OK so wow, more deaths.  I didn’t expect that Widmore would be killed off so easily.  I expected many more explosions and action from him and his group!

1.  Anyone else thinking that Jack drinking the water and taking over was just way too easy for this show?  I’m not buying it.  On one hand I think that Hurley is a good candidate because of his innocence.  On the other, Sawyer is a good pick because he’s a good guy at heart.  Either way, I’m not believing that Jack is going to stay and protect the light.

2.  Jack seeing another cut.  I’m wondering how the new time line is now literally “bleeding” through.

3.  How cute seeing Claire with Jack and David.  This new time line is just so happy that it cannot last.  It’s like when someone is telling you a joke and you keep wondering when they are going to get to the punch line.  We know something is coming up at that concert but who knows what its about!

4.  I haven’t commented a lot on the obvious things that we’ve seen before that have come up again (Jack now sewing up Kate, the phrase about mistaking coincidence with fate, and you know others) but I’m wondering if there is a subtle hint there.  A hint that things are coming full circle now and perhaps will continue to circle through Lost time.  Like holding two mirrors up to each other and the reflection goes on to infinity.  So will the events, sayings, relationships and so on in this Lost universe.  Perhaps in our own lives the same thing happens if you are paying attention?

5.  Maybe Kate won’t raise Aaron.  Maybe Kate will go back for Ji Yeon.  Wouldn’t that be a fun twist?

6.  Did you text your message to ABC?  I had to use my daughter’s phone because she’s with Verizon.  I asked them to use Gitsie Girl if they used mine so here’s hoping!

7.  Sawyer should know where at least one of the wells is located.  He helped lower Locke into the well when they were time traveling.

8.  I wonder if Ben didn’t stop Des if he was going to hit him again or just drive away.  And is Ben constantly being beat up or what?  I want to feel sorry for him but boy, I just don’t.

9.  I loved having Miles back.  We needed some comic relief.

10.  I’d really love to know what Alex “said” to Miles.

11.  Ben now has all that dynamite in his backpack.  Something is going to blow.  We’ve seen an ongoing theme that everyone has good and evil in them so the question is, who or what is Ben going to end up blowing up with all of that C4?

12.  Ben checking himself out in the mirror in the nurse’s office.  Guess he’s starting to really “see” isn’t he?  So much faith starting to show up in these people!

13.  Why does Des need Locke to “let go?”  Perhaps he needs Locke to die so that when Flocke is killed it doesn’t cross over or something along those lines happening between the two timelines.  I still think that Locke is going to be key in stopping Flocke.

14.  How convenient for Des that Sayid and Kate are in cells with one another.

15.  Sawyer’s guilt just might lead him to agree to protect the island as well.  It’s a powerful motivator.

16.  Here’s an answer – Jacob can appear as himself as a kid.  Guess it explains why he was following and taunting Flocke.

17.  Good thing they showed us all that equipment in Widmore’s canoe by the dock.  The Losties are going to need that to fight Flocke and we needed to know it’s there so when they get it we know where they got it.  Make sense?

18.  Smokey didn’t kill Richard.  Richard will be back in some form as I cannot accept that quick moment was his end.  He’s been far too important to this show.

19.  Why would Ben want the island now?  Alex and all of his people are gone so what is left there for him?  I can see why he would rat out Widmore, he wants him dead.  But there is good in everyone as we saw in the new timeline.  I’m till holding out hope that Ben will help the Losties out of love for the island since he has nothing else left.

20.  How weird seeing Danielle in a dress!  And I for one like the idea of Danielle and Ben hooking up.  After their rocky relationship on the island I like the idea that Ben can legitimately be part of Alex’s life in the new timeline.

21.  I really don’t think that Flocke knows what is off the island.  He’s never been “across the sea” so outside of what people have told him he really doesn’t know.

22.  Yeah, Widmore may have told Flocke some but I have a real feeling that he didn’t tell Flocke everything.  After all, Flocke didn’t even know why he was there so how would he know if Widmore told him everything?

