Episode 617 - The End

Ok, here we go!  I don't know if I should be excited or sad.  But ready or not, here we go!

- This is a beautiful way to start the last episode; getting us acquainted with where all our characters, in both realities, are and what they're up to

- Isn't that the church where Eloise Hawking was?

- Is Desmond going to try to get everyone back to the island?  Is that why he's trying to get Christian Shepherd's body?

- Except the Island's underwater, so how's that going to work? Maybe I'm still missing something.  Hmmm...

- Ok, but if you have to protect it, why on earth would you go there and show the smoke monster where the light is?!

- Star Wars reference from Hurley!  And then another Star Wars reference "I have a bad feeling about this"

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- I love Hurley.  Everything he does brings a smile to my face.  :)

- See, the island is going to be on the bottom of the ocean, which will sync the two realities.

-  Rose & Bernard!  I totally forgot about them.  That's cool that they're back in the story again

- But I really don't think that sinking the island will accomplish what anti-Jacob thinks it will

- And, by the way, anti-Jacob is EVIL (in case you didn't know that)

-----Break #2

- Desmond's had a flash, hasn't he?  He's seen the future for what anti-Jacob is going to make him do, just like he saw flashes w/ Charlie

- Juliet!  I wonder if she's going to run into Sawyer and get connected with him, or if it's just the Oceanic 6 plus Desmond who end up all in the same place (at least that's what I'm assuming is what's coming)

- They remember dying!  What must that be like?!

- That's super cool that they got their memories back and could speak English, but how sad for them that they remember that they die.  Maybe the cool part of that is that they were together.

-----Break #3

- Ooo, they are playing the destiny music

- Oh!  Richard is aging!  I guess now that Jacob is dead, Richard won't live forever.

- Lapidas was in the sub, huh?  Interesting that he was able to live when no one else was

- There's a cool idea we haven't heard before: why not just fly off the island?!

- Wow, that's awfully bold Jack!  I want to know the surprise.  :)

-----Break #4

- Interesting that Jack USED to be married to Juliet

- And yet, I'll be that's the whole thing, I'll be that all of LOST is actually a "Long Con" possibly of Jacob on anti-Jacob

- The rain is coming, and something bad always happens when it rains!

- Desmond is the connection between the two realities, just like he was the constant for Faraday

- Ok, but we're not even half-way through the episode yet, so how can we already be here, how can we already be at the light looking down?!

-----Break #5

- Is that Boone & Shannon?! Haha!

- Woah, they didn't waste any time, did they?

- That pull away shot going down the water fall WAS just like the shot of Locke & Jack looking down into the hatch at the end of season 1

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- Oh, this is the first time that Charlie has seen Claire in this sideways reality!

- Hmm, what's w/ the dead body?  And now what's Desmond doing, I wonder?  And what's w/ the light and everything?

- What the heck just happened?  Is the light gone?  Hmmm, this doesn't look good

- Wow, anti-Jacob is human again!  Maybe that killed the island?  Looks like anti-Jacob isn't the smoke monster anymore, which means he now can be killed!  And maybe, he isn't all bad anymore?

-----Break #7

- I wonder if Claire & Kate are going to get their memory flashes through this pregnancy/contractions thing

- Claire & Kate are having the baby just like it happened in the jungle in the REAL timeline --  THERE IT IS!  They are getting their flashes!

- Side note: that was the world's shortest labor.  Like 5 minutes.  That's crazy fast (and correct me if I'm wrong, but labor is usually MUCH longer than that)

- I guess Ben gets to stay on the Island.  Lucky him

- Hey, it's both islands!  Both the main island and the island w/ the plane

-----Break #8

- I think Jack would have the advantage in a fight like this because he's used to fighting as a human and anti-Jacob isn't

- WAY TO GO KATE!!!

- Ok, so anti-Jacob is dead, but now what?

- WHEN is Jack going to flash?  Did Jack start to see it but choose not to keep looking?

-----Break #9

-LAME!  I just lost all my thoughts for this last section!  I didn't get it to post right!

- Ok, let me try to re-create...

- Basically I'm glad that Kate appears to have picked Jack over Sawyer.  And my evidence for this is that she told Jack "I love you" which she's never told anyone that I can remember (though Jack told her before)

- Also, I'm thinking that we aren't really going to get any more answers than we have right now, just conclusions.  I think this episode is just going to wrap up this whole story, not give answers.

-----Break #10

- Juliet.  That makes sense that Juliet would give Sawyer his flash.  And will she get her flash here too?

- Beautiful.  That's the best way to describe what LOST is doing right now.  The way they brought Sawyer & Juliet back to their memories was perfect.

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- Jack must have to see Kate to really get his flash.  Ha!  There she is, I must be right

- Jack IS avoiding the flashes.  Why does he want to avoid it so much?

- How come SHE understands?  What is it that they are understanding based on their flashes?

- This's gotta be a totally disappointing and awkward conversation to be listening to for Ben since he probably wants to have this honor himself, to protect the island

- I'm not sure if I can believe that that's ACTUALLY Jack passing on the protector-ship to Hurley.  He didn't say any words or anything.  Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I'm just not sure.

- Wow, that was a really lame pep-talk by Claire, yet she bought it!

- OH MY GOSH!  I didn't even see it!  It's the cork!  The piece that Desmond moved and Jack just moved back is the cork!  Maybe what's "below" is supposed to be hell, evil.

-----Break #12

- So true, forgiveness DOES matter, and it matters alot

- Spoken well, Ben, spoken well.  Hurley DOES take care of people.

- And Hurley asking Ben to help him is exactly what Ben needs.  :)

- Oh look, Jack's NOT dead.  Doesn't look like he's doing so good, but he's not dead.

- Uh, totally confused w/ Christian being alive!  Huh?  What does Jack mean "I died too?"  When?  We haven't seen him die yet

- The flash sideways is "heaven" (in whatever version these writers conceive of it)

- I don't know how I feel about the whole "heaven" thing, but I'm ok w/ it just being the flash sideways, not reality, and I'm not super bothered by it, but I don't like things that deal w/ the after life when they're not accurate.

  But overall, I LOVED the episode.  It was a beautiful tribute to the show.  It didn't answer many questions, but it did bring closure.  I feel good about it being over.  I don't feel like there are hugely hanging questions or things that I don't have the answer to, which is really nice.  I'm still going to have to process. but overall I feel like it was a fulfilling ending to an AMAZING show.

