LOST: The Economist

Originally posted: Feb 15,2008

This one bored me. There were like two "oh my god!" moments, but those weren't even that huge. I am not going to get all down on Lost though because I know this episode is just one on the journey to bigger and better things.

They've ruined my Sayid for me. I love Sayid the badass, I do not love future Sayid the hit man, Ben's henchman. How terrible the futures become for the Oceanic Six. It must be the price they pay for leaving the island.

Sayid is following lists? That was the first clue that he was working for Ben. Was anyone truly surprised when Ben showed up at the end? I wasn't. Ben's the big bad. We know that! I just wanna know why Sayid teams up with that bastard. Ben asks Sayid, "Don't you want to protect your friends?" Again I ask, what happened on that island?! Ben must be blackmailing Sayid to work for him, so that the other five don't have to face the consequences of what went down on the island. Oh and why was homedude on the golf course scared of Mr. Jarrah when he told him he was an Oceanic Sixer? Strange..

What the hell is going with Locke's group? I knew Hurley was leading Sayid, Kate and Miles into a trap. Maybe that's why he apologized to Jack for going with Locke. You know Hurley's not into trapping people and being all covert. He's a sucky liar too – all that babbling, I knew he was lying. I loved his "The ship sent us another Sawyer" line. Ha ha ha One more reason to dislike Miles. You can't be mean to Hurley and get away with it, unless you are Sawyer! What went down when Sayid traded Miles for Charlotte?

Thanks to Daniel's experiment, the show has confirmed there is time travel! This I loved! Yay. I love being right. So the island is 31 minutes behind the rest of the world or they're in some parallel universe that's 31 minutes behind everyone else. How cool is that? What does it mean? Daniel tells Frank to be sure to follow the same bearing they came in on. Is that because if he doesn't, they'll end up in another time or parallel universe? Wowzers (Good thing I watched Back to Future again recently so I now have some time travel knowledge.)

"So I'm your prisoner, now?" – Kate "If that's how you wanna play it." - Sawyer Damn, I'd be Sawyer's prisoner. I loved their scene. He wants to play house with her. She's a fool for not doing it. I hate Kate, but I want her with my boyfriend because he loves her so much. It does make me happy that she's not with Jack in the future. Mwaha ha ha, bitch.

New Questions:

*Why is it so windy at the barracks when Sayid, Kate and Miles get there?

*Ben's secret room? All those passports? Ben can leave the island? What is that crazy man doing?! Does the room lead off the island? Is this room the "magic box?" Is that where Anthony Cooper/original Sawyer appeared?

*Who is Elsa's boss? Is it someone we already know? Elsa and Naomi each had a bracelet. Is that a gift from their boss? Is Matthew Abbadon their boss? (Amanda Gayle's cool new theory is that when creepy Matt asked Hurley if they were still alive, he was referring to his crew. Maybe the Six leave the island without Abbadon's freighter folks. Talk about every man for himself!)

*Naomi had a picture of Desmond and Miles had one of Ben, does that mean each of the Freighter Four have an island native to catch? Maybe they're after Juliet, Danielle and Alex too. Who knows? I figure they are after the natives because they sure aren't impressed with the Ocean 815 survivors.

*Who's the RG on Naomi's bracelet? -- "I don't know, something girly for your office, R.G." Sorry, Friends moment, I couldn't help it. -- Regina's name starts with an R, so does that Richard guy. Do we know anyone with the RG initials? I'm racking my brain here.

Next week's episode is Kate-centric. What are we gonna learn about her future? Will we find out who "he" is? Is there a Sawyer Jr. running around. Gosh, I hope so!