"Sorry, fresh out of sweet forgiveness!"

HOMECOMING

At this point we know a lot of what happened during the time when Claire was missing. I think there is something to be said about the fact that after she was abducted and subsequently escaped (with Alex and Danielle’s help) Claire had no memory of what happened to her post crash.



Also, I was never certain that Ethan actually killed Scott. I still want to see some proof. Could it have been Smokey? There’s one moment of the series that has always been one of great debate. The moment I am talking about is when Ben tells Michael after Michael asks Ben “Who are you people?”, Ben replies, “We’re the good guys Michael.”. Now you either fall into the group of people that believe that or you are of the mind that it is a lie. You could also fall into the undecided category as well, but for the sake of arguing, let’s just go with two sides here. So either he is telling the truth or he is lying. Like I said I believe he is telling the truth (I didn’t feel that strongly at the time but I have come to fall into the "Ben is a good guy" theory) or at least what he believes to be the truth. So if he is a good guy, and The Others are the good guys, then how can I explain Ethan (who would be a good guy as well in my theory) killing one of the survivors and saying he would kill another one every day that they keep Claire from him?



The best I can come up with is that he was acting on his own. He is, after all, a doctor and as we have seen he was working closely with Juliette on the pregnant women on the island problem. He was working under the theory of the greater good. He saw a chance to research his line of specialty and nothing was going to stop him. Was he told to kill anyone? It's possible and if he was, he was probably told this by Ben. We have seen that Ben does not have a problem with crossing the line and actually committing murder to get what he wants or what he thinks the island needs or even Jacob for that matter. In the past we have seen Ben give the orders that if anyone was to get in the way of The Others that they were to kill them, so the good guy bad guy line is at best murky but it is there. In his eyes he is one of the good guys. To us, maybe not so much. Keep in mind I am not saying he is a hero but he does think that he is a good guy. Sawyer and Jack and even Kate are heroes but then again they are not necessarily one of the good guys. How’s that for an ironic twist? For all of their heroic actions, all it has allowed is for Widmore (who we are to assume is one of the bad guys) to get closer and closer to the island that may or may not want him back.



Anyway, back to the episode; Charlie has shot a gun in the past, or it would seem so, just like he always knew how to swim. Everyone was a little upset with Charlie for killing Ethan, thus ruining their chance of getting information out of him. Ethan, like a good Other should, would probably not have been a fountain of information anyway. Oddly enough, if the island really needed Ethan, why did it allow Charlie to kill him? How’s this for a theory: could, in another version of the island adventure, Ethan have actually lived and it was Ethan that was held captive by the survivors and not Ben. That would have ended up changing what was to happen in season two and onward. Maybe this is the first version of the show we will see and ABC has a way of recycling the series with another group of survivors, different directors, writers, and producers as well, and they could call it LOST AGAIN and in this series many of the decisions and actions would be different. Therefore allowing us to see what the answer to some of the “What if…?” questions we, as viewers, always seem to have an endless supply of.



The only thing to come out of this episodes flashbacks is we see that Charlie was told by Lucy that he will never take care of anyone. This is juxtaposed on island with him taking care of Claire. Also in the flashback, did you notice that the copier he was trying to sell was a C815 model?



OUTLAWS

Sawyer is the second person to hear the whispers. We also hear about the Tampa Job. I wonder if the producers have it scheduled to show us what that was about? One thing I do know, I want to play a game of “I never”. When Sawyer does hear the whispers one line stands out and it is the voice of Frank Duckett saying “It’ll come back around.”. Which we also hear him say to Sawyer in the flashback. We also hear that Sawyer’s real first name is James.



Sawyer meets Christian in an Australian bar after he chickens out of killing Duckett the first time at the Shrimp Shack. As the two drink, Christian tells Sawyer about his son back in the states. We hear Christian speak his tell tale line of identification that would prove important in Sawyer realizing that Jack is Christians son when Jack says the same line: “That’s why the Sox will never win the series.”. Sawyer puts two and two together but holds the information from Jack.



After a little prodding from Christian and some good old fashioned liquid courage, Sayer ends up killing Duckett in cold blood. As he reads the letter to Duckett, Sawyer realizes that he has been conned by Hibbs into killing Duckett for him. A man Hibbs owed a hefty debt to apparently. In comparison, Sawyer was able to kill Duckett but was not able to kill the boar that had been harassing him the past few days on the island. Killing the wrong man made Sawyer realize that no amount of revenge was going to allow Sawyer to escape his past. This is what made Sawyer able to allow the boar to live.



Again, thanks to some folks with superior audio equipment here is a transcript of what Sawyer hears on the two occasions that the whispers are heard in this episode:



First male voice: "How could you say that, I knew he was American"
Second Male voice: "Hey listen, come on let’s go"
First: "Go and see what he's doing"
Second: "Duetch negg or Joice leg" (perhaps another language or reversed)
First: "Like it's your choice"
Second: "He's coming up on the gate"
First: "My guess is to shoot the pig" or "Guess he'll shoot the pig"
First: "Yes"
Second: "My [hand/head] is free"
Female Voice: "Maybe we should just talk to him"
First: "No if he see us it will ruin everything"
Second: "What did he see"
Female Voice: "They could help us"
First: "Can't trust"
Second: "Come back around"
(Sawyer pauses, crickets chirping and cicada are heard)
First: "What did he see"
Second: "Nothing, he was following it"
Female Voice: "Speak"
First: "Nothing"
Frank Duckett's Voice- "It'll come back around”



The second time Sawyer hears the whispers he is on the beach. This is the only instance of someone hearing the whispers on the beach. This time the whispers are broken up into three different tacks. There is a left, center, and right track. You can isolate each track if you have the proper equipment. Here are the three tracks used:



Left Track:
Male voice #1: "There goes another poking his head in here" or "There goes somebody"
Male voice #2: "Yeah, let's see what he's doing"
#1: "Let's"
#2: "Let me decide"
#1: "Come back"
#2: "Wait"
#1: "I see another one"
Frank Duckett’s Voice: "It'll come back around"



Center Track:
Voice #1: “Oh my god there's a guy out there"
Voice #2:"Dennis find out what's going on"
#1: "Did he see us?"
#2: "Maybe"
#1: "Open it"
#2: "Did you see what direction he went?"
#1: "Right through those trees"
#2: "Go and get him"
#1: "There is [an explanation/a resolution] and I bet you haven't thought of it"
#2: "What is it?"
#1: "He's been in a plane crash"
#2: "Are you sure?"
#1: "I know what it's like for a plane to crash"
#2: "Complain, complain, complain"
#1: "I want to get closer"
#2: "I know what you said, but he's looking around"
#1: "What if he shoots us or something"



And the right track:
Voice #1: "There may be something, but it may be slack"
Voice #2: "Let's go"
#1: "Has he seen us?"
(Alarms go off)
#2: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"
Possible alarm voice: "Intruder, Intruder"
#1: "Hide against the bushes"
#2: "Open the door"
#1: "I know what it's like for a plane to crash"
#2: "Complain, complain, complain"
#1: "I know what you said, but..."



Make of them what you will.