4x08 - "Meet Kevin Johnson" Island

1. Good idea Sawyer. Turn Ben over to Widmore. He's the perfect bargaining chip for all your lives.

2. It's now confirmed, Michael is the spy.

3. How can Ben in his current situation gather $3 million in cash? How can he do it without Widmore breathing down his neck for that matter?

4. The Temple is a DHARMA station? Why then is it not for the castaways?

5. Who is shooting at Alex?

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4x08 - "Meet Kevin Johnson" Flashbacks

This is a Michael-centric flashback, marking Michael's return to the show.

1. Was Michael seeing Libby a figment of his guilt or something Island related?

2. What kind of dreams are Walt having?

3. That is the watch Jin gave Michael. Why is he pawing it? Isn't there something else he could have given up?

4. How is the Island preventing Michael from killing himself?

5. Arturo and Tom are speaking a little too casually about the altercation in the alley.

6. Last week Captain Gault was claiming that Ben planted the fake plane. Now Tom says Widmore did it. Clearly Tom is presenting an explanation as to where the bodies came from, but couldn't that be because Ben is actually the one who planted the fake plane? Ben acknowledged that a good deal of the information he had on Charles Widmore is guesswork so I find it suspect that the Others have all this proof.

7. Why does nobody on the boat other than Miles recognize Michael? The whole operation is interlaced with the crash of 815!

8. What the hell is that laugh Keamy and his friends shared over the "rescue mission" comment?

9. How is Ben making his call seem like it's from off the Island?

10. Why does Ben want to know who's on the boat?

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4x07 - "Ji Yeon" Future

This is a Sun-centric flashfoward, making her the 5th member of the Oceanic Six to be identified.

1. Given that Sun goes into labor in this episode, I think we can tag it as the earliest post-Island flashback to date.

2. Why isn't anyone telling Sun that Jin is dead?

3. Why is Hurley the only one to visit Sun? Why aren't Jack, Kate, or Sayid there?

4. For my next trick, I reveal to you that Jin is still alive. The date of his death on the tombstone reads 9/22/2004, the date of the plane crash. Don't take my word for it. Here's a pic.

Parting thoughts: I want to know what exactly the deal was that the Oceanic Six made in order to leave the Island and why it was only those six. Claire's separated from Aaron, and Sun had to leave Jin behind. What exactly happened here?

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4x07 - "Ji Yeon" Island

On the Freighter

1. Yes, yes, Michael's the spy. I was sure of it otherwise but I was wrong.

2. Introducing Captain Gault, an iron-fisted leader just like Ben.

3. The captain seems to be very forthcoming during his meeting with Desmond and Sayid. He even revealed that the boat is owned by Charles Widmore. So why is Michael telling them not to trust the captain?

4. The crew has cabin fever? All the weirdness we've seen on the boat can be explained with cabin fever? I thought it was more like this:

5. I like Captain Gault. He's asking the same questions as me. For example: "How does one stage a fake plane crash,"
and "how does one come across 324 dead bodies?"

6. So Michael's sabotaged the engines, the communications equipment, and the kitchen. What's the goal here?

7. There was another suicide on the boat? Why wasn't the blood cleaned up?

8. Michael's going under the name "Kevin Johnson." Does Widmore do background checks, and if yes, why didn't they find out the truth about Kevin Johnson?

On the Beach

1. Ji Yeon, is what Jin would like to name the baby if it turns out to be a girl.

2. If it's not Daniel's call to rescue the survivors, then whose is it? Why is Sun so spooked by Daniel's lack of an answer that she needs to run?

3. Why is Kate helping them?

4. I didn't write this in "D.O.C." but it's clear that Sun had the affair shortly before the crash.

5. Jin is very forgiving. With that last scene between them it's fair to say that there are no more secrets between them.

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4x06 - "The Other Woman" Island

On the road to the Tempest
1. How was Harper able to appear to Juliet in that storm and disappear just as quickly? How was she able to deliver a message from Ben, when Ben is clearly locked in a basement?

2. Why did the DHARMA Initiative keep such a large supply of poisonous gas in the first place? At least now we know why the Outsiders have the HAZMAT gear.

3. Why did Juliet lie to Jack about the Tempest's purpose?

4. Where did Charlotte get that mean streak from? It's like she's a totally different person.

5. Did Juliet really not know that Ben had used the gas to wipe out the DHARMA Initiative?

At the Barracks

1. Why was Ben curious to know if his meal had a number on it? Does he have a special bond with his lab bunnies?

2. What made Ben decide to give Locke information now as opposed to in previous episodes?

3. The boat belongs to Charles Widmore, not Penelope Widmore. Now the pieces are starting to fall together. Penelope knows about the Island because she is a part of the Widmore Group and could easily have access to that information. She knows about the boat because her father, Charles sent it to find the Island. The people on the boat weren't answering Penelope's calls because they were under orders from Charles Widmore not to answer the phone if she called. Why? Because Charles Widmore doesn't approve of Penelope and Desmond as a couple and will do just about anything to keep them broken up.

