Abandoned

Season 2, Episode 6, Aired
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Sawyer's wound becomes life-threatening as he, Michael and Jin make their way through the interior of the island with the tail section survivors. Meanwhile, Shannon is once again haunted by visions of Walt.
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  • Awesome.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By Sarah_LOST, Oct 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    Shannon believes that Walt is on the island and begins searching for him. With Sawyer near death, Ana Lucia and the tail section survivors travel to the camp of the fuselage survivors. Mistaking Shannon for one of the Others, Ana Lucia shoots and kills Shannon. In flashbacks, Shannon deals with her father's death. Sayid and Shannon get it on. shannon keeps seeing Walt and Sayid thinks she is crazy until the last minute before Shannon gets shot. I love the way Charlie tells off Claire because she woke the baby up. I love the Claire and John scene. I also love it when Sawyer cant walk anymore, and then they have to get him up the hill and then Cindy goes missing.moreless

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  • Can Impress.

    8.0
    "Great"
    By Dante_Edy, Jul 07, 2009 Report Abuse
    From the Writers Perspective:

    How you kill a character amd make her/his death to be a tragedy? This is exactly what the writers did.

    It wasnt totally necessary and the Character dead mean nothing to me, but when they know that they need more audience and they dont know a better way to attract attention, they kill someone.

    The trailer indicates that, because you start to think who will be killed and than, you watch the episode to discover who.

    Shannon Flashbacks explain her motivations and actions in the past, and connects with her actual situation, since this is the function of the flashbacks, explain the character actions, their bases.

    At Least, this drama can impress.

    My Point of View:

    The flashbacks + the death + the way that happened, made this episode deserves at least a 8.moreless

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  • It all ends in tragedy in the rain

    7.5
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    By DavidB226Morris, Jun 07, 2009 Report Abuse
    From the moment she crawled out of the rubble of Flight 815, Shannon Rutherford has been portrayed as a whiny, simpering prima donna who has done nothing for herself, and cared little for anyone, even her own stepbrother. The only flashback we've gotten of her is in Boone's during 'Hearts and Minds' where she seemed even more unsympathetic and practicing a bizarre sexual obsession. When we finally get to see that flashback in 'Abandoned', the differences are so striking, they're hard to believe.

    Shannon was an aspiring ballerina who seemed to have a affection for teaching, and who actually seemed close to her father. Then her life is upended. Turns out that her father was involved in the auto crash in which Jack met Sarah, and he did die immediately afterward. Her stepmother--- who treated her like dirt even immediately after the death of her father--- was more of a jerk then Shannon ever was--- and she demonstrates it by cutting her off from her money, and then isolating Boone from her by offering him a job to make sure that Shannon had no way to realize her dream of an internship in New York. Effectively, this gutted Shannon, and she was nearly destroyed. Ironically, she ended up turning into someone pretty close to her on the island, only here the stakes are far higher.

    And now that she had finally found someone who actually cares about her, the trust is broken when, not coincidentally, after having sex for the first time, Shannon sees Walt standing before. Like the other appearances, we still don't know why this is happening. Is Walt using his psychic powers to try and warn the other castaways. If that's case, why is he coming to Shannon, who he had almost no interaction with before they left on the raft?. The message we hear from Walt is jumbled (it turns out to be backwards) speak for "They're coming, and they're close./ But if the Others are nearby, why don't we see them at all? They don't seem to bear any kind of threat to the castaways, so why is Walt warning them? Is it because his father couldn't find him? Was he trying to get an message to Vincent? This strikes me as an important question, and it gets buried under the far less interesting dialogue of Shannon trying to convince Sayid that she's not crazy.

    Equally bizarre is Charlie's attitude towards Claire. For some reason, even though Aaron is exactly one week old, he somehow thinks Claire should be old hand at this, and considering her behavior over what little we've seen of her over this season, she seems to be doing a pretty good job. Which makes it odd that Charlie seems to be questioning her devotion to the baby. Its understandable that she should be frustrated that other people seem to know to know more about how to handle her a baby then her, but where does Charlie get off just saying that Claire was going to give her child up for adoption? When Locke hears about this, he seems a little bewildered but when he learns the secret that Charlie's been keeping, he no longer seems that he can trust the person he thought he'd saved. Nevertheless, he keeps his mouth shut to the others, and it will be someone who has no use for this kind of secret who will demand he answer for it.

    Really, the most interesting part of the story is on the other side of the island. Eko, Jin and Michael have made it back to Sawyer and the other Tailies, but now they face a worse crisis--- Sawyer's deterioration. He's having trouble walking by the time the episode starts, and by the end he looks like he's a dead man. (I certainly thought he was the first time I saw this episode) Ana Lucia has always seem high-strung, and now we learn why. Where the others seem to have been regarding the survivors on the beach with more passivity, the Others have been hacking away at the Tailies since night 1.Somehow, twelve members have been grabbed, and so swiftly that it's hard to believe.

    Then we have no choice but to believe it. While carrying Sawyer up a hill, one of the Taiilies is grabbed right while everyone seems to have their attention focused. We've seen how strong they can be, now they seem to have this ability to move like stealth throughout the jungle, and we don't know how or why, even now.

