Sawyer has continually proven himself as one of the more interesting characters on the island (along with Sayid and Hurley), and though tonight’s episode didn’t reveal anything particularly special or groundbreaking, it still delivered some of the best material of the new season. That’s saying a lot considering this wasn’t even that great of a Sawyer episode, but we did learn quite a few things about our favorite Cajun conman. Like how that woman he last conned (Cassidy, played by “Deadwood”’s Kim Dickens) had him sent to prison, and how that very same woman gave birth to the couple’s love child.
I’m still not entirely sure what to believe on the while kid front. While giving Sawyer a daughter would certainly make his back story that much more intriguing, I have a sinking feeling that Cassidy was just conning Sawyer out of his newly acquired bank account. You know, the one that he got (along with his freedom) for helping the prison warden track down the whereabouts of $10 million stolen by another inmate. When asked what they should do with the money, Sawyer tells them to put it in an account under the name Clementine Philips. I don’t remember Cassidy ever telling him what the baby’s name was, but who else could it be?
Back on the island, Sawyer is hatching a plan to get him and Kate out of the zoo cages – especially now that the Others seem more concerned with their dying friend, Colleen – but he must have forgotten all about the surveillance cameras, because his plan is quickly thwarted. In return, Sawyer gets a little torture (mad scientist style) and is implanted with a pacemaker that will kill him if he gets too excited. Strapped with a heart monitor to keep track of his beat, Sawyer is sent back to his cage and warned not to mention anything about it to Kate, for she would be forced to suffer the same fate.
Meanwhile, Jack is brought in to operate on Colleen, but when she goes in to cardiac arrest and there is no crash cart to revive her, she dies. This sends her dumbass boyfriend (who Sawyer wittily referred to as Chinatown for his bandaged nose early on) into a frenzy, beating the shit out of Saywer until Kate confesses her love for him. Later on, when Sawyer brings it up again, Kate says it was just to protect him, but we know how she really feels. It doesn’t really matter, since Sawyer seems to have proven his love for her to the Others. And honestly, I think that’s all that matters right now. Oh right, and apparently Jack now knows why he’s really on the new island. He’s been brought to the Others’ camp to perform spinal surgery on none other than Benjamin himself.
In any event, Sawyer soon discovers that the pacemaker isn’t even real, and Ben informs him (while showing just how far away from the old island they really are) that the “only way to gain a conman’s respect is to con him.” Very smart, Ben. Very smart indeed. Unfortunately, he goes on to explain that while Sawyer is pretty good at what he does, the Others are much, much better. There goes that well-earned respect right out the window!
And in other news, it seems that Desmond’s newly gained powers are pretty worthless. Just kidding, but seriously, is predicting a rain storm the best he can do? Charlie doesn’t seem to think so, and that look in his eye makes me think that he Desmond might be gaining a couple new allies over the coming weeks. Charlie, Hurley and the newly introduced Paulo (played by Brazilian sensation Rodrigo Santoro) will no doubt join ranks with the super powered Scot and form a cool little group of their own. Say goodbye to the Terrific Trio, and hello to the… Fantastic Four? Oh wait, that’s already been taken.
