5.5 "Christine"

You've had some strange choices in flashbacks. And I like the way Christine is a mystery to us, like Juliet was when she joined. Christine could do a U-turn at any point.

Nice cameo from Arzt.

Hahaha, "The scary bald man".

And I didn't realise that Christine was book by Steven King.

I loved that 'cut the crap' bit when Jack starts teling the count to five thing. I've been waiting 5 seasons for the to happen!

Zach and Emma are her children! And so the plot thickens...

Yeah, I agree the flashbacks were a bit odd now weren't they? I had a reason for that. I wanted to answer some background questions about Christine w/out actually giving Z & E away until the end. Sooo in order I will explain why I chose them.

Flash:

1) I wanted to throw people off as to why Christine was so willing to help the Losties. Using Minkowski not only lets us see where he traveled to in his "shift" but it makes us think Christine is just in this for him. Also, it is an awesome connection.

2) I wanted to put an end to the Troupe storyline that I started. It was a mistake to incorporate him so heavily into the scirpt, but it was needed to get Sun's character rolling in 5.3. Also, I wanted to show Widmore has more to do with the plane crash than we suspected.

3) Troupe/Arzt/Airport scene allowed some foreshadowing you will see in the future. I wanted to put in old Arzty for fun. Wanted to explain why Cindy didn't see Troupe on the plane and didn't know he was on board because she was surprised in 5.2 when she learned he was on it. He was laying low until he could propose to her.

4) Walt/Airport allowed a backstory to Christine's life regarding her situation with her children. Also, it made for a somewhat exciting scene when she realized she was there to collect the boy she had met while in Australia.

5) Totally awesome dramatic scene where we get the "oh snap, that's why she's doing all of this" moment.

All in all, this is one of my favorites so far. I'm glad you liked.

I did, thanks. I thought that your Troupe storyline was quite good in the sense that only did you build on an existing story line you introduced an entirley new one. But I am a little glad you ended it, it was getting confusing.

Oh and if your didn't realise, the reason my comments are all seperate is becuse I'm posting them as I read it. For maxiumum effect.

LoL, I like the post as you go thing. I think that AC did that as well for some of the other episodes. It lets me see the progression of the show in the view of someone else. I like the "ohhhhh so thats why so and so did that... or ohhh so that's it!" comments. LoL. It makes me feel good that I can see the progression of surprise or wonder.

I just looked at AC's post, I also prefer the islad episodes to the off island ones. And also... I'll send you a PM, just in case.

Well, the off island ones get pretty good. There was a lot of set up involved in the beginning that was dry, but they get better.

My favorite scene in this whole episode is easily Santa Rosa. It offers the first bit of comedic relief in any of my episodes minus a few one liners from Juliet and Sawyer.

The scary bald man statement from Hurley is pretty great because Ben assumes he meant Locke, which is hillarious in my opinion.

The watermellon being thrown at Ben is good because Ben doesn't interact with others well.

Christine not dealing with Jack's number crap is a much needed line, I agree Stickman. I put it in there for that reason. She doesn't follow the norm of looking to Jack for advice and leadership.

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