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A weekly commentary of the television showby Carlos R Savournin
3 - 2: The Glass Ballerina
*This commentary contains spoilers. Do not read if you have not seen the above mentioned episode.*
Not much happened to move the story forward in this, the second episode of the 3rd season. But we did learn a great deal about what type of person our Sun is, and sweet, it turns out, she is not.
After lying to her father about breaking the glass ballerina…I just got the reference!!...causing the termination of the maid’s employment, Sun once again has to face her father’s disapproving eyes when she is caught in bed with a man that is not her husband, Jin. His name is Jae, and fans know him as the man who taught Sun English in season 2’s flashbacks. Apparently, he taught her a couple more things… But Sun’s dad made it clear he wouldn’t tell Jin about her extra-curricular activities, telling her “It’s not my place to tell him.” But it was his job to have Jae eliminated – and who better to do that than Jin?
Working for Sun’s father, Jin is a “messenger” of sorts. But Sun’s dad makes it very clear that a message is not to be delivered at all. A problem needs to be taken care of. Jin refuses at first, but with no choice in the matter, he pays his visit to Jae. The message is indeed delivered when Jin jumps Jae (say that 3 times fast), but Jin can’t finish the job. It’s not in him. “Leave the country,” he warns Jae, deciding his job is done. But when he gets into his car, Jae’s body mysteriously falls from several stories high – right onto Jin’s car (talk about convenience).
All this relates back on the island because while Sayid is setting up a trap for the Others without the knowledge of his co-sailors, Sun and Jin, Sun grows suspicious. When she confronts Sayid, he confesses, then asks Sun to lie to Jin about what they are doing. Naturally, she agrees – and why shouldn’t she? Apparently, she’s good at lying.
Lies and details aside (you guys watched the episode, right?) Sun saves herself from a boatful of Others by shooting one, a woman named Colleen, in the stomach and diving overboard to meet Jin in mid ocean. They kiss, happy to be in each others’ arms while questions whirl in our minds.
o Is Sun pregnant with Jin’s child – or is it Jae’s?
o Did Jae throw himself out the window? If not, who tossed him to his death? Was it a thug Sun’s father sent knowing full well that Jin would not complete the job? Was it Sun’s father himself? Was it Sun? Before Colleen was shot, she said she knew Sun, and that Sun was not a killer. But then Sun shot her…Meanwhile, Kate and Sawyer are put to work while still under the captivity of other Others. Major points to be discussed here is the approach of Kate by Alex, Rousseau’s long lost daughter. She asks Kate if she’s seen Karl, the young boy who helped Sawyer escape in the previous episode, but ignorant to the boy’s identity, Kate frowns. Alex then inquires about the Sunday dress Kate is still wearing.
“They told me to wear it,” Kate answers.
Alex smiles. “It’s mine…Keep it. It looks better on you.”
And might I say, yes it does…Sawyer noticed how good the dress looked on her as well, constantly checking her out, then making a bold move to kiss her in front of the Others – but romance
wasn’t on his mind. Creating a scene is what Sawyer needed to pummel a couple of his captors to get his hands on a rifle. But when he turns around, Kate, once again, is held at gunpoint – but this time by Juliet, someone we thought might possibly help the prisoners out.
And finally, there’s Jack. In a role-reversing twist, the man once known as Henry Gale walks into the cell where Jack is being kept. Prisoner and guard have switched places, and Henry Gale formally introduces himself as Benjamin Lyons (I like Henry Gale better). After a few words, Jack tells Ben that he refuses to believe the Others have contact to the outside world – to which Ben replies with several facts since their crash: George W Bush was re-elected (I wonder if the evil Others had something to do with that), Christopher Reeves has passed, and the Boston Red Sox won the world series.
The significance of this fact is larger than meets the eye. In season 1, Sawyer met Jack’s father, Christian, in a bar in Australia. In conversation, Christian mentions sourly, “…that’s why the Red Sox will never win the damn series.” The same line is then uttered by Jack, and Sawyer is able to connect the two men.
So, when Ben mentions the win, Jack laughs thinking it a joke. But Ben turns on a TV and, viola!, the footage of the Sox winning is displayed. He’s got Jack’s attention.
Ala The Godfather, Ben has an offer that jack can’t refuse. “If you listen to me,” he tells Jack, “and you trust me when the time comes, I’ll take you home.”
And as the screen went black, Jack was listening.
Questions posed, no answers given. In typical “Lost” fashion, we’re left hanging until next week’s episode titled “Further Instructions”.
Until next time, Get Lost.
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© Savournin, 2006
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