Catch 22

Let's talk about LOST! Catch 22.



Sexy Desmond machetes his way through the jungle; it’s raining.Hurley, Charlie and Jin are with him.
Charlie tells Hurley he's insane because, "Superman, can fly around the entire planet in the blink of an eye!"
Hurley- "Dude. If we're going by a pure foot race, Supe's would get dusted by the Flash."
Charlie-"Why would the man of steel agree to a sodding foot race?"
Hurley- "For charity. And the Flash would totally win cause he could like vibrate through walls and stuff."
Charlie- "Ooooh, vibration! Whatever would Superman do if he ever came up against a wall?"
Hurley- "No smashing allowed."
Charlie-"No Flying. No smashing. Any other restrictions I need to know about? Perhaps we should fit Superman with a pair of kryptonite…"  With that Charlie steps on a tripwire {Wearing his black/white Vans} an Arrow is launched and hits Charlie in the neck/throat! Desmond tells Charlie to breathe, don't try to talk, "We've got to get back."  Jin yells for Des to help but he can't.   Charlie appears to die. Desmond-Flashes- Echoes. The cable in the sand, Hurley with the cable in his hands, Red light falling from the sky, Picture of Des and Penny w/ wide white border, Jin holding silver parachute, Charlie's voice 'Superman can fly around the entire planet.' Charlie holding a section of the silver parachute, something falls into it, body of parachutist hanging and the blinking beacon, Penny crying, arrow launched {Note Penny eyes.} Desmond snaps out of his Flash. He is on the rocks fishing with a bamboo pole. {Bottle of water.} He looks back toward the camp and sees Charlie with/bottle of water.

Desmond runs up to Hurley and asks him where the wire is.
Hurley- "Did you eat those mushrooms Jack warned us about?" {Hurley's plaid shirt w/yellow collar.}
Desmond-"There's a wire. A cable buried in the sand. Do you know what I'm talking about?"
Hurley- "This is future crap, isn't it?"
Desmond wants to know where the cable is; it's important.  Hurley asks why.
Des-Flashes- Red blinking beacon, Parachutist Hanging, Charlie 'Superman…' echoes, them holding the silver parachute, the wide white bordered pic of Des and Penny.  Desmond seems to be remembering something.  He reveals, "Because someone's coming."

Short haired Desmond is reading from a thin black book with Red edged paper. He is kneeling; wearing a gray sweatshirt. He seems distracted.  The door opens and Brother Campbell enters. He gives Desmond a brown robe and tells Desmond that God tests our faith in many ways, "So as you well know, we have our own test here. A vow of silence that lasts as long as we see fit. This challenges both one's patience and his faith. For some it may last a week. Those we're less sure about, a month. Personally Desmond, I'd never thought you'd last. And so now I stand corrected. For whatever reason your path has led you here. And now you're one of us. Welcome brother." Desmond seems happy.

Jack {red shirt} is working out of a suitcase. {Medicine bottles.} Desmond and Hurley walk over.
Des looks over at Jack's tent and says to him "It must be nice to wake up in your own bed."
Jack- "Yep! Home Sweet Home." {That's what I'm saying!}
Desmond asks to borrow his first aid kit as he's twisted his ankle. Jack offers to take a look at it but that's okay, Des has taped his share of ankles. Jack asks Hurley if he's okay.
Hurley tells him he's just keeping Des company, "Cause we're friends." {Although he didn't sound too sure of that!}
Jack wants Desmond to bring that back when you're done with it.
Desmond asks Hurley, "What the hell was that? Do you want him to get suspicious?"
Hurley-"Suspicious of what?"
Hurley thinks this has something to do with Desmond knowing when Claire was drowning; that's why Des got the first aid kit. Someone's gonna get hurt, but it's not Hurley.  Desmond tells him it's just a precaution. Hurley feels if Desmond wants to be taken to the wire he wants an explanation.
So Desmond shares with him, "I saw a sequence of events. Things that are gonna happen."
Des explains it's like a jigsaw puzzle. Only I didn't have the picture on the box, so I don't know how the pieces fit, exactly. But, but one of the pieces, the first one… Des-Flash-Hurley pulling the cable out of the sand. It was you pulling the cable out of the sand." Hurley asks about the other pieces.
Desmond- "If I tell you that, it'll change the picture on the box." {Bullshit! I call FUCKING SHENANIGANS!}
Hurley- "So what! Isn't that the point? Preventing something bad?"
Des- "Not this time." {WTF?} Des isn't trying to stop something from happening, He actually wants it to happen! Des-Flash- Actual bulb flash, Des and Penny take their picture. He wants it to happen more than anything!

Sawyer visits Freckles at her "house".
Kate- "I thought you weren't allowed to use nicknames?"
He tells her she wasn't around when he lost the bet. {The no nickname rule was to last 1 week.} She's in the middle of getting dressed and he is taken in by her beauty. {HA!} He wants to know if she told the Doc about them.
Kate- "No. But he knows"    She goes on to explain that he saw them on one of their surveillance monitors. Sawyer is happy telling the Doc about the two of them is out of the way. He would like some afternoon delight! "That means sex."
Kate teasingly walks out.
Sawyer- "You need me to make you a mix tape?"   She says yeah.

Jin is making a spear. Hurley wants to know why Desmond needs Jin there.
Desmond explains "Because he was there with us."  Des Flash-Hurley w/cable.
Hurley-"…In one of your puzzle Flashes."
Desmond- "Aye." {PIRATE! lol}
Hurley questions, if Jin doesn't go with them, the person who "supposed to" come won't either. Apparently that's "The long and short of it."
Desmond has no bloody idea how to get Jin to come with them.
Hurley- "Watch the master."
Hurley talks Jin into going camping; In English of course. "Sleeping under the stars, fire on the beach, marshmallows."
Of course Jin understands  and BINGO, Jin will go camping! {Hurley and Jin can communicate with each other} Desmond is pleased. He tells them to get food and water as he needs to get the "one more" to go with them;  Charlie and his guitar.
 Desmond is trying to convince him to go with them.  Charlie knows this isn't about camping; it's about Des's visions. Desmond informs him someone's coming to the island.
Charlie-"As in, someone who's not already here? How the hell is that gonna happen?"
Guess fucking what!…..Desmond can't tell him! {How convenient!} It seems that Desmond has misled Charlie in this adventure.
Charlie- "It's got nothing to do with me?"
Desmond shares he is part of it, as are Jin and Hurley.  Of course Des hasn't told Jin or Hurley they are gonna die. Des Flash- Arrow into Charlie's neck. Des-"That's not gonna happen. Not this time."
Charlie will go; Based on Desmond's Con. Charlie will bring his guitar. {Charlie has a PEARL STATION NOTEBOOK! And he never asks Desmond why he's carrying a medical bag. Stupid ass!}

The guys are on their trek across the beach whistling the Colonel Bogey March.
Desmond is not whistling. {Jin knows this tune. Cool!}
Hurley spots the "place."  He tells Des this is where he followed the wire into the jungle. Jin finds the cable in the sand. Then he and Hurley pull it up. Des-Flash- echoes-Hurley w/cable, it pulls through the sand, through the jungle, red blinking beacon. Des snaps out of it. Hurley explains that the last time he followed that wire into the jungle he almost got kebabbed by one of Rousseau's spiky deathtrap things. Des-Flash-Arrow launched, into Charlie's throat, Silver parachute floats down, Des says "Cut her down."   Desmond tells them they’re "not going in the jungle, well, not yet." It's getting late.
They camp there for the night.
Jin is happy! "Camp."
Charlie- "So when do they get here? Your mysterious someone?"
Apparently the answer is "Soon".

