Left Behind

Picture this: Two very attractive women. Stranded on a tropical island. Lost in the jungle. Handcuffed together. Both lusting for a hot spinal surgeon named Jack. They beat each other. Screaming at the top of their lungs. Soaking wet in the rain. Wrestling in mud. All while being chased by a huge black monster. No wonder they had to move the show to 10:00 pm.

“Left Behind” was filled with mystery. After the John Locke and the others gas their prisoners and leave their village in a hurry Kate and Juliet wake up in the jungle handcuffed to each other. As the episode unravels we learn that Juliet in fact handcuffed herself to Kate to try to earn her trust. It was a strange way to go about doing it and they sure did beat the crap out of each other. Right from the beginning of the episode when Juliet countered Kate’s sandwich slam, down to the dislocation of Juliet’s shoulder, these women are crazy.

We learn that Juliet and the others have had contact with the smoke monster and can contain it with their electrostatic fences. We also saw that the smoke monster reacted differently when it went after Juliet, flashing bright light onto her.

In the flashbacks we see the story of Kate and Sawyer’s ex girlfriend, Cassidy. They team up to get Kate three minutes with her mom. It was a neat connection that did not serve much of a purpose.

At the conclusion of the episode Kate, Jack, Sayid, and Juliet meet up at the others village and set off for the survivor’s beach. It is clear the Sayid and Kate are opposed to Juliet accompanying them but Jack won’t have it any other way. Juliet is sure to cut the reunion celebration short when they return to the beach but I’m certainly looking forward to seeing all of the survivors together again (minus John Locke of course).