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:

1. LaFleur - 4.11
2. Because You Left - 3.99
3. 316 - 3.86
4. Jughead - 3.8
5. This Place is Death - 3.65
6. The Little Prince - 3.64
7. The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham - 3.61
8. The Lie - 3.59
9. Namaste - 3.36

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