Wednesday November 23, 2005
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Violence erupts when Ana Lucia and her group stumble upon Sayid and the other castaways on the island. Ana Lucia holds Sayid captive. Kate and Jack care for Sawyer when Mr. Eko brings him back to the camp himself. Flashbacks reveal Ana Lucia's troubled life as a cop.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)Mr. Eko brings Sawyer to the hatch for medical attention. The tail section survivors reunite with the fuselage survivors. In flashbacks, Ana Lucia is a police officer and kills a man in cold blood after he killed her unborn child. I love Ana Lucia's back story - very interesting character. I love the scene where Mr Eko and Sayid fight and the scene after it. I love the scene with Rose and Jack and then Charlie, Hurley and Kate playing golf and then Jack joins in. Sawyer is nrealy dying so Mr Eko takes him to the doc. I love Jack and Kate playing golf and then Eko arrives. I also love the scene with John and Eko - awesome. I love it when Kate and Jack are looking after Sawyer. Oh and the ending is awesome - especially when Rose and Bernard are reunited.
End of The Introdutory Phase!!! hide show
From the Writers/Producers Perspective:
And when you think that this writing Style of Delaying things is over, the writers just show you that is not.
Again delaying Sayid and Ana Lucia was necessary for them, until the near end of this episode.
The two tribes are reunited and all the necessary conflits created until now is over for the time being.
Make sense that this time we have Ana Lucia flashbacks, what at the beginning seemed a forced flashback to justify Ana Lucia anger and actions, more later, the last scenes justified all, to make sense with the situation on the island.
My Point of View:
Overall, one more delayed episode, with a confrontation that ended with little logic, a flashback which the only important scene is the last one, nice and great reunions that end this Introdution Phase arc for now.
THe meeting of the two tribes ends in blood and heartache hide show
I have never understood why some characters on TV shows popular and others reviled. I liked Riley Finn on Buffy and Paul Falsone on Homicide, and according to the Internet chatter, they were the most lambasted characters on their respective series. However, in the case of Ana Lucia Cortez, I do understand part of the reason. She is emotionally distant, bitter and ruthless. In the previous episode, some of that behavior could be explained by the horrors that were unfolding around her, but in 'Collision' we see that, like many of the other characters she was like this before she came to the island.
Ana was a cop who was injured on duty. We don't learn the full extent of her injuries until the episode is over, but from her discussion with the psychiatrist we can make some assumptions. She says that the family with the screaming baby has moved, and whereas that bothered her before, now it's too quiet. She's also broken up with her boyfriend, and when she returns to work after being cleared for duty, the screams of a baby send her into hyperdrive and she overreacts. Eventually, we learn she was shot with hollow points right through her vest, and that at the time she was pregnant. Clearly, the loss of her unborn child leads her to tell everybody "I feel dead."
Now, she's overreacted again, and the consequences are far worse-- Shannon is dead and Sayid would have killed her. Her reaction is understandable on a survivors level, but it causes her leadership, which has been splintering ever since they encountered the rafties, completely flies apart. Eko abandons her to take Sawyer back to the castaway's camp, even though he knows Sawyer would let him rot.. Bernard and Libby try to remain loyal, but Bernard just wants to see his wife again, and Libby doesn't seem that eager to be around her now that she's killed someone.
Which leads to the confrontation between Sayid and Ana. For most of the episode, Sayid is at her mercy, but somehow he doesn't seem to have any ability to care. The irony is, under other circumstances, the two might have become allies: they both carry deep emotional wounds and they both feel like outsiders. Ana feels it enough to do something that we haven't seen the other characters do: reveal a critical part of her backstory to someone else (though she stops before telling him the final part). In some way, she wants Sayid to put her out of her misery, but Sayid can see past this, and does not let his anger overcome his grief. For awhile both character will be emotionally empty, and it will take another threat to unify them. Naveen Andrews clearly demonstrates why he is one of the bulwarks of the show.
Meanwhile, back at camp Jack and Kate are playing golf and are laid-back to the point of 'verbal copulation' as Charlie said in season 1. They are relaxed and completely at ease. Then Eko comes storming out of the jungle with Sawyer draped around him, and we realize very quickly that the only reason they've been so at ease around each other the last few days is because there's been no Sawyer to create the tension.
