I Do (Lost)
"I Do" | |
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Lost episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 6 |
Directed by | Tucker Gates |
Written by | Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse |
Featured music | "Slowly" by Ann-Margret "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees |
Production code | 306 |
Original air date | November 8, 2006 |
Running time | 43 minutes[1] |
Guest appearances | |
Nathan Fillion as Kevin Callis Michael Bowen as Danny Pickett M. C. Gainey as Tom Friendly Tania Raymonde as Alex Fredric Lane as Marshal Edward Mars Ariston Green as Jason Eden-Lee Murray as Suzanne Callis Mark Dillen Stitham as Minister Michael Vendrell as Guy Teddy Wells as Ivan | |
"I Do" is the sixth episode of the
This was the last episode to air before a 13-week hiatus, so it was written so that it would fit as a "mini-season finale", and also had a major theme in the contrast between Kate's relationships with Kevin and Sawyer. "I Do" gained mostly positive reviews, with much praise for the cliffhanger ending, and had 17.15 million American viewers upon release.
Plot
Flashbacks
While on the run from the law, Kate goes to
In the Jungle
In the jungle, John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) tells Nikki Fernandez (Kiele Sanchez), Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro), Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews), and Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) that Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) was killed by an animal, and decides to bury Eko where he died, thinking the other castaways have seen "too many funerals" recently. As Locke leaves to get shovels as well as Eko's stick (he believes it'd be inappropriate to bury him without it), Sayid follows him and asks what really killed Eko. Locke says that the survivors call it "The Monster", and further speculates that The Monster may be what brought them there and that Eko died for a reason, he just does not know what it is yet. During the burial, Locke sees a message on Eko's stick: "Lift up your eyes and look north, John 3:05".
On the Island
On
After Kate returns to her cage, she has an argument with Sawyer, climbs out of her cage, and breaks open Sawyer's, saying if he does not want Jack to save his life, he is going to save his own. Sawyer then tells her that they cannot run because they are on another island, something he did not tell her "because I wanted you to believe that we had a damn chance." Kate and Sawyer then have sex, unknowingly in full view of the cameras. At the Hydra station, Jack finds his door unlocked and unguarded, and outside reaches a surveillance room, where he sees Kate and Sawyer cuddling together on a monitor. Ben appears behind him, and after a brief exchange Jack decides to do the surgery, but wants Ben to keep his promise to let Jack off the island. Ben agrees when he says "done".
As Jack begins the operation, Pickett goes with another man to Sawyer's cage, ready to execute Sawyer as he holds Sawyer's group of survivors responsible for his wife Colleen's death (Colleen was shot by Sun
Production
"It's actually more difficult for her to stay in that house and cook breakfast and be a little housewife, than it is for her to break rocks and work in a quarry and sleep in a cage."
—Evangeline Lilly[2]
A main theme of the episode is Kate's inability to commit to other people, always running from difficult emotional situations, and having barriers between her and her interests – physical, as in Sawyer's cage or Jack's aquarium, or metaphorical, as in her inability to settle down as Kevin's wife. Kate's marriage, which was first alluded to in the season one episode "Outlaws", is meant to be a contrast with her relationship with Sawyer in the realtime events – Kate and Kevin is a heartfelt and passionate relationship where Kate tries to get involved but her lifestyle ends up making the marriage fail, whereas with Sawyer both are afraid of intimacy and connection yet still end up together.[2]
Nathan Fillion was cast as Kevin because the producers thought he fit as "someone to believe that Kate had actually married and settled down with" for being "really good and kinda fun and intelligent", and also because Cuse and Lindelof were fans of Fillion's work on Firefly.[3] Fillion said that he was a Lost fan and described his experience working at the show as "a dream".[5]
Reception
Ratings
17.15 million American viewers watched this episode live, standing as the ninth most-seen program of the week.[6] It also had 1.1 million viewers in the United Kingdom.[7]
Critical reception
Chris Carabott of
"I Do" was selected as one of the "25 Sexiest TV Shows on DVD" by Entertainment Weekly.[13] IGN ranked the episode 28th out of the 115 Lost episodes, describing it as a "turning point episode of the third season."[14] On the other hand, a similar list by Los Angeles Times ranked "I Do" as the 91st, saying it "mostly botched" the plot point of Kate's wedding despite Nathan Fillion's presence, and feeling it was an episode that "probably shouldn't have had to have as much pressure on it as it did (acting as a mini-cliffhanger in early Season 3)".[15]
Evangeline Lilly submitted this episode for consideration for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.[16]
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- ^ a b Carabott, Chris (2006-11-09). "Lost: "I Do" review". IGN. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ Fenno, Christine (2007-06-07). "Lost: Caged Heat". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
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- ^ Dignan, Andrew (2006-11-06). "Lost Thursdays: Season Three, Ep. 6: "I Do"". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ "25 Sexiest TV Shows on DVD". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
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- ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (2010-05-23). "'Lost' 10s: Every episode of 'Lost,' ever (well, except the finale), ranked for your enjoyment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
- ^ "2007 Emmys CONFIRMED Episode Submissions". The Envelope Forum, Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-18.