LOST: Because You Left

Originally posted: January 29, 2009

Whoa! Lost is back and it is awesome. So Dr. Marvin Candle/Halliwax/Chang is married with a kid and in charge of the Orchid's building. It must be significant that he has a kid, right? Could that kiddo be Miles? Daniel is down in the Orchid helping with construction. Is he time jumping? Or did he come back to this specific time for a reason and for a good chunk of time? The foreman on the project seemed to know him. How crazy was the pic where you could actually see the frozen donkey wheel?! Wow!

Sayid proves once again that he is the biggest badass ever. On the run with Hurley, Sayid managed to kill a dude with an open dishwasher and some butcher knives - ninja style! What went down with Sayid and Ben to make Sayid to stop working for him? Did he find out Ben ordered the hit on Nadia? Because I could totally see Linus doing that to manipulate Sayid into working for him. Plus if Nadia is gone, Sayid would have no reason to want to stay off the Island. Badass Sayid gets hit with two darts and then passes the hell out. Don't worry though, it's just Hurley's turn to save the day.

Lawyers show up at Kate's door requesting a blood sample because someone knows Aaron isn't hers. So she decides to go on the run... I guess some things never change. Did Claire's mom hire those lawyers to find out if Aaron's her grandson? Or is it just more Ben manipulation to try to get Kate and Aaron back to the Island?

Ben finally has Jack on his side and they're about the start their "Re-recruit the Oceanic Six" mission. And they have Locke's dead body in a carpet van. At least Ben got Jack to shave. Whew!

Back on the island, the Losties are running around trying to figure out when they are. I loved Daniel's "Your camp isn't gone, it hasn't been built yet." line. Dum dum dum... Sexy shirtless Sawyer is not happy about the time jumping business (me either, this crap is going to get too confusing). He's not too happy about Faraday deciding he's in charge either. And it woulda been awesome if Sawyer smacked dumb Charlotte too. This whole time jumping thing is sorta cool but it might get old really quickly if things aren't properly explained. I think the jumping happens so much so that we feel as disoriented as our time jumpers do. I'm really glad Rose and Bernard are still around and hopefully will be around much more this season. I'm not concerned about many of the folks left on the Island though. I hope Sawyer ends up okay, I hope Daniel ends up saving the day and I hope Miles's storyline ends up being really cool. Other than that, I just want all my folks back together so we can get some answers.

Mr. John Locke is time jumping all alone. He sees Yemi's plane go down. He runs to it and gets shot by Ethan. When he tries to explain to Ethan that he will be his new leader, Ethan just wants to shot him again. Doesn't it seem like the Others aren't aware of the Island's time traveling business? Just how much information has Ben been keeping to himself? How very Ben was Locke in this moment - spouting off Ethan's name and predictions about the future. Maybe Ben knows all kinds of stuff because he keeps time looping too. Locke gets away from Ethan only because time changed again. Thankfully, Richard shows up to help him and explain what a compass does. I love Richard/Locke scenes.

Daniel very plainly tells Sawyer that the past cannot be changed. So why does he beat on Desmond's hatch and ask him for help? What is he hoping to correct? I totally think Daniel's mom is Mrs. Hawking. The pop-up clips on the replay of "The Lie" says Hawking's first name is Eloise - the same as Daniel's rat. Gotta be his mom, right? I just wish Desmond and Penny weren't going on a mission to find her now. I want Mr. and Mrs. Hume to just sail away in their happy little boat. Guess there's no such thing as a happy ending on Lost...