Exposé

Season 3, Episode 14, Aired
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When both Nikki and Paulo apparently die, the rest of the castaways try to figure out what happened to them. In the course of the investigation, the truth about Sun's "kidnapping" comes to light. Flashbacks show what Nikki and Paulo were doing before the crash and why they kept to themselves afterwards.moreless
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  • An enjoyable story, but it had nothing to do with anything.

    5.8
    "Mediocre"
    By jekyll, Nov 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    The episode, exploring the past of Nikki and Paulo, was of a dual quality. On one hand it was a very enjoyable, engaging story with a "Twilight Zone" ending; on the other, it had nothing to do with anything, and didn't advance the story one bit (unless you count Sun finding out the truth about her faked abduction "advancing"). It felt very much as though the producers realized that they'd added two actors to the cast and then found out they had nothing to do with them and no way to easily integrate them into any of the existing and continuing story arcs. Then they came up with the solution of simply killing them off in a filler episode and hope they could distract the fans from noticing how little happened by tossing in cameos from Boone, Shannon, and Arzt, as well as manipulating archive footage to insert Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro into previous scenes. In the end, the episode was all glitz and flasha decent hour's entertainment meant to distract from the fact that one could've missed the episode and not missed any actual story.moreless

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  • It was better than a Recap ep for a Filler, which is its only redeeming quality.

    7.5
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    By SLHuyAnh, Dec 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    It was better than a Recap ep for a Filler, which is its only redeeming quality.

    They needed a filler episode, which is all well and good. And praise the lord, they gave us an EPISODE for the filler. But, as a filler, it simply filled us in on the story of two Redshirts (Or to quote Sawyer, Jabronis).

    So, my overall count on this episode is brief. It is difficult to actually fill this review to anywhere over a hundred words, sad to say.

    But oh well, it managed to net a 7.5 from me, and it should consider itself lucky to be getting even that, considering this episodes saving grace was re-appearances of deceased characters, seeing one more tiny blip of the crash, and of course, ARZT!!! Yay!moreless

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  • Utterly disappointed :(

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    By DrJacobi, Dec 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    I am lost obsessed. I never miss a minute and to go from an episode like 'the man from tallahassee' to 'this' was such a let down for me. Total filler episode in which two people from the background survivors suddenly have lots of dialogue and a 'story'. Two generally annoying characters taking up screen time when there were far more pressing matters to be realised. All i can say is while the basis of the actual story involving the medusa spider was interesting and what happens because of it was a bit of a twist, i was very glad to see the end of the episode..and the end of 'nikki & paulo'!moreless

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  • I rate the show and all it's episodes 10/10 but this episode is 0/10 . a total filler waste of time .

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    By saraVaio, Dec 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Lost is hell the best show ever on TV , I rate all the seasons and it's episodes 10/10 but this episode Expose is 0/10 , the show is better off without this worthless pointless episode , I think this episode is a bad add to the show and it decreases it's quality .

    I don't understand why did they add this episode to the show , it's a FILLER episode . a total one hour waste of the show , we could of seen important stuff , like more about the Dharma station , flashbacks of other characters , learn more about the island mysterious stuff and secrets .moreless

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  • Not very good but very underrated.

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    By DarthFreeza, Dec 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Definately a decent episode. Yeah sure, it's a filler, but people seem to just right away hate it because of that. Every show has it's share of fillers, even Lost. And as far as fillers go I think this was a pretty good episode. I never understood the extreme distaste for Nikki and Paulo. They never had enough screen time for people to hate them so much. Anyways, I've gotten side tracked. Back to the episode itself. The story was pretty interesting. The medusa spider was quite the interesting plot device and the episode even had a few twists to it.
    Nikki and Paulo's actors were very good in this episode and it was just fun to watch.
    It was also great that we got to see some of the old characters again like Boone, Shannon and Arzt.
    However brief their appearances were, it was great to get to see them again :).
    All in all, I'd say this episode is definately watchable. And definately underrated.moreless

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    • "Mister LaShade" is an anagram for "See DHARMA List". Also, "Mr. LaShade" is an anagram for "Marshal Ed". Edit
    • When Nikki and Howard are shown in Sydney Harbour, the location of Sydney Opera House is incorrect in the CGI make up of the Harbour. In the show, the Opera House can be seen to the right of the cityscape, where as, in real life, there is open water to the left of the Opera house. Edit
    • It was finally confirmed how Shannon knew where the case with guns was, in "The Greater Good". Kate let the information slip. Edit

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    • Ian Somerhalder (Boone) and Maggie Grace (Shannon) are credited as Special Guest Stars here. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Denmark: April 25, 2007 on Kanal 5 The Netherlands: September 28, 2007 on Net 5 Belgium: October 15, 2007 on VT4 Spain: Monday October 22, 2007 on FOX TV Spain Finland: Thursday November 15, 2007 on Nelonen The Czech Republic: Sunday December 2, 2007 on TV Nova FYROM: Thursday December 20, 2007 on A1 Germany: Monday January 14, 2008 on Pro7 Sweden: Wednesday April 18, 2007 on TV4 The Middle East:Sunday January 11, 2009 on MBC action Edit
    • This episode marks the fourth time characters are killed during their own episode of flashbacks Edit

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    • Kate: You have to understand, we thought it was best for everybody. Arzt: I'm sorry, are you my mother? 'Cause she knows what's best for me, other than that, I decide. Edit
    • Nikki: I found the diamonds, Paulo. Paulo: What? Where? Nikki: Right here. Give 'em to me. Paulo: What are you talking about? Nikki: What am I talking about? (She pulls something out of her pack) What's this? Your nicotine gum! You wanted to stop looking for the bag because you'd already found it! I know you have them Paulo. Now where are they!? Paulo: Calm down, okay? What the hell is that? (Nikki undoes the jar and throws the spider on Paulo) Are you out of your mind!? Nikki: You remember Dr. Arzt's friend. Did it bite you? Does it hurt? He told me why they call it the Medusa spider. Wanna know why? Paulo: What did you do? Nikki: Because one look from Medusa would turn anyone to stone; just like one bite from the spider will paralyze you for, oh, about eight hours. It won't kill you! It'll just slow your heart rate down to the point where even a doctor would have a hard time... (Paulo falls to the ground) ...hearing it beat. You won't be able to move a muscle so I'll be able to do all sorts of nasty things to you. And, since it bit you on your neck, I'd say paralysis will happen fast. I'm guessing that you have the diamonds on you. Huh? (She checks him) In the shoe, maybe? I think I know where. (She finds them in his pants) Son of a bitch. Paulo: I'm sorry. Nikki: You're only sorry 'cause you got caught. Paulo: (On the ground almost paralyzed) I was afraid of losing you. If you found the diamonds, you wouldn't need me anymore. Edit
    • Hurley: Nikki and Paulo. I guess we didn't know you very well. But, it appears you killed each other for diamonds. But, I know there are good parts to you too. You were always nice to me. And, you were a member of the camp. And, I really loved Exposé. Okay then. Goodbye! Sawyer: Wait. Rest in peace, Nikki and Paulo. (Sawyer sprinkles the diamonds over their bodies) Edit

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    • Sawyer refers to Nikki and Paulo as "jabronis," a term for a wrestler who is booked to regularly lose on shows (called jobbing). Edit
    • When Nikki asks for a gun from Sawyer, he explains to her that all of his guns were taken by the A-Team. The A-Team was a TV show that ran from 1983 through 1989. Edit
    • Zuckerman is the same name as the farmer in Charlotte's Web, Homer Zuckerman. Charlotte's Web's title character is a spider, like one of the characters in this episode, the Medusa spider. Edit

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