[Lost] Discussion of 3.16 "One of Us" - Aired 4/11/07 (ABC-US)

[prydain]

Summary:

The celebration of Jack's return is cut short when he arrives at the beach with an Other, Juliet, whose flashbacks pick up from where they left off, showing us how she got onto the island and became an Other. Meanwhile, Claire is threatened by a strange illness.

Source (http://www.tv.com/lost/show/24313/summary.html)

[teentitan]

So no one gets sick and spontaneously heals on the island of Eden but woman cannot give birth. Irony what a bitch! But if no one gets sick why did Ben get that tumor??? And how is it that he was born on the island?
So Julliet is in cahoots with Ben and she gets to leave the island as a reward. No one thinks the island only has one submarine...right?
I am interested in the job Juliet has to do and how Jack is going to help her and what his reward is. It's obvious Jack is in on the 'mission' because he didn't even bat an eye when Juliet told him about dragging Kate into the bush and handcuffing herself to her.
I think Juliet is going to do one of two things. One she kidnaps Sun because she is pregnant and Sawyer saves her (makes sense because it would heal the rift between the two of them). Or two she kidnaps Aaron and Uncle Jack, who was told about another plan, goes all Rambo to get his nephew back.

[prydain]

Lost is really trying hard to regain the #1 spot on my favorite shows list. And ya know what? It's starting to work. I loved this episode. We finally get some season one questions answered, and I was perfectly happy with them. We learn more about Juliet and she's quickly becoming the BEST part of this show. Yet her real motivations and intentions and loyalties remain ambiguous. I love that. Although my own theory is that she's most likely just playing along with The Others because she's wanting to get off the island so desperately.

But those last couple of minutes were so awesome. Seriously.

Maybe Ben has a tumor because the island is "rejecting" him somehow? When the monster was heard in "Expose" which then lead to those two people getting paralyzed the producers later hinted that the monster was killing those who weren't redeemable, so if there's anything to that maybe the island can make certain people sick.

[Black Eye Guy]

Seriously awesome episode. Lost really is getting back into its stride. I'm really loveing Juliet, her loyalties keep switching on us but it's also not being done in a crap way. Love that we are getting some answers, good they listened to the viewers main complainet!

[prydain]

Yeah but were they real answers? The way I understood it was that they may not be, if Juliet truly is working with The Others, like if that's where her loyalties lie.