Season 1 - Episode 11 (All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues) and Episode 12 (Whatever The Case May Be)
Episode 11 (All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues)
This episode begins at the exact point where we left off last week. Hurley is trying to explain that Ethan is somehow on the island, but not on the flight manifest. Once this is clear to everyone, Jack and company decide that they'd better go save the pregnant girl from the attentions of the mystery Canadian. Jack and Locke tear through the jungle in desperation, but find only Claire's belongings. Both she and Charlie are gone. Locke finds evidence of a struggle and drag marks indicating that the two of them have been taken. Jack starts shouting for Claire and Charlie, but Locke instructs him to remain silent.
This leaves two fairly big questions. One, how did Ethan drag off two full grown, if hobbit sized, people by himself; and two, what good does "shh-ing" Jack do once he's announced their presence at the top of his lungs already?
Locke and Jack track Ethan and argue about whether or not there are other people on the island with them. While it seems obvious that they are not alone, Jack still isn't convinced. Locke has no trouble believing that the island was inhabited before they crashed. The science vs. fate debate has begun.
Jack runs off into the jungle to save the day.
Speaking of saving the day, flash to Jack in the O.R. trying desperately to save a patient. To no avail. Despite fancy medical equipment, drugs and an entire team of medical professionals, this one is beyond saving. Jack's Father tells him to "Call it". The patient is dead and nothing anyone can do can change that. Jack tells his Dad to "Call it".
Back at the cave, Kate and Boone join Locke to form a search party. Michael wants to help too, but Locke figures that more people will just slow them down. A petulant Michael suggests that he'll just form his own search party. Locke suggests that he take his second party south. Perhaps Michael can put his Walt calling skills to good use. Chaaaarrlllliiiieeee! Cllllaaaaiiiiirrrrree!
Jungle Jack has managed to blunder off and fail miserably at following the trail. This puts him in mind of another failure. Flash to the O.R. where they're tagging and bagging the woman Jack failed to save. Jack and his Father argue over who's fault it is that the girl died. Christian feels put out that Jack barged in to his procedure uninvited. Jack feels put out that Christian may have been drinking and slicing.
Locke and his little party find Jack and the four of them head off to find Ethan. Locke wants Jack to let him be the hunter while Jack goes back to the caves. Hero Jack naturally refuses and the merry band heads off to find their missing friends.
Back at the cave, Michael is irritated that Locke has put him on the bench. He figures that since he's willing to help, he should be allowed. Walt points out that Locke, unlike the rest of them, actually knows what he's doing and it would be a good idea if the rest of them listened to him.
In the jungle, against Jack's will, the Locke and the searchers take a break to rest and get their clarity back. The two leader's personalities are in conflict. Does Jack see Locke as a father figure? By his reactions, it seems like Jack is transferring his animosity for his own father to Locke. During their rest stop, Locke finds one of Charlie's bandage rings. They have their trail again. Unfortunately, the trail they have might be a false one. It seems that Ethan is trying to fool them into following a dummy trail and when the searchers discover that there are two trails and that Kate as well as Locke has the skills to track it, they split into two teams.
Walt and Sawyer are catching up on the day's events. When Sawyer learns that Ethan wasn't on the manifest, he suggests that Ethan may have lied about his name. Walt points out that "It's stupid to lie about your name." Sawyer never gets around to agreeing with that statement. When Walt suggests that perhaps Ethan was on the island before they ever arrived, Sawyer facetiously suggests that "A tribe of evil aliens planted a ringer in the camp to kidnap a pregnant girl and a reject from VH1 Has Beens". Little does he know that many people watching have theorized something very similar...
Walt also imparts the news to him that Saayid has returned.
Back in the jungle, Boone and Locke are still tracking one of the two trails they've found. Locke learns about Star Trek "Red Shirts" and has a cutting comment about Jack's er...James T. Kirk's leadership skills. I bet he thinks he could do better.
Boone quizzes the intrepid Locke about his history, suggesting when asked that Locke may have been either a taxidermist or a hit-man. He is somewhat skeptical that Locke may have been a regional collections supervisor for a box company. That's about as likely as Locke working in a toy store...
