Season VI, Episode 6 – Sundown

Line of the night – “She (Claire) just strolled in here an hour ago acting all weird…still HOT though.” - Miles




Well that was pretty dark, literally. I guess the darkness really did grow inside Sayid, enough to make him murder two people! We start out with a Flash-sideways and Sayid has a lovely bouquet of flowers for presumably Nadia. Let’s see who answers the door. Yep, Nadia is there and this should be a nice reunion for the two of them, except for the fact that two little Iraqi children enter the scene and call him “Uncle Sayid”?! Sayid’s brother, Omer, has married Nadia? You can obviously tell there are feelings between Nadia and Sayid.

The Jarrah family sits down to quaint Iraqi dinner, and little Sally Jarrah finds a picture of mommy in Uncle Sayid’s bag. For a second I thought Sayid was going to fly across the table and snap her neck, but no luck. Omer hears his daughter, and Sayid is BUUUSTED.

Metal-Airplane-landing WHOOSH to 2007 and the Temple. My new favorite ninja, Dogen, explains to Sayid that the electrical machine they used on him works like a scale (one side is good and one side is evil). The scale tipped the wrong way for Sayid which means he’s becoming evil. Mental note - I really enjoy Dogen’s character so I hope he is around for a while. Dogen busts out his karate moves like Sho’nuff the Shogun of Harlem. Sayid retaliates by throwing little clay pots and various herbs and spices back at Dogen. Quite comical. A baseball drops from Dogen’s ancient desk, and he stops. “Go, leave this place and never come back.”

We transition to Flocke and Claire standing at the base of the gray ash surrounding the perimeter of the Temple. “Are you ready?” Claire responds, “Why me, you could send Sawyer or Jin?” Claire also adds, “I need to know you will do what you said you would, I want my son back!” It would appear that Flocke has made a promise to Claire and manipulated her in a way that she’ll do whatever he says in order to get Aaron back. Flocke is only going to hurt those that won’t listen. This is going to be an interesting episode.

Flash Sideways and Omer wakes up Sayid. Omer reveals to us that in this timeline Sayid was still an interrogator for the Iraqi Republican guard. Omer says, “I know what kind of man you are!” But Sayid is not that man anymore. I guess we won’t see any bad-ass Sayid fighting in this timeline.

WHOOSH to 2007, Sayid is leaving because apparently he is evil. Miles reveals that Sayid was lying there dead for 2 hours (I thought it was like 15 minutes). “They tried to save you, but you were dead, so whatever brought you back, it wasn’t them!” Very interesting, so who or what brought Sayid back from the dead? Claire enters the temple and wants Dogen to meet Flocke outside. Sayid really doesn’t seem overly surprised to see a disheveled Claire (after 3 years when they all thought she died somewhere in the jungle). Dogen tells the 5th Beatle, Lennon, to put Claire in the hole and get Shephard and Reyes to his room immediately. Not gonna happen since Shephard and Hurley are at the Lighthouse with Jacob.

Sayid asks Dogen why Claire is at the temple. His response reveals a lot (answers we have been waiting to confirm for quite some time). “Claire is under the influence of an ANGRY man. For years he was trapped, and now with Jacob gone, he is free. He is EVIL INCARNET!” Dogen wants Sayid to kill Flocke with a small version of Gryffindors’ Sword

“He will come to you as someone you know, someone who has died. As SOON as you see him, drive this deep into his chest. If you allow him to speak, it’s already too late.”

WHOOSH to 2004 where Nadia and Sayid arrive at a very familiar hospital. Nice cameo by Dr. Jack Shephard. Turns out Omer borrowed money from a loanshark, and can’t payback his debt so they beat the crap out of him.

Back to 2007, and Kate arrives at the Temple. NICE, we are going to see a little cat fight go down between Claire and Kate. Miles reveals that Claire is there, and was taken into custody. Kate’s going to find her…fantastic. Sayid leaves the Temple and makes his way into the jungle. The pillar of smoke that makes that ‘ticka ticka’ sound and always seems pissed off is surrounding him, when out of the brush comes Flocke. “Hello Sayid.” (Note to self, Dogen said Sayid had to stab him before he spoke, so I don’t think this is going to work). Sayid stabs Flocke in his chest. Flock removes the blade, “Now why would you go and do that?” Flocke gives him the Gryffindor mini-sword back, and explains how Dogen was attempting to have Flocke kill him. Flocke wants Sayid to deliver a message to the Others in the Temple. Flocke goes on to say, “what if I told you, you could have anything in the world!” Sayid replies, “the only thing I ever wanted died in my arms, and I’ll never see it again.” (Is he talking about Nadia…or Shannon?) Flocke retorts, “What if you could?!” Hmm, me thinks we are beginning to see how this alternate flash sideways timeline is going to develop.

