'' Lost '' critic Andrew Dignan of '' Slant Magazine '' noted that like the season premiere , the episode " mostly serves to add uncomfortable wrinkles to one of the show 's saints , going so far as to make the consistently sympathetic Sun quite unlikable . " He added " While I. . . question the need for the flashbacks , I must confess to finding this particular episode more wonderfully twisted than usual . " Jeff Jensen of '' Entertainment Weekly '' wrote " Last week 's Jin/Sun episode was something of a disappointment , not because it was a bad episode of '' Lost '' , per se ( I would give it a solid B ) , but because it was n't as good as the exhilarating season premiere ( which I would give an A ) . " IGN 's Chris Carabott rated the episode 6.8 / 10 , explaining that after the premiere 's " exciting , new direction " of an episode , " The Glass Ballerina " helped '' Lost '' " take a step back as it delivers nothing new or substantial " . He felt the flashbacks were repetitive and " a lot more like filler than the basis for compelling television " , but praised the final scene between Jack and Ben as " the only compelling scene in the whole episode " . On a list ranking all the '' Lost '' episodes , the '' Los Angeles Times '' ranked " The Glass Ballerina " 80 out of 110 episodes , explaining " A good flashback ( to Sun and her pre-island lover ) and a terrific last scene -- wherein Jack learns the Sox won the Series -- ca n't make up for a listless on-island plot . " On a similar list , IGN rated the episode 106 out of 113 episodes , writing " it felt appropriate for '' Lost '' 's third season to begin with an episode only featuring Jack , Sawyer and Kate , since their abduction by the Others was a big part of Season 2 's conclusion . But having episode two of the season also focus so much on these three , with almost no plot momentum , was frustrating and rather uninteresting . Meanwhile , we do pick up with Sayid , Sun and Jin , but it 's really only for yet another ' Sun and Jin have had a lot of big issues in their marriage ' flashback – a topic we were well familiar with at this point . " Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim each submitted this episode for consideration on their own behalf for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series respectively for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Glass Ballerina