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?

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.

I was snooping around the internet and came across this photo from the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards.  Looks like the island has about a 70% death rate.  One note, out of the nine that are *dead* four had drunk driving charges at some point while on the show.   Don’t drink and drive kids!

The only thing missing was the ruby slippers. I like the irony of the title, though. On one hand, the Oceanic Six are home. On the other, the island became their home.
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1. Here’s a link back to the original translation of the newspaper article Jack is carrying around with the obit from Jeremy Bentham. What I find the most interesting is that it states that Bentham is survived by a teenage son. Holy crap this is going to get good!

2. What is Locke going to possibly come to the Oceanic Six and say that convinces Jack of all people that they have to go back. Going back is the only way to keep Aaron and Kate safe.

3. The only reason I can come up with for having Michael die such a dramatic death is that the fans were hungry for Michael to pay the price for what he had done to the other Losties. I let it go last season and had moved on to new people to want to see dead – like Keemy. Maybe there was more plot development that just couldn’t happen because of the writer’s strike. I still would have like to have seen a Micheal and Walt “happy” ending though. Walt has lost both parents now, not cool.
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4. I’m glad, however, that Desmond didn’t suddenly have powers of bomb disposal. I like that he said he learned just enough to blow himself up.

5. Keemy asks Ben the question of the season – why is Ben so important? Why does Widmore want Ben back alive?
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6. So you have top military trained men (Keemy’s people) that are there to take Ben away. They split up into the weeds to try and find the Others that are there to save Ben and the Others overpower Keemy’s men? Wow, I would think that the Others must have had some serious military training to pull that off. Sure, they have the advantage of being natives to the island, but they come bearing electrical darts vs. machine guns. Impressive. (OK, they had some guns, but still…)
7. Here’s my suggestion to the Others. When you are trying to sneak up on armed military men, don’t sound out the whispers, it kind of gives you away.

8. I guess I shouldn’t laugh but when Keemy kicks the grenade over to his buddy, duh!

9. Sayid kicked some butt! Keemy was smart, however, that he played dead and then went to the one place he knew Ben would go.
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10. I can tell you why none of the O6 went to see Walt – no one wanted to tell him that Michael was dead. Locke was always straight up with him, though, so I’ll be interested to see that conversation.

11. I don’t understand why Locke insisted to speak with Jack without Sawyer and Hurley present. Men are so dramtic (lol).
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12. Interesting that the crackers that Ben dug up aren’t stale. Sawyer even eats one. Meaningless? Why wouldn’t the crackers be stale after all those years? Tupperware ought to look into the technology of the tin those crackers were in.
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14. Here you go SKID … a last look at Dan and his tie. I think we’ll be seeing this guy again and will he still be wearing a tie?
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15. I wasn’t crazy about the obvious set up for next season to find out why Charlotte wanted to “get back” to the island. I like my set-ups to be much more subtle. They either need to make her story very fascinating or I’m just going to have to campaign to kill her off the show. I think there are still some of those scary petrifying spiders running around! Could she be Annie? Not sure that I really care right now. I’m more interested to see Miles chatting with Jacob or find out how Dan gets rescued.

16. More random shots. I love the way the light hits Locke.
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17. This was one squeaky elevator ride. Not sure I’d want to be on that one.
18. The Orchid was built for experiments with space and time. The bunny was going to be shifted 100 milliseconds forward in time. I’m thinking that’s how the move the whole island. It’s always ahead in time.

19. Was anyone else thinking about Jeff Goldblum in The Fly when they saw the pod? Hope Ben didn’t travel with any insects!
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20. Halliwax = Dr Crandel. Why did he have a winter coat there (the one Ben travels in)? Where is he? Was he Ben’s predecessor?
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21. Sawyer whispers to Kate, “I have a daughter in Alabama. You need to find her. Tell her I’m sorry.” I will post an enhanced video but not in this one (it’s long enough as it is).
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22. “Checkmate Mr Eko.” This shot was very Jacob-in-the-cabin-like.
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23. I wonder where Sayid can take Hurley that is safe. Hurley must know some about Sayid’s lifestyle because he’s not surprised to see him carrying a gun or that he just killed a man outside the hospital.

