I don’t want to say that this episode stunk because it really was OK, but certainly not in my top favorites. Even if it didn’t follow the amazing episode last week, I think that this one would still be just mediocre at best. Still not a stinker yet this season though.

Click here for my initial thoughts. 

1. OMG! It’s a black rock in the Zen garden! It must mean something! (sacrasm people!)
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2. Juliet is going to die. We know about Ben’s obsession with her and I doubt he would ever let her leave the island. BUT… what if she dies helping Aaron leave the island? She obviously cares about children (she asked Ben about Zach and Emma not to mention she’s a baby doctor) and that would also explain why future Jack can’t bear to see Aaron off of the island.

3. Way to go Harper! Not only does she have a Certificate of Recognition from the Hanso Foundation, she also belongs to the Experimental Social Psychology Society. She is obviously well qualified to be counseling people on *this* island.
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4. Wow, Harper, jealous much? I can understand the animosity once she finds out that Juliet is a home wrecking ho sleeping with her man, but in their first meeting she’s already cutting her down (”You’re not a celebrity…. you’ll find out soon enough that you’re no different than anyone here.”). Claws are out!

5. Yeah Tom! They really should have kept him. I would have loved to have seen his flash back story.
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6. I’m thinking that Juliet is of so much interest to everyone not only because she is the baby doctor, but also because Ben has obsessed about her for some time and I would guess they’ve all heard or know about it. “So, this is the woman he’s been so infatuated with.” Sounds like Ben did quite a lot of research and work to get her to the island.

7. AND, we’ve finally found Ben’s Achilles Heel. Juliet.

8. I’m wondering if Juliet somehow did figure out why the women keep dying but that Ben has sabotaged her research because it will keep her on the island. He knows how passionate she is about her work and if she can’t solve the puzzle it will keep her there until she does.  Juliet probably has no clue that she has solved the mystery because Ben is a very sneaky little man.
9. Those are pretty amazing torches that can stay lit in the rain.
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10. If you heard scary whispers in the jungle wouldn’t you be like “What the hell was that!?” Juliet and Jack never discuss, at least that we see.

11. Of course Ben would send Harper as an unspoken reminder to Juliet that she still *belongs* to him.

12. It was pretty good timing that Harper showed up during the whispers then vanished. It reminded me of the old Walt apparitions.

13. Why is it safer for Jack not to know about The Tempest? He’s not prone to freaking out over new information, so why not at least give this guy a clue about the gas? If I were Matthew Fox I would not be pleased with how naive they make Jack all the time. You can’t just chalk it up to trust.  At some point doesn’t he want answers?

14. I really like Kate’s new, darker hair. She must have gotten a touch up from Claire while she was at the barracks.
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15. Michael Emmerson is truly an amazing actor. He goes from a love sick little puppy in this scene to the crazy mad man who practically drags her to the dead, rotting corpse of Goodwin. I thought the scenes where Ben is doting on Juliet were great. He is practically skipping around his house getting ready for their dinner together.
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16. There must be a lot of (ahem) *coupling* going on here at the island for all these pregnant women to be running around. They have to conceive on the island in order to be part of the experiment. I’m just saying that they can’t all be using in vitro fertilization.

17. I miss the old crazy, jungle running, knife throwing, sneaking around Locke. This domesticated version isn’t nearly as interesting.
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18. I found it interesting that the writers hinted that Ben had something to do with the plane crash. I thought that it was settled that Desmond’s error caused the crash. But Goodwin asks what Ben is going to do then they flash to the plane breaking apart mid air.

19. This is definitely a new tape of Widmore. Ben just showed Jack the Red Sox game a few weeks back in island time.

20. Does the tape of Widmore really prove anything to Locke? I think I would have had a heck of a lot more questions for a man that had just shot me and left me for dead days ago.
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21. When Locke asks Ben what Widmore wants, Ben goes into the story about the mold. I’m thinking that is our answer why Widmore wants to find the island - for the healing powers.

22. Locke wants to keep this island to himself just like Ben wants to keep Juliet. They do have this obsessive side to their personality in common. I think that Locke will help Ben keep Widmore away so he can keep the island secret.

23. Ben’s man on the boat. We all think it’s going to be Michael, but it just seems so obvious. It’s torture because on one hand we know Michael is coming back and it makes sense. But on the other hand it seems to go along with the show to have a twist. Maybe have Michael as his man but Christian Shepherd be the captain? I would love it to be Charlie but that is just asking too much. Any wild and crazy theories out there?

