So we open this week with Desmond wandering through the jungle again like some Career Builder commercial (Run Dessy! They scheduled a meeting to train new characters how to try and blend into the scene). I’m giving this episode an A+, though, because overall I love the Desmond character and this flashback/flashforward idea is bar none the best on TV. Two down, 14 to go! *Fingers Crossed*

1. Surprise! Charlie is a thief! I was disappointed that Hurley was there even though he kept himself off to the side. Hurley tried to reason with Charlie but didn’t seem to be trying too hard to stop him did he? Maybe the promise of Dharlomars was just too enticing.
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2. “The island killed him.” Nothing really new here. I’ve read that Locke finds a whole new motivation on the island this season so I’m curious to see what he does with it.
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3. OK, so if Claire goes out for a swim every day, why was she fully dressed? And how exactly is she hanging on to Desmond if she’s dead? I’m just saying…
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4. “That guy sees the future, dude.” I guess I would have put on my swim trunks then, brother!
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5. Why does Hurley ask if they know any songs about drinking and fighting and girls with one leg? A very weird song request.
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6. Here is what flashes before Desmond’s eyes when he turns the key (note: it’s all on the island):

7. This is an interesting item to note that I found on another board. Notice the screenshot of Desmond’s eye. It’s identical from the first time we saw Desomond (when he wakes up to *Make Your Own Kind Of Music*) and then when he *wakes up* back home. Notice the reflection in his eye.

Here is when he wakes up in the hatch:
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Here is when he wakes up back home after falling:
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8. Desmond is a klutz.! Twice hit over the head in one episode! Who knows when he originally hit his head and found out he had precognitive abilities, but I believe that it became “clear” to him when he fell in his *flat* and woke up to Penny. I think that Desmond has probably seen flashes of events for much of his life but being taught, like we all are, to be pragmatic, he brushed the moments off as Deja Vue or just as premonitions and as his mind playing tricks.

So he wakes up with Penny and maybe while he was passed out he was seeing the future on the island (see the flashes above). I think all of the flashes that he sees from that point forward are moments in the future that have not happened yet. I think we were in the flashback but what was confusing is that we were seeing Desmonds premonitions. It became confusing because we have already seen the events happen, Desmond has not. To put it another way, we are watching his flashback just like any other character, only Desmond is special because he can see the future. We have seen that future so there is no time loop, just a convenient red-herring to throw us off in thinking that he is in some type of time loop.

I think that the jewlrey store lady does also see the future, but she also has been planted by Widmore to make sure Desmond breaks up with Penny. Remember Claire’s psychic? He was hell bent on getting her to stay off the plane, then suddenly changed his mind and wanted her to get *on* the plane? This lady shows Desmond that she has an ability (the guy getting crushed by the scaffolding) then tells him he must follow his destiny.

However, there is also the possibility that she is, as he questioned, his conscious. He is dreaming of her while he lays *unconscious* on the island. He knows that he could not change the past, as all of us have wished for at one time or another, and she is a manifestation and personification of the guilt he feels over his past choices with Penny.

9. Course Correcting. If it is true and the universe will make sure the a course of destiny is followed, then aren’t *ALL* of the survivors from the plane crash going to die? You are in a fiery crash and you live. Doesn’t that mean that the universe is going to course correct for them all, not just Charlie (or Claire)? Eko did tell Locke that they were next.

10. I found this at another board, but the mural in Mr. Widmore’s office is the same painting as was in Claire’s apartment that was painted by the baby’s father, Thomas:
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11. Here is a screenshot from another painting in Mr. Widmore’s office. The polar bear is going to attack a buddha?
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12. Here is a link to a website that has screencaps of all the advertisements along the soccer field (that was on tv in the bar).

13. I found it interesting that we see Daddy issues coming up again. Jin was a *loser* that was trying to impress Sun’s dad by working for him, much like Desmond. Although, Desmond decided he didn’t want to work for her dad, he still faces the scrunity in not being *good enough* for his daughter.

14. OK Lord Of The Ring Fans… this HAS to be similar to imagery in that story. Help me out here!
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15. There is an overabundance of red in this episode. Remember friends what the significance of red is?
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I never thought about Widmore having some sort of vendetta against *all* of the survivors.  Maybe Libby could be the link between them all?