Desmond and Brother Campbell are bottling wine.
Brother Campbell-"You do realize, you're free to talk again Brother Desmond."
Desmond supposes he's used to being quiet. {Hmmmm} {Wine label- Moriah Vineyards. Cabernet Sauvignon 1995. Limited production of 500 bottles. Grown and Bottled by Moriah Vineyards}
Desmond finds the names the brothers gave the wines interesting. He explains that Moriah is the mountain where Abraham was asked to kill Isaac. It's really not a festive locale.
Brother Campbell tells him God spared Isaac. Desmond is bothered by the fact that Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son in the first place.
Brother Campbell educates him that it wouldn't have been much of a test otherwise.
Perhaps Desmond underestimates the value of sacrifice.
A monk dressed in white comes in to see Desmond and tells him, "Brother Desmond, I met this man down by the gates. Says he needs to have a word with you."
The visitor walks in and punches Desmond right in the nose! The guy blesses himself and says a prayer. {As if that's gonna make it okay}

Kate at night at the beach kitchen, eating. She tells Jack the oatmeal's awesome.
Kate- “It’s strange, huh….being back. Not looking for a way out of a cage. Not finding a reason to go running off into the jungle again. I almost don't know what to do with myself."
Jack tells her to enjoy it; he's sure something will go wrong soon enough. {Maybe he can see the future too! Yeah right! They really are at home there, if they feel being away for a week is strange! How long were they really gone? Is this a return trip to the "Island"? I'm just asking!}
Kate's going to do {wash} the dishes in the ocean.  Jack borrows her spoon and she licks it clean before giving it to him. {Whatever} He says goodnight and takes his food over to Juliet.  Kate watches them.

Kate busts into Sawyers "house".   He's relaxed, reading with his glasses on, "What, my doorbell busted again?"
She tells him to shut up and don't talk! She initiates some lovin! Kate cries during the kissing.


Guitar music; Charlie plays dramatic bits.
Jin with a flashlight making a spooky face is telling a scary story in Korean.
The campers have marshmallows! They are very into Jin's story. {Of course!} He and Charlie seem to understand. Jin's climax of the story involves a no handed right arm. Maybe a hook instead! Lol. {I, unlike Hurley and Charlie, do not speak Korean} They are entertained by the story.
Hurley says he loves the part about the bird. {WOW!} "There was a bird, right?"

Desmond sits looking at the picture of him with Penny.
It's Hurley's turn to tell a story, so he tells of the Chupacabra; it's like a bear with spines, but Mexican. He continues the story with Jin.
Charlie walks over to Des and gives him a can of vegetable stuff.
Desmond shows Charlie the picture.
Charlie-"How did you manage to leave her behind and come here?"
Desmond- “Because I'm a coward…You and me both, pal."
Des tried to run away from her and she tracked him down, "With enough money and determination, you can find anyone, she said."
He used to get through the nights thinking she actually meant it; that she never gave up. That maybe she spent the last three years looking for him. All of a sudden they hear the sounds of a helicopter . They get a little excited. Then you hear engine give out. Splash!
Desmond is upset. Hurley says they gotta go out there. {Into the water} Jin spots a blinking beacon falling from the sky. Desmond is pleased.
Jin- "Pallet?"
Hurley says no. It's not a food drop. They saw the beacon thing. "Someone, like, ejected." {He knows for a fact it's not a food drop}
Charlie says you can't eject from a helicopter. Hurley suggests maybe they jumped. All that matters is that they're here.
Charlie- "They? How do we even know it's a person?"
'Cause Desmond said "someone was coming."  Desmond wants to head out to where it fell but Charlie doesn't want to trek into the jungle in the middle of the night. "Rousseau's deathtrap."
Charlie- "It's gonna be light in two hours. We'll wait…"
Desmond- "She can't wait!"
Charlie-"She?"
Desmond- "They. Whoever it is!" {Yeah. Just what I thought, Desmond knows things} They could be hurt.  All four of us have to go now!" Because that is the way it's supposed to happen.
Charlie-"Right. Well I guess it's supposed to happen without me."  Des-Flash-echoes, Charlie's voice, 'Superman' Pic w/Penny, trip wire, Arrow through Charlie's neck, parachute person falls from trees. Desmond has second thoughts and says they go at first light...Together.

Door knocker: Desmond knocks 3x.
Derek, who punched Desmond in the nose, opens the door {plaid shirt}.
Desmond asks if his sister is in. Desmond has band aid on his nose. The brother wants Desmond to leave.
This is Ruth. {Dressed in shades of rose/red}
Ruth's home is very proper and very religious. {Images of roses everywhere!}
Ruth- "So you're a monk now, are ya?"
Well, technically he's still a novice; his initiation is done.
Ruth says he could never begin to explain what he did. He left 1 week before the wedding, "You just disappeared completely."
Desmond- "I had a calling."
Ruth-"We dated for six years and the closest you ever had to a religious experience was Celtic winning the cup!"
Desmond reveals he was scared about the wedding, maybe had a few pints too many, "I raised my eyes and I asked, Am I doing the right thing? And that's the last thing I remember. And when I woke up I was lying on my back in the street, and I don't know how I got there, and there was this man standing over me, Ruth. And he reached out his hand and he said to me 'Can I help you brother? And the first thing I noticed was the rope tied around his waist and I looked at him and I knew, I knew I was supposed to go with him. I was supposed to leave everything that mattered behind. Sacrifice all of it. For a greater calling."
Ruth-"Well, It's a good thing a bloody shepherd didn't help you up, or I'd supposed you'd be off with the sheep, wouldn't ya?" {WOW! For a religious girl, you'd think she'd understand!? Plus it is a nod to the Shepherd men.}
Ruth- "The next time you want to break up with someone, don't join a monastery. Just tell the girl you're too bloody scared." {Or join the secret society of the "Island". HA!}

Juliet hammers in a nail. Jack asks her if she's a doctor or a carpenter?
Juliet- "What? Your dad never taught you to use a hammer?"
Jack- "Nah, My dad taught me how to drink." {Yep! Jack knows how to drink!} Sawyer hopes he's not interrupting them, "You two arguing over who's your favorite Other?" {LOL!}
Sawyer is there to tell the Doc that there's been some developments since you went AWOL. Sawyer presents him with the handmade Ping Pong paddles!
Sawyer- "How's your backhand?"

As the two play Jack wonders where they got the table.
Sawyer asks, doesn't he recognize it? "It fell out of the purple haze after the hatch went blammo. If we don't play every 108 minutes, this Island's gonna explode!"
Sawyer feels this game is finally something he can beat Jack at.   Jack hasn't played since he was 12. 18 point.
Sawyer-"It's kinda strange, being back huh?"
Jack giggles, tells him Kate said the same thing in the kitchen last night. {DOH!} This distracts Sawyer.
Jack- "Best 2 outta 3."

"What's next?" Charlie asks Des "Yeah, you saw the wire, the flashy thing falling out of the sky. Now what? Maybe I can help…"
Desmond cuts him off,"That's it! There is no next. We find the beacon."
Charlie-"Why are you lying to me, Mate?"
Desmond- "Look, mate! I've saved your life 3 times now, If that hasn't bought me your trust I don't know what will? Let’s move." {3x?!}
Hurley- "Dude, seriously. I'm gonna have a coronary."  {Heart}
Desmond corrects him, "Actually you're not. And if we don't get a move on we're not gonna make it before night fall."
Charlie picks up a hula girl doll from the ground and Jin asks something in Korean. Charlie says it can't be Rousseau's because a massive rock would be flying at his head right now. Desmond sees something in a tree and uses Hurley as a ladder to get it. Of course it's a back pack! Hurley asks if that came down with the flashing red light thingy.
The pack contains a paperback of Catch-22, another book wrapped in plastic {Des wrapped his book and stuff in plastic when he was on his boat in the rain storm.}
Jin picks up, "Walkie Talkie."   Hurley knows it's a satellite phone; he even turns it on, but it dies. Desmond finds the picture of him and Penny. {Obviously a print out copy.}
Charlie looks at Desmond.

