115: Homecoming

A "Charlie" episode.

SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS
-Ethan attacks Charlie and threatens that if they don't return Claire, he will kill one of them a day.
-Jack defeats Ethan and is ready to interrogate, but Charlie comes out of no where and shoots him.

PERSONAL NOTE
There's a scene in this episode that absolutely defines why I'm a "skater" and not a "jater." When Kate wants to go along on the catch Ethan mission, Jack makes up excuses for her not to come, while Sawyer hands her a gun. He treats her like an equal and allows her to make her own decisions, and Jack never has.

107: The Moth

A "Charlie" episode.

Nothing too significant about this episode in the grand scheme of Island mysteries, but I really like the metaphor Locke gives Charlie about the moth and struggling.

"You see this little hole? This moth's just about to emerge. It's in there right now, struggling. It's digging its way through the thick hide of the cocoon. Now, I could help it -- take my knife, gently widen the opening, and the moth would be free. But it would be too weak to survive. Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it."

Then the theme reoccurs visually as Charlie digs to get out of the cave. He reaches one single hand through the dirt, just like the moth emerging from the cocoon.

Of course Locke was actually trying to encourage Charlie to be strong against his heroin addiction which he eventually overcomes.

CLIFFHANGER

-Sayid is hit in the back of the head while working on the transmitter.