24. That’s awfully nice of “the island” to let Michael go now, but could the island really have saved him from 500 pounds of c4? Any have you noticed that the neat, clean cut Christian appears here? And of course the whispers.
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25. Is he or isn’t he? We can see the last place Jin was standing then where the bomb tears apart the boat. I think there is still the possibility he made it although, not sure he was close enough to the island to be there when it ‘moved.”
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26. Sun says several interesting things to Widmore. She tells him that they have “common interests.” She also states “As you know, we were not the only ones who left the island.” I think she means Ben. I truly doubt she’s referring to Desmond as he is her friend. I agree that her intent coming to Widmore wasn’t to help him, but rather she is going to use him in her revenge plot.

27. OK this really sucks for Sawyer. He sacrificed himself to save Kate and Hurely and now he thinks they blew up on the boat. They had just softened him up and now this. Yeah, I think there are some dark days ahead for Sawyer.
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28. There are hieroglyphics all over this island. As long as we don’t have any more *ahem* interruptions we may actually get to see their meaning (along with the four toed statue). Remember that there were hieroglyphs on the counter in the original hatch that have never been explained either.
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29. Instead of looking at the meaning behind the imagery, I’m wonder about the technology of how moving this wheel moves them in time. It’s like they took the energy of the hatch and somehow control it with this wheel. Maybe the more they move it the more the island moves?
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30. The sky is turning purple again. Just like when the hatch imploded.
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31. Now you see it, now you don’t! I hope that Dan was close enough to go with it but I have a feeling they are going to need him *off* the island as he is the one who originally figured out the coordinates to get there. Then they’ll have a big Dan and Charlotte reunion. Yeah, there is a ripple but it’s pretty small for an island to have physically have gone somewhere. And it doesn’t last very long either. My vote is on some time shift.
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32. Another crash that they all survived. Guess it’s not their time to go yet.

33. Here is one of the scenes where the color is all wonky. Is it just bad production?
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34. What Kate hears on the phone is a series of clicks and then that crazy backwards talking. But, and I’ll get it posted soon, played forward it says, ” The island needs you. You have to go back before it’s too late.” I think it also sounds like Locke’s voice.
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35. Nice white rabbit and conveniently right before Claire shows her face.
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36. Is it just me or does Aaron sleep a lot? I don’t remember my 3 – 4 year old sleeping that much.

37. Hurley asks Kate (on the raft) if Aaron is ok and she says yes, that it’s a miracle. Jack had just told Locke he doesn’t believe in miracles. Irony. Aaron is definitely special to live through what he has just like Locke was a miracle baby.

38. Now this is a love story! I’m glad that we didn’t have to wait until the last season wondering if they would meet up again. There should still be a lot of story to tell but now we can go on to other story lines. Still, a great, great scene.
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39. We still haven’t found out why Naomi was carrying that picture of Desmond and Penny. There was no reason for Widmore at the time to think Desmond could protect her so will we find out her motive? It had to be from Penny because if Widmore had her looking for him wouldn’t she just be carrying a picture of Desmond and not a sentimental photo of the two together?

40. Frank has been on the yacht for a week yet he still looks this grungy. We’re not done with this guy yet. He knows too much. I’m sure he’ll be important in getting them back when the time comes.
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41. On an aside, I’ve been thinking, won’t Sun be of great interest since she conceived on the island? She wouldn’t have lived if she had stayed but won’t they want to know about the baby?

42. Jack says to Ben that Locke told him some very bad things had happened on the island since he left and they were his fault. Not that I want to see bad things happen back on the island, but this is great set up for seasons to come. What bad things, to who, how is it Jack’s fault and how can he fix it?

43. Jack agrees in the last scene that he needs to go back to the island. What are they going to do with Locke until they can get there?

44. So when we see flashes (what will they be now, flash backs again?) if Locke is back on the mainland will he be back in the wheelchair? The island didn’t necessarily heal him and it could just be he can walk while he’s there.
45. Desmond is Dan’s constant. If Dan is still around won’t he have to find Desmond? Jack warns Desmond not to let *them* find him which makes me think he’ll somewhat be in hiding.

