Good job, Lost. You took an incredibly moving scene that drove up an emotional investment and pissed it away with high school drama club quality reactions from the rest of the cast.
The episode started out promising (really, though, any episode that starts off with a gun to Kate’s head can be considered promising), but didn’t deliver. How great would it have been if Widmore had just blown Kate away right there, cutting to the opening titles? What a shocking way to open! Right?!
But, no. Sawyer wussed out and everyone got shoved in cages while a doughy little wanker waved his weapon around. Although, it was kind of awesome when said wanker whined, “I’m the one with the gun!” in an attempt to be threatening and Sawyer, snarling, ripped it from his hands.
BTW, who are these people Widmore brought with him? They may be brilliant science types, but they don’t pass muster when it comes to being threatening, firing weapons, or being useful in practical, Craphole Island ways. Did Widmore play his entire dangerous bad ass hand with the freighter gang back in season four? Widmore seriously couldn’t find one person who could fire a weapon and actually hit something? Were there no more mercenaries at the mercenary store?
For crying out loud.
“The Candidate” was full of more examinations and re-examinations of a guy’s words and actions and possible intents than a high school cafeteria table crammed with teenage girls. There came a point when I stopped trying to keep track of it and waited for it to be over.
So, NotLocke can’t get off the island without all the Losties coming with him, but it turns out that’s not true. Now he can’t get off the island without them all being dead, so he had to lure them all into one confined place and blow them up. But, NotLocke can kill anyone whenever he wants, right? Like that whole temple massacre? Well, now he can’t kill the Losties because the island won’t let him. But, apparently the island has a loophole for bombs (remember, the island wouldn’t let Michael die, either, but let a bomb do the job) and slaughtering everyone via bomb is totally cool.
What the hell?
The irritating part is that I should be really upset right now. I should be reminiscing about Sun and Jin, how far they came as a couple, and how much I loved them. I was upset during their final scene – even crying a little at that last shot of their hands separating under the water.
That was incredibly moving stuff, well played by Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim, and overall done very well. Lost hasn’t been that moving since Sawyer lost Juliet down the well. Sun and Jin’s passing should have been the powerful note that closed the episode.
But, no. It had to go back to NotLocke’s double crossing and intentions, had to immediately cut to how the Losties felt instead of letting us viewers stew in how we felt for a week. Adding insult to injury, Kate is still walking around, as is Jack, even though they both should have died several times by now. Those two are like roaches.
Next week on Lost: More crap happens.
Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.
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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 
"For crying out loud. "
Clearly, Widmore has no knowledge of Stargate Command. They have tons of brilliant scientists who can aim a gun and throw a punch just fine. Of course, most of them would be too busy saving their friends from aliens to go traipsing off to Craphole Island in the first place, so maybe Widmore's people are the ones who couldn't get into the SGC. [/crossover fanwank]
They are clearly second rate cast offs.
I was hoping there might be some mouth to mouth resuscitation between Jack and Sawyer…my dreams were shattered. How dare you, Lost.
And whoa, major characters "dead" (I put in quotes because they're all alive in the other universe). I was really surprised when Hurley choked out a sob when he found out Sun and Jin didn't make it. I don't think I've ever seen him do that before and it made the scene a lot sadder to me.
Hurley's sob was the only part of that reaction scene that I bought, but it also could have waited until next week.
Come on! Worst death possible. Jin and Sun cared more about some juvenile romantic notion of being together than their child growing up without any parents. Come on!
They are killing off everyone one two at time!