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 "Kate, damn it, run!" -Jack Shephard The 6th episode of season 3 kicks off with a Kate (Evangeline Lilly) flashback.  Kate, using the name Monica, gets married to a Miami police officer, Kevin (Nathan Fillion).  She calls up her old nemesis, U.S. Marshal Ed Mars (Fredric Lehne), and begs him to stop chasing her.  He agrees, if she can manage to stay put, but he says they both know that isn't going to happen.  After a pregnancy scare, Kate drugs Kevin and tells him the truth before leaving him. On Hydra Island, Jack (Matthew Fox) refuses to do Ben's (Michael Emerson) surgery.  Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) tells Kate that Danny Pickett (Michael Bowen) is going to kill Sawyer (Josh Holloway) unless she can convince Jack to do the surgery.  Kate tries to get Jack to do it, but he refuses.  Kate escapes her cage and opens Sawyer's so he can escape, but he tells her they are on another island and they have nowhere to go.  Instead, they have sex....

 "I ask for no forgiveness, Father, for I have not sinned." -Mr. Eko "The Cost of Living" gives us some flashbacks for Mr. Eko (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), where he takes over his brother, Yemi's (Adetokumboh M'Cormack), church.  The local clinic has a deal with a group of militiamen to give them 80% of their vaccine shipments to sell on the black market and the clinic keeps the rest.  When Eko does not want to give up any of the vaccine, the leader of the group, Emeka (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), kills a villager.   Eko puts the vaccine on the black market himself, which enrages Emeka, who attempts to cut off Eko's hands.  Instead, Eko kills Emeka and his men.  Later, when Eko leaves for England, the villages board up the church because of the bloodshed and a nurse from the clinic tells him Emeka will be replaced by other men and that Eko owes Yemi a church. On the island, Eko is haunted by his brother, who tells him it's time to confess.  The delirious an...

 "High school is worse than a near-death experience." -Cole Two years after the events of the first film, no one believes Cole (Judah Lewis) about the cult and killer babysitter.  When his parents want to send him to a psychological hospital, Cole runs off with his best friend, Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind), and her friends for a weekend on the lake, but Cole runs into a group of enemies, both old and new. What Works: This section will be brief.  I will say the kills in this movie are solid.  They are bloody and creative, plus there are a good amount of them. This movie is mostly a comedy, but a couple of times there are more dramatic and emotional scenes.  We get these between Cole, Phoebe (Jenna Ortega), and Cole's father (Ken Marino).  These are good actors and when they get real with each other, it works. What Sucks: The premise of this whole movie is that no one believes Cole that the first movie happened.  I have to call B.S. on that.  Two cops ...

 "Don't you read?" -Ben Linus  "Every Man for Himself" picks up with Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) offering to fix Claire's (Emilie de Ravin) shelter.  When she declines his offer, Desmond builds a large tower with a golf club at the top.  It is later struck by lightning and we'll find out in a later episode this saved Charlie's (Dominic Monaghan) life. Sawyer (Josh Holloway) tries to build a trap using the fish biscuit machinery to electrocute Ben (Michael Emerson), but Ben had turned off the power.  Ben beats the crap out of him and has a pacemaker put inside of him that will blow up his heart if his heart rate gets too high.  Ben threatens to put one inside of Kate (Evangeline Lilly) as well if Sawyer tells her anything.  When Sawyer stops trying to escape, Kate gets suspicious and climbs out of her cage to break Sawyer free, but he refuses to go and tells her to save herself.  Kate refuses and returns to her cage. Later, Ben takes Sawyer on a wal...

 "Can you just get asthma?  Or do you have to be born with it?" -Joey Pantucci A group of mercenaries plan on robbing and sinking a luxury cruise ship, but when they get aboard, they find most of the passengers dead.  Something is lurking in the depths and now the real treasure is escaping with their lives. What Works: Deep Rising is a dumb creature feature/action movie and it doesn't try to be anything else.  And you know what?  I respect the movie for that.  It's a lot of fun.  What more can you ask from a movie like this? There are some really great action sequences in the movie.  Before we see the monster that is attacking our heroes, we get a few sequences of it attacking while staying completely underwater.  It reminded me of movies like Jaws and Tremors .  We get some really creative practical effects and exciting moments because not seeing the monster forced the filmmakers to get creative.   We also get a sequence where our ...

 "Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes!" -Abraham Lincoln Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are on the verge of failing their history class, which, little do they know, would have devastating effects on the future of humanity.  Rufus (George Carlin) travels back from the future to lend them a time machine so they can pass their history presentation. What Works: I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but Bill &   Ted's Excellent Adventure is a perfect movie.  It's unbelievably fun and silly.  There is never a dull moment and it's an absolute blast to watch.  I could watch it anytime. Winter and Reeves are perfect in their roles.  They are impossible to dislike and effortlessly easy to root for.  Do they have a ton of depth?  No, but it doesn't matter.  They get by on their charisma and never-ending optimism. The supporting characters are all great too.  The odd assortment of historical figures that join in o...

 " I have had it with these motherfuckin' snakes on this motherfuckin' plane!" -Neville Flynn Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) witnesses a brutal murder and is put on a plane from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify against the crime lord responsible.  Unfortunately, the crime lord puts a bunch of venomous snakes on the plane to kill Sean and anyone else who gets in the way.  It's up to FBI Agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) to save Sean and everyone else on board. What Works: I have to start with the title and premise for this movie.  It's brilliant.  It's exactly what it promises to be.  This is a B-movie plot with an A-movie budget and I'm here for it.  This is an incredibly fun and ridiculous film that knows exactly what it is. One thing I really appreciate about the film is how competent the characters are.  As soon as they realize there are snakes on the plane, nearly the entire cast works together to make smart and proactive decisions to deal...