Episode Review: Glass Ballerina
So the episode opened with, what else but a glass ballerina! It then fell, went Ka-booey and broke. We then saw a little Korean girl get startled and run towards her piano to play a tune or two. Mr. Paik came in, scolded her, but Sun, the little Korean girl, blamed it on the maid. The father asked once again, and Sun said it was the maid.
What the glass ballerina represented was the vulnerbility of Sun. Her fragile heart and mind. She wants to be good, she wants to be perfect but she has minor screw ups. It also represents that Sun is, and was, a pathological liar. Shes been lying since she was a little girl and so this kinda contradicts her episode last season titled, “The Whole Truth.”
But, enough about metaphors, the episode also provided quite a handful of answers, and, of course, another handful of questions. For starters, Jae and Sun did in fact sleep together. To make matters worse, Mr. Paik, Suns dad, walked in and caught them. What confused me was when Jae Lee called Mr. Paik, “Sir.” Now, if I remember correctly, last season it was Suns mother who urged and pleaded with Sun to behave and be good so Jae will find her attractive. It was Suns mother who complimented Jae and made sure everything went great. Now, heres where the confusion comes in, if Mr. Paik is a higher socialite, why was Sun trying to win over the affection of Sun and not the other way around? Those of higher class must be priased, therefore it should of been Jae who was kissing Suns ass and visiting her.
Now, with an answer comes a question. Are the Others all one giant love orgy? When Collen caught Ben and Juliet talking she got jealous, then, later outside, Collen and Pickett shared a little intimate scene. This is beginning to look like Big Love.
Answer: Sun and Jins last name. Im unsure of the spelling but it goes a little something like this: Wakone.
Question: It was revealed that Jins job was to kill Jae. Not because he knew that he slept with Sun but because Mr. Paik said he “shamed” the family honor. At first Jin didn’t want to but when Mr. Paik told him it wasn’t an option Jin did what he had to. He went to the hotel and beat up Jae, telling him to flee the country and never return, not even make contact. “You don’t exist.” Jin left the room and went down to his car. When he got into his car Jae came slamming down into the hood, dead. Now, was it suicide or other forces of which we were not shown.
Answer: Bens full name! Benjamin Lynos. And he said he’s lived on the island he’s whole life. He mentioned the date the plane crashed, Sept. 22, 2004. And that it was now 69 days later. Bush was re-elected, Red Soxs won the World Series. Jack didn’t believe him so Ben showed Jack the game. Which also answered, for definite, that there is an outside world. Also, a keen observation. When Ben entered the room in the final scene, the soup that Juliet had left him in the beginning of the episode still went untouched.
Question: Collen mentioned to Sun, after revealing her last name, that if Sun were to shot they will in fact be enemies. That, as mentioned before, they are not enemies. Sun, of course shot her and then escaped the boat. The boat was than taken by Tom. The question is, if they are so damn good why not just come out with it and stop hiding it.
Answer: The fact that the Others had no clue about Desmonds boat leads me to believe that Kelvin didn’t work for the Others! Cause if he did he would of surely told them about the boat. So…
Question: How did he end up on the island. He, being Kelvin
Other highlights of the episode includes, Kate seeing Alex! Alex mentioning Karl! Alex mentioning the dress is hers and!!!!!!!! SAWYER KISSING KATE! Woo! Also, the main plot for the Others was capturing that boat. Making sure the Losties couldn’t use it to escape from the island.
Overall I give the episode a 9 out of 10. Few clips of Jack boosted the rating so… YAY NO JACK! But, im still feeling sad that Locke, Eko and Desmond are missing, although previews for next week show they’re coming! Woohoo bring it on!
Now for the theories:
Alex mentioning to Kate if she has seen Karl and that Karl wasn’t suppse to be locked up lead me to believe that Karl is, as I thought, not an other. Or perhaps he is a “almost-converted-into-other” Other. Just how Alex is one. More easily labeled, rebels!
If Jack does cooperate, just as Michael did, he will be set free. So, where does this coordinate lead to? Im itching wherever it does, whether its freedom or hell, once there the Losties will try and help the rest. My theory is, Kate chooses Sawyer and so Jack is set free, after cooperating. Once there, his episodes will involve him, maybe with Michael?, trying to save the others from the outside world.
So now, drop a comment or two and lets make this into a discussion.
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