Mar 25 2009
Lost — “He’s Our You”
Sayid contemplates his options from behind bars on Lost, episode “He’s Our You”.
*SPOILER ALERT* Tonight’s Lost episode “He’s Our You” was All About Sayid (Naveen Andrews). Once again I find parts of episodes like this to be a bit tedious, as we witness scenes we’ve seen before, but from a different angle, or with three lines of new information. Sure, this device can be effective, but when Lost has been doing it for this long…it can get a bit old.
We did at least learn a little bit more about why Sayid was on the plane, and that he hadn’t changed his mind at all about the island. He’d had no intention of going back. It was a bit morbidly funny when Sayid asked his captor if they could take another plane. Seeing all the survivors certainly told him something was up. And I’m not sure, but I thought Ben actually looked a little surprised to see him. So Sayid may have been wrong in assuming that Ben was behind his capture. Was she really a legitimate bounty hunter, or is there a deeper story behind it all? Maybe it’s just fate?
Sawyer (aka LaFleur) recoils from the blaze shooting up from the runaway flaming VW bus.
Sawyer (Josh Holloway) got caught between a rock and a hard place, or rather between Sayid’s stubborness and the Dharma people’s fearfulness. Sawyer actually went farther to help Sayid than I expected him to. Some might feel he could have let Sayid out earlier or attacked his torturers, but I could see his side. Number one, he did work really hard for three years to secure a life for himself, Juliet, Jin, and Miles. Number two, it wasn’t so long ago that Sayid had tortured him. I’m sure that Sawyer can’t have forgotten about that–certainly his explanation of who the mysterious Dharma man in the tent was by saying “He’s our you,” pointed to his clear memory of Sayid’s particular set of skills. (And I don’t think there could have been a more chilling response from Sayid’s point of view. He knew to be scared after that.) Given their past, the fact that Sawyer risked so much as it was to help Sayid says a lot about the man he’s become in these intervening three years.
From the moment Sayid first saw Ben in the last episode, I was wondering if things were going to end as they did in “He’s Our You.” I need Daniel to come in and explain timelines, however, because I’m not sure if killing young Ben would really alter the course of things or if it’s one of those instances where it’s all already happened and can’t be undone. It would just prevent some future loop from occurring maybe? It will be interesting to see what happens next–if we find that Ben is actually dead, of course. One never knows on this island.
I think another big thing about this episode was that Sayid was actually questioning his place in the world, and his destiny. The whole destiny idea has typically been Locke’s area of expertise, and Sayid was more of a survive-the-moment kind of person. I know he’s constantly questioned his actions as a soldier and whether they were justified, but I’m not sure he’s ever actually looked at a the large picture of the meaning of his existence.
As for smaller moments in the episode, we had Juliet trying to deal calmly and fairly with Kate’s return, and Kate trying to deal with Sawyer and Juliet being together. Sawyer finally had to ask Kate why she came back, but we never really got her answer–though I’m guessing she was hinting that Sawyer was the reason. That starts to open the Kate/Sawyer/Juliet can of worms we were expecting.
As an added note, it turns out Ethan’s charming sweet mother is extremely ruthless when it comes to any perceived threat. Guess we know why Ethan turned out the way he did.
Tune in for possible answers and certainly more questions on Lost, Wednesday nights on ABC at 9/8c.
PHOTOS: Naveen Andrews as Sayid and Josh Holloway as Sawyer screencaps from Lost, “He’s Our You”, c2009 ABC Studios.
Hi! Is it safe to start commenting? Ha ha.
Great screencaps!
I think tonight’s ending might stump even Daniel! And speaking of which … where is he anyway?? Hmmm.
“Guess we know why Ethan turned out the way he did.” Ha ha — good one!
I hope the Kate/Sawyer/Juliet can of worms stays closed. I liked the way they handled it tonight, where they acted like calm adults and didn’t get caught up in overblown drama. Maybe realizing that they were unstuck in time helped them keep their eyes on the big picture.
I was harsher on Sawyer than you were. What you say makes a lot of sense, but I guess I was looking at it from the TV-convention perspective, where the good-guy characters always stick up for their buddies no matter what.
I agree with you about Sayid questioning his place in the world and his destiny. I liked that a lot. Though it’s a bit eerie that one by one, the most skeptical characters — first Jack, and now Sayid — are coming to embrace the idea that destiny is pulling them around.
Hee…yes, it’s safe. Unless I decide to add something…
Glad you liked the pics. I just couldn’t get one where Sayid had his eyes open with the gun, but it kind of says a lot that he closed his eyes, I think!
I’ve always hated Ethan. Creepy, evil guy! *smites*
I liked the triangle stuff, too, where the two girls didn’t get all catty on each other. But I have a feeling it’s going to get messy. Gah.
You know, I had a tinge of frustration with Sawyer, too–I was feeling at first like he wasn’t exactly knocking himself out to help, and I figured others would feel that way, too. But the more I thought about it, the more I was like, “Sheesh, why *should* he help?”
Plus, Sawyer was being Sawyer. He felt the best way to help was to find a way to keep Sayid safe but also protect his own interests.
You’re right about the most skeptical characters starting to get in on the whole fate idea. Does this mean Kate is next?