I really love the pairing of Miles’ cynicism and Hurley’s optimism that they’ve been doing a lot of, but it makes me fear that they’re going to kill off Miles because I think he’s finally turning into a character I might one day give a damn about. The opposite has happened with Jack and Kate. I am just sooo sick of both of them and the less time they spend on screen the better, so it’s fortunate that they’ve taken a back seat for most of this season.
I have to say that while this episode didn’t really tell us much that we didn’t already know (except that one of the Ajira Air survivors was somehow back on the mainland and working for the island before the crash), I think that the guy who plays Ben’s dad is a great actor.
So the reveal has been made that Faraday left the island and is now back. Next weeks episode is only a rehash of previous ones so it’s going to be yet another week before we find out what has been happening with Faraday for three years.
Things are going to start heating up now too after one of the security guys knows that Sawyer and Kate took Ben to the others. I’m interested to see how they’ll overcome that little obstacle short of killing the guy.
I agree that many of the older characters are too boring. Miles is funny but is perhaps being set up to either turn on his father or help his father who looks to have some issues.