The official synopses: “The remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island, and Jack and Ben begin their quest to reunite the Oceanic 6 in order to return to the island with Locke’s body in an attempt to save their former fellow castaways.” And: “Hurley and Sayid are on the run from the cops after stumbling into trouble at the safehouse; the island survivors come under attack by unknown forces; and an old friend offers some shocking advice to Kate in order to ensure that ‘the lie’ remain a secret.”
Ryan's take here.
Huh. Ben is actually taking orders or at least seeking approval from someone else? That's new.
Who was shooting flaming arrows, and when were they doing it? And why does Hurley keep seeing dead people? (Nice crack, Ana Lucia: "Libby says hi" indeed!)
I've always had a slight objection to time-travel as a plot device because it's too simple to use it as a Deus ex machina; "I can't resolve this plot mess any other way, so I'll just shift time!" but in this case I think it's being done with a wink. It was entirely too obvious a trick.
We'll see how next week goes. These two episodes were scene-setters for the rest of the season.
Posted by Linkmeister at January 21, 2009 04:15 PM | TrackBack