The French woman arrives at the camp with a dire warning about a group of survivors known as the Others.The French woman arrives at the camp with a dire warning about a group of survivors known as the Others.The French woman arrives at the camp with a dire warning about a group of survivors known as the Others.
- Marshal Edward Mars
- (as Fredric Lane)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis is the first episode since the pilot that didn't center on one individual character for the flashbacks. Instead, we get flashbacks from Michael, Walt, Kate, Sawyer, Jack, Sun, Jin, Shannon, Boone, and Sayid, all showing what each one was doing before they got on the plane.
- GoofsLeading a party in the woods, Danielle Rousseau announces that they have reached the "territoire fonce" (dark territory), pronouncing "fonce" with one syllable; in French it ought to be "foncé", two syllables. Furthermore, the word means 'dark' only in the sense of a deep shade of a color.
- Quotes
Sawyer: Jack! About a week before we all got on the plane, I got to talking to this man in a bar in Sydney. He was American too. A doctor. I've been on some benders in my time, but this guy, he was going for an all time record. It turns out this guy has a son. His son's a doctor, too. They had some kind of big time falling out. The guy knew it was his fault, even though his son was back in the States thinking the same damn thing. See, kids are like dogs, you knock them around enough, they'll think they did something to deserve it. Anyway, there's a pay phone in this bar. And this guy... Christian... tells me he wishes he had the stones to pick up the phone, call his kid, tell him he's sorry, that he's a better doctor than he'll ever be. He's proud and he loves him. I had to take off, but something tells me he never got around to making that call. Small world, huh?
Jack: [unable to hold back tears] Yeah...
- ConnectionsFeatures Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005)
Like both "Pilot" parts were a perfect beginning to the show, all three parts of the first season finale couldn't be a more perfect end to a season, one of the best season finales for any show and an example of how to do one well. "Exodus: Part I" sets things up for the other two parts and what is to follow with future island mysteries brilliantly, and is a season high-point of a generally strong season with all the episodes from personal opinion ranging from good to outstanding.
"Exodus: Part I" (the title a nice direct nod to Bob Marley) is hugely entertaining and full of tension and suspense, making one excited for the other two parts of the season finale and just as much so for the next season.
The flashbacks are a fine example of adding, even enhancing, to the main story rather than distracting from it and making the characters (several characters this time) more interesting and learning more about them and what they were doing hours before the crash without any reiteration.
All the acting is wonderful throughout from all involved, from all the main cast and Daniel Roebuck giving one of the show's best guest appearances.
Visually, "Exodus: Part I" is slickly shot as ever, the island beautiful and mysterious. The music is understated and chilling. The writing is some of the show's best, among its most taut and smartest. It's similarly one of the season's best directed episodes, perfect direction of the actors and building up the tension to fever pitch.
Overall, simply brilliant, this three parter is how to do a season finale. 10/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jan 16, 2018