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Tonight is a new episode of Lost! The last episode, Dead is dead was pretty straight forward but I still took notes. For real. Don’t judge.

Let’s get started:

• Ben says, “Dead is dead.” Ben lies. Ben lied throughout the entire episode (let alone show), to different people, saying contradictory things. Is dead dead? Or, is the concept of death dead?

• Even liars tell the truth sometimes.

• It was nice to see what happened when Ben stole Alex. My heart went out to Danielle in that moment. I can’t imagine living without my child. And, why did Widmore want her dead? Why was Ben so certain that Alex would be safer with The Others?

• I did NOT see that coming with Cesar!!

• “Friends are significantly more dangerous than enemies, John.”  Interesting, Ben. Interesting.

Can I just interrupt my Lost Notes to say how much I love the new 3G Sprint Network Commercial? We don’t normally watch the commercials, but that one we watched twice. So clever! (I LOVE that the little Twitter Birds are all saying, “Me!”)

…but back to Lost…

• I want to know why Widmore was banished. They rattled off a whole list of indiscretions, but it’s hard to tell what was the real reason.

• So, Ben was attacking Penny on the boat dock, which is why he was all banged up when he got on the plane! But! Penny lives! Right? Is Desmond shot, or did the gallon of milk deflect the bullet? (Sounds like a case for Mythbusters, if that’s the case…)

• Ben is “judged” by Smokey. Ben is spared. Alex appears. Is Alex dead, or is dead dead? Dead is dead. Right?

Until tonight!

Is it just me, or do we seem to be careening toward the end of Lost Season 5 with incredible speed? How is it the breaks take so long and the running of the show goes by so quickly?

Oh well, all we can do is enjoy it while we can!

The next episode is on tonight, so I’m assuming you’ve seen this latest episode, He’s Our You. If not, you’ve probably already been spoiled by what happens at the end. If you’ve read this far into the post, you either watched it live or close to it…so I feel safe in continuing.

I love that we get some more back-story into Sayid’s time off the island. I was a little surprised to find out that his falling out with Ben didn’t have to do with being asked to kill someone he didn’t want to kill (i.e. Penny or Desmond or John).

And, this episode had some of the best quotes! “Maybe I should’ve used HALF a dropper? Ooops,” by Oldham (aka Larry sans both brothers Darryl). He was the reference to the title of this episode, by the way. Sawyer tells Sayid that Oldham was their torturer…their him. And, “A 12-year old Ben Linus brought me a chicken salad sandwich. How do you think I’m doing?” Ha!

But…the end. WOW. The end.

My husband and I sat in shocked silence at the end of the episode. “WOW. WHAT!?” was all we could say. “Well, he just broke the most important rule of time-traveling,” my hubby said.

“Or maybe he didn’t?” I squeaked out, not sure what to believe anymore.

I mean, the realistic part of my brain says that Ben is not dead. Sayid did not kill him…mainly because Ben existed in 2004, so he couldn’t have died in 1977.

But, the part of my brain that has fully accepted time-travel, smoke monsters, and islands that have magical properties doesn’t know what to think anymore. What’s possible? Anything, apparently.

Surviving a plane crash on a deserted island? Totally possible.

Being attacked by polar bears in a tropical climate? Totally possible.

Seeing and communicating with dead people? Totally possible.

Skipping through time on a wacky island because some crazy guy turned a frozen donkey wheel? Totally possible.

Being shot in the chest by someone from the future while he is traveling through time and surviving without immediate medical attention? Totally possible.

See? Totally possible. All of it.

I frequent a chat hosted by Therese at Tubular, and one of the commenters reminded us of the story of the frog in the pot of boiling water. If the frog is placed in the pot when the water is bearable, he doesn’t realize it’s getting hot enough to boil until it’s too late. Place that frog in a pot of water that is already boiling, and he’ll jump out.

I’ve been in the pot a long time, and it’s a good thing I love hot baths.

So, how are they going to get out of this one? Either the island (universe?) has a LOT of course correcting to do…or it already is. Think about that. Which is the real time-line and which is a loop. What part of the “what happened, happened” theory is the part that happened?

