Confidence Man

Season 1, Episode 8, Aired
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Shannon begins to suffer badly from her asthma and requires her inhaler. When the survivors ask Sawyer for it, he refuses, leading Jack and Sayid to contemplate using any means necessary to get it. Flashbacks in this episode focus on a smooth-talking Sawyer conning his lover Jessica and her family.moreless
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    9.0
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    By Canogaparkcindy, Apr 03, 2011 Report Abuse
    The plot thickens as they say with this week's episode of Lost. What I love about this show thus far is that every episode brings some sort of substantial development. I know it's a little too early to be raving about the show in it's eighth episode, but I just love this format.

    So I wasn't crazy excited about the Sawyer centric episode but I surely was in for a pleasant surprise. We delve in to the very sad life of Sawyer. The Kate & Sawyer interactions were the best of the episode, I hope these two continue to be in scenes together.

    Now I really don't hope anything happens between Michael & Sun, but their interactions were good too. Charlie & Claire, obvious awesome interactions. The peanut butter scenes was nice. I wonder how the writers will incorporate Sayid's departure in future episodes. Overall superb episode of Lost that brought us a lot of substantial development.moreless

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    By Sarah_LOST, Oct 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    Sawyer is suspected of hoarding some asthma inhalers from the wreck. Sayid tortures Sawyer, who reveals to Kate that he does not have them. Sayid sets off to explore the island's shoreline in self-imposed isolation, needing time to come to terms with his actions in torturing Sawyer. Kate reads a letter that Sawyer always carries around, which reveals that "Sawyer" is an alias. When Sawyer was a child, a man known as Sawyer conned and slept with his mother, who was killed by young Sawyer's father in a murder-suicide. Young Sawyer vowed, in the letter, to give the letter to the original Sawyer. Later, Sawyer became a con-man and took the name of the original Sawyer. In flashbacks, Sawyer tries to con a husband and wife, but gives up when he discovers that they have a son. Wow- another awesome episode from LOST. We learnt about the awesome and hot i might add Sawyer. I love the whole storyline about Shannon having a asthma attack. I love the part where everyone is blaming Sawyer - awesome. I love Sawyer and Kate parts in the episode. Jack and Sawyer ...FIGHT - love it. Chalir and Claire - I love them and their peanut butter.moreless

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  • A dramatic and character driven episode...

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    By Jacob316, Feb 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    Episode eight is another great character driven episode, this time it's about Sawyer and we learn that he saw his Mother and Father killed as a boy because of a con man named Sawyer, there is a lot to take in, in this forty minutes we learn loads about the character and I kind of felt sorry for him even if he is a jerk, Sawyer was my favourite character of season one. It's not just about the character however this episode had loads of dramatic scenes like the two Jack arguements one resulting in Jack hitting Sawyer. Then there is the torturing scene which was wonderfully acted, we learn that Sayid was more than just a communications officer in Iraq. Oh and Kate kisses Sawyer didn't actually think that Kate would but she did, love it highlight of the episode. I also enjoy the music at the end it went well with the ending of the episode. All in all this is one of my favourite episodes from the first season of Lost.moreless

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  • You Gotta Be Inhaled To Get The Inhaler

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    By Rufam, Dec 27, 2009 Report Abuse
    Sayid tortures Sawyer into turning in Shannon's asthma inhaler. Kate does the same thing if you replace "torture" with "hot kissin' under-a-tree". When it turns out that Sawyer doesn't have the inhaler, Sayid leaves. On the bright side, Jack is still here to teach us how to be a heroic, sweaty leader and an unhesitating, sweaty torturer at the same time. -

    Sawyer's first flashback episode was slightly underwhelming, mainly because of the great permise of his character. His backstory is quite interesting and touching but the flashbacks do not fully utilize that, their main flaw being bad time management. On the Island, nothing really spectacular happened, although I did like the Kate-Sawyer kiss (despite Kate's presence) and Sayid's departures sets up the next, improved episode. Overall, the episode was good but not terrific.moreless

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  • Sawyer and his Drama!!!!

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    By Dante_Edy, Jun 16, 2009 Report Abuse
    Comparing with the previous episode, it is a little difficult to define if the two episodes could be the same.

    Sawyer has his drama like everyone else, however, he has a strange desire of being hated by all, as if he wanted to punish ifor something that did. And this is what his flashbacks are there, not only they inform what he did, as it explains exactly his drama. The usual twist near the end is good and makes sense.

    Others events in the island besides sawyer wasnt too interesting, the writers put the things in a simple way.

    And since there wasnt a strong end, this episode deserves a note of 8.5moreless

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    • When Charlie makes a deal with Claire that he can find her peanut butter, her necklace changes position throughout the scene. Edit
    • Claire tells Charlie that she is the only Australian who likes peanut butter. Peanut Butter is commonly eaten in Australia and is a top selling breakfast condiment. Edit
    • Sawyer tried to con Jessica & David for $160.000. 16 is one of "The Numbers". Edit

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    • International Airdates: - Denmark: February 25, 2005 on Kanal 5 - Greece: August 13, 2008 at 23.00 on ANT1 Edit
    • This episode marks the first time a character's flashback has NOT explained why they were on flight 815. Edit
    • Although credited, Malcolm David Kelley ("Walt") didn't appear in this episode. This was the first episode without him. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • (After Sayid stopped torturing him) Sawyer: No, don't stop now. I think my sinuses are clearing. Edit
    • Sayid: I can't stay here. Kate: What? Sayid: I'm leaving. I don't know for how long. Kate: Sayid, you can't. We still don't know what's out there. Sayid: I've worse things to fear than what's in the jungle. What I did today - what I almost did - I swore to do never again. If I can't keep that promise, I have no right to be here. Kate: There's nowhere to go. Sayid: Someone has to walk the shore and map the island. And see what else there is. I can't think of anyone better to do it than the only one I trust. I hope we meet again. Edit
    • Jack: Just tell me where the inhalers are and we'll stop. Sawyer: Stop what, Chico? Edit

  • Allusions

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    • The book Sawyer reads is "Watership Down" by Richard Adams. It tells the tale of a group of lost rabbits searching for a new home. Edit
    • Episode Title: Confidence Man In 1988, "Confidence Man" was the first track on The Jeff Healey Band's album, See The Light. "Con man" is an abbreviated form of "Confidence man", a person who exploits others to make money. Edit
    • Hurley: That was like a Jedi moment. The Jedi are the mystical peace-keepers in the Star Wars series of films. Edit

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