"The New Man in Charge"

Let's talk about LOST!  The New Man in Charge.

Here are my notes  about the long awaited 12 minute epilogue; which I will write up in the vein of the Missing Pieces Mobisodes. Remember to click the pics because they're posted here for a reason.

Epilogue "The New Man in Charge"

Orote Peninsula, Guam: Dharma Logistics Warehouse
                                                      THE PRESENT   {uh, as in "gift"}

Two Dharma men {Provisions} are working in the warehouse.   We get a shot of the printing press label maker with  its "backwards/mirror image" plate.

Glen- "How soon do you get those peas labeled?"
Hector-"I don't know. Couple hours."    {He hand cranks and hand cuts the labels.}
Glen- "Hurry it up, man. I already got the rest of the palette loaded."
Hector- "I don't know why you're always in such a hurry, man."  {The fucking White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland!}
Glen- "That's why. We're gonna miss our launch window. I don't wanna be up half a night loading damn boxes."

Ben- "Excuse me."   {Ben wears an Island shirt under his blazer.}
Glen- "Who the hell are you? How'd you get in here?"
Ben- "My name is Benjamin Linus. I'm from the Home Office."
Hector- "Nobody from the Home Office has ever come out here."
Ben- "There's a new man in charge, he sent me."
Glen- "Sent you to do what?"
Ben- "Tie up a few loose ends. Your services are no longer required, gentlemen. Closing this place down. So, you're free to go."
Hector- "But we've been loading the palettes under the drones for like...20 years now."
Glen- "What are we supposed to do?"
Ben- "This is your severance pay. I'd say you can do pretty much anything you want." {Ben hands them envelopes of American cash in hundreds}
Glen- "So, work with the Dharma Initiative?"
Ben- "The Dharma Initiative hasn't existed in almost 20 years."
Hector- "That's not true. We still get a teletype before every drop."
Ben- "It's automated. Comes from the Lamppost station in L.A.. There hasn't been a person posted there since you two started. That's why the man in charge has me going around closing up shop."
Glen- "Lamppost station?"
Ben- "I've already said more than I should've. Before you leave, please lock the doors, turn out the lights."
Hector- "Wait. You can't just walk out of here. We deserve answers!"
Ben- "All right. Before I go I'll let you each ask a question. But just one. So, make it count."
Glen - "Where have we been sending these palettes? Where are they dropped?"
Ben- "An Island."
Glen- "How's that possible? The coordinates are different every time."
Ben- "The Island moves."
Glen- "How does the Island..."
Ben- "Uh-uh! One question. Your turn." {Technically Glen got to ask three.}
Hector- "We're on Guam. So this Island is somewhere in the tropics, right? So explain this. Polar bear biscuits. How is there a polar bear on a tropical island?"
Ben- "Polar bears, actually. Plural. You guys have a DVD player?"

Ben- "So we watch it together and then we all leave. Is that a deal?"
Hector- "Deal."
Glen- "Deal."
Ben- "Sorry about the quality. It's a transfer from an old Betamax." {Ben pockets a Dharma granola bar and eats a Dharma granola bar}

The film/dvd begins...{Be warned! This video is riddled with skips, warps, glitches, and missing bits.}
1 of 6

Dr. Pierre Chang {Wearing a Swan station logo medical/lab white jacket}-  
"Hello, I am Dr. Pierre Chang. And this is the orientation video for station one of the Dharma Initiative, the Hydra.  For purposes of security, please do not divulge my name to any outside parties. I wouldn't want to have to resort to using an alias in the future.   The chief purpose of this station is to conduct biological and behavioral research on various animal, bird and marine subjects. {6 caged rabbits}  Here are some of the duties you may be asked to perform... {A crazy voice says "Hurley. Hurley"} ...Genetic alteration.  These fascinating hybrids, or "hy-birds" as we call them, will be released and monitored to see how they adapt to the unique properties of the island... successful advanced studies in larger mammals.  Ursus maritimus, or polar bears, possess a keen sense of memory and adaptability.  These traits make them ideal candidates for electromagnetic studies that will be conducted at a secondary site where their comfort in cold temp... It's important when dealing with the bears that you do not show affection or become attached in any way.  Also, do not underestimate their intelligence and cunning. These rules must always be followed. I repeat, the bears are not your friends.  Rewarding the bear with a fish biscuit, once it has successfully performed a complex puzzle. After the training is completed, you will tranquilize the bear. Affix this tracking device around the subject's neck.  At which point it will be transported to the Orchid station for the next phase of research.  Remember, be sure to confirm that the female bears have not been impregnated before transport, as the electromagnetic levels at the Orchid have an extremely harmful effect on early term gestation.   As you've already learned, we do animal research here at Hydra.  Unfortunately, one must consider the most dangerous animal of all... humans.  And so, there is another more secluded test site, where we are conducting significantly more sensitive work. The island's indigenous population, some of you may have heard them referred to as "Hostiles", are acquired on the main island, sedated and brought here, to Room 23. {A "dummy/mannequin" is shown strapped in, in place of a person.}   Because the subjects are unwilling participants, security personnel should always be present during these sessions. Under no circumstances are you to engage subjects in conversation.  The purpose of these interrogations is to better understand the Hostiles' way of life, their origins, and particularly their worship of an island deity they refer to as "Jacob".    After the research team has concluded their tests, inject this into the back of the subject's neck.   Then place these goggles over his or her eyes. Hitting this switch will commence the visualization while the drugs take effect.  {The lights turn off, loud techno music plays while the video shows images and quotes} The dream-like quality of the film combined with the cutting edge pharmaceuticals will create an amnesia of sorts.  Any memory of his or her interrogation will be effectively wiped clean.   While these interrogative measures may seem extreme, rest assured, they are vital...to temporary truce with the Hostiles is not violated.  This concludes your orientation of the Hydra station. Good luck and remember do not discuss the nature of these experiments with other members of the Initiative.  
Enjoy your time here on Hydra Island. Namaste and good l..." 

The two men are stunned.

Hector- "I think we're gonna need to see that again."
Ben-"Sorry, we're out of time." {Ben collects his DVD}
Hector- "What did they do to those bears? And what the hell's a 'Hostile?"
Ben-"Goodbye, gentlemen. I have another call to make. Namaste."  {There is an obvious buzzing of a fly/bug}

SANTA ROSA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE

Ben is wearing the same clothes as he wore to the warehouse in "Guam".
Ben- "Hello, I'm here to see Keith Johnson."
Nurse Susie Lazenby- "Are you on his visitor's list?"
Ben- "No. But I'm sure if you give him this note, he'll want to see me."


Walt, a kid in a grownup mental institute,  plays Connect Four solo in the game/rec room.
{The same familiar artwork and colorful cutouts decorate the room}
Ben- "Hello, Walt." {He doesn't call him Keith}
Walt-" What are you doing here?"
Ben- "Like my note said, a friend of yours sent me."
Walt- "I don't have any friends."
Ben- "We all have friends. Even me."
Walt- "You here to kidnap me again?"
Ben- "I'm genuinely sorry about that. But what's done is done. I can't change the past. I can only take responsibility for it. Walt, I understand what you've had to go through. I know the difficulties you've had pretending to be someone you're not.   {Walt takes off the legs of the Connect Four grid} Walt, I'm here to help you."
Walt- "Why?"
Ben- "Because you're special. And I bet nobody's told you that in a very long time."
Walt- "What good does that do me?"
Ben- "We need you. You have work to do. Starting with helping your father."
Walt- "My father's dead."
Ben- "Doesn't mean you can't help him. Will you go with us, Walt?"    {Ben places a wrapped DI granola bar on top of the red game pieces. Walt picks it up.}

Outside the building at night, Ben is encouraging cautious and unsure Walt as they walk through the picnic area and get into a blue Dharma van.
Ben-"Come on, it's OK. You ride shotgun."
Hurley-"Dude."
Walt- "Hurley."
Hurley- "It's great to see you, Walt."  {Jacob music plays}
Walt- "I kept hoping one day somebody would come back for me. They said I was crazy."
Hurley-"You're not crazy, dude. Not even close. You just need to get back to the island, that's all. It's where you belong. It's where you've always belonged."
Walt- "Why?"
Hurley- "I wanna talk to you about a job. All right, Ben, let's get out of here. It's time for us all to go home."
Ben starts the van and they drive away.

