I think I may still be crying from last night! I know that I am biased to this show but I challenge any show out there to come up with a better and more satisfying ending than what we just saw on Lost.  After six years of building and building you would have to wonder just how brilliant and involved the writers would have to be to come up with just the “right” ending, and they managed to do it.

Do we still have questions, YES!  But I’m OK with that.  I really started getting it in my head that I didn’t want them to answer everything.  I like my ideas and my theories and sure, they could have addressed a few of the bigger issues but I really am OK going out like we have.

NOTE: I don’t have a copy of the epi last night so I don’t have screen caps yet.

1.  Yes, I watched Jimmy Kimmel live and he addressed two items that I thought about as well.  One, why weren’t Michael and Walt in the church?  The first thought is that Walt isn’t dead yet so he can’t be there.  As for Michael, is he not headed to the same white light they are?  Harold Perrineau said it is because Michael is “trapped” on the island, like he told Hurley earlier this season.  I like that better than what I thought.  The other idea he presented is that the show was Jack’s redemption song, if you will and I like that too.

2.  However, I was laying there last night and still crying… and thinking that there were many of them that found redemption on the island.  Yes, Jack was our main character and the show really focused on his redemption especially this season but I like to think that the reason they can all meet in the church is that they all found their redemption.

3.  I also like the idea that in many religions that there is the theory that you are reincarnated, if you will, until you get “it right” and at that point you can go on to heaven.  I don’t think that everyone in that church died at the same time but that they were all kind of wandering around waiting on each other to come before they could all go.  I think the message there is of hope.

3.  So I guess Jack and Jacob had a little more talking off camera.  Sounded like Jack knew that he was only the temporary carrier of the torch.

4.  I was thrilled that Richard didn’t die so easily at the hands of Smokey.  I loved that by releasing the light Richard was set free and started showing a gray hair.  I just wonder after being on an island for hundreds of years what on earth could he possibly do back on land?  Imagine the culture shock!

5.  And I also never would have guessed Claire and Kate BOTH raising Aaron.  Nice touch.

6.  When Jack was down in the cave I kept expecting him to come roaring out as a plume of WHITE smoke.  Especially when he woke up in a very similar position as MIB after he was thrown in the cave.  His death, if I may, was beautiful and poetic.  And when Vincent came over and laid down beside him it was all over for me.  I couldn’t actually fully see the ending because I had a good “ugly” cry going on.

7.  So Des got a look at “the other side” when Widmore had him in the cabin with the electromagnetic energy and that is why he did whatever they needed him to do.  He knew that on “the other side” he would end up with Penny and his friends and he knew that everything that happened on the island didn’t matter.  I like when he is about to go into the cave how he tries telling Jack but Jack seems to still be holding on to one little bit of his science minded side.

8.  I love that this episode opens basically telling us the end.  The coffin is not for Christian at all.

9.  So David was what?  Just a wish of Jack’s?  That in an of itself is totally heartbreaking.

10.  I can’t believe that the big Jesus statue with it’s arms open didn’t clue me in to what was really going on.   Then there was Kate asking why she was “here” and Des telling her that no one could tell her why she was there.  And him telling her that he just wanted to leave.

11.  I was totally expecting Eko to show up and preside over Jack’s funeral.  That was disappointing actually.

12.  Them all being dead in the side time line explains why they could see the flashes of the island (life flashing before their eyes) but the island folks couldn’t see to the side.

13.  Miles and Sawyer both got off the island.  I guess those two really could become cops back home.

14.  I love that Hurley is the real care taker of the island and that Ben agrees to help him.  I bet Hurley could come up with some crazy rules for that island.  Did the writers know this way back when?  I remember Hurley coming out of the forest in a robe looking very angelic back in one of Charlie’s weird dreams.  I worry about Ben though because we have seen that he’s got a very, very bad side.  I would hope by Hurley telling him he was a “good number 2″ that means that Ben was good to him on the island.

15.  I guess Desmond’s flash of seeing Claire get off of the island in a helicopter was wrong.

16.  The smile on Hurley’s face when he first sees Charlie is priceless.  Sweet.  I loved when Sayid asks him “what was that” he says “that was Charlie.”  LOL’d

17.  And Vincent!  Hooray!  I’m so glad, even though it’s silly, that we got to see the fate of that dog.  I guess we can assume that Rose and Bernard do live happily ever after too now the Hurley is running the show on the island.  They are the new Others, only they don’t get involved.

18.  Des is the only one that crossed to the other side and came back.

19.  Since this seemed to be Jack centered redemption, then the show ending on the 23rd makes even more sense.

20.  Cracked me up when Flocke asked Jack how he planned to kill him and he told him it was a surprise.  Sounded like something Sawyer would have said.

21.  Dan and Charlotte aren’t “ready” yet and thus no flashback and they are not in the church.  Plus, they weren’t really a huge part of the Losties lives so I can see why they wouldn’t be there.  Plus it was nice that they left Dan behind to be with his mother.  As mothers we can understand why she would want him to stay with her.

22.  I loved the look on Charlie’s face when he sees Claire.

23.  MIB cracks Jack a good one upside the head with a rock.  Like mother like son!

24.  The Jack and Locke fist fight was a long time coming and it did not disappoint.  Especially the part where Jack pushes him off of the edge of the cliff.

25.  Did I mention yet that it’s a good thing Des got them all dressed up since they are all going to their funeral (s)?

26.  There has been a lot of speculation about the rain.  I think that the rain is brought on by the light or the island.  What it means is still to be discussed but after Des uncorked the light it started raining.

27.  I’ve rethought (already) why Ben didn’t go inside the church.  His real love is Alex.  Alex is probably not ready yet to cross over.  Ben logically wants to wait for her.  Christian says everyone wants someone to cross with and it makes sense that Ben would want to cross with her.