24. Cool new hatch.
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25. Notice the painting over Ben’s shoulder. I think that this is the “her” that Harper was referring to that Juliet resembles. I think that it’s Annie. Annie probably got preggers, died, lost the baby and that is what fueled Ben’s fire to fix whatever is killing the women. Then he found Juliet and kind-of, sort-of started to forget about Annie.
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26. Daniel sure can type fast in those heavy rubber gloves!
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27. Here are a bunch of screenshots from the computer:

28. I forgot to mention the map that Faraday is looking at to find The Tempest. My guess is the original was taken out of the Black Rock log but since they are using it to find the hatch (that could not have been there in the 1800’s) then someone who has been to the island would have had to give them the location. Michael perhaps? Maybe that is why they were holding off going to the island because they needed the one last piece to be sure they wouldn’t be killed when they stormed the island. I know that Charlie had to flip the switch to get them there, but they needed to be able to find The Tempest and the Losties on the island didn’t know about this hatch.
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29. They have to be either purposely filming where these red flowers on the island are, the red flowers do mean something, or there are just a whole bunch of these around Hawaii. Anyone from Hawaii know?
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30. If Juliet was so in love with Goodwin, then why is she so hot and bothered for Jack (outside of the fact that he’s a hottie)?

31. Awesome camera shot.
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32. Oops, here are some shots of inside the new hatch:

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33. Hurley is darned good at horeshoes. But remember how good Walt was at throwing that knife? They both apparently have some special *abilities.* Either that, or they’ve spent some serious time in the Southern US learning these skills.
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34. First we have Hurley questioning Locke out in the jungle on the way to the barracks. Then Claire wants to talk to Miles. Now Sawyer sees Ben just wandering around. Yes friends, I think we are going to see a revolution just as Ben predicted, against Locke.

35.  Now we know what Daniel’s purpose was in being chosen to come to the island. Didn’t see that one coming. Now it will be interesting to see what Miles and Charlotte’s uses are. I’m not so convinced that they are good guys or really care what happens to the Losties. Well, Daniel and Frank seem to care, but Miles and Charlotte are certainly more self centered.

36. Could Smokey be the by-product of a gas leak from The Tempest? I think there is more to it than just gas (like it cloaks something solid) but it appears that this gas is deadly and could certainly kill people.

See my last post for initial thoughts.

1. Interesting to open with eyes closed. We’ve always seen the one open eye. Obviously, Sayid is different than the others. His eyes are closed when it seems like theoretically his eyes are more *open* than others. But, Sayid hasn’t had a healing or eye opening on the island. If anything, he is more of a killer in the future than before the island.
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2. I didn’t post a picture of a Muslim in prayer but it doesn’t look to me like Sayid is necessarily in a prayer position (anyone out there have insight into this?). Then he opens his eyes and is looking at Naomi’s body. He wants her body off the island for some reason. Either it has something to do with dead bodies somehow being inhabited by Jacob or he is transporting something in/on her body or he knows Naomi or something about her that makes him treat her respectfully.
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3. Naomi’s bracelet inscription pictured here. Instead of Elsa just happening to own the same bracelet, maybe Sayid gave it to her (he kept Naomi’s)? Either it had sentimental value because he cared for Naomi for some reason or it was a connection back to the island. Or, it could be a bracelet given by whomever is hiring them to kill off Ben.
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4. Miles is getting to be quite the funny guy. Miles to Frank: “In case you zoned out while you were tweezing your goatee, one of these yahoos took Charlotte prisoner.” Very high strung.

5. Dane pointed out in comments on the last post that the seven iron is what they were using on the island. Sayid is using the seven iron here. Guess he grew to like the club. Good catch!

6. I don’t think that only 6 from the island have to be the only ones that make it back to land. If Juliet makes it back she probably wouldn’t want to make a big media spectacle because how would she possibly explain or prove where she has been? I think that it’s possible some of the “natives” could make it back but would have to just try to blend back into society without a media fuss.

7. Anyone work at a golf course and know when the sprinklers come on? I thought it was at night which would mean that perhaps someone turned these on to help cover the gunshot and wash away evidence? Also, symbolic of course.
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8. I thought it was funny that Sayid was pretending that he couldn’t read maps. Ironically, he was the one navigating Danielle’s map and the map of the underwater hatch.

9. So Charlotte knows that Ben has a spy back on the freighter boat. I would probably be telling my other team mates when I was reunited about this piece of info first thing. Yet so far she hasn’t said anything about it to them.

10. Theories on where Jacob’s shack is? Hurley saw it flip positions. The creators have been saying since day one that everything can be explained. I guess they didn’t mean in reality, but rather in possibility? I’m not aware of any disappearing cabin theories out there.

11. I think that Jack sends Kate with Sayid on the mission to get Charlotte because he is trying to protect her. Remember when Jack was doing surgery on Ben and told her to run and save herself? I think Jack knows that there is trouble coming and he thinks that Kate will be safer back at the barracks. You know Jack, if he thinks he’s getting off the island he would come back and save her.

12. Elsa’s employer is “old fashioned” when it comes to technology (ie; the pager). Remember back on the island they were using a very old school computer in the hatch and had a record player. There has to be a connection.
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13. Why does Frank tell Daniel that it’s ok to use the phone but to hang up right away if Mankowski gets on the phone?

