Episode Analysis of 1.06 "House of the Rising Sun"

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

My LOST re-watch and episode analysis will include major details from the entirety that is 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.

To read my original post on this episode, please refer to House of the Rising Sun.

This episode was written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, and directed by Michael Zinberg. It originally aired on October 27th, 2004.

This is a Sun Hwa-Kwon flashback-centric episode.

We begin with the opening of Sun Hwa-Kwon's eye. She's picking flowers from plants on the Island. She smells one of them. On the beach, at the shore-line, her husband, Jin-Soo Kwon, is fishing. Nearby, Jack and Kate do a horrible job at flirting. Charlie makes fun of them, as would I.

1.06 House of the Rising Sun

From Lostpedia

1. "I have an irrational fear of bees. I think I'm allergic to them." Charlie steps on a beehive and is stung by bees several hundred times. From Lost Hatch
2. Adam and Eve, laid to rest, 40 or 50 years ago, with black and white stones in pocket. From Lostpedia
3. Walt's birthday is August 24.
4. "I know who you are, and I know what you're looking for." Locke, to Charlie.
5. Drive Shaft self-titled debut, second album, Oil Change. Locke owns Charlie's albums.
6. It's been 8 days and 11 hours since Charlie played his guitar.
7. "Is there a reason you didn't consult us when you decided to form your own civilization?" Sayid, to Jack about moving to the caves.
8. "Getting my boy rescued is my number one priority." Michael
9. Sun was supposed to leave Jin at 11:15 in the airport. From Lostpedia
10. "Don't talk to me like you know me." Charlie "What I know is this island might give you what you're looking for, but you have to give the island something." Locke
11. "Look up." Locke telling Charlie to look up at his guitar.
12. "I don't want to be Eve." Kate
13. Jack wants to know what Kate did again, but she tells him that he had his chance to know.
14. "Time doesn't matter on a damn island!" Michael
15. "Are you sure that this is where you want to be?" The Willie Nelson song at the end.

Questions:

1. "It's just that you and the tattoos don't add up." Does this point to the more wild side that Jack has in the future, or is it just a stupid storyline? Please tell me there is more significance to the worst episode ever, Stranger In A Strangeland.
2. Charlie says that they made him check his guitar, then why do we see him with it on the plane?
3. Who are Adam and Eve?

Favorites:

1. "Oh, you guys have an inside joke. How perfectly wonderful for you both." Charlie
2. "I would've thought they were C's actually." Charlie, and Jack laughs!
3. "You're not going to ask me to pray are you?" Charlie

Notes:

1. Sun speaks English for the first time when she explains the situation with Jin and the watch to Michael. He's the only one who knows at this point.
2. "If I was checking you out, you'd know it." Yeah, right, Jack, you're not exactly smooth, brotha.