28.  Duct tape.  I think that they have a new use they could show in their ads.

29.  Did you guys have the Lost-related Target commercials?  I really loved that someone on-staff is obviously a Lost fan and they would make special commercials just for us.  I will do more shopping there just for that.  I already do shop there but I may think of them first for other things now too.  I couldn’t TiVo through them so at least they were entertaining.

30.  Fitting for MIB to die the way the Locke should have.  Locke was thrown from the window and landed just like MIB did on the edge.  I’m also glad they let him go before the end because I didn’t want the end to be a scene of them fighting.  This gave time to really build to a meaningful conclusion to the show.

31.  After Hurley drank the water (which was filthy, btw) he looked like he kept waiting on something to happen.  Can Hurley give Ben everlasting life like Jacob did for Richard?

32.  I was holding my breathe until the plane made it up in the air.  This show is so unpredictable I wasn’t sure if they would really make it or not.  But I’m glad they did.  And I’m glad that I can make up what happens from there for myself.  And if you’ve ever seen Stephen King’s The Langoliers you were probably wondering what they would face once up in the air too.

33.  So the plug in the cave is like one big button to press?

34.  Jack wakes up in the same pool area that we’ve seen many times.  Kate and Sawyer took a swim there and Kate, Jack and Hurley woke up there after being transported off of the Ajira flight.  It must be close to The Source and would explain why it’s special.

35.  I will post some screen shots of the office Jack enters at the church.  Appears to be religious symbols from every religion you can think of.  Bravo Producers.

36.  Jack and his daddy issue = RESOLVED!  And wow was it moving.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who is the Last Recruit?  Who is the only person who hasn’t spoken to Flocke that can still kill him?  Will it be Locke himself who takes down MIB in a sweet ironic twist for a guy who has been labeled a “sucker” by the man who stole his body?  Let’s not forget that Locke was special enough to be recruited by the Dharma Initiative before the ill fated 815 crash.  Richard visited him when he was a young boy and his science teacher tried to steer him towards Dharma as a teen.  Locke was chosen for a reason and I think in an ironic twist he may be the Last Recruit that can take down the MIB.

1.  Desmond had to hit Locke in the FS (Flash Sideways) for two reasons.  One is to get him to the hospital as it seems that is where all of our Losties are going to converge and because Locke and Jack must meet.  The other is that Locke needs a near death experience to “open” his mind to the original time that is happening on the island.

2.  I loved that Jack went up to Hurley and asked if it was OK that he talked to Flocke alone.  Four seasons ago this would have made Jack laugh if Hurley tried to tell him what to do.
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3.  Jack asks Flocke why he chose to take Locke’s body.  Truthfully he could have taken other bodies so why did he chose Locke?  I’m wondering if Jacob somehow “tricked” Flocke into choosing Locke’s body.  Maybe Jacob did instruct them back home to kill Locke and bring back his body so that MIB could take over.  Perhaps Jacob knows that Locke “is” the only one that can stop MIB and that he needed to be in that body for whatever reason is to come that leads Locke to his true destiny which is to stop MIB.  Ilana did say that MIB is now “trapped” inside of this form.

4.  Was it MIB in Christian?  Some question that if he was in Christian’s body then how did he get across the ocean to talk to Jack back home?  He told us that he couldn’t do that (even to get to Hydra).   Why would Christian tell Locke “say hello to my son” if it was the MIB?  Where is the sense in that?  On the other hand, it was Christian that led Claire away from the Losties and her baby and was chatting her up in the cabin.  Which side are you on?

5.  I think that Jack is right that Flocke wants them all to leave.  They must all be together.  He wants them out of there so he can do whatever evil he is up to.  I’m hoping we will see in epi 15 why he wants to rule the island so badly.

6.  Convenient way to get Ben to the hospital. Would they really let a near stranger ride with him?  Well of course!  TPTB need them all to congregate in one place for whatever event is coming in the FS.
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7.  They must have been short on ideas for dialog this week.  Flocke tells Jack that they have some “catching up to do” and he also tells Claire that she and Jack have some catching up to do.  Do they?  Claire is half way through a box of Fruit Loops and Jack just found out Claire is his sister.  What kind of catching up can they do?  And, Flocke appears to just want to get Jack aside to tempt him into his ticket off the island (like speaking to the old Jack).
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8.  Sawyer offers Kate an apple back at the station.  I hope this isn’t a clue that these two will be our Adam and Eve.  I’m still rooting for a Juliet and Sawyer reunion.  Complete with a coffee, dutch.
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9.  Why would the bomb scare Flocke?  They can’t kill him with the bomb.  They seem to know a lot about this guy, why do they think a bomb will stop him?  Unless there is something that they will blow up rather than threatening to blow him up.
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10.  Des tries talking Claire out of going to the adoption agency and doing something “irreversible.”  I’m sure he wants her to keep this baby.  What else does this guy know about Claire raising Aaron?

11.  It’s ironic that Liz Lemon Zoe gives MIB a deadline of “Sundown” to give back Desmond.  It’s the same deadline MIB gave to the Temple people.

12.  Desmond down in a well, probably one of the electromagnetic spots.  We first met Desmond down a hole as well, the hatch.  What if Sayid didn’t kill Des but he did leave him down in that well?  What if they somehow do end up on the Ajira plane and take off?  Maybe Des will do something again with the energy that will once again crash the plane since the island isn’t done with them yet?  That would be some irony!
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13.  Flash to FS Sayid telling Nadia he can never see her again.  Our answer that the deal if off with MIB?

14.  How amateur of Sayid, leaving out the back door then tripping over a hose?  Score one for cop Saywer but seems like something I would do rather than a trained assassin. 
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15.  I love the slight smirk on Sayid’s face when he tells Flocke to go check his work if he doesn’t believe him.  Just a hint of the good guy poking through.
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16.  What happened to Ilana’s Russian accent?

17.  The FS and current time line are not running concurrently.  The FS is still in 2004. If things that happen in each time line can affect the other, what if by Jack “fixing” Locke so he can walk happens at the exact moment that Locke woke up on the beach in the current time line and could suddenly walk? 

