ex-junkie going through withdrawl

That was the other thing that bugged me about this ep -- we saw him having obvious withdrawal symptoms in the flashback, but we haven't seen any on the island. I suppose you could chalk it up to island magic or Charlie doing all his sweating and vomiting offscreen, but it doesn't make me entirely happy. It feels lazy.

But, especially if he's never fired one before, I should think the first shot would startle him so badly he wouldn't get off any more, or he'd miss wildly with them.

I was going to say that what really annoys about this is that there's no plot need for some display of sharpshooting here, as long as a lucky shot kills Ethan dead.

But -

Aren't we here on an island where improbable things seem to happen when people really want something? I've found myself a new wank.

Re Jack and Kate - maybe he doesn't know if she can shoot. He knows that she's wanted for something or other, he knows that the marshall said not to trust her, he knows that for whatever reason, she really wanted to get her hands on those guns. Good enough for me.

Come on, Jessica. He's got aspirin.

I suppose you could chalk it up to island magic or Charlie doing all his sweating and vomiting offscreen, but it doesn't make me entirely happy. It feels lazy.

In an interview, Dom sort of handwaved this and said that the show is on a Disney network during the old "family hour," so he thinks that the producers decided to really tone it down.

Come on, Jessica. He's got aspirin.

Oh, right! Well, nevermind then.

Aren't we here on an island where improbable things seem to happen when people really want something? I've found myself a new wank.

I think this is the wank to end all wanks. Henceforth, all shows with complicated plots will take place on semi-mystical islands in the Pacific Ocean. (Or Hell, whichever is cheaper.)

In an interview, Dom sort of handwaved this and said that the show is on a Disney network during the old "family hour," so he thinks that the producers decided to really tone it down.

Okay, but -- dude sucked into the jet engine in the first 10 minutes? "Family hour"?

I think it's because we've seen withdrawal a zillion times and they just didn't want to have to try to make endless, sweating, puking, scratching scenes dramatically interesting. I heard people audibly sighing when the withdrawal montage started in Ray.

I think it's because we've seen withdrawal a zillion times and they just didn't want to have to try to make endless, sweating, puking, scratching scenes dramatically interesting.

What I don't like is ignoring it on the island, but putting in the flashback when it's convenient for dramatic reasons. Have withdrawal or don't, but make it consistent.

I'm wanking Charlie's shooting skills to hysterical accuracy, related to hysterical strength.

The withdrawal wasn't so harsh because he had been weaning himself since the crash, and perhaps before the crash.

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