15: 37 - We're so close now...we need a greatest hits.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Written by: Dee4leeds



Salut! The penultimate episode of Season 3 this week!

This weeks flashback comes from our "knocking at heavens door" scoundrel...



...Charlie.

Flashback. Well flashback is the wrong term it was Charlie's greatest moments...his "Greatest Hits."

At number 5 - "The first time I heard myself on the radio."
Driveshaft's van has broken down, in heavy rain, and they need to get to a gig. Charlie explains that he has had enough of band-life and is ready to quit, much to Liam's dismay. At that point "You All Everybody", which would become the band's biggest hit, plays over the van radio. Ecstatic, the four members of Driveshaft celebrate their victory and Charlie's resolve to stick with the band is rekindled.

Moving two at 4 - "Dad teaching me to swim at Butlins."
"Butlins? Whats that?" the voice of every American. Child Charlie is stood on the edge of the pool. Charlie's dad is stood in the pool, he tells Charlie to jump in but Charlie refuses because he doesn't believe his dad will catch him. Charlie's father insists on jumping in the pool. Charlie faces down the pool and jumps in. Charlie embraces his father and begins to swim.

New at 3 - "The Christmas Liam gave me the ring"
Charlie wakes up on Christmas morning in Helsinki, Finland. He finds himself in bed with two groupies. Liam enters the room, Charlie gets out of bed. Liam then takes Charlie aside and explains that he wants him to have his DS Ring. Charlie refuses, but Liam explains that out of the two of them Charlie is the one who is going to have a family and live past 30. Charlie then says he will hold the ring for his brother but that he will not take it from him. Ironically Liam ends up living past 30 and having a family.

Just missing the top, in 2 - "A woman outside Covent Garden calls me a hero."
Charlie stands on the corner of the street singing "Wonderwall". As it begins to rain, Charlie concludes his song, packs his guitar up, and begins to walk home. (Sound Familiar? Yeah in Flashes before my eyes. Desmond appears in his altered time line.) Charlie speeds up to escape the rain but then notices a woman being mugged in an alley. He decides to confront the mugger and beat him off with his guitar case. The mugger does not fight Charlie, but rather runs away in a cowardly manner. The woman, Nadia, (Sayids Love, Locke housing Client.) thanks Charlie for his assistance, explaining that other people just passed the alley ignoring the attack, but Charlie did not. Nadia then calls him a 'hero'...

Two weeks at number 1. - "The day I met you."
On the first night after the crash, Charlie is wandering about the wreckage of the plane. He notices pregnant Claire and approaches her. He offers her his blanket, though she has one already, explaining that she, still preggers, needs to keep warm for two. She accepts the offer and the two begin to converse. Charlie jokes around, asking Claire if this is her first plane crash she's been on. Charlie then assures her that they will be rescued, cheering Claire's spirits a little and beginning their relationship.



WATER-REY!

Flashback rating: 3/5 - Flashback?

Onward with the Realtime. (Have I used that line before?) A group of survivors, the ones with professional actors, follow Jack and Juliet to an opening in the forest. Desmond stops in his tracks, Charlie knows this means he is having a flash. Jack tells the group that they have seeked help, it's from Rousseau. Jack gives the signal, a explosion knocking trees down happens. Jack explains that using dynamite from the Black Rock they are going to fight the Others, when they attack in one day, they are "gonna blow 'em all to hell." OOOOH! This is exciting. Sayid tells Jack they can't get a signal to Naomi's boat using the phone because Rousseau's signal is blocking it. Juliet interrupts claiming it doesn't matter. She claims there is an underground station Ben is using to block all the signals off the island. Alarm bells ring for Sayid. He runs off and grabs some of the binders he took from the Flame, inside one has a blueprint for a station called the Looking Glass. Sayid comments that the station has a moon pool which could be used for someone to dive down. Desmond and Charlie approach the group and hear them talking about swimming to the station. Charlie volunteers himself for the trip, claiming to have been Junior Swim Champion of Northern England and able to hold his breath for 4 minutes. Jack then decides that they should spend all of their attention on the Others, judging the idea of swimming a suicide mission. According to Desmonds earlier flash, explained during the afore mentioned section in the episode, Desmond saw one of Claire and Aaron getting into a helicopter and leaving the island. Charlie at first does not understand how this can be bad, but Desmond explains that for this to happen, Charlie must drown after "flicking a switch next to a yellow light" in a hatch. Catch-22 if I ever saw one. The group are soon interrupted by the arrival of Karl on a boat. After Sayid initially attacks him, Sawyer insists they listen to him as he had been caged with him. Karl explains that the Others are going to attack tonight as opposed to tomorrow. A brief flashback shows events from six hours ago. Yeah I could do another heading but I can't be arsed. Ben coming back from visiting Jacob, appearing agitated. Alex asks about Locke, and Ben coldly gives the gun that she gave John back to her. Richard shows up to ask what happened and Ben tells him that they're going to move to the camp now because Jacob wanted it to happen now. Richard begins to ask, "Did John see...?" to which Ben only says that Locke had an accident, leaving Richard without words. Ben orders Pryce to prepare his team and leave as soon as possible, making their attack that night rather than the following night. Upon hearing the news, Alex runs to Karl, who has been hiding away from the camp, and tells him to warn the survivors immediately. When Karl is hesitant, she reminds him that "Ford and Austen" saved his life, and that he owes them this. Karl says that if he's caught Alex's father will kill him this time, but Alex questions if Ben is really her father at all. Karl takes the boat, upon Alex's instruction, along the coast of the island to the beach camp of the Losties, allowing him to get there before Pryce. Back to real realtime, Sayid claims there isn't enough cable to rigged each tent with dynamite. Sayid proposes that they should camouflage the dynamite and instead shoot it instead. This is the new plan. Later Bernard is shooting Cans off a log, he wants to stay behind to be one of the shooters. Jack convinces Rose Bernard should. Desmond and Charlie using Karl's boat follow the cable to the underwater station. Before diving down Desmond claims maybe he should do it. Charlie grabs an oar and knocks out Desmond. SMASH CUT! As he descends deep into the ocean and approaches the Looking Glass, Charlie begins to struggle for air. He manages to find the moon pool and swims toward it. Instead of a flooded room, however, he enters a pressurized chamber, which is not flooded at all. Charlie gasps for air, and climbs over the side onto the flooring, yelping with happiness that he's alive. His jubilation is short-lived, however, as two armed women run into the room after hearing the noise. One approaches Charlie with her gun pointed at him.

Realtime Rating: 4/5 - Did it's job perfectly.

Episode Rating: 4/5 - Not Bad.

Next Week - Episode 322 - Season 3 Finale - Through the Looking Glass

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