Things to Note...Questions to ask...
* Everything blurs together!  "This Place"-the "Island"-Guam-Santa Rosa-On "Island and off "Island", etc.
* Ben and Hurley travel to and from the "Island".   If you have to be sedated to "transport" to the "Island" then who sedates and wakes the other?!! lol
* The {"Hy"- "high"} bird is in a covered darkened cage...SLEEPING!  Drugs! Altered State of Consciousness!
* Confined. Alone. Solitary. Shutoff. Shutdown
* The Hydra Station is number 1; the Orchid Station is next step of the research.
* Computers, Programs, Drones, Machines. {"acting" on behalf of a human.}
* Drugs-High (hy), Hallucinogens, Sedatives, Tranquilize, Injections, Hypnosis, Brainwashing.
* Mind games, manipulation.
* GAME. Rules.
* Dream.  Dreamlike
* Mental health. Feeling alone. Lost. Santa Rosa.
* Tabula Rasa
* The Lamppost station is automated; hasn't had a person there in 20 years and The Hydra video shows a dummy/mannequin in place of a human
* What is real and what is not real?
* The "date" on the printout is not a real date.
* The "Island" is a place of learning.  An Institute is also known as a place of learning.
* Faraday's rat maze
* Tests. Experiments.
* Challenges
* Walt's name is Keith Johnson.
* Walt is presented with a "job".
* Walt is not 20 years old and we just learned the DI hasn't existed in almost 20 years.
* What does "dead" really mean?
* Walt is wearing a zip up hoodie like Michael and Hugo wore in Everybody Loves Hugo
* You need to consume a Dharma food product to be "transported" to the "Island".  The use of sedative and/or hallucinogen is what brings you to the "Island"
* The Island moves...is the "Island" really a ship?
* The handle on the door to Room 23 is like one that is on a refrigerated room or meat locker.
* Candle, Halliwax, Wickmund all represent "light".
* The Lamppost's "church" ends up being the place where Jack, Christian and friends are embraced by the warm bright "light".  The "light" lives in all of our hearts and the heart of the "Island".  Ah, lovely metaphors at work.
* The Dharma Initiative info from the film/dvd brings us back to the information we learned in the first ARG "The LOST Experience". 
 - I also want to provide you with The Psychology test video from The LOST Experience from back in June of 2006.

Vocabulary and Research...
* Logistics-word comes from "Pertaining to logic"

* Hydra- Also means a persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstacles as soon as one aspect is solved.

* Drone-
   1). A Bee, a male wasp, a male ant.  (BUG)
   2). An abbreviation referring to one of two psychoactive drugs (Mephedrone "Methoxymethcathinone"), commonly known as methedrone

* Hostile-  opposed in feeling, action, or character.
   2). characterized by antagonism
   3). angry, aggressive, not warm, unfriendly or hospitable
   4). enemy
   5). alien

* Bear- carry, convey, transport, ferry, fetch, move,pack, take, transfer
  - Mental state, Endure,
  -Refuse to throw away,
  -Give birth.
  -Bare- To uncover, reveal or expose.

* Peas are contained in a pod.
* Indigenous-inherent; feelings indigenous to human beings.



What the "hex" going on?!  Well, people, things and places are not what you think...Ha, imagine that.

First...For those of you who feel disappointed that we didn't get a look at life on the "Island" under its new management...We did!!  Because it's all "the Island". 
They are NEVER out of the confines of the "ISLAND" or whatever the "Island" really is. We've all been down the rabbit hole which just happens to be over the rainbow in OZ.

It is obvious (and not all in my head) events and places we've seen in the six years happened within the "confines" of the "Island" adventure.  It was shown all over this 12 minute epilogue.
This also connects my Wizard of Oz-Alice in Wonderland idea...what we saw happened in a sleep state and/or altered state of consciousness where things are blurred together. 

This Zen Buddhism based journey involves altered states of consciousness and levels of consciousness (sleep state), and states of existence/being along the path.  The "Island's" role in this may also be aided with the addition of mediation, sedation, drugs, hypnosis, and/or even a computerized merged reality experience...the matrix.

If everything is really occurring and blurred within the confines of a specific space, one with distinct boundaries, then we still need to wonder...where this place is.   Is it all completely in the mind, consciousness/subconscious {with the use of drugs and or meditation aided by machine/computer}
or is it literally on an island or in a building or a prison, or are they on a ship in confined pods?  Is it possible that this adventure can happen all while you're in the comforts of your own home?

Let's look at the first part of what we're shown:
The "cutting edge" out of existence Dharma Initiative has only two clueless dudes in "Guam", hand cranking labels and packing pallets on autopilot (Automated) for 20 years! They don't even know about the Lamppost station. Really?!   These people are literally "trapped in a fucking box"!
Not only are we being shown the DI surviving under an auto-piloted front, but we're also seeing more people who are metaphorically "stuck" and oblivious that there is a whole entire world out there that they could and should be living in.  These two men are living in a redundant cycle with no comprehension of how to do it any other way.
Interestingly Ben, who just turned Glen and Hector's lives upside down,  limits the men's questions and is obviously restricting them from learning more even though they are curious.  Ben's entire demeanor is very mysterious and cunning and kind of suspicious.
Walt, a child who is residing at a mental institution for adults {I've only ever seen adults there}, is called upon by Ben via Hurley.    Hurley, Jacob-like, wants to talk to Walt about a "job" but also refers to Walt belonging on the island and also feeling positively that it's time to get out of there and that it's time for all of them to go home.  Is it just Walt's turn to watch the "Island" or is he "indigenous/hostiles" to the "Island"  {Ahem, as Candle mentions "there are"} and is he just being returned?   And I must ask what Walt's "special" role on the "Island is; although now we see he must become the new man in charge.  Is his role to take the place of the Jacob or MIB identity?   {John was "special" and connected with Smokey.}   Hurley states it's time for "all" of them to go home, so if the "Island" and the outside world are not really of the same space is Hurley gathering up all the natives to return them to the "Island" as well, or are they just all ready to go home?  Where is home?   It must be somewhere over the rainbow.

Are we still the victims of a Long Con?   Well, there continues to be a game element and the story still reeks of "Smoke and Mirrors", magic, illusion and lots of razzle freakin' dazzle.

The still seemingly vague and inconclusive {glitchy} information we received from the Hydra orientation film connects many things we learned in the first ARG, The LOST Experience.  Do I disregard any of that valuable time consuming researched shit load of information I learned with playing that game?  Nope.  Because we know and accept this story is multi layered.  Nevertheless, I found this Hydra Orientation film to be filled with a plethora of insight and answers.

We have been fed hints to breeding and "using" the natives of the "Island" all of these years along with the path to enlightenment part of the story.   Keep in mind the story is a wonderfully huge metaphor being narrated via all the puzzling problems and imagery we see on and with the "Island".    So the information Candle gives us can be perceived as him talking about Jack, John and the rest of the  people on the "Island" and not "bears" and "birds". 

But who knows, maybe Walt is a hybrid {or really  a "hy" bird, as in they're all "high", again as Candle outright states},  maybe they all are.   Or they're all Hostiles, native to the "Island" and they're the ones being broken down and reprogrammed. 

Marvin Candle's drivel about the viewer not telling anyone his name lest he be reduced to needing an alias is total nonsense, but his statement, "The Hostiles are acquired on the main island, sedated and brought here" is not.
Think about it...Are we really talking about "hostiles", as in natives to an actual island or are we really talking metaphorically about angry and lost people?  Have we witnessed the literal kidnapping of natives to an island and their being used as test subjects by the Dharma Initiative or about is it about a lost person who can't bear his burden any longer and is in need of a life changing journey to put him in the right light so he can live the life he is meant to live.  That may be a form of therapy or rehabilitation.   It very well may be that it is a combination of some of these clues.
We can watch the orientation footage literally, accepting the information Candle is telling the viewer as facts regarding the D.I. and their "programs".   And you can watch it understanding the subliminal and metaphoric connections to Jack, John, Hurley and the rest of the Castaways while ignoring the bits about the DI and their programs.  Of course you can also watch it while mastering how all of those factors fit and work together.

The visual of the white rabbits in the orientation video again for  me, correlates to a trip down the rabbit hole and not to some gobbledygook Marvin Candle's video is trying to distract us with. 

Hurley, the new man in charge, seems to be literally moving stuck people forward; liberating them.
Bah! Maybe he's just pushing the clueless people out.

"This Place"...the "Island" is a place of learning.  It doesn't matter if  you think it's run by a bunch of crackpot scientists, doctors, inventors, the military, actors, gamers or it's a real island that you can go on a journey to find yourself,  you're purpose there is not only to be challenged and tested, but you will learn, heal and be free and reborn.   It is part of the journey to enlightenment.

I do want to reflect on a moment we spent with Hurley and his adventure on the "Island" with his being confused on whether "Island" events are real or part of his subconscious.  We're given so much important information from his friend, Dave.  Dave hints to things being faked.   But more importantly is the dialogue Dave has about the "need to wake up" Hugo.
Dave tries to get Hurley to fall back off the cliff, not so he can kill himself but so it will "wake" him up.   Hugo perceives the going over the cliff as an act of physical death but what it really represents is a metaphoric "death", an ending and a means to bring you back to life.  It is very Zen.

So with this "Big Finale" it's time for us all to go home.   After all, Home is where your Heart is.  
It is also where you end up after you run all the bases on the field, or you work your way all the way around the game board indicating the completion of the game...back to home.

Now, if you're ready and only if and when you're really ready...
Come on, do it, I know you want to...Close your eyes, tap your heels together three times and think to yourself...There's no place like...Home.
...And now you can wake up.
At least until your next adventure, that is.

Love to all who are "LOST"™

Lighthouse

Let's talk about LOST!    Lighthouse.

Jack enters his apartment.
Photos of a happy family. {Awful Photoshop of Christian, Mom and Jack, Dr's Jack and Dad. His apartment has black/white artwork/pictures, a bike, exercise bike, mirrors. I think the clock shows 2:51 when he heads into the closet.}





Jack changes, looks in the mirror at his scar seemingly confused and the phone rings.