Sawyer brings Kate a mix tape; The Best of Phil Collins. He says if Bernard asks, he don't' know a thing about it. Kate thanks James. He also asks her if he 'jumped' him last night, was it because she saw the Doc with Juliet?
Kate-"It's not like that."
Sawyer-"It's not? You ain't gotta use me Freckles. All you gotta do is ask."

Thunder and lightning roll.
Charlie asks Desmond if he think it's "her", his "girl" Penny who bailed out of the helicopter.
Desmond- "Earlier I hoped it. Now I know it."
Charlie-"Why didn't you tell us?"
Desmond- "Would you've come if I had?"
Charlie-"Of course." {Watch Des's face!}
Desmond-"I didn't tell you because, I didn't want anything to change."
Charlie-"Look if whatever you’re seeing leads to your girl getting us rescued, why would we want to change anything, right?"   Des-Flash, trip wire, arrow in to Charlie.
Hurley-"Thanks for the heads up about bringing an umbrella, dude."
It rains. {Apparently Desmond can't predict rain.}

Desmond is singing the Celtic song in the winery. He's drunk with a Band aid on his nose; 2 bottles of wine. "It's a grand ol team to see…..and if you know your history…"
Brother Campbell sees Desmond getting pissed on their wine.  A bottle fetches over 100 quid; They've only bottled 108 cases this year. Desmond jokes it's a good thing they've taken a vow of poverty.
Brother Campbell says they've also taken a vow of charity. Desmond offers Brother Campbell some wine.
Brother Campbell-"Something tells me you're not cut out to be a monk."
Desmond had a tough week. Brother Campbell fires Desmond. Des tells him he heard the call!
Brother Campbell- "Sure you heard the CALL. But the Abbey isn't where you were meant to end up."
Brother Campbell goes on to tell him that god has bigger plans more important plans for him. He's just too busy running away to realize what you may be running toward.
Desmond asks him what he's supposed to do now.
Brother Campbell-"Whatever comes next."

"Who's Penny?" Jin asks in English.   Hurley tells him she's a chick Des used to date, and now he thinks she fell from the sky, so their gonna save her life and she's gonna get them rescued. Jin seems to be looking at Desmond but seems concerned. But then Hurley comments, "Dude, even if I spoke Korean, it wouldn't make any sense."
Des wants them to stop talking and move quicker.
Hurley says he's moving as fast as he can, "In case you haven't noticed dude, I'm not exactly the Flash." {Yes, there's literally is a FLASH} Charlie says the Flash is pathetic. Hurley asks if he's got something against the fastest man alive. "You're insane mate. Superman can fly around the entire planet in the blink of an eye."
Hurley-"Dude, if we're going by a pure foot race, Supe's would get dusted by the Flash." {Des realizing this is part of his Flash}
Charlie- "Why would the man of steel agree to a sodding foot race?"
Hurley- "Uh for charity! And Flash would totally win cause he can vibrate through walls and stuff."
Desmond sees the arrow and the tripwire.
Charlie- "OOOh Vibrations. And what would Superman do if he ever came up against a wall?"
Hurley-"No smashing allowed."
Charlie-" No Flying. No smashing. Any other restrictions I need to know about? Perhaps we could fit Superman with a pair of Kryptonite ballet slippers."
Charlie steps on the tripwire and the arrow is launched.
Desmond- "Charlie duck!"
Desmond tackles and saves him! Charlie's a little pissed!

On their trek the four aren't sure where the beacon fell. Desmond says it fell "On this side of the rise."
Jin disagrees. {Desmond doesn't know for sure?! It's his damn vision!}
Hurley suggests they split up. 
Charlie stays with Des. They cross over a stream. Charlie confronts Desmond about knowing to tell him he'd have to duck.
Desmond- "If I told you the truth you wouldn't have come!"
Charlie's pissed because Desmond is willing to sacrifice him, to get to his girl. {There's the answer!}
Desmond- "The Flashes don't happen exactly how I saw them. The picture changes. I was supposed to let you die, Charlie….I keep saving your life." And what good is it. It's gonna keep happening again and again. Maybe it's a test? Like god testing Abraham, “Except I failed, because I changed what I saw."
Jin yells something in Korean.
They come upon a silver parachute with the parachutist hanging lifeless from the tree. They call out.
Jin yells out to her in Korean. {lol}
Desmond-"I'm sorry Penny."

Desmond without a band aid and dressed in street clothes, meets Brother Campbell in his office to return his "robe".   On his desk is a picture of Brother Campbell and Miss Hawking. {WOW! Imagine that. And what a bizarre picture it is!} Brother Martin's heading to town in a few hours, he can give Desmond a ride; if Des doesn't mind heavy lifting.
10 cases are ready to go. Brother Campbell is explaining to the woman picking up the order, and whose father sent the check in advance; a generous donation.   Apparently they see each other from time to time. Brother Campbell shakes Desmond's hand and says goodbye. {Crate is marked 12B…1989}
Desmond makes eye contact with this woman. She instructs him to put them/crates in the back, the rest will can go up front.
Desmond runs up to the parachutist. Desmond's voice, "You better drive safe Miss. This vineyard only makes a limited number of these cases each year." Desmond is climbing the tree up to the hanging body. Desmond tells her a funny about the lazy monks, easier making grape jelly than wine. She giggles. He tells her he's an ex monk, as of last night, he was fired. She didn't know monks could be fired. Desmond explains to her that the Abbey wasn't where he was meant to end up. It's just a step along a path. God allegedly has bigger plans for him. He doesn't entirely believe that.
She says- "Maybe they're right. Just think, if you hadn't gotten fired, we wouldn't have met. And then how could help possibly me unload these crates in Carlisle?"
Desmond- "Did I say I was coming to Carlisle with you?"
She replies, "Not yet".
Jin, Charlie and Hurley hold open the silver parachute to catch the body of the woman Desmond is cutting down.
Desmond doesn't usually get in cars with strangers. "In that case. I'm Penelope….Penny."
He kinda stares at her and says on word-"Desmond."    He smiles.
They guys surround the body. Hurley says she's alive. Desmond runs to her and removes her helmet. It is NOT Penny.
This chick says only one word, "Desmond."



Catch 22 is a  GREAT EPISODE! There are tests and challenges on this adventure.
I want to start with this….Desmond wanting things done exactly his way.  He tells everyone, "according to his puzzle visions..."   BULLSHIT! He is indeed seeing "Flashes" of something, but of what? {Flashes of insight toward enlightenment perhaps?}
Did we start this episode with a Flash within a Flash? Desmond experienced a Flash within a Flash in Flashes Before Your Eyes.

