S04E08: 'Meet Kevin Johnson'

Published Sunday, Mar 23 2008, 22:00 GMT | By Ben Rawson-Jones | 4 comments

This impressive episode was a fitting mid season finale for Lost and delivered some much-needed answers.

'Meet Kevin Johnson' served to heighten the speculation surrounding the goodness or badness of certain characters, particularly Ben Linus and Michael Dawson. Both men have committed seemingly despicable acts in the past, but could they both be working under some misguided benevolence? Linus' message to Michael on the boat, in which he claimed to only kill 'guilty' people, was both chilling and fascinating. Charles Widmore has certainly been painted as the bad guy in recent episodes, as Linus' powers of persuasion work on the viewers of Lost as well as Locke's renegade group of crash survivors.

Michael's back story was wisely uninterrupted by frequent trips back to the present. His suicidal plight was well conveyed and there were plenty of shocks and thrills along the way, including the eerie presence of Libby and the tense build up to the non-detonation of the fake bomb. Perhaps the episode's climax wasn't as effective as one could have hoped for, as the collective fates of Alex, Danielle and the ultra-expendable Karl don't rouse a great deal of interest.

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Richard, North Wales, on March 29th, 2008
I'm so bored with the whole series now. The flashforwards make it far too difficult to keep up with what is happening and frankly there have been so few answers, I no longer care when something is explained. This is a real shame because S1 and S2 were fantastic and S3 was ok. They have spoiled the whole thing by dragging it out.

Jeff, Cork, on March 28th, 2008
I found this to be a poor episode. It was awful.

Michael Dalton, Switzerland, on March 27th, 2008
A bit dissapointed with it, i was expecting more of Jack and Locke's group and a better cliffhanger. I also wanted to know how Michael got back to New York. However i enjoyed the episode and finding out what happened to him. However i was expecting more from it and i also wanted more Walt.

James, Surrey, on March 24th, 2008
Agreed, I thought the episode was largely good, but the 'ending' was poor and uninteresting, even for a standard episode ending.

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