18.  Jack having Locke on the operating table is very similar to when he had Ben on the table.  Either Jack is going to kill Locke as he has a flash of the island (which I don’t think will happen) or Jack and Locke are going to have their flashes of the island here.

19.  Flocke picks up Jack and saves him from the bomb thinking he’s still dealing with the old Jack “man of science.”  I dont’ think he’s expecting the Jack who now believes he’s there for a reason. 

20.  I think we were all expecting Sun and Jin to get zapped by the fence when they finally got their reunion.

21.  Remember a few seasons ago that Locke lost his voice and Boone told him that he would be able to talk again when he had something worth saying?  I guess the same thing happened to Sun.  Good thing because her paper probably got pretty soaked in that water.

22.  Well, we got a reflection this week but in a very interesting way.  Jack looking at Locke in the mirror as he’s ready to do surgery.
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23.  Remember, no new Lost next week.  Buggers!

24,  Thanks to Lost Media for the screen caps this week.  My computer took a total dump so I don’t have the software to do my own.

Does “everybody” love Hugo?  I don’t think that Hugo loves Hugo.  Seems that although he has a pretty good life his self esteem is seriously lacking.  This Hugo doesn’t seem all that different that the original timeline Hugo.  Outside of his *good* luck, he seems pretty much the same guy.  I don’t know if that is going to figure in to the future of our Losties, but interesting to note.

1.  In the “previously on Lost…” Desmond tells Widmore that he’s ready to start whatever important project he was brought to the island to do.  I do not believe for a second that by being in that well Desmond won’t go on to do whatever job he needs to do.  If the island has a job for him then it will be done and neither a well nor Flocke will stop him.

2.  Jorge’s dog Nunu! How cute!  I would totally bring my cat into work if I could too.
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3.  Wasn’t Pierre Chang’s left arm crippled?  If the time lines split in 1977 that would not have changed.  If memory serves the arm was injured during the “incident.”  But, at the Man of the Year Ceremony he’s holding on to the podium and clapping with his left hand.  Is this an oversight on the writer’s behalf?

4.  Hurley tells his mom they have “The Human Fund” next Saturday night.  Really?  Wasn’t that George Costanza’s fake charity?  Pretty funny!

5.  Was I the only one rolling during the dialog between Hurley and his mom about dating?  They have the best scenes together.  She wants some grandbabies!  I guess Starla isn’t around in this time line.
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6.  I’m disappointed because I wanted to hear the story of how Hurley got his nickname.  Everyone in the new time line was calling him Hugo so I assume whatever the reason that it didn’t happen in this time line.

7.  At first I thought that Flocke was carving a new Jesus Stick, similar to Eko’s.  But then I remembered in the Dark Tower series that Eddie had a piece of the wood that he was carving but he didn’t know what it was, that the wood would decide what it wanted to be.  Which it ended up being a key.  I’ll be curious if Flocke makes something similar and what the “key” will be used for.
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8.  Don’t worry Hugo, you aren’t the first one to drown your sorrows in food brother.  Mine may not have been in a family sized bucket of chicken, but I’ve done some serious damage to a pint of ice cream.
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9.  How will any show ever again have this kind of moment?  Flocke is talking to Desmond and asks if he knows who he is.  My breath was held as I was expecting Desmond to speak Flocke’s real name.  But he doesn’t he says “You’re John Locke.”  Yes, his body is John Locke’s.  Is there still an essence of Locke inside of him?  Some say that it IS really still John Locke in there.  How this simple moment can mean so many things to so many people speaks to the brilliance that is Lost.

10.  When Flocke offers his hand to Desmond, Desmond is the first we’ve seen who accepts his hand.

11.  Why are there always island scenes on chalkboards?  It could be an alligator but it also looks like a cloud of smoke over the island.
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12.  I didn’t spot Lenny in the institution.  He was pivotal in Hurley’s original time line because he chanted the numbers over and over thus giving Hurley the winning lotto numbers.  He still wins the lotto in the new time line so he must have met him somewhere else in his life.

13.  I like the little creepy ghost boy mostly because Flocke is annoyed by him.  I can’t wait to see what the kid finds so funny about annoying Flocke.  Maybe he’s smiling because he knows that Desmond is going to play a role in keeping him trapped on the ‘God Forsaken Rock’ as Flocke calls it.
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14.  If the Whispers are of those who can’t move on then where does Christian fit into that?  He appears but why would he be trapped?  He didn’t do anything to anyone on the island.  He didn’t die on the island either.

15.  How convenient that the three Losties Flocke needs to get off the island fall right into his lap along with a pilot!  Maybe they really do need to blow up that plane.  I’m not seeing yet how this is going to play out as they need all of the Losties on the plane to leave but how are the going to stop Flocke from boarding?  Could they be on board and Widmore stays behind to keep MIB there?  I can envision them taking off with Widmore standing on the ground waving to them, happy to be back where he thinks he belongs.  I doubt that scene will play out however.  Plus Desmond told Charlie that he saw Claire boarding a helicopter when she leaves the island.  Might have to be the creepy squirrel headed thing but no matter, she’s leaving.  Maybe.

16.  How ironic that Locke gets pushed to his death (well, near death since Jacob brings him back to life) and Flocke pushes Desmond to what he thinks will be his death.  But Flocke pushes Des because he may not know exactly what Widmore is going to use him for but he does know that Des is important as Widmore had him kidnapped and brought to the island including protecting him with armed guards.  Plus Desmond is not afraid of Flocke which makes him special just in that respect.  But Widmore is looking for these wells so I can’t imagine that this was a great idea and I think that Widmore will find and pull Des out of the well.

17.  Of course Flocke promises not to hurt Hugo and the others!  He needs them to escape!

18.  Jack was shocked to see Flocke because the last time he saw him he was putting his dead father’s shoes on Locke’s dead body.  This should reinforce Jack’s new found faith.  I’m also interested to see the interaction with Jack and Claire as he now knows that she is his sister.