Let's break a couple of things down as far as these "Flashes" of Desmond's go:
Desmond tells Hurley he can't tell him about the other puzzle pieces because it'll change the picture on the box…Yet in Flashes Before Your Eyes Desmond did make changes in those Flashes and it changed NOTHING.   He still ends up on the "Island" playing the game and walking the path in this adventure.  Unless the changes he "thought" he made in an effort to "change things" was the way the things he did all along.
In this episode Charlie makes a change to Desmond's plans to head into the jungle at night to get to "her".   Desmond says "All four of us have to go now!"    Well apparently not leaving at that moment doesn't really fucking matter!    Because Desmond gives in and waits to leave in daylight.   Desmond gives in to Charlie, all to keep the con going with Charlie and to keep them all together;  But it changed nothing.
On their trek Charlie says "Kryptonite BALLET SLIPPERS" before the trap goes off, but in the Flash he stops at "Kryptonite".    Desmond's Flash shows Charlie getting shot with the arrow but later shows Charlie holding the parachute in the Flash. The arrow pierces Charlie's neck in the Flash, while the actual arrow pierces the neck of Charlie's guitar.
Desmond is using Charlie. Desmond is willing to sacrifice Charlie, to get to his girl. There's one of our answers!
Desmond says -"The Flashes don't happen exactly how I saw them. The picture changes. I was supposed to let you die, Charlie….I keep saving your life….It's gonna keep happening again and again. Maybe it's a test?… Because I changed what I saw."   COME ON! The Flashes showed us two different things as far as Charlie was concerned!  So what did he change? He made a choice to save Charlie here. In his puzzle visions Charlie is holding one end of the silver parachute, so Charlie obviously didn't fucking die in one of the run throughs! 
 
With all that said, could Desmond just be experiencing Flashes of Memory? Isn't it possible Desmond is just remembering events and facts from another go-around on the "Island" or even multiple go-arounds?  That could include the past, present and  the future.   But no matter what he still always has a choice to save Charlie!
Desmond is using what he knows/remembers about Charlie's destiny with death and conning him; trying to get Charlie to trust him so he can use poor Charlie to get what he wants.   Desmond admits to being a coward so he needs someone else to do a particular quest for him!
Does Desmond truly believe that Charlie having to die is the point to getting to the next step? This is a fucking LOOPHOLE!
When Desmond says, "Earlier I hoped it. Now I know it."- Apparently he's a very confused man, or just playing one hell of a game...Because he was wrong!

On to the Castaways:
This whole bit with Losties being "gone" and coming back, etc… Are they all going back and forth at separate times, but still end up back at the beach/"Island" together?  Imagine something like you or I just taking little short trips away from your neighborhood, then you come home. Your neighbor goes on vacation, then returns.  The whole neighborhood isn't going on a trip at the same time but you all end up back home at the same time, at some point.  Did that make sense? lol.   I'll make it simpler...How about you exit the game/journey and then you can enter again.


Things to note…Questions to ask...
* Can they all travel back and forth from the "Island" in a "FLASH"?
* Challenges. Tests. Quests. Missions. Value. Sacrifice. Team. Game. Win. Race.
* Black. Red. White. Silver/gray. Brown. Purple.
* Conscious mind.
* Clues to the comic book. Superhero.
* EYES- EYES-EYES! DO YOU SEE IT?! PLEASE TELL ME YOU DO!
* Des recruits the guys but he cons Charlie to go.
* "Did you eat those mushrooms…?"  Clue to being drugged/Hallucination.
* Can anyone/something vibrate through walls or go under doors?
* Carlisle- Boone's last name is Carlyle
* The cable is connecting things. Wire. Keep in mind the main "Power source" has to come from somewhere else!
* Chupacabra.- Extraterrestrial monster.
* Cassette of "The Best of Phil Collins" There is no cassette titled that. That exact title was for a song book. A music, vocal, piano song book/sheet music.
* I wonder if Kelvin is hanging around somewhere?!
* Could any of the "Island" residents be children of parents who were willing to sacrifice their children to this cause?
* Desmond is helping himself.
* Language. Communication.
* Rose.
*  I wonder who Desmond's father is.  Maybe Christian? 
* Christian and Jack are connected to this "Desmond" episode.
* Wine. Alcohol/Liquor. Drunk.
* Maybe Desmond is someone's "father". {Creator}
* Adoptive parents?
* Why is someone always in a "tree"?
* The Monastery was also referred to as an Abbey. Monastery and Abbey differ to some degree.
* Date on bottle labels 1995. On the crate 1989. I'm just noting it.
* Desmond really on the "island" for three years? Hmm...
* "The first thing I noticed was the rope tied around his waist."
* Desmond co-pilot or pilot?
* Hurley is the master...of what? Is anyone else a master?
* Silence. Offering.  Path. Leaving behind "attachments". Heart.
* Beacon...Light...Enlightenment


Vocabulary and Research...
* Ruth: Compassion or pity for another.
   2). Sorrow or misery about one's own misdeeds or flaws.
* Catch-22 is a novel by Joseph Heller published in 1961. It's set during the later stages of World War II.
* Catch-22- describing a paradox in a law, regulation or practice in which one is a victim regardless of the choice one makes. In probability theory, it refers to a situation in which multiple probabilistic events exist, and the desirable outcome is an AND join of these events, however there is zero probability of this occurrence. Double bind, a term for a common instance of the catch-22 logical conundrum in psychology.
* 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a genetic disorder also known as CATCH-22.
* Morton's Fork is an expression that describes a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion.
* A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one option is offered, and one may refuse to take that option. The choice is therefore between taking the option or not taking it. It is analogous to the expression "my way or the highway".
* A monk (Greek for alone), in modern parlance also referred to as a monastic, a person who practices religious asceticism, the conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose. The concept is ancient.
* Colonel Bogey March was written in 1914. Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth Alford. Supposedly, the tune was inspired by a military man and golfer who whistled a characteristic 2-note phrase (descending minor third interval) instead of shouting "Fore!"
* Bogey, a golfing term for "one over par".
* Bogey (brevity code), a radar or visual air contact whose identity is unknown.
* Superman- The story of Superman, he was born Kal-El on the alien planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planet's destruction. Adopted and raised by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent, and imbued with a strong moral compass. Upon reaching maturity the character develops superhuman abilities, resolving to use these for the benefit of humanity.
* Flash Memory- A form of non-volatile computer memory.
* The Flash-Once nicknamed the Scarlet Speedster, the Flash possesses "super-speed," which includes the ability to run and move extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes and seemingly violate certain laws of physics. There are a few incarnations of The Flash, with different Main character names. In later stories of the Flash, The Flash also introduced a much-imitated plot device into superhero comics when it was revealed that Garrick and Allen existed on fictional parallel worlds. Their powers allowed them to cross the dimensional boundary between worlds, and the men became good friends.
* The Wall. Concept album by Pink Floyd. Story portrays the life of an anti-hero named Pink, who is beaten down by society from the earliest days of his life: having lost his father, smothered by his over-protective mother, oppressed at school by tyrannical, abusive teachers, a cheating wife, Pink withdraws into his own fantasy world, building an imaginary wall, an allegory for being emotionally distant, to protect himself from the rest of the world. Every bad experience in his life is "Another Brick in the Wall". Pink slowly goes insane behind his freshly completed wall. He is lost on the inside.
* Charity (practice), the practice of benevolent givings. In Christianity it is a virtue.
* Charity is a purely functional experimental programming language, developed at Calgary. Based on ideas by Hagino it is completely grounded in category theory. Disregarding interactions with the outside world, all Charity programs are guaranteed to terminate.

I'm adding these two here because the cold clue has been coming up. I'm just noting them here.
* In physics or engineering, cryogenics is the study of the production of very low temperatures (below –150 °C, –238 °F or 123 K) and the behavior of materials at those temperatures. (Rather than the familiar temperature scales of Fahrenheit and Celsius, cryogenicists use the Rankine and Kelvin scales.) The Kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K).
* Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and other animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. Human cryopreservation is not currently reversible. Cryonics is derived from the Greek word meaning cold.