Source: Starpulse.com

Dominic Monaghan’s attempts to clarify the plot of complicated TV drama Lost have been dismissed by producers. The 29-year-old, who plays rocker and heroin addict Charlie Pace, thinks the desert castaways are at the mercy of a bitter billionaire wreaking revenge for past wrongs. But the star’s ideas fell on deaf ears with directors.

He says, “One of the theories I came up with was that we’d all in some way p**sed off some huge billionaire. He’d managed to get us all on a plane and have it crash into this island so that he could watch us from his castle with hidden cameras and create a Truman Show nightmare for us all.

“Maybe I’d s**gged his daughter, or Evangeline’s character, Kate, had stolen money from his bank, or Josh’s character Sawyer, had fandangled money out of him. But (the idea) got pooh-poohed by the writers.”

What a fabulous episode. Remember how great this show was in the beginning? Well, it hasn’t *lost* (ba-dum-pum) anything since then! Viewers take note! The Great White Hunter is back!

One concern for me - once I watched the previews for next week I almost don’t want to watch more Sawyer torture. I’m done with The Others, their over-the-top head games and again, can someone please write in some vengence for Sawyer? ABC - GET RID OF THIS STORY LINE!

On with the show…

1. Opening with the eye, of course. Scene was remiscent of the very first ever opening of the show with Jack out in the jungle.
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2. Ironically, the Jesus stick falls from the sky onto Locke. A bit contrived considering what transpired from there, don’t you think?

3. OK, so Locke & Co. have been gone for a whole day and Charlie never alerted anyone of what happened there at the hatch? Man, if you told me I would be heading out there not only to see if anyone was hurt but also to check out what was left. And were Desmond, Locke and Eko knocked out cold all that time? Makes me wonder if there were Others involved in this blackout period.

4. I loved that Locke went into his “sweat lodge” for a little wacky paste and a magic carpet ride. I just wonder when the journey really ended because I’m not so sure that Eko was really talking to Locke about saving Jack.
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5. Ironically Locke needed to speak to the island but he couldn’t talk.

6. I was glad that Charlie was so reluctant to help Locke. The writers gave us, the loyal-obsessed fans, credit for remembering Fire & Water. They haven’t been friends since then and I wouldn’t blame Charlie. Why would you help someone who set you up and then beat you in the head repeatedly. Gee, I wonder why Charlie would hesitate. But Charlie *always* seems to be in the thick of things, doesn’t he?

7. There were so many funny lines in the episode tonight. I especially enjoyed Charlie’s little jabs at Locke like, “Oh yeah, I’ll stand guard in case you devolve into a monkey.”

8. In the airport scene I found it especially entertaining that Desmond was walking around with all the airline stewardesses. Probably true to life, well, the fictional lives of these characters.
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9. Since Locke was handing out apologies tonight, why didn’t he apologize to Charlie? He *did* hlep him but he also was wrong about Charlie as much as he was wrong losing faith in Eko. Will he continue to use and toss Charlie away?

10. What was the animal that chased Locke out of his tent? Polar bear? Spirit guide?
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11. Locke says that “They’ve got him,” meaning Eko. But the bear had Eko. Is he referring to Eko at this point?

12. What other bad things happen to people that hang out with Locke? Did we really see anything bad happen tonight beside the fact that he was duped by the cop back home? Boone died, I guess that is bad, but seems mostly bad things are on the island and he was the one getting the short end of the Jesus stick back home.

13. Jeronimo Jackson T-shirt. Cute.

14. I can see why Locke keeps losing his faith. First his mother tricks him into reconnecting with this dad, who in turn tricks him into major surgery and organ donation. Now we see that Eddie destroys the new family that Locke has found. How sad his life is!

