Raised by Another
- Episode aired Dec 1, 2004
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
6.8K
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Claire has a horribly realistic nightmare about her baby being harmed, while flashbacks reveal her troubled past.Claire has a horribly realistic nightmare about her baby being harmed, while flashbacks reveal her troubled past.Claire has a horribly realistic nightmare about her baby being harmed, while flashbacks reveal her troubled past.
Malcolm David Kelley
- Walt Lloyd
- (credit only)
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Did you know
- TriviaMarita Grabiak was highly praised by JJ Abrams for this episode. After viewing the rough cut, Abrams said basically: "I normally don't do this but I'm releasing it as is, that's how good your cut is".
- GoofsWhen Hurley goes to get the passenger list from Sawyer, a plane flies by in the background.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fire + Water: Anatomy of an Episode (2006)
Featured review
"Dear diary, still on this bloody island..."
Much like the previous Solitary, the episode Raised by Another seeks to enhance the show's suspense while providing valuable insights into the lives of certain characters, both old and new, in order to keep viewers interested in the series' continuation (this and the next one were the last episodes aired before a month-long Christmas break).
Following the example of Tabula Rasa, the tenth episode is mostly about a female survivor, pregnant Australian girl Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin, who at this point was still technically a guest star despite her credit as a regular cast member). The story starts with her having frequent nightmares, all involving some kind of danger to her and the unborn baby. One night, she is supposedly attacked, but when Jack suggests she might have imagined it, she storms off into the jungle, accompanied only by Charlie who has started to form a friendship with her. Meanwhile, Hurley decides to take a census of the survivors in order to know exactly who is on the Island. While Sawyer helps him using the passenger manifest, Sayid still has to return to the camp with Rousseau's information about the Others...
Claire is also the central figure of the flashbacks, which revolve around her finding out she's pregnant, a fact that eventually causes her boyfriend to end their relationship. Confused and unprepared, she goes to see a psychic, who tells her to give the baby to a couple in California and gives her enough money for the trip, along with a ticket on Oceanic 815...
Deftly mixing humor, mystery and shocks, Raised by Another is a truly exceptional Lost episode, with the flashbacks suggesting for the first time that something was in the works before the protagonists boarded the plane and the present day scenes justifying comparisons with the genius of Twin Peaks, what with the freaky dream sequences and sudden twists. Three particular moments stand out: Claire's opening nightmare (with de Ravin giving her absolute best in a scene of pure horror), Charlie's brilliantly timed line "If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby", and the final shocker. Now things start to get serious...
Following the example of Tabula Rasa, the tenth episode is mostly about a female survivor, pregnant Australian girl Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin, who at this point was still technically a guest star despite her credit as a regular cast member). The story starts with her having frequent nightmares, all involving some kind of danger to her and the unborn baby. One night, she is supposedly attacked, but when Jack suggests she might have imagined it, she storms off into the jungle, accompanied only by Charlie who has started to form a friendship with her. Meanwhile, Hurley decides to take a census of the survivors in order to know exactly who is on the Island. While Sawyer helps him using the passenger manifest, Sayid still has to return to the camp with Rousseau's information about the Others...
Claire is also the central figure of the flashbacks, which revolve around her finding out she's pregnant, a fact that eventually causes her boyfriend to end their relationship. Confused and unprepared, she goes to see a psychic, who tells her to give the baby to a couple in California and gives her enough money for the trip, along with a ticket on Oceanic 815...
Deftly mixing humor, mystery and shocks, Raised by Another is a truly exceptional Lost episode, with the flashbacks suggesting for the first time that something was in the works before the protagonists boarded the plane and the present day scenes justifying comparisons with the genius of Twin Peaks, what with the freaky dream sequences and sudden twists. Three particular moments stand out: Claire's opening nightmare (with de Ravin giving her absolute best in a scene of pure horror), Charlie's brilliantly timed line "If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby", and the final shocker. Now things start to get serious...
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