Lost 3.17 Catch-22 Review
Famed comic writer Brian K. Vaughan made his LOST debut tonight with the episode “Catch-22”, co-written by LOST producer and writer Jeff Pinkner. Was Vaughn’s presence palpable? In a word, no. But, in this case, that is a the right word. Vaughn fits into the LOST-verse nicely, and without notice. It could have gone much worse, he could have been the scripting equivalent of Paulo and Nikki, obnoxiously asserting a new ‘style’. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. Catch-22 Was an amazing ‘diversionary’ episode with fantastically executed thematic elements, and one heck of a pulp ending that ranks with LOST’s best old school cliffhanger hits.
Catch-22 is a Desmond story, and as such, one expects weirdness from the get go, and that is exactly what you get. The episode opens with Desmond, Hurley, Jin, and Charlie walking through the jungle. While Hurley and Charlie argue over who is faster, Superman or The Flash – alright maybe Vaughn is palpable – Charlie triggers one of Danielle’s infamous traps and winds up with a mean looking arrow through his throat. Desmond holds him in his arms as Jin pleads with him to help Charlie, but Desmond, pained look and all, simply declines, allowing Charlie to expire in his arms.
I think Desmond was willing to sacrifice Charlie in order to see Penny again, up until the moment when Charlie’s death was imminent. Then he intervened once again to save Charlie’s life, and the person who manifested on the island was someone other than Penny.
I think Desmond, in a strange way, made a sacrifice himself in order to continuously save Charlie.
Through it all, I love how Charlie’s character seems to deepen.
Comment by Lance — April 18, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
Yeah… the parallel between Desmond dropping love for a ‘calling’ not once, but twice, is a little too coincidental. I hope they can pay of this thread quickly because this is the sort of thing that will really wither on the vine if it doesn’t get picked soon…
Comment by DocArzt — April 18, 2007 @ 10:09 pm
I think the island wants Desmond to save Charlie. All of his visions are of Charlie dying. Why would Charlie have to live? My best guess would have to be that it has something to do with Aaron…
Comment by cap10tripps — April 18, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
I hope that no one thinks Penny was in the tree until Des saved Charlie. Hear me out, does Penny speak Portugese as her first language? NO, would she need a copy of her photo to recognize him, or would it make more sense that Penny provided a picture for the resuce team? The backpack, including book and picture, was found before the Charlie incident.
Comment by Purdue Ben — April 18, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
I’m still working out this theory in my head BUT here goes:
We know time doesn’t quite flow for us the way it does in the Lost universe. We’ve already had a few indications that it doesnt (ie. Des predicting the future; his whole flash back/go back episode with Mrs. Hawkings.
Why should we assume that time has a linear flow with regard to Des saving Charlie and the repercussions that stem from that action? What if, it WOULD’VE been Penny if Des had allowed the Charlie “sacrifice”? What if, by saving Charlie, the series of events changed. I’m not suggesting it was Penny in the tree and then BAM! out of nowhere Penny disappears and the actress from Las Vegas (I forget her name) replaces her. I’m saying, since time doesn’t flow in a straight line, isn’t it possible that Desmond changing the series of events maybe had an effect on who got on the helicopter to come to the island? Thoughts?
Comment by PenelopeWidmore — April 19, 2007 @ 5:29 am
I guess the theory about Rose and Bernard can finally be put to rest considering Sawyer said he got the Phil Collins cassette from Bernard. I bet the writers put that in there just to shut up the stupid talk.
Comment by thefallguy1 — April 19, 2007 @ 7:57 am
Hate to be a spoilsport, but if Charlie’s supposed to die in order for it to be Penny, then why is he there holding up the parachute to catch the parachutist in Desmond’s first flashes? Watch the episode again, it’s about 2 min, 45 seconds in.
I’m hoping it’s just an editing error.
Comment by RemSaverem — April 19, 2007 @ 7:59 am
Charlie living or dying would not have changed who parachuted in. It was always Naomi, Desmond just wished it was Penny.
Yes, Desmond did see both flashes of Charlie dying AND helping bring down Naomi. That just proves to me that his flashes are not linear and they can show both outcomes of a change point.
Comment by Akbar Fazil — April 19, 2007 @ 8:12 am
Awesome episode. I was playing with Google Maps and The Numbers. No new news, but check it out if you want…
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&z=2&om=1&msid=101864128407767405904.000001120a54278295361&msa=0
Comment by AnotherOther — April 19, 2007 @ 8:13 am
I was looking at that map and there is a small island inbetween Sydney and LA right beside the Hawaii islands that is not named or inhabitated…. just a thought
Comment by DMS — April 19, 2007 @ 8:22 am
All in all, I was left disappointed after this episode. After last week’s tour de force, this was a let done. Perhaps it was inevitable, but it would have been nice if they kept things rolling through the finale.
Comment by Greg — April 19, 2007 @ 8:41 am
Ever since last nights episode of Lost I
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