23.  Apparently Jacob can reveal himself when he wants to so all those years he chose not to show himself to Ben.

24.  I still think at this point Sun and Jin did die for nothing but, until I see the last 2 1/2 hours on Sunday nothing is hopeless.  There may be meaning there yet!

25.  Here comes Locke, Mr Man of Faith in the new timeline.  Reminds me of Season One where Locke was so full of faith and Jack was so full of …. science.  That certainly turned around so I guess it can in the new timeline.

26.  Jacob is the anchor that hold Flocke there.  The rules state that Flocke and Jacob can’t kill each other and apparently Flocke can’t kill the candidates.  Now that Jack has been “baptized” by Jacob is he invincible like Flocke (can’t be killed by bullets)?  And how on earth will they kill Flocke unless Des being the fail safe will “turn the key” so to speak once again.

27.  Hurley saying “I’m glad it’s not me” in reference to taking over the island makes me think even more he could take on the position.  Jack taking over is just so simple and obvious.  Unless the island is somehow destroyed by the new timeline and it ends up that none of them have to take over.  That they can all live in the new timeline happily and not so lonely.

28.  Des is pretty creepy around the Losties in the new timeline.

29.  Somewhere along the line Des convinced Hurley and then some that whatever they are doing in the new timeline is vitally important.  I love Des and Hurley working together.  He’s shown him “whatever” to the point he even recognizes Ana Lucia!  And Hurley and Sayid back together too.

30.  OK, first Flocke tells Ben that if he helps him he’ll leave and turn the island over to him.  Now he says he’s going to use Des to destroy the island.  Will this be what turns Ben around and has him end up killing Flocke to protect the island?  Ben only ha s the island left.  His people are gone and Alex is gone.  The island is the only thing that he really cares about that is still around and now Flocke wants to blow it up.

31.  And where is Vincent?  I know that we won’t get all the answers and really I’m OK with that.  But I really want to know where that damn dog is.

It’s our final Tuesday together friends.  Sure, we can spend Tuesday night together but not with a new episode.  It’s been six years and I’ve had a lot of fun.  I’ll be on Sunday night as well OF COURSE but just wanted to send out a huge thanks to all of you for coming here, browsing and leaving comments.  I’ve loved every week with you.

I’ll keep this blog going after this week so I hope you’ll keep coming.  I’m going to keep the dream alive.

GG

I love when a story can take the bad guy and make you feel sorry for him. I will give Darlton credit for making me feel sorry for the MIB.  He didn’t chose his fate and essentially he just wanted to get the heck off of the island to see what else is out there.  Reminds me of a kid raised in a small town that just wants to leave and explore the world but then gets stuck through circumstance out of their control but never loses the yearning to leave.  MIB never gives up his quest to leave.  Can’t say I blame the guy!

1.  Claudia is wearing the dreaded red.  I love the contrast here of her in the red dress but the color may have doomed her from the start.
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2.  This was a new use of the reflection.  I can’t help but think that there was more meaning than just New Mother showing up, but then again this is Lost so it could just be nothing.
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3.  I keep waiting for the reemergence of Locke’s wacky paste that he used on Boone so he could have a “vision quest.”  But New Mother didn’t give Claudia time to do anything really before she smashed her head in and stole her babies!  Didn’t see that one coming.
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4.  I noticed watching back that there appear to be graves inside of the cave.  Note the crosses in the background.  Could these be from New Mother’s original crew?  My guess is that she was like Danielle and that they got the “sickness” and she killed them.  Or she went nuts and killed them.
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5.  Black and white from the start.  Can you imagine (moms out there) if twins were really this big when they were born?  She’d probably be screaming a lot louder than that!
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6.  New Mother has set these two boys up from the start to fight amongst themselves.  She gives MIB special treatment (ie: the game) then tests Jacob by asking what he’s doing to see if Jacob will rat out his brother.  Which he does.

7.  New Mother has to know about the Others living on the island yet she lets the boys run around freely.  Makes me think that she has some sort of bargain with them that makes them leave them alone.

