Through the Looking Glass (Lost)
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"Through the Looking Glass" is the third-season finale of the
Plot
The episode begins its narrative in late December 2004, over ninety days after the crash of
Flash sequences
Jack is shown to be depressed, bearded, heavily drinking and addicted to oxycodone. After reading about the death of someone he knew, Jack appears to be ready to commit suicide by jumping off the Sixth Street Viaduct bridge. However, a fiery car crash occurs on the bridge before he jumps and he goes to the victims; it is eventually revealed that the driver crashed after being distracted by Jack. Later, Jack visits the memorial service for the person he read about and finds himself to be the only attendee. In the last of the flashes, Kate appears and Jack discusses the island with her. In a twist ending, it becomes clear that the sequences are actually flashforwards rather than flashbacks.[2] Jack tells Kate about the memorial service but Kate, acting distant toward him, coldly retorts that she would not have gone had she known. Jack also talks about using the "golden pass" they had received from Oceanic Airlines to fly back and forth across the Pacific Ocean every Friday, hoping that he will crash in the island. Jack laments about having to lie and that they should never have left. However, Kate disagrees and leaves while Jack cries out that they have to go back.[3]
On the island
The Others intend to attack the camp and kidnap pregnant women for scientific research.
The Others arrive, and while Sayid and Bernard detonate their tents, Jin misses his target, which results in their capture.
In The Looking Glass
Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan) is captured by the resident Others Greta (Lana Parrilla) and Bonnie (Tracy Middendorf). Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) learns of Charlie's infiltration and sends Mikhail Bakunin (Andrew Divoff) to the station to kill the three to preserve the signal jamming. Mikhail arrives and kills Greta and Bonnie, only to be shot through the chest with a spear gun by Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) who emerges from a closet where he had hidden after diving down a short time after Charlie. Getting the code from Bonnie before she dies (the notes to the middle eight of "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys), Charlie disables the jammer, and is contacted by Penny Widmore (Sonya Walger) via video transmission. Penny informs Charlie that she does not know Naomi, and did not send the boat that Naomi claims to be from. Despite his injury, Mikhail manages to swim out of the station and blasts the window of the jamming room with a grenade, killing himself and flooding the communications room.[9] Charlie locks the door to save Desmond from drowning with him, but before he drowns, Charlie writes on his hand so Desmond can read: "NOT PENNY'S BOAT".[8]
Kate is upset about Sawyer not wanting her to come back to the beach with him to rescue Sayid, Jin and Bernard. Jack tells her it is because Sawyer was trying to protect her. When she asks why Jack is defending Sawyer, Jack informs Kate that it is because he loves her. Kate also witnessed a kiss between him and Juliet. Ben and Alex intercept Jack's group; Ben informs Jack that Naomi is not who she says she is, and making contact with her boat will be disastrous for everyone. Ben orders the shooting of Sayid, Jin, and Bernard, and when Jack hears three shots, he attacks Ben and punches him in the face repeatedly. Unknown to Jack, the shots were fired into the sand, following earlier orders from Ben. Rousseau meets her sixteen-year-old daughter Alex, who was kidnapped by the Others shortly after her birth,[13] and they tie Ben up. The trek party, now able to get a signal, arrives at the radio tower. Rousseau disables her distress signal, freeing the frequency for Naomi. However, Naomi is knifed in the back by Locke, who threatens to kill Jack if he calls Naomi's boat. Locke cannot bring himself to kill Jack, who communicates with George Minkowski (Fisher Stevens) on Naomi's boat. Minkowski tells the survivors they will be sending rescue.[8]
Production
The episode's title is an allusion to Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass[14] and a reference to the fictitious Dharma Initiative station featured in the previous episode. Shooting began on April 13, 2007[15] and ended on May 7, 2007.[16] The writers were so far behind schedule that parts of the episode were shot while later parts were still being written.[17] Filming mostly took place on Oahu, Hawaii, with additional scenes shot in Los Angeles.[18] The hospital scenes were filmed on the same sets used for the ABC show Grey's Anatomy.[19]
Despite not being mentioned in the official press release,
This episode concluded the story arc about Charlie's death, which began earlier in the season when Desmond prophesied Charlie's death.[27] Throughout the season, Charlie escaped death;[28] however, Desmond told Charlie that he had to die in order for his girlfriend, Claire Littleton, to get rescued from the island.[5] The storyline of Charlie's death was conceived while producing the latter part of the second season,[29] after the storyline of Charlie's drug addiction finished.[30] The news of his character's death was broken to Monaghan two episodes in advance,[31] to which Monaghan felt "relief" for knowing the future of his job on the show.[32] On the night of Monaghan's second-to-last day on set, he was presented with a canoe paddle that had been made by the cast and crew.[33] Monaghan hoped to return to Lost as a guest star in flashbacks or dreams.[34]
Jack Bender stated that Matthew Fox "really commits body and soul into the story he's telling" and Fox questioned whether he had ever been more tired than while shooting the double episode.
Post-production wrapped on May 21, 2007, only two days before it aired on television.
Reception
Ratings
In the U.S., the episode brought in the best ratings for Lost in fifteen episodes.
Critical response
The episode garnered universal critical acclaim.
The Futon Critic placed the episode first in the site's annual "50 Best Episodes" list.
Awards
This episode was nominated for
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External links
- "Through the Looking Glass" at ABC
- "Through the Looking Glass" at IMDb