Line of the night – “Well what if they ask me questions…like who’s the president in 1977?” – Hurley
That was just my favorite, but there were a ton of good one-liners tonight. I liked, “I appreciate your input Quickdraw!” by Mr. Jim LaFleur as well.
Isn’t it a bit ironic that the family and I take a week long vacation down to Orlando for a wedding and Disney World, and LOST was a repeat? It’s like the LOST gods were watching over me…I still had the shakes and went through crack addict withdrawal at Disney’s Animal Kingdom last Wednesday night when it was time for the show to start…off to the episode
So we see Ajira Airways Flight 316 flying over the Pacific and the Oceanic 6 (minus my boy Aaron), Frank Lapidas, Benry, and the rest of the passengers are all intact. We see the cockpit’s point of view of the Bright Time-Flash of light and BAMMM…all the sudden it’s day and Frank and his co-pilot are attempting a crash landing. Did anyone else notice the Numbers being broadcast over the radio when the co-pilot gave the Mayday distress call? “4…8…15…16…”
So what’s that mean? Are they still in 1977 like Jack and his gang? Frank makes a great crash landing (except for the fact that his co-pilot has a rod through his chest) and checks on the passengers. WTF? Sun is still there? We know that Hurley, Kate, and Jack were beamed out like James T. Kirk, but why not Sun??? Ben is still on the plane too.
30 Years Earlier…
We’re back to the great scene from the last episode with Sawyer, Jack, Kate, Hurley and Jin. “You’re alive…dude I can’t believe it!” Cue the big bear hug. “Easy on the ribs, Kong!” Hurley’s response, “I actually miss that!”
“Doc”…”Good to see you Kate”….well that was a bit weird. Sawyer and Kate give eachother that awkward hug like Ben Stiller and Pamcake’s mom in Meet the Parents. Jack explains that John Locke is dead. Sawyer attempts to explain that they aren’t in Kansas anymore. “We’re in the Dharma Initiative….we came back…and so did you…it’s 1977!”
Hurley – “ooohh….what?” BAM Cue the LOST INTRO.
We come right back and Jack, Kate and Hurley are still trying to make sense of it all. Jin explains that they are living now as part of the Dharma initiative. Hurley again - “Dude your English is Awesome!” Jack tells them that Sayid and Sun were with them. Jin makes a b-line for the Flame station where a guy named Razinski is posted. I guess the Russian guy Mikhail is not there yet.
Kate asks other than Jin and him, who else is still there…annnd cue Juliet. There she is. Sawyer gets back and pops into the house. “Their back…they came back Juliet!” “They are out at the north point waiting for me to tell them what to do. I need to find a way to get them back in here before someone else finds them and screws up everything we got going here.” - More Foreshadowing.
We actually get a WHOOOOSH so now I am expecting a flash forward or flashback, right? Right? Instead the camera switches to the survivors of the Ajira flight. Benry and Sun are with the survivors and Caesar starts talking about buildings with animal cages and he can see a big island from the beach. Side note – this confirms that they crash landed on the small offshore island that used to house the Dharma zoo (and was a focal point of Season 3). Sun follows Ben into the jungle. He explains that he is going back to ‘our’ island, ‘wanna come?’
Back in 1977, Juliet swings by to check on Amy who recently gave birth. Juliet picks up the new baby boy. At this point I am chomping at the bit hoping to hear a name?? WHO IS IT? TELL ME! “Horace and I are going to name him…..Ethan.” NICE. (Note to Nurse Kim – Ethan is NOT Ben’s brother, I repeat, NOT Ben’s brother, this is the future Ethan Rom who will become a doctor, and work under Ben as a spy of the Oceanic Flight 815 survivors). It seems so cool to see this, but I don’t’ get it. IF Benry eventually wipes out the entire Dharma Initiative with the help of the hostiles, wouldn’t that include Ethan too?
Back to the North Shore with Sawyer, Lance Burkhart, Turtle, Jack, Kate and Hurley – Sawyer’s explaining how he is going to get them into their camp and pretend that they were part of the new recruits coming off the sub. At this point, does anyone feel a complete role reversal going on? Sawyer is in control and calling the shots, and Jack has input but it’s gets pushed to the side. Hurley and Kate agree, “We should listen to Sawyer.”