46. Walt’s going to have some Daddy issues now with Michael gone (if he heads back to the island). Walt should do well though because Locke taught him some mad knife skills when he was little.

So, with this all said I bid goodbye to Season 4. I’ll be around this summer so keep checking back and leaving comments.

GG

What a pickle. On one hand, I want the second part of the finale NOW! On the other, I don’t want the season to end so that we face another looooong hiatus.

1. You would think that “Miss Decker” would be sitting with the Losties talking to them, soothing them, asking questions. But she’s sitting in front with the pilots. I’d be sitting with them.

2. When Miss Decker first comes to the back of the plane she looks of the screen right and smiles at someone in acknowledgment. Then she comes forward to the Losties. Who is she acknowledging? It’s not the Losites.
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3. It looks like Creepy Eyed Man. My copy isn’t very high res but it looks like him and he’s sitting in a very creepy Jacob-in-the-cabin way. On the other hand, if it was him then wouldn’t Hurley have recognized him when he visited him in the asylum?
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4. A couple of things on when the back of the plane opens. I thought that this was the *eye opening* of this episode. Same symbolism. The other thing that popped into my head was that it, for some reason, put me in mind of Close Encounters of The Third Kind. Like aliens coming out of the mothership. I bet you would feel like an alien coming back home after what they have been through.
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5. “… I promised those people that I would get them off of this island.” He’ll never rest back home until he makes that happen.
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6. Here are some shots of Dan’s book with a sketch of the Orchid. I think he knows that they have to get off the island because when it moves his coordinates will no longer work and they will be stuck there. I’m curious though how Dan knew about the secondary protocol. Up until this point he didn’t seem to be in the know this much. I bet they get stuck there and will be part of the next two seasons. Maybe he’ll finally take the tie off (SKID).
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7. I’m sure there are some anagrams in the names of the locations.

8. Wow, that story that Oceanic is telling is a whopper. But, wouldn’t the “real” story be even more unbelievable? A typhoon kicks up the supplies from a fishing boat complete with basic supplies and a raft. Incredible. Apparently it must have had a change of clothes, too, if we are to believe this story since none of them of wearing what they had on while on the plane. And how in the world does Kate explain getting out of the handcuffs in time to jump off of the plane with the others?
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9. I think that Sayid and the other survivors have to lie about the others being alive. I think that they are under the impression that they are protecting them, that if the world at large knew about the island and the other survivors then the “bad guys” who tried to kill them in the first place would be out searching for the island and thus putting their friends in danger.

10. According to Ben, moving the island is both dangerous and unpredictable. I’m thinking the last time they did this it was the “incident” that has been discussed before.

11. Love, love, LOVE the banter between Ben and Hurley. Watch it again if you can. It’s awesome. How intimidating it would be to be Jorge Garcia there between two Emmy winning actors but he held his own!

12. I wonder if any of the supplies in the box will be of use later? I wonder what the original use was? Why crackers? To ease an upset stomach (as Kate would say). And what is the significance of 15 years? So many mysteries to this box. I wonder if Ben’s last use was right after he killed off the Dharma Initiative.
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13. Look in the background. It’s the frame of the church that Eko and Charlie were building. Seems so long ago. Think of everything that has happened since then. Think of everything yet to come.
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14. The big takeover of Sun’s father’s company was done through five different banks. Could each of the survivors (minus Aaron) have been in on it? Will we see his connection to the Oceanic crash that perhaps Sun knows about?
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15. When Hurley is walking in his house it was a pretty dirty trick they did to us by letting us hear whispers. Of course, you are thinking it’s an island thing when it’s actually his family and friends.

16. I like that they brought the numbers back. It was like the writers way of saying, “Hey, we haven’t forgotten about you.” That they are telling us that they know we want more answers for questions that have been around awhile.
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17. At some point Hurley must decide that the car is OK. Remember that he is driving it in the opening scene of the season.

