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Lost 4.10 Something Nice Back Home
Posted Thursday, May 1, 2008
Lost takes a break from last week's action packed adventure to tell us a character based story. While I typically am not too interested in Jack-centric episodes, his flash forwards are in fact better (to me) than his flash backs. This episode was very reminiscent of episodes of old, a lot happened and there is a lot to be explained.
Get Up Come On Get Down With the Sickness
Jack wakes up disoriented in his tent on the beach after Juliet's repeated attempts to wake him. After becoming conscious enough to stand, he exits the tent with her to find a group including Rose, Bernard, Sun, and, Jin arguing with Daniel and Charlotte. Bernard is confronting Daniel about his claim the satellite phone no longer gets a signal, which Bernard points out worked fine the night before, when they were contacting the freighter. Jack intervenes and acknowledges that Daniel and Charlotte have been lying to everyone. Jack reassures them all, saying eventually the freighter people will come for Daniel and Charlotte and when they do the survivors will be ready. Jack tells everyone to just be patient and he will keep his promise to get them off the island. Then Jack faints in the sand.
Jack comes to on the beach as Kate rushes towards him. She worries, feeling his forehead and commenting he has a temperature, but he brushes it off as need for rest.
Later, Jack is in a tent taking more antibiotics when Juliet enters. He dismisses the stomach pain as food poisoning and dehydration, but she disagrees. After feeling his abdomen, she tells him that the pain he is feeling is from his appendix. He tells her it hasn't ruptured yet, but Juliet says their only option is to take it out before it does rupture.
Juliet speaks to Sun and gives her a list of medical supplies for the appendectomy and tells her and Jin to go to the Medical station to retrieve them. Sun tells Juliet that she doesn't know what these instruments look like. In response to this, Daniel offers help. He states that he has performed animal autopsies in the past and has experience with the tools needed. Sun immediately distrusts his offer. Charlotte tells Daniel the survivors expect they are there to kill them, so they "should just play the part." He argues with Charlotte about offering assistance, and says he wants the survivors to trust them (they are only scientists). Good for Daniel for standing up to Charlotte and beginning to have some redeeming qualities. Juliet accepts their help, but also gives Jin a gun and tells him to shoot either of them in the leg if they try to run. Juliet tells a group to prep a sterile environment for the surgery.
While washing down a table for the surgery, Bernard sees that Rose looks unsettled. Rose asks him why Jack got sick. Bernard chalks up Jack's illness to bad luck, but Rose thinks that it isn't a coincidence that Jack is ill because people do not get sick on the island. "Not here," she replies when Bernard tells her that people simply get sick. "Here, they get better." She's got a good point? Why does Jack get sick? Why did Ben get a tumor?
Jack and Juliet are in a tent where she is preparing him for surgery by shaving his stomach. Jack looks extremely apprehensive. He asks her if she’s done this before and she informs him that this is not her first time performing an appendectomy, but it does not seem to calm him. He asks her if she is sure, because she is shaving two-inches above where she needs to be making the incision, but she assures him yet again. He tells her that he doesn't want to be unconscious during the procedure. He wants to use local anesthesia and have Kate hold a mirror so he can see what is happening and help walk Juliet through it. She seems uneasy about the idea but agrees nonetheless.
Jin, Sun, Daniel, and Charlotte arrive at the Medical Station to retrieve the medical supplies for the appendectomy. As they go in Daniel offers to go first in front of Charlotte to "Make sure it's safe" they exchange a grin and a nod while Jin asks Sun in Korean if Charlotte realizes Daniel likes her. Sun replies "She's a woman. Of course she knows." Charlotte coyly looks back at them and smiles as they all walk into the station.
