Episode 10: The Package

Oooooooooweeeeeeee

Off-Island:

Jin and Sun ain't married but they screw... and are in love too.

They filled in how Jin got in the locker and even our old friend Mikhail showed up... lost his eye again too.

Now... depending on what you think these "side flashes" are, Sun getting shot could have HUUUUGE implications. Alot of people seem to think these side flashes might be the epilogue to the story, the aftermath of the Jacob vs Man In Black war. Whoever you chose.. right or wrong, it impacts your alternate life. I'll elaborate a little later on in the week with what I THINK might happen... but either way... pretty bad news for Sun. I hope she's ok :(

On - Island:

Not a ton to comment on here, it was a great episode though.

- Widmore's peeps took Jin because he knows where the electro-magnetism is on the island, (because of the search grids he was running for Sawyer back in the Dharma days... which brings to mind... why didn't any of the Others ever realize that Sawyer and Jin were actually back in Dharmaville for an extended time??!? Chalk that up to "we'll never know"). Either the magnetism will help them defeat the Locke monster or Widmore has alterior motives. Something to keep an eye on.

- Looks like Sayid is a shell of the man he once was... literally. Locke takes him along to get Jin back.

- Locke wants Jin back cuz he might be a candidate. He seems to be implying he needs their help to get off the island. I'll bet he just needs them dead... but he can;'t do it. For some island rule reason. Still like to hear those.

- Anyone else worried anytime someone says they are taking the outriggers? One of them is getting shot by Juliette from last season.

- Just before they leave.. Sawyer has one of the best lines in the history of the show: "No, cuz that'd be ridiculous" That killed me.

- Locke confronts Widmore... stand off.. even quote Widmore back to him... when he was Locke. Anyway...

- Locke returns empty handed... but no Sayid either... who is spying on the sub and what happened to be in that locked door.... DESMOND!!! Sayid didn't seem to care, cuz he's crazy.. and Desmond is all drugged up. Good to have him back though ( but from the looks of the preview and the bagpipes playing Amazing Grace... I think he might be in trouble.)

- On the other side... long story short... Sun can't talk, but Jack figured it out and she can at least communicate now. She's on board with Richard's plan... they want to blow up the plane so Smokey can't leave. Really? That's how he was going to leave? No fracking way. Anyway...

What did I miss? What do you think?

Gonna try and post a prediction thread later this week... might be fun if others (heehee) chime in.

Later.

Episode 9: Ab Aeterno

WHOOOOOAAAAAAA.... WE'RE HALF WAY THEEEEEERE!!!

Seriously, half the season is over.

Well this was a very revealing episode... but I don't have a ton to add.

Huge reveals. Richard was a prisoner on the Black Rock and it was launched into the statue and shattered it. (Pretty crummy explanation, but I'll take it. I guess Jacob conjured up a HUGE storm). The island is a place to contain the evil that is Smokey (if we believe Jacob).

Richard acts as Jacob's mouthpiece.

And thanks to Hurley (and Isabella) it would appear that his crisis of faith is over.

Don't think I'm dismissing this ep, I thought it was great... but what we learned is pretty clear cut. And what we still don't know... Who to trust? What's Smokey's name? etc. is still up in the air.

Couple of things that I noted:

- Captain Hanso.... always figured that was how Alvar Hanso and Dharma intially found the island, but they all got wiped out in the crash so.... also... how the hell did the ship's log make it off the island? (the one Widmore was bidding on back in the Constant)

- The knife is back. Special knife.

- Why do the Others kill? If Richard is speaking for Jacob... why does Jacob get involved? I thought he was hands off? Or maybe it;'s just the leaders who make the call and Richard has to follow their lead. How'd they start anyway? Jacob told him to?

Questions like those can go on and on and I've formulated a number of answers, but not sure anyone cares. Let's see if we can get a dialogue going on this thread, and if not... well i'll keep it to myself.

Also, one of you Bibley people want to chime in about the wine? Who give who wine in the Bible to pass the time? anyone?

Next week's looks like a Sun and Jin episode. Going down the home stretch.

Anyway, what did you all think?

Episode 8: Recon

Sawyer's back.

Off Island:

- He's a cop you idiot!!!

- So who shows up... Miles, Charlotte, Liam Pace... and oh, he catches Kate at the end (my bro caught this... Why'd he let Kate leave the airport when he knew she was in cuffs?)

- Sounded like Ford was going after Anthony Cooper... which is weird since he still seems like he;s pals with Locke. So did he cause Ford's family situation and then reform? I dunno.

- Anyone been noticing that each of our Losties have taken long looks at their reflections in each flash sideways? Hmmmm.... WHAT COULD THAT SYMBOLIZE or be hinting at?