18. “Hello Michael. What ‘cha been up to?”
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19. Is it just me or when Jack and Sawyer come up on Frank as he’s working on the helicopter, does all the banging and cursing remind you of the scene from “A Christmas Story” when the dad is working on the furnace? I’m just saying…

20. Frank and Sawyer. A match up I would love to see more of. Frank could give it right back to Sawyer I’m sure. I wonder what kinds of nicknames Frank would dream up for Sawyer. Sayer came up with one for Frank right away, “Shaggy.”
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21. So Claire’s mom came out of the coma? She even says that she was in the hospital when he came to find Claire. She looks pretty darned good for being in a coma for years and just recently waking up. Can we assume that there was something else that woke her up? Maybe some of the same healing *magic* that was used on Juliet’s sister? If they want Jack to go back to the island, finding out Claire is his sister is probably a good way to do it. I don’t think that anyone is fooled into thinking that Aaron is really Kate’s baby.
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22. I’m sensing an Emmy for Matthew Fox this year and this scene ought to do it for him.
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23. Is it too farfetched to think that there are “two” Richard’s on the island? What else would explain why he and The Others are back in their island clothes rather than their regular clothes? Could there be twins? Every season it seems we are introduced to new sets of “Others” and we might get to see that there are other “Others” yet. Why would Ben want Richard to capture Kate and Sawyer? So many whys.
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24.  Red flowers again.
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25.  I was going to put this in a seperate post but if you made it to the end of this one here is a little piece of info for the season ender.  As much as I hate it…
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One of the following is going to be revealed to be in the coffin:
Ben
Sayid
Desmond
Jacob
Sawyer
Locke
Alpert

I’m still disappointed with the whole Michael returns story line. I *almost* had sympathy for Michael tonight, however. He keeps making really bad choices and getting himself into some very bad situations. Not sure I thought it was a tremendous cliffhanger either.

1. What I want to know is when Michael and Walt found rescue how did they explain who they were and how they got that boat? They obviously didn’t admit to being part of the Oceanic survivors.

2. I would guess that it’s Michael in the coffin, but it almost seems too obvious. On the other hand, it would explain why no one came to the funeral – he was using a fake name. Again, how does Michael get back to the mainland if he doesn’t die on the freighter? Jack would have to know Michael’s pseudonym in order to know it was his obituary which means Michael meets back up with the survivors.

3. So the sanctuary is the last safe place on the island? I’m thinking it must be a bunker similar to the original button pushing bunker. Remember those thick doors that Michael was checking out?

4. Are we supposed to believe that the people on the boat are the one’s who are coming that Ben is so afraid of? I’m thinking we may see the “Other” Others that have been on the island. They could be the remaining Dharma’s that weren’t killed by Ben. Besides the fact that the men on the boat have machine guns, they don’t seem to be in very good shape (think Minkowski) and the boat is trying to get AWAY from the island but Michael sabotages the engines so they can’t get away. I’m just not convinced that the freighties are the ones coming to kill them all.

5. Michael’s eye opening in the hospital. Interesting it wasn’t at the beginning of the episode this time.

6. Did you catch that nurse Libby was bringing Michael blankets? Just like when she walked into the hatch when Michael shot her. So why is Libby haunting Michael? We’ve seen a lot of hauntings in this show. Charlie, Christian, Ana Lucia, Eko’s brother, Boone, and Dave who technically wasn’t ever alive.

7. So the time frame is that Michael has been gone two months according to his mother. Mr Friendly didn’t have too much more time to live after this episode if my memory is correct.

8. Could they have at least used the original actor for Walt? Seemed too cheesy.

9. Someone needs to read Korean! what was on the back of that watch? I haven’t thought about that watch for awhile. Good thing Jin didn’t make it back without it.

10. The island won’t let Michael die? Is that why Mikael kept living through those crazy accidents that should have killed him? This idea is very strange. If everything on this show has some explanation, how do you explain this outside of pure coincidence? Reminds me of an XFiles episode. I forget how that guy finally died.

11. Michael sure seemed to heal fast after trying to kill himself. He was out running around in no time. Did the island somehow give him the ability? Not like a Heroes power, more like some magnetic *hangover* if you will that allows your cells to heal faster. Or at least for awhile.

