Watching the episode back, I wonder how much of the “life” we saw of Jeremy Bentham.  There has to be more we haven’t seen yet.  Maybe Locke in whatever form he’s in now, travels back to the mainland because I can’t believe that the chinsy little visits he paid the O6 (well, four at least) were enough to get them back to the island.  Especially seeing how distraught Jack was with the obituary.  And wanting to jump off of the bridge after seeing Locke just for that brief moment in the hospital?

1.My money is on Widmore, that he sent Cesar to the island on the plane.  The guys works his way around that office very purposeful and finds the maps of the island.  He also seems to find the gun easily so I don’t think it’s a far stretch to assume he has specific orders of his purpose there.
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2.  Here are some screenshots of the Life Magazine Cesar leafs through, but I’m not convinced it’s not just a red herring.           Click to enlarge

3.Frank is pretty amazing that he could land the plane on the island without crashing.  It’s not like the put lights on the runway or anything.
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4.  I wonder if Locke noticed that he wasn’t wearing his own shoes?
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5.It’s odd to me that Locke doesn’t have any marks on his neck.  One would think he’d have bruising after being strangled with an extension cord.
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6.  Under the category of “don’t ask unless your prepared for the answer” is Ilana asking Locke to guess why he was dressed so nice.  And gotta love him for being honest.

7.   Not that it matters to the story line, but keeping with the theme is the shot of Locke’s eyes when he wakes up after turning the donkey wheel.
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8. I still think the scene of the Tunisian’s taking Locke from the desert, to the hospital and treating him resembles birth.  I can imagine that a baby must feel a similar fear.

9.  Here is a shot of the Tunisian license plate:
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10.  So Widmore says he was the leader of the Others until Ben has him exiled.  At what point would Ben have done this?  If it was before the purge then it would have been during the Dharma days and Widmore would have been very young.  Or it would have been after the purge which means that Widmore was not part of DI.  Or, he was part of DI and helped to orchestrate the purge and after that time is when Ben had him exiled.  I’m sure that there is a woman involved here too.  We have seen how possessive Ben is over women.

11.  Someone on the island must be reporting back to Widmore.  How else would he know that Ben tried to kill Locke?

12.  I also want to know why the island needs Locke to be the leader.  Widmore says that it has needed him for awhile.  So does this mean that Widmore doesn’t even want to go there?  If he was the leader before Ben had him exiled, then he’s saying he no longer wants to lead but to have Locke go back and do the job?  This isn’t adding up yet for me.

13.  I was expecting so much more from the Locke and Walt reunion.  Agreed, Walt isn’t surprised to see Locke.  They seemed to have such a bond on the island.  Now he just chats for 30 seconds and then takes off.  I have my fingers crossed that this relationship will transpire to much more back on the island.  Walt is special just like Locke so I would hope that the writers will give some sort of ending to Walt’s story.  I’d love to see Walt and Locke living like father and son.  They are both orphans.  And Walt didn’t even ask what ever happened to Vincent!  I would ask.  This was just a very fulfilling scene.
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14.  If Mr. Creepy Eyes helps people get to where they need to go, then where was he trying to help Hurley get to when he wanted to send him to his own private room?  Would they have sent him back to the island at that point?  I don’t think he approached the rest of the six so what makes Hurley special?

15.  If Helen died of a brain aneurysm, could it be the same kind of “aneurysm” that killed Charlotte or is it just a coincidence?  Out of all the ways she could have died, it had to be something suspiciously close to the after affects of time travel.  I would like to hope that Helen is actually alive, but somehow I suspect she is dead because it moves Locke even more back to the island, that he has absolutely nothing left back at home.
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16.  So maybe I can see why Jack was so upset if he really thinks that Locke killed himself.  Jack seems to transfer his own feelings of inferiority and loneliness onto Locke when he sees him in the hospital.  Jack tells Locke that he’s nothing special, that he’s nothing more than a lonely old man.  Jack probably thinks that he somehow lead Locke to kill himself.  Then he starts to wonder if Locke is right, that maybe he should go back to the island.  Jack was special in his own way on the island, too.  And, Jack promised not to leave anyone behind so I can see how the guilt starts to really sink in with Jack.

17.  Now I wonder if Ben had something to do with Christian’s death also.  Christian did hire Ana Lucia to be his body guard when he went to Australia.  Perhaps he had been told that he would have to die in order to go back to the island.

18.   I was trying to get a screen shot of the white board in Locke’s hospital room but in reading it, I happened to notice in the bottom of the screen that Locke’s foot looks like it only has four toes!  I know that the smallest piggy is hiding there, but what a funny coincidence to the mysterious four toed statue on the island.
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19.  Haha, I’m watching the next scene and here are the four toes again.  I think it’s just funny more than meaningful.
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20.  So I think that Ben was the doubting Thomas, not Jack.  Ben started to doubt that Locke had to die to save the island until he starts talking about Eloise then he knows that it’s true and that is why he changes his mind about Locke’s death and kills him.
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21.  Is it possible that the moment when Locke turned the donkey wheel, that was the exact moment that the plane was directly over the island?  That could be the flash that brought them back to the island.  That would also explain how Kate and the others end up back in time with the Losties on the island (except for Sun – but we have to have a big set up for when she reunites with Jin so her story can’t be easy).  Maybe this is also how it’s possible for Locke to still be alive.  His dead body didn’t come back to life in as much as his spirit or whatever from the donkey wheel body transfers to the corpse on the plane.  I know it’s a weak theory but I’m sure it could be *fleshed* out and work since it all happened at that exact moment.

I didn’t get to watch the pop up episode before the new one this week.  Anyone have any good stuff from it?

1.   How could Locke not be nominated for an Emmy award for acting?  He has been spectacular this season so hopefully we’ll see a nomination next year.  Although, Lost isn’t the show dejour anymore so who knows if the powers that be will even notice.

