So what might we see happen now that Michael is back?
Let’s get ready to rumblllllllle!!!

1. Michael is telling the truth. The Others have very little to defend themselves with and they could take ‘em down.

2. Michael has made a deal with *the devil* and is going to sell out his new friends to get Walt back. Heck, I’d sell all of you down the river to get my kid back.

3. Michael missed Vincent. The end.

4. Michael knows that the Others are pretty kick a** but doesn’t care since he wants his kid back. He just forgets how powerful The Others are.

5. Maybe Michael met up with the nice Others. There could be more than one group on the island and he truly doesn’t know how powerful or not the bad Others are. Maybe the nice Others want to overtake the bad Others and they convince Michael that they aren’t so powerful so that his survivors friends will help if they think they have a chance.

5. In true Scooby Doo fashion, Michael is going to try to gain the trust back of the survivors, convince them that they should be *very scared* of the monster in the woods, only to be figured out. His rubber mask will be pulled off in the end only to reveal Alvar Hanso who will exclaim “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for you meddling island dwellers!”

Bernard has bad teeth for a dentist. Convenient to have a dentist on a *semi* deserted island, but would you want him touching your mouth?

I have a theory.  In this theory Rose and Bernard have just shown us the path to the rest of this show and the ending.  Here is where I see Lost ending….

In the book “The Lost Chronicles” JJ Abrams states (and I paraphrase here from memory) that this show will end.  They will not leave us hanging (of course, unless they jump the shark and ABC decides to kill it).  We will see what happens to the survivors.

Rose does not want to leave the island.  Much like Locke, she has found her peace, her Garden of Eden if you will.  Now that Bernard knows the WHY he is also OK with never leaving this island.  The stage is now set.

Sun … she is now pregnant.  A miracle.  Will she want to leave?  Will Jin want to go knowing that he wants this family so badly, he certainly doesn’t want to go back and face Sun’s father so why not settle here?

Claire.  She was warned that Aaron should and cannot be raised by another.  We know she doesn’t get along with her mother and Thomas (baby-daddy) doesn’t want anything to do with her.  What does she have to go back to?  Add the relationship with Charlie back to the equation and neither of them will want to leave.

Eko.  Building a new life as the priest.  Knows now the fate of his brother.  Maybe he will find his life here.

Hurley.  Hello??? Libby and Darmalars.  Need I say more?

Locke.  This is a given.  He is out of the wheelchair and is The Great White Hunter (to quote Charlie).  What does he have to go back to?  Helen is gone.  His dad betrayed him.  His mom is nuts.  He will be the pride of the pack here on the island.

At this point in the story we could argue that the rest of the characters that I haven’t mentioned have plenty of reasons to return home.  But we only know some of their past.  We didn’t know even one little bit about Rose last week and now we know that she will never leave the island.  Who knows what other revelations we might encounter over the next season or so.

So here is how I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see Lost close. 

A Coast Guard ship spots the island.  The survivors see it coming.  As the boat approaches the shore the survivors are hiding in the trees, watching.  The soldiers on the boat are searching.  Maybe they see some of the remaining fuselage down the shore. 

No one is coming out from the trees.  Their hearts are beating fast, pupils dialated, palms are sweaty, yet no one moves out.  Minutes go by, maybe a soldier steps ashore.  Stillness.

Vincent comes bounding out from the trees.  He’s Sawyer’s dog now.  He is Sawyer’s companion (maybe he’s the only one who can stand him or he hasn’t isolated himself from).  Long pause.  Sawyer steps out from the trees.  Sawyer cannot stay here.  His life is the con and he craves it back.  Sawyer now looks like one of the so-called “Others” we have gotten to know.

The soldier is surprised and pulls his gun.  Sawyer puts up his hands and in his suave way calms him and explains who he is.  The soldier asks where everyone else is.  Sawyer pauses.  A long, long, thoughtful pause.  He is waiting to see if anyone else emerges.  Nothing.  Sawyer states two words, “They died.”

Soldier, Sawyer and Vincent board the Coast Guard ship.  Sawyer doesn’t look back as the boat leaves but lifts his hand in adieu.

Like any great show, we don’t have all the answers in the end.  What we are left to speculate is how the survivors who are now left behind will live their remaining days here.  Will they become the illusive “Others” to anyone else landing here?  At this point our survivors will know all the secrets of the island and may carry out many of the same actions we are now seeing from the current “Others.”  Nothing is told.  We just have to sit ….. and wonder.

THE END.

Next week, the title of Alias is “S.O.S.”  Remember, JJ Abrams, co-creator and executive producer of Lost, is also one of the writers and creators of Alias.  First, read the ALIAS epi description:

Alias Returns!

In the two-hour return event, featuring the episodes “S.O.S.” and “Maternal Instinct,” Jack calls on former Agent Weiss and the APO team to search for Sydney after receiving a distress call from her. But Jack believes that a larger conspiracy may be in play, thwarting their attempts to rescue her. Meanwhile, Tom’s suspicious actions may suggest he has a hidden agenda, Irina Derevko is a surprise partner to Jack and a very pregnant Sydney on a mission to retrieve “The Horizon” - but her allegiances still remain in question — and Sloane is forced to scramble when Devlin suspects a mole is working inside APO.

