4.09 The Shape of Things to Come

1. Jack doesn't feel well, has a stomach bug, Kate wonders why they aren't back from the boat yet, Jack says Sayid said the engine is down, he's trying to fix it, that's he's probably wondering why they can't get in touch.
2. Vincent barking, Bernie calls for help, they find the body of doctor washed ashore, Daniel and Charlotte recognize him, Dr. Ray from the Freighter, his throat is slit.From Lostpedia
   
3. "We're all gonna die." Hurley
   
4. Locke, Hurley, Sawyer are playing risk, babysitting Aaron, Hurley says that Australia is the key to the game.
5. "I can't believe you're just giving him Australia. Australia's the key to the whole game." Hurley
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6. Keamy is holding Alex captive, he tells her to turn the sonic fence off, she asks him to spare Aaron's life, the code she uses on the fence is 1623.
7. The phone rings while Locke, Sawyer, Hurley and Aaron are at Ben's house playing Risk, the phone broadcasts code 14J, Locke leaves and tells Ben, he gets a shotgun out of the piano bench, says they have to get to other house for better positioning, they're here he says.
8. Ben flashes to the desert, wakes up, he's wearing a DHARMA parka, says Halliwax on the nameplate, he breathes out cold air, he's in the Sahara Desert, he vomits, he has a gash on his arm, Arabs arrive on horseback, one of the men starts to frisk him, Ben whips out his death beating-stick, flips the tables, kills the other dude with his friend's gun, destroys both of them instantly.From Lostpedia
9. Ben says that the code 14J is an early warning system, one of their people has been captured, they tripped panic switch at the security fence, they had a five minute debate about it before they went and got him, Ben sent Rousseau, Karl and Alex away yesterday and he says they're safe, Sawyer wants to grab Claire form the other house, Locke wants to go with him, but Ben says it's important that John survives what's about to happen, to stay close to him, people coming won't risk hurting him, that he's the best chance to live.
10. Daniel is examining the Doctor, Jack says his throat is slit, wants to know if he knows anything about it, Dan says he was fine the last he saw him, says when is a relative term, Jack says about fixing the satellite phone, but Dan says it could only be used for beeps and boops, Bernie says telegraph.
11. Ben says he's scared of the people that are coming, they cover the doors with bookshelves and furniture, Hurley takes care of Aaron, wonders how Sawyer is going to get back in the house.
12. Sawyer is on his way to Claire's house, talks to a random log carrying guy, asks about Claire, all of a sudden, the log carrier is shot mid-sentence, then there's a rocket explosion on Claire's house, then more gunshots, log carriers die, but Sawyer escapes without a scratch.From Lostpedia
13. Ben arrives at a Hotel in Tunisia, asks for a room, says it's not his first time in Tunisia, he's a preferred guest, Dean Moriarty, he asks woman at the desk the date, which is October 24, 2005, he sees Sayid Jarrah on the television, they mention the Oceanic 6, he says he wants to bury his wife in peace.
14. Aaron is crying, Locke asks why he has to survive this, Ben says there's only one person that can save them and that's Jacob, that he and Locke have to go to Jacob together, Locke says he doesn't know where the cabin is, but Ben says that Hurley knows where. 
15. Sawyers saves Claire from the rubble of her former house, she's disoriented and asks for Charlie, Sawyer tries to take her back to the house, but the door is barricaded, Hurley tries to move stuff, but then throws an ottoman through the window and tells Sawyer and Claire to come through, the door bell rings, Miles arrives with walkie, says they let him go and want to talk.
16. In Tikrit, Iraq, Sayid is at Nadia's funeral, Ben pulls out a camera and watches a bald man drinking coffee, Sayid is carrying the casket, looks up and finds Ben, tracks him down, Ben says he's there to find the man who murdered wife, that he took Desmond's boat to get off the island, The Elizabeth, he followed a heading to Fiji, says Charles Widmore tried to convince the world that his plane was on the bottom of the ocean, Sayid asks what that has to do with him and Nadia, Ben says there was a man there, named Ishmael Baker, and that he's one of Widmore's men, five days ago in Los Angeles, a photograph was taken by a traffic light camera, on the corner of La Brea and Santa Monica, three blocks from where Nadia was killed, Sayid asks why they would want to murder her.From Lostpedia
17. Miles says there's six of them, told him they were security, to escort Ben back to mainland, Miles says to take the walkie, that they have a hostage, Ben says his people are prepared to die, but Miles says it's his daughter.
18. Keamy answers the walkie talkie, tells him his name and that he's an employee of Charles Widmore.Martin Keamy, employee of Charles Widmore, says he wants to talk face to face, to look at him, states his terms, to put his hands on his head and walk straight to him, once in custody, no one else will be harmed.
19. Ben says his name is Martin Christopher Keamy, former First Sargent of the United States Marines Corps, served with distinction from 1996-2001, since worked with Mercenary Organizations, specifically in Uganda, knows exactly who he is, so dispense with the formalities.
20. Keamy calls out for Alex to be brought to him, he tells Ben to come out or he'll kill her, Ben says he wants to present a counter proposal, for he and his friends to leave and go back to helicopter, to forget they were ever on the island. 
21. Keamy tells Alex to say goodbye, she talks to Ben, says he killed Karl and her mother, begs him, Ben says it's under control, that she's not his daughter, that he stole her as a baby from an insane woman, that she means nothing to him, she's a pawn, says he's not coming out of the house, to go ahead and do it, and Keamy kills Alex execution style, Ben is completely shocked, because Keamy called his bluff.From Lostpedia
22. Alex is dead and Keamy has disappeared, Ben says that he changed the rules, Sawyer says that they should just toss him out, but Locke says he doesn't think they'll let them walk out alive no matter what they do.
    