It's his mom asking if they found him yet.   Jack tells her no and that he called a couple of hours ago, and they think the coffin was checked in through Berlin.    Margo wonders how you can lose a body.   Jack doesn't know but says all they can do is wait for more info.  
Margo doesn't want to wait, "I can't get anything done. I can't even find his will, there's papers everywhere."
Jack calmly tells her he'll go over in a couple of hours and they'll find it together.   He also asks mom when he had his appendix taken out.  {If the scar is real wouldn't Jack have seen it every time he was naked and been reminded of it?}
Margo-"You were seven, or eight, maybe.  {Maybe?! Wouldn't she know?!}  You collapsed at school.   Your father wanted to do the procedure himself, but they wouldn't let him.  You don't remember that?"


Jack-Yeah, I... I guess I do." 
Jack sees the time {2:51}, cuts Margo off {"Well don't forget to cal..."} and hangs up.

Jack drives his crap Bronco to St. Mary's Academy.   He apologizes to the young boy sitting there waiting on the steps with his backpack. "I'm sorry I'm late.  Thought I had enough time to go home and change after work." 


The annoyed kid tells him not to worry about it.

{You can see Jack has feelings for the boy and is trying to connect to him, but the kid is distant.}
Jack apologizes again to "David".  
David-"Okay, dad."
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Jack stares at his reflection in the rippling water.  

Dogen shares with Jack that he was afraid he left. 
Jack-"Is leaving an option?"
Dogen informs him everything is an option but he would have to stop him.   Jack appreciates Dogen's honesty.

Dogen inquires about Kwon, Austen and Ford not coming back and Jack admits he doesn't think they're coming back.  Dogen now appreciates Jack's honesty. 

Hurley and Miles are involved in a game of Tic Tac Toe.  It's a tie again; to which Miles feels is a "shocker".
{Hurley is O. Miles is X}

Miles is done with the game.
Hurley asks Miles if he's hungry.
Miles-"Are you?"
Hurley could eat.

Hurley enters the temple and asks the guy sitting on the steps at the spring, and {swirling a stick} in the water, if he knows if there's a kitchen in this place.

Dead pan Jacob tells him it's all the way down the hallway.   Hugo is surprised to see Jacob.  Jacob appears to Hugo again because he needs him to do something and suggests he get a pen to write a few things down.
Nervous Hugo asks, "What kind of things?" 
Jacob-"Someone is coming to the island. I need you to help them find it." 

David enters his room at Jack's place; Headphones still in his ears. {Flat screen TV, stereo, pic of baseball stadium}
Jack tells him "I hooked up the cable in here so you can watch the Red Sox. If you want."    Headphone/earbud wearing David thanks him and hits the books.

Jack picks up at book and asks David if he's reading this.
David is.
Happy Jack confesses he used to read it to David when he was little. {Like Christian used to read it to Jack?}

Jack-"Always wanted to hear about Kitty and Snowdrop. And they were Alice's...."
Uninterested David walks out of the room.
Jack calls out to David, sort of chasing him down the hallway, but David ignores Jack by blocking him out with whatever is playing in the headphones.  David takes the headphones out at Jack's request.  Interested Dad asks the kid what he's listening to.
David-"You haven't heard of them."
Jack is just trying to have a conversation with him and David wonders why. 
David-"We see each other like once a month, can't we just...get through it?"    
On cue Jack's cell rings and this seems to bother the kid.
David opens up cookies to eat.
On the phone is Margo wondering when Jack is coming over.    Jack tells David he has to head over to his grandmother's house and asks the kid if he wants to go.
David declines.   As the kid literally keeps Jack at a distance Jack tries to lovingly tell him he'll be back in an hour and then they'll eat.
{You can see Jack is troubled by the distance.}
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Sayid approached quiet Jack asking why the people of the temple are staring at him.
Jack- "Just ignore them."
Sayid-"Look.  You told me these people think I have an infection.  That they wanted to give me some mysterious pill that you instructed me not to take.  And then you disappeared.  What are you hiding from me?"
{Why does Sayid's accent sound different?}
Jack comes clean admitting the pill was poison, "They wanted me to kill you." 
Jack explains whatever they think happened to Sayid they say happened to somebody else.   When Sayid asks who it happened to Jack doesn't answer.

Armed ratty Claire comes to Jin's rescue and checks on "dead" Justin.
Claire releases Jin from the trap.
Jin asks Claire how long she's been out there.
Claire-"Since you all left. How long ago was that?" 
Jin-"Three years."
Claire-"I gotta get you somewhere safe."
Claire helps Jin but he unable to walk and he collapses.

Hugo walks down the windy and howling hallway carefully following the directions Jacob dictated to him.  The instructions are written on his arm {Crib notes/cheat sheet}

He's looking for a specific hieroglyph.   When he finds "the one" he is interrupted by Dogen who wants to know what he's doing.
Hugo claims he isn't doing anything,  "Just looking...Cause I'm a big fan of temples and like history...Indiana Jones stuff."
{He averts his eyes from Dogen}
Dogen-"You shouldn't be here. Go back to the courtyard."
Jacob appears and instructs Hugo, "Tell him you can do what you want. Tell him you're a candidate."
Apparently Dogen doesn't see him/acknowledge him there.
Nervous Hugo tells Dogen, "I'm a candidate and I can do what I want."
Dogen seems shocked and asks who told him that.  Hugo looks at Jacob but he doesn't offer any help so Hugo replies with confidence, "It doesn't matter. Why don't  you go back to the courtyard?"
Dogen seems a bit offended by Hugo's "Jedi mind trick", says something in Japanese and leaves.  Curious Hugo asks Jacob what he said but Jacob just tells him, "You don't wanna know."
 Jacob wonders what Hugo is doing there.
Hugo-"Going through the secret passageway like you told me."
Jacob told him to bring Jack.
Hugo-"Have you ever tried to get Jack to do something, it's like impossible. I can just go myself."
Jacob insists Hugo has to bring Jack with him.
Hugo-"Okay. It's bad enough you already made me write down way too much stuff and I just lied to a Samurai.   Look, if you have any idea on how to Jack to go on your little adventure I'm listening, dude."
Jacob smirks.

Hugo walks over to Jack {who is peeling fruit} and tells him to be cool, act natural and to keep his voice down. He instructs Jack while he uses the art of distraction {by tying his shoe} to the Others, "I'm gonna get up and go, wait 10 seconds and then follow me."    He tells Jack he found a secret tunnel that leads out into the jungle.
Jack-"You found a secret tunnel."
Hugo-"Well, Jacob told me about it."
Jack isn't going anywhere, which Hugo expected him to say so Jacob gave Hugo some intel on how to get Jack motivated.
Hugo-"He told me to tell you. You have what it takes." {Listen to his voice there!}
Jack is shocked, "What did you just say?"
Hugo repeats the line mentioning Jacob said he'd know what that meant.  Jack is now motivated on getting to Jacob, "Where is he?" 
Hugo- "He's kind of...dead. Turns up whenever he wants like Obi-Wan Kenobi.  But...if you wanna talk to him...he's where we're going dude."
Jack-"Well then let's go see Jacob."

Jin wakes up in Claire's digs which looks more like a birds nest.  {It contains a blue bassinet, child's books, medical instruments, explosives, wires, Dharma scraps}

Jin uses an oar as a crutch to check out the bassinet that is covered with a brown net {Veil}.
He removes the net/veil to reveal a figure made out of bits and pieces of items but resembling a being.
He hears Claire and covers the thing with a blue blanket and hurries back to the mat he was sleeping on.
It's Claire marching un-dead Justin in. {Hands tied behind his back}
Proud Claire announces, "Look what I found. One of the men who tried to kill you. He was just pretending to be dead but he wasn't.  Now we get to talk to him."     
Talk about where they're hiding her son.   She ties him up by the bassinet. 

Claire prepares to clean up Jin's open wound, "There's one thing that'll kill ya around here, it's infection."
Jin asks Claire if she's been out there all that time by herself.  She reveals she is not by herself.

Once she leaves Justin tries to persuade Jin to untie him so they can get out of there now.  Jin feels everything's okay because he knows Claire.   Apparently  Justin knows her better and feels if they don't get out of there now she's gonna kill them both.

Hugo and Jack stop on their trek.  Jack asks, "Which way?"
Hugo covertly checks his notes on his left arm {Does Jack not see the notes?} and directs Jack.   They just happen by a blue backpack, which gets Jack's attention, which happens to reveal that Kate is  filling up her water bottle in the stream.  She automatically pulls a gun on him but Jack puts his hands up, "It's me."
Kate is happy to see him, "Jack! I almost shot you!"  
She informs him Jin went back to the temple and Sawyer is on his own.
Hugo-"Hey Kate. There's a secret door to get back into the temple on the north wall behind the big tree."
Kate isn't going back to the temple; she's going to the beach camp to find Claire.  Jack informs her Claire isn't there "The people at the temple said that something happened to her."  and of course they didn't say anything else.
Concerned Kate is focused on finding her.   Jack suggests she go with them and then they'll all go to the temple together...
Hugo quietly tells her as per Jacob Kate isn't invited because it's just supposed to be him and Jack.  Jack wants to invite her but  Kate doesn't mind. "Jack, it's OK. It's all right. I hope you find what you're looking for."
 And she walks off alone.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Jack drives his crappy Bronco to a lovely large white home with a red front door.
Margo and Jack are looking through files, file boxes and papers. Margo feels they're never going to find it.
Jack-"Take it easy, mom.It's somewhere in here and we'll find it."
Margo-"It's like a needle in a damned hay stack. Why your father just wouldn't give his will to his lawyer is beyond me."
Jack feels why would he make it easy on them now.