15. Hatch imploded. Cool effect!
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16. Hurley almost bit it tonight thanks to Locke. “Dude.”
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17. Locke’s driver’s license vs. firearm paperwork. No conspiracy theory, just discrepancy. Birthdate on license 5-30-56 but on paperwork 11-15-46. Expires 5-11-02 which gives us a time frame until the plane crash (and obviously his handicap) and we know he is still in California. Maybe the cop *did* notice the difference but also recognized Eddie as a cop but didn’t want to mess up his operation. I’m going with this over prop error.
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18. Is it just me or does the commune that Locke lives in eerily resemble The Others commune here on the island? Will it be Locke that chooses to stay with them for that *family* feeling? Or does he have too much of a bond, or so he thinks, to the Losties? But the cop thought the farm was bad and they were just peaceful. Are we supposed to think now that maybe the Others are’t so bad either.

19. Polar bears are the “Einsteins of the bear world” huh? Funny stuff. What else does he know that might help them?

20. Eddie says that everyone at the commune wants a daddy. Goes along with the daddy issue of the show we have had so far. Interesting.

21. Charlie used Locke’s line tonight, “You don’t get to tell me what to do.”

22. So has Locke stumbled across some type of burial ground when he finds Eko? What is with the dump truck? And the dharma garb? No symbol in the middle so how old might these bones be?
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23. Does he or doesn’t he? I don’t think he does. I think that the Great White Hunter is too soft to kill this guy who he considers his friend and then leaves the commune in shame.
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24. Why didn’t Desmond implode and how can he tell the future now? Will he turn into the Hulk as Hurley predicted? And why did they make him into the Caucasion version of Jesus? Seriously, is there some time warp thingy going on that Desmond is wrapped up in? Where did his clothes go and why wasn’t anyone else naked?

25. I wasn’t crazy how they brought in the two new characters. They just wander on up and now we are supposed to accept them? Maybe in small bits, guys? Plus, don’t we have a few other story lines to contend with now instead of adding more? Doh!

26. Dude, nice legs! ha!
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27. Eddie was headed to the town of Eureka. Check out this link and read about the SciFi Channel’s show of the same name. Ironic, isn’t it? Too many similarities to not be something there. A secret town that no one will ever find. The Others town could potentially be a community of the best scientists and thinkers? Interesting.

28. The Jesus stick now reads, “Lift up your eyes and look North.” Remember that Michael headed North to find Walt. Also, Desmond told Jack, regarding Sarah’s surgery, that he needed to lift her up.

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29. Eddie gave the cop that pulled over Locke in the beginning a knowing look (when I watch it back now). Was he angry at almost getting busted right in the beginning? And what was up with the torrential downpour followed by an instant burst of sun? Just like the island.

29. In the airport sequence, why are Hurley and Benry the only two who work for the airline? Possibly Desmond, too, but I think he’s just wearing a suit, not a pilot’s uniform. I don’t want Hurley to be duping them somehow so I hope this is just a production choice, but no Others appear in this scene that we know of.

Initial thoughts.  Those two hours were JAM PACKED and it needs another *looksie* for more thoughts.

1.  Charlie is having serious post-traumatic issues.  He doesn’t seem to understand what happened.  He seems surprised Locke and Co. aren’t back yet when Bernard asks where they are.  He seems confused when Claire mentions the “violet sky,”  He is just way to jovial to not be in shock.

2.  Michael is going to die.  Will he come back to help his friends first?  Who knows, but there is no way that they are just going to let him go that easily.  Maybe Walt will talk him into going back for the DAMN DOG and something will happen to Michael.  It would be cool if it was set up that Sawyer ends up being a foster parent for Walt.

3.  What was Desmond in prison for?  Seems he was set up by Penny’s dad.  Mr. Widmore sure doesn’t want his daughter with Desmond.  He goes so far to send him to this experimental island?

4.  How does Penny know about the island?  I loved the last scene, it was so X-Files-esque.

5.  I don’t think that Desmond, Locke and Eko are dead.  But I sure wish someone would go check out the hatch.  Especially after the Quarantine door came flying to camp.  Hello?

6.  Sayid will go and save Jack, Kate and Sawyer.  We could see Sayid back on the boat during the *incident* and I’m sure once he hears Hurley’s story he will find a way to save them.  Plus we are talking about the 3 main characters.  They have to be saved.  But it sure would be cool to see where The Others are going to take them.

7.  What was the look between Jack and Kate right at the end?  It seems they have something in mind but by the look on Sawyer’s face he was not part of the plan.

