Episode Analysis of 1.10 "Raised By Another"

WARNING: If you have not already seen all of LOST, please DO NOT READ THIS.

My LOST re-watch and in-depth episode analysis will include major details from the entirety that was LOST, and will be written with the perspective of having seen everything already. You will be SPOILED if you read any further. It is far better if you learn the story of LOST for yourself, as it is meant to be seen. Trust me on this, and don't say that I didn't warn you first. Seriously. Stop it. Now. Go watch it. Then, come back here.

First off, let's clear the air first. I'm back after taking two months or so off from blogging altogether. While it was much longer than I had originally anticipated, I didn't realize how much time I needed until I actually got back here. Sometimes, I need a break from these things to clear my head and reset. It's good to be back now.

What happened while I was gone? Well, apparently all the actors from LOST have literally lost their damn minds after leaving the Island. First, Doug Hutchison, who played Horace Goodspeed, and is fifty-one years old, married a sixteen year old aspiring country singer. Then, Matthew Fox got arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on a damn party bus or something. Sounds like he's pulling a Jack Shephard to me. I wonder if he was wearing a fake beard when he did it..

And, in much less disturbing news, Evangeline Lilly had a baby without anyone even noticing she was pregnant. Apparently she's dating Norman Kali, who was a Production Assistant on LOST. I recognized this dude right away because he's in a bunch of the LOST DVD Extras.. Their baby's first words? "We have to go back, Kate." Yes, babies speak immediately when they are born. Evangeline was also cast in the new film, The Hobbit, and was seen in New Zealand with her baby boy. So, that's pretty exciting. Especially for LOTR nerds like myself.. Also, congrats to Evangeline and Norman. And, that's probably the first and last time I will ever write about "gossip" or whatever the fuck that was that I just did..

So, now that we're done with that quick recap and LOST news, let's get back to business as usual, shall we?

To read my original post on this episode, please refer to Raised By Another.

This episode was written by Lynne E. Litt, and directed by Marita Grabiak. It originally aired on December 1st, 2004.

This is a Claire Littleton flashback-centric episode.

We begin with a close-up of closed eye. We hear a baby crying in the distance and a waterfall in the background. Claire Littleton's eye suddenly opens. As she wakes, her eyes shift, looking around to catch her bearings. It's dark, and a baby continues to cry. Claire suddenly springs up from her sleep, short of breath, and looking around the caves. She feels her stomach to realize that she is no longer pregnant.

2.11 The Hunting Party

1. Gabrielle and Angelo Busoni travel to see Jack from Italy because of his expertise in spinal surgery. She wants him to do surgery on her father because of his success with Sarah's surgery, but Jack is reluctant. He agrees to do the surgery anyway. From Lostpedia
2. Jack discovers that Locke has been knocked out, Michael locks Jack and Locke in the armory so that he can go after Walt. He says that it's his right and no one is going to stop him from doing it, that he has to do it alone. From Lostpedia
3. Kate and Sawyer go to the hatch to have Sawyer's bandages changed. They find Jack and Locke, who decide to go after Michael. Sawyer wants to go too, but Jack won't allow Kate.
4. Jack is at the hospital doing tests on Mr. Busoni until 4:30 AM. He goes home and Sarah tells him she thought she was pregnant.
5. "That's the price of being a miracle-worker." Sarah
6. Locke, Jack and Sawyer follow Michael. Locke asks Sawyer what direction they came from, the East, but Michael is going North. Michael is traveling in a straight path. From Lostpedia
7. Jin wants to go after Michael, but Sun won't let him.
8. Christian warns Jack to be careful with Ms. Busoni. He suspects something.
9. "Careful. There's a line, son. You know it's there. And pretending it's not--that would be a mistake." Christian Shepard
10. "No, your name. Why'd you pick Sawyer?" Locke "What do you mean, pick?" Sawyer "After the census, Hurley gave me the flight manifest. Your name is James, right? James Ford. Just an interesting name to choose is all. Where'd you get it from?" Locke
11. Locke, Jack and Sawyer hear shooting, they find 3 shell casings, but they heard 7 shots.
12. Mr. Busoni dies during the operation, his heart gave out 7.5 hours into the operation.
13. Gabrielle thanks Jack in the parking lot, they kiss, Jack leaves.
14. Locke wants to go back, he lost the trail. Jack says no, Zeke agrees. From Lostpedia
15. Hurley and Charlie listen to Geronimo Jackson in the hatch, Hurley asks him about Libby.
16. Zeke, or Mr. Friendly, the same man from the boat that took Walt, talks to Jack, Sawyer and Locke.
17. "Walt's fine. He's a very special boy." Mr. Friendly
18. "Just sit down, Jack. Nobody's going to hurt you." Mr. Friendly
19. "Since the dawn of our species man has been blessed with curiosity. You know the other one about curiosity, don't you, Jack? This is not your island. This is our island." Mr. Friendly
20. Jack thinks that they have the others outnumbered, but he's wrong. They also have Kate, who followed them. Zeke gives Jack a line that he's not supposed to cross, tells them to go home, they take their guns away and they leave. Sawyer says they're not done.
    
    From Lostpedia
    
21. Jin doesn't like to be told what to do, Sun was for 4 years.
22. Kate tells Jack she's sorry.
23. Jack tells Sarah that Gabrielle kissed him. Sarah tells Jack she's leaving him, that she's been seeing someone, that she already planned to do it.
24. "You will always need something to fix." Sarah
25. "How long do you think it would take to train an army?" Jacks asks Ana Lucia.