While he and Kate are tracking the other trail the search party found, Jack demands some honesty from Kate and gets it in the form of a story about her military dad and how he used to take her out in the woods. Not that honesty isn't important during a man hunt, but Jack might want to put his team building seminar on hold until they actually find the two captives.
Speaking of teams, back in the world, Christian calls Jack in to his office to sign off on the report about the young woman who died under Jack's knife. Jack doesn't want to sign it, since he feels that Christian was impaired during the surgery. Christian obviously knows he was in the wrong, and with a tender hand on his son's shoulder, he begs his son's forgiveness and indulgence. Jack relents and signs the report.
Sawyer confronts a recovering Saayid. He suggests that Saayid's injuries are the result of Kharma. Either that or an island with a vicious sense of humour. Saayid gives Sawyer the Reader's Digest version of his encounter with Rousseau and the whispers in the jungle. As he's leaving, Sawyer tells the injured man that the tide has moved up the beach to a point where the plane hull is almost in the water. That would be "Island in a Bottle" moment number 4. Normal tides don't suddenly come dozens of feet up the beach from where high tide reached the day before.
Walt and Hurley are playing backgammon. Hurley is losing. Walt figures it's because he just started playing, but Hurley took 17th in a tournament once. Walt suggests that 17th isn't very good. He's absolutely right. Now if it had been 16th or 15th or 8th or 4th, that would have been good. With some very lucky rolling, Walt wins. Hurley finds out that Walt's step-dad, Brian used to say that Walt was the luckiest person he ever knew. Hurley ends up owing Walt $20,000. I'm betting he's good for it.
Locke and Boone are traipsing through the jungle, discussing Boone's history. Turns out he runs one of his Mom's businesses for her. Boone's suspicions about Locke's own history are further intensified by Locke's rather startling ability to predict the weather with nearly perfect accuracy. I see "Island in a Bottle" moment number 5.
Deep in the jungle, Jack and Kate find yet another of Charlie's bandage rings. Then, they hear what might be Claire screaming and Jack is off and er...climbing. Followed immediately by some falling. Directly on the heels of the falling comes the beating at the hands of Ethan. He warns Jack that if he doesn't stop following him, he will kill one of the captives.
In the hospital, Jack spots his Father comforting the husband of the woman who died on his operating table. He also spots a familiar, tender hand on shoulder gesture. In slow motion, which is always trouble.
Kate finds Jack at the bottom of the slide. Now Jack has transferred his Daddy Issues to Ethan. He's not going to let him do this, again.
Flash to a review of the failed procedure. Christian relates his version and Jack is about to sign off on Christian's version of events when he finds out that the patient was pregnant. He was unaware of this and the revelation forces him to re-think his position and revise his statement to include the fact that his Father may have been operating under the influence of alcohol.
In the jungle, Jack comes upon Charlie, who has been hung from a tree. That Ethan is a man of his word.
With Jack holding his weight, Kate quickly climbs the tree and cuts him down. When they get him down, he's not breathing. Jack goes to work. To no avail. This one is beyond saving. Kate finally gets Jack to call it.
Jack is totally defeated.
Only, he isn't.
Beyond all reason and hope, he goes back to work.
Despite a total lack of fancy medical equipment, drugs and an entire team of medical professionals, this one is saved.
Kate and Jack are able to bring Charlie back. Both physically and metaphorically.
Charlie isn't able to remember seeing or hearing anything. Except that all they wanted was Claire.
Shannon is worried that Boone isn't back yet. Kate reassures her that if there was anyone on the island that Boone would be safe with, it's Locke. Because Locke would never drug anyone and then tie them up and leave them alone in the jungle to hallucinate the death of a loved one.
Speaking of Boone, he's had enough of the Great Locke Snipe Hunt and he's heading back to camp. Locke tosses him their only flashlight and when Boone misses catching it, it lands with an oddly metallic thump. "Island in a Bottle" moment number 6. Locke probes for the edges of the metal hatch with his knife. They have no idea what they've found, but they're pretty sure that it's not part of the wreckage.
Hear that hissing sound? That's air leaking out of John Locke's cool zen balloon. It's a slow leak, but this is where it starts.