2.   Alana tells Cesar that she first saw Locke standing in the water in his suit.  I just watched part of Season One again this past weekend and the first time Jack sees his dad on the island is…. you guessed it, just standing there in the water, in his suit!  I think this is confirmation that Jack’s dad had some sort of resurrection like Locke has had coming back to the island.

3.  Cesar and the new plane crash “Losties” are on the second island.  He knows stuff.  Why else would he be looking for maps and information about the island?  Why does he need the shot gun?  Seems like someone gave him some insider information before he came to the island.

4.  Also looks like rather than a tragic plane crash, they were lucky to have the landing strip that Kate and Sawyer helped build.  My guess is that in some of the time travel they knew that the plane would be coming with Locke so they were building the strip for that landing specifically.

5.   Frank and “some woman” took one of the boats and headed off.  Great, now I’m wondering what Frank is up to (I thought he was a good guy).  How could he have possibly known that they had landed on a second island?  Who was the woman he was with, where did they go, what are the up to?
6.  Is Alana going to be the new Ana Lucia of the island – only far less annoying?  She fits the tough cop role.

7.  I’m guessing Locke wants the passenger list so he can make sure all six were on the plane.  Remind you of another list?  Ben wanted the manifest from flight 815 probably for a very similar reason and maybe one of them was to see if Christian was there as well.

8. I love how Locke just enjoys life.  He eats that mango like it’s his first after being resurrected from the dead.  Oh wait…

9.   There is a lot of truth telling this week.  But then again, maybe not.  Do we really know that Widmore is the good guy?  Creepy eyed man wasn’t telling the truth – from what we saw when he first lied about Helen.  Ben loves, hates, loves, kills Locke.

10. Did we really need to see Locke puke? YUCK!

11.  So Widmore is watching the “exit” from the island.  His story sounds about what we thought.  He was exiled by Ben and now he wants to go back.  But I’m not so sure I believe that Widmore was the leader.  However, Ben just takes what he wants so I guess it’s possible that in his jealousy he found a way to get Widmore off the island.  It’s also possible that they are *both*hot heads and they *both* wanted and still want to be the leader and each is willing to do anything to get back and be the self-appointed leader.

12.  Somehow Locke does fit into all this and I don’t know that there is enough information at this point to know why he’s so important and why both Widmore and Ben want Locke back.

13.   You know, they could have treated Locke a little more gently when the plucked him from the desert.  The only thing I can figure is that they didn’t know if he was a good guy or a bad guy when they first found him.  Also, I was thinking of the parallel imagery between being born and what Locke went through.  He “wakes up” like just being born, and all these strangers grab him and man handle him and shove stuff in his mouth and hurt him.  Maybe like what a baby feels right after being born?

14.   So what’s this war all about that’s coming?  I don’t think they are talking about some type of atomic bomb or could they?  If it was an actual world war I could see why they’d want to be on a time shifting island.  I want to go there too!

15.   Widmore says that the island needs Locke and it has for a long time.  Can’t wait to see what that’s all about.

16.   When Widmore and Locke were chatting right before Locke took off for the airport, it looked remarkably like Eko’s village.  The dirt and the kids kicking a ball around.  Maybe a recycled set?

17.   I also liked that Widmore answered every single one of Locke’s questions without hesitation.  Now, maybe he’s a professional liar and is just less jumpy and allusive than Ben, who knows.  But it was nice that people were asking and people were answering!

18.   Interesting that Sayid chose to do charity work.  Seems a bit like he was running away from the law while trying to make some type of penance for all the bad that he did back home.

19.   So why did the obituary say Locke was survived by a teenage son?  Did I miss something?  And I was certainly expecting more when Locke met Walt.  I thought it would be a far more touching scene.  Instead Walt is just having dreams about Locke back on the island in a suit and a lot of people trying to kill him.  I’m hoping we’ll see more Walt as there has to be some explanation of why he’s so special.

20.   Abbadon helps people get to where they need to go.  So he’s the grim reaper, right?

21.   Helen died of a brain aneurysm 4/8/06.  Really? Just because we see a tombstone doesn’t mean someone is dead (Jin).  The writers once said that once someone dies, they are dead but I guess that’s not true since Christian and Locke are up and walking around.  I still found it very sad for Locke.  The one person in his life that he really loved.

22.   Locke’s one visit to Jack was enough to convince him to go back?  Now we see why he was on that plane ride a few seasons ago, just wishing the plane would crash.  I think that Jack already had a very heavy sense of guilt for leaving the other Losties back on the island and Locke’s visit just pushed him over the edge.

23. That is one crappy hotel that Widmore puts Locke in.

24.   I want to confess that I cried when Locke was trying to kill himself.  His anguish was palpable!  And I don’t think he was going to kill himself to save the island, he was doing it because he genuinely believed that he was a failure.  Heartbreaking scene for me.

25.  I believe that Ben truly did not want Locke to kill himself.  That is, until he heard that Jin was alive and then to know that Locke has to see Mrs Hawking, that put him over the edge.  But… killing Locke with his bare hands!!!  I know that Ben is not above killing people (remember the killing his own father while looking him in the face?).  But come on!   Outside of when Charlie died, this was my second least favorite scene of this show.  And I don’t mean in an angry way, but that “I’m so emotionally invested in these characters I couldn’t bear to watch” kind of way.

26.   “I’ll miss you John, I really will.”  Ben is completely convinced killing Locke was what he had to do.  Does he believe that Locke will rise again?

27.  So the previews are setting it up like Kate and Sawyer reuniting is the scene we’ve been waiting for.  Not for me!  The first scene I wanted was the Desmond and Penny meeting, which we got.  The second one that I want to see is when Juliet reunites with her sister.  Sawyer and Kate, yeah, it’s interesting but I have sisters and one in particular that I’m very close to and if I knew she was sick and then I left and couldn’t come back to know how she was doing I’d be devastated!  To me, that is way more moving that two people that only met a few months ago.

