Lost: "Through The Looking Glass" Season 3 Finale

Wow! How about that? What looked like a flashback was actually a flash forward - a glimpse into the future... a very bleak future for Jack who essentially turns into his alcoholic father after he leaves the island. Evangeline Lilly was on earlier this week with Regis and Kelly and she said there would be a "BIG REVEAL" that would set us up and lead us into the next three seasons. Bravo! That was one hell of a reveal. One thing is not adding up though.

When Jack (and his Tommy Chong beard) is tearing into Dr. Rob Hamill - played by James Lesure from the TV show Las Vegas - he says, "get my father down here and if I'm drunker than he is, then you can fire me." Jack's dad is dead. Perhaps it was just the ramblings of someone who is addicted to oxycodone. It could have also been a scripted line to keep the viewer thinking we were in the past (great job Damon and Carlton). ADD: He also tries to get a prescription filled using his father's prescription pad.

So we have the big reveal and the set up for the next few seasons: getting back to the island 101, but we are left (as always) with a ton of questions:

1. If Naomi is not working for Penny, then who? Maybe she is working for Hanso, and they have been trying to find the island since Ben killed all of the Dharma peeps and they want to exterminate the hostiles in a purge of their own.

2. Was it really Walt or was it Jacob in the form of Walt (Wonder Twin powers activate).

3. Who died? In Jack's flash forward, he is torn up by an obit that he reads in the paper. I couldn't get a good look at the paper, but whoever it was, it was enough to push Jack to suicide. The only thing that kept him from stepping off the ledge was the car accident in which he was able to save a mother an child - and once again feel good about fixing things, if only between pills (he caused the accident). Whoever it was that died didn't have any friends or family because no one showed up to the viewing. ADD: I'm thinking it was Ben because he would have been the only one with enough knowledge to get Jack back to the island that he so desparately wanted to return to. Also (thanks Tail Section!) the funeral parlor name is an easter egg. "Hoffs/Drawler" is an anagram for "Flash Forward." Had I caught that early, I would have realized it was a flashforward long before Kate meets Jack at the airport.

4. Who does Kate marry? Is it Sawyer, and does he become a bigger a-hole than he was in this episode?

5. Do you think Jack will keep his promise of killing Ben right before they take off in the rescue chopper? And will we even see a rescue? Or will season four jump right into the future with our protagonist, Gilligan, trying to get back to the island?

6. Was Jack's ex-wife, Sarah pregnant? I couldn't really tell, but it looked like she might be. Not that it has anything to do with the show, I was just wondering.

7. C'mon Locke! Why the theatrics? Just tell Jack why he's not supposed to leave the island.

8. Did Charlie really have to die? If he had of just come out of the jamming room and closed the air latch, would it have changed the outcome of things? Poor Charlie: RIP. Nice touch on the code for the Looking Glass jamming equipment: "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys played on the keypad. It was very Willy Wonka meats the organ of bones scene from The Goonies.

9. Danielle, Alex, Alex, Danielle... not really a question, I just felt like saying it. Rousseau says she's staying on the island. She knows what's up.

I'm in it for the long haul as I want to see it through to the end. I have heard that next season doesn't start until January of 2008. That is a long time to wait, but it will give me more time to get settled and get back to my blog. I am going to go back through the entire season on the DVR and add stuff to the blog periodically while the show is on hiatus, so check back often.

ADD: I was browsing the ABC/LOST forums and read a great theory about the Sharpie and Charlie's note on his hand. Desmond did not see this in his flashes and he therefore has a chance to get back to the beach and alter the shitty future that is in store for Jack. I am hoping that the flash forward we saw was just one of many possibilities. Even though Jack has a tendency to be an arrogant ass, he doesn't deserve that fate.

Lost: Greatest Hits - Airdate: May 16, 2007

Charlie's Greatest Hits:

5. The first time I heard myself on the radio.
4. Dad teaching me to swim at Butlins
3. The Christmas that Liam gave me the ring.
2. The woman at Covent Garden that calls me her hero.
1. The night I met you [Claire].

I am writing very quickly as I have been lately because (as you know) I have NO time.

(images borrowed from Lostpedia.org)

Key Points: (In no particular order)

1. Liam's Ring:


Until now it was thought to mean Driveshaft, but Liam says a name, Dexter Stratton. The ring is a family heirloom which has been passed down many generations. Here's a link to what could be a possible explanation of DS. Liam gives Charlie the ring because he is still a "clean" rock star at this time and is more likely than Liam to survive the rock and roll lifestyle and go on to have a family. Charlie doesn't want to take it because Liam was first born. He also knows that his trip to The Looking Glass will be one way, so he leaves the ring in Aaron's crib because he loves Claire and considers them his family.

2. The Looking Glass:

There was a buzz about this underwater hatch last season. I'm surprised it took this long to get to it. We also finally learn what the cable is all about and, whatever is jamming the radio frequencies is located inside this hatch. That is why Rousseau's 16 year broadcast for help has never been heard.

3. The Ladies of The Hatch:


Lostpedia is listing thier names as Bonnie and Greta. At this point we don't know where their alliegence lies and we are only to assume that they are Others. Maybe they are survivors of the purge... that might make for a deeper story line that they now need to stretch to 2010. But wait, Ben did know that the signals were being jammed from the Looking Glass, but yet he tells everyone that it was flooded after some sort of accident to keep the Others from going down there. Maybe Bonnie and Greta work directly with Ben without anyone else knowing it... hmmm? We shall see. Ben does seem to be working on an agenda that the other others (or hostiles disapprove of. Something also tells me that Desmond will swim through the underwater entrance and save Charlie yet again. That may not happen until the beginning of Season 4.