Discussion
Episode 12 (Whatever The Case May Be)
Kate's out in the jungle, climbing trees and collecting fruit. And she's not alone. She hears something or someone following her. When she hears it for the second time, she doesn't hesitate. She throws a rock at it. It turns out to be Sawyer, who claims to be following her to protect her. She can take care of herself. Like Sawyer says, "Me Kate. Me throw rock."
As they argue their way through the jungle of mystery, they come upon a picturesque lagoon with it's own uber-romantic waterfall. Sawyer decides he needs to soak his sore knee, so he ditches his shirt, shoes and socks. There are any number of establishments where he would now be unable to get service.
Celeste Hutsonpillar's house is not one of them.
He convinces Kate to join him for a swim. Where he removed only his shirt, our heroine takes off her pants. There are any number of establishments where she would now be unable to get service.
My house is not one of them.
Cavorting ensues.
During their swim, the two survivors come upon another couple in the water, only these two are not so much cavorting as cadavering.
Sawyer decides to see if they have anything worth scavenging. Kate follows. She notices a silver briefcase tucked under their seat. I notice the fact that the man is wearing neither shoes nor socks. It isn't unusual for a man in a business suit to take off his shoes on a long flight, but I don't think that it's a stretch to say that taking off his socks would be well outside the norm in terms of air travel etiquette.
Sawyer manages to free the case and bring it to the surface. Sawyer asks Bikini Girl if she happens to have her key on her. Obviously, she doesn't, but that's ok, since she's wearing those little briefs. She may not have the key, but she does have my attention.
Sawyer quickly figures out that the case isn't Kate's. He suggests that since it isn't hers, she won't mind if he takes it. She lets him.
Island in a Bottle moment number 4, revisited. Saayid and Jack are on the beach trying to rescue supplies and luggage from a tide that is suddenly moving up the beach at an unprecedented clip.
Saayid: "This can't be normal. The tide shifting so suddenly, rising in so short a time..."
Jack: "There's a lot not normal around here."
Jack and Saayid revisit the beach vs. cave discussion. Jack wants Saayid to take him to Rousseau so he can find out more about the "Others". Saayid is hesitant. He thinks that perhaps they should leave the CFC (Crazy French Chick) alone with her delusions. Jack thinks that she might have information that can help them find Claire.
Shannon confronts Boone about what he and Locke have been doing in the jungle for the past four days. They've been looking for Claire, he says, while she has been completely useless. He's very mean to her. Maybe someone will drop a plane on him.
So we know that the tide has been coming steadily up the beach for four days,Claire has been missing for about the same amount of time and Boone and Locke have been excavating the hatch they found for about that long. I'm not saying they're connected, but it's nice to have a timeline.
Kate watches Sawyer walk through the camp with the case, in slow motion so we know it's trouble.
She flashes to a bank where she's applying for a loan. She's there to photograph old theatres in small towns for a coffee table book. Just as she's beginning to work some charm on the bank manager, a bunch of guys bust in, guns ablazing. So much for that loan...
Back at camp, her attempt to grab the case from a sleeping Sawyer results in him getting a serious bump on the head, courtesy one Kate Special, the head-butt. He hangs on to the case.
On the beach, Saayid suggests to Shannon that she might burn in the very strong sun. She informs him that she has a good base. I've seen her base, and while it's generally useless, it is good.
He charms her into helping him translate the CFC's maps and writings.
Sawyer is trying to pick the lock on the case. Michael recognizes the case as a Haliburton case, which he doesn't think Sawyer will be able to pick open. He could use the axe, but that's currently trying to open the hatch that Boone and Locke have found. Impact velocity is the key. Well, actually, the key is the key, but impact velocity might open the case.
Rose uses a little non-reverse, reverse psychology on Charlie to begin to bring him out of his funk.
Sawyer tries to open the case by dropping it from a tall tree. Kate, who has been watching him, waiting for her moment, runs out and grabs it from the ground as he's trying to climb down. He chases her down and tackles her. On her second attempt, she connects with another Kate Special but he still manages to keep the case out of her reach. Now that he has figured out that he's unlikely to get it open easily, he suggests that if she tells him what's in the case, he'll let her have it. Kate doesn't make the deal.
Back in the bank, one of the bank patrons tries to be a hero and tackles one of the robbers. His gun ends up in Kate's hands, but she doesn't know how to shoot it. The head robber drags her into one of the offices and we learn the big secret. She's in on the robbery.