14. Radio signals and the phones go through right away to the freighter yet animated objects have a time delay. When Daniel sets up his experiment Regina gets the signal “clearly” yet the beacon is delayed.

15. I’ve read a lot of talk about Jack and Frank’s conversation regarding the Red Sox winning the Series. I don’t think that Frank really has a reaction like he’s surprised at Jack’s question. It just seemed like banter to me.

16. 31 minute time delay. So time is moving slower on the island. Anyone want to do the math? After 100 days how far behind in time would they be? There are also biblical scriptures in Daniel that correspond to these numbers if you care to look them up.
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17. Ben’s bookshelf. I doubt they were reading the Qur’an in the bookclub.
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18. Some people are saying that Michael Faraday is on the money. It would be a fun little “Where’s Waldo” of the show. Thoughts?
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19. We can see passports for Brazil, New Zealand in his hands and Japan in the drawer.
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20. This is the best shot I could make of Ben’s passport info. It looks like he was born March 23, 1962 which would make him 42. One of the numbers! I’m sure there are better copies out there so we can see the name and other info on the passport.
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21. Here’s the scene where Saywer comes walking into the room where Kate is looking under the bed. It looks just like when he was a kid and his dad came walking into his room and he was hiding under the bed.
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22. Hurley had some great lines in this one. I loved it when he said to Sayid he knew he could hurt him when he saw him break that guys neck with his break dancing move.

23. Was Miles really a bargaining chip for Sayid? Locke already had him locked up so why would Locke see Miles as a trade for Charlotte? I’m thinking there was another trade made that we will find out about later.

24. Maybe Frank hasn’t heard of Penelope Widmore, but I would bet he has heard the name Widmore… perhaps his boss?

25. So could Sayid’s last mistake of thinking with his heart instead of his gun have anything to do with Nadia? She was his great love, certainly he would have gone looking for her when he got back. And I want to know which friends Sayid is protecting - the Oceanic 6 or the ones left on the island?
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I started off thinking this episode was really slow then true to form, for every one answer we got another 12 questions.

WARNING: If you haven’t watched the episode don’t read this. There is a major twist at the end.

1. What is up with this bracelet? It reads, “N, I’ll always be with you. RG.” Elsa is wearing one that we can see when she is getting ready for the opera and when Sayid is in bed with her right before he kills her. Is it something with the organization Sayid/Ben/Naomi works for? Does Mr Creepy Eyed Man have something to do with it? He is the one that hired Naomi. Seems MCEM would also want Sayid for “missions” considering all the skills he has and that he is a ruthless killer. Sayid gets to the boat and could be Ben’s mole that he can’t tell them the name of. My sis is convinced that Sayid is the mole.

2. Red towel on Sayid’s golf bag should have been a sign that someone was going to die (red has been the death theme all three seasons). But where does this guy who pulls up to Sayid even come from? I may not know much about golf but you don’t just come up to someone who’s about to hit a shot in the middle of the course for nothing. He’s not trying to pass and he even offers him a ride to the next hole. But he can clearly see Sayid is in the middle of this hole. Then, when Sayid tells him who he is, the man seems frightened and tries to leave. Did Ben send him there and why does this guy need a killing? Is he part of Dharma and they are slowly killing them off one by one? Ben killed them on the island so I’m sure he’s not above killing them off the island. This new guys tells Sayid he’s the only one on the course all morning. Suspicious, don’t you think?

3. I just watched the scene again. This guys works for Oceanic or whoever set it up to look like they died on that plane. THAT is why he freaks out when Sayid tells him who he is.

4. Looking back at the “previously on…” why was Frank studying every single name on the manifest if they thought or were told that there were no survivors from the flight?

5. So starting in the cafe, Sayid and Elsa were both playing each other. Ben actually sends them both there.

6. I knew the second Elsa had that red dress on that she was going to die. Then to see that bracelet, it was all over for her.

7. Loved, loved, loved Sawyer’s suggestion to start shooting off Ben’s toes. First you start with the big toe and send that piggy to market. Then you move on to the roast beef. Hilarious!

8. Interesting that everyone seems to have insight into the survivors but Frank didn’t know about Sayid’s background.

9. Why can’t Locke see the cabin? Aaron starts crying when they get to the location also.

10. Notice all the playground equipment at the barracks? There weren’t any children. Why all the equipment? It didn’t look old like it had not been used since Dharma. Miles even says something about a daycare being there.
11. So there is a 1/2 hour (31 minutes to be exact) time lag from on versus off the island. This should explain some of the growth when Walt comes back.

12. I thought for sure when Sayid found Ben’s secret closet he was also going to find a secret way off of the island. He might have found something for all we know and that is why Sayid wanted off of the island. Maybe he thought he could use the worm hole back to the island to save the others. Why doesn’t Sayid tell the others what he has found? It’s more costumes (like the ones from the lockers).