  Thanks for reading and putting up with my rantings, ravings, and hypothesis.  It's been a fun run.  : )

Episode 616 - What They Died For

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Ok, I have to be honest, I'm afraid that, at the end of this episode, I'm not going to be a very happy person.  Only good thing is we only have to wait until Sunday for the wrap-up.

- Alright, we're back in the flash-sideways

- Ooo, Desmond is still at work.  I wonder what he's going to do to get Jack and Claire to see the "real" timeline

- Ha, Jack is sewing up Kate, which parallels the pilot episode where Kate sewed up Jack from the plane crash

- And there's the focus for the rest of the series: Our people trying to kill anti-Jacob, anti-Jacob trying to kill our people

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- In a well, huh?  I wonder if this well is at all tied to the wells that we saw last week...

- There was Ben's connection to "reality"

- Oh!  I'm excited to see the connection to the secret room.  That's where Ben went to summon the smoke monster

- I wonder why Ben thinks that the smoke monster summoned him

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- I still think that Jack is currently set up to be Jacob's replacement, but it's interesting to think it might be Widmore

- Desmond is busy in this episode!  I wonder how he thinks he's going to get to Sawyer from in prison. -- Oh, nevermind, he's after Sayid and Kate!

- Why is Jacob showing up to Hurley as young Jacob?

- Wait, what?  Why would Jacob want his ashes to actually burn up so that he wouldn't be seen again?  Could it maybe be anti-Jacob taking the form of Jacob?  No, probably not because Kate didn't see him.

----- Break #3

- So much for Richard.  Not convinced he's actually dead yet, but possibly

- Right, once he leaves the island there won't be any island for Ben to be in charge of

- And clearly Ben's still angry/mad at anti-Jacob

- Rousseau!!  Yea, it's great to see her again!

- Whatever his word is worth.  Don't trust him Widmore!

- Yup, Ben's still angry.  And oh, it's clearly over Alex's death

- Ok, so much for Ben being redeemed.  Bummer.

- Wait, Jacob can be seen by all these guys?!  This must be related to the ashes somehow

- But I thought that Kate's name was crossed off.  Did Jacob change his mind?  Maybe Jacob can actually choose whoever he wants.  But it seems like there are rules with who can be the replacement, like when Jacob was "picked" instead of anti-Jacob

-----Break #4

- There's Locke!  "maybe all this is happening for a reason"  I've missed this real Locke!!

- Answers?  Are we really getting answers?

- Ha, the names are arbitrary

- Ok, so now Jack and Jacob go thru the ceremony?  This is assuming that Jack actually gets to be the "picked" one.  I knew he was getting himself psyched up for being "the one" but we'll see if it still works out that way.  Even though things are coming together now, it's still LOST and I don't trust it yet.

-----Break #5

- Hmm, looks like I'm wrong about the temple being built over the source of the light.  Oh well.  I like my idea better.  :)

- Ok then, Jack is the new replacement.  My principal will be happy.

- Ana-Lucia is a crooked cop?  That's too bad

- Ok, now I'm officially interested in the flash-sideways. : )

- Destroy the island, huh?  I think that's what Desmond was going to do already, I think that's the fail safe, so how on earth does that work to anti-Jacob's advantage?

And think about it.  Destroying the island would be a way to get it on the bottom of the ocean so that the "real" timeline syncs up with the sideways timeline.

  I guess I'm not disappointed or upset, which is a good thing.  I'm just ready for the last episode.  I'm more hopeful now than I was before this episode started.  They seem to have a very clear direction and I think they just might be able to wrap this up satisfactorily.  Of course, it's still just as likely for that NOT to happen.  Let's hope it ends well.  See you Sunday!

Episode 615 - Across the Sea

- Who is this Lady? She's pregnant w/ someone we probably know...there must be

- The one lady is speaking spanish it seems, but the lady from the island seems to be speaking something more like latin?  Maybe I'm crazy...

- Is this lady who's on the island the anti-Jacob?  And maybe the spanish lady is giving birth to Jacob?

- Ummm, maybe this is nit-picking, but if she's already given birth, why is she still bulging...oh, it's twins!!  The anti-Jacob!

- Ha, it's light at dark, black and white from the beginning!

- She only picked one name, so maybe the anti-Jacob doesn't have a name at all.

- Umm, latin lady is uber cruel!

----Break #1

- Maybe this whole episode is going to be about Jacob and anti-Jacob!  That would be awesome!

- What do you bet this is the "inside joke" with the balance that anti-Jacob threw away in that cave w/ Sawyer earlier

- Jacob's "mom" is weaving just like Jacob does when we first met him!

- How long ago is this?!

- Who is this lady? --- WOAH!  What's that golden water thing?!

- So this is "the point" of the island?  This "light"?  And anti-Jacob is going to want to put out the light?

- Ok, so here's my current hypothesis: Jacob isn't going to want to be the one to protect the light, but the anti-Jacob is, but for some reason he won't be able to, which will be the crux of the conflict and why anti-Jacob hates Jacob so much, and probably why he's going to want to do the opposite of what Jacob has to do: protect the light

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- But anti-Jacob doesn't know what "dead" means, so the statement "Because I'm dead" doesn't mean anything to him

- Interesting twist, anti-Jacob is right!  He actually knows the truth and Jacob doesn't (at least  not yet)

- Ha, way to call "mom" on having a favorite Jacob!

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- So did the find the wheel below the ground w/ that well?  Or was the wheel built? (the wheel that Ben used to move the island & leave it)

- Yup, the wheel's leaning up on the wall behind him!

- So the light is the source of the electromagnatism?

- Is she going to try to kill him?  Yup.  Called it.

----- Break #4

- She's a manipulative liar!  She's evil (even if she's doing it for 'good' reasons)

- Oh great, now I want to know why he can't go down there and what's worse than dying for them?

- This ritual that they are going thru to pass on the protection responsibility, it's going to have to happen to Jacob's replacement as well.  But how, since he's dead?  Maybe thru Hurley?

- What does that mean?  "You and I are the same"?

- Ok, so who did this?  Jacob?  The people themselves?  "mom"?

- Hey wait!  The line that "mom" said early on, something like 'it always ends the same' referring to the people with death and greed etc, that's the same line that ANTI-JACOB says to Jacob, but JACOB holds out that it's not over yet.  So in some way he's NOT fulfilling what "mom" thinks

-----Break #5

- Jacob CREATED the smoke monster. Wow, he's a pretty big screw up!  What did it do to the light, I wonder?

