"Meet Kevin Johnson"
First Aired~03/21/08
Sayid confronts Ben's spy on the freighter, and Ben urges daughter Alex to flee Locke's camp in order to survive an impending attack. Watch Official ABC LOST Full-length video of all 4 Seasons here
Things start off looking peaceful enough but as tradition on LOST dictates, they didn't stay that way very long.
It's time for a flashback! Michael (Harold Perrineau), who the audience hasn't seen for nearly 2 years (about 2 months, Island time) suddenly gets some backstory--and it's very depressing. Below, he attempts suicide. We are supposed to believe that he feels/felt so much remorse for killing Ana Lucia and Libbyduring his Island stint that he blabbed about it to his son Waaalt! Michael's not got any ID on him but has a note to Walt pinned on his shirt, according to the Nurse Who Is Not A Ghost.
So how was Walt supposed to ever get the note? Jedi Mind trick?
Mike tries to kill himself in a couple of ways--neither are successful...
...because according to Tom Friendly, Michael can't die--the Island won't "let" him.
Worse or at least just as bad, Michael keeps seeing one of the women he killed*--Libby (Cynthia Watros)--who was introduced and killed in Season 2 as a Flight 815 Tail section survivor-sort of gf to Hurley. She is tied up in this somehow because she was married to Charles Widmore and sponsored Desmond in his round-world boat-race that landed him on the Island. Desmond also was introduced in Season 2 but he crashed on the Island in a sailboat trying to impress his estranged gf Penny Widmore, daughter of Charles, the Freighter and Oceanic Ft. 815-owner.
*This causes Michael to become even more distraught...
...as if Waaaalt! refusing to see Michael--after Michael confessed his sins to the 10-y.o.-kid-he-never knew-until-the-Island was not bad enough. Maybe Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) just really misses his dog Vincent (still wandering the Island) and blames dad for leaving the dog behind.
And things just keep on sucking more for Mike. Mr. Friendly tells Mike that Mike has a mission and by doing so Mike can be a hero again. Mike believes this. The audience begins to remember that Mike--much like Locke, has always been a ginormous loser. Why would things be different now?
Well, one thing is different. Mike is now "Kevin Johnson." Mr. Friendly tells him he's to board Charles Widmore's freighter which is about to set sail for Craphole Island. Michael is to kill everyone on board or he is told, by the "trustworthy" Mr. Friendly, all his friends on the Island will be killed by the Freighties.
Tom Friendly's (M.C. Gainey) friend is either gay or French, possibly both. Not that it matters. Why do you think they added this dimension to Mr. Friendly? Are we going to be seeing a lot of him in the next 2.5 years, whilst the series concludes and this is their way of "fleshing out" the character?
Before Michael goes on a mission on behalf of "Ben," (why Michael, why? You are so messed up. This is not going to make Waaaalt love you) Michael demands "proof" of the assertions that the filthy rich Charles Widmore is behind the whole phony Flt. 815 with 300 bodies on it found deep in the ocean thing. Conveniently, Mr. Friendly not only has a big file all about it, but it's right there on the table like he knew Mike was going to ask that! Amazing writing, E. Sarnoff! Don't feel bad though, your boss J.J. sometimes writes as badly. More after jump.
Also, Scenes from April 24 *New* Episode.
"Proof" Damning paperwork: check
Photographic evidence of 300 Asian bodies being dug up and sold to Widmore in order to "stage" the Flt. 815 wreck. Yikes!
Mike goes on the Freighter as a "deckhand" and meets Naomi (Marsha Thomason) who is now dead in "viewer time"; this is a flashback that began when Sayid (Naveen Andrews) got Michael by the neck and told him to sing...
See...
(Still in Flashback) Mike once more crosses paths with Dead Libby, who calls out to him by name and tells him not to "do it." Food for thought or reason to be p.o.'d with the writers again?
When Michael attempts to follow Ben's orders and blow up the ship this is what happens...
Meanwhile, back on the Island, Rousseau (Mira Furlan) knows there's imminent danger. Totally out of character she trusted Ben without question when he told her back at Locke's/Formerly the Other's camp that they "had to go to the temple,"' where dear daughter would be safe. WTF. Completely out of character for Rousseau to be ordered by Ben to go on a "death march."
Karl is wondering if something may be amiss.
He forgot to duck. Not much of a death scene for Karl (Blake Bashoff), just checking to make sure of his deadness.
Rousseau tells her daughter, Alex to buck up and hold her hand so they can make a run for it together...and she says that she loves her. Last moments before she gets shot. Karl's down and she knows she's next.
The inevitable."The Frenchwoman" lived on the Island for 16 years, getting along just fine. Then the Losties show up and she's dead inside 4 months.
Both Rousseau (Mira Furlan) and daughter Alex's (Tania Raymonde) boyfriend Karl (Blake Bashoff), have been shot. It looks pretty certain that he's dead but I don't know about her. I don't want her to be. And even if she is dead, dead folks roam around on this show all the time.
Begging and then total desperation...
She better hope whomever is doing the shooting is a FOB (friend of Ben) because she's yelling,"Don't shoot!" I'm Ben's daughter!"
Brat.
Preview SCENES FROM New EPISODE 9, Resuming APRIL 24 at 10p.m. Eastern, on Wednesdays on ABC.
I'm going to go our on a limb and say Claire Littleton, mom to little Aaron here is now dead. He does not look terribly happy in Hurley's (Jorge Garcia) arms. Maybe he needs a diaper change?
Oh-oh. Maybe baby Aaron is hungry, tired? Narrowly missed getting shot?
Because Hurley sounds certain that they "all are going to die."
Ben (Michael Emerson) talking smack.
Ben owns Locke. Totally. Sad.
Sawyer's (Josh Holloway) deeply unhappy, as per usual.
I can't believe that I used to root for this guy. They need to rehabiliate the character. Certainly actor Terry O'Quinn is up for it.
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