13. Why does Kate call Sawyer “James?” Everyone using proper names has been weird.

14. Did you notice when Kate is looking under the bed at Ben’s house the feet she sees coming in look just like when Saywer was a young boy and he saw the feet of his father coming into his room.

15. How sweet, Sawyer wants to play house with Kate. Just in time for Valentines’s Day!

16. The list! Another list!

17. Why does Sayid care about getting Naomi’s body back to the boat? This guys knows so much that we haven’t seen yet! He knows something to do with that bracelet that makes her special.

18. Why does Desmond want to go to the boat when he knows it’s not Penny’s boat? Obviously Frank and Dan “do” know about Penny from the looks they gave each other. Will be interested to see the boat scenes but I’m sure there won’t be much of that until near the end of the 8 episodes. Who does Desmond think on the boat is going to tell him about Penny when it’s NOT HER BOAT!

19. I wonder if Kate really wanted to stay behind with Sawyer or if Sayid pretty much left her.

20. Why does Sayid meet Ben in the dog kennel of all places and when did Ben get to know so much about medicine?

21. Who are they after (Ben and Sayid)? Must be the people who either purposely crashed the plane or covered it up and left them to die.

22. In the rerun before the new epi, the pop up said that the woman with Dan was not his wife but was his caretaker. This guys must have issues.

23. Sayid says something to Elsa about the old technology her boss uses. Should have been a clue that her boss was Ben.

24. Sayid closes Elsa’s eyes tenderly just like he does to Naomi. Still thinking there is more going on there.

25. When Desmond asks Frank flat out if he has ever heard of “Penny” Widmore he and Dan both say no. but perhaps they know the Widmore name, not Penny specifically. Maybe they were hired by Poppa Widmore.

26. Jack was so set to get off the island and now he lets the dead body of Naomi go before he gets on the helicopter. Yes, now that Kate decided to stay behind.

27. So Sayid is killing to protect his friends? Which ones, the Oceanic Six or all those left back on the island?

Sneak Peek. No spoilers.  Click any image to enlarge.
    

I missed this show.

1. See last post for initial thoughts.

2. To build on the idea of course correcting…. what if they are all meant to die, or were meant to die in the plane crash? Wouldn’t it be the perfect end of this show if the survivors get on a plane after being rescued (after the six go back to save the rest) and it crashes killing them all? If they were meant to die, fate *will* have it’s way with them.

3. Since when does the season open with a “previously on Lost…?” Season Two opened with Desmond in the hatch. Season Three opened with the Juliet book club. We always get the head scratchers so why open like a normal episode? Possibly because ABC knows that there isn’t anything else on tv and they did it for new viewers? Maybe it doesn’t mean anything at all.

4. Looks like Hurley got the car running. I would bet that Daddy didn’t have anything to do with it. I’m wondering if the money was still there. What kinds of things would Mommy Dearest have to say when he got back? She was mean… yet funny.
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5. For the record, the words on the wall read, “NO SMOKING.”
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6. Did you catch the writing on Charlie’s hand?
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7. I’ve been thinking about why only 6 make it off the island and I have several theories. One is that they use the submarine (you know that Locke didn’t blow it up) and since space is limited, only a few could go. I also think this would explain why Hurley was so freaked out about water pouring into the police station. Or, there could be some sort of *event* back on the island that creates an emergency and only six run for it to the helicopter or boat as it’s leaving. Or, maybe there is another LIST out there and the six that leave were chosen.

8. Hurley wants to go back to the asylum. People try to change but in the end, they all go back to what they know. It’s human nature. Hurley is comfortable in that environment. Just like Jack goes back to drinking. Kate is back under control (with a man this time, not by the law) and we are yet to see what Jin & Sun and Sayid are back to. But probably a similar lifestyle to their pre-island days.

9. Kate asks why Locke would kill Naomi, “he hadn’t even met her.” Yes, why. Locke knows what Ben says is true, but how?

10. Again, if there is a List of who gets to go home, it would make sense to take Kate and Sun for further research of the fertility. Claire conceived off the island. Both Kate and Sun would have conceived on the island. Maybe *they* want to see if their babies will live since they know that the women will die on the island.

11. Just like Sawyer to sit back and watch Juliet work. Here is the scene that was supposed to be aired:

12. Matthew Abbadon or as I like to call him “Creepy Eyed Man.” Check out the info from Lostpedia:

A) In Hebrew Abaddon means “destroyer,” or “destruction”. More precisely, this name comes from the Hebrew root word aleph-bet-daled, which means “lost”.
B) In Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11 Abbadon means “place of destruction”, or “realm of the dead”. In Revelation 9:11, it is personified as Abaddon, “Angel of the Abyss”. Many biblical scholars believe Abaddon to be Satan or the antichrist. Others argue that is a mistaken view since the angel “Abaddon” possesses the keys to the Abyss into which Satan is hurled or imprisoned, indicating that he serves as Satan’s “jailer” and must therefore be someone else.
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13. So if CEM (aka: Creepy eyed man) asks if “they” are still alive, if the Oceanic 6 escaped on the sub then he could be referring to the Boat People. But, he could be wondering about the rest of the passengers of Flight 815. But why would he care unless there are more of them that are *special* (like Aaron or Walt) that *they* want.