- Adam & Eve.  the original anti-Jacob and "mom"

- OH!  And what do you bet the Temple was built on top of that spring where the light came from?  And that's the source of the spring where they took Ben & Sayid.  And THAT'S why there's a "darkness" that consumes someone when they are in the water, and that's probably how it brings people back to life.  Something along those lines.

SUCH a good episode!  No, it doesn't answer all the questions, but it definitely gives a context to things and answers alot!

Episode 614 - The Candidate

Its amazing how just one week w/o LOST and I'm totally off from the groove.  I don't really remember exactly where we left off.  Let's see...we have Sawyer leading the boat back to Widmore, but Jack jumps off and when the boat arrives, Widmore appears to double-cross Sawyer (no big surprise there).  Oh, and Sayid is supposed to have killed Desmond, but we don't know for sure if he has or not.  And in the flash sideways, our key people have been getting flashes of the "real" timeline, I think moving everything to converge between the 2 timelines.

Ok, enough of hearing the recap, on to the new episode!

- Ha!  I'm fine w/ starting w/ Locke.  Here's hoping for interesting stuff from his flash after getting hit by Desmond's car

- And I'm thinking Jack may have restored Locke's ability to walk (nope, not yet)

- I don't totally distrust Widmore, but I don't totally trust him yet either

-----Break #1

- Bernard!

- Bernard told Jack that Anthony Cooper (Locke's dad) was in the SAME accident.  And I remember earlier that Helen referred to Locke's dad coming to the wedding.  I wonder how Locke DID lose the feeling in his legs; could it be different?

- That's not really a reason to trust him.  In fact, saying you could have killed them but haven't is more of a reason to DIStrust anti-Jacob; he's got an alternate agenda

- Oh that's not good.  No power means no protection from the smoke monster

- Don't they know that shooting it isn't going to help, it's just going to make it angry?

- That's just not right.  Jack's not supposed to be "with him"  I can only hope that Jack is just taking advantage of the opportunity to free his friends

-----Break #2

- Ok, so the accident was something that also hurt Cooper...still don't know what it was, thought

- Hmm, why does anti-Jacob need/want a watch?  Does it relate to time travel stuff at all?  Or maybe there's a compass to get the barrings to get off the island correctly

- Nope, Sawyer's not wrong about anti-Jacob; and I'm not convinced this is exactly they way anti-Jacob describes the situation w/ the plane

- Ok, good, Sawyer doesn't trust him.

- I wonder what the water has to do with Sawyer's plan to take care of anti-Jacob

-----Break #3

- Ha!  He's had his flash!  It's about time!

- Christian wanted Claire to have it because the song that it's playing is from her childhood!  We saw that in the "real timeline" when Claire was sitting down in the bottom of the pit in the temple (at least I think that's right)

- Kate!  And crazy how sure Jack is that he's not going to get hurt at all.  So bold and not hiding from the gunfire

- I wonder if anti-Jacob can't change into the smoke when he's wet

- Nope, there's c4 in the pack

- See, that was too easy

-----Break #4

- Wow, Sayid!  Totally didn't anticipate that he'd give himself up!  But I did figure that Desmond wasn't actually dead.  Way to go Sayid!  That's really him redeeming himself.

- And I figured that Jack's idea of the bomb thinking was right.  It totally fits with "the rules" and everything we've been learning this season

- Ok, I know this isn't what you'd think at the time, but actually the more water there is, the easier it would be to move the bookcase or whatever that's pinning Sun

- Hmmm, if Sun dies, Jack will blame himself for not staying and letter her die, won't he?

- : (

-----Break #5

- I had a friend say that no one on LOST actually dies unless we see them die.  And I think this counts for Sun & Jin, since we saw them under water.  :(

- But I guess that tells us that it doesn't matter if the "Kwon" on Jacob's cave wall was Sun or Jin, they're both out of the running now

- There's the theme again: "What happened, happened"

- Oh gosh, I was doing ok until Hurley lost it!

- He is SOOOOO bad!  He must be able to know about the candidates; that's how he knew that they weren't all dead.  He must be able to feel something about how they are keeping him on the island.


And I must say, I'm really interested in the next week's episode based on the preview.  While it does have clips of previous episodes (all the way back to the pilot), it seems to have new scenes with Jacob!  I'm hoping for more history/backstory on anti-Jacob, and maybe a few more answers to the "rules"

Episode 613 - The Last Recruit

- This should be interesting, Jack and anti-Jacob talking.  Hmmm...

- And I certainly wouldn't want to talk to the smoke monster alone?!

- Duh, I knew that (Jack's father) was the anti-Jacob!  But I guess that's what we officially know now

- Jack doesn't ask the one question we actually want to know about having everyone on the plane to get off the island: WHY does it have to be them all?

- Wait, how does Clair know that they are brother/sister?  Did anti-Jacob tell her?

- What is it about "talking to" the anti-Jacob that makes it the end of the argument?  And btw, I don't fully buy that it really is beyond their choice (interesting, it's the free will vs destiny/fate debate again)

-----Break #1

-YES!  STAR WARS REFERENCE!  Yet another reason why this show is so great.

- I don't like anti-Jacob; his fake smile, with the evil lying just beneath the surface

- Huh, interesting point that Sawyer, a COP, didn't say anything about seeing Kate in handcuffs

- And the connections in the sideways continue...Kate & Sawyer, Sun & Locke, and now Sayid

- Funny how she gives anti-Jacob the same ultimatum he gave to everyone on the temple: until nightfall (sundown)

- Hmm, I'll bet anti-Jacob things she's bluffing

-----Break #2

- Oooo, interesting how we have a connection with Ilana.  I didn't really expect to see that type of a connection.  And did Desmond know this connection somehow?  Is this how Claire's going to have her flash of the real world?

- Ok, so this is Sawyer trying to take care of Kate...and now he's trying to help Jack and the others; He is yet again showing how much he's changed

- Ok, but Desmond's already dead, so Sayid can't kill him...I wonder if anti-Jacob is going to use that as an excuse to attack the Widmore camp.  Maybe he'll claim that they took back Desmond on their own, maybe even that they stole something or kidnapped him or something like that to rally the troops against Widmore

-----Break #3

- Oh, that's surprising.  I guess I assumed he fell farther than that.

- Kate, who has lied for what seems like her whole life, is now worried about breaking a promise to/about Claire.  Interesting switch

- So revealing.  "He's the only one who didn't abandon me" which is Claire talking about anti-Jacob.  It's a similar idea to what Ben expressed about going to be with anti-Jacob.  It's totally true, that often people pick someone or a group to belong to because they are who accepts them, no other good reason

- Is it possible that Claire's crazy can be broken?