* Buddhist use 108 beads, representing the 108 human passions that Avalokiteshvara assumed when telling the beads. This number also ensures the worshipper repeats the sacred mantra at least 100 times, the extra beads allowing for any omissions made through absent mindness in counting or for the loss or breakage of beads.
* In Buddhism:
The Eight Offerings:
-Offering water to cleanse the mouth or face:
-Offering water to wash the feet:Offering flowers signifies the practice of generosity and opens the heart.
-Offering incense symbolizes moral ethics or discipline.
-Offering light
-Offering of perfume or the fragrance from saffron or sandalwood. It signifies perseverance or joyous effort. Through that one quality, one develops all the qualities of enlightenment.
-Offering of food which has a lot of different tastes signifies samadhi, which is a nectar or ambrosia to feed the mind.
-Offering of musical instruments.The Eight Lucky Articles or Eight Bringers of Good Fortune to support the practitioner's efforts at reaching enlightenment. 
Each of these also represents an aspect of the 8-fold Noble Path which is DHARMA.




Catch-22. I guess it doesn't matter…Flashes…Flashes of Time…Flashes of the Past…Flashes of the Present…Flashes of the Future…Flashes of Memories…Flashes of insight... It now and forever will always be a catch-22 for them.


Love to all who are "LOST" ™

Posted on MySpace February 20, 2008

Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right. The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either. You all know I hate spoilers and I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode, we all know what they are. Understood? Good! Let the fun begin! I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance! It will get very exciting as we progress into the story.

One of Us.

Let's talk about LOST! One of Us.

Sayid, Juliet, Kate and Jack are on their trek; they cross and stop at the stream.
Sayid tells them it's getting late; it's a good place to make camp.  Sayid drinks from his canteen.   Jack and Kate gather firewood. {We get a lot time watching them break and gather the limbs.}
Kate asks him if he wants to talk about the week he spent over there with "Them".   Jack tells her he made a deal with them, if he took care of Ben, "they'd let me off the Island. I kept my head down, did what I was supposed to. And I didn't ask any questions."  That's it.
Juliet freshens up in the stream. Sayid approaches Juliet wanting to know "What you people are doing on this Island? Why are you people are terrorizing us? Making lists. Kidnapping children. I want to know everything. But the first thing I'd like to know is, who are you?"   {She obviously doesn't know!}
{Flash}
Dr. Juliet Burke pulls up to a secured facility. The song Downtown plays on the radio.   She's met by a guard; tells him she's with Mittelos Bioscience and shows her ID.  Her sister Rachel is with her.  The guard will let Mr. Alpert know she's here.   Rachel sees the security cameras and comments that they're taking the corporate secrecy thing a little too seriously.   Juliet feels she'll never fit with these people.

Ethan knocks on the car window 2x and asks Juliet to pop the trunk so he can get her bags. {Window going up and down! Open/Close!}
The gate opens and Richard greets them, "You managed to find us."
Juliet with purse and key says, "I didn't even know there was an airport out here."
Richard-"I know. It surprises everyone." {Car has Florida plate.} Richard introduces himself to Rachel and thanks her for letting them borrow her sister for a few months.
Rachel- "Just promise me you'll bring her back in one piece."
Richard-"Well, we'll do our best." {OMFG! Do your best?!} {Men wearing ties, except for Ethan.} Because of security they have to take Juliet in the rest of the way. She says goodbye to Rachel at the gate and gives her the keys. Worried Juliet asks her if this is a mistake, "What if you get sick again?"
Confident Rachel says, "I won't. Cancer's gone. And I'm a 100 percent preggers." Juliet promises to be back before she gives birth.
Rachel-"Don't worry about us. You spent your whole life working to get here. So don't blow it." They love each other. Rachel tells her sister, "Go make us proud."
They close the gate.

Sayid asks, "Who are you?"
Juliet-"If I told you who I was, if I told you everything that I know, you’d kill me."
Sayid-"What you'd think I'd do if you don't?"
Jack tells him to leave her alone, she'll answer his questions when she's ready, “And you'll wait until she is. She's under my protection."
Sayid is not pleased and Juliet is very pleased!

Charlie is on the beach with his laundry; he hears Aaron crying. Claire is sleeping and the crying isn't waking her. Charlie wakes her. She tells him she's feeling a little 'off.'; she didn't sleep well. Charlie offers to take the baby while she rests some more.
Claire-"I won't sleep long." {Oh Yes you will.}

Sayid is pissed as he's cutting a path through the jungle very quickly. Kate is behind him; Jack and Juliet lag behind.
Juliet asks Jack-"I guess it's no use asking them to wait up, huh?"
Jack tells her to give them time, "They'll come around."
Juliet-"My people kept Sayid chained to a swing set for three days, then I dragged Kate through the jungle, handcuffed myself to her, and lied about it. How much time do you think they need?" {SHE dragged Kate, then handcuffed her! She made it look like something it wasn't! And Jack didn't catch this?! Is he not listening? Or does he already know the truth?}
Jack tells her they'll be back at "our" beach in a couple of hours; they'll probably be over it by then. Jack asks her if she's nervous.
Juliet- "Hell Yeah" and smiles. {Nervous? For what? This isn't the friggin' prom!}
{Flash}
Herarat Aviation.
No one is in the airport except for Richard, Juliet, Ethan and the woman at the counter.
Richard tells Juliet "I know six months sounds like an eternity. You're gonna be amazed at how time flies once you're there."
She can't wait to find out where there is.

No tie Ethan will take Juliet's vitals. Richard lets her know that everyone at the company's excited to have her, as her "research will really have a major impact on us."
He prepares an ORANGE drink for her; he shakes up a packet of tranquilizer, mixes it into the juice. Richard tells Juliet she's gonna want to be asleep for the trip.
Ethan adds, "It can be kind of intense."
Juliet freaks a little. She signed all their papers and agreed to not talk to anyone in her life for six months and is fine with the fact that "no one in the medical field has ever heard of Mittelos Bioscience..."
Richard asks her why she was fine with all those things, "It was quite a leap for a job opportunity. I mean we're not paying you that much."
Richard goes on to say Juliet thinks she's fine with everything because deep down she knows the place they're taking her to is special.
Richard-"You took a woman, your own sister. Whose reproductive system was ravaged by chemotherapy, was sterile, and you made her pregnant. You created life, where life wasn't supposed to be."
He tells her that's a gift and that she's meant to do something significant with it. We're they're going, she can do just that! He can't tell her where they're going, but he can tell her is she'll see things there that she never imagined. No one is forcing her and if she's changed her mind, they could take her back…. With that Juliet downs the entire glass of Orange juice! Ethan tells her she shouldn't have drunk that so fast. She is out!

Juliet is waking up to a red glow. {Red light bulb.} She's strapped down to the bunk.
Ethan-"Good morning. No. no. It's okay. You'll be hoarse for a few hours, but it gets better as the day goes on." He apologizes for strapping her in, "The last leg is always a little bumpy." He tells her to watch her head as she climbs off the bunk: no shoes and she's groggy. She walks past two guys sitting at a small table drinking coffee. Ethan informs her "We're here", and points up.

Juliet climbs up and out. {Her POV- looks like a tube/well.} Ethan walks away. {WATCH OUT! Now she has on her SHOES! One minute no shoes, the next, shoes! EYES.} She stands on the sub and looks around. {That is a beautiful island, indeed! I want to go there so badly!} Benjamin Linus introduces himself to her; they shake hands. He's looking forward to working with her and tells her to watch her step. A guy closes the hatch. {This does not appear to be open water. It looks more lake-like. Why a sub?}

Charlie takes care of Aaron. {Papaya?} Hurley’s making soggy oatmeal.
Sawyer comes over, "Well if it ain't three men and a baby."
They look confused. Sawyer counted Hugo twice! {!!!} Claire's not doing well so she asks for aspirin as her head's pounding.
Sawyer-"I got you covered. Two aspirin, coming right up."
Sawyer, who is eating his bowl of cereal, sees Jack, "Son of a bitch." Then he sees Kate and he is relieved. {He loves her so much.}And then he sees Sayid. Everyone on the beach is hugging them, everyone's happy. Everyone is reunited.
Sawyer sees Juliet standing a few feet away and angrily asks, "What the hell is she doing here?"
Juliet sits alone on the beach looking out to the water. Hurley comes over for a few words. "So. You're like, one of them, huh?"
She says, "I'm Juliet."
Hurley-"I don't remember you from the dock. After you put bags on our heads. After you shocked us." {With darts?} Juliet remarks she had the day off. Hurley hears she's a doctor.

