Across the Sea
- Episode aired May 11, 2010
- TV-14
- 43m
The story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protec... Read allThe story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protect.The story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protect.
- Sayid Jarrah
- (credit only)
- Richard Alpert
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- Desmond Hume
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- Claire Littleton
- (credit only)
- Ben Linus
- (credit only)
- Frank Lapidus
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- Dr. Jack Shephard
- (archive footage)
- Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
- (credit only)
- James 'Sawyer' Ford
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- Jin-Soo Kwon
- (credit only)
- Sun-Hwa Kwon
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- Miles Straume
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- Kate Austen
- (archive footage)
- John Locke
- (archive footage)
- Ilana Verdansky
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the DVD audio commentary, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof said that, although they supposed she wasn't available, they asked the casting director to contact Allison Janney for the role of Mother, saying that they wanted "someone like Allison Janney". A few days later, Janney was shooting the episode.
- Quotes
Man in Black: Don't. Jacob, don't do this. She burned them. She was crazy. She burned them all! You can't kill me, Jacob. She made it that way. You can't.
Jacob: Don't worry, brother. I'm not going to kill you.
Man in Black: [They come to the shining waterfall - Jacob throws his brother into the stream] She brought you back here?
Jacob: Yes.
Man in Black: Why would she?
Jacob: Because I have to protect it now. You want to find the light? You want to leave this place, brother? Go!
[Jacob forces his brother into the stream, he hits his head and is sucked unconscious into the waterfall - moments later, Jacob is knocked to the ground as the Smoke Monster emerges from the cave and hurries into the jungle]
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Allison Janney, a usually dependable actress struggled with the foreign dialectic that resulted it some of the worst dialogue exchanges in the entire season. A season in which the writers have spoilt us with some of the very best scenes and dialogue in the history of television, and yet when it comes to the MOST IMPORTANT episode of all, they resort to the skills of an incompetent writer that has only watched a few episodes of Lost.
What has always made Lost better than any other show is the subtleties and nuances that elevate scenes into memories that will linger.
The writers and creators of this show are very intelligent people which makes their half hearted approach to this critical episode all the more baffling.
They have come out in defence of the criticisms stating that we may not have had the answers we want. But they are again missing the point. It is their show, they have every right to give us whatever answers they want. It's not the answers...it is HOW you give you them. Through tightly structured scenes laced with dialogue that portrays a deeper subtext. Something they brilliantly did in 'The Constant', and more recently in 'The Candidate.' The fans of this show deserved better and so did the hugely talented actors Mark Pellegrino and Titus Welliver. Similar in tone, clichés, and ratings to 'What Kate Does' does not bode well. In the space of 6 seasons there are always going to be episodes of 'filler' quality, but to deliver one at this stage of the story is inexcusable.
The script for this should have been worked on during the hiatus from Season 5 to ensure the glue that binds has no cracks. Unfortunately it clearly wasn't. Instead it has left a bad taste in the mouth that only a stunning finale can remove.
As I cork the wasted pages and toss them back into the ocean, I long for the next instalment and know that across the sea there is a better episode...
- busterk
- May 13, 2010