Margo offers Jack a drink and Jack declines the offer.  Mom is pleased. 
Margo asks how David is holding out.  He was really upset at the funeral.
Jack seems surprised by that. Margo-"He didn't tell you?"
Jack-"Communication is not one of his strong suits.
Margo-"Well it runs in the family. When you were David's age your father was lucky if he could get more than one word out of you at a time."
Jack-"That's because I was terrified of him, mom."

Margo- "How do you know David isn't terrified of you?"
Jack-" Why would he be?"
Margo-"I don't know, Jack . Maybe you ask him."     Evidentially Jack needs to soul search. With that...

Margo finds the envelope containing the will.

Red nailed mom reads it over and asks Jack if his father ever mentioned a Claire Littleton.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Claire sterilizes her medical instruments and sharpens her ax.
While inside Justin still tries to coax Jin into untying him.
He even wonders if Jin isn't listening to him.  Justin offers to snap Claire's neck and for a split second it looks as if Jin was getting up but Claire appears.  She's really sorry Jin got stuck in her trap.
She cleans up his wounds and shares, "At least you don't have to stitch yourself up.  I had to do that once. They shot me right here." {Leg}    She also shares she had to move around a lot to hide from them.  She gives Justin a nasty look and says, "Lucky I'm still alive."
She still wants Justin to tell her where they've got her baby; Aaron.   Justin insists they don't have him, never took her kid  and she's crazy.  Claire says he lying.
Jin wonders how she could be so sure they took him.
Claire-"How can I be so sure?  Well first my father told me, and then my friend told me so I'm pretty damn sure." 
Jin wonders about her friend.  Claire asks Jin if he's still her friend and he confirms he is.  Claire is glad.  She'll all done with his leg, "Good as new."    She takes the ax, walks over to Justin and tells him, "Now it's your turn."
Jin is nervous.

On their trek Hugo apologizes to Jack for what happened back there, for wrecking his game with Kate.  Jack feels there was nothing left to wreck.  They are making their way up a rocky hill.
Hugo-"Whatever happened to you guys? I thought you were gonna get married,  have like a dozen kids."
Jack guesses he wasn't cut out for it.  This surprises Hugo because he thinks he'd make a great dad.
Jack-"I'd make a terrible dad."
They end up on a path where Jack finds Shannon's asthma inhaler.
Jack-"We're at the caves."
Hugo-"The caves we used to live in?"   {COME ON!}

Hurley forgot these were in here. {The two skeletons. Don't things look different to you?}

Hugo-"Wait a sec. What if we time traveled again, to like...dinosaur times.  And then we died and then we got buried here? What if these skeletons are us?"
Jack is only focused on the wreckage that's already inside of this cave and contains the coffin that he broke apart.

Hugo-"What's that?"  {I call fucking shenanigans! In all the time they were in the caves did he not see this stuff?  Maybe Hugo wasn't in the caves. Maybe just maybe Hugo never had to see Jack's huge baggage}

Jack-"Ever tell ya how I found this place?"
Hugo-"You were looking for water, right?"
Jack-"No. I was chasing the ghost of my dead father. He led me here. That was his coffin... until I smashed it to pieces."
Hugo-"Why'd you do that?"
Jack-"Cause he wasn't in it."
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Jack enters his apartment bearing pizza and soda. David isn't home and Jack can't find him; No sign of the kid.
Jack sits in front of a large picture window with a beer. He calls and leaves a message on David's voice mail/answering machine again. "David. It's me again. Listen...If I did something uh, to upset you I am really, really sorry. I'm gonna drive over to your mother's house, I know that she's out of town so if you are there... just... don't go anywhere. Okay? Whatever I did...I'm sorry."

Jack pulls up in his crappy Bronco and knocks on the door but no one is home.  He takes a  hidden key out from under a fake rabbit and lets himself in.

He makes his way into David's room where it is an obviously musical atmosphere. {Nod to Meat Coat. Charlie Pace. The Who. Music from classical through current. Magic 8 ball.}

 The red light blinks on the answering machine and Jack plays it.



It's The Williams Conservatory confirming David's slot for next Friday the 24th at 7pm.   "We look forward to seeing you, and good luck."  {Not, Namaste and good luck?}
Jack checks his watch.

As Jack writes something down the machine beeps and Jack hears his own voice.  "Hey David. It's dad. I'm a...I'm in Sydney Australia...something...something happened and I...I just needed to hear your voice. I'm...I guess I'll try you again later. I love you."

Jack is emotional and heads out.
Beep.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
On their trek Hugo tells Jack this is cool, "Very old school...You know, you and me trekking through the jungle... on our way to do something that we don't quite understand. Good times. You mind if I ask you something?"
Jack-"Sure."
Hugo-"Why'd you come back...you know, to the island?"
Jack-"Why'd you come back?"
Hugo-"Back in L  A  Jacob hopped in the back of my cab and told me I was supposed to so I came. {Jack scoffs} What? So if you have a better reason for coming back, let's hear it, man."
Serious Jack reveals- "I came back here because I was broken.  And I was stupid enough to think this place could fix me."
Hugo is really sorry. They don't have much further to go.

Hugo leads him to the reveal of a lighthouse and they both wonder how they never saw it before.
Hugo-"I guess we weren't looking for it."

Ratty Claire interrogates Justin regarding the whereabouts of her son. She feels Justin is covering for them. We learn Claire was taken to the temple, tortured, stuck her with needles and then branded. Justin claims they captured her because she was out there picking off their people.  As she's about to strike Justin with the ax Jin tells her to hold on.  Claire explains if she wasn't able to escape from the temple they would have killed her. Justin tells her she's not remembering things right.  After Claire gives Justin one more chance Jin blurts out that Kate took him when she left the island; for the past three years.
Upset Claire listens to Justin say Jin is telling the truth and that if she lets him leave he'll never tell anyone he saw her. He wants to be untied so Claire ax's him.

Hurley thinks it's pretty cool and assumes Jacob will be in there. But first they have to go upstairs and turn this thing on. The door is locked. {I guess Jacob isn't in there.}
Jack-"Doesn't it say anything on your arm about the door being jammed?"
Nope, so Jack kicks it in.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Jack arrives at the Williams Conservatory. {Youth Concert Series.}

He enters the hall. {The poster on the back "Spring"}
Jack watches David play piano on stage as he is being judged.  Jack is hypnotized and moved. When David is finished playing he looks "doubtful".
A young Asian boy asks Jack, "Is that your son?"
Jack smiles and proudly says, "Yes."
The boy says he's really good. The boy walks over and gets a hug from an Asian man with a ponytail. It is Dogen, standing in the light wearing a handsome gray suit.
Dogen mentions to Jack that they're too young to have this kind of pressure, "It's hard to watch and be unable to help. Your son has a gift. How long has he been playing?"
Jack-"I...I don't know." and he walks away.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Hurley is out of breath from the climb up the lighthouse.
He sees the mechanics of the lighting mechanism {Mirrors-"lens/optic". Lamp.} and feels it's cool, "The must have built this to help ships get here and stuff. I guess they used a mirror cause electricity hadn't been invented yet."
Jack walks around the circular navigation compass and asks, "Where's Jacob?"
Hugo-"Oh, he's not here yet. Let's get started."
He looks at the instructions on his arm.

Hugo-"Tell me when it gets to 108 degrees." {Direction or fever/temperature?}


So Hugo pulls on the chains and this moves the wheel. {Makes nice familiar sounds!}

The arrow indicator points at the degrees and names along the wheel.



As it makes its way around the wheel and the mirror moves in conjunction, Jack catches a glimpse of something in the mirror;  the place {Temple} representing Sun and Jin.   Jack looks back to see if its behind him but it is not.

Jack looks into the mirrors seeing his own reflection and the image of a white steeple church. He has Hugo stop,"I saw something in the mirror!"
But Hugo doesn't see anything; just ocean.
Jack tries to get a better look.  Hugo continues pulling the chains and Jack notices names on the wheel.    He sees the name Shephard and instructs Hugo to turn it to 23 degrees.
Hugo-"I don't think Jacob wants..."
Jack takes control of the chains, gets to 23 and stands in front of the mirror, where emotional Jack sees, "My house. It's the house I grew up in."
Hugo seems unimpressed and only finds it weird.

Emotional Jack claims he hasn't lived in that house since he's was a kid. "He's been watching us. The whole time, all of us. He's been watching us."
Jack is focused on wanting to know where Jacob is.  Hurley only assumed Jacob would be there.  Jack wants to know why he was watching him, "I wanna know. So you're gonna ask him right now."
Hurley-"It doesn't work like that I told you...he just kinda shows up whenever he feels like it."
That answer isn't good enough for Jack so hotheaded Jack takes the hand held telescope and angrily demands answers from Hurley. "Why was he watching me? Why is my name written down on this thing? What does he want from me? What does he want from me?!" 
Scared Hurley doesn't know. 
Jack breaks all the mirrors with the telescope.

David exits the school and heads over to unlock his bike. Jack appears and tells him he was great in there.

David-"You saw me?"
Jack smiles.

