Art School Dropout

I know this is way past overdue but I've been really busy and I'm just waiting for summer when we can get things going in full force. Anyways in last week's episode of Lost (season 4, episode 6) not a whole lot happened.

We open to Juliet playing with a miniature zen rock garden in a therapist’s office. Her hair looks horrible, I don’t know what they were thinking. The therapist arrives and it turns out to Rachel Ray (maybe she could show Locke how to make a real breakfast). Juliet obviously is here because, as a new Other, she has adjustment issues; she doesn’t exactly want to be here. The session is cut short because Ben sent Tom to fetch her. Tom has daddy issues, and I am not that surprised.

When Juliet meets with Ben, he shows her the fully furnished house she has received. Why does she need a two bedroom? It’s not like she rent out one of them to someone else or be expecting a lot of overnight guests. Is her family gonna drop in unexpectedly? Anyways, when she makes a remark about only being here for 6 months, Ben kinda ignores it, because obviously he plans to keep her for good. Creep.

Back in the present, her housing situation is juxtaposed with her trying to erect a makeshift shelter on the beach. Wow, nice touch guys. Sun gives her a hand in putting it up and Jack asks about Dan and Charlotte. Jin says he watched them go into the jungle and when Jack asks why no one told him, Jin and Sun were like ‘aren’t they friends?’ And Jack and Juliet just kind of run off with out answering them. In Scooby style, the two split up and when Juliet is in the middle of the rainy jungle, the old backwards whispers appear again and then suddenly Rachel Ray appears!

Rachel Ray tells Juliet that Ben knows that Dan and Charlotte are headed to ‘The Tempest’ where there is some gas. I am assuming it’s the gas that the Others first used to rout the Dharma people. Jack comes and Rachel is not that intimidated. She makes a sassy remark that he might as well go too, the whispers start, and she vanishes.

Juliet is crying in the lab, I guess because she’s a girl. Then, a noise startles her and Goodwin is raiding the medical supply station. She treats an ‘electrical burn’ and we learn she blames herself for pregnant ladies are dying. Juliet reveals she hates the therapist and Goodwin reveals she’s his wife. Awkward. He also starts hitting on Juliet. I don’t know why Goodwin was lying about his chemical burn and, since he’s dead, doubt it will come up again.

In the rain, Jack and Juliet head to ‘The Tempest’ which is an electrical station. Jack keeps asking questions and Juliet just replies that “what [she] needs is for [him] to help [her].” Ugh, just awful.

I guess the rain stopped and night ended because Dan and Charlotte are squatting over a map, in the sunlight, trying to figure out how to get to the Tempest. Kate stumbles upon them, and Charlotte pulls out her gun on her. Dan tries to calm everyone down again, since he wants to bang Kate. Kate fills them in on Miles’ situation, though she says they are treating him fine. Even though there is a grenade in his mouth. When Kate wants to know why they are out in jungle, Charlotte lies about a dead iphone. Kate sees it, turned on, poking out the pack and tries to call their bluff. Charlotte then pistol whips out cold and acts pretty nonchalant about it. Dan looks sad because it probably hurts his chances of sleeping with Kate. And while I hate these new characters, I think it was pretty badass how Charlotte knocked her out.

Juliet tells Jack about Rachel and she just says that it’s stressful being an Other. When Jack digs for more details and Juliet wants to be all secretive, he pulls the big ‘you’ve read my entire life story’ card on her and she just keeps walking. What a bitch.

Juliet is looking into a microscope and Ben is creepily staring at her while they discuss fake science about why women can’t give birth here. Goodwin crashes the party, and she visibly lightens up and Ben looks less than ecstatic about it. Because they are having an affair. In therapy, Rachel asks about Ben and she makes a comment about Juliet looking like ‘her’ which I guess means that one girl from dharma. Then she just cuts to the chase and wants the details about the affair. Juliet tries to keep up the lie but Rachel Ray voyeuristically followed and watched them do it. Creepy. She reveals that Ben will hurt Goodwin should he find out.

Locke has his hands buried in cutting up a rabbit which is a little creepy. Claire comes up to him and wants to talk to Miles. Since there’s a grenade in his mouth, Locke doesn’t want to let her see him. She makes some very logical points, which seems pretty rare on this show. But Locke brings us back to irrational and tries to use Charlie’s death as a way to get her on tilt. But she holds strong and he just storms off. When Locke brings Ben the number, he asks if there was a number on it and I found that hilarious. Locke doesn’t understand and Ben just moves on to undermining his confidence again. Talks of the 5 people revolting against him since he ‘doesn’t have a plan.’ Whatever. When Locke reveals he knows about the deal with Miles, Ben looks shocked. Locke sassily gives him a dollar to contribute to the 3.2 million goal. When Ben finally tries to strike an alliance with Locke, against the common enemy, Locke seems to start listening to him. But to convince him, Ben has to ‘show [him].’ Which, since I am 13, found hilarious also.

