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"Lost" Meet Kevin Johnson (2008)


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"Lost" (2004): Season 4: Episode 8 -- Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack.

Overview

User Rating:
8.5/10   940 votes
Director:
Stephen Williams
Writers:
Jeffrey Lieber (creator) and
J.J. Abrams (creator) ...
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TV Series:
"Lost" (2004)
Original Air Date:
20 March 2008 (Season 4, Episode 8)
Plot:
Michael's journey from escaping the island to working as Ben's spy on Widmore's ship is revealed, as well as his mission. Ben tells Danielle and Alex to leave Locke's camp and go to the island temple, but they are ambushed on the way. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Another great episode which does a great job of tying up loose ends more

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
43 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12 | Venezuela:PG-13 (DVD rating)
Filming Locations:
O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
Company:
ABC Studios more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Michael Dawson arrives at the port in Suva, Fiji, the taxi is a left hand drive vehicle. In Fiji cars are driven on the left hand side of the road so the vehicles are right hand drive. more
Quotes:
Alex: Wait, wait, don't! I'm Ben's daughter! I'm his daughter! more
Movie Connections:
References The Shining (1980) more

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27 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
Another great episode which does a great job of tying up loose ends, 20 March 2008
Author: AdnanZ from thecinemajournal.blogspot.com

Like many, many other Lost fans I was concerned about how the writers would explain Michael's return, but it went off without any major issues. The flashbacks were effective, explanatory, interesting, and provided a chance to encounter some faces we haven't seen in a while. Harold Perrineau did a brilliant job this episode, proving that he is a great actor when given the right material to work with, which Elizabeth Sarnoff and Brian K. Vaughan provided with an excellent script. We see barely anything of 'present-time' island events, only getting the obligatory (but nicely done) scene with the rest of the 'important' members of Locke's camp learning that Michael was on the freighter, as well as Ben sending Rousseau to the temple with Alex and Karl, which led to the pretty shocking ending, which actually felt really out-of-the-blue to me, and almost disappointing in how it was written, though not necessarily for its content.

The episode's flashback story was nicely set up, with further mythology reveals (more like hints, admittedly) and nice character-driven moments. There's some great scenes here, and overall I'd say that it's around as emotional and interesting as "Special" from season one, which I personally thought was a great episode. Stephen Williams did a fairly good job of directing the episode and it was nice to revisit some of the music Giacchino wrote for Michael's character. All in all this isn't my favorite episode of season 4, but it is still excellent, and in keeping with the generally high quality of the season, excepting "Eggtown" and "The Other Woman", and to a lesser extent "Cabin Fever", I suppose.

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