- Few side notes:

A) Jodi Lynn O'Keefe... what did she decide to get hot again? Anyone see her on Prison Break.. it wasn't pretty. She looked smokin' tonight though. Good for her.
B) That James Ford... he banged 'em all. Seriously... by my count the only major character he didn't have an excuse for not jamming, was Libby. He bagged Charlotte, Kate, Juliette, Ana-Lucia... and had pretty decent excuses for the rest: Sun (married), Claire (preggers), Nikki (never knew who she was), Rose (old). Pretty impressive stuff Sawyer.

On Island:

- Sawyer stayed back to take care if Jin. Which is cool... but every time they send Sawyer down the dark path, they quickly bring him back to being a pretty decent guy. From the looks of things, he isn't running ENTIRELY solo... he'll try and bring his friends along. I was kind of hoping that Sawyer would be the 2nd in command bad dude and then turn on Locke at the end... guess not.

- Locke tells the Others that the Black Smoke killed the people at the Temple. Truuuuuue... but he later tells Sawyer the truth. I guess he feels some people can handle it and others (haha) can't. Looks like Sayid knows... and speaking of Sayid....

- He looks pretty crazy to me still. And Claire's right there too. When will someone ask Claire why she just left her baby in the trees?

- It MUST have been Smokey acting as Christian when she left the fire back in season 4. Cuuuuzzz.... Locke seems to have interest in her being crazy and being Aaron's mother.... just like his mommy. I think this was a big deal. Anyone reading this read the Bible? Are there any crazy mother's int hat book? Seriously, I'm asking.

- Last thing her before Sawyer returns (oh wait he left, better get to that in a second...). Really looks like Locke is working on Kate. Not sure she's buying in though.

- So Locke sends Sawyer on a "recon" mission. There's a plane they can use to get off the island!!!! Yeah fucking right.

- All the Ajira people are dead. (I'm betting Widmore was telling the truth and he didn't kill them... Smokey did).

- Sawyer gets snagged by Zoe and Widmore's people. They're setting up there base (with those pylons).

- No clue what Widmore's end game is... probably island control, and I guess he wants to get rid of the smoke monster, but I'm not even sure that's what he wants. Anyway... those tools he has working for him are my new #1 candidates for being shot by Juliette in the outriggers when they were time skipping... remember that?

- Sawyer heads back and it looks like he just wants to play both sides and create chaos. Then escape on the sub... with Kate... and I'm assuming Jin and Sun... since he said he would. He likes Miles and Hurley too right? Jack's probably in trouble though. Anyway, that plan is bullshit. None of them know how to pilot a sub. Minor detail.

- Next week.... Richard Alpert. Fairly excited for that.

Ok, what did you all think? What did I miss?

Episode 7: Dr. Linus

Okey-dokey:

Off-Island:

Ben Linus works at the highschool w/ Dr. Arzt. Yeah. I thought that Alex Rousseau being his student was the biggest stretch yet of the "sideways" world we're seeing.

Anyone notice Ben gave his Dad some gas again? Although it worked about better for Mr. Linus this time around.

Interesting to note that Ben and his Dad DID go to the island and left at some point. Interesting... but it still doesn't prove whether or not this is the world as a RESULT of the incident, the result of something else, or an entirely different world all together.

This isn't a spoiler but it's a pretty realistic theory that is making the rounds so I'll give you fair warning

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Ok back to it.

On-Island, 2 Groups: Jack's and Ilana's

Jack's:

- Jack and Hurley are heading back to the Temple but Richard takes them to the Black Rock instead.

- Richard makes plenty of blatant hints that this is how he arrived on the island.

- Richard also leaves some tidbits. Jacob touched him, that's why he doesn't age... it was a gift. But now after Jacob's death Richard is pretty disillusioned and what's to die... only he can;t kill himself... the Island? won't let him. Sound familiar? (maybe Jacob touched Michael back at some point).

- Jack says he'll do it, but he hangs out cuz he know he won't die. He's right. He says they should all go back to the beach.

- The great thing about this for me, other than the fine acting, was the set up for a Richard episode. He's getting closer to talking.

Ilana's group:

- I was wondering how Ben got away from the temple. But as we find out later, Smokey didn't want him dead.

- Ben identifies Dogen (and the translator) so he clearly knew about the Temple, etc. Nice to know.

- Miles outs Ben and they head back to the beach... cuz that place is totally safe.

- Sun gets some info from Ilana: They are candidates to replace Jacob. There are six left and we still don't know which Kwon. Who are the 6th now though? Definitely Jack, Hurley, Sawyer and a Kwon. That's 4. Let's incllude the other Kwon cuz they can't be eliminated, 5. 6th? Locke is dead. I guess they meant Sayid. But I would've assumed he removed himself from the running by killing two of Jacob's best dudes and leading to the rest of them being wiped out. Just a thought.

- Smokey shows up to tell Ben he wants him to run the island when he and his crew leave. I'm sure this is bullshit... but still, why? Why does Smokey still need/want Ben? Why didn't he just wipe out the whole beach camp? Must have something to do with the candidates... maybe it is Sun? I dunno.

- Also, so he can jedi mind move items. Ben's ankle shackle. Cooooool.