12. Mr Friendly tells Michael that he has work to do. Boone told Locke the same thing in his airport magic carpet ride dream and Walt also tells Locke this when he’s laying there dying after Ben shoots him.

13. It wasn’t a secret that Mr Friendly was gay. Remember that when Kate is first in the Others locker room after being kidnapped, he tells her not to worry because she’s not his type. He indulges when he’s not on the island.

14. I still don’t believe that Widmore staged the crash. Mr Friendly knows so very many details about how it was done, seems like maybe he knows just a little *too* much about it. I did appreciate that the reason the bodies weren’t pulled out of the wreckage and identified.

15. No one in Thailand noticed all those bodies missing?

16. Miles could have been talking to the ghost Libby that is following Michael around and that is how he knew it wasn’t really his name.

17. Maybe Michael sees that the effects of the island are killing the freighter crew and that is why he doesn’t want the ship to move away.

18. Is Frank really a good judge of character? He confides that the survivors of 815 might still be out there. Or since he has the manifest memorized does he perhaps know this is Michael somehow?

19. Michael killed Ana Lucia on his own. Wow, makes him seem even worse.

20. Ben wants a list of people on the boat. Makes me wonder if he is the one who orders the list of survivors on the plane. Makes me even think that there could have even been a mole on the plane who had the list before they crashed. Who is good on that boat that they want to save and why would Ben care?

21. Looks like Sayid must like Desmond’s hair this week because he has the same ‘do’ in the future. Yucky.

22. Ben is totally communicating with the Others – how else would they know Alex was coming? Ben is really a very selfish person – wanting Alex all to himself and he’s willing to kill to make that happen. However, it would be a cool twist if this explains where Frank and the other freighter guy went on their *errand.* They went to capture Alex because she is a great bargaining chip to get to Ben.

23.  They can’t kill Danielle!  We haven’t seen enough of her story yet!

24. April 24th. Doesn’t sound like too bad of a wait.

25. I could hear the monster outside of one of the houses in the previews. Looks like old Smokey must find a way around the security perimeter.

26.  Instead of whispers, Michael hears a song right before Libby shows up to tell him not to push the button (remember Walt’s “Push the button, don’t push the button.  The button’s bad?”).  And the Execute button was just like the one in the hatch.

27.  I thought for sure Michael would ask Sayid how Vincent was doing.

They have been delayed several times, but the release date that I have found is July 2007.

Here is my complaint: Two girls in bikini’s (first Shannon, now Sun). Come on! Then why does Saywer have his shirt on? Fair is fair!

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(Yes, Eko has his Jesus stick)

Series 3 (no set release date- supposedly in October) will be very exciting!
- Sayid
- Desmond
- Claire
- Henry Gale

For more details on the props, sound, etc… check out this link.

I was pretty upset when they killed Eko. What a supreme dichotomy of good and evil wrapped into one character. But then I got to thinking… and I said to myself that the *only* way that I would accept that the writers know what they are doing is if the actor himself wanted out of this show. Well, what do you know? He did. You can read the full article here, but if you love this character you may not want to read it. He comes off sounding very arrogant. You are on the number one show on television and after just one backstory you don’t like what they are doing to the character and want out? Now his big project is an autobiography. Yeah, I am almost happy that he is moving off of this show.

That doesn’t mean that I want Ken and Barbie there, but I would rather Eko bow out of the story gracefully, or violently, before I know anymore about what kind of person this guy is outside of the show. I like my little pretend world where all the actors are *just* like their characters. Don’t spoil that for me!

1. I thought this was an interesting shot of the priest, only with half his body showing. Almost foreshadowing that Eko would be back although he would in his heart only be 1/2 priest.
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2. Interesting that they chose to have the eye this episode closed. Eko wasn’t blind to his *sins* any more than any other character on the island. Maybe, however, he was the only one that was making a concious choice to have his *eyes closed* because the pain of his life was too much and he didn’t want to face them.
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3. Thank goodness some of the writing is still alive. When Sayid is beside an unconscious Eko he asks Charlie what happened to him. Charlie responds, “Before or after we saved him from the polar bear cave?” Savid walks away in disgust. Ah, just like old times.

