LaFleur (Lost)

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"LaFleur"
Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert
Doug Hutchison as Horace Goodspeed
Reiko Aylesworth as Amy
Christopher Jaymes as Doctor
Kevin Rankin as Jerry
Patrick Fischler
as Phil
Molly McGivern as Rosie
Carla Buscaglia as Heather
John Skinner as Other
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"LaFleur" is the eighth television episode of the

A in Canada.[3] The episode was written by co-executive producers Elizabeth Sarnoff and Kyle Pennington and directed by editor Mark Goldman.[2]

Having lost Charlotte Lewis in the time flashes, James "Sawyer" Ford, Juliet Burke, Miles Straume, Jin-Soo Kwon and Daniel Faraday realize the time flashes have stopped, and they find themselves in 1974. Sawyer then perpetuates a lie to the DHARMA Initiative to protect themselves from mistakes of the past.

Plot

On the island, after

Others. Juliet and Sawyer kill the Others and free Amy (Reiko Aylesworth
), but her husband Paul (Casey Byrnes) has been killed. The group returns to the barracks, where Amy resides. However, she tricks them into walking through the sonic fence which surrounds the barracks, knocking them unconscious.

Sawyer wakes up and is confronted by Horace Goodspeed (

Nestor Carbonell), enters the barracks to determine why his treaty with Dharma was broken. Sawyer convinces Alpert not to attack Dharma, because he is the one who killed the Others. Alpert is further convinced when Sawyer shares knowledge of the events that transpired in 1954 when Locke approached him.[N 3]
Because Sawyer has successfully defused the situation, Horace allows the group to stay for two weeks and look for the other crew members of their ship, when in reality they are waiting for Locke to return with the survivors who left the island.

Three years later, the survivors have joined Dharma and are living in the barracks. Sawyer is the well respected head of security, while Jin (who is now fluent in English) continues to search for those who left the island. Amy is pregnant with Horace's baby and due to give birth in two weeks. Following an argument between them, Horace gets drunk and hurls sticks of dynamite at trees and Amy goes into early labor; Juliet successfully delivers the baby, the first that survived in all her time on the island. Horace believes that Amy is not yet over her deceased husband, however Sawyer reassures him by stating that three years is enough time to get over someone, referring to his relationship with

Matthew Fox), and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) in the jungle.[N 4]
Sawyer secretly meets them far from the barracks, where they are reunited.

Production

In the episode "Confirmed Dead", Charlotte's birthday is said to be July 2, 1979. This led to a minor continuity error in "LaFleur", when Charlotte is depicted as being a young girl in 1974. Executive producers Cuse and Lindelof claimed in a podcast that the original script for "Confirmed Dead" listed Charlotte's birthday as being in 1970 and that Mader had it changed because she did not want people to think she was significantly older than she actually is. This caused a controversy when Mader later stated on her blog that Gregg Nations, the script coordinator, was the one who suggested the change. Cuse and Lindelof later conceded that she was right.[4][5]

Reception

The episode gained 12.396 million American viewers[6] and 339,000 Australian viewers.[7]

"LaFleur" garnered generally positive reviews from critics. Chris Carabott of IGN gave the episode a positive review, stating "The narrative successfully establishes a new direction for the story from here on out and gives us an exciting, yet familiar, setting for the next few episodes." He also liked the episode's focus on Sawyer, saying "This is a great James Ford episode. It's been a while since we've had an opportunity to see Sawyer's con artist skills put to the test and he definitely delivers this week."[8]

Notes

  1. This Place is Death
    .
  2. ^ The remnants of the statue are seen in Live Together, Die Alone.
  3. ^ As depicted in Jughead.
  4. ^ As depicted in 316.

References

  1. ^ "Lost - Netflix". Netflix. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Lost (3/4-2)". ABC Medianet. February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
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    . Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
  4. ^ Cuse, Carlton; Lindelof, Damon (March 19, 2009). "The Official LOST Audio Podcast: March 19th, 2009". American Broadcasting Company (ABC.com). (Podcast). Retrieved March 19, 2009.
  5. ^ Ausiello, Michael (March 23, 2009). "Lost exclusive: War erupts over Charlotte's real age!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  6. ^ Seidman, Robert (March 26, 2009). "American Idol has most DVR viewers, The Office has greatest share of viewing by DVR". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  7. ^ Dale, David (April 4, 2009). "The Who We Are update: Week 14". Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  8. ^ Carabott, Chris (2009-03-05). "Lost: "LaFleur" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

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