23. Ben takes off, pulls back his bookshelf, flicks a switch and escapes into his secret room, where a door comes down behind him, before Sawyer can catch him, he pulls back his rack of suits to reveal an ancient stone wall with markings, hieroglyphs, Ben pushes the heavy door open.From Lostpedia
24. Ben watches and sips tea in a café, he then follows Ishmael Bakir, but gets caught, tells him his name is Benjamin Linus, and that he wants him to deliver a message to Charles Widmore, Says kill him, but keeps shooting even after the gun no longer has any bullets left, Ben says they're finished, Sayid says he has no life, they took it from him, that he spent the last 8 years searching for the woman he loved, he married her and he buried her yesterday, he wants to know who's next, Ben says he'll be in touch.
25. "I spent the last eight years of my life searching for the woman I love. I finally found her and I married her. And I buried her yesterday. So don't tell me this is not my war. Benjamin... Who's next?" SayidFrom Lostpedia
26. Hurley and Claire come out of the bedroom with Aaron.
27. "You all right, sweetheart?" Sawyer "Yeah, a bit wobbly, but, uh, I'll live." Claire "Well, I wouldn't be too sure about that." Miles
28. Ben comes out of the hidden room, he's covered in dirt, he tells everyone to run from house when he says, and to head straight for the treeline, the house begins to shake, the smoke monster comes, they leave the house, the smoke monster comes out and it attacks the men, summoned, Ben says goodbye to Alex.
29. "Did you just call that thing?" HurleyFrom Lostpedia
30. Daniel Faraday gets signal from the satellite phone and sends Morse Code, asks what happened to the doctor, says reply is that their friends are fine and the helicopter is coming back in the morning, Bernard says he's lying, that they didn't know what he was talking about and said that the doctor is fine, Jack asks why he said the helicopter was coming back, that they were never going to take them off the island, Dan says no, Jack is sick, collapses in pain.
31. Sawyer, Claire, Aaron and Miles are heading back to the beach, Locke threatens Sawyer, Hurley stays because Locke and Ben need him to find the cabin with them.
32. London, England, Ben arrives at a Penthouse, says he's there to see Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick in 4E, but it's really Charles Widmore's apartment, Ben enters a dark room, tells him to wake up, Widmore says he wondered when he would show up, Ben asks when he started sleeping with a bottle of Scotch (MacCutcheon) by the bed, Widmore replies that he did when the nightmares started, asks if Ben has come to kill him, but Ben says they both know he can't kill him, that he's there because Widmore murdered his daughter, Widmore says that Ben did it, not to blame him, everything that he has, he took from him, Ben says he's going to kill his daughter, he'll understand how he feels and he'll wish he hadn't changed the rules, Widmore says he'll never find her, that the island is his, that it always was and it will be again, but Ben says he'll never find it, Widmore says that the hunt is on for both of them. 
33. "You creep into my bedroom in the dead of night, like a rat, and have the audacity to pretend that you're the victim? I know who you are, boy. What you are. I know that everything you have you took from me." Widmore "I'm here, Charles, to tell you that I'm going to kill your daughter. Penelope, is it? And once she's gone, once she's dead, then you'll understand how I feel. And you'll wish you hadn't changed the rules." BenFrom Lostpedia

Questions:

1. How does the doctor's body arrive at the Island before he is killed on the Freighter?
   
2. What is the time difference between the Freighter and the Island?
   
3. Is the Risk game a clue? Is Australia really the key to everything?
4. Why is Sawyer impervious to bullets?
5. Did Claire die in the house explosion?
6. Did Ishmael Bakir really kill Nadia? Is he really working for Charles Widmore?
   
7. What is the significance of the hieroglyphs in Ben's hidden room?
   
8. Did one of the polar bears turn the frozen donkey wheel?
9. What are the rules in which Ben is referring to? How has Widmore broken them?
10. Why does Miles say "I wouldn't be too cure about that." when referring to Claire living?
11. Why can the Smoke Monster be summoned from beneath Ben's house?
    
