The Glass Ballerina
- Episode aired Oct 11, 2006
- TV-14
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
5.6K
YOUR RATING
Sayid's attempt to rescue Jack, Kate, and Sawyer from the others jeopardizes Sun and Jin's lives. Ben makes Jack an offer which may be too hard to refuse.Sayid's attempt to rescue Jack, Kate, and Sawyer from the others jeopardizes Sun and Jin's lives. Ben makes Jack an offer which may be too hard to refuse.Sayid's attempt to rescue Jack, Kate, and Sawyer from the others jeopardizes Sun and Jin's lives. Ben makes Jack an offer which may be too hard to refuse.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Mr. Eko
- (credit only)
Henry Ian Cusick
- Desmond Hume
- (credit only)
Emilie de Ravin
- Claire Littleton
- (credit only)
Jorge Garcia
- Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
- (credit only)
Dominic Monaghan
- Charlie Pace
- (credit only)
Terry O'Quinn
- John Locke
- (credit only)
Kiele Sanchez
- Nikki Fernandez
- (credit only)
Rodrigo Santoro
- Paulo
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJae Lee's hotel room number is 1516 (15 and 16 are two of the Numbers).
- GoofsBen tells Jack that the Boston Red Sox won the league championship against the New York Yankees by coming back from a three-game deficit and winning eight straight games, however as a best of seven series this is mathematically impossible.
Not a goof: what Ben actually says is that the Red Sox won eight straight to win the World Series, which is exactly what happened when they came from 3-0 down to beat the Yankees and then swept the Cardinals in the World Series.
- Quotes
James 'Sawyer' Ford: You taste like strawberries.
Kate Austen: You taste like fish biscuits.
- ConnectionsFeatures 2004 World Series (2004)
Featured review
A deceptive relationship
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.
"The Glass Ballerina" is not as good as the previous episode, the Season 3 opener "A Tale of Two Cities", and is far from a 'Lost' classic. It is a reasonably solid episode that doesn't disgrace the show at all (none of the episodes up to this point did, even the strange disappointment oddly enough that was "Fire + Water" from Season 2), while not being one of the best representations of what 'Lost' is all about.
Other 'Lost' episodes do a much better job at advancing the characters and the events, can understand those criticising "The Glass Ballerina" for being a filler episode. Due to it being an episode that doesn't add very much to the on-going island events or say much new on the characters it focuses on, also an episode lacking in suspense and excitement. Well done, solid but bland.
Sun and Jin's flashbacks are certainly very well-acted and it was interesting to see a different not-so-perfect/likeable side to Sun. It however doesn't really say anything about Jin or add much new to what we already know about their relationship other than that it was more deceptive than one thought initially, some of the dialogue was soap-operatic here too.
However, the Sayid, Sun and Jin scenes are interesting to watch. Even better are the character of Juliet, getting more interesting all the time and she was one of the better characters this season, and the scene between Jack and Henry/Ben which is the most story forwarding scene in the episode.
Can't say anything bad about the performances, which are very rarely bad on 'Lost'. Michael Emerson is especially good.
Nor the stylishness and atmosphere of the visuals, the effective use of music, mostly taut writing in the non-flashback scenes and the tightly controlled direction.
In conclusion, solid episode but not a great one. 7/10 Bethany Cox
"The Glass Ballerina" is not as good as the previous episode, the Season 3 opener "A Tale of Two Cities", and is far from a 'Lost' classic. It is a reasonably solid episode that doesn't disgrace the show at all (none of the episodes up to this point did, even the strange disappointment oddly enough that was "Fire + Water" from Season 2), while not being one of the best representations of what 'Lost' is all about.
Other 'Lost' episodes do a much better job at advancing the characters and the events, can understand those criticising "The Glass Ballerina" for being a filler episode. Due to it being an episode that doesn't add very much to the on-going island events or say much new on the characters it focuses on, also an episode lacking in suspense and excitement. Well done, solid but bland.
Sun and Jin's flashbacks are certainly very well-acted and it was interesting to see a different not-so-perfect/likeable side to Sun. It however doesn't really say anything about Jin or add much new to what we already know about their relationship other than that it was more deceptive than one thought initially, some of the dialogue was soap-operatic here too.
However, the Sayid, Sun and Jin scenes are interesting to watch. Even better are the character of Juliet, getting more interesting all the time and she was one of the better characters this season, and the scene between Jack and Henry/Ben which is the most story forwarding scene in the episode.
Can't say anything bad about the performances, which are very rarely bad on 'Lost'. Michael Emerson is especially good.
Nor the stylishness and atmosphere of the visuals, the effective use of music, mostly taut writing in the non-flashback scenes and the tightly controlled direction.
In conclusion, solid episode but not a great one. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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