I agree about the flashback scenes - they were very heavy-handed and unclear. I had no idea what was up until the drug-peddlar-guy actually spelled it out, that Charlie was to steal the MacGuffin. And the first scene with the MacGuffin freaked me out because of the creepy music -- I had no idea WTF it was supposed to mean. They totally could have explained that better.
I think this is the first episode where the flashbacks weren't that exciting/dramatic. When they're about a character whose backstory we haven't seen yet, it's exciting because it's new info. Kate's the only one who's gotten two episodes of flashbacks, and the second one was exciting because we were still finding out new information about her - that she did commit some kind of crime. But this one was a long metaphor. I enjoyed all the Charlie scenes of course, but I think it's been the flattest flashback yet.
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I think this is the first episode where the flashbacks weren't that exciting/dramatic. When they're about a character whose backstory we haven't seen yet, it's exciting because it's new info. Kate's the only one who's gotten two episodes of flashbacks, and the second one was exciting because we were still finding out new information about her - that she did commit some kind of crime. But this one was a long metaphor. I enjoyed all the Charlie scenes of course, but I think it's been the flattest flashback yet.