28.  Cesar saw the light right before the O6 disappeared huh?  So far, only those *traveling* have seen that light.  Not sure that there is anything to that yet.

29.  And when is Vincent coming back!

I like marinating on the show for a few days and going back and watching the show again, especially after talking things over with other Lost fans.  Thanks to everyone out there who also comes on and leaves comments. I love hearing what other people are thinking as well.

1.  I have been going back through some of the first four seasons as I was trying to find where Jack’s dad mentioned the grandfather Ray.  See my previous post, but the only time he’s mentioned is in the mobisode.  Anyway, it has me looking at things and thinking how it all connects.  The opening scene this week with Jack back in the bamboo had me look back at right before he ended up on the bamboo the first time.  There have been questions since Season One about how Jack was thrown so far off from the wreckage with only minor injuries.  While on the plane Jack is drinking heavily.   Here’s what Jack first tells Kate about what he remembers of the accident:

JACK [off camera at first]: We must have been at about 40,000 feet when it happened. Hit an air pocket. Dropped, maybe, 200 feet. The turbulence was: I blacked out.

Also, the flight attendant *slips* him two extra bottles of booze.  So we could almost assume that someone wanted to make sure that he wasn’t hurt in the crash and perhaps doped him so he’d pass out?  I think Jack may have *flashed* to the island the first time much like he did this time.  He blacked out just like this time too.  Coincidence?  The first time he would not have been mentally accepting of the flash whereas this time he’s coming to be the Man of Faith and would be more open to the idea that he got there through some type of time travel versus just being another survivor of the airline crash.

Oh, and we were missing Vincent standing there looking at him.
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2.  Here we have a board figuring all the new numbers for us.  Will 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 ,42 be obsolete now?  If the flight coordinates that Mrs Hawking gives Jack indicate anything, they will be 1, 3, 14, 16, 18, 34.
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3. Almost 50 years ago to the day that The Military took this picture of the island (from the date of the original crash, I mean).  Coincidence?  As Mr Eko would have said, “Don’t mistake coincidence for fate.”
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4.  How could Ben have not known about The Lamp Post?  I’m not buying it.  Maybe he’s never been in it (judging from the look on Mrs Hawking’s face when she’s opening the door) but I would venture to guess he knew it existed.

5.  What if Mrs Hawking is actually working with Widmore?  What if she stole all of Daniel’s work in order to find the island?  After all, Dan thought she was at Oxford, not in LA.  Maybe in some crazy attempt to use his work to get back she and Widmore were really responsible for frying Teresa’s brain and not Daniel?  Maybe they want him to think it was his fault to play him into their hands and further Widmore’s attempts to find the island.  Maybe they have some way to track the O6 and follow them back to the island.  It’s pretty obvious that it’s Dan’s work that is all over the chalkboards and we know he was headed to LA after he left Teresa.  Widmore and Hawking would have also known that he was leaving on the expedition to find the island so they can easily go to where Dan’s work was in LA and find the next window to get to the island.  They could use the O6 as their own guinea pigs to see if the theory of the Lamp Post station really works or if it fries their minds and they have to find another way back.
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6.  Desmond makes a good point.  Daniel tells him that his mother can help them, not Jack, Sun or Ben.  They are using them but unfortunately I think Desmond’s piece isn’t over yet.  Actually, I’m glad because every Desmond-centered episode so far have been my favorites.
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7.  They don’t recreate the circumstances of the original flight because Aaron is not there.  I don’t think that the six that did go (six because Ben went otherwise there would have been seven) end up in the same time and place because of this.  Somehow they are going to have manipulate time on the island to reunite.  Mrs Hawking said that the results would be unpredictable if they didn’t all go.  I guess we’ll see but I do say that little Aaron is going to end up there on the island at some point.
8.   Ah Ben.  Always hanging around in the most opportune times.  I really doubt he’s praying here as much as he’s planning his next move.  Including the lovely story he tells Jack about Thomas.
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9. The bunny at the magic show reminded me of some of the other bunnies we’ve seen so far.  Click here to watch the orientation video for The Orchid station.  Apparently #15 somehow makes it back but they can’t get them near each other.  Assuming this was some type of foreshadowing for if the Losties would come across themselves in another time.  And who could forget #8, the bunny that supposedly had the pace maker installed that killed it when it’s heart rate went too high (to scare Sawyer from escaping)?
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10.  OK, seriously, it just so *happens* that Ray has packed a pair of Christian’s shoes?  The guy only had a couple of shirts and pants and the shoes he picks to take aren’t even his?  Either Jack is the most naive person ever, or the writers have taken a serious short cut here.  It just so *happens* that Jack needs something of his father’s to put on Locke and it just so *happens* that Jack has a sentimental story about his father’s shoes?  This Ray guy better show up later for this scene not to be pure laziness on the writer’s part.
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11.  What did Kate do this time?  There are multiple things that she could have done with Aaron and Jack really should have found out what happened.  Back in Season One he said he didn’t want to know what she did in order to be arrested then later changed his mind.  It created a rift between them for awhile.  I think the same thing is going to happen as I’m sure that the Losties on the island are going to ask where Aaron is.

The most likely choice is that she left him with Claire’s mum.  She could have also left him with whoever Sun has watching Ji Yeon or with Clementine (Sawyer’s baby’s momma).  The bigger question is why?  Did Sun somehow manipulate her into going back to the island to atone for *killing* Jin?  Did her guilt over knowing she promised not to bring him back get the better of her?  Or was it something to do with Widmore?  I’m sure we’ll eventually find out.

But, I think Aaron is going to show up on the island anyway.  They ALL had to go back and Aaron was one of the Six.  It can’t be a coincidence that Claire’s mom has the same attorney as Ben and that he conveniently led them to her.  So Kate knew where she was and knew that she’d take care of Aaron.  But, in the end if Claire’s mom does have him I think she’ll show up on the island with him.  No matter how, the kid is coming back.  He has to.

