Lost Rewatch: 1x11 All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
This episode is focused on Jack. You know, that character who is definitely most like a cowboy
If there was a struggle, surely there should be a lot more evidence than just some footprints?
Thing this show doesn’t explain #4: How was Ethan able to drag Charlie and a very pregnant Claire off by himself, fast enough to keep away from Jack and the other Losties, who are going very fast?
Lampshading it doesn’t stop it from being an issue, show
Jack, do you seriously think you’ll be able to find Ethan by yourself?
So you’re letting Kate and Boone go, but not Michael? Why? Michael has already proved to be a lot more useful than those other two numpties
Also, of course Kate immediately goes on a quest to save Claire
The flashbacks tend to relate to what the character is thinking at the time, right? Why is Jack thinking about when he got his dad fired?
Jack come on, Locke’s got a point. You really should be staying behind
So Charlie or Ethan were laying a trail with Charlie’s finger tapes. Alright, fine. But they’ve been going for hours, and out of nowhere we get two in the space of five minutes? What a rubbish trail
Ah, I see the writers are trying the “she’s good at everything” route with Kate. LIKE HER, DAMMIT
This scene between Sawyer and Walt is random as hell and I love it
Okay, so Kate says she’s not as good at tracking as Locke is, but turns out she was the correct one
Christian calls him a ‘young surgeon’ in the flashback, and he looks quite a bit younger than he did when he died, but Jack looks identical. That’s young?
So Sawyer comes up to Sayid ready to beat the shit out of him, Sayid tells him about Danielle, and they’re fine? That doesn’t sound like S1 Sawyer to me
This little scene with Walt playing backgammon with Hurley is our first clue that something’s off with Walt
He never gets that $20000, btw
Hang on, what just happened?
So Jack and Kate are climbing up something, Jack falls, gets up, and suddenly Ethan is right there?
How did Kate not see him?
Also this means Claire and Charlie must be unconscious, if he’s comfortable leaving them somewhere. So it must be Ethan leaving the trail of finger tapes
If that’s the case, why does he tell Jack to stop following him? What are you doing, Ethan?
Oh, look, Charlie still has the ‘E’ tape on. Could have used that in your absurd trail, couldn’t you?
Cate what are you doing? Holding his hand? Make sure his airwaves are open, at least
Bull. Shit. Charlie was a dead man. Jack was literally just beating his chest. That would not work
You see, this is what I mean by ‘Kate works way better with all the characters that aren’t Jack or Sawyer’. She only says two sentences to Shannon, but I’m more interested in this than in anything she’s been doing all the rest of the episode
Oh look, they found the hatch! Wow, everything that’s happened up to this point really was irrelevant, wasn’t it?
Overall Review:
This is much more a plot driven story than a character piece. Stuff happens to the characters in buckets, but we don’t get much on how it effects them as people. And seeing as I care more about the characters than the plot, I’m counting that as a negative. Additionally, I care way more about Jack on-island than off-island, and he’s pretty much just reacting to things while on the island. Well, that and beating miracle corpse Charlie
Overall Rating: 4.5/10
Some funny moments that elevate it above things like Walkabout. A necessary episode, but not a particularly enjoyable one, imo
