TV-Reviewed

The identity of the mysterious character known as Jacob has never been revealed… until now. Jacob was portrayed by the terrific Mark Pellegrino, whom I will always remember from Dexter. By having Jacob appear so early in this episode, the writers shocked me and I was only drawn in further by the fact that the man next to Jacob on the beach was Jacob’s unnamed enemy. And if that weren’t enough, we finally got to see the entire statue. That four-toed statue that we first saw several years ago was once a whole statue, and it looked terrific.

What peaked my interest about their conversation was the mention of a “loophole”. Jacob’s unnamed enemy wanted to kill him, but he couldn’t for some reason. This question was never really answered in this big two-hour episode, but I believe it will be next year.

Mark Pellegrino as Jacob

Jack’s mission of detonating that bomb wasn’t nearly as easy as I thought it might be. Not only did he have to contend with the Dharma people, but even his own friends weren’t so sure of the idea. Sawyer and Juliet weren’t too keen on the idea and Sawyer gave Jack one hell of a beat-down.

I think Jack may be right about screwing the pooch on the relationship with Kate. I’m sure Kate still likes him, but things would never be quite the same after all of Jack’s drinking and drug abuse. It’s easy to forgive people, but not forget things like that.

Bernard and Rose finally appeared on Lost in God knows how long. Where have they been? Retired and trying to enjoy some peace and quiet in the jungle. They seemed innocent and everything, but the music that played at the end of their scene made me wonder if there was something funny at work… like maybe they’re up to something nefarious. They don’t seem the type, but you never can know with Lost.

Since coming back to life, Locke has seemed more confident and almost cocky. This isn’t that big of a change from the old one, but it is noticeable. He’s a lot more driven and until this week, I never knew why.

Thanks to the revelations from Illana and what went on in Jacob’s home, we now know that Locke wasn’t really alive again. As it turns out, once you die, you really do die. John didn’t come back to life, but Jacob’s enemy does seem to have found a way to assume John’s likeness and memories and used Ben to kill Jacob.

The way this went about was truly fascinating. I can’t wait to learn more about this loophole that Jacob’s enemy managed to get around.

While the Jacob/Locke story was interesting, there was a lot of drama over at the Swan Station. When the bomb was dropped, it didn’t detonate so the strong electromagnetism went into full effect after the pocket was breached and everything metallic was sucked down the hole, and that inadvertently included the lovely Juliet.

Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet Burke

I felt bad for both Juliet and Sawyer. It was one of the most heart-wrenching scenes ever on Lost. It actually reminded me of a terrific scene from the Stallone movie Cliffhanger. Juliet miraculously didn’t die of the fall and she managed to detonate the nuclear bomb and end the season, all at the same time.

The one criticism I feel is needed has to do with the fact that Christian Shepherd and Claire weren’t involved in this episode. Well, I suppose once could say that Christian was in the flashbacks, but I mean the ‘dead’ one. Where was he when all of this stuff was going on?

Lost’s writers once again did a great job of answering questions, while making us ask more. They only have one season to answer those now and I have complete confidence in them. Lost remains one of the most fascinating shows on all of television.

Rating: 9.8