4. Poor Hurley. He asks Eko to stay alive. We know why. And we know what happens later on this episode.

5. Obviously from the way Eko was running around seeing things, Locke got to him with his special wacky paste. First of all, who put Locke in charge of making everyone let go of their past (Boone, himself, Charlie, now Eko)? Anyway, I wonder who was really standing there in the tent? My bet is Locke. The tent burns up. I doubt this was a mistake, I dont’ think, however, he meant to burn the tent down. But, Locke was forcing this vision quest for Eko. On the other hand, Shannon saw Walt inside of her tent before she died and I don’t think it was Locke in that case. Is someone on the island leading them to their doom by inducing hallucinations of people from their past?
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6. I still think it’s Locke in Eko’s *sweat tent.* He runs up right after the fire starts and asks where Eko is (making sure he got out?). Then when Charlie looks around and says he’s gone Locke doesn’t look too surprised. Locke also sends *Charlie* and *Hurley* to look for his tracks. Doesn’t sound like Locke was *that* worried what happened and where Eko went.

7. Ok so Ben just lets Jack wander about during Colleen’s funeral? Obviously it’s part of the mind game but get real, would they not have him somehow shackled?

8. I think for the first time since his appearance, Ben actually looks surprised when Jack mentions his tumor. Is it there, is it a set-up, who knows. But I believe that it was Juliet who put the X-rays there and Ben did not know about it. It’s her con that they are playing now. I do believe that she wants Ben dead but I don’t think it’s because he is some sort of tyrant leader but something more sinister with *her.*
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9. Not sure what to make of the white, I’m sure there is some religious significance to it. What is more important is that these Others know that their dead must leave the island. Think about it, Jack’s dad and Yemi both were not buried, their bodies disappeared then reappeared to the person who would know who they were and then led them somewhere. Eko died and Jack could have as he slipped off the cliff (Locke came and saved him). Is whoever is running the smoke monster resurrecting the bodies and using the image against the survivors?

10. Like the *family* Locke lived with back home, this group of Others is looking more and more like a cult. I doubt it’s religious, but imagine what the Hale-Bop gang would have done with some technology and an operating room. Creepy!

11. This dog is not Vincent, but where has he been? The dog always show up when there is trouble (like Scooby Doo!) so where is he? Maybe he’s with Rose, Bernard, Jin and Sun since we haven’t seen them either. Do the writers think we aren’t going to notice this? Forget writing for Ken and Barbie, keep the characters on screen that we know. Flesh them out more and forget trying to liven up the joint with a hot chick and a perfect haired man.
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12. The little swarm that swims around in the jungle is definitely different and another entity from the *big* black smoke. It seems almost as if it’s the look out, that finds something interesting to report back. As far as Eko’s hallucination of the people he killed in the church, first the little boy shushes Eko eerily similar in the way Walt did to Shannon. Then, to clear the record, he says “confess,” not something backwards. We know the meaning. End of comment.

13. What a stupid set-up about anybody coming along with Locke and then Ken and Barbie volunteer. Could they have just left it with Hurley asking because he’s too afraid or whatever cute and charming thing Hurley might be thinking? Barbie turns around, RAISES HER HAND and says, “I’ll go.” Enough said. *Insert groan of disbelief here*

14. Reflections. This one was the most symbolic so far to me. This is from when Locke was dipping his bottle for water. Very dark.
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15. ABC, can you please give Desmond more screen time? To me, he is now the most interesting character. True, we know the least about him, but he asks questions, he is doubtful of intentions, he pays attention, he does what the viewers keep yelling at the tv! If *he* runs across Danielle, I bet they will have quite a chat! Is Desmond the only one who truly wants to get off this island? For the record, however, Sawyer still gets the best lines.
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16. These must be some religious writers and cinematographers. This scene was like the Lord’s prayer all wrapped up in a nice screenshot. Oh yeah, except for the smoke monster part.
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17. The scene where the men come to the church for the vaccination is interesting. First you think that Eko is some bad-a** standing up for the church. Then you remember that he is a drug dealer after all and it looking to get his own cut. But then you remember that he has something to make up to Yemi so would he or wouldn’t he take off with the medicine?

