 IGN staff rated " The Moth " as the 36th best episode in all of Lost , explaining , " The moth of the episode 's title appears both as a metaphorical and physical symbol of the struggle to find strength within yourself , as Locke explains to Charlie , and to take charge of your own life without relying on anyone else to do it for you . " In a review focusing solely on " The Moth " , Chris Carabott of IGN gave the episode a 9 / 10 , writing that the episode " does a great job of utilizing screen time for most the major characters on the show " , and that " Locke 's analogy of ' The Moth ' in comparison to Charlie 's situation perfectly encapsulates what many of the characters are going through on the island . " In a ranking of all of Lost 's episodes , Todd VanDerWerff of the Los Angeles Times placed " The Moth " at number 102 , complimenting Monaghan and O 'Quinn 's acting , but criticizing the storyline for containing " nonsensical drug abuse storytelling . " " The Moth " , along with " Pilot " and " House of the Rising Sun " , won a PRISM Award for Charlie 's drug storyline . 
 IGN staff rated " The Moth " as the 36th best episode in all of Lost , explaining , " The moth of the episode <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>title <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>appears</mark></a> both as a metaphorical and physical symbol of the struggle to find strength within yourself , as Locke <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>explains</mark></a> to Charlie , and to take charge of your own life without relying on anyone else to do it for you . " In a review focusing solely on " The Moth " , Chris Carabott of IGN gave the episode a 9 / 10 , writing that the episode " <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>does</mark></a> a great job of utilizing screen time for most the major characters on the show " , and that " Locke <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>analogy of ' The Moth ' in comparison to Charlie <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>situation perfectly <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>encapsulates</mark></a> what many of the characters are going through on the island . " In a ranking of all of Lost <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>episodes , Todd VanDerWerff of the Los Angeles Times placed " The Moth " at number 102 , complimenting Monaghan and O 'Quinn <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>acting , but criticizing the storyline for containing " nonsensical drug abuse storytelling . " " The Moth " , along with " Pilot " and " House of the Rising Sun " , won a PRISM Award for Charlie <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>drug storyline . 
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