Wow. I've only just watched this ep. Was kinda scared to...got a whiff that there were "serious" major character deaths...I figured there's a good chance the producers will take a scythe to the characters in the final eps...but I gotta go with "Excellent" anyway. This one re-defines "powerful."
I would NEVER have guessed the writers would kill Jin and Sun at the same time. What about their kid?!? This is getting scary...nobody's safe!
On a lighter note, I was amused to see the old trope of the countdown read-out being used in a sensible way - to terrorize and mislead the victims, not to help them figure out how long they have to defuse the bomb.
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FlashFoward recently had a similar smart use of the countdown - is this some kind of trend?)
This ep really got me thinking about what characters will be a kick in the gut when/if they buy it. For me, it boils down to Sawyer (I was really worried for him in this ep) and, yes, Jack. Self-pitying, self-involved annoying crybaby that he may be, Jack has really grown on me.
Here's hoping the flash-sideways really are the afterlife - those characters really have got to be the "real" ones, not alternates. Even if they're dead, they can still be "real." A reset-button would be mega-aggravating! Enough of that in
Star Trek!
So, next week: will the three remaining candidates (Hurley, Sawyer, Jack) realize that Smokey's next logical move is to use Kate against them? Threaten to kill her unless Saywer kills Jack or vice versa? And Claire is another potential hostage, to use on her brother or old softy Hurley. Even Sawyer might buckle. He's been through the wringer and then some, and may be suicidal when he wakes up, thinking he's responsible for Sayid, Jin and Sun's deaths.