Now, let me re-write my LOST version:

Lost Returns!

In the two-hour return event, featuring the episodes “S.O.S.” and “Maternity Leave,” Michael calls on Jack and his new “army” to search for Walt after receiving a distress call from him. But Jack believes that a larger conspiracy may be in play, thwarting their attempts to rescue him. Meanwhile, Locke’s suspicious actions may suggest he has a hidden agenda, Sawyer is a surprise partner to Jack and a very pregnant Sun on a mission to retrieve “The Children” - but Henry’s allegiances still remain in question — and everyone is forced to scramble when Sayid suspects a mole is working inside the remaining survivors.

Coincidence that you can insert characters from Lost and it still makes sense? 

“Dude, I’m an amalgam.”

1. Dave is not real. If he were real, he would have a shadow, which he does indeed not. Unless he is a vampire then I would need to revise this idea, but since everybody knows that vampires aren’t real (duh) then he must just be a figment of Hurley’s overstuffed mind. Also, Dave’s appearances are much like those in the Sixth Sense. He walks around and talks to people, but if you watch the episode back the only two people that have any interaction with Dave are Hurley and Dr. Brooks. When they are at the basketball game Dave is yelling and waving his arms, but no one responds to him and in fact they throw the ball to Hurley. Also, don’t forget that Hurley saw the big chicken and Jin speaking English in the pantry. Hallucinations seem to be coorelated to the food.
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2. Libby. Let’s discuss why a “hot chick” (Hurley’s words, not mine) would like him. Is she a crazy stalker? The story about Jin seeing Hurley on the ledge (thus, how she found him) sounded pretty bogus. Plus the scary pix of her at the end watching him at the institution. Libby seems cuckoo for Hurley puffs. However, let me refer again to the idea that twins are playing somehow into the story (suggestion of Josh Holloway not mine). Yes, I can tell you are rolling your eyes at this point but bear with me. Is it possible that Libby in the loony bin is a different person that the Libby on the island, maybe her twin? The ladies will understand this, but if her hair were naturally brown (pre island) then if she colored her hair blonde (post island “do”) wouldn’t her roots have been showing by now? Unless Sawyer has some hair dye along with the pregnancy test this is a different chick.
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3. Isn’t it ironic that the *only* food left from the drop that wasn’t scavenged by the survivors were the fish crackers? They have to eat all that fish for months and these crackers get dropped to them. Maybe it’s a psychological thing, kind of like the last jelly donut that no one wants to eat even though nothing is wrong with it.
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4. OK, so check out the flowers around Hurley as he follows Dave. It’s just a weird, out-of-place item. Remember the field of flowers in the Wizard of Oz? They put them all, except the Scarecrow, to sleep. Not sure where I’m going with this but perhaps they are poppies or something with hallucinogenic properties. Thoughts? Do you think they’re just a pretty prop? A clue to viewers that he is hallucinating?
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5. We have the issue of the cliffs again. I’m going to do a post this summer and list of the references to cliffs over the past two seasons, but for now I just want to point it out. Seems we’ve had a few mishaps and near mishaps on the cliffs.
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6. Why does Hurley refer to himself as “sick?” He hasn’t seen Dave at this time and he means his food addiction. These are the words that are also on the mural, if you recall. Thoughts? Is he thinking that since his food addiction is back that he knows his “Dave” fantasy will also return?

7. Check out Dave’s hand. We think that there is something on his hand (a code, perhaps, or a cheat sheet of info to feed to Hurley?) but it also could be dirt. I wondered briefly if someone “is” on the island and it talking to Hurley, but it is not Dave. Could be someone who looks like Dave that maybe is playing the role and Hurley is projecting his visual image of Dave onto him?
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8. I think that the whole point of Dave telling Hurley that he is still in the institution and that all of the “events” that Hurley thinks brought him here, including the numbers, aren’t just a coincidence are the writers way of telling us, the viewers, that we are not going to find out in the end that this was all some type of dream or hallucination. I don’t think it’s a red herring at all, just them telling us to trust them that the events are “real,” or at least real in the sense a tv show is real.

9. It was weird when Dave jumped off of the cliff. He makes a splash in the water and we can see him until the end. Figures that Libby wouldn’t come up in time to see if there was a person with Hurley or not.
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10. Hurley talks about the “accident.” Remember Widmore Construction? Wouldn’t it be interesting if they built the platform that Hurley broke? So when we meet Hurley at the hospital it had been 2 months since the accident, 23 people were on it and it was only built for 8. I’m thinking that we are also going to find out that one of the 2 people that died are somehow related to another survivor.

11. I hope that the survivors thought to take the flashing light off of the food to either use as a signal on the beach or could come in handy if another raft is built.

12. Check out this audio clip. Someone at the Fuselage recorded the sound from the jungle, right before Hurley attacks Sawyer and played it backwards. Weird!

