Lost: The Stockmarket
Posted by Dan
October 27th, 2006 at 01:57pm
In Lost
Pretty good episode of Lost this past Wednesday, right? That whole thing with the watch and the heartbeat and then Sawyer getting the ever-loving snot kicked out of him? I swear, Josh Holloway must have had to do some hardcore stage combat training before this show, because he's always on the business end of someone's fist (as opposed to the other end… which, I guess would be attached to the arm).
Anyways, how about recapping this episode with the Lost Stockmarket. Who has lost stock, who's gaining it and who's just staying the same. It's just like I'm ripping off Conventional Wisdom in Newsweek, except hopefully you won't be reading this post three months late and in the dentist's office.

Jack
Well, lookey here! I actually found myself liking Jack a little more this episode, what with all of his righteous anger. I think my favorite Jack moment of all time occured in his conversation with Juliet, when she asked him if he was just trying to make her feel better by saying that saving Col was a lost cause. When he said that he didn't care about making her feel better, I whipped out my pom-poms and made a human pyramid with my roommates. I have a feeling that in a few seasons (episodes?) Juliet might become a lot more sympathetic, but for now it was really nice to see Jack rub a little bit of lemon juice in that wound.

Paulo
Double you tea eff, Paulo. You show up out of nowhere and all you do is practice your golf swing and act like a douche to Desmond? You're fighting an uphill battle, bucko. Show us some personality before gettin' all testy.

Desmond
Speaking of whom, Desmond was acting kind of bizarre this episode. I mean, no more bizarre than usual, but this time he was just pitiful. He got shot down on his offer to fix Claire's roof, rebuffed by Paulo and now he's just wandering around the beach. Charlie was right on target when he said they need to find him a new button to push.

Sawyer
In case you missed it, Sawyer has a heart of gold. The writers like to point this out a few times each season. This episode it happened twice — once in the flashback when he gave all that money to his newly discovered daughter, and again when he lied about his fake pacemaker to protect Kate. I guess they want you to hate him one minute and think he's not so bad the next — a device which I'm a complete sucker for. For all his antics, moments like him walloping Ben in the face will probably keep him consistently in the two-sideways-arrows category.

Sun
Sun wasn't even in this episode. But she killed that Other, so kudos.
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Desmond gets an up arrow from me, for being from the future, somehow. The future! And no one believes him but he saves their annoying asses anyway. I would’ve had words with Charlie if he mocked my catchphrase, but Des just goes off quietly and builds a lightning rod. He’s quickly becoming my new favorite.