This episode of Lost Again brought to you by Lens Crafters. We promise we won't make you look like a steamrolled Harry Potter.
The episode opens with Locke, the toy store employee, explaining the game of Mousetrap to a child in a flashback. Obviously this is foreshadowing of Locke's coming troubles with his father as well as his ultimate end. But it has to be considered that all the castaways, not just Locke, are mice in a giant island mousetrap. All the pieces that represent the significant moments of their lives have been moved into place leading them to the Island where two cosmic-type figures have been using them for their own ends.
John's daddy issues kick into high gear when he encounters his mother, Emily Locke, at the toy store, and she tells him he was immaculately conceived. Um. Yeah. This peaks Locke's curiosity about his father, so he conducts a search and finds Anthony Cooper. A well-to-do Mr. Cooper welcomes John into his life and bonds with him over some manly hunting. Knowing what we do, Locke would be better off hunting with Dick Cheney! Because Anthony Cooper is a con-man that has failing kidneys. Locke, being a close blood relative, would be the perfect donor. So everything that seems spontaneous and natural to John has been orchestrated by a selfish father who has no interest in being a dad but every interest in avoiding death. After the surgery, Emily confesses the scam to John. A stunned Locke is denied entry at his father's home, solidifying the fact that he has been used in the worst way by someone who should have had his best interest at heart.
On the island, Locke's struggles are centered around the Hatch. He and Boone have tried various ways of opening it to no avail. The deus ex machina comes to him in the form of a dream where he sees Eko's brother's beech craft crash. Some rather jarring images of his mother pointing towards the crash site as well as a bloody Boone chanting "Teresa falls up the stairs, Teresa falls down the stairs" do not frighten Locke as much as the sight of him back in his wheelchair. When he wakes up, his new mission is to find that crash site. Boone follows along despite reservations.
Sawyer's got some problems of his own. His pounding headaches are making him a real treat to be around. Kate takes him to Jack for an exam. Jack makes the most of the situation by asking intensely personal questions about Sawyer's sexual history. Prostitutes, check. STD, check. Any recent outbreaks? That ought to keep the ladies, specifically Kate, off his junk. Nice try Jack! After Jack has his fun, he tells Sawyer that he is simply far sighted and needs glasses. But if he wants to continues his Island Book It program he is going to have to sacrifice some fashion points.
Locke and Boone discover some artifacts and a body from the plane which points them towards the beech craft hanging in the canopy. At this point John has lost the feeling in his legs, and he knows he is being tested. If he fails, the healing gift of the use of his legs will be taken away permanently. Manipulating Locke is so easy. He will avoid being crippled and all the helplessness that is associated with that at all costs. He doesn't know why, but he trusts his vision that the plane is important. And he elects Boone to check it out since he is indisposed at the moment.
Boone reaches the cockpit of the precariously positioned plane and finds the smuggled drugs. When the plane shifts, Locke tells Boone to get out. Besides the fact that there is no discernible need for anything on a heroine smugglers plane, the situation is becoming increasingly more dangerous. Boone spots some communication equipment and decides to give it a try. He announces a mayday into the static and gets a reply from Bernard on the other side of the Island. Unfortunately before either man can make the connection, the plane plummets to the ground crushing Boone in the process. Locke carries him to Jack explaining that he fell from a cliff.
In the confusion that follows, Locke slips away to the Hatch. Pounding on the Hatch in despair, he is inconsolable. He did what the Island wanted, so why was this happening? Inside the Hatch, an equally despondent Desmond hears a commotion from above and turns on a light that illuminates Locke from below giving them both the faith to carry on. Still gives me the chills to watch it.
In other Island developments:
- According to the timeline of when they crashed and the number of days stranded thus far, it's Halloween on Craphole Island! Sawyer is clearly going as Harry Potter. Claire just barely gets to be a pregnant nun. Locke was going to be Mr. Clean, but someone got blood all over his shirt. The nerve!
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