Saayid and Shannon are trying to translate the CFC's writings. We learn that Shannon learned French while prostituting herself, er...dating a guy in St. Tropez. Saayid seems charmed by the notion.
Kate comes to Jack to get his help getting the case back. Turns out the case was checked (so, how did it end up under a seat?) because it contained four 9mm pistols and some ammunition. If he gets the case, they'll exhume the body of the Marshall for his key and they open the case together. That's Jack's condition.
Rose and Charlie are discussing their plight. Charlie points out that there is something in the jungle that eats people and just because they haven't heard from it in a while, doesn't mean that it won't get hungry again. He also points out that there are people on the island trying to hurt them. Rose lets him know that what happened to Claire wasn't his fault. He did everything he could. Now he needs to ask for help.
Jack and Kate exhume the Marshall's body.
Back at the bank, the head robber beats Kate/Maggie to convince the bank manager of his sincerity. At gunpoint, the manager finally agrees to give up the vault key.
The two grave robbers get the Marshall's wallet. He was carrying maggots! The key isn't in the wallet. It's in Kate's hand. It was a nice try though.
Shannon is still trying to translate the writings. The French words have no relation to the equations in the writing. Shannon finally gives up and admits that she's completely useless.
Jack gets the case from Sawyer, by threatening to withdraw antibiotic treatment for the arm wound that Sawyer got at Saayid's hands. Hippocrates would be proud.
Sawyer warns Jack not to trust Kate. Well, duh!
For once, Jack does the smart thing and forces Kate to open the case with him. She's not happy about it.
Back in the bank, the robbers have gained access to the vault. The manager begs them to "Let the girl go". Mr. Head Bank Robber gleefully informs the chivalrous manager that "the girl" was the one that set the whole plan in motion. When Mr. Head Bank Robber threatens to shoot the manager, Maggie/Kate goes into action. She shoots "Jason" in the leg and his two cohorts as well. Once the help has been dealt with, she forces the manager to open safe deposit box 815. 815? Hmmm.
Apparently, the whole robbery set up was to allow her to get an envelope from said box. An awful lot of trouble to go to for an envelope. I wonder what's in it? Must be diamonds or bearer bonds or something like that.
Drumroll please. Jack opens the case. Money, guns, ammunition. And the envelope. Inside there's...a toy airplane.
Jack wants to know the truth about the airplane.
We find out that it belonged to the man she loved. Or killed. Or both.
Moses, er...Walt and Vincent lead the survivors off the beach, into the jungle to the caves.
Charlie and Rose sit together. Once again, Rose restates her belief that her husband is not dead. As she puts it, "It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side." Well, yeah. Her side has food, water, shelter, a doctor, a fisherman, a radio repair man and a musician. I'm betting her husbands side only has a dentist, a drug running priest, a bitter former cop and a crazy woman.
Rose helps Charlie to ask for help. She prays for him.
Shannon finally figures out where she knows the repetitive French words from. They're song lyrics.
La Mer
La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie
La mer
Au ciel d'été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer
bergere d'azur infinie.
Voyez
Pres des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés.
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées.
La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour
La mer
A bercé mon cÂur pour la vie.
In English, this translates to:
The Sea
The sea
which we see dancing along the clear gulfs
has silver sparkles.
The sea
has changing sparkles
Under the rain.
The sea
To the summer sky's confuses her white sheep
With angels so pure.
The sea,
Shepherdess of infinite sky.
See
Next to the ponds
Those tall wet reeds.
See
Those white birds
And those rusty houses.
The sea
Has rocked them like a baby
Along the clear gulfs
And with a love song The sea
Has rocked my heart for life.
This tune is also an English song called "Beyond the Sea". The French lyrics seem to be the original, but here are the lyrics to the English song you might be more familiar with.
Beyond the Sea
Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;
Somewhere beyond the sea,
He's (She's) there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to his (her) arms I'd go sailing.
It's far beyond a star,
It's near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.
We'll meet beyond the shore,
We'll kiss just as before.
Happy we'll be beyond the sea,
And never again I'll go sailing!
While Shannon sings, we see Boone looking none too happy that his sister is singing to Saayid.