I think major events happened. I think the details surrounding those things can change, but they don’t change the major event. (Ethan was born on the island. Did Juliet always help? Who knows.) The hard part is figuring out what’s a major event and what isn’t…let alone figuring out where we are, when we are, and what we’re seeing. Is Ben always shot by Sayid? I don’t know. That’s hard for me to swallow, but it’s not impossible.

Give me enough information, and I’ll accept pretty much anything at this point.

I mean, the water’s getting to be just right. Oh, look at the pretty bubbles.

Last week’s episode of Lost may have been one of the best episodes of Lost to this point, in my opinion. In fact, it was so good that I totally counted it as one of my birthday presents, thankyouverymuch.

Oh, and Therese at Tubular has a re-cap of the episode posted!  Click here to check it out!

Okay, okay. In the interests of full disclosure, I must admit, I’m a Sawyer fan. I am. I always have been. I always will be. I’ve never really cared about the love connections between Sawyer and Kate or Jack and Kate or how Juliet plays into the whole thing, because in the end, he’ll always be with me.

Ha!
Just kidding!
Kinda.

Sawyer is a conman. He takes what’s given to him and uses it to his advantage. He’s great at hiding his true emotions, but he does have them. Just because he’s a conman doesn’t mean that everything he does is a con. But, it might be. That’s the beauty of it all.

I loved this episode because it really showed us who Sawyer is, but left us wondering about who he really is at the same time.

I *knew* LaFleur was going to be Sawyer. As soon as they went to knock on the Head of Security’s door, I shouted, “Ohmygosh, I bet it’s Sawyer!” Everyone thought I was nuts. No, I hadn’t seen any spoilers. I just *knew*. I can’t wait to see more of the story that led up to that point!

Now that we have my bias out of the way, let’s get to some of the nitty-gritty discussion. Personally, I think my Lost Time-Travel Theory is still standing! Yay! Specifically, the “you can only have one body on the island” part of it.

It is my opinion that Charlotte’s body “disappeared” when Daniel flashed into the 70s, because her body already existed on the island in the 70s, as the little girl Charlotte. Her body would have flashed with him from the ancient time and then been transformed to Charlotte…because she was already on the island.

Daniel has said that “what happened, happened…the past is a street, etc.” but does that account for the little loops they’re creating? Desmond is different and can change things? What else can be changed? Did Sawyer and Juliet “change” something by rescuing Amy? I think so. I think Daniel was talking about “streets” that had been paved before the frozen donkey wheel started jumping around making everything wonky.

Where I have a problem with a 100% “what happened, happened” theory is dealing with the loops and the “special” people. Daniel didn’t always talk to Desmond…he could because he was special. Some loops are opened, and will eventually be closed, little tributaries off the original stream.

We don’t know all the rules, and we’re trying to figure it all out anyway.

Where the 316ers are in relation to Sawyer’s group and the Oceanic 5 is still a mystery to me (and has nothing to do with my Lost Time-Travel theory…by the way.). I’m still not convinced that the 316ers are in the “present” time and not in the 70s with the O5, Sawyer, et al. (I think Daniel being in the Dharma time could be a reason as to why his papers were at the Hydra office.) I could be wrong, and I’m totally okay with that. Lots of people think they flashed into a different time. I just don’t think so. Hopefully we learn more about that soon!

Also, going back to the “you can only have one body” thing. Juliet and Sawyer et al can’t really go back to the mainland (in the 70s) without something weird happening with their nosebleedy brains…I really think you can only have one body. Again, that’s why Charlotte “disappeared.” If your “other self” in the past time-line wasn’t on the island, it’s not an issue. The island makes an exception.

In other words, the island is kinda like Vegas. What happened on the island, happened on the island. For example, the first time Sawyer experienced 1977, he was but a wee lad living in Tallahassee (or wherever). That happened. The second time Sawyer experienced 1977, he was in the Dharma Initiative on a crazy island. That happened.

Just how many happenings can happen? All of them. (The island is the key. It does something to time that hasn’t been explained yet.) It’s when the happening in Island 1977 collides with the happening in Real World 1977 that things get wonky. That’s why Charlotte had a meltdown. Her Real World 1977 jumped back and conflicted with her Island 1977.