12. So Cesear (Saïd Taghmaoui) is also listed in the cast for next week.  Assuming this means that he was purposely placed on the plane with the O6.  Maybe he’s in charge of tracking them and helping Widmore to find the island – maybe somehow transmit back to land their location?
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13.  If Cesear does travel to the island with the O6 then he must be a proxy for someone on the original flight, right?  Who would that be?  Was there a mole on the original flight?
14.  Here’s a thought … if the Losties have been shifting time and we assume that Rose and Bernard have as well, then where ever Claire is (if she’s still alive) then she should be shifting also, right?

15. I understand why Sun left behind her baby and went back to the island.  I don’t think that Sun believes that she’s going back forever, like Jack does.  I’m sure Sun has worked out something where she thinks that she can get back once she finds Jin.  There is no way she’d leave her baby behind.

16.Somebody turned in Sayid to get him on that flight.  I’m sure it’s whoever also talked Hurley into going back and I’m sure we’ll find out who that someone was very soon.
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17.  Here’s another thought, wouldn’t someone at Ajira Airlines notice that five of the survivors from 815 were boarding the same plane?  They are boarding in LA so you’d think that as big as a story as it was someone might find it odd that the survivors of that crash just happened to be getting on a plane together.  I know if I saw them I’d be asking to get on a different flight.  And Kate must be using a fake name because she agreed not to leave the area as part of her plea bargain.

18. It’s sweet that Hurley bought all the extra seats that he could in order to keep people from getting on the plane knowing it’s fate.  78 tickets, wow!

19.  If all the passengers end up on the island, then we know it’s more than just those in first class.  You can see a lot of people back in coach.  Maybe it’s just those in first class.  See, you shouldn’t fly first class.
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20.Whatever Ben had in the mystery box (remember, he had it hidden in the vent?) he must have in his carry on bag here.  Will be interested to see what it is.
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21.Yeah Frank!  I can’t wait to see him interacting with Sawyer.  The guy had to fly this plane considering he was supposed to be the original pilot.  I hope the smoke monster doesn’t get him like the first pilot.
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22.  By the way, Ben’s mother could not have taught him to read because she died in childbirth.  Remember, Ben’s dad says he can’t celebrate his birthday because he can’t celebrate the day he killed his mother.  Not important to the story, just thought I’d point it out.

23.  Ben says that he didn’t know Locke killed himself… probably because Locke didn’t kill himself.  We see in next week’s preview that Ben is there when Locke is about to hang himself.  I’m guessing that Locke finds something out right before he goes through with it and changes his mind only for Ben to give him a little *help* hanging himself.  Ben talks in technicalities so really, he’s not lying to Jack.  And, it really wasn’t Jack’s fault because it was Ben’s fault!
24.  Is it a coincidence that right as Jack reads the letter they flash to the island?
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25.   Jin in a Dharma van.  In reading the descriptions of the next couple of weeks and seeing the promo pictures (don’t read on if you don’t want to know…)…

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… it appears that when Locke turned the wheel he froze them in that time, which happened to be back when DI was still in full force.  The Losties on the island have somehow assimilated themselves with the DI.  Somehow Jack, Kate, and Hurley have landed in this time with them.

26.  As far as where Sayid, Sun and Ben are that is still up in the air.  They may be in the current time or they may just be somewhere else on the island.  If they are with Ben my guess is they can go whenever and where ever they want since  Ben seems to be able to manipulate his way around pretty well here.

27.  The Losties being back in time opens a whole realm of possibilities regarding course correction.  Also, we might be closing in on who is Adam and Eve back in the cave.  Right now, my money is on Rose and Bernard.

28.  And is Kate preggers – the proxy for Claire?  Does she find out while on the island and panics knowing she has to get the hell off the island or she’ll die?

OK, so I lied, Christian never mentioned Ray in the regular season on the show (or so I could find in hours of searching transcripts).  But, he *is* the center of the first Mobisode.  Link here or watch below:

I want to thank the writers of Lost.  This season has been so good, dare I say on par with Season One?  I hope they have as much fun writing this stuff as I have watching it.

1.  So I watched some of the pop ups from last week’s episode.   It’s safe to say Christian is not Jacob.  The specifically said that Christian claims to be able to speak “on behalf” of Jacob. And they flat out cofirmed that Mrs Hawkin is Dan’s mom.

2.  Love, love, love the opening that was just like the opening of Season One.  Well, except for Jack holding the piece of Jack’s Locke’s note.  Which the note was a total set up, by the way.  I mean, it was so obvious this week that every way Jack turned he was being set up.  But I wasn’t mad at him for being so naive, instead, I felt that Jack wants so bad to go back that he doesn’t care if it’s a set up.  He’ll do what it takes to go back.  Remember, he can’t leave anyone behind (must go back for them) and has a nasty habit of wanting to fix everything.

3.  I think we are getting new numbers this time.  Flight 316, 46 hours earlier, 78 passengers.  Lots of new numbers.

4.  I wonder if Hurley somehow got a hold of one of Charlie’s guitars and brought it with him?  Ben did tell Jack to take anything of sentiment with him because he’d never return.

5.  I also hope that Hurley packed TONS of batteries this time for his headphones.

6.   So when they are back on the island, do the Losties become the new Others?  Will they have to kill off the original Others (like Ben wiping out the DI to take over)?  Where will Richard fit in all of this?

7.   We see the picture in the Lamp Post of the island,government top secret photo.  Guess we know why the government sent troops there.

8.  Mrs. Hawking explains about a gentleman who solved the mysteries of the island.  I’m sure it’s safe to assume that gentleman is Dan.  But the whole Desmond meeting her on behalf of Dan was very anticlimactic.  I don’t think she’s done with Desmond.  I think she finds him once the O6 are gone and convinces them to go back.  She does tell him that the island isn’t done with him either.

