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Well, congratulations to Lost, this moment, captured above, was the first time in the shows history that Sawyer was on the screen and he wasn't the hottest thing to look at. So like where has Kate been hiding the epilady or Nair or whatever she is using to get rid of the winter bush that she must be sportin' by now?
Of course Sawyer, James, Ford, whatever you wanna call him is still the hottest thing on the show for my money.
But Juliette is a close second. If the bitch wasn't so untrustworthy she might make it a closer race. Now that all that is out of the way, lets get on with the latest scoop on what is coming up on the best show on TV today. No, I'm not talking about Heroes, which is a close second so if you ain't seen it I highly recommend it. Of course at this point you should just wait for the 1st season DVD to come out, but I digress. Here is the order of the remaining episodes and who's flashback we get to see:

5/2 The Brig-Locke (although this is misleading in it is only flashbacks from the last 3-8 days)
5/9 The Man Behind The Curtain-Ben
5/16 Greatest Hits-Charlie
5/23 Through The Looking Glass-Jack

No for the spoiling so if you don't wanna know stop reading now. My sources are almost 100% trustworthy so even though some information could be a big swerve by "the powers that be"; meaning JJ Abrahms, Carlton Cuse, et. al., I am taking most of this as true of what is to come. First let's go to the episode I have the most info about, this weeks, The Brig.

Ben tells Locke about Juliette's tape recorder and tells him (Locke) that he has to kill his father, that is the only way "the others" will accept him and allow him to go further in his joining them. Locke can't do it and with the help and advice of Richard Alpert (that's the guy who recruited Juliette) Locke is pointed into the right direction on how it could still be accomplished. Which brings us to Sawyer. Cooper is finally revealed as the original Sawyer, something some of us have seen coming for a while. Locke goes and gets Sawyer and the two of them head to the Black Rock where Locke has his father waiting for them. This is where "The Brig" part of the episode comes in. Cooper tells Sawyer they are all dead, that his son (Locke) was killed in a plane crash and before waking up on the island he was in an auto accident and the last thing he remembers is a paramedic giving him an IV. While Locke is waiting for Sawyer to kill Cooper, Rousseau shows up and gets some dynamite (how much was on this frigging ship anyway?) which could be foreshadowing something to come in the next few weeks. Meaning a large explosion.

Back inside the Black Rock, the deed is done, yes, Sawyer kills Cooper, rather violently from what I can tell from the description I got. I won't spoil that much for you because it will probably be best to see it than read about it. I for one am actually a little saddened as I was hoping Sawyer wouldn't kill him, I expected better, but I guess this is his life's journey. This does not go unappreciated by Locke who, before taking the body back to Ben, tells Sawyer that Juliette is a mole and in three days their camp is going to be attacked by the others who are coming for the women. He also gives Sawyer the tape recorder Juliette used to leave Ben messages about Sun as proof.

Meanwhile back on the beach, Hurley, Charlie and the rest of the group are back with the parachutist chick Naomi. They hide her because they feel that they can't trust Jack with the info. In a nutshell, this is what she tells them: the wreckage of flight 815 was found of the coast of Bali and all of the passengers were dead, she was hired by Penelope to find Desmond. She gives Sayid her her radio and he gets it to work but no signal (big surprise!). Kate sees the phone and asks Sayid about it who tells he about it and the girl but also tells he not to tell anyone about it. To which she goes right to Jack to share this info with. She doesn't want to tell him in front of Juliette but Jack insists she do just that. And then she does! After that we then find out that Jack is in on the plan with Juliette. Whatever that plan is of course.

Best line of the episode: Sawyer to Locke "OK Tarzan, now that you are back from your 'Blow up everything that could get us off of this island tour' why don't you tell me why you joined up with the damn enemy."

Now what is known (or thought to be known) for the remaining episodes. Counting Coopers death there will be four more before the end of the season. Speculation is that Charlie is one of them. Beginning with tonight's episode, it is going to be reminiscent of Lord of the Flies. Some hints are pointed towards the fact that Locke may not have blown up the submarine (which would explain why he was wet when he walked back up the dock right before the explosion. We will find out who the mysterious Jacob is next week in Ben's flashback. We will also see Ben as a boy. We will see what "the purge" was and we will be surprised who we see in Dharma uniforms. Roger "Work Man" may have been Ben's father. Marvin Candle will make an appearance in Ben's flashback, and not in an information film either. The Charlie death rumors could be very false and it could end up being Claire and Sayid instead. "The Cable" will be explained and used. Jack and Locke will be having a showdown. A huge Jack reveal about a secret in his past by season end. The producers notes on the season finale (which is a two hour episode) has ranged from "The Snake in the Mailbox" to "The Rattlesnake". Meaning someone, probably Jack, is coiled to strike. Jack and Claire may be finding out they are related by seasons end. Look for the season finale to separate the survivors into two groups. The Toe statue will be back before the end of the season as will Michael and/or Walt.

Sounds like a rough few weeks to come and then we wait until January for season 4