Outlaws
- Episode aired Feb 16, 2005
- TV-14
- 43m
Sawyer believes that a boar is harassing him. So he and Kate go to find it. They bond on the journey. They run into Locke, who tells them a story that seems to mean something to Sawyer.Sawyer believes that a boar is harassing him. So he and Kate go to find it. They bond on the journey. They run into Locke, who tells them a story that seems to mean something to Sawyer.Sawyer believes that a boar is harassing him. So he and Kate go to find it. They bond on the journey. They run into Locke, who tells them a story that seems to mean something to Sawyer.
- Shannon Rutherford
- (credit only)
- Boone Carlyle
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJack's father Christian says to Sawyer at the bar "That's why the Sox will never win the series". The original air date for this episode was February 2005, four months after the Red Sox did in fact win the World Series.
- GoofsWhen Charlie and Hurley are burying Ethan, his chest can still be seen rising and falling.
- Quotes
Jack: That's why the Sox will never win the series.
Sawyer: [recognizing when Jack's father said that to him] What's that? What'd you just say?
Jack: I said that's why the Red Sox will never win the series.
Sawyer: What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Jack: It's just something my father used to say going through life, knowing that people hated him. Instead of taking responsibility for it, he just put it on fate. Said he was made that way.
Sawyer: [shaken up] Your daddy, he a doctor, too?
Jack: Was. He's dead. Why do you want to know about my father?
Sawyer: [long pause] No reason.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Community: Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (2010)
The story that the main island events are based around is utterly ludicrous on paper, but turns into much more thanks to the evocative and intelligent script by Drew Goddard, an extremely talented scriptwriter known outside "Lost" for his much-praised episodes for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and his box office success "Cloverfield". Aside from a couple of rough moments (very) early in the episode I simply cannot find any serious flaws in this astonishing script. The depth and insight into Sawyer's character and the development of the mythology of the character is outstanding here. Essentially, "Outlaws" is a silly episode on paper: Sawyer hunts a boar and in flashbacks he gets tricked into killing a guy. The end result is filled with memorable dialogue and insightful character development- note especially the brilliantly-photographed, well-directed, and brilliantly-written scene where Sawyer encounters Christian Shepard in an Australian bar. When I first saw it I could not wait for it to end but I was utterly entranced this time around as I saw more of where Goddard was going with the scene.
"Outlaws" is purely a character-based episode, highly refreshing after the outrageously indulgent and silly if watchable "Homecoming". Goddard's script is great, but the episode is a landmark to me on "Lost" because John Bartley's cinematography works brilliantly with Jack Bender's work as director here, creating what is perhaps the first episode of "Lost" to feature genuinely arresting visuals.
An episode I originally regarded as shallow filler, came to see as a poor, shallow attempt at characterization, and finally came to absolutely adore on this viewing, a further viewing of "Outlaws" may cause me to regret writing this review, but as I write this I firmly believe that this is a truly great television script brought to life stunningly well by the crew and actors.
10/10
- ametaphysicalshark
- Jul 22, 2008