9.   Wow, all the counters in the Lamp Post hatch! and I love that when Jack asks Hawking if Ben is telling the truth, she says, “probably not.”  But Jack just keeps on believing him…

10.   Why is Mrs Hawking so dressed up?  It bothered me that she’s wearing heels.  Must be a quirky family trait to wear odd clothing (like Dan and his tie).

11.   Did you see the statue behind Mrs Hawking in her office?  Looked like the statue that had the heroin in it.

12.  We will find out for sure next week, but I really don’t think Locke kills himself.  I think that he’s ready to but then at the last minute he figures out something or Ben tells him something and fights it.  The doorman hears a struggle so something goes on.

13.   Ok, it’s just sick and weird that Locke is supposed to be the proxy for Jack’s dad.  And wouldn’t Jack be wondering why they couldn’t use another body, any body?  Why does it have to be Locke?  Why can’t Locke just go back?  Why does he need to be wearing something from Jack’s dad?  And hello, ironic that Jack visit’s his grandad and he just happens to have “nice shoes” from his father?

14.  The mystery of the white tennis shoes is answered.  Jack just stuck some old, dirty shoes on his dad.  Remember we see the white tennis shoes on Christian when he’s in Jacob’s shack?

15.   Interesting story about Thomas and Jesus and the ressurection.  Again, ironic timing, huh?

16.   I’m thinking the “old friend” that Ben has made a promise to is Widmore.  I HOPE I am wrong, but Ben goes to kill Penny.  Ben knows Desmond is there and knows he’s with Penny.  Ben thinks he has to take his revenge on Widmore for killing Alex, that was his promise.  I could see what Ben has to haul ass to get on the plane and get out of there.  Widmore will be out for BLOOD if Ben kills her.  Desmond will be out for BLOOD if Ben kills her.  And… it will explain how Des is talked into returning to the island.  He will want to find Ben and kill him.

17.   Rabbit in the magic trick reminded me of the rabbits we’ve seen back on the island.

18.  I think Grandpa Ray is going to show up on the island.

19.   What has Kate done with Aaron?  She must think it’s terrible for her to be so upset.  And, I thought ALL the O6 have to go back, which includes Aaron.  And Desmond’s vision was Claire and Aaron getting on a helicopter out of there.  Me thinks little Aaron will show up on the island and freak out Kate.

20.   OK, who wants to buy meat in a shop that has been storing a dead body.  Gross!

21.   I like that Jack is turning into the Man Of Faith now.
22.   WE were set up by ABC to watch Life On Mars to see the Lost Untangled.  I’m TiVo’ing now so I can just watch the Lost stuff.  Am interested to see what it’s about.
23.   Kate is a (fill in the blank).  Sleeping with Jack and Sawyer when she’s emotionally a wreck.  And, she looked very island-esque at his place right before they take off.  No more fancy dresses and makeup.  I like this Kate better.

24.   Kate is also acting very much like she’s hiding from something.  Who did tell Hugo to show up?  Who does he trust enough to go?  And was it me, or did some of the scenes resemble the first itme they boarded flight 815?  Hugo almost didn’t make that flight either.

25.  Nice of Jill to give Jack five minutes to pull the van up.  Enough time for Jack to do what he has to do.

26.   Ben really is a bastard.  He doesn’t care what happens to the other people on the flight?  Will they show up on the island too?  I’m thinking its’ a nice way to bring in new characters.  Not like we need any though.

27.   I KNEW it would be Frank flying that plane!  He was supposed to be the pilot of 815.  I’m excited he’s back. I love his character.

28.   Back to The Langoliers…. here is another parallel to that book.  They fly through a time rip and only some of the passengers travel (in that book, it’s those that are asleep).  Reminds me how only our O6 (and Ben) seem to make it back to the island.  And we do hear the noise (like the time travel noise) so it’s probably just them.

29.   This looks like the pond from Season One where they find Kate’s suitcase with the guns.

30.  So Jin.  What the heck??? The Dharma van looks new and I doubt there’s paint laying around.  And he’s wearing a Dharma suit.  And if he’s traveling in time, why would he be driving the van around and why would the road still be open?  If it’s the past…. then why would Jin recognize them?  This is so good!

31.  If that flight was full, why were there so many empty seats?

32.  Did Hurley turn in Sayid so he’d be on the plane?
33.  I’m excited to go back and watch this one again!  Talk to you in a few days!

If you thought this episode was about your workplace, well then you probably in for a let down.

Ratings were down again for Lost.  Is it really a surprise?  We are down to the nitty gritty now with the show.  Things are now making sense (well, sort of) to those of us who have maintained our commitment to the show.  Lost isn’t one of those shows that doesn’t delve into character development, the characters (including the island) *are* the show.  You can’t just pop in and out like a soap opera and a year later it’s the same story line.  The show has evolved and yes, it does take thinking to keep up and understand what is going on.  So for those viewers who have lost interest, I’m sure they are glued to the set every week wondering who’s going to get voted off their favorite show.  Lost isn’t for those with a short attention span and those who don’t want to think and commit.  But I know that there are at least still 9 million of us in the US still watching Lost and I don’t think that those ratings are too bad all things considered.

1.  Ben the bad guy vs. Ben the good guy.  I have to say that a guy who can unemotionally gas his own father cannot possibly be a good guy.  But, I’m still shocked by Ben defending Jack to Jill.  I hope by the end of next year the question is answered but perhaps there is some middle ground?  Like anyone who has read the book “Hannibal” can relate, you can be a horrific killer and still somehow there is a human being inside somewhere who does have feelings and the capability of being kind to others.  I’m also wondering what Ben means when he tells Sun and Jack that they have no idea the things he’s had to do to keep them safe.