While entering into the vault Daniel looks around and asks aloud where all the power for the station is coming from. Charlotte replies "add that one to the list, Dan." Sun goes over to the bed where she received the ultrasound and Jin asks what’s wrong. They share a conversation in Korean about how this was where Juliet brought Sun and where she saw their baby for the first time. Sun expresses her concern for wanting to get off the island, realizing that Charlotte and Dan and their people are not here to rescue them after all. Jin promises her that he will do everything to get her and their baby off the island. Throughout this entire conversation Charlotte keeps glancing back at the two of them and then away.
Back at the beach Kate and Juliet are discussing the surgery, and Jack's stubbornness, when Jack stumbles out of the tent, claiming he can walk the 50 feet to where the surgery will be performed. Kate walks Jack over to the surgery tent, saying she will be his nurse. Jack tells her, "it isn't the first time." Jack then starts to tell Kate, "If something should happen to me during surgery...." Kate cuts him off with a "shut-up" to which Jack replies, "fair enough."
Later that night when the group returns from the medical station, Jin calls Charlotte over. He says to her in Korean, "I know you understand me." Yeah Jin! Call her out! He tells her that he knows she speaks Korean because he saw her smile when Sun was speaking to him about her at the medical station. Charlotte acts as if she doesn't understand until Jin says that if she does not stop lying he will cut Daniel's fingers off one at a time. In Korean, Charlotte asks what he wants and Jin tells her that he wants Sun on the helicopter when it leaves the island. Charlotte asks, "What about the others?" but Jin cuts her off, saying his only concern is for Sun and the baby. She nods and Jin leaves.
In the surgical tent, Juliet, Kate, and Bernard prepare to operate. Bernard suggests that he knock Jack out with chloroform that was brought back from the medical station but Jack refuses. Bernard locally numbs the area on his abdomen and Juliet makes the first incision while Kate holds a hand held mirror for Jack to see. Jack grunts and yells as Juliet begins to spread the incision and she sees that he is in too much pain to stay awake. Juliet orders Kate out of the tent and Bernard to knock him out. Bernard places a chloroform rag over Jack's mouth and he passes out. I would have knocked Jack out long ago.
Outside the tent after the surgery is finished, Bernard tells Kate that everything went fine. She enters the tent where Juliet is stitching Jack up and she reassures Kate that he will be fine. She tells Kate that Jack kissed her the other day. She tells her that it wasn't for her, however, but for himself, and that he was trying to prove that he "doesn't love someone else." Kate thanks her for saving Jack's life and she walks out. Juliet tells Jack that she knows he's awake and he opens his eyes.
Claire Gets a Big Brother
Sawyer, Claire, and Miles are walking through the jungle when they come to a clearing. Claire tells Sawyer she's feeling much better, but she still has a headache. "At least I'm not seeing things anymore," she says. She was seeing things? Like what? Could it have been what she sees later? Miles wonders the same thing and asks her what she used to see, but Sawyer puts a stop to that conversation. Suddenly, Miles looks uneasy as whispers swirl about. He stops walking, listens, and asks, "Who's Danielle and Karl?" He starts digging in the dirt to find both of their bodies in shallow graves. Sawyer asks Miles how he knew about the two but Miles gives no reply. Sawyer accuses Miles' team of killing them, but he denies that he is on the same team with Keamy and his men. Miles seems upset to find the bodies and says, "I didn't sign up for this." Claire just wants to leave and Sawyer escorts her away, promising that everything will be fine once they make it back to the beach. I was actually holding out hope that Danielle had some how survived. But I think it is safe to say now she is dead. I really wish we could have seen her back story. Who knows, we still might she her in one of the Others flashbacks.
Later, Claire is caring for Aaron as Miles watches down on them. Sawyer approaches and tells Miles he isn't to talk to Claire, look at Claire or even think about Claire, and that he officially has a 20-foot restraining order. Miles cracks a joke and asks Sawyer if he's Claire's "older brother," to which Sawyer replies, "No I'm just the guy who is going to put a big boot in your face if you don't say "yeah, man, I getcha"". To which Miles replies "Yeah, man, I getcha," and he walks away.