8.  Libby so set up Desmond.  She *HAD* to be put up to giving him that boat.  Did she have a deal similar to Michael - was she trying to get someone back and had to deal to help get all of the survivors on that island in order to get her loved one back?  Plus, she really looks crappy as a red head.

9.  I don’t believe that Desmond made the plane crash.  You are telling me that the magnetic force was so powerful that it pulled down a plane from the sky, but the cans of food on the beach only fell off of the shelves?  No way.  Yes, the instruments were probably messed up and yes, the people on the plane were meant for this island, but I don’t think that Desmond’s close call with the buttons was the cause.  I think that the pilot may have made errors because of the instrument malfunction, yes.  But there are too many connections not believe they are supposed to be there.  I think that the reason *The Others* wanted the list so badly was because they needed to know who survived the crash.

10.  Desmond knows about The Others, but how?  He refers to them as “The Hostiles.”  At some point he must have left the hatch and had some sort of encounter.  Desmond just has way too much story left to tell for him to be dead. 

11.  What was up with the $42,000 reward from the boat race?  42 is one of the numbers.  Coincidence?

12.  The big bird that flies down towards Jack and co.  I had read last season during my research that the Black *Roc* is a mythological bird.  Connection?  Does it have a connection to the *monster*?

13.  The big foot on the beach.  Four toes?  Where *is* the rest of the statue?  Was it destroyed in the last *incident*?

14.  Desmond’s story is so disturbing and sad.  It’s one of those life stories that makes you look back and say, “What if…”  What if Desmond had read Penny’s letter back in prison?  Would there have been a happy ending to his love story or would he have ended up exactly in the situation he is in?

15.  We hear the whispers right before Sawyer & friends get poison darts.  We assume it’s these Others but could it have been the “good” Others warning them that the “bad” Others were coming?

16.  There is much more to discuss…. will continue since we have *all summer* to go over this one.  But I thought this had to be the best season finale I have ever seen…. 

17. Still to discuss: Kelvin, rip in his suit, volcanic rock, Rudinski (I think that was his name), fabric softner paint, stuck in a “snow globe,” Mr Widmore, Desmond in prison, more on Libby, answer to riddle, Charles Dickens, Sawyer’s comment about aliens, Sayid praying, Hanso commercial, the original incident, the Swan key, the new incident, the hole in Kelvin’s suit, the boats, the ferry, Fenry, ah, and I’m sure there is much more!

1. Widmore bullets.

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2. There can be no doubt that this was not Walt talking to Michael. Unless he was some sort of prodigy Boy Scout, how would he know that he was North? He tells Mike that he is being held by the rock with the big HOLE, but isn’t that a convenient landmark?

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3. Why do the Others want these four specific survivors? They don’t seem to be *good* like the tailies that they took. The only theory that I have so far is that these four have seen things on the island that do not possibly belong there. Jack saw his dad. Kate and Sawyer saw the horse. Hurley saw Dave. Eko and Locke’s visions don’t count because they came to them in dreams. But I don’t know yet how the Others know that they have had these visions unless they have somehow induced them.

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4. What happened to Kate? She is so scruffy! Just because you’re stranded on an island with killer Others is no reason to leave the hatch without some lip gloss! Get it together girl!
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5. Um Mike, you’re not going North. Plus, I thought compasses weren’t supposed to work on the island?

6. Hell. For some reason a Squirrel Nut Zipper song comes to mind… *In the afterlife…* Oops, off on a tangent. Anyway, Mike asks Eko about hell which seems to spark a story that is remarkably meaningful considering the situation. Me thinks Mr. Eko knows human nature and has already figured out Mr. Mikey’s crime. Why else pick the story about the boy “protecting” his sister and as long has he was “sorry” he would not go to hell. It also is very Shakespearean “Out damn spot” when he is trying to clean the blood off the floor.

7. Michael puking. Is this from guilt or drug withdrawal or both? I still think this guy was drugged and that is the only way I can see the audience forgiving him for his crimes.

8. Immunizations. I wonder how this is going to play into next season? Charlie has injected himself to see how it would feel before Claire gives it to the baby. Was he injecting himself with a virus or immunizing himself?

