All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

As I was watching the rerun of a season one episode on the series "Lost" (on HD thanks to Direct TV HD receivers!), I was mystified by the title. I would assume that cowboy refers to the sawyer charter only because he is the only cowboy type character however, this episode focuses very little on Sawyer.

In the last episode the mysterious Ethan character drags off Charlie and pregnant Clair. Jack, Kate, Locke, and Boone go out looking for them. This episode picks up while the search party is still out looking for the two missing survives. While there is one scene where Sawyer is talking to Walt, Michael’s son, it wouldn't justify the title of this episode of "Lost".

The only thing I can figure this title refers to is Charlie’s failure to protect Clair. Charlie is feeling like a failure after he lets Ethan escape with Clair and the baby she is carrying. I wouldn't classify the Charlie character as the cowboy type, maybe cowboy junkie, but not in the western cowboy sense. This episode leaves viewers wondering what exactly was meant by the psychic's plead to have Clair raise her baby. Was this baby not meant to have Charlie as a substitute father either?

Of course at the end the writers of "Lost" leave us hanging again. While Jack and Kate return to camp with a much abused Ethan in tow, Locke and Boone are still out in the jungle. Boone is just about ready to return to camp when they both discover some kind of metal object beneath the forest floor. This object, I'm sure, will be the topic of the next episode and is sure to leave more questions than answers.

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