Later, while walking through the jungle, Miles tries to persuade Claire to let him help out with Aaron, because he is "good with kids." Sawyer comes over and asks him "What part of restraining order don't you understand?" Why is Miles so interested in Aaron and Claire? Does he sense some sort of power from Aaron? Suddenly there is a rustling in the brush and Sawyer goes to investigate as Frank Lapidus comes running out carrying his satellite phone and a first aid kit. He's very startled and addresses Miles first, while Sawyer asks "You two know each other?" Frank, still in a hurry tells them there is no time because Keamy and his men are on the way and if he finds them there he will kill them all so they need to hide immediately. They all go hide in the nearby brush and watch as Keamy and his men come through. They all seem in good shape except for one mercenary who is seriously hurt. Lapidus looks at him and asks Keamy what happened. Keamy is evasive and says to him "You do your job, and I'll worry about mine." His only concern is the location of the helicopter which he asks Lapidus about. Frank is telling him it's not far, but they have to get going when suddenly Aaron lets out a little cry. Keamy seems to hear it, and looks around, suspicious. In an attempt to protect the people hiding, Frank starts urging Keamy and his men to get to the helicopter because it is starting to get dark and he refuses to fly out on Faraday's coordinates in the dark. After a heavy pause, Keamy agrees and they head off into the jungle again.
At night Christian Shephard suddenly appears outside Sawyer, Miles, and Claire's camp, holding Aaron. Claire awakens and recognizes him. Claire walks away with him, leaving Aaron behind. Miles sees Christian as well, but Sawyer is asleep. When he wakes up and discovers Claire is gone, Miles tells him where she went. Sawyer hears Aaron cry in the jungle, and goes to find him. Find him he does and the episode ends with Sawyer standing in the middle of the jungle holding Aaron yelling for Claire. Ok, since when did Christian (the on island version) start interacting with things? Is Christian just the form that Jacob is deciding to take at the moment? Where did Claire go?
Jack Starts His Downward Spiral
Jack wakes up in bed to the phone ringing. It is his receptionist, Jean, reminding him of an 11 a.m. consult with Ms. Berenberg which was moved up the previous day. She feels it necessary to remind him because he's not good with his calendar. He thanks her and gets out of bed wearing only a towel. A pair of orange panties is lying on the floor beside the bed. Jack picks these up, smiles coyly, and then tosses them into the clothes hamper. Still in his towel, Jack proceeds downstairs to the kitchen where he steps on a Millennium Falcon (yay!) toy. He reels back in pain, curses, and puts it on the counter. Jack places two leftover wine glasses in the sink, and begins making coffee. He then picks up the newspaper sports page which features a story about the Yankees sweeping the Red Sox, causing him to scoff, "A-Rod".
Jack then enters the bathroom to find someone showering. He greets her, they talk, and she tells him that she bought him a new razor. He replies "Oh, you don't like the scruff?" The shower turns off and Jack grabs a towel. Kate steps out of the shower and Jack says, "Good morning", then they kiss.
Later, Jack is reading Aaron a bedtime story from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, as Kate looks on. With Aaron asleep, Jack turn out the light. In the hall Kate tells Jack he "is a natural." Jack tells Kate that his father used to read him that story. Kate smiles and mentions it's nice to hear Jack say good things about his father. Jack asks, "I don't say good things about my father?" He then says his father was a good storyteller. Kate softly tells Jack that she loves seeing him with Aaron, that she is glad he changed his mind and glad he's there. Jack replies, "me too" and picks Kate up and presses her against the wall to make out. He carries her from the hall while she laughs.
