Lost:
Season 5, Episode 15: "Follow the Leader"
Grade: 8.3
It is sort of hard to write this review after having seen the finale last night. I would have liked to have written this before I had seen it but such was not the way of things. I won’t really talk specifically about the finale yet but I’m not going to theorize about things that might or might not happen in the finale when we already know what happened in the finale. My plan is to set up where each of the characters are going into the finale and through that talk about the plot.
1977: Jack: Jack going into the finale has found a purpose again. A purpose unlike any he has had before. The problem with Jack is that no matter what the consequences may be, he has always been someone who when he has a goal in mind he is going to get it done. He has not even stopped to think or care about what might happen if things do not work the way he plans. I find it so fascinating how Jack’s perception of things now follows Locke’s perception. Jack has changed a lot since Season 1 but he still carries that same determination. Jack gets knocked out in the most painful way ever and is brought to the Others’ camp with Kate. They get Richard and Eloise to go along with their plan to get Jughead and have it replace the Incident and hopefully wipe out everything that has happened to them this entire time. Jack makes it clear to Kate that he is OK with not having ever met her because in fact, it make things easier for Jack. He insinuates that it was not worth it. Ohh harsh. But deservedly so since Kate totally sucks. So Jack is left at the end of the penultimate episode underground with Jughead ready to transfer it out of there and across the island.
Kate: In the last three episodes of the show Kate has really just proven to me how much I cannot stand her. I cannot believe the amount of drama that rises up over this woman. She literally ruins everything totally destroying the men she comes across because she cannot commit to anything or make a decision. Ever after all of this it is still completely unclear who she wants to be with although at this point I think it’s Sawyer since she seems to have exhausted her relationship with Jack. But still, she is so devastated and angry when she realizes that Jack is willing to give up ever having known her in order to erase things. Really though Kate? After the shit she has put these guys through no wonder he wants to forget her. Hell I want to forget her at this point. However despite all of this at this point of the season I was totally on her side in terms of her leaving the Jughead mission. I thought it was crazy too.
Oh fuck this. This character thing is getting confusing. I’ll just do it through the story.
1977: We had to see Daniel’s death again. That was fun except that it was not. Even though Eloise sucks because well, she does, I definitely liked how willing she was to believe what Jack and Kate told her and to go along with his plan. Teamwork is always nice on this show between unexpected characters. Widmore as a younger man sucks. Yet present day Widmore is awesome. It seems that Eloise at this point is already pregnant I assume with Daniel. I hope at some point we get to learn more about their relationship. Sayid pops up and shoots someone when Kate almost gets shot for trying to leave. So Sayid has been gone for basically ever. Since he shot Ben, he’s been AWOL. Well here he is, all proud that he shot Ben and convinced that it does not change anything. The exchange in which he found out that Ben is not dead was classic. I’ll talk a bit more about Sayid in relation to the finale when I get to it. I wonder what else there is for the character to do. Basically Sayid agrees with Jack’s plan because he really does not care whether he lives or dies and if there is a chance to change things, then he will take it. Nice to see Jack and Sayid working together. They all swim to the underground tunnels except for Kate who goes back because she does not agree with what they are doing. Their story ends with them reaching the bomb.
On the Sawyer/Juliet front they are pretty much interrogated by Douchebag Radzinsky and Fuckhead Phil for the episode. Sawyer gets the crap beat out of him while Fuckhead Phil actually has the nerve to hit Juliet thus becoming Fuckhead Phil. Even though Horace does not nearly enough to stop them from getting beaten at least he does into approve of it. Something I find really amusing is how everyone listens to Douchebag Radzinsky and nobody will just hit him on the head with something. This continues into the finale and it’s just so weird how he’s in charge. You can really see during these scenes how loyal Sawyer and Juliet are to each other. You can just see a bond during these scenes that is so adorable and touching. Chang tells Douchebag Radzinsky to stop drilling but apparently because this idiot is now in charge nobody stops drilling. Sawyer and Juliet make a deal with Chang to tell them what they want to know but in exchange they get to go on the submarine. The moment between them on the submarine was so adorable. And then everything was ruined by the arrival of Kate on the sub. And Juliet and Sawyer’s faces as she sat next to them were basically the same exact reaction that I had on my face.
Jin, Miles and Hurley pretty much just hang out and watch things as they happen. Pierre comes over and tests Hurley about 1977 to figure out whether or not they really are from the future which was hilarious. “Who is the President of the United States?” “…alright dude, we’re from the future.” Pierre also figures out that Miles really is his son which was also really great. Miles also gets to see Pierre yell at his mother to leave and he realizes that I was the only way Pierre could get Miles and his mother to leave the island.
2007:
Richard tells Sun when she asks him about the picture of the castaways in the 70’s that he watched them all die. Looking at what happens in the finale I am so totally confused as to what this means. We got to revisit the moment when Locke is given the compass by Richard from Richard and now resurrected Locke or based on the finale we’ll just call him “Locke”. So I guess the fact that Locke is “Locke” explains how he would know where Jacob lives and the fact that that moment with Richard and Locke during the time jump was coming at that exact moment. Then Locke pulls a WTF and makes a speech to the Others in which he asks them to go with him to Jacob to see him. So Locke is leading a pilgrimage. What I love about these scenes is basically the way that Richard and Ben react to everything “Locke” does in this episode. We never see them in this totally submissive position. Ben’s “Why do think you think I’ve tried to kill him?” line is the best of the episode. We then learn that “Locke’s” mission is not to figure out how to get to the 1977 people but to kill Jacob. WTF?! Well it makes more sense now after seeing the finale since I have my own theories about “Locke” and what he is. The moment is still a great one though. And thus we set ourselves up for the finale. Overall not a very character focused episode at all but one that successfully sets up the finale and the events that will unfold there.
