"Lost" Catch-22 (2007)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Stephen Williams

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Lost" (2004)

Original Air Date:

18 April 2007 (Season 3, Episode 17)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Desmond's latest fragmented vision suggests that his old girlfriend, Penny, will crash-land onto the island...

Plot Keywords:

Vision | Trap | Signal | Arrow | Cloister

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah (credit only)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Emilie de Ravin	...	Claire Littleton (credit only)
Michael Emerson	...	Benjamin Linus (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 (credit only)
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke
Dominic Monaghan	...	Charlie Pace
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke (credit only)
Sonya Walger	...	Penelope Widmore
Andrew Connolly	...	Brother Campbell

Runtime:

42 min | Germany:41 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Venezuela:PG-13 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Bad Robot

Trivia:

The Numbers: Brother Campbell says that the monastery only bottles 108 bottles of their wine a year (108 is the sum of "Hurley's numbers").

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In Desmond's vision, Charlie, with a mostly clean shirt, is hit by an arrow in the throat. However, it is obvious that the bloodstain which would have been caused by the bleeding on the shirt was there prior to the actual penetration.

Quotes:

Kate Austen: It's strange huh?
Jack Shephard: What's that?
Kate Austen: Being back, not, looking for a way out of a cage. Not finding a reason to go running off into the jungle again; I almost don't know what to do with myself.
Jack Shephard: Well enjoy it. I'm sure something will go wrong soon enough.

Movie Connections:

References The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Soundtrack:

Colonel Bogey March

Catch-22

"Catch-22" potentially could have been an absolutely amazing episode but ends up being a very good one instead. The trouble with this episode, aside from the truly awful love rectangle/square rubbish, is that it coasts on its premise rather than taking full advantage of it. The flashbacks to Desmond's time in a monastery reveal how Desmond met Penny and the circumstances leading up to it, and why/how he started saying 'brother' all the time. There's one intolerably awful accent in the flashback (even worse than the Australian accent in "Numbers"), but it's mostly quite good, though again it doesn't go beyond the call of duty and do more than fill in the blanks. The main themes explored here with Desmond are ones we have seen in previous flashbacks, only done with less emotionality and verve. Similarly, the main on-island plot dealing with Desmond's fractured 'visions' which he believe will lead to a reunion with Penny is about as good as it sounds, but no better. The episode has an intriguing ending and doesn't interrupt the flow of the latter stages of season 3. The direction by Stephen Williams is disappointing.