4. The girl in the alley at Covent Gardens:


She lookes a lot like Nadia...oh...wait... what's that you say? It is Nadia, Sayid's girl. She says Chalie is the 4th person to walk by her as she is being mugged, and the only person to help. She calls him her hero, which leaves a life-long impression on him.

5. Jack's Plan:

Boom! With no time to finish wiring the tents that are marked with the White Rocks, but loaded with dynomite from the Black Rock, they decide to shoot the explosives as the Others enter the tents. The Shooters:

1. Bernard - a Pheasant hunter in Montgomery County with great marksman skills.
   
   
2. Sayid - has experience with guns from his stint in the Republican Guard.
   
   
3. Jin - Don't really know what experience he has. I may have forgotten some details.
   

***More To Come Later On Thursday***

Lost: "The Man Behind The Curtain" Airdate: May 9, 2007

I am officially out of time. There are no more hours left in my day. I did manage to find a few minutes to log on. Last night's episode was incredible. My wife was saying she wished all of the episodes could be that fast paced. I'm going to keep things short, probably just an outline of questions and comments.

1. Do you really think Locke is dead? At this point it is implied that he's a gonner, but Ben did say, "I certainly hope he [Jacob] helps you, John."

2. That leads me to another question: who? what?...uh... what the hell was "Jacob?" Is there a "real" spiritual entity there? Or, as Locke implies, is it all a creation of Ben to keep the Others in fear of him. It seems to me that he would have had a lot of time to perfect the charade. I can see him going outside the Dharma fence many times during his child hood. Also, could Jacob be the "smoke monster?" Update: if you pause this scene when Ben gets thrown against the wall and the camera pans back over, you can see a man sitting in the chair... I know it's totally sad that I am describing this... So, is Jacob a product of some sort of experiment gone bad? Is he stuck between deminsions? He did want Locke to "help" him. Help him what? Escape his prison?

3. Ben is not really "born on the island" as he has stated before (unless that is some sort of metaphore). He is born pre-mature to Roger and Emily Linus while they are on a hike 32 miles outside of Portland.

4. Roger Linus, or as Hurley refers to him: Roger Workman...dude, is the dead man that he found in the VW bus a while back. George is an ass. He gets the Alec Baldwin award for the week. He blames Ben for killing his wife at child birth and we only saw a little of what was most likely a life time of verbal abuse and neglect. Apparently it was enough to drive Ben crazy... crazy enough to pull a Jonestown with the Hostiles.

5. The Hostiles: the original inhabitants of the island. Not much is know about exactly where they came from, but it is obvious that they don't like the fact that the Dharma Initiative is there on "their" island. In fact the Hostiles are just that...hostile. When little Ben meets the "I-Haven't-Aged-At-All" Richard outside the sonic fence, he asks Ben if he even know what hostile means. There was also something said about the fact that Dharma came to the island seeking harmony and they could not co-exist with the islands original inhabitants.

6. Speaking of Richard Alpert: We now know he was one of the original inhabitants of the island. The BIG question: why hasn't he aged? About 30 years have passed and he has not aged a day. Only his hair has changed. We can also safely assume that he and Ben had Ben secretly working on the plan for The Purge for many years.

7. Annie: she is the little girl who befriends Ben when he first comes to the island. They seem to share a special bond. She also remembers Ben's birthday and gives him a box which contains two dolls fashioned after themselves. She takes the "Ben" doll and he takes the "Annie" doll. She says now "they never have to be apart." There has got to be more to this story. I am wondering if something happens to her. There was no camera closeup of a grown-up Annie dead at the Purge. I am wondering if she is taken away, or dies early on, and this is just one more thing to push Ben over the edge.

*** More To Come ***

Lost: The Brig - Airdate: May 2, 2007

Before I jump in, I have a few questions that are on the top of my mind: (1) Why did Locke burn Sawyer's file? Obviously Locke learns about Sawyers past, but (2) what else did his file say? (or do you think it's a dead issue now?) (3) What should Jack and Juliet tell Kate?

You know the show is back on track when you are more confused at the end of the episode than you were at the beginning. I need to watch it again, but here's what I have as of right now:

Deciphering The Brig is requiring a lot of reasearch and back tracking. Sawyer's letter to the real "Tom Sawyer" takes us back to season one to Confidence Man and Outlaws. It was in Outlaws when we learn that Sawyer was dooped into killing the man in Sydney. I really need to go back and watch season one again... but where will I find the time?

It was finally confirmed in this episode that Locke's dad is the same man that ran the con on Sawyer's family and set things in motion for James to have horrible life. I remember there was some speculation on my blog last season that he would infact turn out to be the same guy. If you want to look back, it was during last March around the Lockdown episode. I'm still trying to figure out just why Locke could not kill him. After everything that (we'll call him Anthony Cooper since that was his best known alias according to Lostpedia.org) Anthony put him through you would think that he would have no problem slicing his throat. That's just the person that Locke is I guess. He seems to have always been a spiritual man who would have a problem with violating any of the Ten Commandments. I wonder if he read something in Sawyer's file (the one Richard Alpert gave him on the hill) that solidified his position on why he should not kill...

***More To Come***

"...and miles to go before I sleeep, and miles to go before I sleep..."