2.05 - ...And Found

Title’s significance: Get it? “Lost And Found.” Locke tells Sun that, to find what is lost, one must stop looking – a philosophy of serendipity applied to both Sun and Jin’s initial meeting and to Sun’s quest for her missing wedding ring.

Recap: Continuing this season’s pattern of broken engagements, flashbacks tell us that Sun was initially interested in Jae Lee, but the engagement broke off when Jae admitted he was engaged to an American woman. Sun then met Jin (a doorman at a hotel) by chance – bumping into him in the street. Sun discovers that her wedding ring is gone, while the Tailies tell the Rafties that they’re going to the beach camp. While gathering supplies, Libby confesses that the Tailies have encountered the Others, and Michael takes off in search of Walt; Eko and Jin go after him and bond but are forced to hide when a nomadic band of Lost Boys-esque Others trek past them. Michael knows they’re following him, and he confronts Jin, but Eko arrives and counsels Michael into rejoining the Tailies. Sun finds her wedding ring buried with the message bottle from the raft.

Thoughts: “...And Found” felt a lot like one of those “getting from A to B” episodes that LOST doesn’t do so well. The wheels are spinning here; nothing really happens, the flashback doesn’t give us anything particularly revelatory, and the ring plotline isn’t very compelling (especially if you were paying attention to the last episode’s ending, where it’s clear what happens to Sun’s ring). Let’s face it – Damon and Carlton have written better. Just about the only thing I did like in this otherwise boring episode was the touch of destiny surrounding Sun and Jin’s meeting.

Favorite moment: Hurley asking which Korea Sun is from – “the good Korea or the bad Korea” – while waiting for Vincent to crap out Sun’s wedding ring since Hurley’s dog “once crapped out a buck-thirty-five in nickels.”

Characters introduced (in order):

• MRS. PAIK, Sun’s mother
• TAI SOO, Jin’s roommate and a fortuneteller of sorts
• JAE LEE, a Korean hotelier set up with Sun
• GOODWIN (deceased), a member of The Others, known to The Tailies

What we learned:

• True love looks orange.
• There are only five Tailies left – Ana Lucia, Mr. Eko, Libby, Cindy, and Bernard.
• Jack lost his wedding ring once and had a replica made because he couldn’t find it. (I’ll bet he cried when it happened, too.)
• The Tailies have encountered The Others.
• Sun named her puppy “Bpo Bpo,” which means “a kiss.”
• The Others are apparently dirty nomadic people, and at least one of them is a child.

Questions:

• What’s got the Tailies so on edge?
• Who is Jae Lee’s American woman?
• The Others have children?

Things that are going to be important in Season Six:

• “True love looks orange.” Does it?
• It's possible that we'll learn who Jae Lee's American woman was (Libby?), but I wouldn't put money on it.