4. Who was the spy that Charles was torturing and who was videotaping it?

5. "You might wanna sit down [before I tell you who my spy is]." SHUTDOWN! I know exactly what they want us to think and it's not true. Michael can't be the spy. He was already let off of the Island by Ben. If the Widmore people found him, then there's no way they'd even consider letting him on their boat. It's someone Locke personally knows but I refuse to believe that it could be Michael.

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4x06 - "The Other Woman" Flashbacks

This is a Juliet-centric, Island based flashback.

1. Introducing the Other's personal therapist, Harper Stanhope. These guys have a sheriff, a therapist, what's next? A dictator? Wait they already have that one...

2. Mr. Friendly had daddy issues too?

3. They gave Juliet her own house? Does she not realize that they were trying to keep her on the Island, well after her work would have been done?

4. When Juliet meet Goodwin, Goodwin had just received a chemical burn and he was married to Harper. Did he work at the Tempest?

5. All Ben can do is stare at Juliet while she's talking about the mysterious disease on the Island.

6. So for some reason a woman's body turns on itself when she gets pregnant on the Island. We know all that from last year, but why?

7. Who does Juliet remind Ben of and what happened to her?

8. Why did Juliet agree to come over to Ben's house to have dinner with him? It's well after the discovery of Ben's tumor.

9. What's Ben gonna do for having an extra-marital affair? How about send him into a group of plane crash survivors and make a list for starters?

10. What did Jacob put the children on the list for?

11. Ben seems to display conflicted feelings towards Goodwin's death. On on hand it's implied that his jealousy caused him to send Goodwin to deal with the Taillies. Then in "Two For the Road," he nearly kills Ana-Lucia in Goodwin's name.

12. So underneath the the calm collected cold-hearted exterior lies a jealous teenager. I have to say that I'm disappointed to learn that that's the true face of Benjamin Linus.

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4x05 - "The Constant" Flashbacks

This is a Desmond-centric flashback.

I can pretty much explain what happened in this flashback. The basis for this flashback is the novel, "Slaughter-House 5" by Kurt Vonnegut. In this novel, the main character, Billy Pilgrim is "unstuck in time." While the reason for this is unclear, Pilgrim's consciouness travels back and fourth throughout various points in his life at random. Given Daniel Faraday's assertion that he unstuck Elousie in time for his experiment, we can assume that Desmond is experienceing something similar.

Other points to mention.

1. Given that Desmond is in the army, this flashback most likely takes place after "Flashes Before Your Eyes."

2. The Black Rock set sail from Portsmouth, England March 22, 1845, purportedly on a trading mission to the Kingdom of Siam. The ship was believed to have been lost at sea. Seven years later, the journal of the ship's first mate was discovered among the artifacts of pirates on Île Sainte-Marie, an island off the coast of Madagascar. This journal was believed to be the only surviving remnant of the Black Rock's ill-fated final voyage.

3. Charles Widmore is bidder #755 at a Southfield's auction for lot #2342, the journal of the Black Rock's first mate. The contents have not been published and are unknown to anyone outside the family of the seller, Tovard Hanso. (All information to this point was stolen graciously from www.lostpedia.com). What is Charles Widmore's interest in this journal? Could this be how the Widmore group is attempting to find the Island?

4. Why did Mr. Widmore give Desmond, Penelope's address?

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4x05 - "The Constant" Island

On the helicopter/boat
1. Frank is following a compass bearing of 305 even though Ben told Michael to following a compass bearing of 325 in order for him to leave the island.

2. Keamy gives Sayid his word that he'll take Sayid to see Desmond. That's "Others" talk. Could Keamy be the spy?

3. Omar says that "at least we know we're still in the Pacific." Do the Outsiders not know where exactly they are?

4. Why were the new people we met on the boat so adaminant against Daniel Faraday talking to Desmond in his current predicament?

5. Minkowski is just the communications officer? Then who's running the show?

6. Why is Penelope Widmore calling the boat and why is she asking for Desmond? HOW DOES SHE KNOW HE'S ANYWHERE NEAR THE BOAT OR THE ISLAND?

7. Who sabatoged the communications equipment, who left the door open, and is it the same person?

8. Why did merely being able to see the Island unstick George and Brendon?

9. When Desmond talks to Penny, she says she knows about the Island, most likely because she's read the Black Rock journal. One question still remains one that I've been asking since the end of season two. That question is "how does Penelope know that Desmond has been on the Island all this time?"

On the Island
1. "Your preception of how long your friend's been gone? It's not how long they've actually been gone." If the survivors precieve the time to be December of 2004, when is it in the Oustide world?

2. Faraday, the answer to your question is yes, Desmond has recently been exposed to a large amount of electro-magnetism, way back at the end of season two when he turned the key. These random jumps in time are most definately the result of that.

3. What would have happened if Faraday wasn't working at the University of Oxford at all? Would Desmond have been doomed?

4. "IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, DESMOND HUME WILL BE MY CONSTANT!" Why would anything go wrong, and would Daniel be able to meet Desmond in the time he flashed back to?

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