2.  Is Locke a sacrifice the island demands?  Remember how Locke says this about Boone?  I’m thinking this – Smokey is a security system for the Temple.  The Others are headed to the temple when the Freighter is headed to the island.  We know that when Danielle’s team gets close to the Temple Smokey pops out and takes one of them in what looked to me like a sacrifice.  So how does this all tie together?  The Temple is the heart of the island so when you reference the Temple you are in essence talking about the island.  So I think we are going to see that some force around the Temple is what is demanding these “sacrifices” and Smokey will factor into the mix.  I would assume that the group of Others headed to the Temple probably had to sacrifice one of their group to Smokey in order to enter the Temple.  Maybe the Temple is where Locke will re-enter the island either in his flesh or in whatever form Christian has taken to move around.

3.  I’m questioning the nature of the “sickness” that Danielle’s team had.  Many of us assumed when we saw the Freighter gang getting sick from the time travel that we had figured out the “sickness.”  But after seeing how Robert duped Danielle then almost killed her I’m questioning what sickness they had.  Danielle indicates it was something infecting them down Smokey’s hole.  We haven’t seen any of the Losties go down there yet so perhaps we are going to see a whole new “sickness” we didn’t expect.  Perhaps the Others had the anticdote to whatever it is (remember the injections that Desmond was taking and that they were giving Claire?  We never have really gotten a satisfactory answer to what that was.)  Perhaps next season they will go down Smokey’s hole and get sick and Juliet will save the day with the injections.
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4.  I’m sorry guys but I can’t remember who pointed it out, but yes, Theresa is the name of Boone’s nanny that he said fell down the stairs when he was young.  Theresa is also the name of Ana Lucia’s mother, but I would think the more probable connection would be to the nanny.

5.  Black and white.  This has been a theme since season one (sorry, my brain is on overload looking back at what it all means and how it’s coming together).  Someone had a good point that Christian is not a manifestation of Jacob at all but they are two separate forces.  Could Christian be the black (bad) and Jacob is the white (good)?  Why does Jacob need Locke to help him?  The ashes around his cabin are probably to keep out the evil (Christian).  An ancient rivalry perhaps (Widmore did say that the rivalry went back a looong way).  Could have started at the time of the four-toed statue or the Black Rock.

6.  Remember how Jack picks up his father’s body at the morgue?  Could Christian at that point have sacrificed his mortal body in order to return to the island (like what we think Locke is going to have to do)?
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7.  When we saw Dan at the construction site of the Orchid, could that have been when he traveled back to warn a young Charlotte not to return to the island?  Perhaps the had to live there for awhile in order to get close to her as a child.  Perhaps he was also there to keep them from digging into where Jughead was buried.  Charlotte just remembers now that Dan (the crazy man) told her not to come back to the island, like when Desmond woke up with the “new” memory of Dan telling him to find his mother?
8.  In case you forgot about the obituary for Locke, here is the transcript.  Who is the teenage son they refer to?

The body of Jeremy Bentham of New York was found shortly after 4 am in the 4300 block of Grand Avenue. Ted Worden, a doorman at the Tower Lofts complex, heard loud noises coming from the victim’s loft. Concerned for tenants’ safety, he entered the loft and found the body hanging from a beam in the living room. According to Jaime Ortiz, a police spokesman, the incident was deemed a suicide after medical tests. Bentham is survived by one teenaged son. Memorial services will be held at the Hoffs-Drawlar Funeral Home tomorrow evening. (source; The Tailsection)
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9.   Opening with a close up of Sun’s eyes (well, her face but the closest we have had to the old opening technique of a close up on someone’s eye)
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10.  Translation, “I’m going to kidnap Aaron so he’ll be safe and bring him back to be raised as your brother.  I have to do it since Kate is such a whiner and can’t do it herself.”
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11.  Here are the best screencaps I could get of Smokey.  The scenes move so fast it’s hard to get a clear shot, but I don’t see anything new.
        

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12.  To go along with my theory that they are jumping to very specific places… Jin stops Danielle from going down the Smokey hole because of her baby.  Had Jin not been there she would have followed them and could have potenially been infected with the “sickness.”  Not necessarily course correction, but just keeping the course… on course.
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13.The Temple doesn’t look so much like a temple but more like a wall left from what used to be a temple.  I wonder if what is on the other side is what Danielle has referred to in the past as “the dark territory.”
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14.   Montaud’s arm.  The same arm we see Vincent bringing back to camp in 3 X 12?
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15. I think that the sound that they hear before they flash sounds just like what we used to hear right before we used to see a flash back/forward.  A simple device used by the producers to indicate time change.

16.   Could Charlotte be the child of Ben and Annie?  They moved away and her mother wanted her to believe it was all a dream.  Maybe Annie was in hiding from Ben and couldn’t have Charlotte talking about the island in case it could lead Ben to them.

17.Is it just a coincidence that Locke says to Miles, “I’ll see you when I get back.”  Miles can talk to dead people.  Locke knows he has to die to come back and Miles is capable of talking to dead people.  On a side note, I really want to know when Miles will start talking to Jacob.
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18.  The light at the end of the tunnel for Locke.  Interesting imagery.  Looks like that would have been one heck of a fall for him.
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19.   Christian meets John under the well to correct the course since Locke was supposed to move the wheel, not Ben.  He can’t help John up because he has to do it himself without any help or it won’t work.
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I really wanted a two hour episode tonight.  It was so good.  This season has been spectacular so far.  Can you imagine if we had to put up with re-runs while they are building this momentum?  I, for one, am willing to wait the extra time if we don’t have to suffer through re-runs.

1.  Opening on Sun’s eyes.  We haven’t seen the opening on an eye yet this season.

2.  Is Sun planning on kidnapping Aaron?  Why would she tell Ji Yeon she met a new friend for her in America unless she was planning on them meeting soon?

3.  You can hear the numbers on the walkie talkie that Robert has.  I’m wondering if it was Lenny talking… before he left the island.

