4x04 - "Eggtown" Future

This is a Kate-centric flash forward.

1. I have to say that I don't understand any of the reasoning behind Kate's decision to leave the Island. Why leave when she knows she'll be right back in handcuffs? She had to have known that she would be in a courtroom upon returning to the real world.

2. Why is Kate so adamant against bringing her son into the courtroom? How does she even have a child for that matter? By that I mean what's the "official" story?

3. Flight 815 crash-landed on an Island in the south Pacific. That is the only part of Jack's testimony which is true. The rest is all lies, which I believe to be the official story that all of the Oceanic Six have agreed to tell when asked about their ordeal by anyone. This lie is part of the deal they made to get off the Island.

4. Why is Kate's mother refusing to testify, even though Kate won't do anything for her in return.

5. Why is Kate willing to stay in California?

6. Jack won't see baby Aaron because he knows that Aaron is his nephew, and Christian Shepherd's grandson. Given how little Jack has talked about his father's death, it's clear he doesn't want to have anything to do with anything that might remind Jack of his father. Sometime between the current point in time on the Island and this flash forward, Jack will find this out. That reason makes better sense to me then Jack mistakenly believeing that Aaron is actually Sawyer's child.

7. The bigger question here is why is Kate raising Aaron, and is Aaron one of the Oceanic Six?

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4x04 - "Eggtown" Island

The Barracks

1. Ben may be Locke's prisoner once again but it's clear that Ben has the upper hand. Locke slaming the tray against a wall in frustration is just like in "Maternity Leave."

2. Why is Kate interested in what Miles may or may not know about her?

3. Is Locke truly beginning to doubt himself?

4. Why is Miles in need of $3.2 million? It sounds like a very percise number. If one's in need of money and in a position to blackmail another to get said amount of money, wouldn't they ask for more then they needed, just to get more in one's own pocket?

5. How does Miles know who Kate is by simply looking at her, while Daniel, Charlotte, and Frank don't?

6. I find it very interesting that Locke can simply walk into any of the other homes in the Barracks without knocking while everyone else has to knock on his door. Did Claire forget to lock the door or does Locke have the key?

7. Given that Locke left a live grenade in Miles' mouth, I'd say that qualifies him for dictator status.

The Beach

1. Jin's english has improved now where he can say complete sentences. Can the Island improve one's intelligence because he's only been studying english for about 55 days.

2. Why does Sun want to go back to Korea?

3. Why is the phone unable to call the boat?

4. What are Daniel and Charlotte doing with those playing cards? Is it a parapsychology experiment? Could this mean that the Outsiders are trying to reach the Island to continue the work of the DHARMA Initiative?

5. What happened to the helicopter? Why isn't it at the boat?

44 episodes left

4x03 - "The Economist" Future

This is a Sayid-centric flashfoward, making Sayid the forth member of the Oceanic Six to be identified.

1. Who is Mr. Avellino, why was he so scared of Sayid after learning who he is, and why did Sayid kill him?

2. Why did Sayid become Ben's "secret agent man?" No seriously, this episode has him looking like James Bond.

3. Who is Elisa's boss and why was Sayid trying to kill him?

4. Elisa was wearing a bracelet similar to the one Namoi was wearing. Were they both part of the same group?

Parting thoughts: Not a lot that we actually learned here. We don't know what Sayid is trying to accomplish, and I'm very disapointed that the flashfowards are being aired out of order. I was at least hoping to know how much time had passed since the Oceanic Six had left the Island.

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4x03 - "The Economist" Island

1. Miles doesn't even know who Ben is. All the team knows is that their orders are to find Ben.

2. Naomi's bracelet reads, "N, I'll always be with you, R.G."

Random thought: Marsha Thomason must have the easiest job of any actress in Hollywood right now. She's only had one or two scenes per episode and all she's had to do in most of her scenes this season is lay perfectly still.

3. Finally Sayid's asking the questions we are. Like, "Why is Naomi claiming to be looking for Desmond when they're clearly here to find Ben?"

4. Why does Jacob's cabin change it's location? What is that grey powder that was surrounding the circumference of it's location in "The Man Behind The Curtain?"

5. Why is Locke so certain that the survivors can't compromise with the Outsiders?

6. Miles doesn't seem to care too much about the fact that Locke's afraid of him.

7. Daniel is doing unsanctioned science expirments on the island. The timers read 2:45:03 and 3:16:22, even though they were both started at the same time the payload was launched. Is there a time distortion on the Island?

