There was no scarcity of unsolved mysteries on Misplaced. From the numbers to that big foot statue, the sequence by no means hesitated to ask questions it couldn’t reply, however none is kind of as weird because the thriller of why no one might give start on the island. Nevertheless, one episode got here near giving followers a solution — or on the very least, planted the seeds for what may need change into an answer.
Misplaced Season 3 Episode 7, “Not in Portland,” marked the return of the present after a 13-week-long winter hiatus. It was additionally the primary episode to deal with Dr. Juliet Burke (Elizabeth Mitchell), giving followers some much-needed perception into one of many present’s most intriguing characters on the time.
Juliet was an “Different” launched at first of Season 3, and it quickly grew to become clear that she was linked to their efforts to kidnap Claire and her child. In “Not in Portland,” we find out how Juliet got here to stay on the island and the way she connects to Misplaced’s childbirth thriller.
Juliet in “Not in Portland.” ABC
In flashbacks, we meet Juliet, a fertility physician residing in Miami, Florida. Juliet’s sister is infertile attributable to chemotherapy, however Juliet has been utilizing an experimental remedy to treatment her situation. Shockingly, it really works, however Juliet’s boss (who additionally occurs to be her ex-husband) casually implies that he desires partial possession over this new miracle treatment.
Fortunate for Juliet, she’s quickly approached by none aside from Richard Alpert — Nestor Carbonell in his first-ever look on Misplaced — who poses as a consultant of a medical analysis firm and makes an attempt to recruit Juliet. Richard gives Juliet a tempting job in “Portland” the place she’ll have an opportunity to resolve the childbirth thriller. He’s later joined by Ethan (William Mapother) who helps seal the deal. Nevertheless it’s solely when Juliet lastly agrees and asks if her sister can come too that they admit the job is “not fairly in Portland.”
In the meantime, on the island, Jack (Matthew Fox) is in the midst of surgical procedure on Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) when he makes use of the chance to carry Ben hostage and demand the Others free Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway). After Juliet helps them escape, Jack finishes the surgical procedure and Ben survives. We later be taught that Ben promised Juliet she might lastly go away the island if she helped him.
Jack and Juliet conducting surgical procedure on Ben. ABC
Misplaced didn’t really remedy the thriller that introduced Juliet to the island. Whereas loads of clues had been provided, we by no means discovered precisely why so many ladies had been unable to offer start.
After all, the followers had loads of theories. The most well-liked is that the Incident — during which an electromagnetic power was unleashed resulting in the creation of the Hatch — was responsible. This could additionally clarify why members of the Dharma Initiative had no hassle giving start earlier than the Incident.
Others prompt it was leaking radiation from that hydrogen bomb. Or maybe some mixture of the 2.
Like so lots of Misplaced’s mysteries, this one was by no means actually solved. However in “Not in Portland,” the present got here fairly near promising a solution.