Juliet-"More of a researcher…They send you over here to keep an eye on me?"
Hurley informs her the last one of you guys that came over here, Ethan...He kidnapped Claire and Charlie got upset. We buried him over there." {Juliet's eyes.}
{Flash}

A "Flat line" sound is coming from the machine. Juliet is in the O.R. {Same room Claire was in with Ethan. Goodwin and Ethan are there. Baby incubator.} Ethan tells Juliet “She’s gone. She's dead." {They have Dharma medical station scrubs on.}
Goodwin comforts Juliet "It's okay. You tried." He tells her to go take off and he'll talk to Ben. Juliet leaves.
Juliet in red shirt is sitting on the rocky area looking out over the water. {Ben looking very similar to what he looked like in the scene with Sawyer looking over at the other island in Every man for himself; complete with his bunny bag of tricks.}
Ben says it was Sabine's choice to get pregnant and she knew she was taking a risk. Juliet thinks 'it' happens at conception, "If that's the case, there's nothing I can do about it. At least not here." The only way to see if she's right would be to take a woman off the island, back to Miami.
Ben-"No. You're not taking anybody off the island."
In that case there's nothing more Juliet can do. Her sister will give birth in three months, "it's time for me to go home." {Oh no! Ben has that look in his eye!} Ben tells her, her sister won't be giving birth in three months; she'll be dead before then because her cancer's back. Ben pulls out a file from his bag of tricks and shows Juliet Rachel's records. {Yes, we can see the electrocardiograph records show, male, 5' 11", 187 lbs, etc. Is he that skilled in the ways of the Jedi, that he can make people believe they're seeing something different on paper, than what's really there? That's fucking Yoda skill!}
Juliet sways on her feet a little. Ben got the file from Mikhail. Juliet is upset, "I could have gone home. I could have been with her!" He tells her she still can, "You can go home, Juliet. Be with her in her final days. Or you can stay here and help me with our problem." If she stays he says "I will cure your sister's cancer."
Juliet wonders, "I'm supposed to take that on faith?"
Ben explains she's been here six months, "You've done extensive workups on all of us. Have you seen even a trace of cancer?"
Juliet-"That's here! And being that you won't let me bring my sister here I'm going to..." Ben cuts her off telling her Jacob said he'd take care of it himself, "Unless of course, you don't have faith in him. Every woman on this island needs you. If you choose to stay, I promise you, we will save Rachel's life."

It is night on the beach/kitchen. Sun questions the motives of trusting Juliet. "She's one of them."
Jack-"Not anymore. They left her behind."
Jack doesn't know where her people went and Juliet doesn't know either.
Sawyer interjects, "Here's an idea. Let's sic our resident Iraqi on her, let him do what he does, then see what she says." {Sic, like a dog} Sayid says no, he doesn't do that anymore. Sawyer states, "Well ain't that convenient?" {That's what I always say!} Sayid doesn't trust her. If she's so innocent, why won't she answer their questions? Jack tells them to give her time, she's afraid. {Bullshit!}
Sayid-"How much time?" {Sound familiar?} Jack says the fact that he trusts her should be enough.
Sayid-"It's not."
Desmond- "Where did Locke go?"
Claire joins the group looking awful. Jacks tells them Locke went with them; right after he destroyed the sub that was gonna take him off this island. Hurley's surprised and shocked to hear that, "What?!"
Sawyer- "They were gonna let you go?"
Jack says yeah.
Sawyer-"Said who?"
Says Ben; whose life Jack saved.
Sawyer-"You should have let that bug eyed bastard die!"
Kate tells him Jack did it for "Us."
Sawyer says it sounds like he did it for him. Kate calls him James in front of everyone. {And NO ONE says anything about her calling him something other than what they know him as! OR do they all know his name is James?!}
Sawyer asks Jack, "Why he's fighting every single one of us and sticking up for one of them?" Jack shares he spent every moment over there trying to find a way off this island, he was trying to help "All of us."
All of a sudden Claire has blood coming from her nose/mouth; she faints! Jack tells Charlie to get her head back and get her up! He asks Charlie how long she's been like this. Charlie tells him since this morning.
Jack-"Before we got back, was she showing any symptoms at all?…Has she been drinking enough water?"
He instructs Charlie to keep her head up. Here comes Juliet! She stands next to Sun and Jin and asks "What happened to her?"
Jin says something in Korean and Juliet asks what he said.
Sun-"He said, what do you care?"  {D'OH! Did Jin understand her question?!}
Juliet runs up to Kate and tells her she needs her help; she needs her to get Jack.
Juliet-"I think I know what's wrong with Claire."
Kate-"Why?"
Juliet is getting emotional, "Because I did it to her."

Kate gets Jack and they talk to Juliet.
Sawyer and Sayid watch them from afar. Sawyer asks Sayid, “That giving you a bad feeling in your stomach?"
Sayid nods yes; Sawyer too.

Juliet informs Jack Claire's immune system is turning on her; she's have a laten reaction to a medication in her blood stream. The medication was designed to keep her alive during the late stages of her pregnancy.
Jack- "Designed by who?"
Designed by Juliet. She explains that for some reason women here can't have babies. The mother's body turns on the pregnancy, treats it as a foreign invader. She saw it happen over and over; every pregnant woman on this island died... Until Claire. {Kate and Sun look at each other} Jack asks what did she do to her. Juliet reveals that one of our people infiltrated your camp and they began taking blood samples right after your plane crashed. {They were able to take blood samples without anyone waking up! That's gotta prove something!} {Flashes of Ethan wearing a hooded sweatshirt, covering Claire's mouth, needle, injection, Shhhh!}
Kate-"Ethan." {Could Kate have seen any of that?}
Juliet goes on that "even though Claire didn't conceive on this island, her symptoms were consistent with previous mothers, so we tried to save her life. {That's an interesting statement.}
Jack-"By kidnapping her?"
Juliet-"No. That wasn't supposed to happen. She was our control case. I had developed a serum that, I thought would reverse what was happening to her. Ethan was administering the injections." {Flash of Hurley running through the jungle with the manifest. "The census. I interviewed everyone. One of them isn't in the manifest. He wasn't on the plane."}

Juliet reveals they realized the Lostie's found out he wasn't on the plane. {Does Juliet have the power of post hypnotic suggestion? Can she talk them into things, just like Ben can?} Juliet tells them, Ethan improvised. {Flash of Charlie and Claire in the jungle and Ethan greets them. Claire looks very sick! Injection bottles, needles, Ethan in OR/Treatment room with Claire, meds refrigerator, the funny shaped log that Claire sat on with Ethan, the Oceanic baby mobile.} Juliet says he kidnapped her on his own, that was never part of the plan. Without those injections Claire would have died. Without the serum, she's going into a form of withdrawal. {Their eye color!} And if she doesn't treat her quickly, her immune system could shut down entirely. She tells Jack, "I can fix this. I just need the serum. Ethan kept a stash of medical supplies near the caves where you used to live. {How would she know that!!! Oh yeah. She knows everything! Cameras.} If I go right now, I can be back before it's too late."
Jack tells her to do it.  {Note that we know CHarlie gave Claire and the baby the pneumatic injector and serum from the latest pallet drop.}
{Flash}
Naked Juliet is eating in bed; but she's in a daze. {There's opera on the radio.}
Goodwin- "Where are you?" He is hanging out with her in the bed. He asks "… Where were you?"
She tells him she "was just realizing that tomorrow she will have been on this island for three years." Goodwin had better bake a cake. {Celebration} There's a knock at the door. X-Rays are delivered to Juliet. {R circles/2 spheres inside} Juliet is troubled looking at them. Goodwin joins her. {Eyes} Juliet informs him, "Karl developed some X-rays for me."
Goodwin-"What’s wrong?"

