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Title: The Beginning of the End (31 Jan 2008)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Naveen Andrews | ... | Sayid Jarrah | |
| Henry Ian Cusick | ... | Desmond Hume | |
| Jeremy Davies | ... | Dr. Daniel Faraday | |
| Emilie de Ravin | ... | Claire Littleton | |
| Michael Emerson | ... | Benjamin 'Ben' Linus | |
| Matthew Fox | ... | Dr. Jack Shephard | |
| Jorge Garcia | ... | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes | |
| Josh Holloway | ... | James 'Sawyer' Ford | |
| Daniel Dae Kim | ... | Jin-Soo Kwon | |
| Yunjin Kim | ... | Sun-Hwa Kwon | |
| Ken Leung | ... | Miles Straume (credit only) | |
| Evangeline Lilly | ... | Katherine 'Kate' Austen | |
| Rebecca Mader | ... | Dr. Charlotte Staples Lewis (credit only) | |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | ... | Dr. Juliet Burke | |
| Dominic Monaghan | ... | Charlie Pace | |
Desmond returns to the castaways' camp on the beach where he relays Charlie's message which casts suspicion and doubt about the rescuers that are approaching the island on a freighter 80 miles away. Meanwhile, Jack and Locke argue about Jack wanting to leave the island, while Locke wants to stay and build a new life for them. Meanwhile, flash forward into three years in the future show a mentally disturbed Hurley having visions of the dead Charlie telling him to return to the island. Written by Anonymous
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A thoroughly satisfactory follow-up to "Through the Looking Glass" did not feel anti-climactic to me after waiting all those months for the show's return, and on DVD seems about as good. It's not a brilliant episode, but it's an emotional gem pretty much throughout, and it's got some winning moments of humor and heart which elevate it beyond the typical season opener. It doesn't quite hit the highs of "Man of Science, Man of Faith", but it's significantly better than "A Tale of Two Cities", and the shift from Jack to Hurley works very well, although Jack is still featured prominently in the flashforwards.
The on-island events are a logical extension of "Through the Looking Glass", and work as both follow-up to that episode and a setup for the rest of season four, and pretty much cover all bases in relation to the characters involved in season three's climactic stages (unlike season three's opening stages, which took several episodes to even get to some of the characters impacted by season two's finale, and only set up the Hydra pod of episodes). I don't care at all for Naomi's not being dead, which pretty much redefines 'plot contrivance', or for Rose's line about Claire treating Charlie 'real good' when (sigh) he returns. The rest of it is pretty great, especially the only real surprise in the episode, Hurley's encounter with Jacob's cabin.
The flashforwards are clearly happening well before "Through the Looking Glass", and work well as a setup for the rest of the flashforward stories which would ultimately lead to Drunk Bearded Jack's visit to the mystery coffin. All in all this is a good script, very well-performed and nicely-directed which functions as a pleasingly efficient and rewarding season opener.