19.  Another amazing moment that will not be matched in any other show.  Why does Desmond hit Locke in his wheel chair.  My initial theory is that the body is needed to recapture MIB in the new time line.  But in talking to some friends there are other very valid theories.  Injured Locke will need to go to the hospital which is Desmond’s intent because while there he will meet Jack.  No, it’s not a love connection but instead they need each other to find their dual time line reality.  I wonder if Des will then be arrested by Sawyer and Miles leading to him also meeting Kate while in jail.  With only 4 episodes left they need to get Desmond’s mission on high speed and they could get many of the Losties realizations going in just one episode.  Ben will also come and see Locke in the hospital so there is another person to bring in.

20.  Maybe now Jack will also get to do the spinal surgery on Locke as well.

21.  If Locke realizes he’s got this alternative life going what might he see through the eyes of Flocke?  Will Locke, being what we can assume is a good guy, try to stop his alternative self?  Will new time line Locke become a horrible person?

Some episodes I’m surprised, tonight I actually jumped when Ilana blew herself up.  My cat even jumped when it happened!  I kind of hoped from some smart remark from Hurley about having “Ilana” on his shirt, but that would be tasteless.  And a black and white (pun intended) answer regarding the whispers.  I am not a fan of the characters just telling us the answer, I like getting them through subtleties better.

1.  Instead of an eye opening there was a very long screen of black.

2.  I really want to know if the picture of Hurley and the dog was his real dog.  He always blogs about it and it sure did look like Nunu.

3.  I was hoping to get the story behind the nickname “Hurley” tonight.  Sigh.

4.  I can’t wait to screencap this week.  Why is Hurley giving money to an “experimental farm?”

5.  Pierre introducing the new Hugo Reyes paleontology wing of the Natural History Museum.  Very cute writers!

6.  I love Hurley’s mom.  She’s giving him a pep talk about finding someone to love him then proceeds to smack him.  Priceless!

7.  Nice red flower by Libby’s grave.  The red flowers return!

8.  So who is Michael?  Is Michael really an apparition or is there a third party embodying him?  How else would dead Michael know what Hurley is supposed to be doing unless it’s not really him?  We’ve seen other dead people wandering around talking and leading the Losties and it’s either ghosts or one “thing” that can embody them and talk to them.

9.  I think that anyone that goes to the plane to blow it up are going to be killed by Flocke and that is why Michael didn’t want Hurley to lead the Losties over to the plane.  Plus, they are going to need that plane to get off of the island themselves.

10.  Oh boy, I hope they don’t all board the plane with Flocke then send it crashing into ocean.  But if they find out they have a “better” life in the new time line and what Dan told them about what would happen if the bomb exploded was true, then I can easily see them all agreeing to let the plane crash.

11.  What happened to Hurley’s original date Rosalita?  Could Des have “shooed” her off so that Hurley would have to meet Libby?

12.  And Libby staring at Hurley across the restaurant.  Reminded me of her eerie stare way back when in the mental institution.  We have all been wondering why she was just staring and how she knew him.  Well, I think that original time line Libby also knew Hurley from both time lines.  I think that Libby was staring at him both times because she “mind traveled” even back then and knew that she and Hurley were meant to be together.  Plus she knew his name in the restaurant and that was not because she overheard anything, this girl knows stuff!

13.  Libby touches Hurley first but nothing happens.  I guess they need to have an open mind before they can “see” through the touch.

14.  I guess the island was done with Ilana, just as Ben said.

15.  I like how Flocke is now making his own “Jesus Stick.”  Wow, so many things coming back from the last seasons!  I’ll get a screen cap along with Eko’s stick.

16.  No one followed Sayid and Flocke into the jungle when they were talking?  Sawyer is a pretty curious fellow and I think he might know that Flocke pushes Des into the well. Looks like next week though they are going to try and find lots of ways to kill him down there.

17.  Hurley better hang on to those ashes that Ilana was carrying.  May come in handy with Old Smokey.

18.  Of course Desmond’s number was 42.

19.  Des has no where to run to, brotha.  Because maybe he knows that this “life” is limited on the island.  He’s not afraid because he knows that he can face Flocke (the elecro magnetism in Smokey) and not die.  He is meant to do something here.  I really expected when Flocke asked Des if he knew who he was that Des was going to say MIB’s name.  Dang them!

20.  Same picture in the psychiatrist’s office as was when we first saw him.  I remember it because we all talked about if it meant something.  I was also expecting Dave to show up.  Or Leonard chanting the numbers.

21. Maybe Creepy Eyed Man came to visit Hurley in the original time line at the Loony Bin because he was trying to get Hurley to remember something.  His job was to take people where they needed to go.  Did he need to take him somewhere so he could remember something too?

22.  Hurley’s momma isn’t going to be happy with his choice in dates.

23.  I think the little dirty boy out in the woods has it in for Flocke.  He seems pretty irritated by him and the boy has a very taunting smile on his face.  And how can Des see him if he’s dead?

24.  Richard is right, Jacob never tells them what to do.  Jacob wants them to find their own way.  That is why he doesn’t give them the keys to the handcuffs, they have to want the answer.

25.  Either Richard, Miles and Ben are going to die trying to blow up the plane or they are going to end up saving the others from Flocke’s group.

26.  I’m still loving Jack this season.  Mr Fix it is giving in to fate, who would have thought it!  But now that Jack “gets it” what happens to him?  Does he become the candidate or does he have to die for the island now?

27.  Flocke needs to trap Des because he needs to stop him.  He has to know that becoming the smoke won’t stop Des because he’s faced the electro magnetic energy and it doesn’t hurt him.  So perhaps something down in the well acts like kryptonite to Des?  Maybe whatever is down there will keep Des there.  And the other wells are probably in the same areas where there are “pockets” of energy that Widmore is looking for.  And if that is the case then his group has a chance of finding him there.

28.  Flocke has to be happy that the other Losties he needs came right to him!  However, he is still missing Jin so he can’t go anywhere yet.