14. As promised, here are screen caps of the chalk board and the mural in the hatch.
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15. Why is everyone suddenly calling Hurley “Hugo?” Even hallucination Charlie called him by his formal name.

16. OK and what is the deal with the new “soft” Sawer? Asking Hurley if he wanted to “talk” about Charlie? He is up to something I tell ya. Remember the frog? Sawyer ended up squishing it even though you thought he was going to give it back to Hurley?

17. When Hurley comes up to Jacob’s shack you can hear the whispers. I think they are in Spanish. Anyone have the translation yet? I wonder if Locke broke the ring (salt?) around the shack because I don’t remember there being whispers when Locke first came to the shack with Ben.
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18. And I thought that Jacob didn’t like the light, yet the light comes up as Hurley approaches.
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19. “I’m sorry George. Just tell my sister I love her.” Couple of thoughts: maybe Penny is Naomi’s sister? That would explain why she had a picture of Penny & Desmond in her book. Maybe Naomi was blackmailed by Hanso like Juliet was. Could have been using her sister as bait.
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20. They shouldn’t leave dead bodies laying around the island. I’ll get to that theory of mine in a minute.
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21. Whoever is in the shack is wearing nice, white tennis shoes. All laced up.
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22. This is Christian Shepherd in the shack… which brings me to my corpse theory. Remember that the Others do not bury their dead, but rather, they burn the bodies. Like for the woman who Sun shot on the boat, they were all dressed in white and they set the body afire as they sent it to sea on a raft. What if they do that because they know that disembodied Jacob can put his energy into the corpse and that is how he takes human form? We have seen Eko’s brother, who was not buried. Why else would Hurley be seeing Jack’s dad (we could speculate why Jack would see him). But if you remember back to season one, Christian’s body was gone from the coffin.
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23. Now check out the eye that pops up to scare Hurley. I don’t think it’s Richard or Locke. I think it’s Jacob. I’m also including the shot of the eye from last season when Locke was in the shack.

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24. Hurley has seriously grown a pair. If I saw that shack I’d be headed the other way. I wouldn’t be going up peeking in the windows. And when the creaky door opens, whew! He was brave to stand there and will it away.

25. Oy vey. I got all misty eyed when Hurley told Claire about Charlie.
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26. I found my new favorite theory. I will refer to it in later posts, I’m sure, but please read this as it is very plausible and I think this person may have unlocked the whole thing. Click here: “North Pole Theory”
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27. So is this guy who warns Hurley that someone is staring at him real? Or is it Hurley’s subconscious talking to him? I’ve felt guilt before but not to the extent dead people were talking to me.
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28. And didn’t Charlie look great for a dead guy? Death becomes him.
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29. Check out the Raven on Chalie’s shirt. Here is a link with info about the Raven. Is it possible that Jacob’s energy somehow follows them back to land? Maybe he wants to go back to the island and comes to the survivors to covince them to go back so he can get back. I’ll have to wait and see if any of the other six see dead people. Maybe that is why Jack was convinced his dad was at the hospital.
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30. My sister pointed out that Hurley counts to five just like Jack does (remember the story?).

31. I couldn’t understand why no one freaked that Jack was going to shoot Locke in cold blood. I understand the Locke has been kooky, but to just shoot him between the eyes? They are both crazy.
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32. Baby Aaron is crying right as Locke proclaims he has never done anything to hurt any of the survivors. Reading too much into it?
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33. Live together, die alone. Maybe they shouldn’t have split into two groups.

34. It was odd to me that Rose decided not to go with Locke. She did say before that she couldn’t leave the island (because of the cancer) but will they stay with Jack? Or will they break off and stay just not with Locke?

35. Locke is defintely confused when it starts to rain. Something is not right and I’m sure we will find out what. But I was thinking that the monster was going to show up. It always seems to show up when it rains.
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36. I’m really going to be interested to see why Juliet doesn’t get to go back to land. She was so desperate to get back to her sister and has done a lot to helpt he suviviors. And, the last she knew her sister was alive and well.

37. I think a big clue that the Boat People aren’t who they say they are is that instead of landing the helicopter and just rescuing them, they send in a parachuter. What can one guy do alone?
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It’s Neil time….

Who wants a whimpy Charlie sized drink (love ya Dominic!)?  I want a HUGO sized drink!  Way to go, McDonald’s!