12. Why can't Ben kill Charles Widmore?
13. What is the true connection between Ben and Widmore?
    

Favorites:

1. "No. My gut says we're getting off this island." Jack "I thought your gut was sick." Kate
2. "We're all gonna die." Hurley "Calm down, Chicken Little. The sky ain't falling just yet." Sawyer "This is exactly what he wants--to fight amongst ourselves. You're making a big mistake, dude." Hurley "It's his to make, Hugo. (To Sawyer) Let's get on with it." Locke "Right. ...I'm attackin' Siberia." Sawyer
3. "Surrender! Surrender!" Arab Man "Oh, so you do speak English." Ben
4. "Let me guess. "14-J" ain't the code for the pizza boy." Sawyer 
5. "When? "When" is kind of a relative term." Daniel 
6. "What's going on?" Doug
7. The whole scene where the log carriers die and Sawyer escapes without a scratch.
8. "I think the technical term is "shock and awe"." Ben 
9. "Charlie?" Claire
10. "Those people were murdered to make you angry, James. So you'd be more likely to come storming in here and throw me to the wolves." Ben "[Sawyer grabs Ben] Yeah, what's wrong with that? Sounds like a great plan to me. (To Locke) What do you say, on three?" Sawyer 
11. "(Sing-song) I wouldn't if I were you." Ben 
12. "How did you get here?" Sayid "I came across the Syrian border. It's really not as difficult as you might--" Ben "How did you get off the island?" Sayid 
13. "Well, Miles, sounds like you're not gonna collect your $3.2 million." Ben
14. "(Whispers to Locke) Who's Charles Widmore?" Sawyer "Later." Locke 
15. When Sayid keeps shooting the gun, even after it's out of bullets. Sayid is badass. 
16. "Hang on. "Jacob"? Who the hell's Jacob?" Sawyer
17. "(To Locke) You harm so much as one hair on his curly head... I'll kill you." Sawyer "Fair enough." Locke
18. The entire scene with Benjamin Linus and Charles Widmore.

Notes:

1. Ben shows up in Tunisia, which is the same place that Charlotte found the polar bear bones during her flashback in Confirmed Dead.
2. The painting seen in Charles Widmore's bedroom is the same one seen at the auction in The Constant.
3. The scene with Ben and Charles Widmore is very symbolic. Ben is seen in the dark, and Widmore is seen in the light. This is yet another representation of black and white, and could perhaps be a clue, especially if you've seen the end of Season 6.
4. I remember how mind-bending this episode was when it first aired. You could not believe that they actually killed Alex right in front of Ben, and that he just stood there and let her die. I remember feeling complete and utter shock in that moment.
5. The scene where Sawyer is going to get Claire and all the random log carrying guys die is hilarious.
6. This episode shows a lot of guts. My favorite episodes are when the writers take risks and don't assume that I'm too stupid to understand what's going on. I love when they stay complicated and don't spoon-feed me details. Give me the benefit of the doubt.
7. When Ben arrives in the Sahara Desert and the Arab men on horseback find him, they have a conversation. One notes that there is no trail, the other man wonders where he came from, and asks if he fell from the sky.
   
8. Finally, Claire mentions Charlie. What took you so long?
9. I like how Sawyer is taking charge in this episode and that he's worried about Claire.
10. Ben's flashforward takes place on October 24, 2005, which is one year, one month and two days after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815.
11. According to Wikipedia: On October 24,1593 a man named Gil Pérez, who was a Spanish Solider serving the Filipino Guardia Civil, suddenly appeared in the Plaza Mayor in Mexico City.
12. Any woman that hooks up with Sayid must have a death wish. Every woman he loves dies. Poor Sayid. No wonder why he has to kill people. He's just making it even.
13. The scene were Alex dies is so sad. The last thing she hears before she dies is that she means nothing to the man she thought was her father, and this is after having to go through the death of her mother who she just met after 16 years and her boyfriend dying right in front of her. That scene is just heart-wrenchingly painful to watch.
14. The Smoke Monster scene is friggin' awesome. Except for the fact that no one really dies from it.
    
15. From Lostpedia: The symbols on Ben's secret room door appear to be hieroglyphs that are determinative signs in Egyptian, a basic translation of these hieroglyphs is "to summon protection."  
16. If you go to If the Earth Were A Sandwich you can see that Tunisia is on the opposite side of the world from the South Pacific, where the Island is, which could be why Ben transports to the Sahara Desert, in theory.
17. The final scene with Ben and Widmore is one of the two scenes in LOST history that hasn't been shot in Hawaii. It was shot in England to accommodate Alan Dale.
    
18. In a deleted scene for this episode, Ben is seen in the Sahara Desert after he kills the men and steals their horse, retrieving money hidden under a rock. When he arrives, he looks around to see if anyone is there, and another Ben is seen in the background laying in the sand, much like when Ben was transported there. The shot can be seen at the 0:25-0:27 mark.