As the song fades, we see a somber looking Kate contemplating the toy airplane by the fire.
Discussion
This episode begins at the exact point where we left off last week. Hurley is trying to explain that Ethan is somehow on the island, but not on the flight manifest. Once this is clear to everyone, Jack and company decide that they'd better go save the pregnant girl from the attentions of the mystery Canadian. Jack and Locke tear through the jungle in desperation, but find only Claire's belongings. Both she and Charlie are gone. Locke finds evidence of a struggle and drag marks indicating that the two of them have been taken. Jack starts shouting for Claire and Charlie, but Locke instructs him to remain silent.
This leaves two fairly big questions. One, how did Ethan drag off two full grown, if hobbit sized, people by himself; and two, what good does "shh-ing" Jack do once he's announced their presence at the top of his lungs already?
Locke and Jack track Ethan and argue about whether or not there are other people on the island with them. While it seems obvious that they are not alone, Jack still isn't convinced. Locke has no trouble believing that the island was inhabited before they crashed. The science vs. fate debate has begun.
Jack runs off into the jungle to save the day.
Speaking of saving the day, flash to Jack in the O.R. trying desperately to save a patient. To no avail. Despite fancy medical equipment, drugs and an entire team of medical professionals, this one is beyond saving. Jack's Father tells him to "Call it". The patient is dead and nothing anyone can do can change that. Jack tells his Dad to "Call it".
Back at the cave, Kate and Boone join Locke to form a search party. Michael wants to help too, but Locke figures that more people will just slow them down. A petulant Michael suggests that he'll just form his own search party. Locke suggests that he take his second party south. Perhaps Michael can put his Walt calling skills to good use. Chaaaarrlllliiiieeee! Cllllaaaaiiiiirrrrree!
Jungle Jack has managed to blunder off and fail miserably at following the trail. This puts him in mind of another failure. Flash to the O.R. where they're tagging and bagging the woman Jack failed to save. Jack and his Father argue over who's fault it is that the girl died. Christian feels put out that Jack barged in to his procedure uninvited. Jack feels put out that Christian may have been drinking and slicing.
Locke and his little party find Jack and the four of them head off to find Ethan. Locke wants Jack to let him be the hunter while Jack goes back to the caves. Hero Jack naturally refuses and the merry band heads off to find their missing friends.
Back at the cave, Michael is irritated that Locke has put him on the bench. He figures that since he's willing to help, he should be allowed. Walt points out that Locke, unlike the rest of them, actually knows what he's doing and it would be a good idea if the rest of them listened to him.
In the jungle, against Jack's will, the Locke and the searchers take a break to rest and get their clarity back. The two leader's personalities are in conflict. Does Jack see Locke as a father figure? By his reactions, it seems like Jack is transferring his animosity for his own father to Locke. During their rest stop, Locke finds one of Charlie's bandage rings. They have their trail again. Unfortunately, the trail they have might be a false one. It seems that Ethan is trying to fool them into following a dummy trail and when the searchers discover that there are two trails and that Kate as well as Locke has the skills to track it, they split into two teams.
Walt and Sawyer are catching up on the day's events. When Sawyer learns that Ethan wasn't on the manifest, he suggests that Ethan may have lied about his name. Walt points out that "It's stupid to lie about your name." Sawyer never gets around to agreeing with that statement. When Walt suggests that perhaps Ethan was on the island before they ever arrived, Sawyer facetiously suggests that "A tribe of evil aliens planted a ringer in the camp to kidnap a pregnant girl and a reject from VH1 Has Beens". Little does he know that many people watching have theorized something very similar...
Walt also imparts the news to him that Saayid has returned.
Back in the jungle, Boone and Locke are still tracking one of the two trails they've found. Locke learns about Star Trek "Red Shirts" and has a cutting comment about Jack's er...James T. Kirk's leadership skills. I bet he thinks he could do better.
Boone quizzes the intrepid Locke about his history, suggesting when asked that Locke may have been either a taxidermist or a hit-man. He is somewhat skeptical that Locke may have been a regional collections supervisor for a box company. That's about as likely as Locke working in a toy store...
While he and Kate are tracking the other trail the search party found, Jack demands some honesty from Kate and gets it in the form of a story about her military dad and how he used to take her out in the woods. Not that honesty isn't important during a man hunt, but Jack might want to put his team building seminar on hold until they actually find the two captives.
