Episode Review: A Tale of Two Cities
The episode opened up with a big bang. Then slowly degraded to an episode of which I really had no interest in. The opening scene, after the plane was seen breaking apart, was suspenseful. A small town in the middle of the jungle. Whether that was what the question mark is is still unsure but when I saw it I quickly thought of “The Village.” A small “utopian” town enclosed and isolated from the outside world. Only a few people in this village know that an outside world exist or everyone knows but disagrees with the way the world is ran and in order to make sure their village stays that way and isn’t corrputed by impurities, they dispatched Ethan and Goodwin to investigate and see if these new, unlikely, people can be converted into new utopian village members or die. So, in a way, I believe they really are good guys, but the test or “trials,” as I like to seem them, doesnt make them seem that much as the good guys.
I think the episode was such a failure cause it dealt with Jack. Now, I’ve said several times that Jack was my favorite character but after viewing this episode I’ve completely had a change of heart. Hes stubborn, arrogant, ignorant and just god damn annoying. I’m pretty sure everyone that watched this episode is now, more than ever, wishing that Jack would of, in fact, died in the Pilot episode. He went crazy. Obsessed over who Sarahs new man was and he started to suspect it was his father, Christian. I liked the fact that, in the end it wasn’t Christian of whom Sarah cheated on Jack with and on top of that, it was Jacks fault that Christian became, once again, a drunk after being sober for 50 days.
Juliets character intrigued me. Shes smart, caring, but also has an edge to her. When she shot Sawyer with the tazer dart I was thrown back. I thought she was going to call the others or run with fear but she handled it herself. The conflict between her and Ben, or Henry, is also something that intrigues me. Theres obviously something that went on between the both of them and I think finding out what is going to be one of the highlights of this season.
Another thing that I questioned is the young man who was in the opposite cage from Sawyer. Was he really a hostage or a plant to see if Sawyer will stay in the cage or leave at the first chance he was given. He broke through the locks extremely easy and when he escaped he told Sawyer to run the other direction. Then again, I’m pretty sure the young man had no idea Juliet was coming up from the hatch so, who knows, perhaps he really was a prisoner. I guess we just have to wait and see.
As for the title of the episode. It makes no sense to me either. Is it because of the scene of the village as opposed to life in the jungle?
And now for my theories:
The first scene, as mentioned above, is, I believe, the utopian civilization mentioned in the orientation video. I believe that they are not unmercilessly torturing the Losties for the hell of it but rather to shape them into what they believe are “good” people so the can go on and live on the island.
The new Hatch, called The Hydra, is underwater but at the same time, I think, connected above ground. The aquarium Jack was locked in was below the cage Sawyer was locked in. The fact that when Sawyer finally pushed all three buttons only to have what seemed as dog food as the reward made me think that the cages weren’t made for humans and that they just decided to lock him in there since that had no where else to place him. Same for Jack and the decision of locking him in the Aquarium. Which goes on to support my theory of that hatch being the Zoology hatch. The polar bears were locked up in the cages Sawyer and then later Kate were locked in.
The hatch logo on the water pipe across from Sawyer was a new one but the one wrapped around the water bottle that Juliet gave Jack was that of which was on the shark. (Or Dolark as I like to call it.)
Another theory I had, cause I just don’t believe he’s really dead since hes been in basically everyons flashback, is that of Christian being alive. Although Juliet confirmed the Autopsy reports, I think it was just a way of giving Jack what he wanted to hear. (In the same way she told Jack his ex-wife was doing fine and was happy.) I was told that Christians voice was heard over the supposebly broken Communication box and so this plays in part with my theory.
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