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9. Kate must have amnesia. Zeke is standing talking to Mike right as Jack and co. walk up in the jungle. He tells Mike, “If you make a sound you’ll never see your boy again.” I watched this back and Kate is right there when he says this. Why hasn’t she said anything about this? She has to know they were talking to Michael.

10. “Caught in a net,” I like this new Sawyerism. However, I don’t think that Sawyer was buddying up to Jack or thinks that they are now BFF’s. I think that Mr. Sawyer knows that he has given up his edge by handing over the guns so he needs to be on the good side of the survivors if he plans on getting back his hold. I also think that he was so eager to hand over the guns now is because of his own guilt over Walt being kidnapped and Sawyer wants his own revenge. Plus he has some unfinished business with Mr. Friendly. Showdown at the OK… hatch?

11. Eko’s cross being drawn to the wall is a *nudge* to us to remember that magnetic wall. I hear that it’s going to be opened up this week so we can see what is back there. Any guesses? Probably not Jimmy Hoffa.

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12. Poor Charlie. Building this church gave him purpose, not to mention he was like a kid telling his girl that he had a new job, when he was talking to Claire. I wonder if Charlie will try and enlist some help to get it done. Bernard is probably not busy.

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13. I have a theory about the rock with the big hole and about what the symbol on the Other’s hatch is. I think that this rock was put there as a symbol to any ships coming ashore to know where to dock on the island. It’s their lighthouse if you will. I think that the symbol on the hatch is a door. It is the entryway to the island. I would guess that if you opened the doors you would find a corridor that leads out to a dock where the seabilly’s boat is hidden. There is probably some sort of cutout in the rocks that makes the dock secluded and hidden from view. If they are keeping Walt in this area it would explain why he is wet when he appears around the island (this would be a damp area). If I’m wrong, then I would guess it leads underwater to a different hatch.

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14. Didn’t the Others camp seem a little too set up like a Hollywood movie set? No one seemed all that surprised to see Michael and their little camp was so quaint with their villagers milling about at their tents with their drying fish. Not to mention the guns and needles. I don’t think that this was a production error but just the Others going with their image (remember the spirit glue and fake beards)? All here to keep up the facade for the survivors.

15. I’m guessing in season 3 we are going to see Miss Klugh show up in a flashback. Didn’t she sound remarkably similar to the custody attorney when she questioned Michael on why he knew so little about Walt?

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16. Scott called it right away when Sayid grabbed both of Michael’s hands. He was checking his pulse and his palms to see if Mike way lying. Sayid is good! But why wouldn’t Sawyer or Jack be suspicious of why Mike wouldn’t want the only “real” soldier to go into battle with them? Wouldn’t you want a trained soldier going with you for your kid instead of the overweight goofy guy? Is it just me here folks?
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17. Even more than a Charlie - Claire reunion, I want to see a Charlie - Locke friendship back. Maybe they’ll build the church together. Locke seems to take inspiration from Charlie here as he just cuts off his cast and heads back to the hatch. Can’t wait to see Locke’s version of letting go! Plus, I think that the writers knew that they couldn’t keep the audience interested in a story line that required a button to be pushed every 108 minutes. They are killing Locke’s obsession and our imprisonment to this story line.

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18. The scene with Mike and Walt was weird. If Walt hadn’t hugged him I would have thought he was projecting himself again. But Walt did say that they were pretending however I don’t think that Mike is taking this into consideration. He is taking them at face value.

19. Boat. Will they find Desmond asleep on the boat? I thought originally that the Others might have sent a boat over as a *nudge, nudge, remember your mission* to Mike but then I remembered that Desmond had a sailboat and he has probably been working on it since he left the hatch. Guessing that he would like to get off of this rock and back to the world now that he knows it hasn’t blown up… or so he thinks! Will he take the boat next season and sail off with some of the survivors?

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20. Damn dog.

After watching with the thought in mind that THEY want us to see these *specific* clips, here is my list I call

(insert creepy echo) “Thoughts and Questions”

1. Arrow on the hatch door where the Tailies were staying. What does it mean? We know the medical hatch had a caduceus so what is this?

2. *Orientation* video indicated that they were to stay in the hatch for 540 days. Desmond says he has been there 3 years. What happened?

