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Mario Perez

3. EPISODE: ''Further Instructions''

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: Oct. 18, 2006

PLOT SUMMARY: The Hatch. Remember that thing? Well, finally, so does Lost. Locke awakens in the jungle, having miraculously survived the Hatch explosion. He's lost his voice, so he builds a sweatlodge and communes with the Island for direction. In a vision, Boone pushes him around the airport in his old wheelchair and makes cryptic predictions about Charlie, Desmond, and Jack. The upshot: Locke's gotta save Mr. Eko, whom he finds in the polar bear's cave. In flashbacks, Locke recalls an ill-fated attempt at finding belief and belonging at a religious commune of pot farmers. When he inadvertently brought an undercover cop into the fold, Locke tried to protect his new family by killing the policeman — but couldn't. His Island mojo recovered, Locke decides his next move in preserving his new castaway family is to go save Jack and Co.

MYTHOLOGY ALERT: Inside the polar bear: skeletons wearing Pearl station shirts.

CRITIQUE: Way too long to wait for Hatch resolution — and we're STILL waiting to learn how exactly Locke, Eko, and Desmond survived. But kudos to Lost for rehabbing Locke back into old shaman/adventurer form.

GRADE: B


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