3.02 The Glass Ballerina

1. Sun, as a little girl, breaks glass ballerina, blames it on the maid, tells her father, Mr. Paik, who says he has to fire her if she's the one who broke it. From Lostpedia
2. Jin says that Jack should be there already, Sayid wants to light another fire, but Jin says no, Sun says that she can sail, that she'll help Sayid.
3. Juliet brings Jack soup, Ben watches in a monitoring room, says that she never made him soup.
4. Colleen says that the Iraqi found the decoy village, Ryan radioed in, says they have a boat, they can find them, Ben wants it.
5. Pickett takes Sawyer and Kate out of their cages, gives them lunch.
6. Sun says she shouldn't have disagreed with Jin, that she doesn't want to be without him.
7. Sun and Jae Lee had an affair, he gives her a Pearl necklace, says he doesn't want to share her, her English is good, can go to America, Mr. Paik shows up.
8. Sawyer and Kate work for the Others, Kate chops rocks loose, Sawyer hauls them out, Pickett says they do anything wrong, they get shocked, Kate says she's not doing anything until she sees Jack, and Pickett shocks Sawyer.
9. Mr. Paik says Jae Lee stole from him, wants Jin to kill him, Jin says no, tries to quit, Paik says he soiled the family name, shamed him, manipulates Jin by calling him son.
10. Sayid, Sun and Jin arrive at the dock, Pala Ferry, Sayid says the dock is decaying, it's safe, wants to dock there, Jack will be able to see fire. From Lostpedia
11. Kate talks to Alex, she asks about Karl, says they're not supposed to be in those cages, says dress is hers, the she can keep it.
12. Sayid builds another fire, Sun knows he's lying, Sayid says they've been captured, tracks on the dock, fresh, as recent as yesterday, that the fire is for the Others, when they see smoke, send scout party, night, he'll ambush, take 2 hostage, one to make the other cooperate.
13. Jin tells Sun about the message he's supposed to deliver, she says don't do it, he says that he has to, that's what it takes to be married to her.
14. Jin figures Sayid out, asks him for gun, knows it's a trap, they want Sun to go to the boat, Sayid tells her about gun if the Others get past them.
15. "He says he understands English better than I think he does." Sun
16. "If they get past you, that means my husband is dead, and I won't care anymore." Sun
17. Juliet gives Sawyer her water, but he spills it out, he kisses Kate, he fights some of the Others, gets a taser but it doesn't work, then he gets one of their guns, but Juliet holds a gun to Kate, calls him James, Pickett shocks Sawyer. From Lostpedia
18. Sayid and Jin waiting in the trees, the Others sneakily on boat.
19. Jin at Seoul Gateway, threatens and beats the snot out of Jae Lee, who says he's sorry, knows that Jin is Sun's husband, but Jin only thinks he's there for Mr. Paik, feels guilty, he says leave country, never return, doesn't kill him, but Jae Lee commits suicide, jumps from the balcony and lands on Jin's car, with pearl necklace in hand. From Lostpedia
20. Colleen knows who Sun Kwon is, that she's not a killer, she has 5 friends with her, says they're not the enemy, but she does shoot Colleen, shooting goes on between the Others, Sun and Jin, Sun escapes from the boat, falls into water, the Others drive off with the boat. From Lostpedia
21. Jae Lee's funeral, Sun goes, Mr. Paik shows up, says he does business with his father, that he won't tell Jin about the affair, it's not his place.
22. Sayid apologizes to Jin and Sun, says that next time he'll listen.
23. Kate and Sawyer are back in their cages, Sawyer says 2 guards have a real fight in them, heavy set guy packs a good punch, shaggy haired guy has Martial Arts training, zappers things have a safety, they've never seen any real action, the blonde would've shot Kate, no problem, Kate asks why she called him James, Sawyer says because that's his name, that they wait for them to make a mistake, Ben watches and listens on the monitors. From Lostpedia
24. Ben talks to Jack, introduces himself, Benjamin Linus, lived on the island all his life, he tries to shake Jack's hand, but Jack leaves him hanging.
25. "Hello, Jack. You know what's crazy, Jack? A week ago, you and I were in exactly the opposite situation. I was the one locked up and you were the one coming in for visits. And I know that you were angry that I lied to you about who I was; but, hell, do you blame me? I mean, let's face it, if I had told you I was one of those people that you and your friends have been calling Others all this time it would have been right back to Sayid and his--fists. Wouldn't it?" Ben
26. "I want for you to change your at--perspective. And, the first step in doing that would be for me to be decent enough to introduce myself honestly, so--Hi, my name is Benjamin Linus and I've lived on this island all my life. You're not going to shake?" Ben
27. Juliet brings a television into the other side of Jack's cell, he asks about Kate and Sawyer, Ben says they're fine and close, says if he cooperates, they'll send him home, Jack asks if that's where he sent Walt and Michael, why they'd be there if they could leave, Jack says they're stuck there just like he is, but Ben says they do have connection to the outside world.
28. "Your flight crashed on September 22nd, 2004. Today is November 29th. That means you've been on our island for 69 days. Yes, we do have contact with the outside world, Jack. That's how we know that during those 69 days your fellow Americans re-elected George W. Bush; Christopher Reeve has passed away; the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. [Jack starts laughing] What?" Ben
29. Ben shows Jack the tape of the World Series, says if he listens, he can go home. From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. What were Sawyer and Kate helping the Others build?
2. Where did the Others come from when they got to the dock? Did they take the submarine? How could they get onto the sailboat without Sayid and Jin noticing?
3. Why does Sayid decide to go back instead of looking for Jack, Kate and Sawyer?
4. How could the Others know a minute detail like Jack being a Boston Red Sox fan?

