316, Initial Reaction

All I have to say is Desmond and Penny better not be dead. As much as I love Ben, we'll be finished if he murdered one or both of them, and especially little Charlie. That being said, I loved this episode, the opening, and it's probably my favorite after Jughead.

Questions:

• Why did Jack land on the island the same way but no one else?
• Why did Hurley have a guitar case?
• Who or what convinced Sayid, Hurley and Kate to get on the plane?
• What happened to Aaron? Who did Kate give him to?
• Where did Ben go? Is his promise to an old friend his promise to Widmore?
• Why was Ben all bloodied up? Did he go after Desmond and Penny?
• Are Desmond and/or Penny dead? What about Charlie?
• Will Desmond get back to the island?
• Who created The Lamp Post and the pendulum?
• How and why does Ms. Eloise Hawking know so much?
• How is the island constantly moving?
• Where are the other places around the world that are connected to the island?
• Did John Locke really commit suicide?
• Why does Jack need to give Locke something that was his father's?
• What is the significance of Jack's grandad, Ray?
• Is Ray trying to get back to the island?
• Why is Sayid handcuffed and being escorted onto the plane?
• Who is the woman that is escorting him?
• What is the significance of the man that talked to Jack and was on the plane?
• Where's Walt? Where's Desmond?
• Who and where are the other passengers on the plane?
• Where did the plane go? Did it really crash?
• Why is there a flash when they land on the island?
• Where are Sun, Ben, and Sayid?
• Why is Jin working for DHARMA? Are they all working for them?

Notes:

• I was surprised to see this opening scene so soon. It has been my speculation for a long time (since about Season 2) that we would see the opening scene of The Pilot again. I flipped out a little bit when I saw this, talking to myself out loud, of course.
• The photograph of the island in The Lamp Post is from the US Army, labeled Top Secret, and was dated September 23, 1954, which is almost exactly 50 years prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815.
• Hurley was reading another comic book in the Airport, called El último Hombre by LOST writer Brian K. Vaughn.
• There was a Virgin Mary statue in Ms. Hawking's office.
• When the Ajira plane takes off, there is an Oceanic plane in the background.
• Locke's suicide note to Jack said "Jack, I wish you had believed me. JL"
• I think that Jack is a believer now.
• Where's Vincent? He needs to wake Jack up!
• Ms. Hawking said that the island has an energy that is connected to other places around the world. One of the places could possibly be the place in Australia that Rose and Bernard visited a man with healing powers, Isaac of Uluru.
• I really liked the scene where Jack is putting his father's shoes on Locke, saying that wherever he is now, that he's probably laughing his ass off.
• I think that Jack's grandfather, Ray, may be seen again. Perhaps he's been on the island.
• Ms. Hawking told Jack that it's a leap of faith, just as Locke did.
• I really hope that Desmond beat the crap out of Ben, or somehow, Sayid showed up and beat the face off him. I'm going to be really upset if Desmond or Penny are dead, and killing their son, Charlie, would just be horrible. I am really going to hate that if it's true. I strongly believe that it will ruin Desmond's entire story. Can we please just have one happy ending?
• I'm glad that Desmond had a little explosion on Ms. Hawking. Watch out for that big ass pendulum, though, Desmond.
• It was cool to find out why Christian Shephard was wearing tennis shoes in his coffin.
• Alright, Kate, it's kind of time to stop having sex with dudes just because you're upset about something. Not that I mind, it's just getting a little old, and in my opinion, really makes her character very one-dimensional.
• Jack, you don't hear a noise, and then go looking for it in the dark.
• Also, what happened to Aaron better not be stupid.
• I thought Matthew Fox's performance was very strong in this episode. Especially in the scene where he tells Kate about the shoes, and where he puts the shoes on Locke's body.
• When Ben calls Jack, he's at a phone booth by the marina.
• Ben was reading Ulysses on the plane.
• Really, Ben? Your mom taught you how to read? Your ghost mom? Even when telling a joke, Ben just can't help himself from lying about something.
• Sayid seemed to no longer have a beard on the plane, and didn't have any speaking lines.
• Frank Lapidus was flying the plane! I'm so glad he's back.