13. Of course no one was going to help when Hurley attacked Sawyer. I think that Sawyer likes this role that he has set up for himself as the outsider, yet needed for all the “goods” he keeps.
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14. To debunk a rumor going around the internet, I could not find an airplane in this picture. This is the picture that is hanging in Dr Brooks’ office (Hurley’s doctor).
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15. Henry. This so seems like religious symbolism. Like the image of Christ on the cross. But, if that *is* the image that the producers are sending, why? Christ was misunderstood but withstood the torture for what he believed was his purpose. Seems like shaky ground considering the conservative culture in America. But, this image does seem powerful for this character and where they are taking him (the writers, I mean).

16. Henry tells Locke that God doesn’t know the island is there any more than anyone else in the world. Can the magnetism coming from the island be blocking radar much the way it throws off a compass? Henry says this place is a joke. Could Henry be someone who has been through the stations as an experiment (like Desmond) and that this hatch is insignificant in the grander scheme? Could he be duping Locke so that he will let the timer run out to get another peek at the secret map?

17. Is it at ALL possible that pseudo Henry is HIM? Wizard of Oz clues could lead us to believe it. We are to think that there is the great and powerful Oz (aka HIM) but it turns out *just* to be a man. Henry is just so crafty at this game he is playing that you have to wonder who he really is. What was his purpose in being caught? Why is he aligning himself with Locke? Why didn’t he leave when he had the chance? What was he really up to when the hatch went dark.

18. The note on the $20 bill. Seems like Sayid really got him with this one. However, maybe not. Maybe Henry and The Others figured that the search party from the survivors would dig him up and this item is just a red herring to them. Or maybe it is meant to throw them off what is really going on there. Seems like nothing on this show turns out to just simply be “what it is” on the surface.
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19. Once Michael shows back up (yes, he IS coming back…see my Upcoming Episodes page), could he possibly fix the real Henry’s balloon to get off of the island? Michael is the construction guy and if he gets Walt back he is for sure, 100%, going to want to run like crazy.

20. How did Henry know who the “bearded man” was? When Locke comes into the armory to chat he asks if the bearded man is HIM. Henry responds by telling Locke that he is “no one.” So how does Henry know who Locke is even talking about if he isn’t part of Zeke’s group?

21. Libby says to Hurley on the beach that “it’s like the island doesn’t want you to lose weight.” What a strange thing to say, very Locke-esque.

22. Santa Rosa is the same mental institution that Locke’s mom was in. We learned this when Locke hired the private investigator.

23. I was happy that the producers answered the question about why they never showed the caves anymore. Seems according to Hurley that no one lives there anymore.

24. What is Eko building? You can take this for whatever you would like. Read the diary entries from the ABC website, but I have read that whoever writes these (in real life) is not affiliated with the writers of the show so I don’t know if this is real or not, but since it *is* at ABC’s website so it may also be right on.
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ABC Diary Link One
ABC Diary Link Two

25. Ah, love. Get a room!
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26. One more thing, another Desmond throw back. Right before Dave jumps off the cliff he tells Hurley “See you in another life.” This is the same thing Desmond said to Jack when they met on the stairs back in The States.

He’s green. Kind of goes along with the Wizard of Oz stuff.

I found this HUGE spoiler and wanted to share with you. You can choose to believe it or not. I have linked my source below which is Kristen on E!Online, a very reliable source.

Click on these links for the whole scoop.

Spoiler Is Here.

Source Story Is Here.

I may have to rethink my prediction on who is going to be killed off next. Seems Mr. Mood Swing has issues with his work. These actors sure are arrogant complaining about their work on a HIT TV show!

ABC’s ‘Lost’ Star Naveen Andrews Predicts Short Run for Hit Show
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By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Mar 22, 2006

“Lost’s” Naveen Andrews is looking over film prospects to do over hiatus time, but notes, “It all depends on whether the dates work around the series. When ABC owns you, they own you.

A short stint for ‘Lost?’

“I’d think they’d be loathe to let you off and do movies when they could be squeezing your life blood.

There’s a huge season finale May 7 to promote,” he adds.

The candid Andrews doesn’t foresee a long future for his hit mystery drama. “To me, it’s always been the kind of show I couldn’t imagine going as long as ‘Friends’ — three, maybe four season at the very most. Surely after the third season it really will be scraping bottom.”

He shrugs. “Maybe not.”

Andrews spent last hiatus in Morocco and Hungary making ABC’s lavish, brutal, non-traditional treatment of “The 10 Commandments,” which airs April 10 and 11, with Dougray Scott as Moses and Andrews as his Egyptian family member-turned-enemy, Menerith. He’s starting to feel the wear and tear.

“To be honest, I’ve only realized the way I’ve been working over the last three or four weeks. It’s starting to sink in that I didn’t take any time off last year. I might do that this time around. It’s a new thing for me to sustain a role for two years. The longest I played a part before was four months.”

In case you record the episodes, LOST is set to run from 9 - 10:05 this week. Check out the news link below. Maybe they are going to give us a few extra minutes each week to make up for all the reruns. Five minutes each week divided by the 42 minutes per episode (run time, without commercials) would take about 8 or so episodes to make up for one of the reruns…

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?id=20060330abc04