The Last Recruit

Happy Wednesday. Cherish your moments with me, as we only have four weeks to go. Also, make sure you are free on SUNDAY, MAY 23 – the finale is on this not, not a Tuesday night.

Before I delve in, I was wondering why this episode had a “previously on Lost” when most have not this season. I think it must be because this was a set-up for the remainder of the season; a review was necessary. Anyway . . .


Alternaworld:

Here’s a quick rundown of the events:
a. Locke and Sun are brought to the hospital (more on this . . . )
b. Sawyer has arrested Kate and is flirting with her (gag). Thinks it is a strange coincidence that they’ve run into each again.
c. Miles gets a tip on the triple homicide at the restaurant . . . he and James have gone to arrest Sayid.
d. Des “runs into” Claire as she heads to the adoption agency; offers to hire a lawyer for her
e. Jack and David are going to the reading of the will
f. Ilana is the lawyer
g. Claire and Jack are introduced and realize they are bro and sis
h. Sun and Jin’s baby is ok
i. Jack is called to operate on Locke.

1. Why did Sun freak out when she saw Locke? Has her near death experience caused her to remember some of the island? Is she recognizing him as Locke or Flocke? Why does he give her that little grin?
2. Locke says Helen is the woman he was “going to marry.” Is this because he thinks he is dying or have they already broken up?
3. Locke’s spinal sack is severed, much like Jack’s wife in originalworld was.
4. Still don’t know who David’s mom is . . . I’m going with Juliet. She will come to the hospital to pick David up, and she will run into Sawyer, he will turn back into James.
5. Everyone’s coming to the hospital . . . I’m guessing Miles and Sawyer will be coming to question Jin . . . Claire will go into labor . . . what about Hurley and Kate? And what will happen when they do?

Islandland:

1. CONFIRMED (?): Flocke “admits” that he took the form of Christian shortly after O815 crashed. He claims he did so in order to help Jack find water. This is similar to what he did for Richard. Who else has appeared as? Eko’s brother? Shannon to Sayid? Walt to Locke (although Walt’s not dead, so . . .)?

Again, I remind you of the words of Shakespeare from Macbeth, “"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence."

2. John Locke revisited: There is a lot of discussion of the real John Locke. Was he a believer? Was he a sucker? I’m going with believer . . . who was sacrificed for the greater good, though he never knew it. Though his image has been coopted for a corrupt agenda, his true identity is serving as inspiration for others (see Jack comments . . .). Sounds a little like Jesus, no? We see this every day, yes?

3. How did Claire know that Jack is her brother? Did I miss that somewhere?

4. “COME TO THE DARK SIDE, LUKE.” And the Losties give a resounding, “NO!” As Hurley (future Jacob? Or more likely, future Richard . . .) says, “It’s never too late. You can always bring people back from the dark side.”

n No way did Sayid kill Desmond. No way. He still has a glimmer of humanity . . . because of . . . LOVE
n Claire gives up her relationship with Flocke in about 20 SECONDS, all for the promise of reunion with her son and the possibility of friendship and family.
n ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE. LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY.

BTW: Did anyone ever see Eddie and the Cruisers? It’s my dad’s favorite movie and there is a song called “On the Darkside” that I haven’t been able to get out of my head since last night.

5. Why do you suppose that James has written everyone off? How will he be “saved”? He is back to being Sawyer, except for Jack is now calling him James. Coincidence? I think not.

6. I kinda wish Claire had gone psycho on their asses. I was waiting for Kate to get shot. I know, I know. It’s time to get over my hatred . . . I’ve made some strides by . . .

7. I can’t believe I’m gonna say this, but I don’t hate Jack anymore. Wanna know why? Cause he has taken the lessons he learned from Locke (as hard as he tried to deny them at the time) and become a bit of a Locke-like. He knows they can’t leave the island yet, that it is a part of them (figuratively or literally?)

8. LINE OF THE NIGHT: Sawyer: “The guy who looks like he just stepped off the set of a Burt Reynolds movie” Ha!

9. “Reunited and it feels so good.” But you just knew something bad was gonna happen after . . .


So, much conversation has been had about which candidate is indeed headed toward becoming the new Jacob. What do you think?

After this week, I am more convinced than ever that this whole show is about FREEWILL. It is never too late to decide who you WANT to be.

By the way, who is the last recruit? And what was he/she recruited for?

What did you think?

Namaste,
LLL