8.  When Jacob and MIB are watching the Others kill the boar it reminded me of Jin and Eko in a similar position.
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9.  THIS is the reason they are there, really?  I’m going to try and be positive here.  We’ve devoted almost 6 years to this show and I’m going to be a woman of faith and assume that since Darlton wrote this episode there is going to be more involving this cave.  I really hope.
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10.  The way New Mother describes the light really reminds me of birth or the light at the end of the tunnel during birth.  She says that the light is bright and the warmest light you’ve ever felt, that a little of it is in all of us.  Very symbolic.  But she says it’s not enough for regular men – is that where the science comes in?  We can’t just accept and live in the light?

11.  Nice red flowers by the entrance.
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12.  I think that MIB is the protector and/or the balance of this light and especially now that he has part of that light in him.  Jacob isn’t the protector as much as he has to keep MIB there.  That is why Danielle called the “monster” a security system because he really is protecting the island.  Although he may want to leave, he can’t or the the balance of dark and light would go out and it’s Jacob’s job to keep him there to keep the balance.

13.  A few words on Claudia appearing to MIB.  First of all it reminded me of the “vision” Charlie had back in Season Two of Claire and his mother.  Second, I think that New Mother is actually appearing to him.  I’ll say that I think she’s her own version of the smoke monster and that part of that being is the ability to appear as the dead.  It goes along with how New Mother is pitting these two against each other.  Why would she do this?  Perhaps there has to be that balance between good and evil in order to keep the light on the island.  Maybe like Jacob said, people have to chose to be good and New Mother wants MIB to chose to stay on the island.
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14. Here’s the infamous dagger.  The dagger that can supposedly kill MIB and the same dagger used to kill New Mother.
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15.  OK weird-o mom putting a spell on the wine she gives to Jacob.  I looked back and when Jacob gives Richard “everlasting life” he also has him drink the wine.  But perhaps MIB smashes the bottle not only because it symbolizes his being stuck there but also because he can’t drink the wine, it’s too late for him.

16.  There is no way New Mother pulled MIB out of the well, filled it with dirt and then proceeded to kill and burn all of the Others. Further proof that she’s special as well, perhaps another form of a smoke monster?  Maybe that is also how she knows so much about the light, what is down there, what it feels like and also what happens when you go into the light.
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17.  I understand that there has been a lot of talk amongst them, but MIB stabs New Mother before she has a chance to speak to him in the cave.  perhaps it’s a little more open to interpretation regarding not letting MIB talk before you can kill him?

18.  MIB asks Jacob a very good question – why did New Mother bring him back to the light?  Perhaps she wanted Jacob to throw MIB in there.

19.  I think that MIB is still alive, even though we saw his body.  My theory is that by throwing him into the light he had his “rebirth” and shed his earthly form, if you will.  The smoke is still the essence of him much like now that he’s in Locke’s body he still has his memories and feelings.

20.  The young Jacob that is appearing to MIB has blood on his hands which makes me think it’s symbolic of Jacob essentially killing him.  But he’s watching him mockingly perhaps because he knows that MIB cannot leave the island and that he has to follow whatever rules HE made up for this game.
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21.  The cave also put me in mind of the Cave of Voices from the Dark Tower series.  There was also a portal there where they could travel to other worlds.

22.  Jacob represented the man of faith while MIB was the man of science.  It’s ironic that MIB eventually took over Locke’s body who was the original 815 man of faith.

23.  In watching this one back I didn’t dislike it nearly as much as I did initially.  The writing was excellent and Jacob and MIB were really great in their roles.  So I’m going to chalk this one up to poor acting on New Mother’s behalf.  I still have faith that this Tuesday and then the finale are going to be amazing.  If this show had not been amazing we would have never stuck with it for this long and one bad episode isn’t going to damper my spirits.

Hi everyone.  I’m going to try and be objective but wow was I disappointed tonight.  The writing and acting just wasn’t doing it for me tonight.  I was so looking forward to this week and with one epi left after tonight I expected to have my socks knocked off.  One of the reasons I think so many of us love Lost is that they don’t dumb things down for us and tonight I felt like they did.

1.  I found the reflection of the “new mother” in the water interesting.

2.  Are we to believe that the “new mother” was chosen to protect the island and that there were people here before her?  Did she get the “sickness” and kill them all like Danielle?

