Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 9: ‘Namaste’

Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 9: ‘Namaste’ Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) identify themselves as “hostiles,” as they dig deep into LOST season 5 episode 9, “Namaste.” In “Namaste,” Sawyer and Juliet figure out a way to get the Oceanic 6 indoctrinated in the DHARMA Initiative. Meanwhile, in the future, Sun returns to the island. It’s a classic chess-pieces episode, but do we have the tolerance for chess-pieces episodes this late in the game? Also, why on Earth can’t Wigler figure out what “curling” is? About Down the Hatch … LOST: Down the Hatch is a full-tilt spoiler-filled rewatch of LOST. Every week, Josh and Mike break down an episode of LOST with the benefit of knowing the series’ full trajectory, using the following structure as a guide: • We Go “Fourth” – Josh and Mike begin each podcast with a deep-dive into the story both in front of and behind the camera, and they do so with the assistance of eight sound clips from each episode. • The Others – Josh and Mike answer questions sent their way by listeners through the official e-mail address: [email protected] • 23 Points – Each week, Josh and Mike hand out points for the best and worst characters of the episode in question, in a foolhardy attempt to determine the most and least valuable players in the LOST pantheon. • 4.2 Stars – Josh and Mike rank every episode of LOST, by rating them all on a scale from 0 – 4.2. Josh and Mike offer their individual scores, listeners’ scores will be averaged as a third data point, then the three points combine as the podcast’s official score on each episode. Additional reading/listening/viewing from the podcast: • Support Post Show Recaps through Patreon • The LOST: Down the Hatch Wikipedia Page • Josh’s LOST Episode Rankings on The Hollywood Reporter • Javier Grillo Marxuach’s Lost Will and Testament • Jim Fels music analysis The 23 MVP/LVP Points for Season 5 Locke: 8 Sawyer: 7 Juliet: 5 Smokey: 3 David Reyes: 2 Carmen Reyes: 2 Hurley: 2 Jin: 2 Desmond: 2 Frank: 2 Kate: 1 Faraday: 1 Sayid: 1 Penny: 1 Danielle Rousseau: 1 Eloise: 1 Jack: 1 Alpert: 0 Ray: -1 Sun: -1 Miles: -1 The Gawkers: -1 Gawkers 2 Electric Boogaloo: -1 Ethan: -1 Cunningham: -1 Robert Rousseau: -1 Ilana: -1 Caesar: -2 The Hostiles/Others: -2 Horace: -3 Radzinsky: -3 Dan Norton: -3 Montand: -4 Widmore: -4 Frogurt: -4 Ben: -7 The 4.2 Star Episode Rankings for Season 5: LaFleur – 4.11 Because You Left – 3.99 316 – 3.86 Jughead – 3.8 This Place is Death – 3.65 The Little Prince – 3.64 The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham – 3.61 The Lie – 3.59 Namaste – 3.36 Get lost in more LOST coverage: Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 8: ‘LaFleur’ Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 7: ‘The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham’ Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 6: “316” Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 5: “This Place is Death”