The show ends with Jack, Hurley and Richard showing up to the beach with a reunion scene straight outta yesteryear.

The end... or is it?

Widmore!!! He found the island... they better tell us how. Is this who Jacob said was coming to the island? What's he want to do? Who's side is he on?

Anyway... sorry it's late... what did you guys think?

All apologies

Just watching the episode now. I know. I know. You're devastated. But this is only the third... maybe fourth episode in the shows history that I didn't see live. Anyway.... I'll be posting my thoughts tomorrow night.... ormaybe at work during a break tomorrow. Really sorry. Was it good?

Episode 6: Sundown

Hooooooly shit.

Off-Island stuff first:

- Sayid can't be with Nadia, because he doesn't think he is worthy of her. And he protects his family by killing loan sharks (who happen to be our old buddies Keamy and Omar) and then finds a beat up Jin in a cooler. It was well acted and junk... but let's get to the serious business.

Island:

- Sayid confronts Dogen and they argue, before fighting and Dogen is ready to kill Sayid when his baseball hits the floor. Weird at the time but after you hear his story later, it kind of makes sense... Dogen was reminded of his kid and why he came to the island and his island responsibilities. Plus... I don't think you can kill a candidate. It's one of the "rules".

- Outside Claire is ready to be sent in by Smokey. She makes him promise he is really going to get her son back for him. He says "He always does what he promises". She tells Dogen to go talk to Smokey or send someone he won't kill. He won't kill Sayid... why? well because he has a plan for him... but also... he CAN'T (guessing) cuz he's a candidate!!!

- Dogen wants Sayid to kill Smokey. Is that a special knife? I dunno. But you can't let him talk to you!!!!!

- Pretty cool that Sayid just goes for it right away, but it doesn't work. Stabs him in the chest and... nothin'. Probably cuz Smokey got a few words out... and you can't let him talk to you. I hope that's not the case. To gimmicky. But basically both sides are trying to use Sayid to accomplish things... and it looks like Smokey makes the best offer. WHATEVER HE WANTS. Well I'm guessing, like Claire wants Aaron, Sayid wants Nadia (sorry Shannon).

- Sayid tells the Others that they need to leave by sundown and join Smokey otherwise... he's gonna kill them all. And basically half the Others bolt (including Cindy and the two kids... the only three Others I know now... well and Alpert). Seriously though, nice conviction Others! Jacob's dead? Ok, we quit. What is their purpose? Any ideas?

- Oooh, almost forgot, my faaaaaavorite, Kate made it back into the temple... rather easily. Visits a now captured Claire... and does a pretty crappy job of explaining to her why she took Aaron. Claire looks furious but doesn't really do anything about it. Maybe she buys it. I don't know. Claire is bat shit crazy.

- Sayid confronts (and by confronts I mean drowns) Dogen. But... not before a nice little piece of information from Dogen. Dogen was brought to the island by jacob after he got in a drunk driving accident that would have killed his son had Jacob not intervened. (So Jacob has healing powers?!?? Maybe he really did cure Juliet's sisters cancer. Does Smokey have healing powers too? Sayid better hope so.).

- So Dogen is dead... literally seconds after I started to like him. Never really liked Lennon... so when Sayod kills him it wasn't to big of a loss, but it was funny that he called Sayid an idiot. Interesting that DOGEN was what was keeping Smokey out. I thought it was the ash? HEY LOOK AT THAT!!!! A MILLION MORE QUESTIONS!!!

- Smokey... kills everyone.

- Kate and Miles try to escape:

- Miles... runs away and ultimately runs into Ilana, Lapidus, Sun and Ben. They escape through the Hurley tunnel. Well, Ben doesn't... he goes to get Sayid (which is kind of nice right? Or maybe Ilana has clued them into the candidate thing a little more). Sayid isn't leaving and Ben bolts. Sayid looks legit Claire crazy too.

- Kate ends up going to get Claire, but just barely escapes the Smoke... which seems to really make an impact on her. She's enthralled by it. Anyway...

Sayid and Claire walk out to meet Locke and the Other. Kate trails behind. Claire doesn't kill her... so she's cool with it? Smokey didn't seem to be too stoked that she was there though.

Sooooo...

it looks like the teams are starting to fill out. Let's do a quick ON ISLAND ONLY recap of where everyone's at:

Team Smokey:
Locke/Smokey
Claire
Sayid
The Others
Kate (at least along for the ride)
Sawyer (wasn't there,but he made it pretty clear he was with Smokey)

Jin (doubt he's with them... but I'll bet they didn't let him go. And what if Smokey promises Jin he can reunite him with his wife? Uh oh.)

Team Jacob:
Ilana
Lapidus
Miles
Sun

Probably with Jacob... but not with those four yet:
Jack & Hurley

Ben

Richard

I think that's everybody... that we know of right now, right? Anyone else? Other than the Ajira 316 jabronis that are still stuck on Hydra island (actually kind of wondering what will become of them).

Anyway... that's what I got here. What did everyone think?