David admits he missed a couple of notes but according to Jack it sounded perfect from where he was standing.
Jack tells blue eyed David that he scared the hell out of him. David thought he could get back to Jack's place before he got home.
Jack-"I didn't know you were still playing."
The kid made his mother promise not to tell Jack.   Apparently it was because it was always such a big deal to Jack.  He used to sit and watch him practice; he was so into it.
David-"I didn't tell you I was coming here cause...I didn't want you to see me fail."  {Who the fuck is having this conversation?!}
Jack shares that when he was his age his father didn't want to see him fail either. "He used to say to me that...he said that I didn't have what it takes. I spent my whole life carrying that around with me. And I don't ever want you to feel that way. I will always love you...no matter what you do...in.in my eyes you could never fail. I just wanna be a part of your life."
David is relieved and happy. The hungry guys will go back to the house for pizza.
Jack-"Good. Let's go home."
David unlocks his bike and the leave together.
{Air plane engine/sounds-rumble}
Jack sits alone on a cliff staring out to the ocean.
Hugo sits by the lighthouse waiting. He wipes his forehead.
Jacob appears, startling Hugo, and asks how it went. Hugo asks where he was.
Jacob feels it doesn't matter as Jack wouldn't have been able to see him anyway.
Hugo feels if he was told more info then maybe Jack wouldn't have freaked out and smashed Jacob's mirrors. "Thanks for the seven years of bad luck, by the way."
Jacob only informs Hugo he has ink on his forehead and this pisses Hugo off.
Hugo-"Jack broke your lighthouse, dude! Mission un-accomplished!  Whoever you said we needed to help get to the island is totally screwed."
Jacob nonchalantly replies, "I'm sure they'll find some other way."
Hugo thinks that everything that Jacob needed him to do didn't get done and Jacob doesn't care. They both look over at Jack.
Hugo-"Wait a minute. Did you want Jack to see what was in that mirror?"
Jacob-"It was the only way for him to understand how important he is."
Hugo feels Jacob's plan backfired.
Jacob-"Jack is here cause he has to do something. He can't be told what that is he's gotta find it himself. Sometimes you can just... hop in the back of someone's cab and tell them what they're supposed to do. Other times... you have to let them look out at the ocean for a while."

 Hugo suggests that next time Jacob tells him everything up front because he's not big on secret plans. Jacob couldn't risk Hugo not coming. He had to get them as far away from the temple as he possibly could. "Because someone's coming there. Someone bad."
Hugo wants to warn the people at the temple but Jacob says he can't as it's too late.

Jin looks at dead Justin. Claire enters her nest and explains if she didn't kill him he would have killed her. She's glad Jin didn't untie him. Claire asks why he said Kate was raising Aaron.  Nervous Jin says he lied because he wanted to save Justin's life. He tells her she was right; the Other's have her baby, "Aaron is at the temple. I know because I saw him there. But you'll need me to get to him."
Claire looks suspiciously at him but then asks how do they get in.
Jin-"There's a secret way. No one will see us."
Claire thanks Jin and shares that she's so glad to know he was lying about Kate raising Aaron because, "If Kate was raising Aaron...I'd kill her."    {Cat fight!}
Just then Locke shows up asking if he's interrupting. The men look at each other and surprised Jin says, "John?"
Claire-"That's not John. This is my friend."
Locke and Claire smile.




The Looking Glass, uh, I mean Lighthouse is a GREAT episode!
We are shown definitively that Jack, Locke and the rest are indeed lost in many ways.
They are trapped, imprisoned and fighting the two sides of themselves as well as the forces on the Island. 
But, I must admit I had a sense at times that although we are shown individuals who are lost, I again felt when Jack was talking to Sayid about the poison pill that he was really trying to rid/kill a part of himself and not necessarily Sayid (the person).
Who is David? Could David be Jack?  Is Jack looking at reflections of himself in the boy or is David a son born into Jack’s life?
Jack and David shared many emotional similarities, Jack and his feeling about Dad's role in how he was raised and the fears he felt, musical and academic traits, and they even wore the same colors in the flash.  David's room in Jack's house is not like a young boy’s room at all.   Of course the eye color was obviously different.   If David is the son of Jack, who is his mother?   Is it someone we’ve seen in Jack’s life or someone completely new to the story like David was?

Things to note...Questions to ask...
* BAD Photoshopping! lol.
* "Island" and off "Island" things crossover and blur.
* When are all of these events from? {"Island" and off "Island"}
* Faked/pretended being dead.    "He's kind of...dead."
* Branded.  Was Jack branded?   Were the Oceanic 6 branded?
* Circles.  Loops.
* Mirrors.
* Water.
* Black.  White.   Light.  Dark. 
* Emotionally broken.   Broken heart.
* Write. Read. Compose.
* Hooked up cable. Wires. Key. Headphones.  Net.  Cookies. {Yes, cookies}
* Languages.  Japanese. Music. Communication.
* Dogen doesn't use a translator now.
* Academy. School.  Old school.  Exercise.
* Games. Baseball. Tic Tac Toe.  Golf.   Risk.  Tie.   Cheat
* Mysterious.  Magic 8 ball.  Fantasy.   Adventure.  Appear. Disappear.
* Hidden Key.  Music Key.
* The sheet music was very telling for me but also seemed to literally give instructions/info to Jack.
* Exit. Escape.
* Hurley is O
* Miles is X
* Head. Hear. Heard. Listen.  Stare.  Temple.
* 2(?): 51=Kate
* Jack is still driving that crap Bronco.
* Missing -will
* ”We weren’t looking for it.“
* Metaphor.  Manifest things.
* In the mirror Jack sees a temple, church and his home.  "The house I grew up in."    Sawyer claims to have grown up in the 3 years he spent with Juliet in the Dharma house.
* Jack smashed Christian's coffin and Jacob's mirrors. Hmmm...
* Jacob suggests Hugo get a pen to write it down.  He gave a pen to young Sawyer.  Charlie had Hurley write down a message in Something Nice Back Home.
* Jacob and his opponent seem be to utilizing cheats and loopholes to outwit each other.
* Where's Desmond, Waaaaaalt, Penny, Widmore?
* Charlie.
* Who is 108 cause it sure as hell isn’t me!
* Everyone appears confused and seems to be trying to remember/place things at times.
* Is Hugo a direct author in this adventure somehow?  There's ink is on him.   He should have been all over those numbers at the lighthouse but he wasn't. Why would that be? Either he didn't see them because he wasn't meant to see them, or it wasn't Hurley or he's in on the whole thing. I feel Hurley will be very important to the end game.  Hugo can do what he wants.   We learned over the past couple of weeks that Hurley is in a role of leadership, so that could be important info to keep close at hand.
By the way Hugo mentions a secret passage, a secret tunnel, a secret door, secret plans, then Jin mentions a secret way.
* Claire: She tells Jin "First my father told me" about them taking Aaron, yet when Claire is in the cabin with Christian he claims the baby is where he's supposed to be. 
Claire was shot her in the leg, taken to the temple, branded and tortured her like Sayid.  They say she is infected and then she escaped.  Does she know the secret way in and out of the temple too?  Justin said she was remembering thing wrong.
Weren't you brought back to Claire's dream about her responsibility with Aaron?  In Raised by Another, Locke playing the role of the psychic in her dream told her  "He was your responsibility but you gave him away. Everyone pays the price now."
* Margo only refers to Jack's father as "Your father". 
Jack: In this episode I am brought back to Christian and young Jack’s dialogue about dad telling him, “Don't choose, don't decide. You don't want to be a hero. Don't try and save everyone, because when you fail - you just don't have what it takes."   Jack is still chasing ghosts.   But could he also be chasing his own shadow?
Christian-Jacob-Jack...?
* What the hell is going on with the women on this "Island"?!
* If someone "bad" is coming, why not just move the Island again?  Or is this someone already on the "island"?

Vocabulary and Research...
* Infection anagrams to= Confine it
* Water is a life force.  It is also reflective.
* Lighthouse: is a tower aiding marine navigation.
- Lighthouse: The Dark Being is an adventure game.  Outwit evil in a supernatural mechanical world.
* In BioShock the only way to enter Rapture in BioShock is via the Lighthouse.
* Ensō:  The Zen Circle symbolizes enlightenment, strength, elegance, the Universe, and the void.
* Yin-Yang - the famous Taoist symbol of balance.
* On a maala, or set of mantra counting beads, there are generally 108 beads.
* In Zen: Walking Meditation and the Labyrinth.
There are three stages of the walk:
Purgation (Releasing) A releasing, a letting go of the details of your life. This is the act of shedding thoughts and distractions.   A time to open the heart and quiet the mind
Illumination (Receiving)  When you reach the center, stay there as long as you like.   It is a place of meditation and prayer.   Receive what is there for you to receive.
Union (Returning)  As you leave, following the same path out of the center as you came in, you enter the third stage, which is joining God, your Higher Power, or the healing forces at work in the world. Each time you walk the labyrinth you become more empowered to find and do the work you feel your soul reaching for.
Guidelines for the walk: Quiet your mind and become aware of your breath. Allow yourself to find the pace your body wants to go. The path is two ways. Those going in will meet those coming out. You may "pass" people or let others step around you. Do what feels natural.
* A bassinet or bassinette is a bed  specifically for babies from birth to about four months, and small enough to provide a "cocoon"  that small babies find comforting.
*"Looking glass" is another term for mirror.

