So, Juliet said “It worked” — did it? Barring Juliet herself [:(], they’re all alive on the island. Yet they’re also all alive on the alternate-Oceanic 815; as are some people who died on-island i.e. Boone & Charlie…. Hmm

Like last season’s premiere, it’s certainly an episode that needs others to explain what’s happening.

There were quite a few differences on the alternate/plane side of things; Hurley being lucky for one, that’s the exact opposite of the Hurley we know. It seems as though Jack knows something’s a little wrong, just based on how he looked closely at himself in the mirror. Dunno what that’s about at this point, but none of them seem to have conscious knowledge of their alternate life.

One of the strangest things about the alternative-dimension (whatever it is…) was that the island is deep underwater….. (But there’s still a Dharma shark swimming around). Very odd indeed.

Ruh Roh, Hurley's wearing red :S

Hurley was quite awesome in the beginning part of the episode. Providing a laugh too with his inability to use the gun.

Is that Sayid or is it Jacob in his body?? Either way, ending the episode with him saying “What happened?” must’ve had a lot of people thinking ‘Good question’.

So…. They’ve got a lot of explaining to do with just the stuff they introduced in this episode. Let alone the stuff from other seasons. Next weeks episode is called “What Kate Does”

Hmph. Well, I’m eagerly awaiting next weeks episode; and I’ll certainly be thinking some more about this episode… Hopefully next weeks episode will clarify the situation a little. Until then, then.

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Certainly an episode that I need to watch again in order to have lots more stuff to say…. but… HOLY SHIT.

The bomb went off!!! Probably, I mean, that’s what the ending implied, and I suspect that is what happened there. Very VERY difficult to see what’s gonna happen in the last and final season of Lost which will grace us with its presence in 2010 It’s a pretty long wait.

So, Juliet’s dead…. and well, everyone else in the 70′s too??? I really have no idea.

My reaction to finding out what was in the box – Locke – was “Fuuuuuuck”. What does that mean!! How is that dude from the beginning in Locke’s body!?

Speaking of that dude, who was that!? Why does he want to kill Jacob?

Following on from that. Jacob! He’s seen a lot of the Oceanic folk…. though I wonder why Juliet’s flashback was shown and there wasn’t any Jacob there… it’s a little weird.

There was a couple reminders of Charlie in that episode — the Drive Shaft ring and his guitar which Jacob somehow had. Nice that he’s still remembered.

There’s already a teaser trailer for the next season, but it definitely lives up to the title of teaser. It’s just a reminder of how long you have to wait until the next episode at the moment.

A finale without Desmond… It feels kinda weird, to be honest, but I had been thinking that it didn’t seem as though there would be any reason to have him in it and, well, I guess that’s what the writers thought too. Sadface.

An episode with far, far more questions than answers… But that, in a way is what makes Lost. Even with around 16 episodes left they’re still throwing questions at us. Clearly some will be left unanswered but oh well.

Rose & Bernard. Nice to see them, but it also felt a little unnecessary. And I hope it wasn’t just me who thought on sight of Bernard “He’s gone Cast-Away”. [a la Tom Hanks].

That phrase that Richard responded to “What lies in the shadow of the statue?” has been translated to this: “He who will protect/save us all.” Good to know.

There’s a fairly good chance that after I’ve watched this episode again I’ll edit this with anything else I think of or make another post.

Other than that though, these posts will surely resume at that unannounced date, early next year. Farewell, Lost.

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“Dude, What happened to your face!?”

I liked the bit where Miles pointed out that they may end up being the cause of the incident. It’s amusing that none of them considered that.

Spoilers follow! [if you haven't seen it]

Wow.

Mind Fuck!

This is one of those episodes which clearly needs more episodes to allow us to fully understand what’s going on…

What’s Ben’s real agenda?

Why won’t we Jack & Ben find out what happened to those left on the island if they are going back?

It looks as though Desmond will have a big part; woo!

Who is that baby from the very beginning? – the kid of Dr. Marvin Candle — someone we know?

So….. If Ben doesn’t get Hurley back to the island, it seems as though something verrry bad will happen to everyone — at least according to the old woman from Desmond flashbacks who seems to be involved with Ben and time.

Looks like Charlotte is gonna need to sort out a constant; or the island needs to stop moving them or itself in time!

Locke turning up and saving Sawyer & Juliet was awesome; very enjoyable.

So Locke has to get off the island, convince people to come back with him, die and then be taken back to the island in order to save everyone else! Will he come back to life when he gets back to the island!?

This brings me onto Christian Shephard (Jack’s Dad) — is he actually alive and not just a vision? [like Ana Lucia, who I totally never expected to see ever again!] Could he have come alive when in the past and moved forward in time?

Faraday. At the beginning with Dr. Candle! He actually moved through time, surely! Oh yeah, and did he know that it was gonna be Desmond in the hatch or not? I think he looked in his journal before so perhaps he did. Though, unless he changed the past, he knows a lot about what he has to do!

