LOST ep 5 death!!!

LOST Episode 5 - this place is death

WOW! WOW! WOW! I'll leave the best for last. My notes really make no sense, now that I've read them, but I'll come back, clean em up, use them again.

Danielle's team helped us with a few answers.
Smoke Monster - it's a security system for...the Temple: Ancient stone building, hieroglyphics carved on facade. Oh, Montand loses his arm to the monster, but is not killed.
Danielle - island wants her alive, she has a mission. We've known that she killed her team because they were sick. It appears that she believes they are not real, she thinks that the smoke monster has "replaced" them. She lowers her gun as Robert talks her out of killing him, only to have him pull the trigger - which misfires - giving her the chance to kill him. She believes Jin is the carrier of the sickness and tries to kill him...JUMP! (BTW, we see the infamous music box.)

Charlotte helps with alot... The island starts to SUPER JUMP (even Sawyer caught the fever,) she's dying, jumping through her timeline, everything from marrying an American to chocolate before dinner. She ultimately reveals to Daniel she grew up on the island...her mom took her to England, she never saw her dad again. In fact, it appears that all the sudden, she remembers Daniel - as a crazy man who scared her, told her she needed to leave the island and never come back...or she'd die. Somehow, she knows that the FDW will be found in the well, if the Orchid isn't "there." This place is death!!!

Now we know Daniel's impetus - he will find a way to travel back to DI so that he can save Charlotte's life. Will it work? Can he change the events? We know Desmond is special - he does show up in LA looking for mommy dearest - running into Eloise, Ben, et al.

Jin: he acts as the audience, asking questions for us. He and Locke go back and forth with promises. First, Locke promises that he will bring Sun back. Then, Jin makes Locke promise that he will not bring Sun or "my baby" back, his ring being the proof that he is dead...Locke kept his promise, didn't go to see Sun, however, the ring is turned against Jin, Ben uses it as proof he's alive, to get Sun on board.

Poor Ben. He moves people around like pawns on a chess board, supposedly protecting them. He's got everyone lined up - his lawyer will get Hurley out. Unfortunately, his best laid plans...Kate storms off with Aaron. Sayid threatens both Ben and Jack's lives if they meet again. He even looks shocked, well very surprised when Desmond shows up looking for Daniel's mum. Seems as if some, not all, might get the process started...

Jack apologizes to Sun, we know its not to save Ben's life, does he really mean it? This could be the first time he's actually spoken to Sun.

The best for last.
Locke is to become a sacrifice that the island demands. HE was supposed to move the island, not let Ben to do it. Compound fracture and all, he does push the FDW, accepts all that is happening is his fault and assumes his destiny.

Christian, in a red shirt, meets Locke at the bottom of the well (or down the rabbit hole.) Is he speaking for Jacob? Is he Jacob? Too much debate about dead and un-dead on the island, their corporeal bodies used by the island, etc. There's the whole resurrection thing - father, son, holy ghost? "Say hello to my son."

All in all, I think Locke needs someone to tell him that he can do something on his own, that he is strong enough. Someone to believe in him. Someone to tell him that he can stand on his own (well, really, Christian says he won't help him up.) So often, it's great to have a visual - the FDW slipping back and forth, flashing. Locke is right, it's a simple fix.