The way Astrid is sidelined throughout the whole series, and this season specially, bothers me a lot. In many scenes, other characters don't seem to notice her presence or worry about her. I mean, for what we know, she used to have a father, that we never hear of again, and no one ever cares to wonder how she is doing lol. This character is there exclusively to be nice to Walter and do whatever the plot of the week requires.
Some really bad dialogue, delivered pretty woodenly, stupid plots and ‘science’. Finds an excuse to get the hot lead to take her clothes off. Predictable.
I was honestly laughing out loud at some of the ridiculous developments in this.
I really don’t understand why this is so highly rated and loved.
It made Lost seem much more realistic.
J.J and co at their worst.
If John's dead, is that other fella who was with jacob pretending to be John? Did he also inherit John's memories? Why is jacks father involved in all this? Did he come back to life just like John?
And are we ever gonna see Claire again?
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.
