LOST ep 6: 316

Again, WHOA! This is the episode where the writers "left science behind."

1. two words, LAMP POST. Thanks to our science lesson from Ms. Hawking, we know all about different hot pockets of EMG, but the only one important to the DI had a frozen donkey wheel installed (convenient when you're just sick and need to go someplace/time new.) A brilliant scientist came up with the equations to find the highest probability of how to find the island - windows of time - and where it was going to be. If you find a window, find a path (Ajira 316), recreate the circumstances, whoosh, JUMP! Thank goodness they all went, all that predictability would have gone...out the window, ha!

2. Desmond, poor Desmond. He's done with the island...yeah right. What I'm really concerned about is whether or not Penny was the promise to an old friend or the loose end that needed tying up. Either way, Ben looked worse for the wear (which I think they played well in the exchange of glances when Ben sees Sayid. At least you think there could be a chance Sayid did it. Then again, why else would he be using a pay phone at the Long Beach Marina?

3. Sooner or later, we're all convinced. Ben was praying (or was it preying) and lit a candle - probably for mommy dearest. As I saw the painting of Thomas the Apostle, I was so glad Ben explained the story to Jack so I didn't have to blame my own poor bible study skills. When Jesus wanted to turn to Judea, even knowing he might be murdered, Thomas told the other apostles that they should return as well, so that they may suffer the same fate and die with him. Although, they lived and upon Jesus' resurrection, Thomas wouldn't believe it, needed to touch his wounds to be convinced, to believe. I guess that would almost make Thomas the first agnostic, eh? Which brings about signs of another...

4. Resurrection. John took his own life to complete the cycle. Jack didn't believe his story, although, after tying on Daddy's dress shoes, I think he's wrapped his head around it, at least enough to know he's got to get baaaaaack!

5. Oh, I can't do the shoes justice! I literally screamed at the tv when Jack pulled Grandad's red checked shirt off the newly polished wing tip. Poor Christian has had to suffer at the hands of the worst dressed list because Jack wouldn't, couldn't, didn't care enough to get him some off brand loafer.

6. Proxies. Proxys? I think we saw more than one. Jack is scanning the crowd looking for them. John = Christian. Frank = Greg Grunberg (Deja vu all the way, dude! We're not in Guam, Toto.) I'm not going to argue that the whole passenger list was a proxy - they found a way to hit the window - they went back, the plane was saved. I think the chic who was the whore on Rome is the Marshall, since she escorted Sayid through security and sitting with him on the plane. Is Kate preggers? Was getting Jack in the sack before they left her "window"? The cute middle-eastern kid, he's been in a bunch of things, but I can't figure out who he's supposed to be filling in for...maybe Ana Lucia. She met Jack in the bar, said I'm sorry about your dad, hence, my condolences. Hurley just looked so sad, afraid to get on the plane. Leave it to our moral compass to buy the 78 open seats to save lives...and carry a guitar on board to honor his best friend ;( Ben, well, Ben is just Ben, but what and who is he recreating? An alive Locke? Yeah, he's on board, but he's dead and accounted for.

7. Ridiculous. Yeah, I know I said Jack kinda wrapped his head around it, but he can't. He has to make a leap of faith, which he really hasn't. I mean, he's making a gesture. I think Jack feels he's got to do something, he's been trying to do it for months. In fact, he got the right idea, flying over and over. He feels compelled to do something, he can't live with this anxiety, and now, the possible guilt over Locke's suicide. I don't think he got on the plane as a leap of faith, but with a good idea (and when I mean good idea, I'm winking at religion. I don't believe anyone will ever get "GOD" right, but alot of people have good ideas.)

8. RIP. Where ever you are, you're laughing your ass off that I'm actually doing this, something crazier than even you were. Jack thinks he's heard Locke's last words. His "suicide" note, it made my heart break, even though we all know he's coming back to life, which makes it all that more ironic, but it does put the blame back on Jack. Then again, there's the whole, "I feel like John needs me to read it," spin. Ben said it wasn't Jack's fault (semantics?)

9. Normalcy. Loved the gesture of the last morning - orange juice, two glasses, oh, do you still take milk and two sugars? No booze, no pills, no bullshit. Just Jack and Kate having their last normal morning...and Jack's lack of emotions saved by the bell. Man, that trick has got to get old on this show at some point.

10. Surprise? Somehow, Jack seems really surprised that Hurley and Sayid made it, since they weren't at the Lamp Post for the big reveal. "They bought tickets." :) It makes me wonder, that since he's not completely caught up, does he realise that Locke will be resurrected? I don't think he does simply by the fear prior to and the guilt upon reading, "I wish you had believed me."

11. Pawns...in a game. Des poses, Jack questions. Kate has one of the many good lines, "We're on the same plane, Jack. It doesn't make us together."

12. Who gets the good line when Sawyer isn't in the script?
"How can you read?!"
"My mother taught me."

13. Speaking of Ben, he doesn't get off the hook tonight. Interesting 36 hours for him. He genuinely looks hurt when he's called on whether or not he really knew about the Lamp Post...and a little school girl crushy/jealous about Jack's study group. I'm not sure we've really seen Ben scared, yeah, there was when he was Henry and Sayid was kicking his ass, then when Jacob freaked out, when he was turning the FDW...but he looked shitless at the marina. Ben has a great way of using semantics in his favor. "You said Locke didn't visit you." "He didn't, I went to see him." Now that we've seen next week's teaser, Ben fibs when he says that he didn't know Locke committed suicide. We see Ben kneeling down in front of a Locke with a noose in his hands, ready to buy it. Then again, maybe Locke didn't, maybe Ben pulled the chair out at the last minute.

14. As much as I'd like to give Ben the credit, Locke did it on his own, he accepted his duty, it's not his destiny, the guy isn't dead. His timeline just has a kink in it. There is much more for John Locke to do on the island.

15. Aaron? Ji Yeon? I'm not worried about the Korean, grammy's got her and Sun doesn't seem too worried herself. Maybe Kate got to Claire's mum before she left LA and gave her Aaron. Jack may have stuck his foot in his mouth, but I believe Kate opened the door. Does being raised by your grandmother count as not being raised by another? If another Grammy is the answer, why is Kate so insistent about Jack never asking her about Aaron? It's as if the answer is so horrible, she can't bear to repeat it. Not sure where I sit on this.

16. I can't wait to find out how Jin gets a job with the DI.

Of note:
Kate to Jack on the shoes: "Why hold on to something that makes you feel sad?"

Hurley's comic book: Y: The Last Man. The only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth. In the series, on July 17, 2002, something (referred to as a plague) simultaneously kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome - including embryos, fertilized eggs, and even sperm. The only exceptions appear to be Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist, and his Capuchin monkey Ampersand. Yorick in particular is a source of one-liners. Gee, think this has something to do with the fertility problem on the island? Maybe Sawyer has the magic wand?

Hurley's wearing a sleep mask. How cute can you get? Also, it plays into him not wanting to hear or see, like when he tells Charlie to beat it?

9/23/54 US Army OP264 Top Secret...

Grandad liked the freckles. He might love me! Bunnies? Magic Shows? Misdirection, anyone?