The Other Woman

[Editor's Note: Down the Hatch is divided into two sections - an in-depth recap of last week's show and an analysis portion that offers insight and theories about the episode. To skip straight to the analysis portion, click here.]

By Chris Kirkman

Alright, settle down.

You all knew it was coming as soon as you saw the episode was all about her:

So there's no recap this week. Do you really need one? Seriously? Okay, fine, then.

In the past, Juliet had an affair with Goodwin - he's the one Ana Lucia rolled down a hill and stabbed - who turns out to be the husband of her therapist, Harper. It's not surprising why Goodwin and Juliet began to bump uglies since she's the hottest woman on the island. Ben, who may be a mental giant but is still a 12-year-old emotionally, doesn't like Goodwin putting the moves on his pretend girlfriend, and sends him off to die at the hands of the Tailies. Juliet is sad, and bakes dinner rolls.

Meanwhile, back in regular time, which is actually the past, but not as much of the past as Juliet's flashback - get all that? - Jack's hunting down Dan and Charlotte (who are, in turn, trying to shut down the chemical sprayers at The Tempest which could kill everyone on the island) while falling in love, Kate's being a retarded tramp with another head wound, Sawyer and Hurley are playing horseshoes and Ben is playing Locke like a fiddle, as usual, by showing him a tape that proves that Charles Widmore likes riding in the back of shiny, black cars. This, of course, makes him a bad guy, so Locke lets Ben go free. Or something like that.

Oh, and Sun and Jin are in the episode for, oh, about three seconds.

There, satisfied? I can be succinct if I want to. It's just rare that I want to.

Okay, so that's all out of the way, let's chit chat about some minor points, shall we?