"Lost" The Variable (2009)

Director:

Paul A. Edwards

Writers:

Jeffrey Lieber (creator) and
J.J. Abrams (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Lost" (2004)

Original Air Date:

29 April 2009 (Season 5, Episode 14)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Faraday returns to the island and tells Jack that his mother, Eloise Hawking, lied to them--they don't belong on the island. He then initiates a dangerous plan to get them back home. |

Plot Keywords:

Plane Crash | Flashback | South Pacific | Survival | Doctor

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Sayid Jarrah (credit only)
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Desmond Hume
Jeremy Davies	...	Daniel Faraday
Michael Emerson	...	Benjamin Linus (credit only)
Matthew Fox	...	Jack Shephard
Jorge Garcia	...	Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Josh Holloway	...	James 'Sawyer' Ford
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Jin Kwon
Yunjin Kim	...	Sun Kwon (credit only)
Ken Leung	...	Miles Straume
Evangeline Lilly	...	Kate Austen
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Juliet Burke
Terry O'Quinn	...	John Locke (credit only)
Nestor Carbonell	...	Richard Alpert
Alan Dale	...	Charles Widmore

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Bad Robot

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 1977 Dharma personnel use Sig Sauer P226 pistols, a weapon which was not designed until in early 1980s.

Quotes:

Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes: You guys were in 1954? Like, Fonzie times?

Movie Connections:

References "Happy Days" (1974)

Bad Will Hunting

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The Constant was fascinating, this one was disappointing. In fact I think I just had too high expectations. Desmond Hume's story really inspired me and when Daniel Faraday got out from the submarine last week I thought they would be both featured in this episode. Moreover now that the time shifting element doesn't surprise us anymore, it makes Daniel's crazy explanations less entertaining. We already saw him trying to convince Jack and Kate so it really felt like déjà-vu. An other problem was Daniel's story because it's nearly impossible for most people to identify with him, that's the issue with genius. His scenes with little Charlotte and the Hostiles were also quite disappointing. First the young actress is not a natural redhead and made the character less believable. Second and last even if Daniel is clumsy he should know that you using a gun is the worst argument against people. It just doesn't make sense, specially considering he's a rational scientist. However the whole Sawyer arc was interesting and I really felt sad for him and Juliet. Otherwise the shooting scene was rushed and I wished the writers planned something less hasty.

Let's hope Lost will get back to its roots and not become a parody of Far Cry, the video game. Overall it was quite disappointing and felt unbalanced, like if they tried to merge too many elements and edit too many scenes into a single episode.