Lower Decks

We apologize for the delay in posting this latest entry in the Lost Season Four rewatch, which is now up to date after rewatching the fifth and sixth episodes of the season. Enough good things cannot be said about “The Constant,” which may well be the single best episode of Lost to date.

4×05 – “The Constant”

(Originally Broadcast February 28th, 2008)

While on their way to the freighter in the helicopter, Desmond and Sayid encounter turbulence that causes Desmond’s consciousness to begin switching back and forth between the present (2004) and eight years in the past (1996). With no memory past 1996, Desmond is taken to the freighter’s doctor and meets Minkowski, the freighter’s communications officer, who is also switching between time periods. Faraday advises Desmond to seek him out in 1996; when Desmond finds Faraday in the past, he learns that he needs to find a constant in both time periods or else he’ll die. Desmond desperately attempts to contact Penny in 1996 and, with the help of Sayid, in 2004.

Did You Notice?

When Desmond and Sayid are unbuckling Minkowski, Sayid asks how they’ll get out of sickbay. Minkowski suggests they go through the now open door. When he says, “Looks like you guys have a friend on this boat,” there is blood on his face. In the next shot, as the straps are released, there is no blood on his face. But in the next shot, the blood is back.

4×06 – “The Other Woman”

(Originally Broadcast March 6th, 2008)

On the island, Faraday and Charlotte have disappeared into the woods. While tracking them, Juliette encounters Harper, who brings her a message from Ben. Although convinced that the two are going to release a deadly gas on the island, Juliette won’t explain everything to Jack, and when the two come upon Kate (who has been knocked unconscious by Charlotte) she slips off and makes her way to the Tempest station to confront Faraday and Charlotte alone.

Through flashbacks, we watch as Juliette is introduced to the island, how her affair with Goodwin begins and ends, and learn how Ben really feels about her. In the present, Ben strikes a deal with Locke. In return for partial freedom, he tells Locke everything he knows about the man who sent the freighter to the island: Charles Whidmore.

Did You Notice?

Jack’s plan to track Faraday and Charlotte is utter nonsense. Split into two (or is it four?) groups, Jack, Juliette, Jin and Sun are supposed to find Faraday and Charlotte’s trail and call out to Jack. Obviously, once they get out of hearing range, that won’t work. Furthermore, Jack and Juliette never communicate with Jin and Sun once they pick up the trail, which means those two could still be in the jungle searching…