Whatever Happened, Happened, Initial Reaction

Questions:

• Was present-day Ben unconscious in the infirmary not only because Sun knocked him out, but because he was shot as a young child by Sayid?
• Why won't young Ben remember anything that happened?
• Why will he always be one of the others now?
• How can the hostiles save Ben's life?
• Um, what are Sawyer and Kate going to tell the Dharma Initiative and Roger Linus about what happened to Ben?
• Was the woman in the grocery store trying to take Aaron?
• Did Ben remember Sayid when he was captured and tortured by him?
• Why did the Oceanic 6 have to go back to the island to save them if the time jumps had already stopped when Locke turned the frozen donkey wheel?
• Where are Charles and Ellie?
• If Charles is their leader, why doesn't he have any authority over Richard?
• Why was Jack supposed to come back to the island?
• Why is Jack such a douche?

Notes:

• Kate sang Catch A Falling Star to Aaron, the same song that Christian Shephard sang to Claire as a child and Claire told the couple that was supposed to adopt Aaron to sing to him.
• I thoroughly enjoy the exchange between Hurley and Miles about time travel, Back to the Future, and what exactly the rules are.
• It seems like we're going to be getting the Ben/Locke and Desmond/Penny stories back next week, so I'm happy about that. Now, just for more Sayid, to find out where Daniel Faraday is now, and to find out where in the hell Rose and Bernard have been for 3 years. Oh, and Vincent!
• Jack is definitely the new whipping boy. What a tool.
• The scene where Juliet walked in on Jack in the shower reminded me of when Locke was shaving when Jack got out of the shower and he checked out Jack's package. It would be have been better if Juliet checked him out and said "glad I never hit that."
• It was nice to find out that Kate is back on the island not for Sawyer, which would have been lame, but for Claire, which is good because it's annoying me that no one is asking about her or where the hell she's been for the past 3 years.
• Roger Linus seemed kind of... human in this episode.
• Patsy Cline was playing in Kate's car.
• So, now Cassidy knows about the island, and so does Carole Littleton, adding to the list of Carmen Reyes, who Hurley told, and Penny Widmore who also knows about the island.
• Okay, whatever happened, happened. So, Sayid always shot Ben, and Jack always refused to save him, forcing him to be brought to the hostiles.
• There's one character inconsistency that's bothering me about this episode. Kate showed no remorse for Jeremy Bentham/John Locke's death, but all of a sudden she cares if young Benjamin Linus dies? That just seems so out of character to me.
• Jack sounded a lot like Locke talking about the island in this episode.
• Also, Jack telling Kate that she didn't like the old him either was a good zing.
• I'm glad that Kate and Juliet are actually getting along somewhat.
• I really want a Richard Alpert flashback. That dude is so interesting.
• "Welcome to the land of the living." Priceless. Now, kick his ass, Locke!