29.  The scene of Flocke and Jack meeting, PRICELESS!!!!  The last time Jack saw Locke was when he was putting his dad’s shoes on his dead body.

30.  Here is my theory on why Des tries to kill Locke in the new time line.  Locke needs to die because his body is needed to get MIB back into it.  Right now MIB is wandering the earth in the new time line.  The way to catch him is to put him back in the body of Locke and then either send him back to the island or destroy him forever.

31.  Creepy Willy Wonka music in the scenes for next week!

32.  The note Sun is showing says “You did this to me!”

33.  Sayid is pointing the gun down the well at Des and he’s just sitting there smiling and the light goes dim.  Looks like the same effect as when Locke fell down the hole and the time changed.  Maybe Des “mind travels” out of there and can’t be killed at that moment?

34.  So if it’s your true love that will lead you to discover your alternate life then who will Sawyer and Jack see?  I’m voting and hoping for Juliet and Sawyer, Jack and Kate.  Truthfully I’m not very excited about this direction in the story but at least we’ll see Juliet and Sawyer back together.

I think the title this week is ironic.  I don’t know based on our known history of these characters that any one of them will have a happily ever after – except maybe Rose and Bernard.  Things look good as of the end of this week for Desmond and Penny but I’m very skeptical if it’s going to turn out where they can sail off into the sunset.

1. Typical opening scene with Desmond’s eye.  I can’t help but think back to Jacob’s cabin a few seasons ago when the eye appeared and freaked out Hurley.  Whose eye was that?  I’m not saying it’s Desmond’s eye but knowing that he can manipulate time and space then why couldn’t it be?  It could also be that at the time 4 X 01 was filmed they didn’t have Jacob and MIB cast so they just used “someone” but it’s far more fun to speculate.
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2.  If the generator hasn’t run for 20 years then does that mean they’ve been preparing all these years for this moment? What else could they have needed this large of a generator for?

3.  Call me crazy but this sure does resemble the inside of Jacob’s cabin.  Insert a crazy dog painting and there you go.  Could Jacob’s cabin have been more than just a place for Jacob to sit and wait on Ben to come for orders?  Could it have been some kind of portal between time lines?
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4.  Maybe they should have drug the fried dead guy out of the cabin before bringing in Desmond.  Might have not been such a scene that way.

5.  How does Widmore know that Des survived an electromagnetic blast?  Technically a lot of people, including Charlie, survived when Des turned the key.  But someone from the island got word to Widmore about the blast.   Also, this “test” that Widmore does this week is not the blast that he needs Desmond to survive and is not what he needs Des for yet.  They still need to channel the energy from the pockets on the island.  Maybe Des is going to be the conductor to the MIB and that is why is so OK going with Sayid.

6.  I don’t think we’ve seen what Des is going to have to sacrifice but I’m guessing that it’s his life in one of the two time lines.  Widmore showed him that he will have Penny either way so he can die in one and still have her in the other.

7.  OK, so they are using electromagnetic energy on Des so he can mind travel.  But I still think he’s got more work to do with this energy and that this experiment was just to set events in motion.  I like the “flux” gauge the best.
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8.  This show has had some pretty weak special effects but I thought they did a good job with this one.  Des almost looked like he was in a “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” scene though.
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9.  Also, right after Des gets “lit up” the screen goes white then to the clouds.  This all reminded me of Juliet hitting the bomb, flash to white then start this season in the clouds.

10.  SKID, you are right.  Two Desmond reflections.  I would guess that yes, it’s of major significance.
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11.  So many things about the Losties lives are the same in both timelines and it brought them aboard flight 815 even down to the outfits that they have on.  Yes, there are some major differences in their lives (Saywer and his job, Jack having a son) but many things are the same.  In the original timeline Desmond was not on board the flight because he was already on the island.  There are many, many differences in Desmond’s life.  In science experiments you throw in variables to see what the difference in the outcome will be.  I would say that whether it be Jacob, MIB or Widmore playing this game, Desmond is for sure a variable on the board.  His choices, his fate affect the direction of all of their lives.

12.  Desmond reflecting on things that could have been, or were, or might still happen.
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13.  Widmore tells Desmond that unless he can get Drive Shaft to the charity even that his wife (Eloise) will “destroy” him.  Nice wording.  Probably literal.

14.  Desmond is finally worthy of Widmore’s MacCutcheon whiskey.  Widmore needs him now whereas before Desmond didn’t appear to be on the right path.  Maybe previously Widmore thought Des wasn’t “ready” and in this time line it’s Eloise that thinks he’s not ready/
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15.  I’m sure we will look back on this painting and it will mean more by The End.  For now I’m guessing it’s a wish for the scales to balance again.  I’m going to firmly take sides and speculate that MIB is free in the new timeline.  Widmore needs to use Desmond to balance the scales which does make him a good guy.  Maybe he was a good guy in the original too.  I still think that him wanting to kill Ben was to stop Ben from killing Jacob.

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16.  How cool was it to see Desmond and Charlie back together again?  They were having drinks again just like they did by the campfire.
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17.  There is something very surreal about Charlie in the new timeline.  When they go in the water while Desmond is struggling to get out Charlie just closes his eyes and succumbs to his fate.  When they are the in the hospital he runs to be free and tells Desmond that there is nothing that they can do for him there.  Why?  I don’t think the guy is suicidal and there is something very special about him here.

18.  Not Penny’s Boat.  How does Charlie know to lift up his hand?  But the doctor says Des bumped his head and it appears from Sun’s experience that you can cross over when you bump your head.
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19.  And why aren’t these people on shore helping?  Why not throw over a life preserver or something?
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20.  The guy with Des at the MRI tells him to try and not press the button because then he’ll have to start all over from the beginning.  Ironic, don’t you think?

21.  OK, there is no way that the MRI machine sounding like Smokey is just a coincidence.  And Smokey also “reads” people like the machine does (like when Smokey comes, Desmond is having flashes of his past/other life).  Not that Smokey is an MRI machine but it’s still pretty ironic.