4.  Cute, the (blonde, jerky crew member ) says, “Next you’ll be talking about submarines…”

5.  Jin seems moved watching how Robert treats pregnant Danielle.  His heart must be breaking knowing that his wife left preggers.

6.   Finally, we get to see a little bit of The Temple…. and Smokey lives there!  Did you catch the hieroglyphs on the side, just like what was on the counter in the hatch right before it blew up?  I wanted to see what was there, darn time shifts.  I can’t wait to screencap Smokey this week.  And Robert wants to go down the hole to help since they don’t leave anyone behind.  Sounds like another hero we know, Jack.

7.  Next Jin comes across Danielle and her crew, mostly dead.  And Robert wants to kill Danielle!  Almost like he was dead and Smokey took over his body.  Like Yemi when he meets Eko way back when.  I’m not so sure now that it was the time travel sickness that takes over Danielle’s crew.  Robert wasn’t acting like he was brain fried, he seemed possessed.  Danielle seems to think that he was “infected” when he chased Smokey down the hole.

8.  Jin finds Danielle by following the smoke.  Remember that Danielle was following the smoke when she kidnapped Claire’s baby and was taking him to the Others?  There *has* to be a connection.

9.  And why does the Temple need a security system?

10.   It was cool to see that Sawyer was so happy to see Jin.  Genuine happiness out of Sawyer!  Thank goodness someone gets to explain to Jin what is going on.

11.  Finally, someone seems confused why Locke would want to bring someone back.  Jin doesn’t want Sun back there.

12.  Ben tells Sun that he just needs 30 minutes and he can prove Jin is alive.  How is Eloise going to prove it to her?  I doubt the ring alone will convince her.  Why would she just take Ben’s word for it?  And if Locke wakes up he’ll tell her that Jin is dead since that was his promise and we know that Locke is a man of his word!

13. Charlotte was talking and acting like Teresa (the woman back in England who’s brain was fried by Daniel first).  She was popping in and out of time and different ages.  I like that we know that she was there before and why she was so adamant about getting back.  But I was really surprised they killed her off.  I think we know that Dan must travel back and tell her not to come back.  But he’s breaking one of the “rules” by doing this.  Love sure has a funny way of making you do crazy things.

14. Seems Charlotte is a fan of the Jeronimo Jackson.

15.  Dan says that as far as bringing the O6 back that is where they leave science behind.  Meaning?  Meaning that they don’t have to bring them back?

16.  NO! Sawyer has a nosebleed!

17.  Charlotte also knows that the well is by The Orchid station.  Maybe when she was a kid she spent some time there.

18.  Shouldn’t they have left Dan with some type of protection, like a gun?  They’ve seen how the Hostiles can be so they really should have given his something.  And where are Rose, Bernard and Vincent?

19.  Locke descending down the well was interesting imagery.  At first I was thinking of when they were lowering Kate down the hatch but my sister pointed out it was like a birth canal.  Maybe also like death… you see the light at the end of the tunnel.

20.   Juliet thanks Locke “if whatever you’re attempting to do works.”  We have been too trusting of her.  She knows stuff.  She was an Other.  I think we’ll be seeing more of what little miss Juliet knows in the coming epis.

21.  If they don’t bury Charlotte will Smokey be able to move her around like the other dead people from the island?

22.  I think we see now that whatever they are holding they take with them when they travel.  Sawyer is still holding the rope when Locke is going down the well and the time changes.

23.   I don’t think Christian is Jacob.  I think Jacob somehow embodies him or can take over any dead body that isn’t buried on the island.  But he does know about Jack when he tells Locke to tell his son he said hello.  Christian/Jacob can’t help Locke up so I assume that’s because he’s not physically there, but not sure yet how that works.  Projecting somehow perhaps?
24.  Why does Locke have to die to turn the wheel and why is he always hurting his legs?  Ben didn’t die when he turned it.  And Christian/Jacob seemed pretty perturbed that it wasn’t Locke that turned the wheel.  Locke does take shortcuts though, like when he let Sawyer kill his dad for him.  But, if Christian/Jacob wanted Locke to turn the wheel, I think somehow Ben knew this but did it himself for another reason.  Remember, Ben always has a plan!

25.   Ben actually looks surprised when Desmond shows up and says he’s looking for Dan’s mom.  I don’t think he knew!  Or, he never thought anyone would else would figure that piece out.

26.  I don’t think Eloise is really OK with just the two of the O6 there.  She probably will send her other people to help round them up.

27.  Wouldn’t Desmond just be absolutely freaked out seeing Elosie?  He HAS to remember that she’s the one that sent him to the island and taught him about course correction.

28.  I saw Jack jumping in the water in next week’s epi so we know at least he is there.

Who is The Little Prince in the show? On first glance I thought it was Aaron. But then I went and read the book online and I’m thinking now that it’s Locke. You have a young boy who leaves his star and goes on an adventure to 6 different stars, including landing on Earth. While there, he discovers that even though it’s small, he wants to go back to his star, B-612, but the only way to get home is to be “killed” by the snake. But, he doesn’t really die, just has to leave behind the empty shell that is his body. You can read the story here.
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1. Is it right that Kate keeps Aaron? If Kate knows that Claire was flying to LA to give him up for adoption then I’m sure Claire told her other personal things like about her mother. Sure, Kate probably thought mom was in a coma until they met at the funeral home, but was she OK just to keep him without a word to anyone? I understand that she probably has an emotional connection to him relating to the island and the loss of Sawyer, but I’m not convinced that Kate did the right thing by lying about being his mother. She doesn’t even know if Claire is alive so maybe her redemption should come by going back to the island to give him back to Claire.
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2. Sun says, “Don’t worry about us Kate. There’s candy and a mini-bar and 100 channels on TV.” Geesh, what’s she going to get him from the mini-bar?