Jin’s at the Flame with Razinski and there is a code 325 – Hostile in the Perimeter. This is the first of 3 “called it” moments in the show. As soon as the alarm went off I looked over at Angela, “here comes Sayid!” And there he is dazed and confused walking right into the area of the Flame Station (ironically a station he’ll witness blow up in flames 30 years later).
Back to Sawyer and the Grateful Dead bus.
Hurley - “You do realize that you guys get wiped out, right? Are you gonna warn them or stop it from happening?”
Sawyer – “I ain’t here to play Nostradamus, besides Faraday has a few interesting theories on what we can and can’t do!”
Jack – “You said Faraday is here?
Sawyer – “Not anymore!” Um ok, so what the hell does that mean?
The mystery machine pulls up, and our new recruits begin their orientation.
WHOOSH – I am liking that the whoosh is back, and I guess it’s appropriate because we don’t know if Sun/Frank/Benry etc. are in 1977 or some other time period. Sun follows Ben to some outriggers that are covered in brush. First off – how the hell would Ben know if those outriggers were still there? Ben’s about to cast off much to the dismay of Frank Lapidas and Sun lights him up with the paddle. “I though you trusted this guy?” “I lied!” NICE.
Back form commercial and Jack Shepard is being processed by my favorite Dharma Initiative video host, Mr. Pierre Chang aka Marvin Candle. Did anyone else think it was actually really cool to see this interaction between our protagonist and the infamous Dharma Orientation video star. I wonder if Jack realize who he was sitting across from (since he saw the orientation video from the Swan station).
Kate’s about to get processed, but she’s not ‘on the list’. Some things never change. Juliet rushes in and provides a new updated list and submarine manifest with Kate’s info included. Juliet and Kate shake hands and glare into eachother’s eyes. All I can think of is that awesome cat fight they had in the rain when Kate popped Juliet’s shoulder like when Eric Roberts did in the American classic, “Best of the Best”. Pop it…pop it…pop it Tommy!
Still in 1977 and Sawyer gets to the Flame to check on Sayid. “He saw the model of the Swan and could have seen the survey of where we are going to build it!” Interesting point here – the button pushing station has not been built yet? Just sayin.
Whoosh – Frank and Sun make it to the main land dock, but the dock lights are rusted and some are broken. All crap, I hear smokey! They make it into the Dharma camp, and everything is blighted, when all of the sudden a light comes on. A door opens an there is Christian Shepard. “Follow me!” He takes them to the orientation room and shows them the 1977 Dharma Initiative Recruit Class. We see Jack, Kate and Hurley in the picture. Christian says, “You have quite a journey ahead of you!” So it would appear that Sun is not in 1977, but more like 2007.
Back to 1977 and Sawyer pulls up and takes Sayid into custody. Later that night Jack makes his way over to Mr. LaFleur’s house. We have the 2nd “called it” moments in the show when Jack knocks on the door and who answers….Juliet. All too easy. The eye contact and body language between Jack and Juliet is pretty intense. Remember that they got pretty close over Seasons 3 and 4. “I was looking for Sawyer and I guess I came to the wrong house?” Juliet’s response, “Nope, he’s here.” Ummmm awwwwkward…..
Jack attempts to call out Sawyer for just hanging out reading a book. But Sawyer puts him in his place and makes sure to bring up, “the last time you were calling the shots, you didn’t think, you would react…and lots of people were dead.” Sawyer’s in charge now and he is going to work on how to save Sayid. We’ll see!
Down in the security cell Sayid gets a young visitor. The final “called it” moment of the night. A young boy offers Sayid a sandwich. $100 bucks says this is Ben Linus as a kid. “My name is Sayid, what’s yours?” “My name is Ben!” NAILED IT and BAMM role end credits.
So at this point we know we have a few years before the apparent Hostile Purge of the Dharma Initiative. Wouldn’t it be cook if Sun in the future follows Christian Shepard and they find Jack/Kate etc. still alive just 30 years older living on a different part of the island? That would be crazy and awesome at the same time!
I still can’t figure out why Sun did not beam out of the plane like the other Sixers? I hope they come back and explain that someway
Also where’s Daniel Faraday…and again, Where are Rose and Bernard?
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