22.  Gratuitous Charlie screenshot.  I don’t know if we will get anymore for the remainder of the show so I just had to get one more in here.  I love his character and thought it was fabulous to see him again.
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23.  Eloise does not look very happy to see Desmond.  While everyone else is finding their happily ever after mates something tells me that Eloise and Widmore aren’t the happiest married couple.  Widmore has his agenda moving forward and she doesn’t seem to agree by trying to stop Des from finding out who Penny is.  And SKID you are right again, the same symbol that Juliet had branded on her.  I’m leaning towards Eloise being on the “black” side of the scale.
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24.  I think that Eloise wants to stop Desmond because she does not want him to interfere with this timeline.  My guess is that she probably made a deal with MIB to have her son back and doesn’t want Des to interfere with that.  Remember that MIB does try to deal to bring back dead people (Nadia, Richard’s wife).  She probably helped to free MIB in this time line in exchange for her son (Dan).  She reminds Desmond that he has the “perfect life” including the thing that he wanted the most, Widmore’s approval.  That was true for the old time line as well.

25.  Another list.  Eloise tells Des that he’s not ready to see the list.  Who knows how many Losties are on that list.  By the time he leaves the stadium, however, he is ready for the list and asks for a different one, the flight manifest.

26.  Two dead people from the island and both reflections are black.  Mankowski and Dan.
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27.  I’m thinking that the “museum” is special.  We know that Pierre Chang and Charlotte work there.  Eloise has a connection (the fundraiser is there) and Dan hangs out there.  I would guess we are going to see more Dharma connections come along at the museum this season.  Maybe the new lighthouse station is there.

28.  Why would Dan pull Des aside to talk about Charlotte and his crazy dream?  Could it be because Dan wrote more than just one page of crazy equations?  Maybe the page is in there where Dan wrote that Desmond Hume is his constant? Seems that Dan’s mind crossed over in his dream after being “sparked” by seeing Charlotte and that is how he remembered some of his physics.

29.  Yes, Dan is a musician but his book was left behind in 1977.  You can believe that Eloise and Dharma got their hands on that book and is probably how they know so much about time travel, Desmond, and the alternate time line.

30.  I also wanted to get a gratuitous shot of Dan in here.  He’s another one of my favorite characters and we might not see him again this season.   Oh and yes, of course he’s wearing the tie!  Now they need to bring in Juliet!
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31.  OK, did Dan tell us that this new timeline wasn’t supposed to be an that maybe the energy needs to be released to end it?  He speculates to Des that maybe “this” isn’t the life they were supposed to live.  He may very well have to kill off all of the Losties in one time line or another to set things straight and it sounds like from Dan’s speech that the new time line has to go.

32.   Anyone expecting Desmond to tell Penny, “See you in another life, brother sister” at the stadium?

33.  Des wakes up on the island and is ready to go with Widmore’s plan.  I think it’s part because he knows he will still be with Penny and part because he’s working for Widmore and gained what he wanted, his respect.  There is a remote possibility that Des’s consciousness switched places between the two timelines so that the Des that didn’t have Penny can continue without her (on the island) and the Des that loves her now has her again in the new time line.

34.  Did anyone else chuckle when Sayid just killed two people yet told Des that “these people are extremely dangerous?”

35.  The fact that Sayid doesn’t kill Liz Lemon Zoe shows that he still has a little humanity left in him. There is good and bad in everyone.

36.  What could Penny be training for when she’s running these stairs?  Could it be for a sailboat trip around the world?

37.  Is Des going to show the Losties through love that they have another life on the island?  What about those who didn’t have it?  Is he going to show him the way back to that love so that if he has to kill them all here they will understand or agree to go?  Locke had to find a way to convince them to all go back, maybe Des does too.

Naomi had a picture of Desmond when she first parachuted to the island.  Widmore hired Naomi and the others to go to the island.  We assumed then that their primary mission was to kill Ben.  Yes, killing Ben was one of their goals.  Widmore had access, probably through Mrs Hawkings, to know that Ben would kill Jacob and therefore had to be stopped.  However, Widmore’s second mission in sending the freighter was to get Desmond and use him for (insert next week’s episode).  So…. it explains why Naomi had that picture of Desmond as the was her second goal on the island.
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1.  The island is not done with Jin.  We have seen (ex; Michael) that you cannot die if the island still has a plan for you.  Now I now how Jin really survived the freighter blowing up.  He still has something to accomplish.

2.  Is it really a surprise that the airport was going to confiscate the cash?  I don’t know the regulations for flying with that kind of cash (I’ve only had to check on liquids) but I can’t imagine that Sun’s dad didn’t know that carrying that kind of cash was against the rules.  He also knew about Sun’s secret bank account, which he closed.  He really set Jin up!

3.  Just because Sayid can’t feel anything doesn’t mean he doesn’t know what is going on.  He still has the capability of making choices.  I’m still holding out that Sayid will make the right choice when it comes to doing bad things to the Losties.
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4.  Flocke talked to Sun and she still wasn’t influenced by him.  Or is it just that you can’t let them talk to you if you plan on killing them?

5.  Further proof that Sun is now straddling time lines – as she’s running away from Locke and approaching the tree that she ultimately hits they are playing the sounds the segues from one time to another and right as she hits in Sun in the new time line opens her eyes.  It reminds me of when the hatch imploded and Desmond flashed to his past.  Not a normal transition.
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6.   Here is Sun’s mirror shot.  Going back and watching this it seems like she’s having  a “Jack” moment, like she almost knows that she’s in two worlds.
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7.  When Flocke comes back to his camp and finds them all passed out he goes to Sayid first.  He’s obviously important to Flocke’s plan but Flocke will kill Sayid just like any of them as soon as he’s done with them.

