Another great epi but come on Zeke! Pluck those brows!

1. I’m going to start with Jack’s hair. In the flashbacks he has the “exact” hairstyle that he has at the time of the crash. Timeframe?

2. Jack’s tattoo’s. I’m not going to take credit for this, just relaying to you, my devoted reader. But, if you look at the screen shot of Jack when he has his shirt off and he is talking to Sara, he clearly has no tat’s. Did he get them after Sara left? I see another Jack episode coming to explain his spiral down.

3. Again, not my idea but there are screenshots around the internet of the date on the X-Ray and it is 11-16-05. Prop mistake? Do they make mistakes at this point knowing between HDTV and TiVo (not to mention nuts like me) everything, and I mean everything, is going to be scrutinized. Or, are they messin’ with us friends?

4. Who is Sara seeing? Is she seeing anyone or do you think perhaps she is making it up to get away from Jack? Here are the possibilities… Desmond. I mention him first because looking back at the interaction between Jack and Des we all questioned why Jack was acting so oddly. Did Jack see a pix of them together at some point? Could Jack’s initial reaction to Desmond really be from such a long time ago on the bleachers? Could Desmond have been messing with her since before the surgery? It makes sense that Jack saw him and had more of a history than even Desmond knew. Or maybe Desmond did know it was Jack that was married to her and that explains his reaction to Jack. “Hello, brother!” OR Sun’s date. He did say he was in love with someone in The States. OR Jack’s dad. OR Hurley. Just kidding. I’m always trying to hook him up! Go doughboy! Seriously, unless someone can tell me the connection last night, I’m thinking that I’m onto something here.

5. Who were Gabriella and the “mystery” operation man? Hanso connection here? Could it be that we saw this scene to explain the God complex Jack is sporting? Gabriella has researched Jack and maybe has him in mind for something on the island with the Hanso Org.

6. OK, so they mystery man has a tumor on his spine and he can’t walk. Raise your hands if you see an epi coming up where Locke can’t walk anymore and Lo and Behold Jack suspects what? A tumor!! Maybe his redemption comes in fixing Locke.

7. Locke was up to his typical double-speak again. He tells Jack that he can’t just go around telling everyone what to do. I think that Locke knows Kate is following them (remember the epi where he knew that Charlie had been tailing him?) and that he was also commenting on her knowing that Jack specifically told her to stay behind. Maybe Locke was trying to soften the blow when Jack found out she was trailing them.

8. Why did Locke bring up Sawyer’s name in the middle of their jungle trek? And why does Locke like to call people by their “real” name? Remember that he calls Hurley “Hugo.” Locke seems to pick his timing of conversations very carefully so we can assume that Locke knows something. He tells James that “Sawyer” is an interesting choice. Was he leading up to telling him something from his past? Could it be that the theory that the “original” Sawyer was Locke’s dad?

9. Funny lines. Whoever writes for Sawyer deserves some kind of award. Like a trophy or something. Just kidding. But his lines are hilarious! “Yeah, there is my favorite leaf.” “Good thing I have my doctor with me.” “Mr. Clean.” “Going out for ice cream.”

10. Hurley loving. Yeah! I think next week we are going to see a Hurley dream about Libby. Remember his Cluckety Cluck dream (thanks Scott, for reminding me of this)? Hurley uses the cheesy line “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” Wouldn’t it be crazy if she joking said, “Not unless you spent any time at the XYZ Asylum.” The look on his face would be heartbreaking though!

11. Michaels journey. I stand firm that there was typing on the computer. Someone is luring him out of the hatch. Why else was he so insane about going alone? He knows what an excellent hunter/tracker Locke is and Jack told him they would band together and go get Walt. So there has to be a reason and Michael even tells Locke that he has to do it alone.

12. All we know is that Sayid was told that “everyone” went to chase after Michael. I am wondering if Sayid follows them. Why else does Jack go to Ana Lucia about the “army?” Maybe he can’t find Sayid.

13. The army. There are two things going on here. Jack asks the time frame of building an army to get an idea of how many “Others” there are out in the jungle. I think he also wants to use it as some type of gauge of how strong they are also. It is also because he wants to follow Michael and since Jack just can’t stand down he must go back into the jungle. Must be a man thing. Just kidding. Sort of.

14. So why “did” Jack go after Michael? There is usually a connection between the backstory and the current events. We assume that it’s because Jack is an egomaniac. Locke is going for what? Adventure? More answers? Did Locke really lose Michael’s trail? I doubt it. Locke has been doing his own research, if you will, and I think he wanted to lead them to these Others. Why did Sawyer go? Guilt over losing Walt? Does he deep down have a conscience? Did he lose something back home and this is his own redemption?

15. What was Sawyer hit with when he tried to shoot the Seabilly? I thought it sounded like he shot at Zeke and the bullet ricocheted but Scott said that someone shot at Sawyer first. AGAIN? Could this guy be any more unlucky? Or was there a slingshot like Ethan? Where did they get guns? Where did the torches come from? Where did they get the gas for the boat and where is the boat? AND MOST IMPORTANT, WHY DIDN’T ANYONE ASK THEM THESE QUESTIONS? Sawyer saw the boat so wouldn’t he speak up? Surely Locke and Jack have heard the story and know they had a boat so why not ask? When Seabilly says that they are “letting ” them stay on the island, I would have said “No, thanks. I’m ready to go home now.” No questions? What the …..

16. Walt is a “very special boy.” What does Zeke mean by this? Does he have the telekinetic powers that we are thinking? Maybe he’s just a good chess player.

17. Did anyone notice that Jack has stopped referring to the “Others” as the “Others” and now using the tailies word “Them?”

18. There are screen shots out on the internet showing what might possibly be the black smoke in the scene of the “ring” right as the lights go out. Need to watch this frame by frame to see if this is true. http://www.lostresearch.com/

19. Back to 15. PLUS, why wouldn’t the dialog have gone like this : “You’re here because we let you stay here.” Sawyer, “Then why the hell did you blow up our boat, Zeke?”

20. Zeke calls Jack, Locke, and Sawyer all by their names, yet refers to Kate as “the girl” or “her” or some such term. I think this shows that they have been watching them in the hatch.

21. Zeke looks right at Locke when he refers to them opening “Special Rooms.” Why? I’m leaning towards Locke having discovered something else on the island that he hasn’t told anyone about. The only reason he told Boone about the hatch is because he needed his help, or because he wanted to play dad, but either way, I don’t think that he really originally wanted to share that info with Boone. So, what the heck? Where is the special room and what is in there that Locke is hiding? Or, was Zeke in the hatch when Locke found it? Or watching them?

22. Again, info I am just sharing that I read, but Zeke says, “Alex, bring the girl.” ALEX? Danielle’s Alex? Screen shots don’t show the person, just an arm. There is definitely a reunion coming up.

23. Jeronimo Jackson. I was misinformed into thinking that this was a real band from the 70’s who were a one hit wonder, if you will. Now I don’t know what they are. My sis thinks that there is meaning in this name.

24. Next week: Fire & Water. Per ABC’s website, “When Charlie’s vividly surreal dreams lead him to believe Claire’s baby, Aaron, is in danger, Locke suspects Charlie may be using again. Meanwhile, Sawyer encourages Hurley to act on his attraction to Libby.” BTW, this is a Charlie flashback epi.25. I just found on the internet, the mystery crippled man is “Angelo” and they are Itailan. Good thing they didn’t shoot the Itailan dressing, Jack might be offended.