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 :/
Review by JasperKazaiVIP 2BlockedParentSpoilers2021-11-22T21:46:45Z
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.