Season 4, Episode 4 - Eggtown

Broken record time…this is the best season of Lost yet. No doubt about it. It’s almost like the show has been reinvented, and its new form is just as good, if not better, than before.

Tonight’s episode was a Kate-centric flash forward, dealing with her trial, post-rescue. I know there has been some speculation that Kate may not actually be one of the Oceanic Six, but that she somehow snuck her way off the island. That can be laid to rest.

We discover in the early moments of the show, also, that Kate has a son, which will lead to a BIG reveal at the end.

On the island, Kate is determined to figure out what Miles knows about her past. He tells her that he will give her all she wants to know if he can just have one minute with Ben.

Being the hoochie that I’m coming to realize that she is, Kate enlists Sawyer to distract Locke while she sneaks Miles into Ben’s cell. Miles reveals that he is willing to lie to the people on the boat and tell them that Ben is dead in exchange for $3.2 million. Like Ben said, why this specific amount? Also, Ben seemed pretty nervous about the “him” that Miles works for. Hanso, maybe?

After she is discovered and banished by Locke, she ends up in bed with Sawyer, and them skips out on him the next morning, heading back to be with Jack’s group. I loved his comment about her inevitably getting pissed at Jack and coming back to Sawyer, along with her subsequent reaction…a slap across the face.

The off-island events didn’t hold my interest as much as the other episodes have this season. Granted, it was interesting to see that the survivors had developed some kind of cover story…that they crashed in the water and they were the only six to survive. But the rest seemed a bit too much like filler. Maybe it had something to do with the strange wardrobe choice for Kate. The high-collared, early-1900’s style was kind of weird.

I’ll admit, the ending got me. I was trying to understand the timeline and try to figure out who the father of Kate’s baby was. I was actually expecting for her to go upstairs and we find Sawyer…but the ending we got was phenomenal. Apparently, Kate has taken custody of Aaron, Claire’s baby. Did Claire meet an untimely end on the island and Kate stepped in…or did she just ask Kate to take the baby with her? I’m so intrigued.

Also, this is a perfect example of how this show can make a scene play one way, and then, when you go back and watch it again, it has a completely different message. Remember the scene where Claire is asking Kate to hold Aaron? Kate is hesitant, and at this point, the audience thinks it’s because she has a son of her own and misses him. But now we realize that she is being honest…she really is uncomfortable with children…which really says something about her being willing to take care of Aaron later on. Beautiful.

As for this next part, it didn’t really fit into the recap, but I absolutely LOVED the throw-back to Season 2 in the hatch with Ben and Locke. Ben plays mind games, Locke loses his temper and throws his plate of food, and Ben smiles evilly. Another one of those nuances that I love about this show.

All in all, this was my least favorite episode of the season. But the worst episode of the best season still puts it right on top.

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