3. L-O-V-E-D the Locke quote after watching the film. “We’re gonna need to watch that again!” Yes we are!

4. Ana recounts the number of tailies that were taken by the Others. What happened to them? Why chose them and not any other survivors? Why take so many tailies and so few of the mid-section-ers?

5. I still think that Kate poisoned someone in her past. I saw her getting Sawyer to drink and it reminded me of my theory. We have seen alot of clues leading us to this (poison to Michael (meant for Jin), drugging Jack to get him to sleep, etc…).

6. LOVE the scene where Eko comes out of the woods with Sawyer over his back. “Where’s the doctor?” Classic TV.

7. OK so the guys from the raft come out of the woods and did you see how happy everyone was to see them? Wouldn’t you be like, holy crap, there goes our chance to get saved? I would.

8. Hurley told LIbby she looked familiar. Did he forget?

9. Eko’s stick with the bible references, what was up with that?

10. Mike on the computer. OK, so you’re stranded on an island and your kid has been taken by seabillies. The computer that is used solely for “saving the world” suddenly lights up with an instant chat and you don’t say anything to anyone?

11. Sawyer has really gotten beat up on this island. He gets stabbed by Sayid, punched by Hurley and shot TWICE by The Others. When will he get his revenge or when will we see the tough guy? He told Zeke that it wasn’t over… can’t WAIT for that confrontation!

12. When Sun asks Kate if she ever took a pregnancy test she answers yes. Tom? The Marshall?

13. What is all being built at this point? We are told that Eko is building a church but what was Charlie and Sayid building? And when did Charlie become Mr. Fixer Upper?

14. Henry is so freaking good at manipulation. I bet the actor playing him is just loving this part and I love watching him. Good job bad guy!

15. OK, I SWEAR that tonight I heard the word “Lockdown” come out of the speakers during the scene when the weird sounds are coming out before the doors go down. Me thinks the producers cleaned this up a bit for us.

16. The map. I think that in 20 years when there is a recap of the greatest TV moments, the scene where the map on the door lights up will be in that countdown. I can’t wait to look back and remember the moment and to also have all the knowledge of what the show is really about. In the meantime I’m enjoying the ride!

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.

Back to Charlie, but only a little because the upcoming epi’s seem to have a lot of potential.

1. Charlie appears to have been given the burden of “saving his family” since he was a boy. So we can expect him to do what it takes to save his island family, namely Aaron and Claire. We haven’t seen the last of his antics, either, I’m sure. But lets not forget the dreams. Seems Mr. Locke has been slipping some of his potion to Charlie to induce a magic carpet ride, much like he did to Boone. Thing is, Locke was not expecting how his salve, if you will, would work on an ex-junkie. But wasn’t Charlie so proud of himself when he is talking to Jack and he says that he didn’t do the drugs? Made me really feel sorry for him.

2. Locke is setting up Charlie. I went back and watched a couple of epi’s from Season One and Locke is all about giving Charlie “choices.” BTW, who made Locke the God of the island anyway? Now he tells Charlie that he has given up his right to choose? If so, then why does Locke keep the statues in plain sight in the vault? Some sort of trap? Maybe he’s keeping them as bait in case Charlie starts to get close to Claire again and Locke will think he can lure Charlie with them and prove something to Claire.

3. In Season One, epi White Rabbit, Charlie comes running up to Jack to tell him that there is a girl drowning. Charlie yells “I don’t swim. I don’t swim.” What is up with that? Is this part of his obsession with Aaron floating around in the water in Fire + Water? Remember folks, Moses was sent floating down the river and Aaron was Moses’ brother. Are the Lost people shoving the biblical references down our collective throat or what!?

4. HDTV sucks! OK, maybe it rocks, but ABC is screwing us my HDTV deficient friends! They are showing extra items to those with HDTV and it must stop! In F + W, the scene where Charlie sees Claire and his mom on the beach, listen carefully and you will hear a plane. Apparently, in HDTV you can see the drug plane fly by. This isn’t the first time either. In What Kate Did, when she goes to see her dad, Sayid is getting arrested on the tv in the back ground. Huh?

