We see Michael in some cheap lawyer’s office (played by that guy that you’ve seen a million times but don’t know his name. You know, that guy that was in that movie with that other guy. Yeah, him.) trying to keep his ex-girlfriend from having her current boyfriend adopt Walt when they both leave for Rome. It seems Walt's mom got a big promotion to be a senior partner, whereas Michael is unemployed and on disability from a car accident. Michael, even though he hasn’t been a father to the kid at all up until that point, doesn’t want them to go. He orders his lawyer to file an injunction to keep them from leaving. And despite warnings from his lawyer that it will be costly and time consuming, Michael is insistent. At the deposition, his ex-girlfriend's lawyers lay into him, ripping on him for being an unemployed absent father. Later, in a one on one meeting with Susan, Walt’s mother, she begs him to let Walt go. Michael is on disability and about to be evicted form his apartment, and Susan says he needs to think about what’s best for Walt. He begrudgingly agrees and we have a tender scene as Michael says goodbye to Walt, gives him a stuffed polar bear (this is another clue regarding earlier episodes) and tells him that he is his father and will always love him. The whole point of this flashback is to show Michaels guilt at letting his son go without a fight, and how he promised he’d never do it again, and failed. That and make it so we can go through about an hour of time on the island and pad it out into 3 whole episodes.

From here we jump to Locke as he descends into the hatch. Once he reaches the bottom and walks into the main area, full of machinery and ominous looking hallways, he pauses for a minute to take off his shoes. This means he has either mistaken it for a Japanese dojo, or he doesn’t want anyone to hear him. He looks around briefly, spots an odd-looking insignia on the wall (which was also on the Scotsman's uniform from last episode), and then stumbles upon an unconscious Kate. Before he can untie her the Scotsman pops out of nowhere holding an AK-47 and asking Locke “Are you him?�

Meanwhile on the raft, Michael and Walt are having a whine and cheese party, with Michael doing most of the whining. Sawyer is yelling out Jin's name (the Korean who was on the boat with them) while Michael is busy blaming Sawyer for getting Walt taken. Sawyer simply tells him in his oh so smolderingly sexy way to go cram it with walnuts. Especially since he got shot trying to save the kid, a fact lost on Michael. Their argument heats up to the point where Sawyer actually swims with his one good arm over to another raft just so they can avoid each other. And if that isn’t enough to establish Sawyers tough guy bona fides (remember this is the guy who had bamboo shafts shoved up his fingernails last season) he shoves 2 fingers into his shoulder and pulls out the bullet lodged within. And then he gives himself a colonoscopy. OK, he didn’t do that last part, but he could have if he wanted to. He is that much of a badass, people.

Back in the hatch, Locke decides to bluff his way out of the pickle he’s in by saying he is in fact “him.� This lasts about all of 5 seconds when the Scotsman asks him “What did one snowman say to the other snowman?� and Locke doesn’t know the answer. This is obviously a code, or the Scotsman has a really awkward way of breaking the ice. They try to explain that they are there because of a plane crash 44 days ago, but he's having none of it. He has Locke tie up Kate (while quietly slipping her a knife) and then locks her in a storage room.

At the raft, Sawyer points out the obvious. The ship that took Walt was not built for the deep sea. That kind of ship is only designed for a three hour tour. A three hour tour. Which means it must be docked somewhere close. Like the island. Oooooh. See what I mean about a big unraveling mystery? But they have bigger things to worry about. Sharks start circling and slamming into their raft. And not the wacky fun ones like Jabberjaw. The bad kind.

In the hatch we see Kate struggling to untie herself. And she struggles mightily. Grunting and groaning. Sweat glistening. Heart pounding. Damn you Evangeline Lilly, you vex me so! Once she manages to get free, and seeing that the door is locked, she turns on the lights and sees that the room is stocked with food. And whattya know! It's also got one of those convenient Die Hard-like air shafts designed perfectly to fit a human body! Who would have thought? As she starts to move some boxes around to climb up into the ventilation shaft, she pauses and notices a box of candy bars calling out to her. She grabs a handful and shoves them in her pockets and pauses long enough to open one up and shove it in her mouth. Her reaction can best be described as though she were having a party in her pants, and everyone was invited.

Finally we get to see Kate's O face

Posted by EdHIll on September 29, 2005 4:02 PM