As an avowed non-hater of Jin & Sun episodes (although "... And Found" and "The Glass Ballerina" are mediocre), I find "The Whole Truth" quite enjoyable in spite of how much of a filler episode it is, as it really doesn't give us any new insight into Jin or Sun as characters, and although it introduces two new pieces of information which relate to Sun first and somewhat to the mythology of "Lost" (Sun possibly getting pregnant on the island), this could have been handled briefly in another episode and doesn't justify devoting a full episode to it. It's a dragged-out, largely unimportant story, and as expected from a Sarnoff/Kim script it is filled with soap-opera attempts at tension and revelations.
Still, "The Whole Truth" is enjoyable. It's enjoyable because it's restrained. It's enjoyable because it isn't overbearing, because there are no really serious goings-on, because it's not an episode which contains something important to the big picture (Sarnoff ruined "Abandoned", for instance, the episode where a main character died). If you like these characters then surely there are worse things to do than spend a relatively pleasant 42 minutes with them?
The best thing about this episode, of course, is the brilliant final scene where Fenry Gale suggests that if he was 'one of them' he would have sent Ana-Lucia and the others into a trap, and 'I guess you're lucky that I'm not', ending the episode with a calm request for milk to add to his cereal. It's really quite well-written and wonderfully acted by Michael Emerson, and is one of the most iconic moments of season two as far as I'm concerned. "The Whole Truth" is far from perfect, but it's as watchable as filler of this sort can be.
6.5/10
Still, "The Whole Truth" is enjoyable. It's enjoyable because it's restrained. It's enjoyable because it isn't overbearing, because there are no really serious goings-on, because it's not an episode which contains something important to the big picture (Sarnoff ruined "Abandoned", for instance, the episode where a main character died). If you like these characters then surely there are worse things to do than spend a relatively pleasant 42 minutes with them?
The best thing about this episode, of course, is the brilliant final scene where Fenry Gale suggests that if he was 'one of them' he would have sent Ana-Lucia and the others into a trap, and 'I guess you're lucky that I'm not', ending the episode with a calm request for milk to add to his cereal. It's really quite well-written and wonderfully acted by Michael Emerson, and is one of the most iconic moments of season two as far as I'm concerned. "The Whole Truth" is far from perfect, but it's as watchable as filler of this sort can be.
6.5/10