The Little Prince (Lost)
"The Little Prince" | |
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Lost episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 4 |
Directed by | Stephen Williams |
Written by | Brian K. Vaughan Melinda Hsu Taylor |
Production code | 504 |
Original air date | February 4, 2009 |
Running time | 42 minutes[1] |
Guest appearances | |
Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton Tom Irwin as Dan Norton William Blanchette as Aaron Emerson Brooks as Tony Nagy Stephanie Niznik as Dr. Evelyn Ariza Melissa Farman as Young Danielle Rousseau Guillaume Dabinpons as Robert Rousseau Marc Menard as Montand Bruno Bruni as Brennan Ane Tranetzki as Bellman Alexandra Tabas as Nadine Chris Marvin as Lacombe | |
"The Little Prince" is the fourth television episode of the
In 2007,
Plot
The episode opens with a flashback of
On the Mainland
In late 2007,[N 2] Kate leaves Aaron in the care of Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim) in order to confront attorney Dan Norton (Tom Irwin), who is pursuing a maternity test for Kate and Aaron. Sun receives a package with a gun and pictures of Ben and Jack. Norton tells Kate that he is going to meet his client later and Kate decides to follow him. Meanwhile, Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) meets up with Jack and Sayid Jarrah (Naveen Andrews) at the hospital. An orderly armed with a tranquilizer gun attacks Sayid, but Sayid overcomes him, and when he finds Kate's address in his wallet he, Ben and Jack suspect Kate is the next target. The three decide to split up, with Jack going after Kate, and Sayid and Ben going to the prison where Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) is being held.
Jack and Kate follow Norton to a motel where he meets with Claire's mother, Carole (Susan Duerden). Once Norton leaves, Jack confronts Carole, who is only in Los Angeles to collect on a successful suit against Oceanic Airlines and has nothing to do with the maternity test. At the prison, Ben meets with Norton, who is also acting as Hurley's lawyer and is confident that he can have Hurley released the following morning. Ben and Sayid meet up with Jack and Kate, where Kate figures out that Ben has hired Norton to do the maternity test, while Sun, armed with a gun, watches the conversation from a car with Aaron.
On the island
Following the latest time jump,
In their emergency raft, the French team, Montand (Marc Menard), Brenan (Bruno Bruni), Lacombe (Chris Marvin), and Nadine (Alexandra Tabas) find Jin-Soo Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim) unconscious floating on flotsam from the freighter that exploded.[N 1] They land on the island and question Jin after he wakes up. The episode ends with Danielle Rousseau (Melissa Farman) revealing her identity to a befuddled Jin.
Production
"The Little Prince" is the first episode of Lost to be co-written by Melinda Hsu Taylor, who joined the writing staff prior to the start of production on season five.
Reception
The episode gained 12.855 million American viewers.[6] The episode brought in 380,000 viewers in Australia, ranking 33rd for the night.[7]
"The Little Prince" received mostly positive reviews from critics. The A.V. Club's Noel Murray graded the episode a "B+", stating "[...] this episode made good use of Kate at different points on the timeline: showing her now, anxious about losing Aaron, and showing her three years ago on Penny’s boat, prepared to lie for Jack in order to keep Aaron safe, and showing her three years ago on the island, helping Claire bring Aaron into the world. In just a few short scenes, Lost lays the foundation for what that boy means to Kate."[8]
Notes
- ^ a b As depicted in There's No Place Like Home.
- ^ After the events of The Lie.
- ^ As depicted in Jughead.
- ^ As depicted in Deus Ex Machina.
- ^ As depicted in Do No Harm.
- This Place is Death.
References
- ^ "Lost – Netflix". Netflix. Retrieved 24 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Lost (2/4-2)". ABC Medianet. January 16, 2009. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- A. Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
- Titan Magazines. Issue #19.
- ^ Lost: On Location – The Little Prince. Lost: The Complete Fifth Season The Journey Back – Expanded Edition, Disk 5
- ^ Gorman, Bill (February 25, 2009). "American Idol has most DVR viewers, Gossip Girl has greatest share of viewing by DVR". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ^ Dale, David (March 7, 2009). "The Who We Are update: Week 10". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ^ Murray, Noel (2009-02-04). "The Little Prince". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
External links
- "The Little Prince" at ABC
- "The Little Prince" at IMDb