-----Break #4

- Oh, I'm stupid, that's the connection between Iliana and Claire

- Good point, Jack.  I never thought about not really wanting to get off the island because anti-Jacob DOES want them to get off.

- In some ways, this is a role reversal between Jack and Sawyer here, where Sawyer's in charge, and Jack jumps out (of the boat vs the helicopter) and stays on the island.  Quite interesting

-----Beak #5

- Is Jack going to be working on Locke?

- HA!  I'm right!

- That's some swim Jack just did

- Uh oh, and anti-Jacob's there to meet him.  That can't be a good thing

- SUN & JIN!!!!!!!!!

- Sun & Jin's story is such a great story of redemption and restoration

- I'm convinced anti-Jacob is saving Jack for purely selfish reasons.  No question.

And no, Jack is NOT with anti-Jacob, he just happens to physically be there at the moment.  But he doesn't trust anti-Jacob any more than he has in the past.  That's clear from Jack's discussion with Sawyer on the boat before he jumped off.

Episode 612 - Everybody Loves Hugo

I'm excited for a Hurley episode (based on the episode title, I'm assuming that)

- The narrator is Piere Chang!  I'd recognize that voice anywhere!

- Mom want's Hugo to get a gf...maybe the return of Libby?!

- The whispers!! I'm so right.  It's totally a transportation device! -- Except, that I think Michael's supposed to be dead since he was in the freighter right by the bomb.  Hmm...

----- Break #1

- Libby!!!!

- aaand she's still in the mental hospital.  But Hurley isn't?  Or maybe we just don't know it yet

- Oh!  That was unexpected.  Definitely didn't expect her to blow up!

- Hey, did you notice that Kate called Sawyer Sawyer and not James?  She hasn't done it in a while

- Interesting development for Sayid to have abducted Desmond.  Yet Desmond doesn't seem that worried.  I wonder if he feels like he knows what's going to happen/needs to do

----- Break #2

- Why the change Hurley?  Is he planning a bait and switch or something?

- I'm really facinated by the whole Desmond angle.  It really makes the flash sideways much more interesting! And of course, number 42.  : )

- Does Desmond really still think anti-Jacob is Locke?

- Oh Hurley!  That's awesome!  Way to blow up ALL the dynamite.  : )

----- Break #3

- So the real question now is, are they actually going to be able to go on the date, or, because the realities are connected, will they be thwarted

- Ok, but if they go to talk to "Locke," then he'll have all the Oceanic 6 together and he'll be able to get off the island

- So is Hurley bluffing?  I think he is.  I'm also not convinced that Michael is reliable as a dead guy.  Because there was the whispers, it makes me wonder if it was actually from anti-Jacob somehow.  I have no idea how, but maybe?  Its just doubtful to me

----- Break #4

- Whispers!!  Do we get to find out what they are?!?!

- Hmmm, I'm not sure that fits.  Dead people who are stuck on the island who can't move on.  I guess it fits that then people appear.  But Walt isn't dead and he appeared after the whispers, so that doesn't fit!

- Ok, they DO get their date

- !!  Hurley got the flashes!  So we're going to need to get all the LOSTies to get the flashes.  What happens once they do?

- Nice job Desmond, nice job.

----- Break #5

- Is this the same well that the real Locke went down right before he got off the island?  It was a very different looking area previously

- anti-Locke is a meany-pants

- I wonder if Desmond is actually dead.  And can he be dead in one reality but not the other?  'Cause he's already on his mission in the flash sideways

- oop I guess that answers that questions.  : )

- ooooo, so then Locke had the flash, I think we're supposed to assume


And can I just say, I really DON'T like anti-Locke?  Is this the first time Jack has seen anti-Jacob as "alive Locke"?  Does Jack know that anti-Jacob isn't actually Locke?  I can't remember anymore!

Episode 611 - Happily Ever After

- Haha, I can't blame Desmond for being so angry and Widmore for bringing him back to the island, which was basically a prison for him for years

- Oh!  Is that the box that can bring anything you want come out of it?!

- Uh, does it LOOK like they're ready stupid?!

----- Break #1

- I believe Widmore on this one.  I don't think he's really out to hurt Desmond on this one.  Probably not looking out for his best, but I don't think he wants to hurt Desmond

- See, Desmond has a 6th sense about things.

- Hmm, Minkowski!  He's the guy who was the communication person on the freighter, working for Widmore.  I wonder if he works for Widmore now too

- My guess is Widmore is "the boss"

- And I was right.  :)

----- Break #2

- Widmore is Charlie's dad?  Something about this doesn't quite make sense.  I must be missing something.

- But does that mean we're going to see Charlie this episode?!

- Now that's a flip; in the flash sideways he actually gets to drink it, as opposed to never being good enough to drink it in the "real world"

- YES IT'S CHARLIE!

- Mmmm, Charlie is talking about Claire, even if he doesn't know it here in this flash sideways

- Charlie's trying to drown, just like in the original timeline.  And Desmond's with him same as the original timeline as well.  There are some really good, strong parallels in this episode...like that hand thing

----- Break #3

- Oh, I get it.  Desmond is the link between the 2 different realities: the "it worked" and "it didn't work" realities that we've seen; Desmond is the link between these, just like he's been the link between different times

- While this flash sideways is probably the most interesting of them so far, I'd still rather know what's going on with the "real" timeline.  I hope this episode doesn't stay in the flash sideways the whole time!

----- Break #4

- We knew this, right?  Somehow I think I knew that what's her name - Eloise - was Widmore's wife.

- Even in the flash sideways, Eloise knows what's going on at a deeper level than anyone else we've seen

- And the guy at the piano, he's the son, and it's Faraday, of course.  He's the one who wants to play with Driveshaft

- Ok, but, how is he Daniel WIDMORE, instead of Faraday?  Oh, right, because Eloise Hawking, is now married to Widmore, so Farady, sorry, Daniel, must have changed his name when his mom, Eloise, married Widmore

----- Break #5

- At the stadium!  It's all going back to the stadium!

- I wonder if Desmond getting taken by Sayid is actually part of Widmore's plan...




  Ok, now I feel like we're moving in a direction, moving towards the end.  Desmond in the flash sideways is going to try to get everyone from the flight to recognize that it's different.  I don't know what happens when they do, but I think something significant will happen.  I like this, partially because it's a direction, but also because it tends towards my thought that the flash sideways isn't the "real" way it happened. which I prefer.  :)

Episode 610 - The Package

Sorry I don't have that detailed of a post here, but I was in San Francisco last Tuesday when the episoded aired and didn't watch it until late Saturday night, and I didn't feel up to watching and blogging, so I decided to just enjoy the episode.  Here are a few over-arching thoughts from the episode...

