This episode wasn't rich in clues at all. But it did blatantly show us the con. It was Jin/Sun-centric. Sun loses her wedding ring. Jin is on the other side of the island with the Tail section and Mr. Eko and they are looking for Michael. Ana-Lucia is headed with Sawyer and the rest of the tail section to the main Losties camp. A lot going on... but what really mattered?
This episode was really creepy when I first watched it. Flipped out Ana-Lucia, dead Goodwin, the Others' feet. It was so scary! Who are the Others? What did they do? Where is Walt? It was soooooo creepy! But in true Lost fashion - back there in the flashback you have the amazing love story developing between Jin and Sun. Just reminding me that Lost is not about those Other's feet. It's a giant love story that conned us into being hooked with the creepiness.
I guess the biggest thing that stuck out to me this episode and I had it in my notes but my beautiful podcasting co-host, Dara, made it a little bit clearer to me. Locke says to Sun, that he's basically "found" since coming to the island and it's because he stopped looking. I have to say that I don't agree with him here. He isn't found when he is talking to Sun here. He isn't found at all. Maybe in the flash sideways when he is walking into the church. But he is always looking for something to make him not feel so worthless. And possibly at this moment he was feeling found but it ends when he finds the Pearl station. And he was feeling found probably when Widmore heals him up when he flashes to Tunisia but ends when Ben kills him. That's the tragedy of him.
I really don't have much to say about this episode, really. Lost was a love story. And they threw us off completely with creepy stuff. I couldn't see it then. But I see it now. There are many couples in this show, Jin and Sun are the first solid couple we get to see. And while they may be slightly boring, they do show us what I think is one of the realist love stories ever. And nothing else matters in this story but love, really.
