Lost (TV Series) D.O.C. (2007) User Reviews

Moments of Truth, In the Most Intriguing Conclusion of "Lost"

[claudio_carvalho · 9/10 · 26 April 2007]

Juliet invites Sun along the night to submit to a medical ultrasonography examination in a facility of The Others hidden in the hatch to determine the date of conception of the fetus. Juliet discloses that the women that became pregnant in the island had died, driving Sun to a dilemma about who could be the father of the baby. Meanwhile she recalls when she was blackmailed by a stranger about the origins of Jin. Desmond, Charles, Jin and Hurley capture Mikhail and he makes an offer: he could heal the wounded woman if they release him after the conclusion of the medical procedures.

The last minute of "D.O.C." is certainly the most intriguing conclusion of "Lost", when Naomi tells the fate of the Oceanic Airlines Flight 815. There are many moments of truth in this episode centered in Sun, like when she finds who the father of her baby is or the secret about Jin's mother. The evil Juliet may hate Ben, but I believe I hate this despicable woman most. Unfortunately Sayid is not in the group leaded by Desmond to "take care" of Mikhail; I believe Desmond will regret his decision. Further, in my opinion every viewer and fan of "Lost" is anxiously expecting the next episode. My vote is nine.

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Note: On 11 April 2013, I saw this episode again on DVD.

E.x.c.e.l.l.e.n.t

[gridoon2024 · 9/10 · 21 March 2009]

The only Season 3 episode that focused on Sun and Jin up to this point, "The Glass Ballerina", was one of the season's weakest episodes. "D.O.C" not only improves majorly on that, but surprisingly it is better than even the preceding episode, "Catch-22", even though that one centered on the usually more intriguing Desmond. The reason is pretty simple: "Catch-22"'s subplot was the lovey-dovey stuff between Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Juliet, while "D.O.C"'s subplot is "Catch-22"'s MAIN plot, about Desmond, Charlie, Hurley and Jin encountering a new arrival on the island. Meanwhile, "D.O.C" focuses on Sun, as Juliet helps her find out the Date Of Conception of her child, and flashbacks tell us how she dealt with an unexpected threat during the first days of her marriage to Jin. All three parts are very absorbing, and there is not a wasted moment in this episode. Sun and Juliet have surprisingly strong chemistry, and the closing scene is chilling. ***1/2 out of 4.

Date of conception

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 14 May 2018]

When 'Lost' was in its prime, it was must-watch television. Remember first watching it, found it remarkably easy to get into, was hooked from the start and was on Season 3 by the end of one week. The general consensus is that the final season is a disappointment and cannot disagree.

"D.O.C." is not one of the best episodes of 'Lost'. It's not even one of the best episodes of Season 3. It's still a pretty good and very interesting episode however and is nowhere near one of the show's worst, as far as the previous episodes go it is significantly better than "Fire + Water" and especially "Stranger in a Strange Land" (a 'Lost' low-point), which were one of the few not good episodes of the early seasons to me.

It is not a perfect episode by all means. It's occasionally a little soap operatic, but it does a far better job than "Catch-22" advancing storylines and the mystery element.

Sun is the most interesting she's been in a while and quite rootable. The flashback and Sun's dilemma are also intriguing, it's slightly soap operatic in the dialogue but doesn't reiterate what we already know and instead builds upon it, and the ending is chilling.

All the acting is good to great. Elizabeth Mitchell is as always terrific as Juliet.

Visually, there is a lot of style and atmosphere, the music is chilling and understated, the writing is thought-provoking enough and the direction has alertness and control.

In conclusion, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox

The ending

[caglaphoebe · 10/10 · 11 March 2022]

"There were no survivors."

This line is what made me give this episode a 10/10 rating. This is the second reference to them being all dead, after Jack saying "We all died here," way back in season 1, episode 3 or 4.

Great episode.

Date of Conception

[ametaphysicalshark · 20 December 2008]

"D.O.C." is the exact opposite of the episode which came right before it, "Catch-22", in that while that episode was always going to be good simply due to the stories it was telling and the generally professional writing one expects from "Lost", it didn't go beyond expectations and do anything especially interesting, but "D.O.C." has little to work with but ends up being a fine episode in many respects, around as good as "Catch-22". The episode is essentially an extension of the soap-opera 'who's the father?' story with Sun's baby, the story relating to pregnancies on the island, and yet again explores some of the social attitudes in Korea and deals with Sun's father and his powerful nature yet again. Also, the woman who parachuted onto the island in "Catch-22", Naomi, is treated for her injuries. Once again proving themselves to be the perfect writers to handle the more soap-opera-like stories on the show (as opposed to Elizabeth Sarnoff or Christina M. Kim, who have written some truly puke-worthy sappy nonsense), Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz deliver a script that exceeds expectations and make most of the episode very interesting.