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Like last week's "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham," "Lafleur" was a filler episode. TV Squad put it well: "when we first started watching Lost, it was like dumping a giant puzzle onto the floor. At this point, the entire puzzle is assembled, and for the most part, we can almost see the big picture, save for a bunch of pieces that are still missing. Lafleur was one of those pieces."
This chapter's purpose was to get us from point A, the filled-in well, to point B, Jack & Co.'s arrival on the island, so we were dragged backward (and forward) over the course of Sawyer and Juliet's life with the Dharma Initiative. However, it did make a few important pit stops. The first (overly hasty) stop was Sawyer and Juliet's relationship. The other: the four-toed statue.
A Sawyer/Juliet relationship was hinted at last season, but it's tough to see whether their matured relationship, presented so suddenly in this episode, is built on genuine affection. Although he tells Horace that he has completely forgotten what Kate looks like, the moment he sees her, you watch him remember...everything. If there were more time given to the Sawyer/Juliet relationship, we might be able to empathize with his torn emotional state. But as is, with less than 20 minutes establishing their connection, it's hard to care that he might go running back to Kate.
But the other territory hinted at in this episode was far more interesting. The sudden flash-back showed the four-toed statue in-tact, proving that the group went back a long, long time. The ancient Egyptian thread was continued with Amy's husband's wooden ankh. This thread has done nothing but lurk in the background, with ruined temples and broken statues, but the amulet pushed it just a little further into the foreground.
Of course, the biggest question in this episode was already established: Can anything the travelers do change what has already happened to them in the future? Daniel claims it most certainly cannot, but when a tiny Charlotte runs by him, you know he will try.
Oh, and the writers' finally had Saywer acknowledge that Richard always looks like he's wearing eye-liner. They deserve props for that.
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Filler episodes stall for time... i.e. Nikki & Paulo. This episode had its share of twists and turns yet still manage to advance the plot. Hardly what I would call filler!
You should get your facts right before writing this: for example, Juliette and Sawyer never kissed before. Not that it´s very important anyway. Calling this episode a filler is... You sure you didn´t fall asleep and simply missed the twists?
Ya... did you people see the same episode as me. "Lost" has been a spotty, double-plus goofiness thing up until this episode. Lafleur was the most complex and satisfying piece of television I have witnessed in my lifetime! "Lafluer" has been the most realistic episode; within the internal logic of the show "Lost" - they could film a tap dancing donkey for the final few episodes of this show and I wouldn't care - Lost has gave me a pay-off I've could never expected from any televised bit of drama/comedy thingy with "Lafleur". Thank you gods of television for this perfect gem of writing.
I am sure that Thomas Pynchon would be impressed with this televised bit of story-telling!
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