The next day, Jack is finishing the consult with Ms. Berenberg, giving her instructions for her surgery the following day as he walks her to the hospital lobby. Jack catches a glimpse of a familiar face, and does a double-take to find his father, wearing the same blue suit and white sneakers Jack repeatedly saw him wearing on the island, walking through the lobby. Jack's co-worker, Dr Erika Stevens, (who is played by Darcy from Jericho!) calls his name twice to get his attention, wanting his opinion on a spinal x-ray, an L-4. The receptionist then tells Jack a Dr. Stillman from Santa Rosa Hospital is calling about "a friend of yours".
Jack goes to the hospital to meet with Dr Stillman, who says Hurley has been refusing his medication and has stopped sleeping. Jack asks about therapy, but Dr. Stillman says therapy is now out of the question because Hurley believes Dr Stillman isn't real. Jack goes to see Hurley, who tells him that he isn't taking his medication because he believes that he and the rest of the Oceanic 6 died without ever escaping the island and are now stuck in the afterlife. It's sad to see Hurley is such a bad state. Hurley asks Jack about his day, which Jack describes, talking about Kate and Aaron. Hurley questions that Jack didn't want to be with Kate and Aaron, but Jack replies he changed his mind after Kate's trial. Hurley compares Jack's life with Kate and Aaron to heaven. Hurley tells Jack he continues to receive visits from Charlie, regularly talking to him on a bench on the lawn outside the hospital. He tells Jack that Charlie visited him the day before and had predicted Jack's visit. Charlie had a message for Jack which he made Hurley write down so he would get it exactly, stating "You're not supposed to raise him, Jack". Hurley asks if "him" means Aaron. Jack says he doesn't know and tells Hurley to just take his meds. Hurley tells Jack that he will soon be getting a visitor of his own. Charlie's message makes me think back to season 1 when the psychic told Claire that she had to raise the baby. If Jack isn't supposed to raise Aaron, and Claire is, why was Aaron taken from the island?
Later that night Jack comes home to a sleeping Kate and wakes her up. She asks if he was working late, but he says he was out doing errands. He asks her about the previous night with Aaron when she said he was a natural. Jack asks her if she really thinks he is "good at this?" She tells him she does and after a long pause, Jack asks Kate to marry him. He pulls a diamond ring from his pocket and places it on a sobbing Kate's finger, who replies "Of course I will, yes!"
Jack is reviewing Ryan Laker's x-ray, stating into a tape recorder that there is an osteoblastoma on the posterior area of the lumbar and he is recommending a biopsy. He is interrupted by the persistent beeping of a low-battery warning on a smoke detector. He goes to the reception area, and pulls out the battery. As he is climbing down, Jack clearly hears his name called out by his father. He is started to see his father sitting in the lobby, and as he is still trying to take it in, Dr. Stevens approaches him from behind and calls his name. He turns to respond to her, and when he turns back toward the chairs, his father has disappeared. Jack asks Erika to write him a prescription for clonazepam, stating he has a lot going on right now, including a heavy caseload and his new engagement. She reminds him an engagement is supposed to reduce stress, not create more, and suggests he "talk to somebody". Why is Christian visiting Jack off the island? Are both Christian and Charlie Jacob that somehow can now leave the island?
Sometime the next week, a drunk Jack confronts Kate about where she was and why Veronica, the nanny, was at the house. Kate replies she was running errands, and when pressed, asks for Jack's trust. Jack tells her about his visit with Hurley, calling him crazy, and then again presses Kate for where she really was. She finally admits she was doing a favor for Sawyer, one she can't disclose because "he wouldn't want her to". I will bet almost anything it has to do with Sawyer's daughter. Jack reminds her that he is the one who is there for her and who saved her, that Sawyer made his choice to stay while Jack came back. Jack also says something about how he saved Kate. Does he mean by taking her off the island? Kate becomes upset and says she can't have Jack drunk and acting like this around her son. Jack becomes angry and yells at her that she isn't even related to Aaron, just as Aaron walks in. Kate comforts Aaron, looking sadly at Jack, as he turns and walks away. So does Jack get angry because he knows that he is actually related to Aaron?
Until next week,
Namaste!
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