Speaking of teams, back in the world, Christian calls Jack in to his office to sign off on the report about the young woman who died under Jack's knife. Jack doesn't want to sign it, since he feels that Christian was impaired during the surgery. Christian obviously knows he was in the wrong, and with a tender hand on his son's shoulder, he begs his son's forgiveness and indulgence. Jack relents and signs the report.
Sawyer confronts a recovering Saayid. He suggests that Saayid's injuries are the result of Kharma. Either that or an island with a vicious sense of humour. Saayid gives Sawyer the Reader's Digest version of his encounter with Rousseau and the whispers in the jungle. As he's leaving, Sawyer tells the injured man that the tide has moved up the beach to a point where the plane hull is almost in the water. That would be "Island in a Bottle" moment number 4. Normal tides don't suddenly come dozens of feet up the beach from where high tide reached the day before.
Walt and Hurley are playing backgammon. Hurley is losing. Walt figures it's because he just started playing, but Hurley took 17th in a tournament once. Walt suggests that 17th isn't very good. He's absolutely right. Now if it had been 16th or 15th or 8th or 4th, that would have been good. With some very lucky rolling, Walt wins. Hurley finds out that Walt's step-dad, Brian used to say that Walt was the luckiest person he ever knew. Hurley ends up owing Walt $20,000. I'm betting he's good for it.
Locke and Boone are traipsing through the jungle, discussing Boone's history. Turns out he runs one of his Mom's businesses for her. Boone's suspicions about Locke's own history are further intensified by Locke's rather startling ability to predict the weather with nearly perfect accuracy. I see "Island in a Bottle" moment number 5.
Deep in the jungle, Jack and Kate find yet another of Charlie's bandage rings. Then, they hear what might be Claire screaming and Jack is off and er...climbing. Followed immediately by some falling. Directly on the heels of the falling comes the beating at the hands of Ethan. He warns Jack that if he doesn't stop following him, he will kill one of the captives.
In the hospital, Jack spots his Father comforting the husband of the woman who died on his operating table. He also spots a familiar, tender hand on shoulder gesture. In slow motion, which is always trouble.
Kate finds Jack at the bottom of the slide. Now Jack has transferred his Daddy Issues to Ethan. He's not going to let him do this, again.
Flash to a review of the failed procedure. Christian relates his version and Jack is about to sign off on Christian's version of events when he finds out that the patient was pregnant. He was unaware of this and the revelation forces him to re-think his position and revise his statement to include the fact that his Father may have been operating under the influence of alcohol.
In the jungle, Jack comes upon Charlie, who has been hung from a tree. That Ethan is a man of his word.
With Jack holding his weight, Kate quickly climbs the tree and cuts him down. When they get him down, he's not breathing. Jack goes to work. To no avail. This one is beyond saving. Kate finally gets Jack to call it.
Jack is totally defeated.
Only, he isn't.
Beyond all reason and hope, he goes back to work.
Despite a total lack of fancy medical equipment, drugs and an entire team of medical professionals, this one is saved.
Kate and Jack are able to bring Charlie back. Both physically and metaphorically.
Charlie isn't able to remember seeing or hearing anything. Except that all they wanted was Claire.
Shannon is worried that Boone isn't back yet. Kate reassures her that if there was anyone on the island that Boone would be safe with, it's Locke. Because Locke would never drug anyone and then tie them up and leave them alone in the jungle to hallucinate the death of a loved one.
Speaking of Boone, he's had enough of the Great Locke Snipe Hunt and he's heading back to camp. Locke tosses him their only flashlight and when Boone misses catching it, it lands with an oddly metallic thump. "Island in a Bottle" moment number 6. Locke probes for the edges of the metal hatch with his knife. They have no idea what they've found, but they're pretty sure that it's not part of the wreckage.
Hear that hissing sound? That's air leaking out of John Locke's cool zen balloon. It's a slow leak, but this is where it starts.
Discussion
Episode 12 (Whatever The Case May Be)
Kate's out in the jungle, climbing trees and collecting fruit. And she's not alone. She hears something or someone following her. When she hears it for the second time, she doesn't hesitate. She throws a rock at it. It turns out to be Sawyer, who claims to be following her to protect her. She can take care of herself. Like Sawyer says, "Me Kate. Me throw rock."
