| LOST: The Other Woman (and Via Domus, too!) |
| Thursday, 06 March 2008 | |
 LOSTThe Other Woman aka: "Get it? Other? Woman? Other woman?" by Peter Sorensen In the sixth episode of Season Four, the complete and total mindf**k continues. Daniel and Charlotte disappear into the woods on a dangerous secret mission and Juliet goes after them. Kate and Jack reunite, and in flashbacks we learn that Goodwin and Ms. Burke "had a thaaaang.... goin' awn." In tonights episode of Lost (which is sadly the penultimate episode of this story arc) we learn a bit more about the relationship between Juliet and Goodman... or more to the point: Juliet, Goodman, and Goodman's wife. The episode begins with a flashback, a few weeks after Juliet arrived on the island to help Ben solve the fertility issues (namely all the pregnant women on the island being sized up for toe tags and body bags). She meets with the Other's "therapist", an seeping witch of a woman named Harper Stanhope (notice all the people rushing over to play the anagram game?) who does her best to make Juliet feel as uncomfortable as possible. Thankfully, Dandy Tom shows up and tells her that Ben needs to see her, and when they arrive, Juliet finds out that Ben has arranged an entire house for her, opera CDs and all. Some stalkers call girls on the phone and breathe heavily, others hide out in the hedges and take spycam photos of them (call me Evangeline Lily!); Ben apparently builds them a whole friggin bungalo.  *cue Friday the 13th sound effects* In the present, on the beach - Sun is helping Juliet put up a tent when Jack arrives out of breath and announces that Charlotte and Daniel are gone. Jinn mentions that he saw them heading into the jungle, but didn't stop them because Jack said they "were friends". Yeah, so was Ethan until he decided to go all "Marathon Man" on Claire. Sun, Jinn, Juliet, and Jack take torches and split up to find Daniel and Charlotte in the jungle. Juliet finds herself alone, and starts hearing the strange whispering in the jungle (which we all know is a baaaad sign). When she turns around, Harper is standing there and she tells Juliet that Daniel and Charlotte are on their way to The Tempest (another Other station) to deploy "the gas". She tells Juliet that Ben wants her to find Daniel and Charlotte and to kill them both. Jack appears and Juliet introduces Harper as "a friend". Harper suggests that maybe Jack and his gun accompany Juliet on her search. The whispers kick up again, and both Jack and Juliet look around. When they turn back around, Harper is gone; vanished without a trace.  DIY Tattoo Removal? Not a good idea. Back on the island, Jack wants to know exactly what the audience is asking: what's in the Tempest? At first Juliet stonewalls him, then tells him that it's an electrical station that powers the island. Jack can tell that there's something she's not telling him, but she pleads for his help, and he agrees. Charlotte and Daniel, meanwhile, run into Kate in the jungle (returning from her almost-tryst with Sawyer). Kate gets too nosy about where they're going and why they need gas masks, and Charlotte sneaks behind her and knocks her unconscious with the butt of a 9mm pistol, proving once again that what my mother always said was true: "Curiosity snuck up behind the Cat and knocked it unconscious with the butt of a 9mm pistol". You people had therapists? Flashback - Juliet is still working on the pregnancy problems and Ben is viewing her findings (and doing his creepy best not to put her down in a pit and make her "put the lotion on it's skin"). Goodwin accidentally interrupts them, making him and Juliet uncomfortable and making Ben livid with jealousy. Later, in session, Harper asks Juliet about Ben and she says that Ben has been good to her. "Of course he has," Harper mutters under her breath, "You look just like her." Mmmkay, whuuuut? Her who? Unfortunately, we never find out because Harper just steamrolls right along to accusing Juliet of sleeping with her husband, Goodwin. At first Juliet acts shocked, but Harper confesses that she followed them, watched them. Juliet apologizes and Harper warns her to end it or there will be "consequences". Not from Harper, but from Ben. At the barracks, Claire asks Locke if she can meet Miles and talk to him. Locke, of course, forbids it, leading to Claire wondering aloud if maybe Locke is taking the wrong route with him. What? Putting a grenade in someones mouth and then leaving them tied up in a stinking boathouse isn't nice enough for you? Sheesh, some people.  'I'm sorry, I asked for the vegetarian basement prisoners meal.' Flashback - Goodwin and Juliet (looking mighty fine in her swimmies) relax on the beach together and share a romantic glass of wine from a bottle that Goodwin stole off of the submarine (you see that Sawyer? That's how you serve a lady wine). Goodwin is tired of hiding what they have and wants to tell Harper, but Juliet tells him Ben wouldn't like it and Goodwin scoffs at Ben's "crush" on her. He squarely puts on his ExpositionPants (borrowed from Patchy, no doubt) and blurts out that he works with chemicals that could kill every man woman and child on the island, and isn't worried about Ben's retribution. Later, we again see the scene from Otherville when Flight 815 broke apart in the sky above them, and Ben sends Goodwin to the tail section.  