3.  The “new mother” seemed OK with the babies until MIB was born.  And cute that they are in black and white blankets from the start.  Then MIB won’t stop crying and “BAM” she beats her on the head.  OK, was that necessary?  I think MIB is right when he says his mother was nuts.  She didn’t have to kill Claudia.  They could have lived all together.

4.  The new mother is so playing favorites with MIB.  Leaving him that game.  And how interesting that he “just knows” how to play.

5.  Little Jacob is the bloody kid running around the island mocking Flocke.  It’s the same kid.  But what the heck is that all about?  His guilty conscience is chasing him but if so then why can other people see him?

6.  Locke was told all his life that he was “special” and now we see that MIB was told he was “special” too.  Not sure what that means unless they are truly the ones who protect the island.  Maybe MIB can’t leave because in some ’special’ way it is him and not Jacob that holds the light there.

7. How can the boys grow 30 years into men and then stop aging? ”

8.  Jacob and MIB watching the others kill the boar reminded me of Jin and Eko when they saw the Others walking through the jungle.

9.  What makes all men dangerous according to the New Mom?  The same thing that they said before, “They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt and it always ends the same.”

10.  OK people, was I the only one who groaned when the found the cave with the light?  REALLY!  This is it?  I liked the red flowers there though.  What is this light?  Is it the light one sees when the die or the birth canal as they are born?  Why is THIS the light of the world?  Why can’t they both protect the light?

11.  I thought Jacob’s purpose was to keep MIB on the island? It sure doesn’t look like he’s looking for someone to guard the light?

12.  What was the purpose of Claudia coming back and leading MIB to the others?  Why can’t Jacob see dead people?  Oh lordy, there are so many more questions than answers this week.

13.  I did think it was pretty cool that they are living in the cave, the same cave MIB led Jack to so that they would have water.

14.  I don’t even know what to believe that New Mother says since she’s obviously nuts.  She just goes around beating people in the head to get her way.  Maybe they can leave the island.

15.  I want to think on this but there seems to be something to the fact that New Mother thought she had to raise the boys.  Should Claire be the one to raise Aaron?  Raised by another?

16.  We didn’t get any answers about that knife and why it can kill MIB or Jacob. Or what the sickness is.  And why did New Mother thank MIB for killing her?  Was she just tired?  The same reason, perhaps, that Jacob let Ben kill him?

17.  We did get to see the origin of the donkey wheel.

18.  MIB has to be the one that is special.  Otherwise why was New Mother so set on keeping him there?  Seems like she kept Jacob around more for company and to spy on MIB rather than to truly take over as guardian.  That really didn’t work out so well and Jacob ended up with the job anyway.

19.  The light seems to be what was under the pool in the temple.  They resurrected Sayid in the light as they did with MIB and what they had was much worse than death.

20.  What’s up with the drinky poo to make Jacob responsible for the island?  And her line sounded remarkably similar to what Sayid said to Jack last week about it being them.  Being them for what – to take over the island.  But the drinking of the wine seemed a pretty cheesy story device.

21.  And I can see why MIB is so angry.  New Mother killed his birth mom, killed his people, buried the well that they worked so hard on and took away his dream just to leave the island.  She was nuts and he was angry for a very good reason.

22.  There’s a storm coming all right.  New Mother knows that MIB is there waiting but since she’s passed the torch, literally, to Jacob she can now die in peace.

23.  Jacob made MIB what he is today.  Whatever is down in that cave is what is left of his brother and his spirit is still po’d and wants to just leave the island.  It’s like taking over Locke but he didn’t really take the body over, just the image.  It’s like they are a shell of what they once were filled with some strange spirit from down in the light cave.  But I still think that even though we found who our Adam and Eve skeletons belonged to, we still have MIB wandering around the island in some form.

24.  I need to take a day and watch this one again.  My initial reaction was of disappointment but maybe thinking it over will bring me to more insight.  It just seemed tonight that the way the story was presented to us was weak and I was expecting more to this.  Yes, there were some answers and I don’t judge an episode on whether we got answers because I love that this show doesn’t always give them.  But what we do get is amazing story telling and tonight just was a weak episode.

