S01E02 - Pilot, Part Two

Pilot, Part Two
~ Written 13.4.09

Episode Rating: 4.5/5

Episode Two follows cleanly on from Episode One, so I'll jump right in.

It's funny seeing Sayid & Sawer coming to blows in this episode, with a mutual hatred. Jump to Season Three where we have the two teaming up on Juliet, following her to find Claire's medicine. Things sure have changed since Season One.

We are treated to a flash of Charlie on the plane, dealing drugs. It's odd how he comes out of the toilet and crawls mere meters but doesn't end up in the Front section of the plane. I guess that's one to chalk up as a continuity error.

We also have Locke sitting on the beach, playing backgammon. It seems ages since Locke had the time to just sit back on the beach and play a game. Now he's off doing the island's bidding and getting himself killed and resurrected. Speaking of which, how long has it been since any character could just sit back and do nothing. Have there been any instances of this in Season Five? It's all action from here on out, it seems.

OMGWTFPOLARBEAR ... ahh simpler days, when things like Polar Bears surprised us. Now, we wouldn't bat more than an eyelid if a Bengal Tiger walked out of the jungle. We know from the 6-episode arc in Season Three that the Polar Bears were brought here for testing on Hydra Island, in the same cage Sawyer was kept in.

We see Kate on the plane, and I struggle to believe how nobody noticed the woman in handcuffs. You're on a long flight, you're going to be bored and looking around. Oh well, they're probably all dead anyway.

I absolutely love seeing all the plane scenes. Seeing the Tail break off is so awesome, but maybe I'm just a freak who loves planes :)

Jump to the end of the episode, where Shannon is translating Rousseau's message, which we now know is broadcasting from the Radio Tower. She translates Rousseau's message to "they're dead... it killed them... it killed them all". Of course, we know that it was Danielle herself who killed them, but finally, four seasons later, the story is explained about why Danielle killed them; her team followed Smokey into the depths of the Temple and they came out crazy. "Sick".

"Guys... where are we?" Even now, we don't know.