Oh no, someone filled her head with boysenberry syrup! Aaaaah! Back at the barracks, Ben directs Locke to open a hidden safe behind a painting in the hallway, where he finds a tape labeled "Red Sox" (Ben taped over the game) that reveals the mysterious owner of the boat - Charles Widmore. Ben doesn't know how, but Widmore knows about the island and has been trying to find it and exploit it for years. But we know how, don't we? Thanks to Desmond's little jaunt through time last episode we know that Widmore acquired a journal belonging to the first mate of the Black Rock and has no doubt used it to pinpoint the islands location. On the tape, Widmore beats one of Ben's associates bloody, showing that Desmond got off rather light with the whole "disappeared at sea" thing. Ben gives Locke the file on Widmore, but Locke wants one more thing: the identity of Ben's "man on the boat". Ben agrees, but tells Locke that he might want to sit down. Aaaaand it cuts away. C'mon! You're killing me here! It's Michael, right? It's got to be Michael! Why else would they take this long to get around to it? I've assumed as much ever since I heard he was returning this season, but I'm officially calling dibs on it. Kate and Jack go after Juliet and pass the time by playing yet another match of emotional ping-pong: Jack asks her why she stayed with the Lockies, Kate admits to him that she needed to know if they knew about her past. Arriving at the Tempest, Juliet finds the codepad hotwired and the door unlocked. She draws her gun and enters. Flashback - Juliet meets Ben at his house for a "dinner party" - a dinner party that consists of the two of them alone with candlelight and soft music. Thankfully, before Ben can superglue her to a chair and dance around in nylons for her, Juliet asks about Goodwin. Ben takes out his stalker frustration by telling her about Anna Lucia and how Goodwin was passionate about making a case for her, insinuating that there was more going on there and basically just being a total c**kblock.  Worst...Tour of the Chocolate Factory...Ever. Daniel types away frantically at the computer terminal while Juliet and Charlotte wrestle and fight. Finally, Juliet gets the upper hand and gets to her gun. As she stands above Charlotte, gun pointed at her Ginger head, Charlotte reasons with her, telling her that they are trying to keep Ben from using it against them - that they know he's used it before. Daniel keeps working while Juliet contemplates, and he manages to shut down the gas contamination at the last second.  A stake to the stomach is the only way to kill a Daysferatu. In the present, Charlotte and Juliet take a walk outside where they run into Kate and Jack... and Kate's not too thrilled to see Charlotte again. At gunpoint, Charlotte tells Kate that she'll take her inside and explain it to her and Kate agrees. Jack, however, takes her at her word because... well, because he's Jack, I guess. Kate and Charlotte go inside for what I can only assume is some pleasant conversation followed by a little heavy petting (yeah right, don't you wish) while Jack comforts Juliet outside. Juliet realizes that somehow Ben (or more accurately, whoever sent Harper to her at the Losties camp) knew what Charlotte and Daniel were up to. She tells Jack that Ben is going to win, and when he does - Jack doesn't want to be anywhere near her because Ben knows how Juliet feels about him. Jack responds by kissing her and saying "He knows where to find me". Man, Jack! Pick a side already and get to it! You shoo Kate away after the whole Sawyer cagelove incident, then you tell her you love her. You tell Kate you love her, then you play tonsil hockey with Juliet. Damn, and I thought Ben was the master strategist! Back at the barracks, Hurley and Sawyer are playing horseshoes (Hurley's winning, of course) when they see Ben, free as a bird, walking through the compound with fresh clothes. Ben smiles and waves. "See you guys at dinner!" he says, and ducks into the house. Classic! Now that does it for my review of this week's episode, but as a special two-for-one, I'm also going to include a brief review of Lost: Via Domus, the new Lost video game that was released this week. I think, after seeing what I have to say, that you'll understand why I'm tying these two reviews together. Unfortunately, the video game review does contain a large amount of spoilers, so if you haven't played the game all the way through (or at all) you may want to skip this whole next section:
Sorry, this part is for members only and may contain spoilers. If you'd like to read it, please LOG IN or REGISTER. EDIT: Next week - Episode 4.7 "Ji Yeon": Juliet is forced to reveal startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to go to Locke's camp; Sayid and Desmond begin to get an idea of the freighter crew's mission when they meet the ship's captain. Noooooo! Next week marks the end of this story arc and the last episode of the season before it breaks for 6 weeks while they finish filming the rest of the season (thanks again, WGA!). Juliet reveals startling news? Something tells me that Jin hasn't heard about the whole pregnancy death thing. As for the ship's captain, could it be Michael? I still think he's on the boat, but I'm not so sure he's in charge of the boat. EDIT: I originally reported this to be the Michael-centric episode, but apparently that's the episode that was moved to begin the next story arc, and this one takes place before that chronologically. Sorry about that, the internet can sometimes be unreliable. Until next week!  About the Author:Peter Sorensen is a four-toed insurgent from a remote island who spends his days writing and his nights drinking cheap rum and participating in paragovernmental activities. After being deported to the United States over a border dispute, he took up film and animation as a way to pay for his tragic caffeine addiction. When he is not sowing discord on the streets or committing heineous acts of sedition he sometimes finds a moment to sketch. Is Michael on the boat? Why the differences in heading? Post a comment below and let us know! Comments (6)
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