8. Lapidus is a Yankee fan! Woot! Will Jack ever accept that the Sox actually won?

9. With all those different forms of currency and all those different passports, I'd have to say that Ben spends a good amount of time off the Island.

10. Good question Sawyer, why would Kate want to leave the Island?

11. "Be sure to follow the exact same bearing that we came in on." Would that be a compass bearing of 325?

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STRIKE'S FINALLY OVER! 5 MORE EPS!

Earlier this week, the WGA voted to go back to work and returned to work on Wednesday! Carlton Cuse revealed at a press conference that they are sticking with the 48 episode plan, and that they plan to produce an additional five more episodes this season! WOOT!

4x02 - "Confirmed Dead" Island

Jack's group
1. Seems like Daniel's entrance was a lot more awkward then it did at first glance. Why does he claim that he's here to rescue Jack and company.

2. Daniel seems to ramble a lot in this episode. Exactly how much preparation was he given before he was brought to the Island?

3. Why did the Outsiders bring gas masks with them?

4. If "tell my sister I love her," is code for "I have a gun at my head," why does Miles know this and not Daniel?

5. How is Miles able to communicate with the spirits of the dead?

6. "The light doesn't scatter quite right?"

7. Is it possible that Miles just doesn't care that people onboard 815 actually survived?

8. Did that cow come from the Flame station?

9. So it is possible for an aircraft to land safely on the Island.

10. How did Frank memorize all the names of the manifest?

11. Where did that photo of Ben come from? It looks to be off Island. Why would Ben ever leave the Island?

Locke's Group

1. Why does Locke always stand out in the rain like that? He did the same thing in the pilot too.

2. It seems that ordinary people can't see Jacob's cabin, and that Jacob's cabin also seems to be able to change it's location. Does that make Hurley special?

3. Walt told John to kill Naomi? What does Locke mean when he says Walt saved his life? I always thought that John saved himself.

4. Shouldn't the castaways have learned by now to PUT A GAG ON BEN'S MOUTH? Given all the provocative he says, I'm actually wondering if Ben's a masochist.

5. So Locke's group has captured Charlotte.

6. Why does it matter to Charlotte if Claire had her baby on the Island?

7. Why is Charlotte wearing a bullet-proof vest and not the others?

8. Why are the Outsiders here for Ben?

9. So Ben will give answers but only when his back is up against a wall.

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4x02 - "Confirmed Dead" Flashbacks

I don't see a fair deal in sight any time soon.

Note: This is actually five flashbacks, each one centering around one of the newcomers to the Island (I call them "Outsiders."). They all take place around the time of the discovery of the wreckage of Oceanic Flight 815.

Daniel Faraday - Physicist

1. Daniel was in Essex, Massachusetts at the time the news broke.

2. The underwater footage is an alternate take of the FIND815.com game. The game basically ended with this underwater discovery of Flight 815.

3. Why is Daniel so upset about the news? What does it have to do with him?

Miles Straume - Shaman?

1. Miles was in Inglewood, California at the time the news broke.

2. The news report on Miles' radio says that "a salvage mission is unlikely." Why is that?

3. Who is the murdered grandson? The camera lingers on his photograph on the bottom of the staircase twice during this scene.

4. What is the contraption that Miles is using?

5. Why doesn't Miles tell the grandmother about the roll of cash and the drugs?

Charlotte Lewis - Anthropologist

1. Charlotte was in Medenine, Tunisia at the time the news broke. She doesn't believe the report.

2. What is a polar bear doing in Tunisia? WHAT IS A POLAR FROM THE DHARMA HYDRA STATION DOING IN TUNISIA FOR THAT MATTER?

Frank Lapidus - Pilot, formerly in the employ of Oceanic Airlines

1. Frank was in Eluthera in the Bahamas when the news broke.

2. Is Seth Norris really the pilot? It seems to me that he doesn't look anything like Greg Grunberg, the actor who actually played the pilot way back in season one.

3. The news report says that "recovering the bodies will be next to impossible."

4. If that's not Seth Norris, then does that mean there's a plane full of 324 innocent people who's lives were sacrificed to fake a plane crash?

5. Frank was supposed to be the pilot of 815? Why wasn't he there?

Naomi

1. Why pick a bunch of people with no military training for an extraction mission?

2. Matthew Abbadon is definitely not a lawyer for Oceanic 815.

3. Why is Matthew saying that "there were no survivors of Oceanic 815?" Is that an implied "kill them all" order?

4. If Ben has a man in Naomi's group, then it could explain why they knew the plane crashed on the Island. Ben's spy got caught, and he gave up everything he knew under duress. It explains why Ben knew they were coming for him, and how they knew about the plane AND Desmond.

