Lost: Down the Hatch | 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:
- LaFleur – 4.11
- Because You Left – 3.99
- 316 – 3.86
- Jughead – 3.8
- This Place is Death – 3.65
- The Little Prince – 3.64
- The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham – 3.61
- The Lie – 3.59
- Namaste – 3.36
Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 6: “316”
Lost: Down the Hatch | Season 5 Episode 5: “This Place is Death”
When your favorite show ends, we're just getting started. LIVE interactive podcasts take place on Youtube, right after the episode ends of shows like THE WALKING DEAD, GAME OF THRONES, 24 plus Netflix original shows like HOUSE OF CARDS. Post Show Recaps features Rob Cesternino from Rob Has a Podcast. 
