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Episodes: Reviews
4.12 There's No Place Like Home (1)
Ben: "How many times do I have to tell you, John? I always have a plan." This is the kind of episode I find hardest to write about: it was mostly windup, with the pitch scheduled to take place, I assume, in the finale. The guest cast was amazing. They brought back a roomful of past guest stars: Jack's mother, whom we haven't seen since season one, Hurley's parents, Sun's parents, and even Claire's no longer comatose mother. For me, the most moving reunion was Sayid's with his Nadia, a relationship I'm more strongly invested in than Desmond and Penny, and made even more poignant by our knowledge that Nadia is going to die in just a few months. Along with the touching reunions, we got a big emotional moment: when Claire's mother told Jack that Claire was his sister. Matthew Fox did a great job conveying some intense emotions with no words at all. I could swear I saw him thinking about all the time he had spent with Claire not knowing about their relationship, and possibly about her death on the Island, as well as his relationship with Aaron. Another big moment was Sun taking revenge on her father by taking over his company. (That must have been some financial settlement by Oceanic. Maybe she got twice as much because there were two of them on the plane. And maybe some of the money came from Widmore, or Ben?) She told her father that he was one of the two people responsible for Jin's death. Who is the other? This is the second time we've been told that Jin is going to die; and yet, I still don't quite believe it will happen. And we still don't know the circumstances surrounding the departure of the Oceanic Six. It seems so improbable because right now, everyone is all over the place. Jack and Sawyer off in the jungle. Sayid and Kate held by Richard and the Others. Hurley and Locke with Ben, assaulting the Orchid Station. Faraday in transit rescue mode with a boat that apparently has an endless supply of gas. Sun, Jin and Aaron on the freighter with Michael and Desmond. I honestly didn't expect Jin to make it to the freighter. The freighter that has enough C4 in it to blow a hole in the world. Does that have something to do with the thing on Keamy's arm? Ms. Decker, the Oceanic rep, told everyone that the Island's name was Membata, and that it's in the lesser Sumba islands. Except all that was just a cover story. (Whose? Oceanic's, or whoever is controlling the Six?) We still don't know who the other two survivors were that supposedly survived the crash but died on the Island. It must be important because they keep mentioning it. All we know is that it's not Jin, Claire, or the marshal. I wonder if that particular lie has something to do with the settlement money? When it comes to Ben versus Keamy, I'm backing Ben -- even though Keamy has the guns and all the soldiers. And that's not just because Michael Emerson is a popular cast member and Kevin Durand is a guest star. I'm really curious to see what will happen when Locke moves the Island, too. Will it move geographically, or in time, or both? And what will happen to the people who are on it at the time? Character bits: -- No one was there to greet Kate, which was sad but not surprising. There was brief reference to her "legal situation". -- Again, Frank is a good guy. He was the one who dropped the phone. And it got him handcuffed to his helicopter. -- Sawyer called Miles "Genghis" and Frank "Shaggy". -- Come on. Aaron most certainly did not look five weeks old. Plus, he appears to be ageless. Kate was carrying the same baby on the beach, when they got off the cargo plane, *and* at Christian's funeral, which Jack said was ten months after Christian's death. If Christian died near the end of September, we're talking mid-July. Aaron should have been nearly ready to walk at that point. -- Kate claiming that Aaron is her biological son makes sense; it eliminates the possibility of custody battles and craziness. Although it feels wrong that Claire's mother doesn't know she has a grandson. -- Hurley must have let his parents keep the money. Or maybe his mom. That might explain why his parents were still together. Bits and pieces: -- The title, of course, is from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Another magical land that was impossible to find. -- Ms. Decker from Oceanic was played by Michelle Forbes of Next Generation fame, who also had a remarkably heavy guest spot on Battlestar Galactica. -- Hurley saw his numbers on the car's speedometer, and immediately felt cursed again. That was a freaky moment. -- Coast Guard #1717, Barbers Point, Hawaii. I thought it was fun that they were finally, actually, supposed to be in Hawaii. -- Sawyer referred to the little houses as "New Otherton", which we've only heard before in the "enhanced" episodes. -- The Orchid Station symbol is that swirl with the little figure in the middle. When Ben arrived in Tunisia, it was on the patch on his parka. -- The Oceanic Six were rescued on Day 108. Of course they were. -- There were two rabbits' feet. The Coast Guard co-pilot in the teaser said they needed the rabbit's foot he was holding because of the bad mojo in the back. And there was another on the key chain for Hurley's birthday present car. -- Mr. Cluck's chicken and the statue of Jesus were back. Hurley's surprise birthday party had a tropical island theme. Funny, as well as wildly inappropriate. Quotes: Jack: "They'll think that we're in shock." Sun: "We are in shock, Jack." Sawyer: (to Jack) "Hold up. You don't get to die alone." Female Reporter: "You look pretty healthy, having been on an island for over a hundred days." Hurley: "Is that directed at me, dude?" Ben: "We're going to move the island." Hurley: "Right. And how are we going to do that?" Ben: "Very carefully." Dangerous and unpredictable, a measure of last resort? Oooh. I'm going to hold my rating until the two-hour finale, which airs in two weeks, and an hour earlier than usual, Billie |