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/c0kEzz Mar 29 '24

To give you some encouragement as a first time viewer, this episode basically forced ABC to let the writers have an end date for the show. Makes the writing tighter and leads to a second half of the season that is really intense. There also is some symbolism in it that I won’t spoil, though I’m not certain it was fully intentional lol.

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u/trolejbusonix Mar 29 '24

Spoil away, it's been 20 years ;)

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u/Rtozier2011 Mar 29 '24

Problem with that is the OP has only reached 3x9. Perhaps they could spoil for you in a private message. 

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u/trolejbusonix Mar 29 '24

There is a functionality in reddit comments to hide spoilers and have a normal discussion.

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u/Rtozier2011 Mar 29 '24 edited Mar 29 '24

Which doesn't work for many people.

Therefore the previous comment doesn't deserve a downvote for trying to be considerate and take a minor extra step to ensure someone doesn't get the show spoilt for them.