Battlestar Galactica Down the Hatch: A Spoiler-Free Rewatch

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 3, Episode 2: “The Glass Ballerina”

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LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 3, Episode 2: “The Glass Ballerina”

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are going to need you to bring them that boat.

Josh and Mike knock over “The Glass Ballerina,” the second episode of season three — an episode that might be altogether forgotten if not for a few truly tremendous scenes. Do those scenes help elevate an episode that’s otherwise spinning its wheels (or spinning its sails; clearly no one here knows how boats work)? Find out in the podcast!

Josh and Mike Bloom will return for “Further Instructions” on August 8, 2020.

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.
    • Schedule for the next few weeks:
    • Further Instructions feedback due 8/6, podcast drops 8/8
    • Every Man For Himself feedback due 8/9, podcast drops 8/12
    • One Year Anniversary feedback due 8/10, podcast drops 8/15
      • Additional reading/listening/viewing from the podcast:
      • 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
        • Every 2/3 MVP/LVP Points For Season 3:
        • Juliet: 4
        • Sawyer: 4
        • Ben: 1
        • Christian: 1
        • Karl: -1
        • Sarah: -1
        • Picket: -1
        • Sayid: -1
        • Jack: -3
        • Paik: -3
          • The 4.2 Star Episode Rankings For Season 3:
          1. A Tale of Two Cities – 3.82
          2. The Glass Ballerina – 3.05
            3. Mike Bloom’s 4.2 Star Episode Ranking Rubrik:
            • 4.2 – Perfect episode of LOST. Firing on all cylinders, no real weak points
            • 4.0-4.1 – Near-perfect episode of LOST. Has one or two minor things that are meh or weak.
            • 3.7-3.9 – Awesome episode of LOST. Has one or two major things that are meh or weak.
            • 3.3-3.6 – Great episode of LOST. Many great elements, but not enough to put it in the top tier
            • 3.0-3.2 – Good episode of LOST. More good than bad, but not a lot of outstanding moments
            • 2.5-2.9 – Below average episode of LOST. Has a few redeeming moments, but a lot of misses as well
            • 2.0-2.4 – Dud episode of LOST. The good stuff is few and far between
            • < 2.0 – Bad episode of LOST. Nearly all of it doesn’t work
              • Josh Wigler’s 4.2 Star Episode Ranking Rubrik:
              • Insert question mark here.
                • Previous Down the Hatch Episodes:
                • In Which We Go Back
                • Last Call Before the Rewatch
                • Season 1, Episodes 1 + 2: “Pilot, Part 1 + 2”
                • Season 1, Episode 3: “Tabula Rasa”
                • Season 1, Episode 4: “Walkabout”
                • Season 1, Episode 5: “White Rabbit”
                • Season 1, Episode 6: “House of the Rising Sun”
                • Season 1, Episode 7: “The Moth”
                • Season 1, Episode 8: “Confidence Man”
                • Season 1, Episode 9: “Solitary”
                • Season 1, Episode 10: “Raised by Another”
                • Season 1, Episode 11: “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues”
                • Season 1, Episode 12: “Whatever the Case May Be”
                • Season 1, Episode 13: “Hearts and Minds”
                • Season 1, Episode 14: “Special”
                • Season 1, Episode 15: “Homecoming”
                • Season 1, Episode 16: “Outlaws”
                • Season 1, Episode 17: “…In Translation”
                • Season 1, Episode 18: “Numbers”
                • Season 1, Episode 19: “Deus Ex Machina”
                • Season 1, Episode 20: “Do No Harm”
                • Season 1, Episode 21: “The Greater Good”
                • Season 1, Episode 22: “Born to Run”
                • Season 1 Feedback Special
                • Season 2, Episode 1: “Man of Science, Man of Faith”
                • Season 2, Episode 2: “Adrift”
                • Season 2, Episode 3: “Orientation”
                • Season 2, Episode 4: “Everybody Hates Hugo”
                • Season 2, Episode 5: “…And Found”
                • Season 2, Episode 6: “Abandoned”
                • Season 2, Episode 7: “The Other 48 Days”
                • Season 2, Episode 8: “Collision”
                • Season 2, Episode 9: “What Kate Did”
                • Season 2, Episode 10: “The 23rd Psalm”
                • Season 2, Episode 11: “The Hunting Party”
                • Season 2, Episode 12: “Fire + Water”
                • Season 2, Episode 13: “The Long Con”
                • Season 2, Episode 14: “One of Them”
                • Season 2, Episode 15: “Maternity Leave”
                • Season 2, Episode 16: “The Whole Truth”
                • Season 2, Episode 17: “Lockdown”
                • Season 2, Episode 18: “Dave”
                • Season 2, Episode 19: “S.O.S.”
                • Season 2, Episode 20: “Two for the Road”
                • Season 2, Episode 21: “?”
                • Season 2, Episode 22: “Three Minutes”
                • Season 2, Episode 23 + 24: “Live Together, Die Alone”
                • Season 2 Feedback Special
                • Season 3, Episode 1: “A Tale of Two Cities”
                • The Season 1 Book Club
                • The Season 2 Book Club
                • RPG Episode #1: “Autopilot”
                • RPG Episode #2: “The Other Other 48 Days”
                • The Lindeloff, Vol. 1
                • The DJ DOM Exposéd Party
                • A LOST-Themed Simulation of Survivor: The End (of Extinction)
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