Looking glass self: an integrationist sociological concept
- Looking Glass servers: publicly accessible servers for performing routing queries, used to troubleshoot routing issues across the Internet
- Project Looking Glass: a project aiming to create a 3D desktop, conducted by Sun Microsystems

* Mirror:  is an object whose surface reflects an image.  Metaphorically shows the truth.
- Mirror stage: a psychological development step
- (computing): an exact copy of a data set, e.g. a website
- Mirror twins: identical twins where the features on one twin is reversed on the other twin
Mirror  by Sylvia Plath
* Navigation: Compass-Charts-Satellites-Radar-Radio-Pilotage-Celestial-Marine Chronometer-Sextant-Dead Reckoning/Inertial navigation-Echo sounder.




Are you enlightened yet? This episode was great.  It was totally significant and moving on all levels.
Jack has to literally face himself and the issues that brought him to "this place".
Jack's place.
But why did he break the mirrors? Was he just angry that he was being watched or is it that he didn’t like facing himself?  Maybe he's still having trouble letting go.     I feel Jack will step up his game but is to inch closer to “Home” or take Jacob’s place?  What does Christian want Jack to do?

"This place" has been referenced countless times within the story by just about everyone.   Emotionally "this place" is the place or state that you are in, where your broken self goes to try and find some refuge, protection from all the pain, a safe harbor…a place to go to find your lost self, to learn lessons, to face the truth, fight addictions, to learn to love and forgive yourself, to heal  and grow.

Watching this episode personally hit very close to home for me.    I can say as someone who battles with feeling broken, the saying "scars remind us that the past is real" tells you every day that all sorts of pain can take over, but you have to find the will within yourself to grow from each experience into the person you are meant to be.
With that I think it's pretty safe to say that we got total confirmation on Jack and the Castaway's being lost and they must find what they are looking for, themselves. They are on a path to enlightenment.

Two sides are indeed gearing up for an ugly battle.   But is it to “win” the island or to bring peace back to the island under the leadership of the rightful leader.   I say this because it is very possible the people of the island have been following false gods or in other words the wrong guy, for a very long time.   After all there can only be one leader at a time. The reason I ask this is I go back to Eko telling the story of Josiah.
“At that time the temple where the people worshiped was in ruin. And so the people worshiped idols, false gods. And so the kingdom was in disarray.”

The numbers could indeed be the combination of a "lock".    Locke was always changing the damn combination on the armory door during season 2.    It seems as I connect things that Locke is trying to unlock the door so he can go home and may still be in the running to not only save himself but save them all.
Where are they? Where is the “Island”? With all the clues from the past five years at this point  I'd still have to say there's a ship and city involved {and computers}.   That’s all I’ll say about that at this time.

Maybe you’re wondering if Karen still feels like the Island residents are trying to find themselves under the guise of this experience, of this adventure game and my answer  is…You bet your damn ass I do!

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.

Abandoned.

Let’s talk about LOST! Abandoned.
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Night on the beach:
Shannon pours thirsty Vincent some water into an orange lunch box.  She tells the dog to drink and kisses him on the head.
Sayid tells Shannon to gather her things; he’s leading her somewhere.
Shannon- “Where are we going?”
He just smiles.
Sayid presents a tent-love nest he built for her.
Shannon is pleased and asks, “Does it have an inside?”
Inside Sayid has decorated it with lit candles, fruits and flowers.  She asks "when" he did this.
He only says, “It’s all yours.”  Shannon thanks him sincerely. They passionately kiss. {Yep. That’s what they do.}

Shannon touches the gun Sayid has tucked in the back of his pants and wonders if he needs to carry that all the time.
Sayid shares, “I only carry it because I have someone to protect.”{He needs to protect Shannon?Or someone else?}They get busy.


Night in the jungle:
The Tailies are hanging out in the trees; some are sleeping.
Cindy, who seems to be looking out for something, mentions to Ana that it's been over an hour, “Shouldn’t we start moving again?”
Ana wants to let them rest a little while longer.
Cindy’s concerned, “Yeah. But what if they come?”
Sawyer opens his eyes and remarks, “She’s lost." Ana insists, “I am not lost.”
Sawyer asks Ponce DeLeon{Ana} which way they're supposed to go.
Ana asks the genius {Sawyer} which way he would go .
His only reply is, “Hey, I’m with you. Sit tight and wait for Mr. Eko to show up and guide us.”
Ana blames Sawyer’s friend running off. “Eko would still be here now, wouldn’t he? You sure didn’t have any problem leaving him behind though, huh?”
Sawyer tells her Mike only cares about himself and his kid; neither has squat to do with him.
Michael {Orange shirt} strolls out of the jungle just in time to hear Sawyer say that. Michael's glad Sawyer feels that way.
Sawyer didn’t expect to see Michael again.  Jin talks to Sawyer in Korean, asks about his wound.
Sawyer- “Yeah yeah, Chewie I know. My arms about to fall off.”
Ana asks Eko if he’s okay. He is, but tells her they have to go, “I saw them.”
The awake folks seem concerned and ask how many were there. Libby, with her walking stick, asks if he saw the kids.
Eko, the guide says, “We need to go, now.”
Ana announces they’re moving out.

Shannon and Sayid are resting in each other's arms. She asks him if all this intent means they’re serious now.
Sayid- “Quite definitely not. I do this for all the girls I meet on deserted islands.”
She finds that amusing and whispers, “Don’t go anywhere.”
Sayid- “Where are you going?”
Shannon is thirsty so Sayid offers to get her some water.   He zips up, takes an empty bottle and heads off. A slight breeze blows out the candle and she assumes its Sayid’s quick return. She looks up and sees Walt dripping wet.   Walt says something to her, only it sounds backwards.


Shannon is outside the tent looking toward the water.
Sayid runs and tells her “There’s nothing. No one there.”
Shannon insists, “I saw Walt.”
Sayid- “It was a dream, Shannon.”
She insists, “He was here. I saw him. He went into the tent.”
Sayid was only gone for a few moments, “You must have fallen asleep .”
Shannon- “This was not a dream! I saw Walt!”
Sayid-“Then where is he?”
Charlie shows up and asks them what’s going on.
Sayid tells him nothing, “It’s just a dream. Everything’s fine.”
Shannon seems insulted and storms off.
Claire wanders over and asks Charlie what’s wrong.    Charlie informs her, “Shannon had a nightmare.”     He asks why Aaron is up. {Not sleeping.}

Claire woke him because she heard screams and got worried, “Would you rather I have I left him over there, alone?”   They bicker about waking the baby and about the running toward the screams. Claire feels it sounded like Shannon needed help.
Charlie fusses that now the baby’s awake he’s gonna need feeding and he’ll be up all night, fussy all day. Charlie will tend to Aaron; He kisses Aaron on the head. {Watch Claire here.}

Inside the “love tent”, Shannon angrily packs a bag of her stuff. {Did she have a bag before?} Sayid tells her to “Wait. Wait. Come back with me and let's talk about this.”
Shannon-“Do you believe me?”
He just stares at her. She’s insulted, “No. I know what I saw.” She walks away.

Little girl ballet students are being directed by Shannon. {They are out of sync.}
Sophie asks if her papa saw her.   Shannon fibs and says she thinks he did; as she can see “papa” if flirting/whispering with another dance instructor.
Shannon thanks the “ladies” for a great class today.
{She is sure to tell/touch a tiny Asian girl she did very nice work.}
Shannon and her friend giggle as the little girls leave with their families. Her friend shares, in a mock French accent that Sophie’s dad wants her to be their Au Pair.  Shannon’s cell rings; it’s Sabrina, her step mother.
Sabrina is headed to St. Sebastian’s hospital where Shannon’s father has been taken. Mr. Rutherford has been in an accident. She’ll meet her there.


At St Sebastian’s Mrs. Rutherford and Shannon are met by the Doctor, who tells them about the head on collision with an SUV Adam was in. {Dr. Jack Shephard hurries by with a file}

The Dr.-“Why don’t we talk down here.”
Adam suffered massive internal injuries, he stopped breathing at the site of the accident, “I’m afraid we were unable to resuscitate him.”
Mrs. Rutherford would like to see him; Shannon her step daughter is invited to come along.

Daylight:
Ana Lulu asks Eko, “How much further to their camp?”
Eko- “A day. Maybe more. Maybe less.” {Hmmm...We’ve heard this similar dialog before.}
Ana thanks him for being so specific.
Weakening Sawyer falls to his knees, but tells Libby he’s fine. She wants to take a look at his shoulder.
Sawyer- “What are you...a Doctor?”
Libby- “A clinical psychologist."
Sawyer- “You’re a shrink. Maybe you autta talk to my shoulder.”
She wonders how he got shot anyway. Smart ass Sawyer tells her, “With a gun.”  Michael tells Libby Sawyer got shot when they took his kid.
Sawyer asks her if it’s bad and Libby confirms it's bad, “But it’s not real bad. "You’ll be okay. Let's go.”    Libby looks troubled.
Michael tries to give Sawyer a hand but he’s fine. Bernard offers a hand, but it’s not taken.




