LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 1, Episode 20: "Do No Harm"

LOST: Down the Hatch | Season 1, Episode 20: “Do No Harm”

Josh Wigler (@roundhoward) and Mike Bloom (@AMikeBloomType) are here to fix you … up another serving of Down the Hatch, that is!

In “Do No Harm,” Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) scrubs in to save Boone Carlisle (Ian Somerhalder) from certain doom. Deeper in the jungle, Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) is tasked with helping Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin) through unexpected labor. Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and Shannon (Maggie Grace) are off on a date of their own, while Locke (Terry O’Quinn) is nowhere to be seen. The stakes are high as they have ever been, and the result is one of the most underrated episodes in Lost lore.

“Do No Harm” was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Janet Tamaro. It first aired April 6, 2005.

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…
8 Sounds – The events of LOST pop right off the camera and straight into your ears with eight memorable moments replayed on the podcast, helping us guide through the story;
15/16 Others – Josh and Mike answer questions and comments sent their way through the official e-mail address: downthehatch@postshowrecaps.com
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 will attempt to create an official Down the Hatch ranking of every episode of LOST, by rating them all on a scale from 0 – 4.2. Josh and Mike will offer their individual scores, listeners’ scores will be averaged as a third data point, then the three points will be combined for the podcast’s official score on each episode.

Each episode of Down the Hatch clocks in at no less than 108 minutes. If the podcast falls short of that runtime, Josh and Mike have triggered a crisis! Consequences may (and almost certainly will) ensue thanks to the Frozen Donkey Wheel.