Juliet walks across the yards of the barracks while people are going about their activities. She is holding a yellow/manila envelope in her right hand. She knocks on the door 2x. Ben, who was at his desk reading, answers the door. {Red cup, Bugs, Love the dragon thingy on top of the bookcase! Clock shows 12:35ish. He has on his Harry Potter glasses.}
Ben was just finishing 'Carrie'; he doesn't understand why she picked it, it's depressing. {The clock shows 9:30ish.}
Juliet comes right out and tells him he has a tumor. When he told her about his back pain, she said she would take some X-rays to see if it was a small fracture or herniated disc. But that's not his problem. {Does he not remember taking X-rays? hehehe} His problem is a large tumor surrounding your L-4 vertebra. Ben checks out the x-ray and seems surprised.
Ben-“You've just told me that I have cancer. Of course I'm surprised."
Juliet-"No. I told you had a tumor."
She accuses him of being scared. Juliet says Ben told her no one on this island ever had cancer, "You told me that! You told me you could fix it! You said that! You told me you cured my sister! You lied to me!"
Ben gets defensive "No. I did not lie to you"
Juliet-"If you can cure cancer Ben, then why do you have it?"
He doesn't know.
Juliet smacks the glass of water out of his hand and demands to talk to her sister. He tells her that's not gonna happen, but promises her Rachel is fine. Juliet yells, "You never cured her! You're a liar! You lied to me!"
Juliet literally has backed him up against the counter/wall. Ben insists he told her the truth. Juliet cries on his shoulder, she wants to go home. She begs him. He's says "No."
Juliet has a meltdown and cries.


Juliet, alone makes her way to a huge tree w/no leaves that has an egg shaped logo on it. {Not the hydra logo we know.}  She gets the black case from under the leaves across from the tree.
She opens the combination pad lock.
Sayid tells her to step away from the case! She was followed by Sawyer and Sayid. Juliet tells them the case is full of medical supplies and that Jack knows all about it.
Sawyer-"Jack ain't here right now. Is he?"
Sawyer opens the case, it does have needles, meds, etc.

Sayid-"You told me earlier that if you told me everything you knew, I'd kill you. I'm here to test the validity of that statement." The boys want her to talk.  They have cleared their schedules so they have all the time in the world.
Juliet goes into manipulation mode {Or is it hypnotic suggestion mode? Eyes.} "You know it's interesting. That you two are now the camp's moral police. I'm curious, Sayid. How long was it till you told everyone on that beach exactly how many people you've tortured in your life? Do they know about Basra? {He sways a little, sure looks hypnotized. He doesn't say anything.}
She turns to Sawyer, "I'm sure the first thing you did when you got here, James, was to gather everyone in a circle and tell them about the man you shot in cold blood the night before you got on the plane. So why don't we just skip the part where you two pretend to be righteous. I'm taking that medication back to Claire and you're gonna let me. Because if she doesn't get it. She's gonna die. And the last thing that either of you need right now is more blood on your hands." She takes the case from a 'blank' Sawyer. {The guys never say anything! Never ask her how she knows that shit! They don't flinch! Why didn't Sayid just kill her?}

The CD player opens and an unmarked/unlabled CD is put in. It plays the song 'Downtown.'   Juliet looks in the mirror. We remember this as the day Oceanic flight 815 arrived on the Island and there is a book club meeting, etc. Everything starts to shake. The book club members head outside. Once outside Juliet seems to be looking around. Ben comes out of his barrack home. We relive Ben giving Ethan and Goodwin 'direction' on what to do with the crash/survivors. {To me it seems like he's giving direction for a scene; scripted. Maybe because I've taken direction from directors and that's pretty much how it is.} After Ben's comment about being out of the book club, Juliet walks away from him. {Eyes} Ben calls her back, "You and I need to talk."
Juliet- "Now?"
Ben- "We have some time. It's important. Take a walk with me."
Ben radios Mikhail- "We're here. He never has his walkie on!" There's something he needs to show her.
Mikhail asks Ben, "Did you see it?"
Ben-"A plane fell out of the sky Mikhail, of course we saw it."
Mikhail shows Ben news footage on monitors telling about the disappearance of Oceanic flight 815. Mikhail speaks specifics. Ben wants detailed files on every single passenger. Mikhail's already working on it. Juliet is still holding/showing her Stephen King book.

Ben asks him to upload to Richard in Acadia Park.  Ben was hurt when Juliet called him a liar yesterday.  He puts on his directors headset and cues Richard. There is a newspaper with today's date, Wednesday, 9/22/04. 
He says, "This is live."
We then see Rachel, appearing healthy playing with a little boy; she's pushing him on a swing. Juliet is cries. Ben tells her a little over two years ago, to everyone's surprise; Rachel's cancer went into complete remission. Shortly after she gave birth to a healthy baby boy; his name is Julian.
Ben says thanks to Richard, "You'll want to get back here as soon as you can. We may have some new visitors."
Juliet is very emotional; she wants to go home. Ben tells her their agreement was for her to stay until her work is finished. Juliet feels it's impossible "The mothers keep dying."
Ben-"Then we'll find more mothers. Who knows? Maybe there's even one on that plane?"

Jack is caring for Claire. Juliet comes to save the day with her case.  Charlie's upset with Jack trusting Juliet. Jack trusts her so he wants Charlie to trust him. Charlie says he trusts him. Juliet gives Claire the injection and tells them they should see results in a few hours.
Jack tells her "If this doesn't work, if something happens to her…I'm not gonna be able to protect you anymore. You'll be on your own"
She’s already on her own.

Charlie and Claire are sleeping; they wake up. Claire asks what happened. Charlie just smiles.

Juliet sits on the beach, alone. Jack brings her a tarp, blankets, pillows; it's enough stuff to get her started. He tells her Claire's awake. She smiles. Everyone says it's okay if she sets up camp.
Jack- "They're good people. They're willing to give you the benefit of the doubt." {I need to talk to them about that!} He also says eventually they're gonna need some answers. She asks him why she never has to explain herself to him.
Jack- "You were there; you were standing right next to me when that submarine exploded. In that moment I saw it in your eyes. You want to get off this island more than anything else in the world. That makes you one of us."
Juliet puts up her tarp. She ties the knot it just like we've seen Sun. {and Danielle do the same.}

We see Ben talking to Juliet, "Let's go over it again."   Juliet knows what to do but he wants to go over it again, just to be sure.
Juliet- "I drag Austen out into the jungle, handcuff myself to her. Then tell her I was gassed. Just like she was."
Ben- "And if she catches you in the lie?"
Juliet will admit to it, "Tell her it was the only way to earn her trust." Then they'll take Juliet back to the beach.
Juliet-"I know you want me to go there. But after everything that we've done to them, it's going to be a problem. Ben says they've activated the implant in Claire; she should be symptomatic within the next 48 hours. {We see Flash of Juliet tie her knot. Jin, Desmond on the beach.} By the time she gets to the camp she'll have a nice big crisis to solve.  Ben informs her Price is already on his way to hide her supplies at Ethan's old drop point, "Tell Jack that you can save her. He trusts you."
Juliet seems zoned out. Ben asks if she's alright. Juliet is fine. He then presents her with a gas mask and {Coffee cup} says "See you in a week." Juliet takes the mask.