Whew, if I put it all in one post I wasn’t sure anyone, including myself, could get through it all. I had to backdate this one so it would post second. By the way, I will continue to blog throughout the summer with news bites and information that I find out there. Keep stopping by friends! GG

1. Whoa, Jack loves Kate? This poor woman, these men sure do have a p-poor way of showing it.
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2. I really need to get a better resolution of these. Here is another shot of the newspaper clipping:

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3. This one is better and you can make out words! The very top and the 2nd line both say “Los Angeles.” The next line says “Man Found…(can’t see the rest, it’s crumpled)” next line in heading says “Downtown…” I guess we can rule out Juliet. The first line of text starts out “The body of…” the next line at the end reads “shortly after 4″ next line last words are “of Grand.” Next paragraph first line ends with “at The” next line ends in “loft” and then you can make out a few words but not much. Now we’re getting somewhere! I’ve looked at every single frame of this scene and this was the best shot that I could get.

4. I thought that perhaps the name of the funeral parlor would offer up a clue to the identity of the dead man, but I could not come up with anything. Sawyer is the closest.
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5. The director asks, “Friend or Family” and Jack responds that he is neither. I’m still leaning towards Sawyer.

6. Danielle doesn’t want to leave the island but will she change her mind now that she has Alex? I wonder who else will want to stay? Rose because of her cancer? Locke.

7. So now they throw in the Christian Shephard curve ball. I think that Jack forged the prescription and I think he is so drugged up that he tells them to get his dad from “upstairs.” I don’t think he’s in this future. He is dead. Plus when the pharmacist says she’s going to call his office Jack respond that he’s out of town right now. Then why tell the hospital to get him from upstairs? Why would his dad even write the prescription for him? It doesn’t make sense.

8. Why would the people on Naomi’s boat kill every single living person on the island? Is the island quarantined and there is some sort of sickness there? Is that why Ben can’t let them leave? That they would spread whatever it is?

9. I’m not going to condone violence, but boy, some people just need a good butt kicking.
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10. How convenient, the code was programmed by a musician. But “Good Vibrations” was an ironic song.
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11. Is it just me or are Kate and Danielle looking a lot alike these days?

12. Now Hurley is a killer, too. This episode has turned many of the Losties into killers. Jack seems to remain one of the few left that haven’t killed anyone…. yet. But I have to say I was cheering as I am sure many of you were that Hurley didn’t go off and find Dave in a depression but instead found a way to help.
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13. I was still hoping for a Mr. Friendly flashback but I guess that can’t happen unless Tom has Mikhail’s magical healing powers. I’m torn deciding if Sawyer was right or wrong killing him. But I got a chuckle when Hurley said that he had surrendered and Sawyer said he didn’t believe him.

14. I don’t care how against all odds it is that Penny is transmitting right at that moment, I loved this scene. It reminded me of when Boone first found the radio on the plane and how much hope that there was at that moment. Now, for the bad side… I think that if Penny had not come across that television Charlie would be alive. I believe that once Desmond saw Penny and then Charlie saw the grenade, Charlie knew that Desmond would die in that room trying to talk to her. *That* is why Charlie shut himself in.
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15. I can’t stand it that Mikhail is the Energizer Bunny of death. I have a feeling that just like Sawyer and Tom, Desmond will have Charlie’s revenge on this guy. Desmond let him go once but I doubt that that will be happening again. And the next time he won’t be able to regenerate another life and crawl away. Plus, he took Desmond’s chance to talk to Penny away. Double Wammy.
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16. I couldn’t put any shots of Charlie drowning in here. It almost physically pained me to watch that scene. But, he was the hero twice over for one, unjamming the signal and two, for getting the message to Desmond that it is not Penny’s boat. Maybe Ben was telling some truth….. finally.
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17. Charlie is definitively dead. Here is an interview with Damon that solidifies it and has some other interesting info. Darn it all. If you can, there is also a video on the side of the article with Dom. UGH! I hate that this character is gone!

18. How apropos to have Karl watching over Ben while he’s tied to the tree.
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19. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Locke here. First he kills Naomi without a blink of his eye. Then he can’t shoot Jack. He just tells him he’s not supposed to do it and then walks away? HUH? I’m hoping that next season this will make more sense.
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20. This scene with Jack on the phone reminded me of when the raft met up with the tug boat at the end of season one. Remember Mr. Friendly? “Well, isn’t that something?” Then the proceeded to take the boy. Makowski (or whatever his name was) can sure find them! But will they end up with another Mr-Friendly-stealing-the-kid-and-shooting-the -survivors situation? Guess we have to wait SEVEN AGONIZING MONTHS to find out!  Is it Penny’s Dad who sent the boat?  That would explain why Naomi had the picture.
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21. Why is Kate so excited about being rescued (outside of the being tortured by the Others thing)? Won’t she be arrested as soon as they get back?