These are just my theories…and time will tell, obviously (how punny!), but that’s my feeling.

Tonight, there will be no new episode of Lost, but rather than be lost without Lost, I just may watch my boyfriend LaFleur again.

And, if the truth be told, I’m just glad we know who’s in the coffin!

Well, it’s that time again!  We’re just zipping through this season so quickly, and Lost is on again tonight!  I did hear rumblings of there being no new episode for March 4th, and just WHAT KIND of birthday present would that be!?  No one consulted me when they put the schedule together!! 

Oh well, this way, I can party it up next week without having to worry about missing out on a new episode of Lost! 

Edited to add:  Maybe it is on next week?  I’d heard they were taking a break, but it looks like it’s on the schedule…hmmm…

My hubby had to work late last Wednesday, so I got to watch the episode in peace so I re-watched it with him last night.  The first thing he said was, “Does someone get smacked by the pendulum?”  And, I laughed out loud.  I’d thought the same thing!  I almost couldn’t focus on what Ms. Hawking was saying because I was so nervous about that swinging pendulum.  I thought Desmond was going to get whacked by that thing for sure!

No need for any spoilery warning, so let’s have at it!
So, what did we learn in this episode?  What questions do we have?

• We know that Jack, Hurley and Kate make it back to the island.  Jack’s eye-opening scene is reminiscent of the way the show started and also the Missing Pieces episode.  Only, this time, he appears to be happy that whatever they’d done worked, and he’s back.

• Hurley has a guitar case, and I can’t help but think of Charlie.

• How Kate, Hurley, and Sayid (as we see later) are finally convinced to make the trip is still a mystery, and I wonder if we’ll find out the details surrounding that soon?

• And, speaking of Kate’s reason for going back to the island, where is Aaron?  Why does she not want Jack to mention it again?  Is it just me, or was she acting uber-creepy about it?  If I were Jack, I would have been a little bit more demanding about the details, but that’s just me.

• We discover that there is a Dharma station in Los Angeles, called the Lamppost.  (or is it Lamp Post?  Details, details.)  This is where I was just sure someone was going to have an altercation with the pendulum.  How long has it been there?  Who was “the man” who figured out the equations?  Widmore?  Daniel Faraday?  Someone else?

• When Ms. Hawking was talking about the coordinates of Ajira Flight 316 and how they would coincide with where the island was, something popped into my head:  If they’ve done it once, they could do it again.  Who’s to say the original Losties weren’t purposely led toward Oceanic Flight 815, which would cross certain coordinates on September 22, 2004?  And, by whom?  And, for what purpose?

• AND, speaking of Ajira Flight 316, the only other time we’d ever heard of Ajira was when we saw the water-bottles in the outriggers in a previous episode (when the Left Behinders stumbled upon their camp in ruins and then used the boat to try to paddle around the island to get to the Orchid.)

• Those bottles would lead you to believe that the O6 (well, O5 technically) crashed onto the island sometime in the future.  (i.e. the camp was there, so it couldn’t have been Pre-Oceanic-Flight-815-Crash.)  But, from what we see at the end of the episode, I’m thinking they “crashed” onto the island at a time earlier than that (1970s/80s).  More on that later…

• Ms. Hawking sure is full of all kinds of information, yet not very many answers.  And, she didn’t seem surprised (or all warm and fuzzy) about Desmond mentioning Daniel Faraday (as her son).  Why not?

• What importance will Ray, Jack’s grandfather, play?  Was his only purpose to give Jack his father’s shoes?  Speaking of which, I’m so glad we finally figured out the mystery behind the white shoes!!

• I certainly hope Ben’s “loose end to tie up” isn’t Penny Widmore!!  Charles Widmore is “an old friend” and Ben certainly made a promise to him last season.  *gulp!!*

• Speaking of that loose end…Ben certainly looks like he’s seen better days, and I’m wondering what the other guy looks like.  And, just who is the other guy?!

• As soon as I saw them on the plane, I thought Frank Lapidus would be the pilot.  Sure enough, he was!

• So, Jack finally reads the suicide note.  I would have ripped that note open the minute Ms. Hawking handed to me.  And, my husband kept asking me through the entire show what it said?  And, why isn’t Jack opening it?  Does he open it soon?  Ha!  Personally, I have another question: Was it really a suicide?  Does that matter in the grand scheme of things?

