Collision (23 Nov. 2005)

Tempers flare when Ana Lucia and her group stumble upon Sayid and the other castaways.

Director:

Stephen Williams

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator), J.J. Abrams (creator),

Stars:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Mr. Eko
Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton (credit only)
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke
Harold Perrineau	...	Michael Dawson
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Ana Lucia Cortez
Cynthia Watros	...	Elizabeth 'Libby' Smith
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Rose Nadler

Storyline

In the aftermath of the killing of Shannon, Ana Lucia takes the pistol from Sayid and ties him to a tree. Completely deranged, she threatens the whole group, and later she releases Michael demanding guns and ammunition for Sayid. Mr. Eko takes the unconscious Sawyer back to Jack at the hatch bunker, who tries to save him with Kate's help. Meanwhile, Ana Lucia recalls her past in the police force... in the months after she was shot by a scum thief. In the mist of all this, the other survivors, Jin, Bernard, and Libby, decide to leave Ana Lucia behind and move to meet the other group for a joyful reunion.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English Spanish Korean

Release Date:

23 November 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Michael runs out of the jungle, Sun looks up at him over her right shoulder. But in her close-ups, she is looking over her left shoulder.

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Quotes

Sayid: [to Ana-Lucia, who has just handed over her pistol to him] What good would it be to kill you, if we're both already dead?

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Soundtracks

"Main Title"
(uncredited)
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

Aftermath

I am no Analucia fan, or more specifically I am not a fan of Michelle Rodriguez's performance in the role, but "Collision" is, regardless of my position on the actress playing her, an outstanding character piece, and one of the best episodes of the first half of season two. Leonard Dick and Javier Grillo-Marxuach's script is intelligent and well-structured in that they reveal the layers of Analucia's character slowly and carefully. I do think there's still some problems with Michelle Rodriguez's performance, but I do tend to think of her earlier work while criticizing her in the role, as she does succeed somewhat at showing more humanity here.

The episode is helped by tasteful direction from Stephen Williams, not always a director who gets the most out of an episode, but when not faced with directing action (at which he is rather poor) he is capable of crafting a visually strong episode and does so here, and the cast are also excellent here, particularly Naveen Andrews. The episode is a fine way to bring the tail-enders and the fuselage folk together, and none of it feels contrived or fake. I have problems with scenes like the final one here, especially given how sappy the music is, but it works okay I suppose.

"Collision" deals largely with the aftermath of Shannon's death, but while it easily could have gone for an action movie approach it instead goes for a character-based episode. There is an eventual understanding between Analucia and Sayid that is almost unexpectedly poignant, and the flashbacks are well-structured and if not consistently entertaining then certainly worth it for the final reveal, which really does succeed in making Analucia a more sympathetic character. Excellent episode.

8.5/10