Your thoughts?

Could new time line Locke be The Candidate?  Once he starts realizing what his old time line self is up to I think that we’ll finally get to see Locke get his redemption by stopping Flocke.  Not only is the the emotionally troubled guy we knew before, now we know he also has his dad’s accident on his conscious.  The obvious choice is Jack to be The Candidate but I can definitely see Locke filling that role.  Wouldn’t it be a terrible twist of fate if something happens and Jack ends up being the new MIB?

1.  Instead of the typical eye opening we get to see the POV of the eye.  And, to make it even more interesting, it’s blurry.
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2.  I like that Jack tells him “welcome back”  We’ve seen in Sayid that they all do have good and evil in them and is capable of turning to their good side.  Locke can bring himself back around on the island after all, the body still belongs to him and if MIB is trapped in there maybe he can kill him in it somehow.

3.  In another twist of fate, Jack saves Locke in the new time line and in the old time line Flocke saves Jack by dragging him away from the bombs.

4.  Widmore says on his list are the “Kwans,” that’s plural Kwans.  Maybe he doesn’t know which one so he put them both on there.  And what is his list for?  Does Widmore also want to take over the island and needs the Losties to be gone in order to make that happen? It sure didn’t appear that he was trying to protect them by locking them all in a cage for Smokey to come and take in one fail swoop. A better idea would have been to separate them.  Make old smokey try and round them up himself.

5.  Seriously, where were the fish biscuits?
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6.  Widmore even asks when the fence will be live.  Hm, maybe he was using the Losties as bait for Smokey?

7.  So far Desmond has been helping the Losties to “see” the alternative time line.  But not with Jack.  Is he really playing the same role as Jacob in that the wants Jack to see it himself?  Like Jacob said, some people just have to find it for themselves.

8.  Bernard says he remembers Locke’s accident from three years ago like “duh of course I do!”  Dual meaning?  He remembers the accident or he remembers the alt time line?  Of course he does!

9.  If this is Anthony Cooper now then how will Sawyer deliver his letter in the new time line?  How will he get any closure when he finds him like this?
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10.  Relection, dual reflection.  Starting to come together?
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11.  Where is Widmore when they leave the cages and then try to hijack his sub?  I think he’s watching from the same monitors that Ben watched the Losites.  We know that there are cameras all around there and he has to know what’s been going on.  Somewhere out there Richard, Ben and Miles are lurking too.

12.  I wanted Sawyer not to just believe Jack out of faith but also because Sawyer had once before been duped into believing he was at death’s door.  Remember that Ben had Sawyer convinced that there was a pacemaker implanted in his chest and if his BP went over a certain number he would die?  That was a hoax too.  For such a good con man he sure can’t see through lies very well.  Not that the bomb is a lie but that sometimes he needs to think through the logic of a situation.

13.  If Locke can’t kill them then he is going to have to use Claire to kill them.  Out of those still alive she’s the only one who isn’t in their group, so to speak.  She now thinks they left her behind twice so I’m sure she is going to be upset plus she’s one heck of a good shot!

14.  “Because it’s going to be you, Jack!”  And so the last words of Sayid were uttered.  *sigh*
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15.  Now that Sayid has paid his pennance can he be together with Nadia?  This guy deserves a happy ending.

16.  Bye Bye Frank.  Another pointless death if you ask me.  Why did they drag this character around with them for all the episodes if all they were going to do is have him get run over by the sub door and drown.  Makes me kind of sad as he seemed very underused and I figured he would get his moment to shine when they flew off the island.  But, it’s kind of cool I guess that now the obvious answer to how they are going to fly the plane is gone.
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17.  Blast from the past… another one.  Jack giving Hurley instructions and telling him that “you can do this, OK?”  Just like when he had told Hurley how to get Claire out of the wreckage of the plane in the series opener.