Favorites:

1. "You expect me to work in this dress?" Kate "Well, it's up to you. You can take it off if you want." Pickett "How dare you!" Sawyer
2. "I got a question, boss." Sawyer
3. "You're not going to shake?" Ben
4. "If you wanted me to believe this, you probably should have picked somebody else besides the Red Sox." Jack "No, they were down 3 games to none against the Yankees in the league championship, and then they won 8 straight." Ben "Sure. Sure, of course they did." Jack

Notes:

1. I don't really understand how Danny Pickett went from the guy who said "See you in the funny pages" to Michael when he took blood from him, to so angry toward Kate and Sawyer when they're breaking rocks, even before Colleen dies.
2. I absolutely love the scene where Jack sees the Red Sox winning the World Series. It's probably the only scene, besides where Jae Lee commits suicide, that I like in this episode.
3. Upon initial reaction, I never thought that Sun pushed Jae Lee off the balcony, although I wouldn't put it past her, and can definitely see the symbolism.
4. It's really cool that LOST started the phrase, "That's why the Sox'll never win the Series," and it not only paid off in this episode, but the Red Sox, in fact, did win the World Series the same year that LOST aired and started using the phrase on the show, 2004. Coincidence?
   

2.23 Live Together, Die Alone

1. Sayid, Sawyer and Jack swim to the boat offshore, there is opera music playing, gunshots fired from beneath the deck, Desmond has returned. From Lostpedia
2. Jack tells Kate to tell everyone that Desmond is back, Jack questions why Desmond came back to the island.
3. "Do ya think I did it on purpose?" Desmond
4. Desmond sailed due West for 2 and a half weeks at 9 knots, he should've been in Fiji in less than a week, Desmond asks Jack is they're still pushing the button.
5. "This is it. This is all there is left. The ocean and this place here. We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe. There's no outside world. There's no escape." Desmond
6. Desmond leaving jail, collecting his belongings, keys, pocket watch, photograph from the hatch, Charles Dickens novel, Our Mutual Friend, released from jail, dishonorably discharged from British Army Royal Scots regiment. From Lostpedia
7. "I'm saving it so it'll be the last thing I ever read before I die." Desmond "Nice idea, as long as you know when you're going to die." Sergeant
8. Mr. Widmore offers Desmond a ride, tries to give him money to leave his daughter alone, he never gave her the letters Desmond wrote while he was in jail. From Lostpedia
9. "One of these boxes contains your past, Hume. The other, your future." Mr. Widmore
10. "And what makes you think I would just run away?" Desmond "Because you're a coward." Charles Widmore
11. Sayid tries to take advantage of Desmond's arrival, he wants to use the boat to travel to the other side of the island and scout the location of the Others, their numbers, positions, their weapons, that he'll set a signal fire and Jack will meet him, so they can attack together. Jack wants to tell Kate, but Sayid says no, that Michael can't sense that they know he's lying.
12. "This time they will know that we are coming." Sayid
13. Locke doesn't want Eko to push the button, but Eko kicks him out of the hatch.
14. "Do no tell me what I can't do." Eko
15. Jack is giving out the guns, Kate is curious about others and what they're doing with costumes and fake beards, that if it's just what they want them to think, Michael says they really are that way.
16. Desmond gives Sayid his boat, but Sayid can't sail.
17. "Going to see the hostiles, are you?" Desmond
18. Desmond is in Los Angeles, in a coffee shop, has no American money, Libby pays $4 for his coffee, Desmond tells her about his sailing race around the world in 8 months, that he needs $42,000 for a boat. Desmond tells Libby about Charles Widmore and Penny, that he took her away from him, that he try to buy Desmond off. From Lostpedia
19. Libby says she has a boat, that it was her husband's, he got sick, wanted to sail to the Mediterranean, passed away about a month ago, she gives Desmond her boat, David, her husband, named it after her, "Elizabeth."
20. "Then, I thank you, Elizabeth. And I shall win this race, for love." Desmond
21. Sayid asks Sun to talk to Jin about sailing the boat, Jin says he won't leave Sun, but she says she's going with them.
22. Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael walking through the jungle, a bird flies overhead, appears to say "Hurley," Michael tries to shoot at it but there are no bullets in his gun, Jack says that he must have forgotten to load it.
23. Charlie walks up on Locke crying in the jungle, tells him about Desmond being back.
24. Desmond tells Claire not to inject herself with the vaccine, that he shot himself every 9 days for 3 years and it did nothing.
25. Desmond is at the same stadium on the same night that he met Jack, when he's doing a Tour de Stade, Penny shows up in the parking lot, Desmond wants to know how she found him, she asks why he didn't write to her, but he doesn't tell her that he did. Desmond asks Penny when she's getting married, but she says they haven't set a date yet. From Lostpedia
26. "With enough money and determination, you can find anyone. Did you read your beloved book, the one you were saving?" Penny
27. Desmond tells Penny that he'll be back in a year, she wants him to be back now, she wants to know what he's running from.
28. "I have to get my honor back, and that's what I'm running to." Desmond
29. "So, what did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Locke "Smells like carrots." Desmond
30. Locke tells Desmond he found another station, The Pearl, about the Orientation film, that The Swan is just an experiment, but Desmond doesn't believe him, Locke says that they're going to find out what happens if the button doesn't get pushed.
31. Michael is acting suspicious, but he thanks Jack for coming along with him.
32. "Live together, die alone, man." Jack
33. Sun gets sick on the boat, but it's not seasickness.
