Official Discussion: 4x06 The Other Woman

[Hollywood Heidi]

4x06 The Other Woman

Original Air Date: March 6, 2008
Centric: Juliet centric
Directed by: Eric Laneuville
Written by: Drew Goddard & Christina M. Kim
Summary: Juliet gets a surprising visit from someone from her past. She is given orders to stop Charlotte and Faraday from doing what they have set out to do. Back at the Barracks, Ben offers Locke an enticing deal. (tv.com)
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[DarkSideCookie]

And another episode right up to my favorites!!!! 5 stars!


In the beginning, I first thought we were getting a flashforward and that Juliet made it off the island as well. When Ben got mentioned I was a little confused but then we saw the camp of the others and it dawned on me. ^^

Omg, this episode made me love Ben even more!!! And now I'm so looking forward to playing him in our RPG! Just wish we'd have a Juliet around! Above all after this episode! <3 *sigh* How Ben told her that she is his, whoaa, that was kinda creepy! I love creepy! XD

I know you don't want to hear that and disagree, Heidi, but I really love Jack together with Juliet; actually much more than with Kate and I don't just say so because of Skate (well, of course, that is a high factor as well lmao).

I felt my heartbeat fasten at the scene when the countdown came close to zero! O.O But I had a feeling that they weren't lying about actually trying to stop the contamination instead of causing it.

All convo between Ben and Locke was great as always!

The ending!!! Omg, how Sawyer looked at Ben walking by like "see you at dinner"! So hilarious! XD

I'm not sure if I remember right, but the man on the video was Penny's father, wasn't it? There are so many characters and sometimes it takes me way too long to continue that I simply forget details. But I immediately remembered to hate that face at least, but then again, there are a lot of hateable older men from flashback scenes. XD

[Hollywood Heidi]

Only 3 stars from me.  3 stars isn't a bad thing though but I found this ep to be only average compared to the other episodes Lost has had.

I found only a couple of the flashbacks to be pretty good.  The rest of the episode wasn't up to snuff, especially after the brilliance of The Constant.  Daniel and especially Charlotte really went to extremes to disable The Tempest.  Why didn't they just tell the survivors about it and explain rather than sneaking off?  I don't see how the survivors wouldn't have believed them, especially when taken to the station and shown it.  Charlotte went way overboard, hitting Kate with the gun so hard that she majorly bled and then did you see how hard she swung down that metal thing at Juliet?  Geez, that would have killed her!

The Juliet/Jack scene at the end so didn't work for me.  This has nothing to do with me being a Jate shipper. I can totally admit that Skate really has chemistry.  Jack and Juliet, however, I just see absolutely no chemistry there.  Zero.  The kiss felt so unnatural and disconnected.  I can't explain it.  Just forced for the scene.  No emotions or passion there.

Ben kicks ass as usual!  Freakin' talked his way out of imprisonment, lmao!  

Yup!  The man on the video was Charles Widmore, Penny Widmore's dad.  He's the one who sent the boat.  He's the one who wants to find the island.  That's why he went to the auction and won the journal from the owner of the Black Rock.  There was information about the island in that journal.  Penny just wants to find Desmond.

It was nice seeing some old Others in the flashbacks but I really miss our survivors!  They weren't in this one much, or the previous one.


Favorite Quote/Moment:

Juliet: (after Jack makes a comment about the Others having a therapist) It's very stressful being an Other, Jack.

Ben: (regarding his rabbit dinner) This didn't have a number on it, did it?

Ben: (looking smug AF when walking freely into his own house) See you at dinner!