As they argue their way through the jungle of mystery, they come upon a picturesque lagoon with it's own uber-romantic waterfall. Sawyer decides he needs to soak his sore knee, so he ditches his shirt, shoes and socks. There are any number of establishments where he would now be unable to get service.
Celeste Hutsonpillar's house is not one of them.
He convinces Kate to join him for a swim. Where he removed only his shirt, our heroine takes off her pants. There are any number of establishments where she would now be unable to get service.
My house is not one of them.
Cavorting ensues.
During their swim, the two survivors come upon another couple in the water, only these two are not so much cavorting as cadavering.
Sawyer decides to see if they have anything worth scavenging. Kate follows. She notices a silver briefcase tucked under their seat. I notice the fact that the man is wearing neither shoes nor socks. It isn't unusual for a man in a business suit to take off his shoes on a long flight, but I don't think that it's a stretch to say that taking off his socks would be well outside the norm in terms of air travel etiquette.
Sawyer manages to free the case and bring it to the surface. Sawyer asks Bikini Girl if she happens to have her key on her. Obviously, she doesn't, but that's ok, since she's wearing those little briefs. She may not have the key, but she does have my attention.
Sawyer quickly figures out that the case isn't Kate's. He suggests that since it isn't hers, she won't mind if he takes it. She lets him.
Island in a Bottle moment number 4, revisited. Saayid and Jack are on the beach trying to rescue supplies and luggage from a tide that is suddenly moving up the beach at an unprecedented clip.
Saayid: "This can't be normal. The tide shifting so suddenly, rising in so short a time..."
Jack: "There's a lot not normal around here."
Jack and Saayid revisit the beach vs. cave discussion. Jack wants Saayid to take him to Rousseau so he can find out more about the "Others". Saayid is hesitant. He thinks that perhaps they should leave the CFC (Crazy French Chick) alone with her delusions. Jack thinks that she might have information that can help them find Claire.
Shannon confronts Boone about what he and Locke have been doing in the jungle for the past four days. They've been looking for Claire, he says, while she has been completely useless. He's very mean to her. Maybe someone will drop a plane on him.
So we know that the tide has been coming steadily up the beach for four days,Claire has been missing for about the same amount of time and Boone and Locke have been excavating the hatch they found for about that long. I'm not saying they're connected, but it's nice to have a timeline.
Kate watches Sawyer walk through the camp with the case, in slow motion so we know it's trouble.
She flashes to a bank where she's applying for a loan. She's there to photograph old theatres in small towns for a coffee table book. Just as she's beginning to work some charm on the bank manager, a bunch of guys bust in, guns ablazing. So much for that loan...
Back at camp, her attempt to grab the case from a sleeping Sawyer results in him getting a serious bump on the head, courtesy one Kate Special, the head-butt. He hangs on to the case.
On the beach, Saayid suggests to Shannon that she might burn in the very strong sun. She informs him that she has a good base. I've seen her base, and while it's generally useless, it is good.
He charms her into helping him translate the CFC's maps and writings.
Sawyer is trying to pick the lock on the case. Michael recognizes the case as a Haliburton case, which he doesn't think Sawyer will be able to pick open. He could use the axe, but that's currently trying to open the hatch that Boone and Locke have found. Impact velocity is the key. Well, actually, the key is the key, but impact velocity might open the case.
Rose uses a little non-reverse, reverse psychology on Charlie to begin to bring him out of his funk.
Sawyer tries to open the case by dropping it from a tall tree. Kate, who has been watching him, waiting for her moment, runs out and grabs it from the ground as he's trying to climb down. He chases her down and tackles her. On her second attempt, she connects with another Kate Special but he still manages to keep the case out of her reach. Now that he has figured out that he's unlikely to get it open easily, he suggests that if she tells him what's in the case, he'll let her have it. Kate doesn't make the deal.
Back in the bank, one of the bank patrons tries to be a hero and tackles one of the robbers. His gun ends up in Kate's hands, but she doesn't know how to shoot it. The head robber drags her into one of the offices and we learn the big secret. She's in on the robbery.
