HE’S OUR YOU
Episode 5.10
It’s five-minutes ‘til another Wednesday night of wondrous brain-gasms…then, a brandy-induced time-flash takes me to 8:00 o’clock…
Chickens in Iraq is how we start tonight.
Little boys with butcher knives and bait and one of them has neck-cracking skills! There is a very unpleased Saddam-like father who ends up congratulating his non-son for a quick and efficient kill—little Sayid.
In the 70s, baby-Ben is ready to serve grown-up Sayid more sandwiches. Gentle-Ben wants to know if Sayid was sent by Richard Alpert. The kid spills his guts about the Others/Hostiles and vows to help the Iraqi captive, as long as Sayid is “patient.”
Even as a child, Ben is such a wonderful, helping person.
The LOST logo hits the screen and in my soul, I think tonight is gonna be pretty-damn awesome. For now reason at all, I recall how much I don’t like AMERICAN IDOL pre-empting FRINGE…
On Screen, a Jimi Hendrix-esque Sayid pops a couple of quick rounds in a foreign dude after the poor guy begs for his life. Ben is there in the darkness, telling Sayid “you’re done.” Ben has some kind of Bogart thing going on and Sayid is dismayed at the freedom of not having to execute any more bad guys.
In 1977, Horace is ready to use some Rose clippers on a captive Sayid. He sets him free with all fingers intact. Horace is cool about things but lets Sayid know that if information didn’t start a flowin’…some of Sayid’s fingers would be a goin’.
Juliet and Sawyer have a “playing house” discussion. Sad music plays. Saywer is reassuring and Juliet is scared to death. Horace shows up with news. Sayid isn’t talking…and Horace thinks this is a violation of “the truce” between them and The Others.
Jailhouse rock…Sawyer and Sayid throw-down in a one-sided cage fight in order for Sawyer’s plan to work. Sawyer is kinda Dharma—Sayid is as surprised and pissed as I am.
The last scene has taken me off me feet…literally. My forehead is bleeding. This is not a good Sawyer moment…not at all…not one bit. Does being on the Island for a long time deplete testicle size? Could be…
Hurley likes the Dharma cafeteria and has a great lunch with his fellow return-ees. The gang is trying to figure out what’s happening. Kate learns about Sawyer and Juliet and Hurley decides it’s time for more waffles.
Back in jail, Ben has sandwiches and a bad encounter with his Dad. Roger is more of a douche than I previously thought.
Next, Ben is in the “known-world jungle-present” trying to recruit Sayid for his “original” return to the Island. Ben is asking Sayid for another kill and insisting that Sayid is indeed a killer at heart and should have no problem taking one more life. Ben walks off…leaving the “target” observing them from the distance.
Sawyer shows up with a 1970s taser and puts Sayid to the ground. The next scene shows us the Dharma van pulling up to a really groovy tee-pee with an old-style phonograph playing crappy music. There’s a psycho inside. Saywer tells Sayid, “He’s our you.” This guy is a chemist and force-feeds Sayid a hit of acid on an old-fashioned sugar cube.
Deep breath. What the hell is going on with Sawyer? How many sugar cubes have been shoved down his throat?...
We’re back (forward) on the dock with Sun and a gun and Ben’s throat as a target. Again, Sayid tromps off—this time into a nice bar drinking expensive Scotch that we all have heard of. There’s a trollop at the bar—eating bloody meat and chatting to an excess. I wonder if Sayid has one more round in his Glock for this chick. She’s obviously something more than just a hooker. She’s an idiot, too.
Back in the 1970s, Sayid is riding the rainbow on some fine window-pane. The Dharma guys are there, the tee-pee dude is grilling our Iraqi buddy and Sawyer is seconds away from peeing his pants. Sayid is happier than Mr. Rogers as he spills his guts and tells every truth there is to tell. His information proves a bit intense to the jumpsuit-wearing guys.
“I am from the future.”
Sayid is trippin’ hard.
Back at the Dharma garage, Juliet is training Kate. The Dharma dudes pull up with a drugged out Said and Kate offers up one of her silly “pouts” as Saywer leads the group into the compound. A deep conversation takes place about the “Sayid-thing.” The Dharma guys are ready to find something more out about Sayid and the Others at any cost. Golly gosh—baby Ethan is at stake. Horace takes a vote.
Sawyer loses. Sayid loses.
My favorite character has sold his soul to the Devil. Why was Sawyer waiting so impatiently and diligently for the return of his pals, only now to wish to remain imprisoned in the 70s? He’s gone soft…or something else. I freakin’ hope it’s “something else.”…
Back in the bar/hooker sequence, Sayid has bagged the brunette and is in a room removing some awesome leather boots—one of which he takes hard in the chin before having a nickel-plated pistol shoved in his face. Romance over.
Sayid welcomes Sawyer back into his cell in the 70s. Sawyer wants Sayid to run for his life but the former interrogator wants to stay in his cell. Sayid is resolute in the knowledge of why he’s been blasted back in time to the Island. He’s apparently willing to die. Saywer storms over to Kate’s cottage and wants to know why she “came back.”
Suddenly, the Dharma van is on fire, moving and crashing and cause massive mayhem. There’s an old-timee fire drill as a building in town is fully engulfed. Sayid is back in his cell meeting with baby-Ben. Ben looks like an evil Harry Potter. Sayid pounds a huge payback down Ben’s throat—something better than any mustard sandwich ever tasted by man. Premeditated deception.
I’m happy. This is a good night. This is a great episode. *in Yoda-voice: much conflict, is there.*…
We’re back to the 316 boarding scene. Sayid is in custody. He’s nervous. After all, Hurley is at the ticket counter and Ben is boarding with a broken face. Sayid is pleading with is captor to take a different flight and gets nowhere.
In the 70s prison, sandwich-Ben leads Sayid out of his confines and into the cool Hawaiian-like jungle. Another Dharma van shows up with Jin boasting a flashlight and a handgun. Things get freakin’ crazy in the dark and Sayid ends up doing the ultimate goodness. He “pays it forward.”
The original gangster of Flight 815 drills little Ben dead-center with a slug from a handy Dharma pistol. Sayid kills kid-Ben.
In recap and review, this episode was excellent on many levels. The final scene was a tremendous cliff-hanger—obviously. The big reveal for me is the sudden and shocking devotion Sawyer and Juliet have acquired for the Dharma lifestyle. I couldn’t have imagined it.
I rate this episode 8.5 out of 10 Namastes.
Posted by Will on 26 Mar 2009 at 07:33 | LOST RECAPS