• There is lots of turbulence, a flash of light and then they wake up on the island.  Did the actual plane crash this time?  Where are Locke, Sun, and Sayid?  What happened to the other people on the plane?  I have a feeling we’ll get more answers soon.

• And, who should roll up in a Dharma van?  Jin!  In a Dharma suit!  The spiffy-lookin’ van and the crisp Dharma suit leads me to believe that they’ve “crashed” into a different time than originally thought.

I can’t wait to see what happens next! 

So, tonight is the big night!  More of Lost will grace our presence, boggle our minds and maybe make our noses bleed.  I’m anticipating more answers!  And more questions!  And I can’t wait to try out my time-travel theory for one more episode.  It’s held up so far!  I’m pretty happy about that.

If you’re not into Lost, I got nuthin’ for ya.  Grab your torches and head back to camp.

Wait.
Wrong show.

If you are into Lost, I decided to wait to post my observations of The Little Prince, because I didn’t want anyone to be spoiled.

Well, you’ve had a week…I’m off the hook!

So, let me start out with the biggest reveal in the episode:  Jin is alive!  And he is rescued by a younger and pregnant version of Danielle Rousseau!

Wait…What?!

As soon as I saw the French-labeled items on the beach, I knew we were going to see Danielle and her team.  And, as soon as I saw a body floating in the water, I thought it might be Jin.  But, I’m not sure that I’m happy he’s alive.  That sounds more gruesome than it is…I mean, part of me thinks that surviving an explosion of that magnitude and then being somehow within the parameter is a bit far-fetched…but then so is time-traveling and all the other stuff that’s been happening on this wonky island.

So, for now, I’ll be happy that Jin is alive and just go with the flow (no pun intended).  And, from what I’ve gathered so far, I am assuming that Jin has been flashing through time, this whole time as well, right along with the other Unstuck People.  That’s the only explanation that makes sense…well, as much sense as surviving when the freighter blew up, being lost at sea and then being rescued by a French research team in 1988 makes. 

Another thing I thought was interesting with this episode is we get to see that it was Kate’s idea to pretend to be Aaron’s mother.  I’d always wondered about that.  And, I still stand by my original thoughts that pulling off something like that is also far-fetched…but again, we’ve all become experts at suspending our disbelief.

I think it’s great how manipulative Ben is/was in getting Kate to think that someone was out for Aaron.  Personally, I think Kate knows that Jack is Aaron’s uncle, and that’s why she looked at him the way she did in the car outside of Claire’s mom’s hotel room, but it will be interesting to see more details on that.

I think it’s interesting that Daniel says the nosebleeds are directly related to how long one has been exposed to the island.  So, by using those calculations, Charlotte has had the most exposure, followed by Miles, and then Juliet.  (We know that Juliet has been on the island, what, 3-years?  So, the other two have had more exposure, and since we know they just arrived, that exposure has to be from the past.)  Charlotte doesn’t appear to be getting any worse (since collapsing and regaining consciousness), does she?  Or is her life in grave danger?  Who knows what happens with more exposure?  And, it will be interesting to see the circumstances that led to Charlotte and Miles being on the island in the past.

I thought it was neat that Sawyer saw Kate and Claire in the jungle.  And, I know that the light they saw was the light Desmond turned on in the hatch when John was pounding on it (originally)…but what was it really?

I thought John’s comment to Sawyer about needing that pain to get where he is today was interesting, too.

I don’t understand why Sun is mad at Ben for Jin’s “death.”  I’m not sure why she doesn’t place more blame on Widmore.  And, can we assume that Locke (as J. Bentham) visited Sun like he did the rest of the O6?  And, if Jin eventually catches up to the rest of the group, wouldn’t John know that?  And, why wouldn’t he tell Sun?

I just thought of something!  What if that is why Sun is mad at Ben?  What if John told her that Ben is the one who turned the Frozen Donkey Wheel, thus trapping Jin and the others on the island?  Hmmm…interesting!  And, if that isn’t the reason, I’m excited to see what is…

Needless to say, I can’t wait to see what happens tonight!