5. This week, 2 X 13 “The Long Con,” I am wondering why the Others want to take Sun and why now? She has been wandering in the woods for awhile. Is she pregnant? Remember they wanted Claire for her baby.

6. Vincent is the mole! He comes running out right before Sun is taken. He appears before Shannon runs off to chase Walt. He appears right before the mirage Walt appears. Coincidences? Bet we could get quite a list going of his appearances right before something strange happens. I think he appears in Season One right before Jack’s dad shows up and I think that Vincent is licking Jack’s face or looking at him in the pilot at the opening scene.

7. Rumors are that Sawyer is going to find a 16 year old girl in the woods who is another survivor and she has been hiding. Odd that she is 16, huh, just the age of “Alex.”

8. Damn blogger just erased the rest of my post when I previewed it! Argh! I will try to re-create.

9. Epi 2 X 14 “One of Them” - When Rousseau leads Sayid to a mysterious captive in the jungle, he becomes determined to find out if he is one of the “Others.” Meanwhile, Sawyer discovers Hurley’s potentially devastating breech of the survivors’ trust and blackmails him into helping track an elusive island creature that won’t leave Sawyer alone.

10. The actor who plays Hurley says we will find out why he’s not losing weight. Something to do with the breach of trust?

11. Epi 2 X 15 “Maternity Leave” Claire - centric

12. Epi 2 X 16 “Forever and Never Again” Jin/Sun-centric

13. One last thought. When Kate was taken by “The Others” why didn’t they question her about her experience with them? Is Jack too busy throwing his hissy fit over her following them to question her?

Let me digress from Charlie. Well, it’s not really me, ABC digressed, but I wanted to make a few observations about Numbers. I’ll get back to Charlie soon.

1. Why play Numbers now? We are in the middle of Season 2 and they insert an episode from Season 1? I know, I know, other shows do this too, but I would like to assume that the writers, producers, and/or decision makers for Lost have some say in what airs. So why this one?

2. The house that burns. Remember when Hurley takes his mom to the house he bought for her? Check out the mysterious “black cloud” over the house (am I stretching for something here?). What would have happened if the police didn’t come and arrest Hurley? What might he have seen in the smoke? This smoke does not look like it’s coming out of the house as much as it is hovering “over” the house. I also don’t see any fire coming out of the window to cause the smoke.

3. Lenny. What does he mean when he tells Hurley that he opened the box? Is he speaking metaphorically? I also wondered this … Lenny keeps repeating the numbers. On the island they have to punch the numbers in every 108 minutes or something catastrophic will happen. Is Lenny “punching the numbers” into his head to keep himself from going crazy? Yes, I know he already is, but maybe in his mind it’s the same concept.

4. I loved the scene where Hurley hugs Danielle because “finally” someone believes him about the numbers. But, it seems to be in line with the other characters and their need to be believed. Shannon seeing Walt. Kate and the horse. Sawyer and the boar. Jack and his dad. OK, so we haven’t gone there yet, but I THINK IT IS COMING!!

5. There is a lot of debate on “other” forums if Marvin Candle is the same dr. as the one who greets Hurley when he visits the hospital. They are two different actors, but the time frame could be as much as 25 years so it would not be so far of a stretch to think that they needed to use a different actor. He also tells Hurley “Good Luck” when they part, which is the same closing Candle uses in Orientation. You decide…

Missing Season 1 yet? I am.

Today, I would like to write a goodbye to a dear friend. I have known this friend for a little over a year and in that time they have given me insight, entertained me, made me laugh, and most important they have made me think. This friend didn’t ask for much in return, just loyalty. But there was a tragic accident this week for my dear friend and I’m afraid that something has just died. This week I saw my friend limping but I kept up the hope that it was just a minor affliction. Then I saw my friend stumble. Then, after one long hour I saw my friend die. So, goodbye my dear friend, I will sorely miss you.

OK, so maybe I’m being melodramtic, but come on people! Was this just the weirdest episode! I kept thinking that the writers had a “Take your kid to work day” and let them write the show! I will be writing more blog about the episode, but just needed to vent my frustration. We’ve had two excellent episodes and then they put Charlie in a diaper … WTF, mate?