Juliet ties her tarp at the beach camp.




One of Us is a Great Episode! We have much to talk about.  But keep in mind, your gonna wanna be asleep for the trip because it can be kind of intense! It's OK because the place they take us to is special.

Was the "Island" not supposed to have life on it?  Or are we talking about creating life "somewhere" else that isn't supposed to be able to make life?


Things to Note…Questions to ask…
* EYE COLOR CHANGES! All of them, even Ben.
* Anagram for TARP is TRAP!
* Anagram for Herarat Avaiation: A Variation Earth or A Variation Heart.
* I've asked this before…Who is Juliet?  Really. How old is she? How about Ethan? He must be around for a really long time. Maybe all the scientists/doctors/researchers of the "Island" have been around a really long time. That would include Arzt.
* The hidden away Airport, Herarat Aviation.   The customer "line" ques look like a descending Whale Tail.
* Guarding a gate. Security. Surveillance. Protection.
* "A little over two years ago Rachel's cancer went into complete remission. Shortly after she gave birth to a healthy baby boy."   Juliet tells Jack she's been there for over three years. It's supposed to be 9/22/04. We were led to believe Rachel got preggers before Juliet left Miami!
* Ben knows everything. Is it possible that Ben plans everything or just knows the plan for everything?
* Could Juliet be responsible for blowing anything up
* Are they all just 'case' studies? Control cases?
* Time flies when you're on the "Island".  Or does it really go slower?  I'm sure time doesn't even matter.
* Sleep. Tranquilizer. Clonazepam is a sedative. Depressing. Hypnosis. Implant.
* That submarine. Is that the "official" transport to the  "Island"?  Prop?  By the way, they supposedly left from an airport, so at what point did they transport unconscious Juliet to a sub?
* Tube…. Could that be a tube, as in "travel?" Or Tube Tracking? Is that how everyone is being tracked?
* Karl developed the x-rays. {Interesting}
* There seems to always be a beach reunion!
* Bug. Bug eyed. {Invertebrates? Is that reaching too far, even for me? hehehe}
* Design...Medication…Fertility…Conception…Baby...Create...Bring life.   What has been "designed" on the "Island" really?..
* Plane crash day 9/22/04. I can't help but keep in mind that there is Oceanic plane wreckage already inside the cave. Let's not forget that!
* Coffee. We need to add tea to that list! In the Himalayas, there is Hindu religion, culture. They grow tea. Say Namaste, etc..
* 3- PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE. Birth, Life, Death.
* How does Juliet know details about Sawyer and Sayid? Not only about their lives but details about the day/night before their arrival there? How would she know Sawyer killed someone? Is it because these events happened already? And/or they are scripted/written scenarios for the tests/quests/roles each person is to experience?   So that leads me to this question again…Are events in the Flashes or the "Island" real? Nope!   Drugged up, yes.. In addition could we be witnessing some sort of post hypnotic suggestion technique going on?  Are they using a song, prop, word, phrase or even a picture, something meant to trigger a manipulated memory/memory?   Hypnosis to go along with the hallucinations.  It could be. This is some friggin game!
* I think by now it's pretty obvious we see at least two versions of things. Shoes off, shoes on, etc. Different times on the clock in Ben's house. There's a lot more to add to the list of differences. WAIT! It doesn't end there!.....Ben's tumor is at his L-4 vertebra.  That's lumbar vertebra. Yet when Jack's in the hydra being held in the glass cell, he asks Ben about his neck. Those would be Cervical vertebra! C3-C6. Is there really a tumor at all? Spine, Spinal surgeon, vertebra…
* Walk, walkie, "walking" stick…Guess what? Human walking is accomplished with a strategy called the double pendulum. Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land.
* A walking stick is a bug. Aaahhh! OH DAMN IT!
* Clues to Head- Could the reference to head be about "Head Hunters"?  What about an injury to the head?  Manipulating what's going on in the head?   Just plain ol messing with their head?   Things are taking place in their HEADS.
* "...let me off the island".  So it seems as if Jack and the gang are not allowed to leave freely; they have to be on the "island".

* What if we have a few "Islands" here?  Okay, maybe "Islands", maybe hidden facilities, or even off shore facilities/freighters.  Nonetheless, these would be the equivalent of layers or levels in the story/game.



Vocabulary and Research...
* One of Us is a novel. By Michael Marshal Smith. The plot centers on a small time ne'er-do-well, ex barman who has found a lucrative line as a REM temp taking care of people's unwanted dreams and memories. However when he finds himself burdened with a memory of a murder he is forced to find the real culprit and face up to his own past mistakes.
* Them! a sci-fi film about giant ants.
* THEM(Marvel universe), a fictional terrorist organization. Also, a gang of villains from the Wonder Woman comic.
* THEM: Adventures with Extremists is a book by Ronson. The book accompanied Ronson's documentary series Secret Rulers of the World.
* A sedative is a substance that depresses the central nervous system, resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, as well as slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. Sedatives may be referred to as tranquilizers, depressants, anxiolytics, soporifics, sleeping pills, downers, or sedative-hypnotics. Sedatives can be abused to produce an overly-calming effect. At high doses or when they are abused, many of these drugs can cause unconsciousness(hypnotic) and even death.
* The Lawson L-4 was a 1920s American un flown biplane airliner, designed and built by the Lawson Air Line Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1924 the Company had a need for an airliner to use on the night service between Chicago and New York. The L-4 was a 3-engined biplane airliner which was fitted with sleeping berths, lavatory and unusually a shower unit.
* Bioscience is the study of life. It examines the structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution of living things. It classifies and describes organisms, their functions, how species come into existence, and the interactions they have with each other and with the natural environment. 4 unifying principles form the foundation of modern biology: cell theory, evolution, genetics and homeostasis.
* Hypnosis (Greek hypnos,"sleep") is "a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject.
* A Hindu is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Other countries with large Hindu populations include Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Fiji, Guyana, Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Beliefs and practices, Dharma · Artha · Kama · Moksha, Karma · Samsara · Yoga · Bhakti,Maya · Puja · Mandir.
* An invertebrate, is an animal lacking a vertebral column. As invertebrates account for 97% of all animal species, this subdivision of zoology has many further subdivisions including but not limited to: Arachnology - the study of spiders and other arachnids. Entomology - the study of insects. Malacology - the study of mollusks. Carcinology - the study of crustaceans. Invertebrate paleontology - the study of extinct invertebrates .
* Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine. Or are there ties to Canada and French?
* Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner and Richard Alpert took part in experiments investigating the therapeutic and religious possibilities of drugs such as mescaline, psilocybin and LSD.  It is titled The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead is an instruction manual intended for use during sessions involving psychedelic drugs.    


A beautiful surreal "Island".  Tranquilizers, strapping people in Santa Rosa…If I didn't know that my research revealed some pretty important "Big Game" shit, this would all look like one big giant supervised drug trip or mass hallucination by a bunch of mental ward patients and convicts!  But no matter what, this is a very important journey.

For fun I imagine there's an old box somewhere, and in it are photographs and documents of the "Island" residents through the years…Maybe even through the centuries. Good times!


Love to all who are "LOST"™


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Disclaimer: I never claim to know everything about the show and my thoughts by no means make me right! The things I share here are my views and/or opinions. I don't claim to catch every single detail either! You all know I hate spoilers! And I stand clear of reading certain sites as to not take me off my own course of research. The one thing I don't need to do here is rehash all of the obvious clues from an episode, we all know what they are. Understood? Good! Let the fun begin!I'll only note things that I know come up as clues later, but need to be noted when they first show up and things I find that will be of importance! It will get very exciting as we progress into the story.