Obviously you can't have your whole show be focused on adrenaline filled action set pieces which is a large reason why "filler" episodes are a thing.
Filler episodes, of any series, are meant to fill time and give us a glimpse of the smaller stories to create more depth in the world allowing us to care more about the characters and therefore more about the story as a whole. As per usual Lost carries out all of televisions' traditional tropes brilliantly which follows suit with filler episodes. Don't get me wrong they are still often my least favourite episodes, but this is to be expected with Lost's standard being so high (at least in the first 3 seasons). It is certainly frustrating to go from a story centred episode, "The Man from Tallahassee" in this case (which is a fantastic episode), straight to "Exposé" an episode where very little of importance happens.
All that takes place is- the death of two background characters and Sun finding out that Charlie was the one who dragged her into jungle. What makes this worse is that the two characters that were killed off here had only been introduced a few episodes ago and almost all of their backstory was relegated to this very episode. In my opinion it is not worth the time giving character development to those which are already dead (they die right at the beginning of the episode). However it is still remarkably entertaining even with all the factors holding it back which is due to Lost's amazing writing.
No matter your view on this episode you must note how memorable it is, prior to my re-watching of Lost it was one of the few season 3 episodes which I could recall completely. Although sadly because of its lack of importance and filler nature I can't rate it any higher, it's still a great watch.
Filler episodes, of any series, are meant to fill time and give us a glimpse of the smaller stories to create more depth in the world allowing us to care more about the characters and therefore more about the story as a whole. As per usual Lost carries out all of televisions' traditional tropes brilliantly which follows suit with filler episodes. Don't get me wrong they are still often my least favourite episodes, but this is to be expected with Lost's standard being so high (at least in the first 3 seasons). It is certainly frustrating to go from a story centred episode, "The Man from Tallahassee" in this case (which is a fantastic episode), straight to "Exposé" an episode where very little of importance happens.
All that takes place is- the death of two background characters and Sun finding out that Charlie was the one who dragged her into jungle. What makes this worse is that the two characters that were killed off here had only been introduced a few episodes ago and almost all of their backstory was relegated to this very episode. In my opinion it is not worth the time giving character development to those which are already dead (they die right at the beginning of the episode). However it is still remarkably entertaining even with all the factors holding it back which is due to Lost's amazing writing.
No matter your view on this episode you must note how memorable it is, prior to my re-watching of Lost it was one of the few season 3 episodes which I could recall completely. Although sadly because of its lack of importance and filler nature I can't rate it any higher, it's still a great watch.