Yes! After the last episode which I found added nothing new and wasn’t really all that dramatic (except for the end when Eko died), this one… this one rocked.

The flashbacks continue with the theme I’ve noticed of this season, where the characters are twisted in unexpected settings. Here, Kate was a housewife, basically. How’s that for unexpected? And married to Captain Hammer, no less! But it was a lie because she was a fugitive and in the end had to run away again. For some reason every shot of this story made sure to show that she was in Miami. I wasn’t sure what was up with that: different signs, a Miami Heat t-shirt, etc. kept popping up in the background.

What really rocked though was the story on the island. Jack has decided not to operate on Ben, and pretty much shows Ben up in telling him that. So they use Kate to try to convince him (by threatening Sawyer). Jack knows they’re lying to her, and turns her down. Kate then thinks Sawyer’s a dead man, and goes back and they get it on in their bear cage. Jack sees this on a TV screen, which causes him a change of heart–he’s the third in their triangle, alone–so he tells Ben he’ll operate, so he can get sent off the island.

BUT, no, Jack’s got a plan… and as Ben’s under the knife, Jack uses this power to get Kate sent free. Or does she go? That’s when it cut off. This whole story was cool, it was tense, and crackled under the series-long love triangle: which has always been relatively subtle, but clear. With that whole history behind it, this story really was a strong one. Especially curious if what happened jibes with whatever Juliet’s plan might be.

There were also a few other tinier interesting things, like Alex showing up in the camp and telling Kate and Sawyer not to believe anything The Others say, and that Sawyer would be killed. (Kate didn’t listen; she believed what she was told.)

Also I haven’t mentioned the new characters who suddenly popped up a few episodes back and have had one line each episode since. I don’t know who they are, or why they’re suddenly there.

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