"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" was, for me, a relative disappointment (emphasis on "relative" - notice the rating!). I have three main problems with it: 1) There are a couple of jarringly unconvincing CGI shots, in particular the boat explosion, 2) The whereabouts of some characters at the end are ignored (I realize that the fates of Claire or Jin were meant as cliffhangers, but where were Charlotte, Miles, Bernard and Rose?), 3) It struggles to come up with a big final twist, and it does, but it doesn't quite carry the same impact of the big final twist of the last Season 3 episode, "Through The Looking Glass". What's more, the entire Season 4 seems to end with pretty much the SAME teaser as Season 3 - "we have to go back" - without providing any hints yet as to why. With all that said, there are still some outstanding moments in this episode: the great, even fight between Sayid and the sadistic monster soldier Keamy, the awe-inspiring disappearance of the entire island, the long-awaited reunion of Desmond and Penny, the meeting (in the future) of Sun with Charles Windmore, and others. It may not be the ideal season-closer, but it does leave you hungry for more. *** out of 4.
