s just going to keep acting like a bastard. This is Jack’s episode though. He’s flashbacking to his childhood. His dad gives him a lecture about not trying to save everyone. In other flashbacks, bits about Jack’s relationship with his father are shown.

This week’s brawl is about the group’s last few bottles of water going missing. Things threaten to turn ugly. Locke does his usual mysterious impersonation[ftn] and goes off to find some water.

With Kate and Jack looking like they’ll get together at some point and Shannon a bitch, Merry decides his best chance is to chat up the pregnant girl. Sure she’s pregnant, but that’ll pass soon enough. I like Claire and I’m concerned about her welfare. She’s pregnant on a weird tropical island. Not a recipe for survival. Something bad’s going to happen mark my words.[ftn] Something really bad and traumatic. I’m worried that they’re going to kill her Claire.

This episode is when I feel the show has really settled into its regular format. Each episode is very focused on one character with plenty of subplots simmering away in the background.

I’m sorry if I gave the impression that the show wasn’t interesting in my last review. It’s just after the first two episodes which were more action focused, the next few episodes spend most of the time exploring the characters. The change was unexpected especially compared to the recent action-packed Stargate I’ve been watching. I understand that Lost needs to build its characters. It should make for a very intense series later on. I just need to be more patient with it.

Footnotes

1. Although we now know the truth about him and aren’t impressed or scared by it.
2. It’s not just because I’ve seen the next ten episodes.

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