S3 Ep 16 "One Of Us"

(started 5/21/10 22:20)

Juliet is going to be witness to and be on the receiving end of group dynamics. She is brought to the beach by Jack, Sayid and Kate, but not with an exactly warm welcome.

Only Hurley takes an interest in her. He tells her about Creepy Cruise Cousin Ethan being buried over yonder and how he had kidnapped Claire, so that's why people are going to be leery of interlopers. Jack insists Juliet can be trusted. He's protecting her and only it's his word that is giving her an iota of trust from everyone else.

Something is wrong with Claire. She's having a reaction or has contracted something.

And Juliet is at the root of it. She admits to their program of sampling Claire's blood and taking her to ensure she did have the baby. Claire is the only woman on the island whose pregnancy didn't kill her, and they needed to know why.

But they all begin to trust her after she saves Claire's life.


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Flashbacks of Juliet show us Ben's cruelty toward her, and his manipulations and machinations. She's told her sister's cancer is back and she's going to die. He has kept her there much longer than she agreed to. She has to work around CCCEthan daily. That's the worst part of the package, IMHO.

Oh, and I get to hear "Downtown" again as they replay the plane crashing into the island. Yay for me!

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But Sayid and Sawyer absolutely don't trust Juliet. With good reason.

Claire is sick because of an implant. Claire being saved was planned.

Juliet wasn't left behind - it's all by design.

The Others are muuuuuuuch better at creating gameplans.