- I enjoyed the story of Jin & Sun in the "flash sideways" mostly because it helped tie some info together about why Jin was in the freezer and how it was related to Sayid's sideways story.  Not that I care all that much about the flash sideways story, but I do like the connection.

- While I think it's a bit silly that Desmond is "the package," I am excited that he's back in an episode now!  I've missed Desmond, brotha', and I'm glad he's back.  Here's hoping we'll get an episode (maybe tonight?) about Desmond and what he's up to these days

- Speaking of Desmond, I wonder if his ability to sorta' disconnect from time is related to why he's "the package" and if it makes him special in some way, especially as it relates to the island.  We've already seen time as an issue on the island, mostly in season 4, and Desmond's ability to move around in it (though mentally) might be important

- I'm super proud of Sun for not going with anti-Jacob, even when he promises her the chance to get together with Jin again.  As she tells Jack that she doesn't trust anti-Jacob, I'm super proud of her.  That takes alot of will power and commitment to stick to her convictions, even though it might decrease her chances of reuniting with Jin

- That being said, Jack never should have PROMISED to get Sun back to Jin and to get them off the island.  He doesn't have that power!  I could see that as being something that gets Jack in trouble at the end of the series (you know, just just a few more weeks!)


Ok, those are my thoughts for now.  I gotta' get set up and ready for tonight's episode!

Episode 609 - Ab Aeterno

I'm going to be totally honest (as opposed to all those other times when I lie to you all): I'm really excited for this episode! It's supposed to be all about Richard Alpert, according to the actor who plays him. Also, according to that actor, it's a really good episode. I'm really hopeful and looking forward to getting some really interesting info tonight!

- YES! WE WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET!

- NO! They are not in hell, that's stupid. I don't actually think that Richard is right. I think he's just mad and disappointed and running to the anti-Jacob for answers. Nope, I don't believe it

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- Who's Hurley talking to in spanish? Any family member?

- Lapidas, funny joke: "How in hell do you think that happened" referring to Richard not aging...right after he said that they were all dead and in hell. Funny joke!

- Ok, so since Richard is hispanic, perhaps Hurley was talking to someone related to him...could be either

- Great theology guys. You know it's not grace if you can do something to get rid of it. Then it's earned. Cummon!

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- Whitfield, hmmm, I wonder if he's at all related to Widmore?

- HANSO! He's the family that's connected to the Island from long time ago, back w/ the auction that Widmore goes to, and Edgar Hallowax mentions his name in one of the orientation videos

- HE'S ON THE BLACK ROCK!

- And that's how the black rock made it into the jungle; a title wave of some kind

- I wonder if the captain guy is infected...or maybe just selfish

- What's with the white flashes, and why does the anti-Jacob/smoke monster leave Richard alive? Is it part of his big, long-range plan for the "now" to have Richard run to him instead of fulfilling Jacob's original plans?

- Oh, and, officially, this is the best episode of the season so far, and we're only half thru!

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- Gross! Bohr eating dead person!

- Ok, I'm confused w/ his wife. How could she have been there? It can't be hell, since our Oceanic 6 could get off the island. I think that the flashes are how the smoke monster reads people's thoughts and can know everything about them, including who to become to properly manipulate them

- The return of the anti-Jacob (original)! I still think that somehow the anti-Jacob became Isabelle or somehow manipulated Richard thru her to convince him to help him get off the island. As well as having the keys "found" on an officer outside, when it's more likely he took them when he killed them. The one piece I can't put together is how the anti-Jacob could be Isabella and the smoke monster at the same time...I'm still missing something

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- What the anti-Jacob is telling Richard about killing him before he speaks is the same thing the Temple Master told Sayid about killing anti-Jacob (Locke)

- We've not seen angry Jacob before!

- This is a great episode!

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- So that's why Richard never ages

- The philosophy espoused by Jacob here is very interesting. The island is "the cork" keeping the evil at bay. But it's the island, not Jacob. Also, anti-Jacob believes everyone is innately evil, which is true, while Jacob believes that's not true and is trying to prove him wrong (but apparently can't, since everyone's died). This also harkens back to the end of season 5 when we first met Jacob & anti-Jacob and Jacob told anti-Jacob that it's not over yet...something like it's not over till it's over.

- That's who Hurley was talking to in the beginning of the episode!

- Sooner than you think? Why did anti-Jacob say that? When does he see him "sooner?"

LAME! So blogger just lost the last 2 paragraphs I was writing. So the jist of it was: this episode was good, I'm hoping for other good ones. Also, I'll be gone next week in San Fransisco on a mission trip, so you'll have to wait until the weekend to hear my thoughts (and I'll have to wait to see it until I get back too!).

Episode 608 - Recon

- Wow, this is interesting! Sawyer might be working w/ the cops. Either that, or he has another, deeper con--nope, he's really a cop

- and woah! They call him Le'Flur and Miles is working for him! That's an interesting parallel!

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- squirrel baby is CREAPY!

- Nice how anti-Jacob tells everyone that "the black smoke" killed everyone and leaves out the part where HE'S the black smoke!

- Ha! Sideways Sawyer is looking for the guy who killed his parents! "Anthony Cooper"

- Hmm, so why does anti-Jacob actually tell Sawyer the truth about being the black smoke?

- And how is it that Sawyer doesn't notice that anti-Jacob is lying to him about the plane as the way to get off of the island?

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- Ooooo, they brought Charlotte back! Very interesting

- Wow, that's some first date! Do we think we can trust her?

- I'm sorry, but I think it's Charlotte's fault for looking thru Sawyer's stuff

- I really don't understand the anti-Locke; why is he protecting Kate? Does he still want/need her for something? HE'S the one who told Claire that the other's took Aaron in the first place.

- I wonder if the anti-Jacob can't get off the first island and can't even go to the hydra island...

- I also wonder if the dead pile of people on the Hydra island are dead because they got "sick" too

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- Hey! That's Charlie's brother! They included Charlie w/o actually including him. :)

- I know what he was doing in Australia! He was looking for the guy who killed his parents!

- I don't believe this chick w/the glasses. I think SHE killed everyone, just like Ruseau did

- Nice, Sawyer, nice. Way to figure her out! :)

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- Anti-Jacob knows that he doesn't have Kate's trust yet, and he's willing to take the time to 'win her over' so he can use her to his advantage

- They're putting up a fence again - and it's Widmore!

