TV Review: Lost - "Something Nice Back Home"
Published May 02, 2008
What I Didn't Like
It bothered me a little last week but now the annoyance level has risen significantly. Although I know the primary trademark of the show is the mystery that surrounds it all, I just couldn't help but want to see what has happened on the freighter. We didn't even get a whiff of someone even asking about it, never mind us being shown anything. We still don't know how the doctor ended up dead, why the freighter people think he's not, and why they can't get in contact with them anymore. Are Daniel and Charlotte lying, do they know more than they are telling? Or are they genuinely as in the dark as the survivors? I think it's probably a combination of both. I think they do know more than they are letting on, but at the same time I still don't think they know exactly what happened; how could they?
I am sure we will get a big helping of information from the freighter point of view next week and I look forward to it thoroughly. I am also predicting an episode which is more event and action-centric next week, expecting to see a kind of retelling of the past few days' events from the freighter's point of view with perhaps a "three days ago" mentality to it. Huh, we haven't had one of those in a while.
- TV Review: Lost - "Something Nice Back Home"
- Published: May 02, 2008
- Type: Review
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Suspense and Mystery, Video: TV Recap, Video: Television
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- Writer: Ross Miller
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It's funny because I thought for a moment when Kate came back and Jack asked her where she was, I realy thought that she was with Jack, a different Jack, in a differrent time.
I agree that all the flashforwards ain't neccessarily following one another chronologically, so maybe Jack gets hooked to drugs (like at the end of season 3) after what happens in this episode. What do you think???
I think it's not directly after/as a result of the incident with Kate not telling him where she's been etc but I think it's the start of his downward spiral. I think from then on out things will get worse and just start to pile on top of one another until it leads up to the "we have to go back!" scene.
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soo u no how at the end, jack takes the pills, and starts drinking. well in the seeson finale of seeson three, i think that is after that. actually i know. because something nice back home was the begining of teh dreful fall of jack. him and kate need to work things out, they need to get better. i am a total jack and kate fan, and lost isl ike my life, if they dont i dont even want to think about it. i nthe seeson finale of seeson three, it showed jack and kate fell apart, and he kept calling kate, who wouldnt answer. he finally sees her at night and she says "he'll be wondering where i am" referring to aaron, and she leeves. it is so sad. i need to see another kate episode to no what happens after. i nthe last kate episode that took place before "something nice back home." so this is what happened. when they get off the island, jack doesnt want anythign to do with kate. after kates trial, she getss of and he does. he wants to see her, not aaron tho. eventually he decides to see aaron and he lives with kate happily. he proposes to her. she says yes. everything is going good. but then jack starts hallucinating, seeing his father. he starts taking sleeping medication, and gets hooked on them. he starts drinking a lot. kate says he is a danger to aaron. he moves out. he becomes pathetic. he grows a berd, and is hooked on alcohol and sleeping meds. he wants to commit suicide. he wants to go back to the island. he wants to see kate. but none of this will happen. and there, thats it. i hope he pulls his act together and gets with kate again. :). thx for reeding.