Also let me say that Kevin Durand, the actor who plays Keamy, (and is underused in the recent western remake 3:10 To Yuma in my opinion but puts on a show there as well) is emerging as a real find this season; he plays that mercenary part with a scene-stealing mix of menace and damaged vulnerability. Profoundly angry and profoundly spooked by his ill-fated Island excursion to extract Ben, Keamy rallied his merc squad with a "torch the Island" mandate. To that end, he pulled out a secret Dharma file that revealed to him where Ben will probably go next (what was that the script for the season finale? Ben's destination is probably the Orchid station), then he shot the captain and slit the freighter doc's throat to motivate Lapidus to fly him back to the Island. Keamy's sarcastic line after dumping the doc overboard was interesting: "Did that change anything?" It changed more than Keamy could imagine. As we saw in "The Shape of Things to Come", the doc's corpse traveled through the offshore anomaly and washed up on the beach in the past. As a result, Jack and company confronted Faraday and Charlotte and finally confirmed that the freighter folk aren't there to save them. We know that Frank Lapidus, one of the good guys, has dropped a phone letting the beach gang know where the plane is headed - probably to make sure they stay as far away from it as possible.
It looks like Dr. Dumbo is still just as stupid after his appendectomy as he was before it, and is going to gallop with his gullible flock of sheep right into their trap. But it won't matter what Jack and his magical disappearing appendix end up doing. He isn't in charge of anything any more, if in fact he ever was. The only Force that matters any longer is The Island. The Island has chosen who it wants. Who it needs to protect it. The Island decides who can die and who can't.
Hurley passing Ben half of his Apollo bar severed the last "Other" thread between Ben and the 815’Er's. It was Hugo’s way of saying “Hey, you’re one of us now”. It also marked Ben’s apparent demotion from evil island warlord to just another one of the cool kids. The lack of dialogue made the scene.
Finally, where was Jacob? When Locke went into Jacob's shack, he found the grumpy old specter was still out to lunch. Christian Shephard played his representative. This time Christian is dressed differently, and with no white tennis shoes. This time, he actually looks like a corpse. His face is sunken, his color pallid, he looks embalmed. His hair looks as if it’s been neatly trimmed, then tussled around as if his body had cart-wheeled through the jungle during a plane crash. This isn’t Jack Shephard’s vision of his father, as he saw him on the beach so many episodes ago. Nor is it Locke’s vision of a man he’s never seen before. This is the island’s vision. And thinking along those lines, the only vision the island would have of Christian Shephard would be of his coffin-flung corpse. A lot of LOST’s imagery is perception-based. Had Jack entered the cabin I think his father would’ve looked differently, tainted by his own real-life memories of him.
The sight of Christian looking so mischievous also served as a reminder of how often this dude has been spotted at the scene of the crime. He's had an influence on more than a few of the people who ended up on Flight 815. There's Jack, of course, who went to Australia to haul his dad's drunk ass home one last time. Christian also steered Ana Lucia to her fatal destiny by hiring her as bodyguard for his Australian drinking tour. And Sawyer might never have found his destiny in murder if not for Christian's well lubricated encouragement. All this time we thought Christian was a hopeless alcoholic, when maybe it was all an occupational hazard of his job as mystical recruiter. Now he's trying to make up for lost time with his neglected little girl Claire, by bringing her over to the dark side for some tea and crumpets. It's not entirely clear whether Claire's being "with him" means she died when her house exploded though the sight of another one of her symbolic "houses" being destroyed was not a good omen.
His daughter/sidekick/death friend (?) Claire sat nearby flashing an array of coy smiles, implying some kind of enlightenment or some kind of evil. Her creepy smirk seemed almost as if she were possessed. Theories point to her being dead, killed in the rocket attack and Jacob coming in the form of Christian to claim her makes some sense, I guess. It would make sense that Aaron would be left behind because the island must know rescue is coming. We’ve always known that Aaron was important, so maybe the island separated him from his mother for this reason. But the fact that Claire "needs" to raise him signifies, that Claire will ultimately end up alive, well, and mothering her child. Along those lines, maybe Claire still is alive and Jacob brought her to the cabin to protect her. One last thing on the topic Aaron... when Christian and Claire told Locke that he's "where he's supposed to be" he was with Sawyer in the jungle. Their words could be interpreted many ways:
1) He's supposed to remain with Sawyer on the Island.
2) He's supposed to remain with Sawyer OFF of the Island, and Sawyer was supposed to leave and end up raising him with Kate, but for some reason didn't.
3) He's supposed to be with Sawyer in order for Sawyer to go back to the beach and hand him over to Kate.
Since we know that future Hurley and dead Charlie told Jack that he was "not supposed to raise him," and since we know that future Hurley and future Jack will both try to get back to the Island, what are we to make of Aaron remaining with Kate? From what we've seen, Kate isn't feeling any guilt whatsoever for having Aaron, nor is she being haunted by visions urging her to return. I guess that's why "What's Up With Aaron?" is one of the biggest mysteries on the show. Lots to speculate about there. But where the frig' did Jacob go? Are you thinking that Locke spent more time inside Jacob's shack than we saw? Do you think there was more to his meeting than just "Move the Island"? And what's up with that? "Move the island." I think I see another purple sky on the horizon.
So the hero's task is simple: Move the Island. Maybe the Island wants to jump through space. Or maybe it's looking to hop into a wormhole and travel through time instead. Either way, The Chosen One has to start earning his keep. There's no time to lose, Hero. Godspeed.
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All I want to know is who is in the G.D. coffin?!
Well I can tell you this much, it's NOT Michael. The smoke monster is still my number one question!
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