Huh. I assumed this episode was universally hated. I didn't think I'd be in the minority (at least the minority of the comments here) by thinking this episode is stupid, but it's stupid. Everything about Nikki and Paulo is terrible. They get shoehorned into the show, and Sawyer's routine "who the hell are you?" bit is just lampshading the issue. The fact that they find the drug runner beechcraft and the Pearl station way before anyone else is incredibly dumb. The scene with Paulo watching on as Ben and Juliet come into the Pearl was completely pointless - they traveled all the way out there just to look at Jack for 10 seconds, and then left? Makes no sense. And, the ending is way darker than what this show normally is. It's kind of fucked up. I mean, I hate the characters, so I don't mind they're gone. But, boy, that is a bad way to go.
Like, yeah, it is kind of funny when regarded against other typical Lost episodes. But unlike a Hurley episode, I think the show would be better without it. These two characters are among the biggest missteps Lost takes. Reading up on the original intention, they would've been on the show even more, with a more elaborate story and more fourth wall jokes. It's a damn good thing they ended up caving to audience pressure on this one by killing them off before more time was spent on it. A rare instance of audience outcry being an actually good thing.
I can't believe it! I JUST CAN'T!!!!!!!!
Wow, two great episodes back to back, that was amazing XD
Lost going full on Twilight Zone
Everyone makes fun of this couple, but to me this is one of the most remarcable episodes from the show.
A very Hitchcockian ending. Love it.
Don't usually write that many comments, especialy for single episodes
I just had too for this one.
Pretty great episode. Not much about the main plot of the series but a great view of non-main people's experience on the island. Of course, most of these people have had a pretty extraordinary life until the crash, this being a TV show we wouldn't want to have too many boring back-stories. You can only do a (very) limited number of these types of episodes in the entire show so I wouldn't want to have another half dozen but damm do I hope there is another one before the end.
The only episode (until now of course) that I would rate full marks for.
Regarding the ending: I was half hoping that they were just going to wake up but am I glad that didn't happen. Makes the episode way better 30 seconds after the ending. Also, I just love how Sawer reminds me that we hardly know half of the survivors, witch can be a good thing for the series, in my humble opinion.
Shannon :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:
One of the worst episodes so far, with a very weak attempt at having thematic parallels between the present story and past story, culminating in one the cruellest thing the characters have done yet.
The writers forced these two charactors in with a crow bar, didn't know what to do with them, so brought their arcs to a head with what they probs thought was a clever 'twist' of burying them alive. But then they had to scramble to find a present story that would fit the theme of trust, and the Sun kidnapping subplot was all they could think of, resolving that in the tamest way possible.
The end of the episode I was left with such a bitter taste in my mouth. These flawed but good protagonists BURIED PEOPLE ALIVE!!! Unknowingly or not, it just doesn't sit with you well.
Even if they both killed someone, they killed him quick and as painlessly as they could, and never showed him malice to his face. Even when they double crossed each other, she just put him to sleep for 8 hours, she didn't kill him. They would have revolved things eventually if they woke up in time. In no way did they as charactors deserve one of the worst ways of dying someone could ever experience. Absolutly awful.
The only thing worse than this episode so far are the awful fake British accents everyone but Charlie and Desmond have in the rest of the series. The (presumably American) casting directors had no idea what accents in the UK sound like, and cba to cast actual British people, so only hired people people with terrible 'posh English' accents, and filmed them in places that look nothing like places in the UK :/
what the hell was that? :D
I miss Nikki and Paulo
Shout by SimonBlockedParentSpoilers2018-10-23T06:11:31Z
There was a dark humour running through this episode.
You can’t feel sorry for either of our two criminals
What’s interesting was they found the plane and the Pearl before anyone else and yet said nothing.
What else has been found by people and not yet ‘told’