2.19 S.O.S.

1. Rose and Bernard are organizing the food, they argue about everyone settling on the island, Bernard says that everyone's given up on getting rescued. From Lostpedia
2. Locke attempts to recreate a map drawing from the blast door.
3. Jack checks on Henry's wound, tells him he wants to make a trade.
4. "They'll never give you Walt." Benry
5. Rose is stuck in the snow, Bernard tries to help, she says she's been driving in snow her whole life, but Bernard ends up healing her anyway, the first time they meet, she asks him if he wants to have coffee with her.
6. Bernard gathers people to help him, Libby, Sun and Jin, Jenkins, Neil Frogurt.
7. Jack is going to the line they're not supposed to cross, he asks Kate to go with him.
8. Bernard wants to do something to try to get off the island, they've been there for 2 months, he decides to make a sign, tries to gather people to help, but Rose doesn't approve and undermines him.
9. Rose and Bernard go to Niagara Falls, he asks her to marry him, says he's been a bachelor for 54 years, they just met 5 months ago, she tells him she's dying, she's sick, been in remission for the last couple of years, has about a year left, maybe longer, but Bernard asks again, she says yes.
10. Bernard asks Charlie and Eko for help, but they say no, he says everyone's building something on the island, but he's trying to get them saved.
11. "People are saved in different ways." Eko
12. Locke asks "Henry" if he pushed the button, Henry is in Locke's head.
13. No one is very enthusiastic about Bernard's idea of building a huge sign and carrying rocks from a lava field half a mile away.
14. Rose and Bernard go to Australia on their honeymoon, Bernard brings her to a faith healer, made a $10,000 donation to see him, but Rose doesn't want to go, she's accepted her death, he asks her to try anyway for him because he can't accept it. From Lostpedia
15. No one will help with Bernard's sign, he says it's Rose's fault for not standing behind him, but Rose says that he's always trying to do something, that he can't just be.
16. "If I didn't always have to do something, you wouldn't be here." Bernard
17. Jack and Kate get caught in a net, Kate says that the Others are more sophisticated, that it must be one of Rousseau's traps.
18. Rose and Locke talk, Rose tells him Bernard is building a sign, Locke says that he's done with the hatch, Rose says that he's just frustrated and he'll be back, Locke tells her that Jack said it would be 4 weeks before his leg gets better.
19. "But, honey, you and I both know it won't take that long." Rose From Lostpedia
20. Rose goes to the faith healer, Isaac of Uluru, he has many thank you letter and cards from patients, wheelchairs and crutches from people that he's healed. He says that there are places on the earth with energy, perhaps geological or magnetic, that he harnesses the energy and gives it to others, he tries to read Rose's energy, but he appears frightened by what he feels or sees, and he says that he can't help her, that it isn't the right place for her, there are different energies, but Rose isn't surprised, she didn't expect him to heal her anyway, she says not to return Bernard's money, that she's going to tell him he fixed her. From Lost Hatch From Lostpedia
21. Kate tells Jack about the medical station, costumes, fake beard, they reach the place they're not supposed to cross, where they gave up the guns to the Others, Jack yells for them, but nothing happens, no one is there, no one answers him.
    From Lostpedia
22. Rose tells Bernard that Isaac didn't heal her, that after the crash she was healed, that the island did it, he asks how she knows and she says she just knows.
23. Rose sees Locke in a wheelchair in the Sydney Airport. From Lostpedia
24. Bernard says Rose can't leave, that she thinks if she leaves, it will come back, he tells Rose that they don't have to leave, that he'll stop building the sign. From Lostpedia
25. Locke returns to the hatch, with a new-found faith, he begins to draw the map again. From Lostpedia
26. Charlie and Eko work on the church, Jin rubs Sun's belly, Claire plays with Aaron, Hurley makes shadow puppets for Libby, Sawyer feeds Vincent, Rose and Bernard cuddle as Otis Redding's "These Arms Are Mine" plays, Bernard is wearing his wedding ring again.
27. Kate and Jack still at the line, Kate says she's sorry she kissed him, but Jack says that he's not, and then Michael returns, collapses in front of them. From Lost Hatch

Questions:

1. Isaac tells Rose that it's not the place for her, but there are other places, did he know that it was the island that would heal her?
2. How did the island heal Rose's cancer?
3. Does Benry know what the button does, what happens when you don't push it?
4. If Bernard had finished the sign, would someone have spotted it from above?

Favorites:

1. "Oh happy day, here comes Doctor Giggles." Sawyer
2. "So, what does God have to do to get your attention?" Rose
3. "I think I liked you better when you just hit people with your stick." Bernard "I like you just the way you are." Charlie
4. "Oh, now you're just frustrated. You'll be out of that splint and running around the island again in no time." Rose tells Locke.
5. "I would offer to take down the sign, but we didn't get very far." Bernard

Notes:

1. Isaac has a similar reaction to Rose as Richard Malkin did to Claire in Raised By Another.
2. Although this is a filler episode, I really enjoy the Rose and Bernard flashback.
3. Jack tells Kate that he asked her to go with him because the Others don't want either of them, but he is wrong because they are two of the three that the Others take in Live Together, Die Alone.
4. Jack trying to keep Kate from picking up the doll and not getting caught in the net is like the worst acting job ever.
5. Jack screaming at the line they're not supposed to cross is the craziest Jack ever.