- Is Sawyer telling the truth? Probably: he sure seems to be very specific on the conditions of their agreement, so I think he sees Widmore as a better, more reliable way off the island for him and the people he cares about

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- So much for Sawyer holding up his end of the deal. I have to think that Sawyer has a bigger plan than just following anti-Jacob, he must have a bigger con in the works

- If a "deal's a deal" then what about the deal he made w/ Widmore?

- Who's in the car...who's running from the cops?

- Kate! Interesting...I wonder what they're interactions will be like in the alternate/parallel reality...

- HA, I told you he had a plan, making a solution for himself and Kate (and probably others as well)

This episode was alright. It wasn't as enjoyable as last week, but I enjoyed it and I do feel like there's a direction. I'm also REALLY looking forward to next week, since it's supposed to be all about Richard Alpert! From what I've heard, it's a really good episode! Can't wait.

Episode 607 - Dr. Linus

A few starting thoughts:

- First, for some odd reason, even though I've been disappointed with this season, I still really want to see each episode on the night it's on. I guess I keep hoping it will start to get back to what it should be

- Second, even though I don't really have alot to go on w/ this, I think that ultimately, Sawyer will be the replacement for Jacob. I was talking to someone about it today and she's hoping it'll be Jack because she wants Kate & Sawyer to get together, but I still think Sawyer's more likely: he's the most dynamic character in the whole show, shows care for others/selflessness, loves and cares deeply, and doesn't have any ties to life off the island. I could totally be wrong, but that's what I think for now...

- Ok, so Arnzt ('dude, you've got Arntz on you) the science teacher should know that we don't use formaldehyde anymore since it's TOXIC!!

- I should probably feel bad for Ben, but I don't, since all this is really his own fault! He's going to get what he deserves.

- Interesting, however, that Ben isn't able to lie or manipulate his way out of this one; he only denies it. He must be totally out of his element and off balance here!

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- Huh, I guess that makes sense that Ben's dad is still alive since they were never on the island. But why on earth would Ben choose to live with his dad, I wonder?

- HOLD ON: they were on the island, which means that somehow they got off before the explosion, or at least before it sank, however that happened.

- Umm, as a teacher, it's CREEPY that Alex, Ben's student, came to him AT HOME!

- The Chosen! I saw that book in Sawyer's tent that Ben's going over. Besides the obvious reference to Jacob's replacement, I read that book sophomore year of high school. I liked it so much I read the sequel on my own.

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- Umm, I'm sorry, but a teacher can't make that type of promise. If there's something inappropriate going on, especially in relation to students, we are LEAGALLY OBLIGATED to NOT keep it a secret

- Apparently Richard doesn't trust Jacob anymore. The anti-Jacob has successfully inserted doubt into his mind. I wonder if he's going to be able to kill himself.

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- For an "outdated" lab, that science lab sure looks modern to me...just saying

- And...it doesn't work this way! You can't just become a principal. You have to be certified and a whole bunch of other things.

- Woah, did Richard arrive at the island on the Black Rock? Maybe he was a prisoner?

- So apparently Richard has some of the same rules that Jacob & anti-Jacob have; he can't die/kill himself, but someone else can kill him

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- Wow, now Jack's the one w/ the faith! Look at that!

- Where's "where we started?"

- I'm not convinced that the anti-Jacob is really going to come thru on all his promises, yet he is persuasive, isn't he?

- Ok, Ben, if you're a thinking guy, you back off now, but then after he writes the recommendation, then force the issue and get his job (I guess I'm not that nice a guy either, huh?)

- Brutal honesty from Ben: the only thing that mattered to him, his power. That's the truest thing he's ever said

- "Because he's the only one who'll have me" is an idea that is so often used against Christians...and unfortunately it's true.

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- I do have to say, I'm really thankful that I don't work for an administer as horrible as the one portrayed here! I really have a good principal.

- Way to go Ben! He's actually making a good decision for the first time in his life! It doesn't make up for everything that he's done, but it's nice to see him try to change (We'll see how long it lasts)

- Widmore! I called it! (just now, you didn't hear it because you weren't here sitting with me...since I"m watching this all by myself)

Alright, so I would call this "the episode of hope" for several reasons. First off, because we're seeing hope. Hope for Ben, hope for change, hope for Richard, hope for Jack. It just has hope. And second, this episode is the first one this season that gives me hope that maybe the season isn't totally ruined. I actually enjoyed this. I felt like there were a few more interesting developments, both with Ben and with Richard. No, we didn't get many answers, but I did feel like we made progress; things changed in a direction, even though I don't know yet what that direction is.

I'm not disappointed by this episode. I'm not totally stoked either, but at least I'm not disappointed. It's progress. :)

Episode 606 - Sundown

Here we go...

-Looks like we get to see Sayid's alternate/parallel reality

- Hmm, a scale of good and evil. Sounds like a works-based philosophy. Is that Buddism? I'm not up on my eastern religions

- Woah, the temple master has some moves!

- Umm, confused. What's the significance of the baseball? Why does temple master care so much about it and why does it's falling on the ground stop him from killing Sayid?

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- Is the flash sideways supposed to show us the "good vs bad" in Sayid? Otherwise, I don't much care, to be honest. Still not that interested in the flash sideways' stories.

- How is killing someone a demonstration of good? I'm sorry, but that's messed up morality right there.

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- LOL Miles totally called it: "Sawyer sent you packing, huh?" Love it

- Hah, like how all the animals stop making any noise when the anti-Jacob is on his way/near?

- Umm, so stabbing the anti-Jacob doesn't seem to be helpful at all. And why on Earth would the temple master ask Sayid to do it when I'm SURE he knew it wouldn't work? This is just frustrating...

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- Nice, Sayid, noticing that anti-Jacob is just as manipulative as the temple master

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- Kimi. That's not a good sign at all. And I think I've seen the other foreign guy before. Maybe he was the restaurant owner w/ the lady who he tortured in prison w/ the cat.

- I have to admit, it's nice to see Kimi not so arrogant and bossy and in control.

- JIN! So is the guy that Sayid's brother borrowed money from Mr. Paik?

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- Ok, so somehow the temple master could also keep the anti-Jacob out. I'll be honest, I'm really curious what all these "rules" are that allow for keeping the anti-Jacob at bay.

- I'm confused. Why hasn't Claire let Kate get killed or killed her herself? I thought she was super angry that Kate took Aaron?