34. They see a statue on the shore, with four toes. From Lostpedia
35. "I don't know what is more disquieting—the fact that the rest of the statue is missing, or that it has 4 toes." Sayid
36. Locke and Desmond fake a lockdown, trap Eko outside of the computer room.
37. "Are you sure about this, brotha?" Desmond "I'm more sure about this than anything in my entire life." Locke
38. Desmond is on his sailing race, waves crashing over the boat, he wraps his things safely, his book, Penny's photograph, he is knocked out on the deck of the boat, washes up on the island, man in yellow hazmat suit finds him, takes him to The Swan.
39. "Are you him?" Kelvin "What?" Desmond "What did one snowman say to the other?" Kelvin
40. Kelvin Inman, the same man, Joe Inman, the CIA operative that forced Sayid to torture in Iraq, says he found Desmond washed up on shore, says there was no boat, alarm goes off, Kelvin pushed the button, Desmond asks what it is.
41. "Just saving the world." Kelvin
42. Desmond watches the Orientation film, he asks Kelvin about the missing parts.
43. "Radzinski made some edits." Kelvin
44. Kelvin says that Radzinski was his partner, to put the film back behind Turn of the Screw when he's done, Desmond asks why he wears the hazmat suit when he goes outside, Kelvin says so he doesn't get infected, he tells Desmond to take the vaccine every 9 days, that he was out there for a while before he found him, that he hopes it's not too late.
45. Desmond asks Locke about Mr. Eko, Locke tells him he's a priest and Desmond is weary about locking him out, Eko is pounding on the door, he then climbs out of the hatch through the shaft that Jack, Locke and Kate originally climbed down to get in the hatch, with the quarantine door that they blew off with the dynamite from the Black Rock. From Lostpedia
46. Eko asks Charlie about the hatch door being blow off, where the dynamite is.
47. Kate spots others following them in the jungle, her and Sawyer turn the tables on them, Sawyer kills one of them, the other gets away, Jack says they've already been warned, gives up that he already knows what Michael did, he confesses, that he let "Henry" go, killed Libby and Ana Lucia, Hurley wants to go back, but Jack says no, that he has a plan.
48. Sayid, Jin and Sun arrive to the rock with the hole in it by the shore.
49. Charlie leads Eko to the dynamite, he wants to blow up the blast door.
50. "It would take an atom bomb, brother. Tell him not to bother." Desmond
51. Kelvin shows Desmond how to fake a lockdown so he can draw on the blast door map, Desmond puts a cart under the door, Kelvin mixes detergent in a cup to paint with it, he tells Desmond about Radzinski, put a shotgun in his mouth while Kelvin was asleep, that he buried him, Desmond's been there 2 years, he wants to go outside, Desmond was kicked out of the Army because he couldn't follow orders, Kelvin says men followed his orders, that Desmond isn't going outside into the jungle. From Lostpedia
52. "How do you even remember where you left off from?" Desmond "Slowly, Des. Very, very slowly. You should have seen Radzinski do this. He had a photographic memory. I mean, this whole baby was his idea." Kelvin "Yeah, right, Radzinsky. Radzinski figured out how to fake a lockdown. Radzinski created this great invisible map. More and more tales about your former partner. Yet for some reason, you never want to tell me what bloody well happened to him." Desmond
53. Charlie questions whether the button is a joke, but Eko shows Charlie the magnet by throwing his belt at it, he asks if that's a joke.
54. Eko lights the fuse for the dynamite and hides behind a wall, Charlie runs away as a fire ball chases him from behind.
55. Desmond wakes, alarm is going off, he pushes the button, he can't find Kelvin, he hears him, he's underground, below the computer room, with a key, says he couldn't do it, the only other way out, a failsafe, Desmond asks about the wall, the incident, Kelvin says electromagnetism, geologically unique, the incident was that there was a leak, the charge builds up and the button discharges it before it gets too big. From Lostpedia
56. "Here's the real question, Desmundo—do you have the courage to take your finger out of the dam and blow the whole thing up, instead?" Kelvin
57. Charlie and Eko appear to be dead from the explosion, Locke doesn't seem to care.
58. "Is the reason you're letting that clock there run all the way down to the very last tick—is it because you need to look down the barrel of a gun to find out what you really believe, John?" Desmond "I looked down the barrel of the gun and I believed. I thought it was my destiny to get into this place. And someone died—a kid. Because he was stupid enough to believe that I knew what I was talking about. And the night that he died for nothing, I was sitting right up there, all alone, beating my hand bloody against that stupid door—screaming to the heavens asking what I should do. And then a light went on. I thought it was a sign. But it wasn't a sign. Probably just you going to the bathroom." Locke
59. Sayid investigates the Others camp that Michael described, but it's deserted, empty huts, the hatch that Michael told them about is fake.
60. Sawyer, Jack, Kate, Hurley and Michael arrive upon a pile of capsules from the pneumatic tube, with notebooks in them, all filed up, the map that Locke drew. From Lostpedia
61. "0400: S.R. moves ping-pong table again. 0415: takes a shower." Kate
62. They see the signal fire that Sayid lit by the shore, they hear whispers, voices, "Elizabeth" and "Michael," they're shot with darts, taken by the Others.
63. Desmond asks Locke about the other station he found, he tells about psychological station, 2 men observing, notebooks and pneumatic tubes, shows him the printout from the computer there, Desmond wonders if he got it backwards, if the men in The Pearl are the experiment. From Lostpedia