Hurley and Rose hang clothes on the line made of wires. He asks her “again” why they’re doing this here when there’s a dryer in the hatch. Rose confesses she doesn’t like the hatch.
Hurley- “Oh. It’s because of the doomsday button, isn’t it?”

Rose feels they don’t need a dryer when they’ve got sun and fresh air, “Wouldn’t wanna spoil ourselves now, would we?”
Shannon and Vincent ask the two if they know where Michael and Walt left the stuff that they didn’t take with them on the raft is; she’s specifically looking for their clothes.
Hurley directs her to their stuff on the beach back where their tent is. Shannon leaves.
Rose says to Hurley that it can’t be easy losing the one person you love on the island. {Watch Hurley here!}
Shannon digs through Michael and Walt’s stuff. She takes Walt’s shirt and shoves it into Vincent’s nose, “That’s his, right? Come on, get a good whiff. You’re always trying to run off and find him. Then find him. Find Walt.”
Vincent, on a leash, takes off running. They run through the jungle. Vincent separates from Shannon right at Boone’s grave marker.{Coincidence? I think not.}





Aaron is crying in his Locke made cradle.Claire {wears 2 shirts} apologizes to the baby for waking him, “Please stay awake for eight hours straight. Isn’t that just cruel and unusual punishment?”
Locke-"How’s that cradle treatin ya?"


Claire tells him the cradle is great, “It’s the baby that’s the problem.”
She tells Locke he just won’t sleep.
Locke asks her permission to...


Locke wraps the baby in his blue blanket, “Babies like the feeling of being constricted. It’s not until we’re older we develop the desire to be free.”

Once Aaron is all constricted, he stops crying.{Mission accomplished! lol} He hands the quiet baby to Claire. Claire thinks everybody knows more about her baby than she does.
Locke- “Everybody?”
Claire shares with Locke that Charlie read her the riot act last night for waking him. As mad as that made her, turns out he was right. It's like they're playing mum and dad to "this" baby, yet she does not remember marrying him. Seriously, they're practically strangers "him and me", for all she knows Charlie's a religious freak. Locke seriously doubts that.
Claire- "Then why is he carrying around a Virgin Mary statue?"
She tells Locke its one of the little statues; Charlie said he found it in the jungle.
Locke seems a bit taken aback., "Hmmm? How 'bout that."

Shannon sits in front of Boone's grave marker holding his dark corded necklace.














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Shannon, dressed in black and black headband. They are at her father's funeral; it's being held ocean side/beach. She sits, starring, struck with grief.
A familiar voice from behind her says, "Death sucks, doesn't it?"

She is happy to see Boone; they hug.
Boone holds her tight, "I'm so sorry, Shannon."
Shannon holds on to him and says, "You came back."
Sabrina sees them in their embrace.



Boone takes two tiny teacups from Shannon's doll house. {It's VERY Alice in Wonderland to me.}

Boone asks where her poster of Marky Mark went.
Shannon's explanation is she's 18. {Age}
Boone "pours" something from a flask into the tiny teacups. Shannon thinks his mom's gonna freak.

Boone-"It's a wake. I mean seriously...who doesn't serve booze at a wake?" {Scotch} Boone sits next to her on the bed, raises his tiny teacup and toasts to Shannon's dad. {Bottoms up!}
He hands her gum, saying, "Maybe after all this you'll come visit me in New York."
Boone sips from the flask.
Shannon won't have to visit if she gets that job at the Martha Graham dance company; she'll be living there. She put in for an internship. It's a 1 in 3,000 chance, but she feels she may get it. Boone trying to be supportive says "absolutely", but it seems Shannon doesn't think he means it. They chat about Shannon not speaking to Boone's mother.
Shannon-"She's going through her things, and I'm going through mine."
She feels Sabrina hates her. Boone encourages her to talk to Sabrina but Shannon feels from day one Sabrina resented her relationship with him/father.
{Flash Whoosh}
The Tailies cross the rocky area near the water. Sawyer {w/machete} is getting weaker. Eko sees this and announces they need a break.
Ana the bitchy boss yells out, "5 minutes!" {Eko hands Sawyer the water container.}
Eko stands, surveying the path ahead.
Ana asks him what he's looking at. Eko says they have to cut inland.
Ana questions their heading into the jungle, "They said their people were on the beach. If we keep walking..."
Eko notes the beach goes into a peninsula ahead, "It may not be passable."
Ana- "May not?"
Eko-"May not."
Ana asks him if he's doing this to get the cowboy back faster, "You would risk our lives to help him?"
It's the only way Eko knows.
The bitch tells him, "I liked you better when you weren't talking."















Claire walks over with swaddled Aaron and tells Locke, "I can't believe he's still asleep."
Locke whispers that swaddling works every time. {Was Locke looking in a broken piece of mirror or something else?}




Claire asks if he would like to hold him.
Locke declines.
Claire has him put his arms out and she places Aaron in them.
Locke likes the good "baby" smell.
Claire agrees. {Uh...he's not food. lol} Charlie walks up.
Claire reveals to Charlie, "John just taught me a new trick. Swaddling."
Charlie came to take Aaron so Claire can take her walk. He gestures to get the baby but Locke looks at Claire. {Why? permission?}
Locke says it's great timing as he's got to get going. {Watch Claire when Locke gets up to hand the baby over.} Claire thanks John for his help and he heads off.
Charlie holds Aaron and is looking at Claire.
Claire-"What?"





Eko and his stick cautiously lead the Tailies through the jungle. They all step gingerly on the path. Libby steps and cracks a branch.
They all whisper, "Shhh!"


Jin says something in Korean to the weakening Sawyer. They bicker; Sawyer responds in English that he's fine. Jin is trying to tell him something.
Aggravated Ana runs over, "Shhh ut up!!"


Michael- "What? They can't talk at all?"
Ana says if he talks he's gonna get us all killed.
Michael-"By what? Them?...I thought they lived a day back that way?"
Ana wants him to shut his mouth, "And get your buddy over here moving."
Michael's getting pissed off with that New York attitude {I know so well} coming out., "What happened to you people?"
He walks right up to Ana, "You want us to take you back with us, fine. But you want me to keep quiet. Then you need to tell me why I have to."
Ana looks back at Eko and Cindy {Why? Permission?} and shares with Michael, "They came the first night that we got here. They took three of us. Nothing happened for two weeks. Then they came back and took nine more. They're smart. And they're animals. And they can be anywhere at any time."
Jin looks around.
Ana continues to say that they're moving through "their jungle", just so he can save his little hick friend. "And if you think that one gun and one bullet is gonna stop them...think again. So shut your mouth and keep moving." {Re-think your move. Hmmm.}
Michael stares and blurts out, "They took my son."
Ana- "They took a lot of things."

Shannon {Holding dark cord necklace} and Vincent {leash} are sitting by Boone's grave marker. {It looks different}
Sayid sits on the log next to her and reveals that he too knows what it is to lose someone you care deeply about.
Shannon- "You really think this is all about Boone?...I saw Walt."
Sayid wants to know then why are they sitting at Boone's grave. She gets up in a huff, takes Vincent by the leash and tells Sayid, "Just go back, Sayid."
He asks her where she's going.
Shannon-"To find him."



Shannon looks sad as she sits at the table. {She has a ballet barre in her apt.} Her friend brings her a white letter size envelope. {It has a yellow address label on it}
Shannon says she can't open it so she pushes the envelope across the table and tells her friend to open it.
Shannon's been waiting six months for this letter, there's no way her friend is opening it.
Shannon opens the letter to receive the news that she got it. The girls jump up and down with joy; Shannon's going to New York. The phone rings, apparently her rent check bounced.
Her friend is very surprised, "But, you're like...rich."


Shannon sits on the couch in Sabrina's house. Rude Sabrina would have offered her something to drink but she has to be at a meeting in 10 minutes. Shannon timidly tells Sabrina her rent checks are bouncing. Sabrina feels that's what she gets when you make withdrawals and don't make deposits. {Hmmm...taking never giving. Karma}
Shannon outright asks when will she get the money from the will her father left her. Sabrina informs Shannon there was no will; they had a living trust, "Everything passed to me."
There was nothing specifically designated to Shannon.
Shannon is shocked, "Why would he do that?"
Sabrina- "Well. Maybe he just wanted you to find your own way. We all have to work, Shannon. Most of us are the better for it."
Shannon can work, she explains she got the prestigious internship; she won't be earning any money but will be working 16 hours a day.
Sabrina- "The only thing I've seen you do 16 hours a day straight is sleep."
Shannon just needs to get to New York.
Sabrina mocks her habit of changing her mind. Last year Shannon was interested in interior design. Sabrina knows Shannon will never pay her back, "And you'll only hate yourself even more."
Shannon pleads with her, "I really want this. I can do this."
Sabrina apologizes-"You're on your own."


Lucky Locke rolls double sixes. He's playing backgammon with Charlie.
Locke hopes Charlie didn't get the wrong idea about seeing him with the baby.
Locke's aware that Charlie and Claire are close and he spends a lot of time with Aaron, "I just wouldn't want to over step my bounds."
Charlie asks if Claire told him they had a fight.
She didn't say it was a fight.
Charlie mentions she was gonna give it up for adoption and asks if Claire mentioned that to Locke. Yep, she told Locke when he built the cradle.
Charlie- "Ah, of course...When you built the cradle."
Charlie feels Claire's got a bit to learn about being a mum, "Responsibility and all."
Locke thinks that's an interesting thing for a heroin addict to say.
Charlie corrects him, "Recovering addict."
Locke gives him, "Recovering...It's your turn."
We can hear the dice get thrown.