Very confusing. Lots and lots of questions! But a VERY good start to a new season.

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Afterthought: As expected, Claire is nowhere to be seen

Some Lots of Spoilers follow!….Locke was the one in the coffin!!!!!

The boat exploded!

Jin did, most likely die!

The island disappeared!!

Desmond & Penny!

Hurley & Mr. Eko! Playing chess.

Awesome beginning to that part, I thought… just a straight transition from the ‘previously’ into new content.

I really didn’t see Locke leaving the island, but obviously whatever happens after the 6 leave is really bad. I think I’m gonna need to rewatch this episode; especially with the knowledge that Jeremy Bentham is Locke.

What will happen to those that remained on the island e.g. Sawyer, Juliet…. (are there any others?).

Presumably, Ben moved the island physically as it did disappear right out from under the chopper. Though this episode added to the confusion regarding time-fuckery.

How did Miles (ghostbuster dude ) know that Charlotte was born on the island? Why did he choose to stay on the island. Charlotte I can kinda understand but not Miles.

Nice sacrifice by Sawyer; what he whispered to Kate was obviously him asking Kate to do the thing that annoyed Jack in the not-so-distant future.

I don’t really understand why Ben can’t come back to the island seeing as he’s the one who moved it. I kinda get as to why he had to leave though; he had to turn the frozen donkey wheel to move the island and that resulted in him teleporting into the desert and into the future!

The call Kate received in her ‘dream’ was pretty interesting. I fully expected it to be saying something and it was. Backwards. When played forward it says “The island needs you. You have to go back before it’s too late” [hear it here].

I wonder who Claire was telling Kate not to take back to the island; Locke, or perhaps more likely Aaron?

Who should Desmond prevent from finding him? I’m sure I’m not alone in hoping that Jack does get to see Desmond ‘in another life, brotha’

Anywho, I’m sure in the time until the next episode (it’s in bloody 2009!) I’ll have posted something about Lost again even if it’s just some more questions that have formed in my head or as is more likely, me whining about how long it is until the next episode.

On that matter then, these will resume at an un-announced date in 2009. Farewell.

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Oh and was it just me hoping that they didn’t blue-ball us with finding out who was in the coffin? I would have been annoyed if we got as close and didn’t find out; I’m glad we did.

Edit: Ben says “we’re gonna have to bring him too”… Does that mean Ben is going back as well?

Oh yer and Hoffs / Drawler (the name of the funeral parlor) is an anagram of Flash Forward; wasn’t it nice of the Lost writers / producers to tell us that last year?

Spoilers follow if you haven’t seen it….

So, Jacob wants to move the island…!?!?!?

Without realising it was true, I kinda got the feeling that this was a pre-finale episode since it had the feeling that it was setting up for something big to happen and there was a small segment of their finale music.

So, this coming week it’s the first part of the three hour finale followed by nothing and then the 2 hour season conclusion the week afterwards. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about that *shrug*

The Christian Shephard thing got a lot more interesting this episode – not that it wasn’t more prevalent in the previous episode; I just couldn’t be bothered to write about that episode.

What was with Claire just sitting there in Jacobs’ cabin with Christian – it was really creepy. Is she dead? It doesn’t seem like here to leave her baby. This is clearly setting up the story that will result in Aaron getting off the island with Kate.

The fact that Richard showed up twice during the early parts of Locke’s life is very interesting — how did they know Locke was a person of interest? Because he survived at such a young age and then an 8 story fall?

He’s always the same age! WHAT THE HELL!?

I genuinly expected to see Abaddon (the ‘orderly’ with Locke who has some weird connections) in Jacob’s cabin when he said about how when they run into each other again; Locke’ll owe him one.

It’s weird that it now appears as though Locke was selected from the beginning (of his life) and that they knew his plane was going to crash on the island.

Very confusing stuff. But also awesome stuff.

I thought Sayid going back to the island would be when the Oceanic 6 were going to get back to the boat; but at the moment, they’re not all in the same place!

Also, I wonder what will happen to Desmond — understandably, he doesn’t want to go back to the island…. but what happens to him? Does he get back to the real world or does he [reluctantly] go back to the island? He wouldn’t be counted as an Oceanic member & therefore wouldn’t get much publicity — perhaps he too is off the island with the 6?

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Awesome gif file — DON’T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T DO!

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So, pretty much the whole episode was dedicated to Desmond [& Penny] and a rather interesting load of Mind-Fuckery.

See, like the last Desmond episode, this was all about time travel. Though, not entirely – only Desmonds consious was switching between 1996 and the present [which on the island is 2004]. This, as Faraday explained was caused by a combination of exposure to electro-magnetism or radiation and going from or to the island [of which Desmond has had the former on both matters]. During this explanation, Faraday tells Desmond to go and find him in 1996.

Aand, I can’t remember what else I was going to say since I started writing this over a week ago….

The phone call between Penny and Desmond was nice. But the episode raised some serious questions about Widmore – I mean, he bought the Black Rock’s journal! He knows about the island!