3. Sun’s report on Ben doesn’t seem to say too much. Looks like he went to the mailbox a lot.
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4. A couple of thoughts on Sawyer. I’m loving all the screen time so far this season. I also really like the way a calm Juliet plays against the irritated Sawyer. And he listens to her! She tells him to go away and he does. He must trust her because later her tells her about seeing Kate.
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5. If you recall, originally Jack was going to be killed by the smoke monster and Kate was going to become the leader of the Losties. However, it seems like her character development has been to a whiney, whimpy woman. What happened to the outlaw, tough chick from season one who could use a sewing kit to close Jack’s wound? The Kate that robbed banks and killed her step-father for being a jerk? Now she believes things at face value and is always on the edge of a good cry. Geesh, let the chick have her cry and bring back the Kate from season one! Can you imagine if this lawyer would have come to her back then? Tough checks aren’t scared of attorneys!
Post Island Makeover. Not a fan.

Island Kate. Much better.

6. Are they purposely making her eyes look this scary? Wow!
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7. I don’t remember Locke’s light being that bright from the hatch. And why wouldn’t the Losties, any of them, noticed this beam?
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8. I’ve discussed my thoughts on Sawyer seeing Kate and Claire in my initial thoughts, but I wanted another excuse to post a screencap of him… OK, OK, the look on his face is very touching as well.
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9. This water *has* to be from after the O6 come back to the island. But it does beg the question “where are they?” Where are the Losites and the O6? Guess we’ll eventually see!
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10. I couldn’t get a good shot of the boat that chases the Losties but I’m sure when they shot and edited the episode that is what they intended. Our choices of who they are: O6, Other Others, Richard & the Others, Rose and Bernard?
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11. This was not my catch but apparently “Canton-Rainier” is an anagram for “reincarnation.” Ironic considering Locke’s dead body is in that van.
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12. Apparently, this box reads “612″ like the Little Prince’s star!
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13. I think we know why Danielle didn’t get *the sickness.* She is hanging on to her music box here. If you recall, it was very important to her and Sayid fixed it in Season One while she held him captive.
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14.  Wow is Jin in for a big shock when he starts time jumping!  First he meets young Danielle, then she just disappears in front of his eyes.
15.   Is Ji Yeon going to be allowed to return to the island?  She’s not considered one of the O6 so will the *island* allow her?

See my initial thoughts here.

I didn’t watch the pop ups again. I figure as much time as I spend blogging, maybe someone out there will be kind enough to share if there is something I miss???

1. Was it just my tv or was the sound “off” this week? Last week the color was weird and this week the sound was off. I’m hoping it’s just a technical glitch.

2. Why does Kate want to keep Aaron… possibly a surrogate in her heart for the losses she had. Her losses including Sawyer perhaps? I think Kate would feel a overall loss leaving behind her “friends” on the island, but a deeper sense of loss as she obviously had feelings for him that were pretty intense. I’m also wondering if she lost a baby in her past. She should have renamed him “Tom” and bought him a toy airplane.

3. Locke asks Sawyer if he does want Kate to come back. My question is why Sawyer wouldn’t also want to find the way OFF the island to GO and see her? Why would they want the six to come back? Why wouldn’t they want to leave and go be with them? That is what I’d be asking for, at least.4. I think it’s time that they show us where Rose and Bernard and anyone else left alive from the Losties have been. There seemed to be quite a few on the beach and now we are down to three Losties and three Freighter-ies. Seems like the three Losties are fine though and it’s the Freighter gang that’s getting the nose bleeds (and Juliet, but she’s not a Lostie).

5. Sayid is always fighting with someone. I suppose that Ben addresses them in the way they live, but wouldn’t Sayid wonder why these guys just shoot darts at him and don’t kill him?

6. I think that the scene where Kate is helping Claire deliver the baby is very moving to Sawyer because he misses her and remember how happy he was when he found out that she wasn’t pregnant by him. Lots of regret there, I’m sure.

7. The time jumps that they are having on the island seem more and more to be purposeful moments and not random at all. Like how you see your life flash before your eyes before you die or how the ghosts took Ebenezer Scrooge to poignant moments in his life. Locke hops back and tells Richard about this birth, setting up a chain of events to prove he’s special. Richard happens to be there when Locke is shot. Locke sees the light from the hatch which reminds him that he had to suffer to get where he is and therefore he doesn’t want to change any of the events that are happening.  Like Sawyer asks him if he wants to go and warn himself not to make stupid choices and Locke does not want to.
8. Saywer keeps mentioning that beer.

9.  Aija Airlines.  Another crash or could it be how the O6 get back to the island and we’re seeing after they get back.  Maybe we are seeing the Losties ON the island, in the future, AFTER the O6 get back.  Maybe the O6 are shooting at the Losites in the boat not realizing who they are shooting at.  Or…
10.  OTHER Others shooting at the Losties in the boat.  We haven’t seen Richard’s group for awhile plus I’ve thought all along there was another set of Others we haven’t been introduced to yet.
11.   Another Foreest Gump moment.  First Kate says they are going “on vacation” then Sawyer has a Leuitenant Dan moment thanking God for the rain.  Will Sayer end up having his Come To God moment too?  Anyone who’s seen the movie will understand.
12.   Jack must fix something.  Wants to fix Kate’s situation.

13.  That was Danielle’s group in the raft that finds Jin.  And YEAH! Jin is alive!  Another purposeful moment to skip to.
14.   Could Jin be floating in the water for two days and live?  Do we even know how long since the O6 left the island?  And what are they eating to stay alive?

15.   Looks like next week he tells her that Jin is alive but of course in true Ben fashion he’s going to somehow use Jin as bait to get her back to the island.  Now, about Hurley… since the only one truly OK with going back is Jack, he’s going to need to use something fantastic to get Hurley to agree.

16.  The Losties flash forward and find the camp.  Vincent’s collar is there.  Who has been living there with Vincent?  Wouldn’t Vincent be time flopping around with them?