    Then the whispering starts, and both groups hear it this time, which leads to the biggest shock when Ana Lucia, in a panic, shoots Shannon. The two groups have finally linked up, but now something has instantly happen to guarantee that there will always be some lack of trust.

    Shannon's death came as something of a shock, but it didn't bother me as much as Boone's did. (And it was nice to see Boone again) Part of it was because I never felt a great deal of empathy for her, even with the flashback, and she was the character I liked the least. (At this point, I even liked Ana Lucia better than Shannon. Ana really had a far better reason to be afraid and angry.) Perhaps now that she'd had these life changing events she could have grown as a character, but considering her problem with trust and love, I doubt even Sayid could have managed to keep patient with her. 'Abandoned' isn't a bad episode, but it does suffer from the lack of presence of Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sun (were they all in the hatch during this episode?) IT also has a bunch of unpleasant characters in it, and some that we have actually grown found of starting to deteriorate Sawyer's sickening to the point of death, Charlie doesn't have faith in Claire, Locke, whose already losing faith because of the hatch is now losing it in Charlie, and Sayid will forever be marked by the death of Shannon. The fact that Shannon realized someone loved her moments before her sudden death seems even more wrong, especially I'm relatively sure this island isn't purgatory (popular fan theory up until Season 3) It's going to take awhile before things get settled, but there is more darkness coming.moreless

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  • its funny how they cleverly added 2 sudden tradgedies in 1 episode but i love it and it was very sad

    8.5
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    By haitian55555, Nov 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    its funny how they cleverly added two sudden tradgedies in one episode but i love it and it was very sad. If only they were to put a little more action in it or let charlie get caught with the statue of mary. If that were to happen in my opinion this would be the one of the most appealing episodes yet. But i give it an average score for such an amazing drama. I also hate how there is a 100 word minimum for these reviews so i must continue to talk and type over and over and over and over.moreless

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  • Crossroads

    8.9
    "Great"
    By napen, Sep 05, 2008 Report Abuse
    Tom el camino ms corto. Buscndote me apur en pensar cmo. Dej de lado las formas, los consejos que me dieron los amigos. Tom el auto y me asegur de que nadie me siguiera (nadie corre ms rpido que Portad).
    Te llam, te llam a los gritos sobre The Black Crowes pero tan lejos estabas todava.
    Llegu a tu puerta, desesperado ya. Toqu ese timbre destartalado, Nando al llamado. Vos en la bolsa y el mundo es mundo y da vueltas devuelta.
    Te beb tan rpido que el negro del abismo se llen de m. Te fum tan rpido que sobre tu alma mor.moreless

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    • When Shannon leaves Boone's grave with Vincent, Sayid asks her, "Where are you going?" When he says this, you can hear Naveen Andrews' English accent coming through his Iraqi one. Edit
    • At 35:10, while carrying Sawyer, Harold Perrineau (Michael) says "F*ck me". Edit
    • Parent Issues: Shannon has a troubled relationship with Sabrina, her step-mom. Edit

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    • Malcolm David Kelley (Walt) is credited with the starring cast for this episode. Edit
    • The music heard during Shannon's ballet class is "Meditation" from the Jules Massenet opera "Thaïs". Edit
    • Deleted scenes: -Shannon is talking to Sabrina after the wake. Sabrina notes that the only thing that they have in common is their love for Adam Rutherford. Sabrina ruins this emotional moment by asking Shannon "When will you be leaving?". -Shannon is on her first night of the Au Pair job with Phillipe. Shannon meets Laurent for the first time along with Phillipe's wife Dominique. Shannon and Phillipe share intimate looks while Dominique stands oblivious. Edit

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    • Shannon: My checks are bouncing. Sabrina: Well, that's what happens when you make withdrawals and don't make deposits, Shannon. Shannon: When do I get the money dad left me? The money from the will. Sabrina: There was no will. Shannon: What? Sabrina: Shannon, your father and I had a living trust. Everything passed to me. I'm afraid there was nothing specifically designated for you. Shannon: Why would he do that? Sabrina: Well, maybe he just wanted you to find your own way. We all have to work, Shannon. Most of us are better for it. Shannon: I can work. I just... I just got this really prestigious internship and I'm not going to make any money for a while but I'm going to be working like 16 hours a day. Sabrina: The only thing I've ever seen you do 16 hours a day straight is sleep. Shannon: I just need to get to New York. I need just something... something to get started. I'll pay you back. Sabrina: This week it's an internship. Last year it was what, interior design? You'll never pay me back. And you'll only hate yourself even more. Shannon: I really want this, Sabrina. I can do this. Sabrina: I'm sorry Shannon. You're on your own. Edit
    • Ana Lucia: Shh! Shut up! Michael: What? They can't talk at all? Ana Lucia: If he talks he's going to get us all killed. Michael: By what? Them? I thought they lived a day back that way? Ana Lucia: How about you shut your mouth and get your buddy over here moving?! Edit
    • Boone: Death sucks, doesn't it? Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Sawyer: Yeah, yeah Chewie, I know. Chewie is Chewbacca from Star Wars (as referred to by Han Solo). Like Jin, Chewbacca spoke no English, although close friends could understand what he said. Edit
    • Sawyer refers to Ana Lucia as the Ponce de Leon. Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish Explorer who was the first person to set foot in Florida. Ponce de Leon was searching for the fountain of youth. Edit

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