Last night's episode of Lost was quite the doozy. Titled "The Long Con" it is a Sawyer-centric episode in which he goes back to being hated by literally everyone in the island. He, and the viewers, don't seem to mind that. The thing is, Sawyer does not work as a good guy. He works as someone to be hated but he comes in handy from time to time. In this episode, he pretty much cons everyone, both in his flashback, and in the present, and ends up with money and guns in both parallel storylines. In the past, he cons a divorcee out of $600,000 in cash and makes her think that she's in on the con. Watching Sawyer work this woman over is like appreciating a fine painting. You can see the craftsmanship, the follow through, the utter lack of emotion that he brings to his job. While on the island, he manages to orchestrate a grand scheme to get his hands on the guns by using Charlie, who was recently disgraced by Locke, to fake a kidnap attempt on Sun. This sets Jin off and he goes to Jack to get guns who has been told by Kate that AnaL might have been in on the kidnap attempt, but not before she unwittingly sent Sawyer to warn Locke, whom was followed by Charlie all in a cleverly plotted scheme to get the guns. If this sounds a little confusing, then it's because Sawyer saw the beginning and end all at once and played it like a game of chess.
I'm glad that everyone hates Sawyer again. Him being chummy with everyone just feels wrong. Some side-plot in this episode dealt with Hurley trying to cheer up Sayed by giving him the short-wave radio, which he repaired, and was able to pick up 1940's big band music. Interesting, but it's probably nothing.
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