Hearts and Minds
- Episode aired Jan 12, 2005
- TV-14
- 43m
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8.0/10
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Locke plans to teach Boone a lesson, when he learns that Boone wants to share their secret with Shannon.Locke plans to teach Boone a lesson, when he learns that Boone wants to share their secret with Shannon.Locke plans to teach Boone a lesson, when he learns that Boone wants to share their secret with Shannon.
Madison
- Vincent the Dog
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Did you know
- TriviaCarlton Cuse's first script for the series.
- GoofsWhen Boone is tied up, his right hand is tied to his chest and his left hand is tied around his back. However, when he reaches for the knife with his right hand, you can see in the shots of his back that his right hand is tied behind his back.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Community: Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (2010)
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Boone and Shannon, sitting in a tree...
Of all the characters seen on Lost up to this point, the least interesting have been Jin and Sun, closely followed by Shannon and her brother Boone. While he has earned some meatier material via his association with Locke, Shannon's "spoiled girl" routine was beginning to grate. And so we are treated to the first episode centered around the two, which also gains importance in hindsight for being the writing debut of Carlton Cuse, who eventually came to share show-runner duties with Damon Lindelof.
The trigger of the episode is jealousy, as Boone isn't all too happy to see his sister getting closer with Sayid. However, he is soon reminded of his more important duty on the Island, that is his trips with Locke to the mysterious hatch in the jungle that no one else knows about so far. Then, when Boone suggests telling Shannon about it, he is knocked unconscious and tied to a tree, while Locke returns to the camp. Meanwhile, Kate finds out Sun can speak English, Hurley tries to bond with Jin, and Jack and Sayid discover a magnetic anomaly when trying to use a compass.
The flashback section is entirely devoted to the complicated relationship between Boone and Shannon: he comes to Sydney to help her get through some boyfriend trouble, but soon discovers it's all part of a ruse she has used before in order to get money. It is also revealed that they are not biologically related, and that there's some kind of slightly inappropriate attraction between them.
Even with incest out of the picture, the Shannon/Boone romance is quite awkward, and makes for one of the less intriguing flashback twists. Nevertheless, the episode deserves kudos for introducing a new element in the game, namely the fact that some of these people may be connected by off-Island events (Sawyer briefly shows up in the Boone flashback), and giving us a new glimpse of the dreaded Smoke Monster. That last part is in fact one of the scariest bits in the season so far, reminding us that everything isn't as it seems in this kind of show and slightly upping the threat level after the previous episode's lack of any real danger. And then there's that unsettling final twist: genius.
The trigger of the episode is jealousy, as Boone isn't all too happy to see his sister getting closer with Sayid. However, he is soon reminded of his more important duty on the Island, that is his trips with Locke to the mysterious hatch in the jungle that no one else knows about so far. Then, when Boone suggests telling Shannon about it, he is knocked unconscious and tied to a tree, while Locke returns to the camp. Meanwhile, Kate finds out Sun can speak English, Hurley tries to bond with Jin, and Jack and Sayid discover a magnetic anomaly when trying to use a compass.
The flashback section is entirely devoted to the complicated relationship between Boone and Shannon: he comes to Sydney to help her get through some boyfriend trouble, but soon discovers it's all part of a ruse she has used before in order to get money. It is also revealed that they are not biologically related, and that there's some kind of slightly inappropriate attraction between them.
Even with incest out of the picture, the Shannon/Boone romance is quite awkward, and makes for one of the less intriguing flashback twists. Nevertheless, the episode deserves kudos for introducing a new element in the game, namely the fact that some of these people may be connected by off-Island events (Sawyer briefly shows up in the Boone flashback), and giving us a new glimpse of the dreaded Smoke Monster. That last part is in fact one of the scariest bits in the season so far, reminding us that everything isn't as it seems in this kind of show and slightly upping the threat level after the previous episode's lack of any real danger. And then there's that unsettling final twist: genius.
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- MaxBorg89
- Oct 24, 2010
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