Questions:

1. Would Michael really have shot Jack if he tried to stop him?
2. Why does Locke ask Sawyer about his real name? Does he know he got it from his father, the real Sawyer?
3. Why does Jack make Kate stay behind?
4. Why don't the Others just explain the situation to them?
5. Why don't they just take them right there?
6. Why would Mr. Friendly quote Alvar Hanso? Is he Dharma?
7. What happened to the damn army?

Favorites:

1. "Did you just throw a banana at me? There are better ways to wake a man up, Freckles." Sawyer
2. "It's a good thing I'm traveling with my doctor." Sawyer
3. "Well, yeah, there's my favorite leaf. How could I forget this place?" Sawyer
4. "Why'd you pick that name?" Locke "Ain't it obvious? All you need is an earring and a mop." Sawyer
5. "Do you think Claire's missed me yet?" Charlie "Dude, it's been a day." Hurley
6. "This music is quite depressing." Sayid From Lostpedia
7. "That's an interesting theory." Mr. Friendly
8. "You and me ain't done, Zeke." Sawyer

Notes:

1. Jack, stop being such a big baby. If you weren't so awkward and emotional about everything and had taken Kate with you, she wouldn't have been captured by the Others and used against you!
2. Um, Jack, brilliant idea, but why don't you ask the one dude on the island who has actually been in an army?
3. The scene with the Others and Mr. Friendly is clearly the best scenes in this episode, otherwise it is by far not one of my favorites.
4. "Since the dawn of our species man has been blessed with curiosity." A quote from Alvar Hanso.

1.10 Raised By Another

From Lostpedia

1. In Claire's dream, there is a baby crying, she's walking through the jungle, she sees Locke and he says "he was your responsibility, but you gave him away. Everyone pays the price now."
2. Locke's eyes are black and white when he is speaking to Claire.
   From Lostpedia
3. There is a baby's crib in the middle of the jungle, with an Oceanic plane mobile, blood in the crib, and blood on her hands when she wakes. From Lostpedia
4. "She was okay with letting you fly in your third trimester?" Jack, asks Claire about her doctor.
5. Thomas, Claire's boyfriend says that they can make it work. He is a painter. Claire says her mom would disown her if she had a baby. From Lostpedia
6. Sayid's been gone for almost a week.
7. Claire goes to psychic with her friend, Rachel, he knows she's pregnant, that she hasn't told her mom, he freaks out and turns her away.
8. Claire with hand over mouth and knife. She says he had a needle. "He was trying to hurt my baby!"
9. Hurley starts a census, asking everyone why they were on the plane.
10. Locke says, "I was looking for something." Hurley asks if he found it. "No, it found me." Locke is from Tustin, California.
11. Claire is due in a little more than a week, maybe two.
12. Ethan Rom, from Ontario, Canada.
13. The psychic tells Claire that she has to raise the baby, that if anyone else does it will be dangerous. "There is no happiness for this child without you."
14. Claire is going to give up the baby for adoption to Arlene and Joseph Stewart for $20,000, she asks if they know Catch A Falling Star, that her dad sang it to her. She has a bad feeling and backs out, goes to psychic again. From Lostpedia
15. Richard Malkin spent the last 4 months saying that Claire has to raise the baby, then he pays her to give the baby away to a couple in Los Angeles, $6,000 when she leaves and when she gets back. "They're good people."
16. Claire tells Charlie about the psychic while she's having contractions. Charlie says maybe he knew they would crash.
17. "It has to be this flight." Richard Malkin
18. "There was no couple in LA. He knew about the plane, what was going to happen." Claire
19. Sayid comes back. "I found the French woman. We're not alone."
20. "One of them isn't in the manifest. He wasn't on the plane." Hurley From Lost, The Untold

Questions:

1. How did Claire get on a plane when she was about to have a baby?
2. Why does Claire tell Thomas that her mom will disown her when we find out later that she was in a coma at that time?
3. Was the psychic for real? Did he see the plane crash or was he working for someone?
4. Did Claire's dream foresee the future?
5. Is this when Claire got into astrology?
6. Where did Hurley get his nickname from?
7. Does the baby really need to be raised by Claire?

Favorites:

1. "I have this dream. I'm driving a bus, and my teeth start falling out. My mom's in the back making biscuits. Everything smells of bacon. It's weird." Charlie
2. "My name's not even Hurley. It's Hugo Reyes. Hurley's a nickname. Why? I'm not telling." Hurley, to Jack about doing the census because they don't know people.
3. Hurley after talking to Locke. "Yeah, I know I already talked to you. I just need to get away from that guy."
4. "Lance? Your name's Lance, right?" Hurley "Yeah, definitely not Lance." Ethan
5. "Canada? Right on, right on, love Canada. They have great..." Hurley
6. "Name, Shannon Rutherford. Age, 20. Location, Craphole Island."
7. "One sugar plum fairy, two sugar plum fairy. If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby." Charlie, to Claire, in the jungle when she's having contractions.

Notes:

1. Raised by an other.
2. Ethan Rom is an anagram for Other Man.
3. Jack says Claire will have the baby soon.
4. This is the first time Oceanic Flight 815 is mentioned.
5. Charlie told Claire that he did drugs when she's having contractions.
6. The survivors find out that there are, in fact, other people on this island.