18. Smokey retreats here. But is it because Eko startles it by standing up to it or is it because Locke & co. are coming? I think that this thing somehow feeds off or can sense fear and Eko startles it.
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19. What is up with this cheeseburger? This chick is psycho and probably did kill the cow, etc… But Desmond appeared to be eating eggs that weren’t really eggs so who knows what the cheeseburger might *really* made of. “Soylent Green is people!” lol
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20. Ben vs. Juliet. Ben comes in and *reveals* to Jack what the con was going to be. For the record, I don’t think that Juliet looks like Sarah. Anyway, all part of the con Jack, WAKE UP BUDDY! The two are obviously at odds. Is Jack that naive?

21. Here is my sister’s theory, and I like it! What if Jack cuts open Ben and doesn’t find the tumor? Jack won’t kill him, I don’t believe it. But Ben will awake and tell Jack that it was the only way to get him to believe that the island heals. Of course, Ben is hoping that as a scientist Jack will want to stay and as a surgeon who desperately wants to fix everyone.

22. But, what if that X-Ray actually was Locke’s? Or someone else we don’t know about? Jack would believe the con. Especially with Ben’s big speech about God dropping a surgeon out of the sky. Come on Jack! Has he forgotten that Kate and Sawyer are caged too?

23. I’m not going to discuss the rolling away of the stone from the plane. It’s been discussed to death on all the boards.

24. I was expecting more of a reaction from Desmond over going down into the hatch. He spent *years* down in one and I would think that a person would have some post traumatic stress from that! The writers missed a big chance here. Of course, they found it more important to show Ken coming out of the toilet. Yeah, good choice ABC.
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25. The patched man. I think he’s running smokey. He’s the *wizard* behind it. I have a feeling that after meeting him we will truly start believing that Ben’s Others are *not* the bad guys after all!
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26. Juliet supposedly puts in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” One of the major themes of the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird is an exploration of human morality, and presents a constant conversation regarding the inherent goodness or evilness of people.” Pretty obvious meaning there.

27. Could this be a field of poppies? Ironically, it is the same type of field where Hurley met Dave. It is also from a famous scene in the Wizard of Oz. Hallucinogenic possibilities?
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28. This is so creepy because whoever is messing with Eko put on this burnt suit to trick him. What I love about this show was right on track in this scene. When Yemi says, “You speak to me as if I were your brother,” they were right on track. Of course we were all saying, “What the….” just like we love from this show. I don’t want to know right now all the answers. I don’t want the obvious resolution to who Fake Yemi is. I want to keep guessing!
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29. Eko finally appears afraid of old smokey. That is why I think he dies.
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30. I don’t think that smokey is really just smoke. This is a machine, to use my daughter’s words, “shrouded in smoke.” I couldn’t have put it better. I think that we see the bigger part of the machine rise up from the ground and then a mechanical arm reaches out for Eko. I think that Mr. Patch is running the thing, too. Remember when it had Locke by the leg it didn’t look like smoke had him.

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31. “We’re next.”
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All right people. We have put up with Sawyer getting beat up weekly.  We had to stomach Barbie and Ken appearing out of no where.  Tonight, we had to try and believe that all of a sudden Locke and Sayid (a TRAINED SOLDIER) are going to let them tag along on their journey.  BUT, TO KILL EKO AND KEEP KEN AND BARBIE? THERE HAS TO BE A LINE!

What was up with all the cheesy diaglog? “Oh Barbie, why would you go on a dangerous mission when you have so many fashionable things to do here at camp?”  “What, are you a wuss Ken? You want them to include us but have just been invisible for so long why not take the chance?”  “You’re right, Barbie! But first, let’s dance!”

Why oh why kill such a cool character with so much potential for backstory and mystery and keep the plastic characters with perfect hair and white teeth?

Ugh, thoughtful and long blog to come but need to seeth over this episode for the night.  Lots of good things happened (hello, can anybody say Mr. Locke’s Special Wacky Paste? And field of poppies again?) but I just need a moment to look back and remember why I *used* to love this show and at the end wanted more next week, not at the end wanted to see people DIE next week!

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.