22. Future Kate looks great! She doesn’t look like Danielle anymore!
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23. I think that this future Jack can be changed. I don’t think it has to be this was and that is why we are seeing this. Maybe we are supposed to have more empathy for Ben and whatever is going to happen with these *bad* people. Jack is so hell bent on getting them saved and I’m fearful that something really, really bad is going to happen in order for that to happen. Should be interesting to see and I can’t wait for next season! From where we started with the first three episodes I would have never guessed that this season was going to end up being so good. Redemption!
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Have a nice summer and Namaste! Gitsie Girl will still be around so stop by and say hello.

1. Hm. Flash forwards. I mentioned this a long time ago. Check it out here . I mentioned it several times over the course of this blog, but this link is the first time I put the theory out there. Yes, I’m gloating.

2. Naomi was the snake in the mailbox or the guys coming will be the snakes? I’m wondering if they work for Daddy Widmore and they suspect Desmond is there. But…. Penny knows now that Dessy is there.

3. HATED the Charlie death. HORRIBLE scene. Heartbreaking. I don’t care if we knew it was coming, it was terrible to see him drown like that. I loved his character and HATED to see him die. Did I mention I hated him dying?

4. Now we need to go back and decide what was a flash forward and what was a flash back. Jack is a junkie. Who died? Was it Michael? *If* he comes back (wink, wink) what must he do on the island to make Kate dislike him so much? We assume when she says she has to get back to *him* that she means Sawyer, but it could be anyone. Awesome twist.

5. Yeah, American Idol running 10 minutes over 10:00? Gee, I wonder why they would do that during the Lost 2 hour season finale. Jerks.

6. Yeah Hurley! Here we thought he was going to go back and eat and talk to Dave but he is the hero now.

7. Maybe Desmond is flashing forward to Jack and sees what happens to him. Maybe he stops the rescue. Plus he knows it’s not Penny’s ship. But will anyone believe him if he stops the rescue? How in the heck will he explain why?

8. Bernard is a dentist, not Rambo. Man, why have they been suppressing these two? Come on everybody, you have to admit they are better than the you-know-whos.

9. So they are building a runway huh? Makes me suspicious of Ben and this boat off shore.

10. Alex and Danielle. Will be interested to see where they take this storyline. Maybe we’ll finally get our Danielle flashback.

11. Sawyer is one bad-a now isn’t he? Kill a guy and then he has no remorse over killing other guys. He’s just getting his redemption all over the place! And Sayid with the neck breaking move! Then there was Jin missing the dynamite. Um….

12. And what about the amazing healing Mikhail? Come on!

13. What was up with Locke just walking away from Jack? He kills a total stranger over the phone and then just shrugs his shoulder when Jack says “no” and leaves? Huh?

14. Michael Emerson (Ben) said that once we see the *real* bad guys we were going to wish that Ben was the worst that we had seen. I wonder who’s coming from that boat!

15. Walt. Guess Mr. Rodgers was right. He looked older so is it really him? We didn’t get to see very much of that.

16. Yeah, Jack kicked butt tonight. He wasn’t taking anything from anyone. It’s about time! But of course now we know Ben was telling the truth and maybe this once he should have listened and backed off.

17. Hey, someone might want to remind Kate that she’s a fugitive. She looked awfully happy to get rescued.

18. Going to have to watch this one again. More to come later….

Resulting from its specific use in the book, the phrase “Catch-22″ is common idiomatic usage meaning “a no-win situation” or “a double bind” of any type.

1. Why does Desmond keep seeing visions of Charlie’s death? I mean, you could have visions of Locke catching boars, Sawyer reading, Jack making deals with the Others, but Desmond keeps seeing Charlie die. I would hate that. Visions of the future and all it is is the same person dying crazy deaths. And is Desmond somehow altering the future by saving Charlie? Or, could Desmond be having some crazy deja vu (they say that Catch *22* is like deja vu with the repeating number)? Maybe Desmond is seeing these visions because he is supposed to save Charlie. Maybe Charlie is going to save them all (probably through a series of misadventures with Hurley.

2. So far, the three psychics that we have seen have either been fakes or debunked. Claire’s psychic changed his mind about the baby (bought out by Dharma?). Hurley’s *seer* was bought off by his dad to make something up. Then Desmond’s psychic may have had some ability, but was using it to get Desmond to the island. So why would we believe that Desmond has any true ability given what we have seen the writers must think of psychics?

3. NOT that I want to discuss the love triangle, quadrangle, whatever… but I almost felt sorry for Sawyer. I think they’ve given this guy feelings for Kate! And truth be told I would rather see Kate be with Sawyer at this point. I think this guy knows his place on the island and is not afraid to stand up for it either. But when it comes down to it, he will leave the island in a second, would Kate?

