Line of the night – “Unless Alpert is covered in bacon grease I’m not sure Hurley can track anything!” – Miles (hilarious)
If the actual ‘package’ ends up only being Desmond, then we've been left with a 'package' of Italian weak sauce. My first thought when I saw tonight’s title was…the package is going to be Aaron…Aaron and Walt…or maybe just Walt…nah, just Aaron.
So we start off with Charlie Sheen and his team of Navy Seals using their night vision goggles to investigate Flocke’s camp. Jin is waiting for Nurse Kim to tend to his bandage, when Flocke approaches. Flocke mentions the cave, and that a few of the names are not crossed out. One happens to be the name “Kwon” written on the ceiling. Flocke needs the people who are NOT crossed off to join him so he can get off the island. (If you remember from last week, Jacob said his purpose was to keep Essau / Flocke in check so that he could never get off the island, and the candidates were there to replace him, so maybe Flocke wants to get them together so he can kill them all (the Losties)).
Metallic Plane Landing WHOOSH to a sideways 2004, and TSA has confiscated Jin’s $25,000 in cash, Ouch! Jin was supposed to deliver the watch and $25K to an associate of Sun's father at the restaurant (whom I am guessing is Martin Keamy). Jin and Sun arrive at their hotel and Sun is not wearing a wedding ring, interesante! Jin informs the hotel attendant that they need 2 rooms because they are not married, muy interesante!
Back to the island and Sayid looks sad and pathetic…and what is with the weird low register piano music they play for him now??? Sayid doesn’t feel any pain, joy, or emotion. Flocke says, “that may help you get through what’s coming.” Jin is ready to bolt and find Sun, he’s tired of sitting around, and he wants to get out of there before that ‘thing’ comes back. The whole camp is infiltrated and attacked with blow darts (which look very similar to the blow darts from Season II). Dork No. I and, as B-Zack referred to her, Tina Fey are there to retrieve Jin, but for who…for what?
Back on the beach, Team Jordin Sparks (this is what she looks like Steph) led by Ilana and Jack are waiting for Richard to return. “Jacob’s never lied before, Richard will come back.” Sun looks pissed and drives a dagger into the official Oceanic Flight 815 warped-plank kitchen table. She runs off and finds her place of peace and sanity, her chia pet garden of herbs. Jack conveys to Sun that they are all there because they are chosen, because they are candidates. He starts to explain Jacob’s lighthouse, but Sun could care less. She just wants to reunite with Jin (like we ALL do).
WHOOSH to Los Angeles in 2004, Jin enters Sun’s hotel room and she begins to unbutton her sweater. All I can think is, ‘Are they actually speaking Korean?” Sun has gone from a conservative business woman to one of Tiger Woods’ escorts. Stay classy Sun. Jin takes advantage of the situation.
Back to the beach and Flocke shows up in Sun’s garden of Eden. He’s found her husband and he can take her to Jin right now. “I don’t believe you!” Flocke reassures her, “Come with me, Jin is waiting.” Sun takes off in the opposite direction. Now what would be really badass right here is if the producers spent some coin and CGI’d Flocke transforming into the smoke monster chasing after her? Guess not. Flocke ‘runs’ after her and Sun bumps her head on a tree. I liked it better when Charlie knocked her out.
WHOOSH to the hotel. Sun wants to run away with Jin. Jin loves her, and I think in this ‘universe’ Sun really does not speak English. There’s a knock at the door, and Sun goes to answer it. She checks herself in the mirror (great ‘sideways’ observation by Michelle G.), and takes an extra second to look at her reflection. Martin Keamy is at the door, this can’t be good.
Back to 2007 and Flocke finds all of his people unconscious. He makes sure that the ‘candidates’ are still there (Claire, Sawyer, Sayid, Kate), but where is Jin? Segue to Jin in a room of 1970’s speakers. He hits a breaker, and we find him in the room where Carl was being held captive during Season 3. Images that appear on the projector screen include: THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, and EVERYTHING CHANGES. Tina Fey aka Zoe enters the room and explains that he is being held in “Room 23 where the Dharma Initiative performed subliminal testing”. She shows Jin a figure that displays a grid map used to identify pockets of electromagnetism, and apparently Jin-Soo Kwon signed off on the figures (back in 1977).
