I Think I'm Lost: Eggtown

One Miss Casey Collins tarnished my appreciation of this episode a bit. I will quote the wall post from her I received the day after this episode’s premiere. Keep in mind I had not watched it.

Aaron: stolen baby or in the hands of his rightful owner after the death of his mother?

You can imagine my horror when I read this. My mind was swarmed with confusing questions: Is Claire dead? Who stole Aaron? When does this happen, in the present or the future? Ugh. It was terrible, but I put it out of my mind until I watched the episode.

This is a great episode, as are all Kate-centric episodes. Think about it. They’re all wonderful. I think it’s because hers is the most conflicted of characters. I also think maximum Evangeline doesn’t hurt the cause.

I am not quick to judge in regards to Kate’s baby-stealing. I even think it’s a little hasty to call it stealing at this point. I did like that her character was literally put on trial this week, and we were forced to examine who she is. The answer, as I said before, is that she’s supremely conflicted. She’s selfish but she’s trustworthy. She loves Jack but she loves Sawyer. She’s a beautiful lady with a killer smile but she’s a fugitive. We know she is good, but Jack (and assumedly the Oceanic Six) need to lie in order to help her cause. Only time will tell why Kate has Aaron. All I know is it’s always great to see another episode about Kate and I’m glad to know they’ll be coming until the end.

I also really enjoyed Sawyer’s arch in this episode. I love that he desires domesticity so much, that he really started showing his love for Kate. He wants to protect her. He wants to love her. And given the turmoil that’s currently going down on the island it’s really refreshing to see LOST go back to its roots in human yearning and a desire to feel accepted.

Something that came up in The Economist was addressed quite poignantly in this episode: Ben’s “occupation.” We know the Frieghter Folk are after him, we saw his special room and all of his passports, we know he has Sayid doing his bidding in the future. Then Miles expresses my confusion so concisely:

“Don’t talk to me like I’m one of them, like I don’t know who you are or what you can do.”

The thing with Ben is that he’s always been impossible to trust. He says he’s a good guy, but he does seemingly bad things. It’s like Juliet says: “Ben’s a liar. Or the people on that boat intend to do us harm.” Ben is quickly becoming a main player in this game. I still think he’s only a regional manager, though, and all I want to know is who the CEO is.