Eko leads the Tailies through the high grass.
At the end of the line Jin is helping weak Sawyer.
Bernard offers help and his hand, Jin turns him down. Bernard looks puzzled by that. Michael and Jin seem to communicate/understand each other. Michael tells Jin to take a break, he'll help Sawyer.
Sawyer says to Michael, "You suddenly give a damn about me."
He tells them both to leave him alone, "I got it."
Sawyer takes a few steps and collapses.
Michael tries to wake passed out Sawyer. {Listen to the voice that says Sawyer.}
Sawyer opens his eyes and says to Michael, "I would have left you behind."
Michael-"Shut up, man. Don't try to..."
Weak Sawyer says, "I did leave you behind."
Michael- "Yeah, well...Good thing I aint you."
They share a smile then Sawyer passes out.

Jin calls out for water in English. Everybody runs over to them except for annoyed Ana and Eko. Libby and Mike try to pour the water into Sawyer's mouth but he doesn't respond. Libby says it's due his fever, infection, and he's dehydrated.  Ana tells them they gotta keep moving.   She doesn't give a shit about Sawyer. Jin says something to her in Korean.
Ana- "You wanna stay, that's fine. But we're rolling out."
Bernard steps in to say to Ana they just can't leave him.
Libby thinks they could rest a little while he'll regain consciousness.
Ana- "Rest? Here?"
She asks Libby, "Do you remember what happened to us? What they did to us? You remember Goodwin?"
Eko looks unimpressed with her display.
Cindy thinks Ana's right and they should push on.
Michael jumps in, "You know what...I don't remember Goodwin whispers. Ana draws her gun and tells them to "RUN!"

Shannon is in her red door apartment packing boxes. Boone shows up.
He pulls up a chair, sits down and tells Shannon, "She said no."
Shannon looks like a mess; her hair is disheveled and she looks beat.
Boone guesses "she didn't know why I asked for the money."
Broken Shannon asks if she can crash at Boone's place in New York for a while, just until she gets on her feet.
Boone shares the news that he's leaving New York because she offered him a really good job. Shannon is blown away that Boone is going to work for his mother. He has a white envelope for her, it's all the money he has right now. Boone's trust fund will kick in at the end of the month, then after that he can absolutely keep her afloat. Insulted Shannon thanks him but she will figure out a way to make her own money.
Boone compassionately says, "But who knows when that's gonna be. Just take it."
Shannon gets defensive, "Why? You don't think I can do it?"
He didn't say that.
Shannon- "You believe I can or don't you, Boone?"
He doesn't answer.
She gets pissed off, puts the envelope in his hands, tells him to go work for his mother, she doesn't want his money.
Boone's just trying to help her.
Boone turns to leave.
Thunder rolls.


A pouring rain thunder storm in the jungle.
Vincent is literally pulling Shannon.
Sayid is running behind them.
Shannon falls and Vincent runs ahead.
Sayid wants to help her up and she demands he does not help her up.
Sayid- "Let's go back."

Shannon looks at him and asks, "Why don't you believe me? I need you to believe in me."
Sayid tells her he does believe in her.
Shannon doesn't believe that, "You don't. No one does. They think that I'm some kind of joke. They think I'm worthless."
Sayid looks in to her eyes and tells her she is not worthless. Upset Shannon says he says that now, "but you don't...You're just gonna leave me. I know as soon as we get out of here, you're just gonna leave me."
She's crying.
Sayid tenderly touches her face and tells her he will never leave her, "I love you. And I believe you."
Shannon- "You do?"
Sayid- "I do."
Shannon is visibly relieved. They hug.
They both hear whispers.
Sayid sees something over Shannon's shoulder. It's Walt!
Walt puts his pointer finger to his lips to say, "Shhhhh."
Sayid just stares.
Shannon asks Sayid, "Do you see him?"
Stunned Sayid just nods yes.
Shannon turns back to face Walt and he's still in the "Shhhh" stance.
Shannon calls out to Walt. {We get a view of Shannon and Sayid from behind Walt. We actually see the back of Walt.}
Shannon yells for him and starts to run to him, but Walt takes off running.
Sayid is motionless, staring, almost hypnotized.
Shannon yells again for Walt and this snaps Sayid out of his trance.
Sayid calls out for Shannon and runs after her. Sayid trips over a branch. He takes off running again. A gunshot rings out. Sayid makes his way to see Shannon turn around and face him. She has been shot. She falls into his arms.
She appears to die in his arms.
He holds her as he cries. He looks up to see Bitch Ana Lucia with her gun drawn.
Mr. Eko stands behind her. Jin and Michael see it's Sayid holding shot Shannon.
Sayid is pissed. {He didn't do a good job of protecting her, if it was her he was to protect.}



















Abandoned is a GREAT episode!! Let's get to it.

Things to note...Questions to ask...
* Eye color.
* Sawyer remembers leaving Michael behind. This must have happened already. The last time he did something a bit different.
* Should Michael "remember" Goodwin?
* Charlie is very comfortable taking care of Aaron; it’s almost fatherly.
* Alice in Wonderland. Down the Rabbit Hole. Jack.
* Trick. Believe.
* Lost. Direction. Guide. Backwards.
* Chance. Odds. Game.
* Choreographing a ballet/dance/exercise. Teach/instruct/direct. Student. Passed.
* Playing roles.
* Languages. Linguistics. French. Korean.
* Dream. Nightmare. Vision. Rest. Sleep. Awake. Remember. Don't remember. "Ssshhh" Consciousness.
* Rose prefers sun and fresh air to the dryer. Does she prefer nature as opposed to machines/technology?  Also, does she know the use of the hatch and its dryer is only temporary?
* Why didn't anyone accept Bernard's help when he offered it?
* So, the dog’s always trying to run off and find Walt. Hmmm. Is Walt nearby?
* Claire refers to Aaron as "this baby" and says things like, "It's the baby that's the problem." Charlie even refers to Aaron as "it".
* "...the first night that we got here." Speaking more as if they arrived not "crashed" there. And Shannon says to Sayid "...as soon as we get out of here". They all speak as if they are on the "island" for a reason, like they arrived on vacation, not that they're "crash" survivors waiting to be rescued.
* If it’s not a dream and both Shannon and Sayid saw Walt, could it be a projected image? Smoke and mirrors, so to speak.   If it’s a projected image, that could account for the audio being played backwards.
*What's real and not real? Who is real and not real?

Vocabulary and Research...
* Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique used in theater and in some magic tricks. Using a plate glass and special lighting techniques, it can make objects seem to appear or disappear, or make one object seem to "morph" into another.
* Musion Eyeliner is a modern commercial variation of a stage illusion called Pepper’s ghost, using high definition video projection or LED screens to allow moving images to appear within a live stage setting.
* Holography is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that it appears as if the object is in the same position relative to the recording medium as it was when recorded. The image changes as the position and orientation of the viewing system changes in exactly the same way as if the object were still present, thus making the recorded image (hologram) appear three dimensional.
* Tomography is imaging by sections or sectioning. A device used in tomography is called, while the image produced is a Tomogram.  The method is used in medicine, archeology, biology, geophysics, oceanography, material science, astrophysics and other sciences. {X-rays, CAT scans, MRI}
* An au pair is a foreign-national domestic assistant working for, and living as part of a family. The title comes from the French term , meaning "on a par" or "equal to", indicating that the relationship is intended to be one of equals: the au pair is intended to become a member of the family,
* Ballet: American slang for strip club.
* Mauna-Vow of silence 
* Cradle: 1).A bed for a baby, oscillating, rockers or swinging on pivots. 2). (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. 3). (figuratively) Infancy,or very early life. i.e. from the cradle to the grave. 4). A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship. 5). A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
* Swaddle- To restrain or restrict.





I was excited to see the Alice in Wonderland theme running through this one.  The Tailies are on their journey to the beach camp.  The life size chess pieces are on the move, or more like being moved around.  A few chess pieces were even removed from the board.

The entire scene with Boone and Shannon in her room after the wake is...very Wonderland!  Knowing how Alice's experiences are happening in the book, can we assume the experiences the "Island" residents are having are happening while they are asleep, in their subconscious or unconscious mind?  Well with all the references to sleeping {and "a wake"}  running ramped here, I believe that is the case.

There is a definite nod to being guided.   Are some of the people we see "guides"?
We also witnessed a lot of carrying going on in this episode; we see the Tailies physically carry Sawyer.  It was a burden to do this, but it was necessary to work together to get to the top of the hill. Shannon has been carrying some very heavy emotional baggage/burdens, but then again, they all are.

This episode showed us what Shannon was looking for. She wanted to deal with the pain of loss but more importantly she wanted someone to truly believe in her. They all are desperately looking for something, something within themselves.

We all want people that are close to us to believe in us, but we need to believe in ourselves first. You have to find your own way, even when it's very hard and even when you don't want to. Struggling through something can be extremely painful, but when we finally do find what we're looking for, all on our own...we'll be the better for it.

Love to all who are "LOST"™

Here's a pic combo of the two times we see Boone's grave marker.



















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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? 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.