Lost – ‘Meet Kevin Johnson’ – 4.8

Friday March 21, 2008 | 8 comments

Meet Kevin Johnson.

So now we know how Michael came to be Ben’s mole on the ship. And, in what was a first for the series, almost the entire episode was devoted to his flashback. We needed the extra time as Michael… errr Kevin Johnson… has been a busy guy in the month since he left the island. I’ll go into more detail below.

While I think the writers had to take some creative liberties with the time line to shoehorn Michael back into the plot, overall it’s plausible enough for me to go along with it. Plus, they did something that they couldn’t do before, no matter how many times they had this anguished father scream for “WAAAAAA-LLLLLLLL-TTTTTTT!!!” They actually made me care for Michael’s plight. Again, more in the traditional bullet points below.

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