ically ▁felt ▁right ", ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁ha un ting ▁feeling ▁due ▁to ▁M ama ▁Cass ' ▁personal ▁history . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁season ▁premi ere ▁hit ▁a ▁ratings ▁high ▁for ▁the ▁series , ▁with ▁ 2 3 . 4 7 ▁million ▁American ▁view ers . ▁The ▁episode ▁was ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁week ly ▁audience ▁ranking , ▁behind ▁C SI : ▁Crime ▁Sc ene ▁Investig ation ▁and ▁Des perate ▁House w ives , ▁and ▁stands ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁watched ▁episode ▁of ▁Lost . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reviews ▁were ▁positive . ▁Jeff ▁J ensen ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁was ▁fr ustr ated ▁at ▁the ▁episode ▁not ▁reve aling ▁what ▁happened ▁to ▁the ▁ra ft ▁characters ▁and ▁un ve iling ▁of ▁so ▁many ▁new ▁myster ies , ▁but ▁liked ▁the ▁writing ▁and ▁symbol ism ▁considering ▁that ▁" the ▁whole ▁en ig m atic ▁enter prise ▁seemed ▁ground ed ▁in ▁rich ▁layers ▁of ▁meaning ". ▁TV ▁Squad ' s ▁Keith ▁Mc D uff ee ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁" h eld ▁in ▁susp ense " ▁throughout ▁the ▁episode . ▁Chris ▁Car ab ott ▁of ▁I GN ▁r ated ▁" Man ▁of ▁Science , ▁Man ▁of ▁Fa ith " ▁ 9 . 3 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁pra ising ▁the ▁flash back s ▁for ▁being ▁" ed ited ▁incred ibly ▁well ▁with ▁the ▁on ▁island ▁content " ▁and ▁Jul ie ▁Bow en ' s ▁performance ▁as ▁Sarah . ▁The ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ''' s ▁Ma ure en ▁Ryan ▁described ▁the ▁episode ▁as ▁" a ▁wonder