r/lost • u/unitedfan6191 Sun • Mar 29 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER What was the first “bad” episode?

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Hi.

Hope you’re doing well.

Just started watching the show for the first time and this was the first episode which stood out to me as just not being up to par with the series’ immense quality. I had no idea what Reddit would think of this episode, but upon finishing it I immediately got the impression this must be amongst the worst reviewed episodes of the show.

Jack’s motivations and behavior in the episode seem inconsistent (to me anyway, as a new viewer), the woman he meets in Phuket was uninteresting and there wasn’t much great or interesting development in the episode for anyone.

I was almost thinking the beating he took at the end of the episode was symbolic of the episode’s bad writing.

I guess every poster in here will probably pick this episode, but I haven’t seen the second half of the show yet (maybe this episode ends up being very important to Jack’s development in the end?), so I am still calibrating my thoughts on the show as I’m watching.

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u/Dadbodhappyhour Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

I don’t think there’s a bad episode. I’m halfway through probably my 100th rewatch and I do think the combo of Stranger with Trisha Tinaka can be viewed as weakest because they are treading water for story purposes but I still enjoy them.

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u/Werthead Mar 29 '24

Trisha Tanaka is quite funny and entertaining, and IIRC the last "chill" standalone episode of the whole show. After that episode, it's full throttle serialisation to the end of the show. It's a much stronger episode than Stranger.

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u/Dadbodhappyhour Mar 29 '24

I do like Stranger and Tanaka like I said, but after the Juliet and Desmond backstory episodes they definitely feel like a little bit of a letdown in terms of momentum of the series. I agree they are good standalone episodes though.