Juliet and Goodwin are enjoying a little private beach action and having a picnic. Her hair looks much better all wet than back in the lab. Goodwin’s been sleeping on the couch for a year? Don’t they have two bedrooms too? Jesus. And though Ben is like their de facto leader, everyone seems to be making fun of his little puppy dog crush on Juliet. Like I dunno, were people people making fun of Eva Braun back in Germany? Did I just break Godwin’s law? Dammit.

When the Others watch the plane crash, we see Ben send the spies out again, except this time Juliet and Rachel watch Goodwin march to his death as per ordered. Not that big a reveal.

In pursuit of the boaties, Jack and Juliet find the pistol whipped Kate, on the ground and bleeding. As Jack tries to comfort Kate, Juliet watches uncomfortably since they want to bang. Juliet leaves and Kate explains what happened, including the gas mask reveal. Which Jack should remember from before. Jack calls for Juliet but I guess she ran off ahead, solo.

Locke is escorting Ben into his house, though he’s still bound. Locke makes another remark about being shot in the back and Ben is just unphased. Ben makes the good point that his people deserted him and then shows Locke all the information he has is in his safe. Which happens to be a Red Sox tape. They pop in the vhs, which he taped over, and we see an unsteady, shot of Charles Widmore killing an Other. And while it’s evidence of a big conspiracy to viewers, I fail to see how it is proof that Ben is telling the truth. Locke doesn’t know anything about Charles Widmore or anything related to that. Ben could say his same monologue about someone wanting to exploit the island and it’d be about the same. And I also don’t know why Locke doesn’t realize that when an island can fix the paralyzed, people would want to exploit it. At least Ben also has some files about him I guess. Locke finally wants to know who the man on the boat is, and though they build up the suspense, anyone who looks at the starring credits can figure it out. You’re not as clever as you think guys!

Kate reveals that she had to talk to Miles about who knows she’s a fugitive. Not that big a deal, Jack would’ve understood. And he does. Partially because he wants to bang her. Another kind of inconsequential scene.

Juliet reaches the Tempest and finds that the lock his been jimmied open. Because I kind of like etymology (I know, geeky) I just checked and I guess the verb to jimmy comes from a term for a crowbar. I didn’t know that. And now I do. While this scene is also kind of pointless, I mean anyone can figure they are gonna have to bust the lock to get into the tempest, at least there’s a gun.

Ben gets the door for Juliet as they get ready for a 2 person dinner party. Awkward. Not that I am one to giving dating advice (since I am like socially retarded), but don’t ask someone out by using false pretenses. Also are they gonna eat a whole ham? Juliet wants Goodwin to come home but Ben just lies and tries to make it seem like Goodwin and Ana-Lucia are doing it. I don’t think anyone bought it.

In the tempest, the alarms are going off saying that unauthorized overrides are being performed. This is the shittiest alarm system ever. Instead of just announcing that unauthorized overrides are happening, why not just prevent it from happening. When Juliet confronts Dan, in full safety garb, he reveals that he’s trying to make the gas inert and not release it. Then Charlotte comes in, swinging a metal pipe. Damn, for an anthropologist, she has a violent streak. Moreso than Naomi, that’s for sure. And at the last second, instead of releasing the gas, Dan basically destroys it. I don’t really understand it at all and don’t really care. It wasn’t that interesting.

In the lab, Juliet is reading about Jack. Ben seems unimpressed that the spinal surgeon has landed especially since he called it fate when Jack was a captive. But I guess Ben just wants to gloat as he shows Juliet the gross dead body of Goodwin. What a bastard. He also calls Juliet property. There’s just way too much sexual drama going on here. It’s like high school.

As Juliet and Charlotte leave, Jack and Kate find them and Kate is, understandably, still pissed at being knocked around. Juliet and Jack then share a moment, first sharing that Ben is still in control of everything, and second to make out. Which was completely unnecessary.

Finally, we get some Hurley and Sawyer scenes, watching Hurley just kick ass at horseshoes. They see Ben, walking about all free and they don’t look happy. Whatever.

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