Saayid and Shannon are trying to translate the CFC's writings. We learn that Shannon learned French while prostituting herself, er...dating a guy in St. Tropez. Saayid seems charmed by the notion.
Kate comes to Jack to get his help getting the case back. Turns out the case was checked (so, how did it end up under a seat?) because it contained four 9mm pistols and some ammunition. If he gets the case, they'll exhume the body of the Marshall for his key and they open the case together. That's Jack's condition.
Rose and Charlie are discussing their plight. Charlie points out that there is something in the jungle that eats people and just because they haven't heard from it in a while, doesn't mean that it won't get hungry again. He also points out that there are people on the island trying to hurt them. Rose lets him know that what happened to Claire wasn't his fault. He did everything he could. Now he needs to ask for help.
Jack and Kate exhume the Marshall's body.
Back at the bank, the head robber beats Kate/Maggie to convince the bank manager of his sincerity. At gunpoint, the manager finally agrees to give up the vault key.
The two grave robbers get the Marshall's wallet. He was carrying maggots! The key isn't in the wallet. It's in Kate's hand. It was a nice try though.
Shannon is still trying to translate the writings. The French words have no relation to the equations in the writing. Shannon finally gives up and admits that she's completely useless.
Jack gets the case from Sawyer, by threatening to withdraw antibiotic treatment for the arm wound that Sawyer got at Saayid's hands. Hippocrates would be proud.
Sawyer warns Jack not to trust Kate. Well, duh!
For once, Jack does the smart thing and forces Kate to open the case with him. She's not happy about it.
Back in the bank, the robbers have gained access to the vault. The manager begs them to "Let the girl go". Mr. Head Bank Robber gleefully informs the chivalrous manager that "the girl" was the one that set the whole plan in motion. When Mr. Head Bank Robber threatens to shoot the manager, Maggie/Kate goes into action. She shoots "Jason" in the leg and his two cohorts as well. Once the help has been dealt with, she forces the manager to open safe deposit box 815. 815? Hmmm.
Apparently, the whole robbery set up was to allow her to get an envelope from said box. An awful lot of trouble to go to for an envelope. I wonder what's in it? Must be diamonds or bearer bonds or something like that.
Drumroll please. Jack opens the case. Money, guns, ammunition. And the envelope. Inside there's...a toy airplane.
Jack wants to know the truth about the airplane.
We find out that it belonged to the man she loved. Or killed. Or both.
Moses, er...Walt and Vincent lead the survivors off the beach, into the jungle to the caves.
Charlie and Rose sit together. Once again, Rose restates her belief that her husband is not dead. As she puts it, "It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side." Well, yeah. Her side has food, water, shelter, a doctor, a fisherman, a radio repair man and a musician. I'm betting her husbands side only has a dentist, a drug running priest, a bitter former cop and a crazy woman.
Rose helps Charlie to ask for help. She prays for him.
Shannon finally figures out where she knows the repetitive French words from. They're song lyrics.
La Mer
La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie
La mer
Au ciel d'été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer
bergere d'azur infinie.
Voyez
Pres des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés.
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées.
La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour
La mer
A bercé mon cÂur pour la vie.
In English, this translates to:
The Sea
The sea
which we see dancing along the clear gulfs
has silver sparkles.
The sea
has changing sparkles
Under the rain.
The sea
To the summer sky's confuses her white sheep
With angels so pure.
The sea,
Shepherdess of infinite sky.
See
Next to the ponds
Those tall wet reeds.
See
Those white birds
And those rusty houses.
The sea
Has rocked them like a baby
Along the clear gulfs
And with a love song The sea
Has rocked my heart for life.
This tune is also an English song called "Beyond the Sea". The French lyrics seem to be the original, but here are the lyrics to the English song you might be more familiar with.
Beyond the Sea
Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;
Somewhere beyond the sea,
He's (She's) there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to his (her) arms I'd go sailing.
It's far beyond a star,
It's near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.
We'll meet beyond the shore,
We'll kiss just as before.
Happy we'll be beyond the sea,
And never again I'll go sailing!
While Shannon sings, we see Boone looking none too happy that his sister is singing to Saayid.
As the song fades, we see a somber looking Kate contemplating the toy airplane by the fire.
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