8.  Some new characters come along and fit so well into the story that I hate to see them go (Faraday).  But Zoe aka Liz Lemon really needs to go.  She’s not a great actress to begin with and her character just doesn’t fit into the story.  Perhaps if there was a different actress I would be buying it but as far as I’m concerned they can bury her alive any time now and give us more Widmore screen time instead.
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9.  Liz/Zoe asks Jin about the pockets of energy diagrammed on the map.  I think they are going to harness the energy to stop Flocke.
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10.  When Keamy is asking to get the translator there he calls him “Danny’s friend.”  Could he be referring to Dan Faraday!?

11.  And speaking of Keamy, here is a good example of a new character (yes, I know he was around before) who is welcome because he fits so seamlessly into the story.  Not to mention that this guy is either really evil in real life or he’s one heck of a great actor.
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12.  This seems like a heck of a lot of equipment to be hauling in a sub.  Anyone out there know how much space there is on a sub to haul large equipment like this?  And how did they get it out?
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13.  I think that MIB is not only using himself as a distraction so that Sayid can sneak up but I also think that he’s there to check out what kind of security and defense Widmore has going on.  Just like when Bram surrounded himself with ash in the temple and Smokey found a way to get him, he will also find his way around this.

14.  Outside of seeing Desmond (yeah!) this was my favorite scenes.  Flocke versus Widmore.  Bring it on!
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15.  Flocke says, “A wise man once said that a war was coming to this island.”  If memory serves, Widmore is the one that said that.  How does he know that?  So far it seems like all the big players are on Team Jacob.

16.  It was weird seeing Patchy/Makail being so helpful.  I don’t think that he would have hurt Jin either.
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17.  Sounds to me like Widmore is upset with Zoe because she blew their cover.  He says that she should have waited and taken Jin in the jungle.  I can only think that is because taking him from the camp really exposed what they were up to in taking Jin.

18.  There are two weird things about this picture.  First, why is the sign in English?  Second, there is a very large amount of space to the right.  Almost looks like a photoshop.
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19.  I was really moved by Jin’s reaction in looking at these pictures.  I would really love to see Sun and Jin get together and then find a way off the island to be with their daughter.  Ben used to travel back and forth.  Maybe they can use his route.

20.  Interesting that Flocke is using Sayid because of his total lack of emotions and Widmore is using Jin by bring forth all sorts of strong emotions.

21.  Widmore says if Flocke gets off the island everyone would simply “cease to be.”  Meaning…?  That they would cease to be in an emotional sense (ie; the sickness) or the world would literally end?  They might be about to find out in the alternative time line.

22.  If Sun had not left the island then she would not have had her baby.  The baby was not meant to be.  Sun very well, therefore, lose the baby in the alternative time line.  Seems like those with babies lose them and those with no children now have them.

23.  How is it that people can miraculously heal on the island but fruit cannot grow and dies?  Guess it’s not a Garden of Eden there.

24.  I don’t think Jack plans on leaving the island.  He promises to get Sun and Jin on the plane but doesn’t say “us,”  he only says “you.”

25.  Interesting that Saywer tells Kate that it looked like her brain “took a little stroll.”  If they end up like Charlotte all of their brains will be strolling.

26.  Desmond!
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Yunjin Kim got hitched this past weekend.  Hope she doesn’t lose him on some jungle island. That would be so annoying.

It was cute, in a weird way, that they book-ended this episode with Sawyer’s famous line “Son of a B*tch.”  I kept expecting someone to bring up Sawyer’s daughter (remember Clementine?) but it was more like Sawyer is the lonely bachelor which is weird because it seems like characters who didn’t have kids before (Jack, Sayid’s niece and nephew) now have kids but Sawyer, who did have a kid, now is childless.  Just seems odd to me.  Does that take care of his daddy issue?  And if he doesn’t have offspring then we can definitely say that it is his name on the list?

Which makes me think of one more point before discussing this week’s episode – are we going to find out what was up with the fertility “problem” on the island?  It played such a huge role in this show I’d like to find out what Darlton was thinking about this and why it was such a big deal.

1.  I forgot that Sawyer promises Jin in the opening scene this week that if Sun is on the island they won’t leave without her.  More proof that Sawyer is going to gather up his “friends” before leaving, and not just the ones that are with Flocke.
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2.  Speaking of, could they get Jin and Sun together already?  Jin and Sun have their episode coming up in a few weeks but in the meantime this separation is just annoying.  It’s played as far as it can go (or that is how it’s been going the past 7 episodes).  Maybe they will somehow end up being the Adam and Eve in the cave.  The only problem I have with that is that they would have to leave their daughter behind.  I’d rather see Adam and Eve end up being Rose and Bernard.  I can appreciate building a story but the outside of being on opposite teams in the upcoming “war” (which could be easily overcome by walking away) I don’t see how the separation is adding anything to the story.

3.  So Miles is the one that set up Sawyer and Charlotte and he knows her because she works at the museum with his dad.  His dad – Pierre Chang?  The name plate of Miles’ desk shows the last name of “Straume.”  I suppose they could have changed their name back home.  But did Pierre get off of the island before the bomb went off?  Does he remember his encounter with Miles back in 1977?  To know that would answer some important questions of how the time lines split.  And who is Miles’ girlfriend? It would be funny it is turned out to be Juliet.
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4.  In the new time line Sawyer has become a really bad liar as opposed to the “best liar” Flocke has ever met.

5.  Are we assuming that the Christian that appeared around the island was some type of MIB manifestation?  Because “Christian” is the one that drew Claire away the night that she took off and left Aaron behind.  I got the impression this week from the conversation Flocke had with Kate that he does want Kate to raise Aaron.  So my conclusion is that yes, MIB/Flocke was the one who played the part of Christian.  I think that question deserves and answer in the show but not sure it will be clarified.  But Claire originally told Jin that she had a friend AND Locke so from that comment I think that maybe Christian is playing a third role in the MIB/Jacob tug-of-war.  But the psychic told Claire that she had to raise Aaron making me think that Jacob would want Claire to raise Aaron because if he’s “raised by another” then he can take over Flocke’s position on the island.

