Something Nice Back Home
N. Reynolds
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This season is getting very involved and quite good. I am glad that the writers have kept up their end of the bargain giving us good episode week after week! This season has been fantastic so far and I have no complaints! So much happened on this episode so it might be a long recap, sorry in advance :)
On the Beach
The episode opens with Juliet trying to wake Jack up. She finally succeeds although he looks very sick and disoriented. He walks out of his tent and faints after telling the other losties that they will be rescued off the island. Jack wakes up and takes antibiotics hoping to slow down his appendicitis. Juliet enters Jack’s tent and after an exam confirms that he needs surgery to remove his appendix. Jack knew the surgery was necessary but was too stubborn to let her know he needed help. Later Jack tells Juliet that he wants to be awake and wants Kate to hold a mirror so that he can watch and walk Juliet through the surgery
Juliet asks Sun to go to the medical station to get some supplies for the surgery. Daniel offers to go with Sun since he had performed animal autopsies in the past. Sun quickly refuses his help but Daniel eventually gets them to agree. Juliet gives Jin a gun and tells him to shoot them in the leg if either attempt to escape. Charlotte, Daniel, Sun and Jin take off to the medical station while the other losties on the beach prepare a sterile environment for the surgery. When they arrive, Jin asks Sun in Korean if he thinks Charlotte knows that Daniel likes him. Charlotte looks back at Jin and Sun before entering the station. While Daniel collects all the necessary medical supplies, Sun expresses her concern to get off the island and that Daniel and his people are not here to rescue them. Jin promises his wife that she will get off the island. When they return to the beach Jin goes to speak with Charlotte. He purposely speaks in Korean to her and she pretends that she doesn’t understand. Jin continues in Korean and threatens to break all of Daniel’s fingers if she doesn’t stop lying. Charlotte then responds in Korean and asks him what Jin wants. Jin tells her that he wants Sun to get off the island when the helicopter arrives. She asks about the others and he tells her that Sun is his only concern.
As Juliet begins to operate Jack does his best to stay still. He struggles, as anyone would but still begs Juliet to keep him conscious during the surgery. She refuses and Bernard knocks him out by placing a towel filled with chloroform over his face. Bernard leaves the tent after the surgery and tells Kate that everything went fine. Kate re-enters the tent to see Juliet finishing up with Jack’s stitches. Kate thanks Juliet for saving Jack’s life and in not so many words Juliet tells Kate that Jack is in love with her.
Jungle
Claire, Sawyer and Miles continue to make their trek back to the beach after leaving Locke’s camp. They stop for a break and Miles begins to hear whispers around him. After the whispers stop Miles asks Claire and Sawyer who Danielle and Karl are. Sawyer asks how Miles knows them and accuses him of killing them. Just then Miles begins digging in the dirt and uncovers Danielle and Karl’s bodies. They then leave the area to find a safe place to rest for the evening.
Further along on their journey Claire is spending some QT with Aaron. From a distance Miles watches her. Sawyer, concerned tells Miles that he has enacted a 20-foot restraining order and that Miles needs to stay away from Claire. After a while they begin walking again and hear someone running toward them. Frank comes running out of the jungle and tells them all to hide because Keamy is on his way. He also warns that if Keamy sees them, he will kill them. Claire, Miles and Sawyer hide and Keamy arrives. While hiding Aaron makes a small noise and Keamy becomes suspicious. Somehow Frank convinces Keamy and his crew to continue to the helicopter so that he doesn’t have to fly during the night.
That night while Claire, Sawyer and Miles are sleeping Claire is awakened by a dream. She looks down to see that Aaron is no longer right next to her. Claire panics, jumps up, looks forward and see’s Christian Shepard, her father, holding her baby. The next morning Sawyer wakes up and finds that Claire is missing. He asks Miles where she went and he tells him that she took off with someone she called dad. Sawyer asked why he didn’t stop her and Miles says it was because he wanted to abide by the restraining order. Sawyer runs out to look for Claire and Aaron and begins to hear the baby crying. He finds the baby but not Claire.