Another encounter that has equal significance is Locke's meeting up with Eko.. Eko seems subdued (probably because he realizes what this bunker is and is trying to put the pieces together) and only responds gingerly to Locke's gentle probes. When Jack finally returns, the questions become a lot angrier, because he's upset with what's happening. This episode demonstrates more than any other how much Locke has lost his way. When Kate and Jack come in trying to treat Sawyer for, Locke wanders in, but before he can ask anything the timer starts ringing off. Jack just says: "John? The button," and he just walks away. It's very clear that Locke has lost some of his faith. Eko will soon become the person who does more to restore it, though they will have some dark confrontations along the way. It's also interesting that he will migrate away from Ana and move closer to Locke. He says that Ana has made a mistake, but does that mean that he is willing to forgive her? Later actions will suggest otherwise.
After all the confrontations, the most powerful part of the episode occurs near the end, and is completely silent. Michael walks on to the beach and Vincent runs towards him. Then Bernard, Libby and Jin emerge from the forest and the beach, and they are surrounded by the survivors. The reunion of Jin and Sun is beautifully done, with Sun not noticing until everyone else has. and it's well played. Surprisingly, though the reunion that got me more choked up was that of Rose and Bernard. After all, we're more invested in Jin and Sun, and these two aren't even regulars. But for seven weeks, each has had to believe that they would be reunited by nothing but their own faith, and now at last their patience has been rewarded. Lost has had many powerful moments over the past five years, but very few beautiful ones. However, this one still makes me mist up even after a few years.
There is one final reunion that has its own meaning: Jack and Ana Lucia, who they met briefly before getting on the plane. Then she seems cheerful and upbeat, and he was getting dismally drunk. Now, they've completely reversed their positions, Ana is broken beyond repair, while Jack is a true leader. jack had led his people, while Ana has watched 19 of her people die or disappear over the past 48 days. How will they handle each other? The answer is surprising, and makes you wish that they'd done more to follow through.
'Collision' is a powerful and moving episode, because it eventually leads to a scene of peace. It is the last bit of relaxation the castaways will get for awhile, before the darkness and the Others (who Jack and Locke have all but forgotten in the discovery of the hatch) descend and make everything a more horrible place.
My Score:9.5
...if we´re already dead... hide show
Me gustó el personaje de Ana Lucía (dicho sea de paso que lindo nombre Lucía), me parece que le va a aportar mucho a la historia. Con Sayid seguro va a tener grandes problemas. Con Jack... esa última toma parecía el primer encuentro entre Adán y Eva (bueno, el segundo).
Sí, lamentablemnte de un día para el otro Shannon está muerta. Parecío un poco brusco e inesperado pero bueno, así es. Entrañable el Sr. Eko, Libby por ahora no parece muy interesante. Ana Lucía y su gatillo loco estremece (tenía justo que ser un latino el desequilibrado y patotero? Y... qué le vachaché...).
We have an in-depth look at the character of Ana and her mental issues regarding her job.
Sayid isn't having the best day of his, but better than Sawyer who is carried quickly back to camp by Mr Eko.
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We see the group upto date, then we flashback to an evaluation session with Ana who is waiting to hear if she is competent to return back to work, as a cop. Then her return back to work and car bound rather than behind a desk.
We then see back in the jungle, we see Sayid going after Ana for killing Shannon, only for Mr Eko to intervene and rescue Ana from the clutches of Sayid, then Mr Eko carries Sawyer back to the camp for medical treatment. Ana still won't untie Sayid, but Michael gives him water even though he's told not too.
Then back in Ana usual life, she has a short fuse in dealing with a routine domestic, that cause her Sarge to order her to holster her weapon, then we find that Ana's suspect for shooting her is in custody, but she insists it is not him, even though he has confessed.
Mr Eko findsJack and Kate on the golf course, with Sawyer barely alive on his shoulder and they all go back to bunker, where Jack starts treating him and gets him into a stable condition. Locke gets to have a small talk with Mr Eko.
Back in the real world, we see that Ana is drinking at a bar, then follows him outside, calls him and then says that she was pregnant, then she shoots him 7 times. Then back on the island, she releases Sayid and tells him to go ahead and shoot her, he says, what good will that do, then he goes straight over to Shannon's body.
Kate is nursing Sawyer, even though he is in and out consciousness. The others from the mini group go to the beach where Michael gets a warm welcome, especially from Vincent, Bernhard meets back up with Rose and Jin runs into Sun's arms.
Leaving Sayid to carry Shannon back, Jack and Mr Eko to meet up with Ana.
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