Tonight’s episode was called “?”, and there really couldn’t be a better title. I mean, why exactly did last week’s teaser point to Michael as becoming such an important figure on the island when he was barely in the episode? All he did was cower in a corner hoping Libby wouldn’t awaken and finger him for the murders. And speaking of Hurley’s love monkey, why is it that when people die in they can never utter more than their murderer’s name? “Michael… SHOT ME!” That wasn’t so hard, was it?
Frankly, this second season has been a complete disappointment, and if it weren’t for Mr. Eko and Locke finding the second hatch (covered underneath the drug plane), I’d seriously considering skipping the last few episodes. Thankfully, however, we got a little excitement when the duo entered to discover a live broadcast of the old hatch and yet another shoddy Dharma orientation tape. This one’s a little different, though, and explains the purpose of the new hatch: to act as surveillance on an experiment. Duh, like we didn’t know that was coming.
As Locke said: “we’re just a bunch of mice in a maze, with no cheese at the end.” Huh. That sounds a little familiar, like, say, the audience of this show? Could this just be one giant experiment being funded by Disney bigwig Mr. Eisner? Maybe he’s still mad about the cancellation of “Dharma & Greg”? Could that explain the real Initiative? Probably not, but it’s just as good a guess as any.