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4x01 - "The Beginning Of The End" Future

This season will only have eight episodes. Allow me to remind you as to why:


1. This is a Hurley-centric flash foward.

2. It seems that Hurley finally fixed that car from "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead." Why was Jack so interested in Hurley's run-in with the law?

3. Jack was mixing alcohol with his orange juice!*

4. "One of the Oceanic Six?" We have Hurley, Kate, and Jack but who are the rest? Why was Hurley even alerting his arresting officers to that fact? Are they immune from prosecution?

5. The interrogating officer was Ana-Lucia's partner.

6. I don't talk about the opening credits but Dominic Monaghan is still listed as a regular. I wonder what capacity he'll be on the show.

7. Was that image of Charlie breaking through the glass real or fake?

8. Is Hurley in the same mental hospital as before? If so, then where's Lenoard?

9. Who exactly is Matthew Abbadon? An attourney for a major company wouldn't leave his business card at home. Why is he offering to put Hurley in a better institution. Why is he asking if the other survivors are still alive? What is the official story about the plane crash?

10. Is that really Charlie? Other people can see him so it's not a hallucination! He says "I am dead, but I'm also here." What does that even mean? Was Charlie fished out of the Looking Glass? What does he mean by saying "they need you, Hugo?" What does Hurley have to do?

11. "Checking to see if I was gonna tell?" Tell what? What are the Oceanic Six not telling the public?

12. "I think it wants us to come back." What is this "it?" Is it the Island? The Monster perhaps? Why is Jack so sure that they're never going back?

47 episodes left...

Some post-ep analysis: If Hurley is driving that specific car, then that would mean that Hurley patched things up with his father. We can even assume that Hurley is happy in his life after leaving the Island coming into this flash-foward. Is that why he is running from the thing Charlie says he needs to do?

*I need to explain my thinking here. Prior to boarding flight 815, Jack was drinking at the airport bar. He had at one maybe two drinks there and at least one more on the plane before Cindy gave him two extra mini-bottles just moments before the crash. I think this is actually the start of the downward spiral, a downward spiral which got interrupted as a result of the crash, and resumed after Jack returned to Los Angeles, taking Jack to the rock bottom we see him in "Through The Looking Glass."

4x01 - "The Beginning Of The End" Island

A friendly reminder about the state of the film industry:



I'M BAAAAAAAAAAACK! Let me say that I'm going to do things a little differently this season. Which ever happens first chronologically, I'll post a blog for that first. Meaning if the episode features a flashback, I'll post about the flashback first. If the episode features a flash foward like this one, I'll post about the Island first.

1. Jack really wants to kill Locke? The power struggle between will probably come to a head this season if he's that serious.

2. Why is Ben so convinced that the people coming to the Island are going to kill everyone currently there? Why does he even consider Alex to be his daughter?

3. Bernard is the first person to believe Hurley's story about winning the lottery. Add his cannonball dive and I think Hurley is the happiest he's ever been on this show.

4. "Naomi went to get some firewood." Priceless! How did Naomi get up from that knife wound?

5. I guess Kate stealing the satellite phone from Jack makes them even for Jack not letting Kate carry the dynamite in "Exodus Part 2."

6. Sawyer's being genuinely nice to Hurley? Seems that killing Anthony Cooper really did free him from his past.

7. How did Hurley of all people find Jacob's cabin? I don't think he took the same route as Ben and John in "The Man Behind The Curtain." What was Christian Shepherd doing in the rocking chair? How the cabin disappear?

8. Ben is definately getting a kick out of taunting Jack about the phone. Is he gonna be the new comic relief now?

9. Naomi seems to be convinced that her people are there to rescue Desmond. She didn't even give up John Locke for throwing a knife into her gut. Why does Ben believe different? Who's her sister?

10. Why is Locke walking around with an empty gun? If blowing up a submarine in the best interest of the group, then what is Locke's overall goal? Why does Locke so sure that the people trying to get to the Island are dangerous?

11. With the number of people that are gonna hole up in Wysteria Lane (aka the Barracks), they could put up one hell of a fight for their survival.

12. Seems like that helicopter was able to get away from the Island just fine. What did that pilot do that Naomi didn't?

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