Sayid makes it back to the Temple and delivers the message, “Jacob is dead, you no longer have to stay here, you are free.” The Others have an ultimatum; either leave the temple and join him (Flocke) or stay and die. They have until ‘sundown’.

Kate finally gets a moment with Claire, and Claire is sitting in the ‘hole’ singing that nursery song back from Season I, “Catch a Falling Star”

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day

It’s eerie because she is singing to a large boulder on the ground. Claire is excited to see Kate, “they have my son!” Kate’s quick to inform Claire that she took Aaron when he was left in the jungle. She took him off the island and raised him. Claire looks like she is about to open a can of whoop-ass on Kate and even busts out a Reese Witherspoon “under-bite of distain” towards Kate. “I’m not the one that needs to be rescued Kate…(you bitch!)”

WHOOSH to a sideways 2004, and Sayid is playing the role of ‘super-fun and happy’ Uncle Sayid. The kids are off to school, and a dark SUV rolls up. It’s Omar from the Freighter crew?!? Omar takes Sayid to a restaurant. Why is it that all these mob guys ALWAYS have a restaurant as their hideout? It’s just like the Russian Arms dealer from 24. Turns out this mob loan-shark is Martin Keamy, the other prick from the Freighter crew. Keamy wants his money, and bad-ass Sayid is back. He shoots all three guys in the chest without hesitation or mercy. Welcome back Sayid. There is a rustle from the refrigerator and Jin is all tied up and not speaking any English.

WHOOSH to the Temple in 2007, and Sayid enters the inner spring room of the Temple where Dogen says, “You let him talk to you!” (This could be important later). Dogen reveals that he used to work at a bank in Osaka (not the Osaka from the Christiana mall in the mid 1980’s, but the city in Japan). His son was killed in a car accident because Dogen was driving him around while intoxicated. Jacob came to him in the hospital and said that he could save his son’s life, but that Dogen would have to go to the island for a new job and never see his son again. “The man outside I take it has offered you a similar bargain?” Sayid politely asks, “I’d like to stay…” and then goes airborne. He leaps at Dogen and pulls him into the “healing spring”. Dogen drowns. Lennon sees this, “He was the only thing keeping it out…you idiot, you just let it in.” Sayid has had enough of Lennon and slits his throat like a hog going to slaughter. Party time.

The ‘ticka ticka’ sound can be heard on the outside of the temple, and then like a freight train rolling through the station, Smokey slithers through the temple grounds killing everyone in his path. Kate jumps into the hole with Claire, and Miles runs and hides like Carter Burke did in Aliens. Ilana breaks down the door, and this is the first time Miles has seen Frank, Sun and Ben Linus. Jordin Sparks is only concerned with the location of Shephard, Reyes and Ford for some reason, but does add, “where is Jarrah, is he in here too?” Ben runs off to save Sayid. “C’mon Sayid, we’ve gotta get out of here, there is still time!” Sayid painfully responds, “not for me…” Ben gets the picture and books out of there.

Kate, Claire and Sayid walk out of the Temple courtyard to an eerie version of the “Catch a Falling Star” song from earlier. Flocke gives Claire a nod, and seems a bit annoyed/concerned that Kate is with them. The group of Flocke, Sayid, Kate, Claire and several Others walk of into the jungle….

BAMM- LOST

So is this the war that Charles Widmore referred to?

Is it going to be Jack, Hurley, Ilana and a couple Lostie stragglers like Jin vs. Flocke and the rest of them?

Where is Richard? He would have made it back to the Temple way before Kate did. (I am getting a little anxious for his back story).

Which side will Rose and Bernard take?

Are they setting us up for some apocalyptic ending that will result with the alternate sideways timeline?

Is Kate Gosselin really going to be on Dancing with the Stars?

RIP Dogen, you will be missed.

Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!

-Slice