64. Kelvin is going out into the jungle in his hazmat suit, he says goodbye, but Desmond gets suspicious, sees a tear in his hazmat suit, then follows him. Kelvin takes off his mask outside, goes to Desmond's sailboat, knows Desmond followed him, says he was a spook for 10 years, that he knows when someone is following him, he says he's fixing that boat, that Desmond can come with him, that maybe the button isn't even real, Desmond questions why he lied to him, why he went on about damns, electromagnets and failsafes, Kelvin says he needed someone to save the world after he left, Desmond gets angry and attacks Kelvin, accidentally hits his head on the rocks and dies, Desmond takes the failsafe key from around his neck, runs back to the hatch, everything is shaking, the alarm is going off, there is a system failure, Desmond tries to type in numbers but to no avail, there are hieroglyphs on the countdown clock, eventually it works and everything is reset, fixed, back to normal. From Lostpedia
65. Desmond studies the printout from The Pearl station, numbers and the word accepted repeated many times, then he finds 922044:16 and SYSTEM FAILURE written many times over, he asks Locke when he got there, when his plane crashed, Locke says 60-65 days ago, September 22, and it's the same day that Kelvin died and the button wasn't pushed, there was a system failure. From Lostpedia
66. "I think I crashed your plane." Desmond
67. The Others take Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Michael to the Pala Ferry, Kate tells Mr. Friendly that she knows his beard is fake, he then takes it off, Ms. Klugh calls him Tom, a boat arrives with the man from the hatch, "Henry Gale," Ben. From Lostpedia
68. Charlie and Eko wake from unconsciousness from the explosion in the hatch.
69. Desmond tells Locke about the plane crash and the button, that they need to push it, but Locke smashes the computer, Desmond opens the blast doors.
70. "On that day, those numbers turned to hieroglyphics. And when the last one came down this whole place started to shake. And that screen? That screen filled up with "system failure," [pointing to the printout] System Failure. And I know what they are. 92204—September the 22nd, 2004, the day your planed crashed. It's real! It's all bloody real! Now, push the damn button!" Desmond
71. "You killed us. You killed us all." Desmond "No, I just saved us all." Locke
72. Desmond gets the failsafe key in his book, Our Mutual Friend.
73. The same night that Locke banged on the hatch door, when Boone died, Desmond contemplated suicide, he opens his book and finds a letter from Penny. From Lostpedia
74. "Dearest Des, I am writing this letter to you as you leave for prison. And I've hidden in the one place you would turn to in a moment of great desperation. I know you go away with the weight of what happened on your shoulders. And I know the only person who can ever take it off is you. Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for you. Always. I love you, Pen."
75. Desmond is very upset because he thinks the world is gone, he throws things in the hatch, he hears Locke bang on the door, he sees it as a sign, it gives him hope that the world is still out there, he puts the light on. From Lostpedia
76. Desmond gets the failsafe key, tells Locke he heard him 3 days before they met.
77. "3 days before you came down here, before we met, I heard a banging on the Hatch door, shouting. But it was you, John, wasn't it? You said there isn't any purpose—there's no such thing as fate. But you saved my life, brotha, so that I could save yours." Desmond
78. The alarm is going off, the button doesn't get pushed, there is another system failure, the timer flips to hieroglyphs.
79. "I'm going to blow the dam, John. [the timer starts flipping to the hieroglyphs] I'm sorry for whatever happened that made you stop believing. But it's all real. Now I've got to go and make it all go away. I'll see you in another life, brotha." Desmond
80. The hatch is imploding, the countdown clock implodes, a magnetic force is drawing everything to the wall, Eko wakes up, Locke realizes his mistake, that Desmond was right.
81. "I was wrong." Locke frighteningly admits to Mr. Eko that it was a mistake. From Lostpedia
82. Desmond uses the failsafe key, he thinks of what Penny said in her letter.
83. "I love you, Penny." Desmond gives the sign of the cross and turns the key.
84. There is white noise, a bright light, shaking, happening all over the island, at the beach camp, Pala Ferry, everywhere, then everything fades. From Lostpedia
85. An object falls from the sky, the quarantine door from the hatch almost hits Claire and Bernard as they narrowly escape, Charlie returns to camp, appears to have lost his hearing. From Lostpedia
86. Benry, is the leader of the Others, he gives Michael the boat, says he's not happy with the arrangement, says they got more than they bargained for when Walt joined them, but he says that Michael set him free, living up to his word, so they will live up to theirs, he tells Michael to follow a compass bearing of 325, that if he does that exactly, they will find rescue. Michael asks how he knows he won't tell people about where he was, but Benry says that he won't because of what he did, that once he leaves, he'll never be able to get back there, Michael says that he was promised they wouldn't hurt his friends, that's the deal.
87. "Who are you people?" Michael "We're the good guys, Michael." Ben
88. He tells Michael that Walt is on the boat, they are reunited.
89. The Others let Hurley go, Ms. Klugh tells him that his job is to tell everyone else to never come back there, Michael and Walt leave the island. From Lostpedia
90. Claire asks Charlie about what happened in the hatch, he says nothing, they kiss.
91. Snow hut, station, blizzard, in an Arctic place, 2 men speaking Portuguese, a computer, light going off, 7418880 Electromagnetic Anomaly. From Lostpedia
92. "That's it, isn't it? We missed it again."
93. But they didn't miss it, they review protocol. They make a phone call. From Lostpedia
94. They call Penelope Widmore, there is the same photograph of her and Desmond on the bedside table, the same one that Desmond has on the island.
95. "Ms. Widmore? It's us. I think we found it." From Lostpedia

