TV Shows I'm Watching - Lost (Episode 3.10)

Episode 3.10 – Tricia Tanaka is Dead

Main Story - ** out of 4 – The filler episode to end all filler episodes, Tricia Tanaka is Dead does little to move anything forward, and if it weren’t for a few moments between Sawyer and Kate, it would be a complete waste of airtime. Hurley finds an overturned Dharma van in the jungle and spends most of the episode trying to get it to work. Yep, we learn that the Dharma Initiative was building roads, and that’s about it. I suppose the thinking behind this episode was to provide a more lighthearted, comedic story after the very dark episodes that have preceded it.

Kate and Sawyer’s relationship at least continues to be interesting, as Sawyer’s stubbornness gets him in hot water once again. I like that Kate has completely disarmed him, and that Sawyer is having trouble dealing with the fact that he may actually care for someone other than himself.

The end of the episode seems to suggest that next week’s episode will be a return to form, as right now I can only hope that this one is a blip on the Lost radar.

Flashback - ** out of 4 – Hurley has father issues, as Cheech Marin makes a nice, but unspectacular guest appearance as Hugo’s old man. Alas, this story covers very similar territory to the story in season one’s Numbers. Hugo believes he is cursed, and nobody can tell him otherwise; the only difference being that this time it’s his long lost father who tries to set him straight. The only scene that seemed to really get it right is the very last scene where Hurley’s father tells him to get rid of all the money. For the most part though, it’s a been there, done that flashback that fills in a few unneeded blanks in the tale O'Hurley.