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

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

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

Lost is all about maintaining dread and suspense.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16.  Nice reflection of Jack and Claire.

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

18.  I love that Hurley never carries a gun.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This answers one question regarding the fate of Locke in surgery.  Watch at your own risk!

This “almost” makes up for the re-run this week.

Exclusive: ABC Re-Airing ‘Lost’ Pilot (updated)

By Josef Adalian
Published: April 22, 2010

EXCLUSIVE

ABC is planning a “Lost” weekend: The network has just scheduled a repeat showing of the show’s two-hour 2004 pilot for the night before its finale.

The J.J. Abrams-directed, $10 million-plus spectacular will air Saturday, May 22, from 8-10 p.m., ABC told affiliates today. (UPDATE 7:44 AM 4/23– ABC confirms that it’s airing the pop-up video, a k a “enhanced” version of the pilot.)

The two-hour finale will air the following evening from 9-11 p.m.

This brings the total number of “Lost” hours ABC is planning for the week of May 17 to 10  8. There’s the penultimate episode of May 18; the pilot encore on May 22; a two-hour pre-show/recap on May 23; the finale itself; and “Jimmy Kimmel: After the Final Rose” (also on May 23).

The last time ABC aired the “Lost” pilot, by the way, was back in February 2006. It also got repeated in 2004 and 2005.

Link to original story here

I’m super excited about the appearances but also surprised at some who won’t be there (esp Kate and Desmond).

*sniffle*

Looks like they’re trying to space out the epi’s so they can end on May 23rd (notice, Jack’s number?).  Still, ABC could have splurged for one more episode considering a normal season is 24 and we are already short of that.

Anyway.  My friend Joe gave me this link.  Some may consider it a spoiler, I think it’s more of a tease.  But don’t link and read if you don’t want to know ANYTHING about what is to come!

Click here at your own risk.

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.

Didn’t see that one coming!  Maybe Flocke wants them off the island?  Brilliance!  Way to go Jack, you ARE still the leader.

1.  Who is the last recruit?  Jack?  Flocke wants him because Jack’s faith is in tact much like Locke’s was originally.  In the new time line the recruit looks like Desmond.  Flocke saves Jack in the end over all the others there on the beach.  I just can’t believe that Jack will agree, he knows too much now.  I don’t think Jacob would have picked Jack if he thought he couldn’t make the right choice.

2.  Man, I wanted Jack so badly to ask for his dad’s shoes back!

3.  I loved the little pow wow by the fire with Flocke and Jack.  All sorts of questions asked that they should have been asked a long time ago.  Why Locke, why his body, was he Christian?

4.  And if Flocke is taking on the dead forms that means that Michael was him too right?  That is why he didn’t want them to blow up the plane.  So Richard had it right!  Sure hope he makes it there alive.

5.  They are so conveniently bringing everyone together in the new time line.  Ben going to the hospital with Locke.  Sun and Jin are there.  Jack comes to work on Locke.  Claire may follow him there to talk.  Sawyer and Miles will probably show up to question Sun.  Kate was with Sawyer, who knows if she’ll stick around.  And Sayid is in the mix too now.

6.  How does Sun know that Locke is “him?”  Did she see him in a near death experience?

7.   Don’t forget that Jack still has the pill from Dogan for Sayid.  So yes, he might be able to pull an “Anakin.”

8.  And Saywer’s line “who the hell is Anakin?’  followed by Hurley telling Claire, “You look…… good.”  I’m so glad to have them all back together.

9.  It is pretty ironic that Kate hit Sawyer in LA.  I guess we can assume that they aren’t “soul/island” mates since they didn’t start having flashbacks when they saw each other.

10.  Dang, they have a lot of stuff on that sub.  Fences, Desmond, now bombs?  Impressive.  Can a bomb kill Flocke?

11.  Looks like Ilana is still working with Jacob in the new time line.  She’s working with Des to get the Losties together.  Her last name sounded like “Radzinsky?”  That was the crazy guy from 1977 who helped build the hatches, who blew his brains out in the Swan.

12.  Sayid even talks differently now.  But I can tell you that he did not kill Desmond.  Even if Sayid tried if the island isn’t done with Desmond then it will not let Desmond be killed.  Sayid even has a little smirk on his face when he tells Flocke to go back and check to see if he killed Des.  A little bit of him left in there?

13.  I love Sawyer, “That pilot who looks like he stepped off the set of a Burt Reynold’s movie.”  “That’s before she started drinking Locke’s Kool-Aid.”  He’s back!  Just need some punchy one-liners in the new time line.

14. Come on, David’s mom HAS to be Juliet!  Show us already!

15.  I’m waiting for the “dural sac” to burst just like the woman from Jack’s season one story.  Then he’ll count to five, fix him up and Locke will walk again.  But, I can’t wait to see what Locke will figure out about this island other-life while he’s under!

16.  Will their guns even work after being in the water?

17.  Did Liz Lemon ask who else was there because they wanted Jack?  Why is it OK to bomb Flocke knowing Jack is there?

18.  Geez, finally Jin and Sun!  it’s interesting that Sun’s island person is like what the original time line person experiences.  She kisses her true love and gets her voice back much like the island life flash the others have gotten.

19.  They aren’t killing Sawyer and company.  They must want them safe as well.  We need to find out soon why they all need to be together.

20.  Next week looks to contain one ticked off Smokey.  Should be one crazy blood bath!

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?