“Lost” — Left Behind
Based on the title of the episode I was kind of hoping for some kind of creepy faux-religious mysticism that would beam a handful of The Others off the island and into heaven. Instead we got Juliette and Kate chained together — I would have preferred the end of days.
The thing is, Kate ceased being an interesting character years ago. Easy on the eyes? Sure. Capable a delivering a good back story (or hell, even front story)? Not so much. Of course, Juliette was along for the ride, pulling her own brand of mind games after being “left behind” by the other Others, but that whole group is so into talking in circles and misdirection, what can we really gain from them. At least Elizabeth Mitchell is the better actor of the two with eyes as intense as Evangeline Lilly’s are soft.
The episode wasn’t ‘Jack’s Tattoos’ bad, however, as the writers have finally realized what we thought they all ready knew: Hurley and Sawyer and fun to watch. When they were on the screen (Hurley getting Sawyer to be nicer to everyone by convincing him he was about to be exiled from the beach — a con I saw coming shortly after the first act break), the show would take off (before crashing back to Earth with Kate’s mommy issues).
I’d like to see a Hurley/Sawyer spin-off. Perhaps a 30 minute comedy that takes place on the beach. It should be called Life’s A Beach and air after George Lopez.