Jack’s Flashforward
We see Jack in bed sleeping when the phone rings. It is his practice reminding him about his 11 am appointment. He thanks her for the reminder, gets out of bed and puts on a towel. He then walks into the kitchen and stubs his foot on one of Aaron’s toys. He pours two half full wine glasses into the sink and makes coffee. After leaving the kitchen Jack goes to the bathroom where Kate is taking a shower. When she exits the shower, they say good morning and kiss. That night Jack is reading Aaron a story before bed. When Aaron is asleep Jack and Kate also go to “bed”.
After Jack meets with his patient the next day and walks her out lobby he catches a glimpse of his father. Just after someone approaches to let him know he has a phone call from Santa Rose Hospital with regards to his friend (Hurley). Jack goes to the hospital and meets with Hurley’s doctor. His doctor tells Jack that Hurley has stopped taking his medications and does not believe that the doctor is real. Jack enters Hurley’s room for their visit. Hurley tells Jack that all the Oceanic 6 are dead. He believes this because he saw Charlie and that Charlie has continued to visit him. Hurley tells Jack that he will be getting a visitor of his own soon. Frustrated, Jack leaves and tells Hurley to take his medication. When Jack arrives home that night Kate is asleep. He wakes her up and proposes marriage for which she says yes.
The next day Jack is back at work and reviewing an x-ray. He hears the fire alarm beeping outside his office and goes to fix the problem. After climbing down from the counter in the reception area he looks over to the couches and sees his father sitting. A few seconds later a colleague begins calling his name and Jack’s father is gone. Jack tells his colleague that he has been stressed and asked for a script for Clonazepam. She agrees, writes a prescription and suggests that he speak to someone about what is going on with him. When Jack arrives home from work Kate is on the telephone telling someone that Jack does not get home until past 8pm. Jack asks who it is and Kate tells him it is Noreen, another mother from the park. Later Kate gets home late to find Jack drinking in the living room. She asks what he was doing home early from work and he tells her about his visit to Hurley. Jack asks Kate where she has been and she admits that she was doing a favor for Sawyer. He asks what she did and she would not tell him. Jack becomes upset, gets up and walks toward the door. Just as he is about to leave Aaron enters the kitchen. Kate hugs Aaron and Jack leaves.
Questions and Comments
- Where is Claire?
- Why did she leave Aaron?
- Why did Jack get sick on the island?
- What did Kate have to do for Sawyer (during the flash forward)? Why did she keep it from Jack?
- How did Charlotte learn to speak Korean?
- Did you notice in last week’s episode the wizard of oz touch? After Claire’s house exploded Sawyer found her under a pile of rubble. Only her feet were showing. The season finale will have three episodes and those are all called “There’s no place like home”. Another wizard of oz reference. They have done this before with the “man behind the curtain” episode. Can you think of any other references?
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from wikipedia article about ben
Lost References:
Dorothy Gale's Uncle Henry is assumed by many to be named Henry Gale, although his and Aunt Em's surname was never established in Baum's books. The Lost character Henry Gale came to the Island in a balloon (and Ben claimed he had done so when he was calling himself "Henry Gale"); the Wizard arrived in Oz in a balloon.
In "Flashes Before Your Eyes", Mrs. Hawking and Desmond observe someone in red shoes being crushed by falling debris, just as the Wicked Witch of the East met her demise when Dorothy arrived in Oz in the 1939 movie adaptation of Baum's book. In the book, the house fell on the witch, but the shoes she was wearing were made of silver.
The episode title "The Man Behind the Curtain" is a reference to a scene in the 1939 movie adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, in which the Wizard, manipulating the illusion of "the great and powerful Oz" from behind a red curtain, exclaims "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" This episode is features flashbacks of Ben, whom Locke accuses of being "the man behind the curtain" before their trek to Jacob's cabin in the jungle. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
In one episode, Sawyer calls Charlie "Munchkin". ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
In the 1939 movie adaptation, one of the farmhands on the Gale farm is named Zeke. Sawyer calls Tom "Zeke" in one episode.