18.  Farewell Jin and Sun.  A friend of mine at work put it best.  It’s like losing friends, not a just a TV show.  But I’ve read that their death will have meaning which makes me happy because as much as I was tired of their story line I didn’t want to see them die (nothing like the annoying Ken and Barbie characters!)
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19.  My eyes were too blurry with tears to notice in the very next scene Jin walks past Locke in the hospital headed to Sun’s room.  I would like to think that this was the writer’s way of reminding us that these characters aren’t “really” dead in the traditional, real-world sense.  They’re still hanging around out there.
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20.  Now that Sawyer had a good clobber on the head will his island self start “seeing” his off island self?  Now he may start seeing what Juliet meant when she said “it worked.”  I can’t wait for that reunion.

OK, my self imposed blackout is over.  I know, it didn’t take long but I LOVE this show and it’s like trying to quit smoking or something.  But good intentions will never get you anywhere.  Except to articles about Lost.  And that’s not so bad.

BUT, I found this little tidbit about next week.  It’s a teaser to me, may be a spoiler to you.  Highlight below to read.  Click here to read the whole article.

Next Week Is Unlike Anything You’ve Seen on Lost Before. Swear. And though we’ve all been told that none of the series regulars appear, that is actually not true. Spoiler Alert: You will see three of the main leads in a very surprising throwback moment that lets you know that the producers totally knew what they were doing as of season one. (Boo-ya!) Allison Janney guest stars, along with two other actors you know, and a few others you don’t. You’ll learn much much more about the history of the island and the evil, and light, within. Pay close attention to every line Allison’s character says and every line (or lack thereof) on her face. Oh, and DVR it. ‘Cause you’ll need to watch it twice.

ABC will be airing an extra 1/2 hour of the finale because there was just too much too tell, according to Damon Lindelof.  AND they will be airing a two hour recap epi before hand too!  * APPLAUSE!*

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I absolutely LOVE this idea.  I think I may even go on a blackout until after I was the end.  Maybe.  I’m not known for my willpower

Lost maintains the dread and suspense on tonight’s episode
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Lost will no longer be showing promos for the following week’s episode, for example. That’s why details of new episodes will be bare-bones from now on.

As Cuse explained: “Our feeling is that most people do not really want to see a bunch of scenes from upcoming episodes, that the joy of Lost is approaching it cold, with the mysteries of the show washing over you.”

Lost is all about maintaining dread and suspense.

I admit, I’m a cry baby.  I balled-my-eyes-out when Jin and Sun went down together.  And here I thought I was tired of their story line.  But, I also think that they died for no real purpose in the show.  Charlie died trying to save them all, he was a hero.  AND, essentially Sawyer killed them!  Had he left the bomb alone they would have all lived.

1.  I just want to talk about Sayid first.  We knew that he still had humanity in him.  But four major deaths in one night is horrifying (have to count Frank in there).  We knew it was coming but wow, that was tough!

2.  Did anyone else have a commercial pop in for a couple of seconds at the beginning?  I yelled so loud my daughter and the cats jumped!  But alas it came back.  I can leave my pitchfork for the next time they interrupt my show.

3.  I didn’t see that the new time line moved our story along much.  We see that Jack and Locke aren’t so different than in the original time line.  Jack is trying to fix everything and Locke is still beating himself up.  He wants to stay in that wheelchair to punish himself for what he thinks put his dad in a vegetative state.

4.  Why is Kate not a candidate?  Does it have to do with her life choices in both timelines?  Will we ever know for sure or will we continue to guess?  Her life is pretty similar in both where as the other’s personalities are the same but their choices have taken them on a different path, one that is almost opposite of the original time line.

5.  I thought Jack was going back to hang out with David after the surgery?  Instead he’s gallivanting all around the town trying to figure out why Locke doesn’t want fixed.  Seems like old Jack to me!

6.  Bernard and Rose must be married in the new time line since they have the same last name.  But Bernard knows Locke and about how he became paralyzed.  Rose knows Locke because she found him the substitute job.  Coincidence?  Maybe they know something and are helping Locke along his path in the new time line?  Any why does Bernard remember Anthony Cooper’s name so easily?

