Claire - I am your father!

Tonight was another seemingly filler episode, with nothing earthshaking happening.  There were seagulls chased and another never ending trek through the jungle.   I guess we found out that Claire and Jack are half brother and sister, with the same alcoholic dad.  I happened to be taking a sip of Heineken (ironically) when the “I am your father” line came out and nearly snorted it out my nose.  Man, that was funny. 

I could have also sworn that the sonic fence scene was the exact same location as the fence scene in Jurassic Park.  Thank God for Locke for being the only one actually doing things these days.  He’s blowing up buildings, shoving people into sonic fences.  Keep kicking ass Locke; your fellow islanders are wussies. 

I guess the final scene was supposed to be the big shocker that I’m sure will light up the real fanboy websites.  Is football boy Jack an “other”? The problem that I just realized is that I don’t care.  The show has moved so slowly in doling out these little nuggets that they lost me.  It really doesn’t matter to me if Jack is an other, a dharma dude, or the new host of the price is right.  It’s just past the point where I can bring myself to care.  Timing is everything in life.  If the producers would have paced this show better, I really think it could have been something great, but they got caught milking their own success.  I found myself wishing for another 4 month show hiatus after tonight’s episode, which is not a good sign.

Written by Tyler on March 15th, 2007 with 148 comments.
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