Questions:

1. Was Libby in Santa Rosa after she met Desmond, after David died?
2. How did David die? What sickness did he have? Was it the sickness?
3. Was Libby involved with Dharma or the Widmores somehow?
4. Where did the bird come from? Why did it say Hurley?
5. Who was Penny engaged to?
6. What was the rest of the four toed-statue? Why four toes? Where did it go?
7. Did the rest of the four-toed statue collapse from an earthquake?
8. Who is S.R.? Is it Radzinsky?
9. Where did Kelvin Inman's body go? Is he still alive?
10. Did the Others know what happened when the button wasn't pushed?
11. What happened when Walt was taken?
12. Why does Ben say they're the good guys?
13. How does Penny know that Desmond is on the island? How long has she been looking for it?
14. Where is the Listening Station?
15. When did they miss it the first time, when Kelvin died?

Favorites:

1. "You?" Desmond
2. "No way. If I take that thing, I'll kill someone." Hurley
3. "Did that bird just say my name?" Hurley "Yeah, it did, right before it crapped gold." Sawyer
4. "Hey, uh, if you're feeling a little sorry for yourself you may want to have a drink with your mate from the Hatch. I hear he's a little despondent, as well." Charlie
5. "Hello, Desmond." Locke "Hello yourself, box man." Desmond
6. "Neat trick." Locke
7. "Charlie, do you know how they got the hatch door open?" Eko "No, but if you hum it, I could probably play it." Charlie
8. "My theory, they're aliens. That's why they use the fake beards—their heads are made of pathetic." Sawyer "Prosthetic, dude." Hurley "You can't even spell and now you're correcting me?" Sawyer
9. "The bitch of it was, I only had a 108 minutes to bury the poor bastard." Kelvin
10. "Well, thanks for pointing that out, Kate. I can't tell you how much this thing itches. And thanks for telling them my name, Bea." Tom

Notes:

1. Desmond exclaims "You" and laughs when he sees Jack, just as Jack did when he recognized Desmond in Man of Science, Man of Faith.
2. Kelvin dies as Sayid arrives to the island, also convenient.
3. The whispers when Sawyer, Jack, Kate and Hurley are taken, from DarkUFO: This is no good (or), Let's do something (or), We're near them. He's asking him something. Yeah, but what happened? They saw a smoke signal. Elizabeth. Did (does) somebody see you (or), It looks like her, but. You're on her right. Behind you. I'll have to listen to the dreams (trees) to learn (find) something. He'll need to instruct you (or), Do we ambush? Why can't you (two) do it (or), Can't you see (Sawyer gets hit with dart). Got to have a team with you. Okay, crank it up (Kate: Sawyer!). I knew that something bad would happen. I assume this is how you would do it. Don't tell anyone he wants it done (or), Don't want anyone to die. Let's assemble them (or), This is similar (or), What's this symbol of? (Jack: Run! Go! Go!) It was her. So she was never taken (or), So she must never take it (or), I'm sure it's just new to you. Said I was about to (or), Someone attacked them. Get your butt out of there. Try the sequence. Had to be given lessons. Turn it on beside you. Don't do it. Don't see. (Gunshots) You're gonna have to do it. You are too. Why can't we choose (or), I can't reach it. Two more people (or), Too young people. I'm frightened. Please. Come on, it's simple. Intruder alert. Do you think I should I lock this? No, I've seen them before. Close the door. You all need me.
4. Sayid, Sawyer and Jack=Charlie's Angels?
5. Um, what purple sky?
6. Also, Charlie, you might want to tell people that Desmond, Eko and Locke may be dead in the hatch instead of hanging out for hours with the cute, blonde chick with a baby.
7. The first time the show went to the off-island scene, with the men in the station speaking Portuguese, I really thought it was another show or a commercial.