Across the Sea
- Episode aired May 11, 2010
- TV-14
- 43m
The story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protec... Read allThe story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protect.The story of how Jacob and his brother came to the island, their uneasy relationship with their "mother," their eventual falling-out, and revelation of what Jacob was on the island to protect.
- Sayid Jarrah
- (credit only)
- Richard Alpert
- (credit only)
- Desmond Hume
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- Claire Littleton
- (credit only)
- Ben Linus
- (credit only)
- Frank Lapidus
- (credit only)
- Dr. Jack Shephard
- (archive footage)
- Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
- (credit only)
- James 'Sawyer' Ford
- (credit only)
- Jin-Soo Kwon
- (credit only)
- Sun-Hwa Kwon
- (credit only)
- Miles Straume
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- Kate Austen
- (archive footage)
- John Locke
- (archive footage)
- Ilana Verdansky
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the DVD audio commentary, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof said that, although they supposed she wasn't available, they asked the casting director to contact Allison Janney for the role of Mother, saying that they wanted "someone like Allison Janney". A few days later, Janney was shooting the episode.
- Quotes
Man in Black: Don't. Jacob, don't do this. She burned them. She was crazy. She burned them all! You can't kill me, Jacob. She made it that way. You can't.
Jacob: Don't worry, brother. I'm not going to kill you.
Man in Black: [They come to the shining waterfall - Jacob throws his brother into the stream] She brought you back here?
Jacob: Yes.
Man in Black: Why would she?
Jacob: Because I have to protect it now. You want to find the light? You want to leave this place, brother? Go!
[Jacob forces his brother into the stream, he hits his head and is sucked unconscious into the waterfall - moments later, Jacob is knocked to the ground as the Smoke Monster emerges from the cave and hurries into the jungle]
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First its surreal fantasy universe jarred with the past episodes even if there's nothing realistic about Black Locke. However it made me regret the mind blowing flashbacks of the 3rd season and Daniel Faraday's twisted theories. Second I didn't like the mother nor the actress who portrayed her. I just found her character unauthentic and not charismatic enough to be Jacob's mum. Third the transition between his childhood and adulthood periods was too brutal. Wait, there was no transition. One minute he was a boy, the next a man. I wish we learned more about what he did to become a man : Hunting, exploring, building crazy inventions Fourth the editing was so poor that it almost ruined the creativity of past installments. But no I can't accept that such an awkward work shadows the astonishing results we had to experience so far. Mirror connections ? Gone. Dual stories ? Gone. Synchronized editing ? Just forget it ! Mixing some scenes with first season ones was just plain lazy. Jack and Kate popped up from nowhere and their magical appearance felt like an annoying subliminal advertisement. These scenes were so rushed that it made things even worse when I thought the episode had already reached the bottom of the barrel.
Was it Lost ? Definitely not the one we have been accustomed to. Season 6 had been so strong and captivating so far that I never thought I would have to endure such a disappointing illusion. Of course the whole yin-yang and quest of light elements were interesting but I just didn't like how they were served to us. To sum things up I prefer when the story wilds my senses and mesmerizes my imagination than getting cold and questionable answers. Maybe the upcoming What They Died For will make me regret my decision of rating it so poorly but for the moment the best word to describe how I feel is deception. A tremendous and bitter deception !
- igoatabase
- May 12, 2010