In case you're wondering, I'm still disappointed. This episode has kept with the same theme of "no useful information, just more questions." Yes, there are some things that are happening, but nothing that really helps or carries things forward. I feel like right now the show is really stagnant with us, the audience, having about the same amount of information since the beginning of the season. I'm losing interest and am actually getting annoyed with the lack of progress in the show right now.

Yes, I know this is LOST and we're not supposed to get answers and all, but they really made me think we'd actually get them last season, because they DID actually give answers! Now we have the whole Jacob vs anti-Jacob thing that was just introduced and the end of last season, and I get that they need to develop that a bit, but can't they do that while proving us answers? Or at least giving us some idea where we're headed and going? I have no idea what's happening and feel aimless, which doesn't give me much of a driving desire to see the next episode.

I mean, take the ending of this episode. Ok, so anti-Jacob killed a bunch of people. Jacob's dead. Yes, there's a band of people who escaped, but they are minor characters and I don't really care what happens to them; there's nothing driving about them. Sun's the only one of interest, but the only thing interesting about her is Jin, and they're separated, so no connection there. And Kate's w/ the anti-Jacob group, probably not because she really wants to be there, but so what? She's going to look out for herself as always, so I don't expect much there either.

All that to say, I'm not happy with this season. So there you go, my thoughts.

Episode 605 - Lighthouse

Alright, here's hoping for a really good episode. Before it begins, here's a thought I had this week:

With Desmond & Penny...if in the flash sideways the island is sunk, its possible that Charles Widmore either died on the island or wasn't ever even on the island, which would change his relation to Penny, changing her relation to Desmond, possible preventing the two of them from ever meeting! My original thought was that Desmond never got shipwrecked on the island, but then I realized that he might not have gone on the boat race to prove his worthy-ness to Penny's dad in the first place, and back I went, realizing how very different the whole situation could be. I really have no idea, I'm just wondering.

Ok, now to tonight's episode:

- Jack has a son in the parallel reality? David? I wonder why. Quite interesting.

- "Everything is an option, but I'd have to stop you" I think that's the free will/desitny theme again, summed up well

- Oooo, tic tac toe, "tie again" probably a symbol/representation of the good versus evil struggle between Jacob and anti-Jacob

- I don't really understand how Jacob can be dead and yet not really be dead and can talk w/ Hurley

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- I'll be honest, I don't see Jack as a father-figure

- YEA Star Was reference! Another reason I love this show! :)

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- And I don't really have anything useful to say here...other than I'm kinda' bored, which is a real let-down. What's the deal LOST? This is the final season and it's supposed to be super exciting and we're supposed to know what's going on, not getting bored.

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- I feel like the part of the jungle Hurley & Jack are walking thru right now is a part we haven't really seen before. The plants look different, and the trees...they're not the same color. Yes, I'm probably crazy. That's ok, I'm used to it

- Hmm, so is Claire now going to try to kill Kate because she thinks she kidnapped Aaron? Not looking good for Kate, especially considering that she still just killed the Other guy

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- 108, isn't that one of the numbers

- What's w/ those names...and the reflections in the mirrors?! That's crazy!! So the numbers correspond to degrees. Measured from what, I wonder? What's zero?

- Smashing the mirrors...that can't be good. Unless Jacob is really even more of a master-mind than I think and the reason he wanted Jack to go up there so that he WOULD smash the mirrors...I don't think that's it, but I'm not sure

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- Well, I guess i was wrong. Jacob DID want Jack to smash the mirrors (or at least to see what was in them). He IS as big of a mastermind as I wasn't sure he was. So why don't I hate him like I hate Ben for being a manipulator?

My overall feeling about this episode is that it has some interesting parts, especially in the last quarter, but most of it wasn't that interesting, and all in all, I'm not super excited about this season. It's really going to need to take a turn to finish out the show well. I'm starting to get...concerned. Not worried yet, there's still time for things to turn around, but there is definite concern.

- So right now we're supposed to think that Claire is the "bad person"...or maybe the anti-jacob

Episode 604 - The Substitute

Here's hoping this episode gives more answers than questions, unlike the last episode...

- Woah! John may still be in a wheel chair, but he's w/ his old gf now! I wonder what happened differently...

- And why on earth would John want his dad to be at the wedding like Helen suggested? Maybe his dad didn't steal his kidney and he broke his back for some other reason?

- OOOOOO! We're seeing things from the smoke monster's perspective! Super cool!

- Anti-Jacob is doing the same thing Satan did in the garden: planting doubt in Richard's mind about Jacob & his intentions, lying/concealing things from him.

- Hmmm, interesting that the anti-Jacob saw the weird kid...even he can see things on the island. That implies that he's not in control of what happens on the island.

- I wonder if the kid is little Jacob, young Jacob. Nope, I guess not, since the kid says "him" yet interesting about the rules and also the same line "don't tell me what I can't do" coming from the anti-Jacob instead of Locke, even though Locke said that all the time. Maybe that's one of the reasons that the anti-Jacob picked Locke

- Hmmm, I wonder of they'd actually kill Sawyer. SOOO many fans will be outrageous if that actually happens

- ROSE! I love Rose and I love seeing many of these new connections. It is reminiscent of season 1 when we saw all these connections of our characters

- Wow, this anti-Jacob is as good if not better of a manipulator as Ben!

- Oh! Now that's interesting, the anti-Jacob can't change his appearance anymore and he's 'stuck this way'. I wonder if that's part of the "rules"

- How weird is this, that Ben is speaking over Locke, the guy he killed. --- HAHA Lapidis totally agrees w/ me. :)

- Ok, so was Sawyer's fall all orchestrated by the anti-Jacob to make Sawyer trust him, I wonder?

- The names on the rock doesn't explain anything! Its just a list of names, just like the list that Ben got from Jacob. Not an explanation at all

- Ben as a teacher?! BOOOO!

- Ok, so the numbers next to the names are "the numbers"

- Candidate to take over for Jacob, huh? To protect the island from the anti-Jacob, of course!

- Interesting point brought up by my sister and friend: Kate's name wasn't on the rock. I wonder what that means. Jacob did come to her, we saw it at the end of last season. Does that mean she's the one? Or maybe that Jacob had something else in mind for her? Or someplace else where he actually did stuff?

- And now Sawyer's apparently joined the anti-Jacob. I wonder what that means and what that's going to lead to. LOST is always about "sides", typified by the light/dark motif (the "inside joke"), and once again we have sides being picked, w/ Sawyer moving to the dark side, at least for now.