7.  I love how half of Flocke’s face is all blacked out with a shadow when he’s telling Jack to trust him.  Creepy!

8.  I SO wanted Sawyer to get a fish biscuit, just for old times sake!

9.  Since Jin and Sun died, does that mean that Ji Yeon is going to be raised by another?  Why leave her an orphan?  Ah, I hate that they killed them!

10.  Is it just me or did the Losties not seem as frightened as they should be when Smokey came calling?  Frank looks more curious than scared.  Kate could “almost” reach those keys to escape.  Maybe, like the other escapes we’ve seen, they had to really want to escape and Jack should not have let them out.  They had to want it and find a way themselves.

11.  Smokey tricked them into going to the sub.  He took the dynamite off of the plane because he knew Jack would get on there with them.  So he took the dynamite, switched packs with Jack, let Widmore’s people round up the Losties by shooting at them and then knew Jack would climb aboard to help Kate.  Viola!  They were conned by the ultimate con man into getting on that sub.

12.  Let’s not forget that Sawyer is still looking for the original Anthony Cooper.  So although the guy is in a wheelchair drooling over breakfast, somewhere in the past he was not such a good guy.

13.  Flocke says that Widmore killed the fences but did he?  I thought Sayid killed the power so that the fences would go down and Smokey could get in.  But, IF Widmore allowed Smokey free access to the Losties, why would he do that?  Kill the Losties then use Desmond to take care of Smokey?

14.  Locke is starting to cross over.  He says to “push the button,” “I wish you had believed me.”

15.  Of course Claire is at the hospital.  They all will end up there somehow.  Jack gets an Apollo bar and Claire’s music box plays her favorite song for Aaron “Catch A Falling Star.”  Supposed to trigger memories of the island?  What else does he have for her?  The box reminded me of Danielle’s box that Sayid fixed for her.

16.  Nice reflection of Jack and Claire.

17.  Jack invites Claire to stay with him.  Guess she’s not left behind in the new time line.

18.  I love that Hurley never carries a gun.

19.  If the sub is so heavily protected then how do the Losties get down in there so easily?  Why wouldn’t they be shooting long before they did?  Did Widmore really think that Locke would get in that sub with them and leave?  And with everyone standing there, why did KATE get shot unless those aren’t Widmore’s people shooting at them at all.  Those could be more of Flocke’s people.  Jack was standing out in the open and only Kate gets shot?  Flocke KNEW Jack would climb down there to help Kate.  Then Flocke starts to run towards the sub knowing that Sawyer would close it so as not to let him in (not realizing Flocke wouldn’t get in the sub at all) and thus trapping Jack.

20.  Jack is right.  The “rules” have been mentioned before by Ben and Widmore.  Flocke has to let them kill each other.  And now Saywer has three deaths on his head.  But at least Sayid got a heroic death.

21.  “It’s going to be you Jack.”  Sayid just told us that Jack is The Candidate.  He answered the question – Des is not dead.  And told Jack he’s going to need Des to do whatever the candidate is going to do.

22.  Then a scene straight out of Season One with Jack saving lives once again in a major crisis.

23.  Well, I guess the island was done with Jin, Sun and Sayid.

24.  Was Frank killed on the sub?  Looks like the water comes flooding in and knocks him to the floor.  I think Jack was trying to grab him but he pulls up Kate.  No one tries to save the pilot?

25.  As guilty as Locke feels about his father once he gets a load of what he’s doing back on the island he’s going to be the hero and he will stop Flocke.   Locke will come back around to Jack.  Especially when Jack uses Locke’s line “I wish you’d believe me.”

26.  Then there was the beach scene.  Jorge Garcia said that there were some rough scenes coming.  Holy cow!  Everyone was crying, including me!

27.  Flocke is standing there waiting to be released from the island when the sub sinks.  He knows they aren’t dead because he can’t leave!

28.  Next week is all MIB and Jacob then only one epi left!  Richard, Miles and Ben have to come back into play but they can’t fly the plane now so who cares if they blow it up?

I think that Henry Ian Cusick is one of the best about dropping hints but never really revealing anything.  You can read the interview here.  I didn’t want to post because he does make some clarifications that some people may not want to know.  Keep in mind that Damon did say that they did not film the final scene on the final day of shooting…