1977: Jack: Jack going into the finale has found a purpose again. A purpose unlike any he has had before. The problem with Jack is that no matter what the consequences may be, he has always been someone who when he has a goal in mind he is going to get it done. He has not even stopped to think or care about what might happen if things do not work the way he plans. I find it so fascinating how Jack’s perception of things now follows Locke’s perception. Jack has changed a lot since Season 1 but he still carries that same determination. Jack gets knocked out in the most painful way ever and is brought to the Others’ camp with Kate. They get Richard and Eloise to go along with their plan to get Jughead and have it replace the Incident and hopefully wipe out everything that has happened to them this entire time. Jack makes it clear to Kate that he is OK with not having ever met her because in fact, it make things easier for Jack. He insinuates that it was not worth it. Ohh harsh. But deservedly so since Kate totally sucks. So Jack is left at the end of the penultimate episode underground with Jughead ready to transfer it out of there and across the island.
Kate: In the last three episodes of the show Kate has really just proven to me how much I cannot stand her. I cannot believe the amount of drama that rises up over this woman. She literally ruins everything totally destroying the men she comes across because she cannot commit to anything or make a decision. Ever after all of this it is still completely unclear who she wants to be with although at this point I think it’s Sawyer since she seems to have exhausted her relationship with Jack. But still, she is so devastated and angry when she realizes that Jack is willing to give up ever having known her in order to erase things. Really though Kate? After the shit she has put these guys through no wonder he wants to forget her. Hell I want to forget her at this point. However despite all of this at this point of the season I was totally on her side in terms of her leaving the Jughead mission. I thought it was crazy too.
Oh fuck this. This character thing is getting confusing. I’ll just do it through the story.
1977: We had to see Daniel’s death again. That was fun except that it was not. Even though Eloise sucks because well, she does, I definitely liked how willing she was to believe what Jack and Kate told her and to go along with his plan. Teamwork is always nice on this show between unexpected characters. Widmore as a younger man sucks. Yet present day Widmore is awesome. It seems that Eloise at this point is already pregnant I assume with Daniel. I hope at some point we get to learn more about their relationship. Sayid pops up and shoots someone when Kate almost gets shot for trying to leave. So Sayid has been gone for basically ever. Since he shot Ben, he’s been AWOL. Well here he is, all proud that he shot Ben and convinced that it does not change anything. The exchange in which he found out that Ben is not dead was classic. I’ll talk a bit more about Sayid in relation to the finale when I get to it. I wonder what else there is for the character to do. Basically Sayid agrees with Jack’s plan because he really does not care whether he lives or dies and if there is a chance to change things, then he will take it. Nice to see Jack and Sayid working together. They all swim to the underground tunnels except for Kate who goes back because she does not agree with what they are doing. Their story ends with them reaching the bomb.
On the Sawyer/Juliet front they are pretty much interrogated by Douchebag Radzinsky and Fuckhead Phil for the episode. Sawyer gets the crap beat out of him while Fuckhead Phil actually has the nerve to hit Juliet thus becoming Fuckhead Phil. Even though Horace does not nearly enough to stop them from getting beaten at least he does into approve of it. Something I find really amusing is how everyone listens to Douchebag Radzinsky and nobody will just hit him on the head with something. This continues into the finale and it’s just so weird how he’s in charge. You can really see during these scenes how loyal Sawyer and Juliet are to each other. You can just see a bond during these scenes that is so adorable and touching. Chang tells Douchebag Radzinsky to stop drilling but apparently because this idiot is now in charge nobody stops drilling. Sawyer and Juliet make a deal with Chang to tell them what they want to know but in exchange they get to go on the submarine. The moment between them on the submarine was so adorable. And then everything was ruined by the arrival of Kate on the sub. And Juliet and Sawyer’s faces as she sat next to them were basically the same exact reaction that I had on my face.
Jin, Miles and Hurley pretty much just hang out and watch things as they happen. Pierre comes over and tests Hurley about 1977 to figure out whether or not they really are from the future which was hilarious. “Who is the President of the United States?” “…alright dude, we’re from the future.” Pierre also figures out that Miles really is his son which was also really great. Miles also gets to see Pierre yell at his mother to leave and he realizes that I was the only way Pierre could get Miles and his mother to leave the island.
2007:
Richard tells Sun when she asks him about the picture of the castaways in the 70’s that he watched them all die. Looking at what happens in the finale I am so totally confused as to what this means. We got to revisit the moment when Locke is given the compass by Richard from Richard and now resurrected Locke or based on the finale we’ll just call him “Locke”. So I guess the fact that Locke is “Locke” explains how he would know where Jacob lives and the fact that that moment with Richard and Locke during the time jump was coming at that exact moment. Then Locke pulls a WTF and makes a speech to the Others in which he asks them to go with him to Jacob to see him. So Locke is leading a pilgrimage. What I love about these scenes is basically the way that Richard and Ben react to everything “Locke” does in this episode. We never see them in this totally submissive position. Ben’s “Why do think you think I’ve tried to kill him?” line is the best of the episode. We then learn that “Locke’s” mission is not to figure out how to get to the 1977 people but to kill Jacob. WTF?! Well it makes more sense now after seeing the finale since I have my own theories about “Locke” and what he is. The moment is still a great one though. And thus we set ourselves up for the finale. Overall not a very character focused episode at all but one that successfully sets up the finale and the events that will unfold there.
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