I'm Back Biatch!
Hurley: Oh hey Michael, nice of you to get over your disagreements with the writers and join us.
Michael: Bitch, I'm not over anything. They completely left me out of the third season, brought me back in the middle of the fourth, just to kill me a few episodes later? Fuck that.
Hurley: Why are you back then?
Michael: I need the money. No director wants to hire the "Waaaaaaalt!" guy.
Hurley: Yeah, that got pretty annoying. Is there something you need to tell me in a completely emotionless sentence?
Michael: People are going to die if you don't do something.
Hurley: Cool. See you later dude.
BOOM Goes the Dynamite!
Ilana's been training her whole life for this moment, to protect the candidates and stop the MIB from leaving the island, and she goes and pulls an Arzt. As Ben says later on, the unfortunate truth is that when the Island is done with you, the Island is done with you. Not everyone gets to know their true purpose like Charlie.
Hurley, under guidance from a clearly-thrilled-to-be-bac
The next step in Hurley's plan is to meet up with Locke, which is surprisingly not a bad idea. I really like the role Jack is taking. Finally, he's shed his "fix it" mentality and is willing to let someone else call the shots. Hurley asked Jack to trust him, so he is, even if it means death. But not before...
Can I Leave Yet?
[whispers]
Hurley: Michael, are you here?
Michael: Yeah.
Hurley: Are you stuck here on the Island?
Michael: Yeah.
Hurley: So you and everybody else that fucked up spend your time whispering in the jungle?
Michael: Yeah.
Hurley: Cool. See you later dude.
I'm glad that they finally addressed the mystery of what the whispers are, but really, this scene is the best they could do?
Growing Pains
The creepy jungle kid from "The Substitute" is growing. Couldn't explain him then, can't explain him now.
Desmond, Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it...
Is to trigger the memories of the original timeline in everyone that was on the plane from Sydney to Los Angeles.
His own memory was triggered when Charlie drove off the road into the marina, and the "Not Penny's Boat" situation was reenacted.
For Hurley, he recreates the date that never was; the picnic on the beach with Libby.
For Locke, he mows him down in a hit and run, trying to replicate memories of being thrown out of the building by Anthony Cooper.
Then:
Now:
Desmond's mission is to recreate a significant or defining moment from each character's original timeline in the new timeline, so that they two are connected. Before "The Last Recruit", I made a list of the characters and the possible moments Desmond needs to recreate, or the present situation that could cause recognition.
Desmond: Not Penny's boat (Season 3)
Charlie: Choking in the airplane bathroom
Hurley: Picnic on the beach, kissing Libby (Season 2)
Jack: Seeing Kate and Sawyer having sex in the cage (Season 3), calling the freighter (Season 4).
Kate: Being in the cage, seeing/touching Sawyer (Season 3)
Sawyer: Juliet falling down the shaft (Season 5)
Claire: Giving birth to Aaron (Season 1)
Sun: Seeing Ji Yeon on the ultrasound machine (Season 3)
Locke: Falling out of the building (Season 3)
Jin:
Sayid:
In "The Last Recruit", he spends a significant amount of time stalking Claire in order to set her up with the adoption lawyer, who happens to be Ilana, who also happens to be the lawyer in charge of Christian Shephard's will, in which Claire is mentioned, and Jack wants to know why. There was no "moment of recognition" when Claire met Jack, so something still needs to happen, if this is the right situation.
Similarly, when Sawyer and Kate have their scene in the police station, there is no moment. However, it's possible that he could put Kate in a temporary jail cell, they touch, and boom.
All Who Are Injured Must Converge
In the ambulance on the way to the hospital, Locke says that they can contact Helen Norwood, "I WAS going to marry her". This is more than just Locke being depressed, this is original timeline Locke speaking... or someone with his memories. At the hospital, Sun sees Locke and is afraid, because she has reverted to original timeline Sun, who is living in fear of Locke, the Man in Black. It could be because he's strapped down, but it looks like Locke is smiling during this scene;
The Dark Side
Funnily enough, Naveen Andrews' intentional zombie acting isn't too far from Hayden Christiansen's unintentional zombie acting in the Star Wars prequels. Hurley may have a point about bringing him back though. After letting Zoe escape in "Happily Ever After" and not shooting unarmed Desmond in the well (let's be real, he's still alive), Sayid is starting to show human emotions again. Could he eventually revolt against Locke/MIB?
Jumping Ship
Jack is the only one that doesn't want to go along with Sawyer's plan. He knows from experience that leaving the Island isn't the be-all and end-all solution to everyone's problems. Up until his realization in the lighthouse, Jack has been fighting his destiny, ignoring the greater purpose that the Island has for him. Since that moment, he's gradually become more receptive to the idea of destiny and fate, shown through his increasing willingness to let go. Jumping off Saywer's boat is a literal leap of faith, as Jack is committing himself, once and for all, to the Island. He realizes that MIB is more afraid of the candidates than the candidates are of him, and there has to be a pretty good reason as to why that is.
Another Whispers Situation
I'm a little letdown by Sun and Jin's reunion. This moment has been built up and teased for at least a season and a half, and the best impression that I got was that they were reuniting after a weekend apart. My original thought was that they were going to get fried by the sonic fence, which would have been appropriately tragic and satisfied my desire for a high bodycount by the end of the season, but alas, no such luck.
You're with me now.
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