Official Discussion: 5x04 The Little Prince

[Hollywood Heidi]

5x04 The Little Prince

Original Air Date: February 4, 2009
Centric: Kate centric
Directed by: Stephen Williams
Written by: Brian K. Vaughan & Melinda Hsu Taylor
Summary: Kate discovers that someone knows the secret about Aaron's true parents. Meanwhile, the dramatic shifts through time are placing the lives of the remaining island survivors in extreme peril. (tv.com)
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[Hollywood Heidi]

This one is more like a 4 1/2 stars from me, close 5!

Omg, so great! I really love the time jumps! Seeing the light of the hatch and seeing how Locke knows exactly what moment that was. Sawyer seeing Kate help Claire give birth.

JIN!!!!!! AHHH!!!! SO happy to see him again and as soon as I heard those people on the boat speaking French, I KNEW it was Danielle and her crew. Of course they kept also referring to one of the guys as Montand and not sure if you remember Danielle mentioning "this is where Montand lost his arm" when she and some of the Losties were walking through the Dark Territory. XD

I love all the attentions to detail. So many call backs to the first seasons. We basically got to see Danielle's crash played out. We heard one of her people turn on the radio and hear the numbers repeating over and over. That's what she'd said they'd heard and the reason they'd turned toward the island. The look on Jin's face when she tells him her name, that was so great! Jin had been floating at sea with no idea that the island is unstuck in time so his WTF expression is perfect.

Sawyer's acting was simply amazing while he was watching Kate and Claire. Even my Jate heart went out to him.

I'm liking Juliet a lot better. I like how she keeps Sawyer in line and tells him to basically cut his usual aggressive bitching. XD

Kate is a smart cookie! As soon as she saw Ben, it just clicked in her head. She KNEW it was him that had set up the whole blood test.

*sigh* Jack hasn't changed. He's still fixated on fixing things. He even specifically says "I can fix this" to Kate when he's talking about going and talking to Claire's mom about Aaron. It seems like it put the life back into him, having something to fix. Perhaps that's also why he's so fixated on joining up with Ben on going back to the island to rescue everyone else. Seems to me he's doing it more for himself than for the survivors left behind.

Fun Fact:  The name of Danielle's ship was Besixdouze which is the name of the asteroid the title character from The Little Prince lives on.


Favorite quotes/moments:

Danielle and her crew finding Jin in the water. JIN IS ALIVE!! AHH!!


Jack: Ben is on our side.
Sawyer: The only side he's on is his own.


Sawyer: (time skip coming up as they're being shot at) THANK YOU, LORD! (Time jump lands them in a huge downpour) I TAKE THAT BACK!

[Hollywood Heidi]

None of the French is subtitled while Danielle and her crew are on their boat so I got the translation from online.

UNKNOWN = It is unclear who says these lines



ROBERT: I told you so! We never should have followed those damn numbers!

MONTAND: It's not my fault, Robert. Brennan was in charge of the sonar!

BRENNAN: I was watching, Montand! I told you already, the instruments malfunctioned!

DANIELLE: Man overboard!

ROBERT: What?

BRENNAN: I thought we were all there!

MONTAND: We are all here! He's not one of us.

BRENNAN: So who is he?

ROBERT: Start paddling!

MONTAND: Paddle! Paddle! Come on!

UNKNOWN: Point the flashlight at him.

DANIELLE: You have to hold the flashlight. Brennan, help them paddle.

UNKNOWN: Come on! Hurry up! We are drifting with the current.

UNKNOWN: No... There's only him! No boat, nothing.

UNKNOWN: The waves will bring us to the coast.

UNKNOWN: The wind is coming over here.

DANIELLE: In the name of God, Brennan! Shut up!

UNKNOWN: Come on, bring him in the raft.

UNKNOWN: Help me.

UNKNOWN: He's heavy!

UNKNOWN: He's still breathing.

[DarkSideCookie]

4 1/2 stars from me as well, hehe!

So I served me with another Lost episode while having breakfast. How better to start the day?

As I don't want to spend too much time on this because I've got a lot of posting to do before you guys wake up, I'll keep this very short this time.

JIN!!!!! AHHHHH!!!! xD I'm so glad he's alive! <3 Such an amazing coming back! Young Danielle!!! Awesome! Love those time jumps!

SKATE!!!!! Omg, my heart almost broke when I watched Sawyer's expression while observing Kate and Claire. I wish that, eventually, Kate will realize how much he actually loves her! <3

Well, I always was a Juliet fan!

I had a feeling Kate would know right away that everything is Ben's plan. And then Sun watching them from the distance! O.O I'm soo soo curious about how this scene will end up!!!! Crossing my fingers that Ben will be okay! XD

Aw, love that little fun fact about Danielle's ship! Explains the episode's title even more!