6.  If I remember correctly, in one of the time flashes when the Losties were talking to Richard he said that they gave the Army the chance to leave peacefully and when they didn’t they killed them (I think Miles even stepped on one of their graves).  This is the same thing that Flocke says about the Temple dwellers.

7.  Terry O’Quinn is an amazing actor.  I’m already starting to get “fuzzy” on the way our original Locke acted.  I was watching him with Sawyer totally engaged and then realized how well I’m sold on Locke now being “Flocke.”
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8.  In the original story Charlotte became an archeologist because she was on a quest to get back to the place she was born, the island.  Here we are in the new time line and Charlotte still has pursued archeology and to add to that we can assume that she’s working with Pierre at the museum and he has intimate knowledge of the island.  We know that Dharma is/was around in the new time line because Roger Linus talks about being in the group on the island.  I think we are somehow headed back to the island in the new time line from the hints that they are dropping AND that I don’t know why we would even be seeing what is going on in this split universe if there wasn’t some point to the larger story arc.

9.  I agree that Charlotte should not have been snooping through Sawyer’s book but wow, talk about an overreaction!
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10.  Frank can fly that plane off the island.  Why isn’t MIB trying to get Frank if he is sincere in wanting to get to the Ajira plane?  Another lie, what a surprise!

11.  This doesn’t look at all like a trail of ash or ash around the bodies.  To me it looks like a trail left by a big cloud of smoke (ie; Smokey). Probably the trail of where he chased these people then mass murdered them.
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12.  The character seeing their reflection is becoming what the eye-opening was in the past.  Probably nothing more then a tiny piece that strings the episodes together – like a “Where’s Waldo.”
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13.  The irony of how Kate hid from Smokey in these trees in Season One and now he’s sitting in them chatting with her.
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14.  This season is about “mommy” issues whereas the past has been about “daddy” issues.  Flocke, Locke, Claire and Aaron, Danielle and Alex, (I’m sure we’ll see Eloise and Daniel), Kate and Aaron.

15.  Looks like Sawyer’s MO hasn’t changed much in each time line.  He brought a similar flower to Juliet back when they were still happy in Otherton.
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16.  When Saywer was on the sub telling Widmore that he’d help him get Flocke I kept yelling “no, don’t do it, they are working together!”  But glad to see that Sawyer went back and told Flocke  the same thing.  I think it was his best move yet.  Let them fight it out… or let them join forces to do whatever they are going to do here on the island.  When this all comes to a head it is going to be one crazy special effects episode.  Hope they can hire some good CG people before then.

17.  I’m not buying the Claire trying to make amends with Kate.  First of all we know she’s nuts and second, we don’t know what Flocke has told her.  He could very well be telling Claire to kiss and make up for now then she can get her revenge later.
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18.  I think that Flocke knew someone was on the other island but he didn’t expect it to be Widmore.  Makes me wonder who is in that locked door that he might have really been expecting.
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19.  Kate asks Sawyer who is going to fly the plane and he tells her that they are taking the sub.  OK so same question, who is going to be able to drive it?

20.  Next week is Richard centric and I am so excited.  I am expecting answers to big questions.  Let’s hope!

The age old question of “what if…?”  But the new parallel time line isn’t just about what if flight 815 had not crashed.  Jack having a son was not a result of the flight not crashing.  Ben now being chummy with his father is not the result of flight 815 not crashing.  Juliet setting off the bomb has had a significant impact on the future of all the Losties, maybe even others we don’t know.  At some point we will see why it’s important that we know what happens in this other time line  but I suppose it’s human to wonder what your life would be like “if” you or your ancestors had made other choices.

1.  If Miles has to be near the body in order to pick up the last thoughts, how did he speak to that lady’s grandson a few seasons ago?

2.  Reflection.
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3.  The irony that Ben is tending to his father’s oxygen tank (looks and sounds like gas) when he gassed his father back in the original story.
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4.  They didn’t show us that Ilana is carrying this toolbox and collection wires for nothing.  My bet is on her helping signal Widmore to the island.  However, there is a chance that Jacob knew Widmore would be coming so he instructed her to set up a signal to help someone else, perhaps Desmond, to find the island?
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5.  Six candidates are left: Jack, Hurley, Kate, Sawyer, Jin/Sun, and Sayid.  Seems that Sayid and Sawyer would be long shots at this point.

6.  This scene is very reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and the scene in the field of poppies.  Only I don’t remember anyone waking up thinking about cheese curds.  And they took a nap (albeit involuntarily) on the way to see the Wiz (like on the way to the Temple).
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7.  Frank questions how different his life would have been if he had been flying Oceanic 815.  Yes, there could be yet another alternate reality out there where Frank was the pilot.  This series of “what ifs” reminds me of when you put two mirrors together and they just keep reflecting back in to each other indefinitely.

8.  Sure looks like the Black Rock.  The number 19 had heavy significance in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series… and we know that Darlton is a fan.
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9.  It’s funny that Artz gets so frustrated with Ben for stalling when he wants answers.  Kind of like how we feel, huh?

10.  Ben sure does dig a perfect rectangle.
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11.  “That guy is crazy and I know crazy!”
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12.  Man of faith.  We always see the eye opening so it’s interesting to see the change in Jack along with the eyes closed this time.
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13.  I think that Smokey may be tethered to the island by chains.  All the noise that he makes and the fact that he can’t jump fences makes me think that he might still be in chains and it keeps him on the island.

14.  I was surprised that Ben chose to stay with Ilana.  His shot at power was with Locke.  Maybe there really is remorse inside of him and hope that his sacrifices for Jacob still mean something.

15.  I was really disappointed not to see a Dharma patch on Alex’s backpack.
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16.  Never one to pass up on an opportunity, I love the Miles dug up the diamonds.
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17.  The final scene with Widmore was yet another reminder of the brilliance of the writing on this show (and the crappy CGI but I can live with that).  Who would have guessed this turn of events!  Who can imagine what crazy things are going to happen with this guy around?
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