4. Desmond believes that the only way the person who is coming can make it there is if the sequence of events as he sees them in flashes happens exactly. But… when we see the parachute being lifted to catch the person in the tree, Charlie is one of the people holding it. This is after the arrow *incident.* It doesn’t make sense because Charlie would have been dead by the time they found the parachute. Maybe Desmond doesn’t have as much control over these visions. Or, again, maybe he is supposed to save Charlie.
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5. Why did Jin have to come on the trip?

6. Did the others back on the beach hear the helicopter and see the beacon flashing, too?

7. Here’s a question. How could a helicopter make it to the island if it was very far away from land? Does anyone know how far a helicopter can go with a tank of gas? I wouldn’t think very far. I would guess that if the island was far, far away they would have had to have taken something bigger for the trip.

8. Here is another question, why did the helicopter crash? We are supposed to believe that the plane crashed because Desmond let the numbers go a wee bit too long, but there is no number pushing now. Maybe they have something in place in the sky much like the sonic fence around their village.

9. On a production note … Desmond is clean shaven with short hair in his flashbacks but is scraggly with a beard and long hair on the island. This means that either the writers knew way ahead of time his backstory and filmed all his scenes or this guy is wearing a wig.
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10. When did Charlie visit the Pearl to get a notebook? All the books that had been shot out I would have assumed were full. This one, if he was writing music in it, had to have been somewhat empty. A peace offering from Locke?
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11. By the way, I went back and watched “Dave” when Sayid reads the note on the $20 bill from the real Henry Gale. The note was written to “Jennifer” not Naomi (the new girl). I was suspicious at first that these two were related (him in a balloon) but it doesn’t appear to be so.

12. Moriah Vineyard 1995. From Wikipedia (regarding the name Moriah): …Classsical Rabbinical Literature theorized that the name was a …reference to the Temple, suggesting translations like the teaching-place…. the place of fear … Targum Pseudo-Jonathan interprets the name as land of worship, while the Samaritan Targum regards it as being land of vision.
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13. Desmond also says that Moriah was the mountain where Abraham was asked to kill Isaac. But God spared Isaac and this was Abraham’s test. Sound like anyone we know (Desmond saving Charlie?). Does he underestimate the value of sacrifice? He saves Charlie knowing it could alter the outcome of Penny’s arrival on the island? I knew that Desmond would not and will not let Charlie die if he can help it.

14. I still can’t make out what this is, but it is a very large tattoo or marking. Is there a Dharma symbol at the forearm area? Has Jack been branded as One of Them?
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15. Predictable. Kate will end up pregnant. Then she’ll need Juliet to help save her life. It happens at conception, remember?

16. The end of the show, as told by Desmond, “With enough money and determination you can find anyone.” Of course there will have to be twists. Maybe Locke’s obsessive button pushing will have something to do with it. “Push the button, don’t push the button. The button’s bad.” Maybe we haven’t seen the “bad” button yet.

17. I could be crazy here, but if you look at the top of the screen in this shot I swear it looks like a black cloud. I just noticed it when I was looking at screencaps. I don’t have the highest quality but there appears to be something there. It could explain why the helicopter crashes.
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18. Lots of religious symbolism in this one. Per Widipedia, the book of Ruth is about redemption. Fitting.
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19. OK, this line was just too good not to mention (though Sawyer had some good ones again. So did Hurley).
“So where’d you get the table?” “What, you don’t recognize it? It fell out of the purple haze when the hatch went blamo. If we don’t play every 108 minutes the island will explode.” I think Sawyer was just looking for someone he could beat. Jack beat him at cards and Hurley beat him at ping pong. The man’s got pride! Until he hears about Kate, of course.

20. Love the doll. Couldn’t be Danielle’s, as Charlie pointed out, or there would be a massive rock flying at his head right now. Oh, just wait Charlie! I think this solidifies that Penny was not the original pilot of the helicopter. Somehow I don’t think that kitschy is her style.
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21. Portuguese writing. The guys in the Antarctic hut working for Penny were Portuguese. I think this along with the picture pretty much solidify that Naomi was sent by Penny. Oh yeah, and she knows Desmond right off.
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22. Dude, give the phone to Sayid and quit messing around! Geesh, when will they get some sense!
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23. Just to back up for a minute. Can you imagine if you were really stranded here, the horrors you have been through and to hear that helicopter? The joy that would overtake you would be unreal.

24. I guess Bernard made an indirect appearance. The so-called mix tape apparently belongs to Bernard. Yeah, maybe they will finally be back!

25. Did you hear that the monastary only bottled 108 cases of wine this year? They haven’t been throwing the numbers in as much lately.

26. Oh boy. I didn’t want to believe it but I think that the monk fired Desmond because of Dharma or whoever also put the psychic lady up to talking him out of marrying Penny. Why else would her picture be on the monk’s desk? There is a pretty clear shot of this picture, too, so we were meant to see it. Ironically Penny is there the day that Desmond is fired, too.
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