This episode was more interesting than the last one, I think, though I still wish we were getting more answers than we're getting. And, as I predicted today at work, we didn't see a thing about Claire; we'll have to wait until some other episode, maybe next week, maybe longer. Ah well. At least this one felt like it was advancing the story I'm already locked into as opposed to developing a new line (the temple stuff).

Episode 603 - What Kate Does

Before we begin, I'm currently re-watching episode 602, the enhanced version, and I have one fairly big question I didn't have/notice the first time through: How/why can the smoke monster (who we now know is the anti-Jacob) be in the temple if that's the hold-out of the Others? I mean, we saw Ben encounter the smoke monster underneath the temple when he saw "Alex", and when Jin first runs in to the temple its because the guy from the French research team gets pulled under thru the tunnel that our heroes enter using. I don't quite get it, unless the anti-Jacob hangs out under the temple, but can't get inside...

Now, on to the new episode!

-Hmm, Sawyer telling Kate not to come after him is remenicent of when Jack told Kate to leave in Season 3 and told her not to come back for him. She didn't listen then, why should we think she'll listen this time?

- I think I know what the test they put Sayid thru was: they wanted to see if he was inhabited by the smoke monster. Oh gosh, but he didn't pass...I wonder why. Maybe he is inhabited by Jacob somehow? We know it's not the anti-Jacob since he was still Locke. (I think).

Oh, and the other reason I think they tortured Sayid is because he was a torturer, though I don't think that's actually their intention, just the "poetic justice" type of thing w/ the story.

- I don't know if I believe the Temple Master (as I'm calling the asian guy) about Sayid being infected or not. I don't think he's the smoke monster, but I could be wrong. Now that I know they are Jacob's followers, I'm inclined to believe and trust them, but there's still a twinge of doubt in the back of my mind...

- Oh yeah, and w/ Kate and Jin in the jungle, w/ the Others w/ them, the Others made some mention of Ruseau being dead for years...was she ever the smoke monster?

-Ok, so if there's poison in the pill, that probably means that they think Sayid is the anti-Jacob. I'm still not sure myself it his is, but it seems to be what the Others think

-NO!! That's what happened to Claire! Jack doesn't know that Claire's his sister...well, I guess he'll know now.

- And Claire's back, but now we know that she's taken by the anti-Jacob somehow...not good. So when did she die? And can the anti-Jacob be more than one person at a time? He'd have to be able to to be Locke and Sayid and Claire all at once...I have no idea how that works

In conclusion, it seems we're now into the mythology of season 6; each season has its own set of ideas and concepts that are introduced, and this season's are the Jacob/anti-Jacob thing. We're not really getting any new answers or parts of the story during this episode, but it was interesting none the less. Though personally, I was much less interested in the "flash sideways" with Claire and Kate, I really want to know what's happening on the island itself! Oh well, until next week!

Episode 601 & 602 - LA X

I'm going to be entering my thoughts stream-of-consciousness type, so it may or may not make sense.


I'm watching the recap pre-show and can't wait for this whole thing to start!

HERE WE GO!!!


So I wonder if the re-shot this, or of they took original footage from the first season (back on the plane is when I'm talking about).


So it changed. To be honnest, I'm kinda' disappointed. In that case, I'm expecting this season to be all about how the universe "course corrects" whatever that happens to look like.


WAIT?! Desmond is on the plane?! How can that be? EVERYTHING in the timeline has changed?! For real? That's totally unexpected!


The island is under water?! And I swear that was the DHARMA shark I saw under the water. Didn't you see the DHARMA logo on the tail?


Ok, so if the island is under water and sank, what does that mean? So now what? No Ben, Desmond never crashed there. But what about Jacob? Is he alive or dead? Does he have any effect anymore? Is there anything that can be done to "undo" the change that was done? What about the 'course corrections"?


There must some some enduring effects, like the cut on Jack's neck...


I'm CONFUSED! Was Jack's thing a dream?! I'm feeling much better now than I did at the start. :)


Ok, back to confused again. :) So is this like parallel dimensions or something? Two possible futures? Are we going to see them merge at some point? This is a much more interesting episode now that it's confusing again.


Sawyer could be thinking about conning Hurley...yet Hurley is lucky in the alternate universe.


So Jacob is "gone" which fits w/ my wondering if he's actually dead or not.


The Temple!! I'm super excited to see more about the Temple!


THAT WAS SO SHORT! THAT'S SO STUPID!! But I knew it was Charlie, though. :)


Jack saving Charlie's life is a mirror/parallel to when he saved him early on when he chased after Ethan when he was trying to take Claire.


The Smoke Monster! I KNEW it was the anti-Jacob guy! And now we know what the ash is for! it was around the cabin to protect Jacob from the smoke monster/anti-Jacob.


Wow, they really are getting everyone back for this episode; the voice of the pilot is the voice of the same guy who was the pilot in the "pilot" episode. Haha


Sad day for Locke, in the "alternate" future/past where they don't crash he still can't walk. :(


And my mom brings up a good point: we haven't seen Michael, Walt, or Claire...where are they?


I love Hurley "Well, this is gunna' be awesome"


Ok, we're hearing the whispers again...are we going to find out for sure what they are now?!


Huh, I guess it's an actual temple, then. They looked like they were dressed like monks too, like an actual religious organization of some kind. I'm really curious what's inside Hurley's guitar case too...


Another interesting parallel...they took young Ben to the temple when Sayid shot him, whereas now Sayid is at the temple himself...


LOOK! His head is bashed now just like it was on the plane earlier!


So Juliet's "dead words" are "It worked." My question is, how does she know that? And then this whole thing w/ Sayid and Jacob's message. Now that just re-affirms my suspicion that there's a way to "course-correct" and undo the changes. Maybe even a merging of the two separate timelines we're seeing right now.


I'm positive this is what they did to young Ben. And if I remember right, he was wet when he came out too. They said Ben wouldn''t be the same, this time, w/ Sayid, they said there were risks. I wonder if they are related.


This is the same as with Charlie, even down to what Kate is telling Jack, that he's not coming back.


There's Claire! Nice to see her after basically an entire season w/ a no show!


Ok, so where is "home" for this anti-Jacob?


My mom just made a good insight: the comment the anti-Jacob just made about everyone else not knowing that their lives off the island were really pathetic. That could be what that timeline is meant to show.


Ok, so Sayid is "alive" again, but is is Sayid, or is it Jacob? Maybe a way for Jacob to come back just like the anti-Jacob?


This was such a great episode, I'm super excited for the rest of the season/series!!