Transition over to Team Flocke, and Flocke picks up a gun. Now why in the hell would Flocke need a gun? Claire asks Flocke if her name was on the cave wall. His response is, “No.” (So does that mean it’s not Claire, but actually Aaron whose name is on the cave wall, or was he simply lying to her?) He also says that Kate’s name was not on the cave wall, and he is 3 people shy of getting off the island, so once he gets Jack, Hurley and Sun on ‘his team’, he can eliminate Kate, but he needs her now to get the other 3 to join him. Then "what ever happens, happens." Sawyer asks the question we’ve all been waiting to hear: “What’s up with the guns, and why do you need a boat, can’t you just turn into smoke and fly your ass over the water?” Excellent James, excellent, but we get a weakass response from Flocke, “If I could do that, then why would I be standing here?” Flocke and Sayid are going to get Jin back from Widmore’s group on Hydra Island.
WHOOSH to 2004, and Keamy likes the watch but wants the $25,000, and does not speak Korean. “Get the Russian guy, Danny’s friend…who speaks like 7 languages…what’s his name…Mikhail.” Oh this might be too good to be true… Holy S-, it’s One-Eyed Willie himself, Mikhail, sitting down as an interpreter. Awesome. Mikhail will take Sun to the bank to get the money, and Jin will go to the restaurant until Sun arrives.
Back at the beach, and Ilana is happy because Richard has returned with Hurley. Sun can only speak Korean, but she understands English as a result of her head trauma. Richard tells them to pack their bags because they are leaving. This ‘man’ wants to leave the island, and we have to stop him.” So Richard plans to destroy the Ajira plane on Hydra Island. Transition to Flocke as he arrives at Hydra Island and stays on his side of the buzzing pylons. Charles Widmore lies about the location of Jin and describes Flocke as a myth, ghost stories and jungle noises in the night. Flocke calls Widmore’s bluff about the location of Jin, “You know a wise man once said that war was coming to this island, and I think it just got here.”
WHOOSH to Mikhail and Sun at her bank. Her daddy found out about her secret bank account, which means he probably has found out about her relationship with Jin. Keamy is tying up Jin in the restaurant refrigerator and explains that the $25K was for Keamy to knock off Jin. How ironic that Jin was supposed to deliver his own ‘hit’ money.
Back on Hydra Island, Zoe (Tina Fey) explains that she is a geophysicist, and she is instructed to get the package from the sub and take it to the infirmary. Widmore introduces himself to Jin, and shares Sun’s camera with him. Jin sees a few pictures of his daughter for the first time and begins to weep. Widmore explains that if "that thing got off the island, everyone we know and love would cease to be." Widmore and his team have come there to make sure that does not happen. (Sidenote building off a previous topic, how would Widmore know that Jacob was in trouble/dead, and know that without Jacob, Essau/Flocke would be able to get off the island?) Widmore says, “I think it’s time you see the package, it’s a who, not a what!” I just got the chills because I think we are about to see Aaron being escorted out of the sub, or maybe Walt, or maybe even Walt and Aaron?!
WHOOSH to the final sideways scene from 2004. Sayid kills Keamy and finds Jin in the refrigerator. Mikhail returns to the restaurant with Sun and finds them all dead. A fire fight ensues after Jin fails to kill Mikhail. Jin ends up shooting Mikhail in the eye, and Sun takes a bullet to the gut. “I’m pregnant!” Ohhh crap Jin.
Back at beach camp, Jack sits with Sun and gives her a pad and paper so that she can convey her thoughts in English. It’s just like the way Nick Andros (Rob Lowe’s character from The Stand) was able to communicate with Tom Cullen and the rest of the chosen ones. If you get that reference, then you’ve earned an extra gold star for the day. Sun doesn’t trust Flocke, but she does trust Jack. He promises to help her find Jin and get her off the island safely with her husband (I think we have heard that line before, Jack).
Final scene of the night and Flocke has sent Evil Sayid to see what Widmore is hiding on the sub. This is the moment we have all been waiting for. Who’s going to come popping out of the submarine? It’s……Desmond? I like it because he is a great character, but it was a complete let down. Even seeing Daniel Faraday pop out would have been cooler.
Sayid wades in the water like a curious mermaid and simply stares as Desmond is assisted to the infirmary.
BAMM- LOST
"The Package" delivered for the most part, I am just not a Sun/Jin kind of guy like some of you are. It was a let down that they still have yet to be reunited and we are already 10 episodes into Season 6.
So what purpose does Desmond have? Where are Penny and Charlie (their son)? Is he going to help them find, harness, and manipulate the electromagnetic areas of the island in an attempt to stop/kill Flocke?
Who is the wise man Flocke refers to when he is speaking to Charles Widmore?
Until next week, Namaste and Good Luck!
-Slice
