LOST: There's No Place Like Home, parts two & three

Originally posted: May 30, 2008

"If you mean time traveling bunnies, then yes."

WoOOooOoOooOoW.. I am almost speechless. Lost was great! I am so glad that I kept myself spoiler-free for this season finale. The island disappeared! Locke is in the coffin! Sawyer is still alive! Penny saves the day! Penny and Desmond reunite! The "frozen donkey wheel" was actually a frozen donkey wheel! So many exclamation point worthy things happened last night.

There's so much to cover that I don't know where to start. We now know how the Oceanic Six - plus Des and Frank - got off the island. We know why they lied. When will Jack learn the Locke's right most of the time? I love Sawyer for his heroic jump from the helicopter. It scared the hell outta me though. I was pretty close to hysterics because I thought he was going to die. The only thing that worries me is that when he swam back to the island, he and Julibitch seemed pretty chummy all of the sudden. They better not put those two together. ICK!

Jeremy Bentham = John Locke I was convinced that was Ben. I guess it was too obvious with Ben in the name. So Locke gets off the island and tracks down the Oceanic Six and Walt. He wants them to go back to the island because they weren't supposed to leave and terrible things happened after they did leave. Didn't they realize the island was in charge? It says who! It says when! It says how much! Now Locke is the new leader of the Others. I'm so glad the man has finally found his calling and his place. I hope it'll do him so good. I'll always be on Team Locke and never Team Jack!

How cool was it that the episode started where the season 3 finale left off? That's some serious continuity. I love this show because you never know how things are going to fit back together. We hadn't seen the Portuguese-speaking dudes since season finale two when they called Penny. As soon as I heard them talking I knew it was Penny's boat!

Kate's phone call played backwards said, "The Island needs you. You have to go back before it's too late." I thought creepy Claire was going to be upset with Kate for taking Aaron, but it seems it is what t she would have wanted her to do. Here's a question though – if Claire wants to keep Aaron away from the island and the island wants the baby and crew back, does that mean Jacob and the island want two different things.

I could go on and on and on so I'm just gonna hit some main points.

-I couldn't catch my breath when Jin was running to the helicopter only to see it fly off without him. I cried so hard for Sun and him. It was freakin' heart wrenching.

-Michael's death was actually kind of cool because Christian appeared to him. It kinda makes you thing the ghostly whisperings can't be all bad. Michael finally redeemed himself and could die.

-It was really sad when Walt (that kid grew fast!) came to visit Hurley and said no one came to see him. It was also sad the Hurley had to lie to him about Michael. You know Hugo ain't a lying man.

-I'm glad Keamy got what was coming to him. Ben showed his psychotic tendencies once again. Why didn't Locke just take the heart monitor/bomb device and put it on himself really quickly before Keamy died? Wouldn't that have saved the freighter?

- Sayid is still the biggest badass around. His fight with Keamy was awesome!
- I still haven't figured out what's up with weirdo Miles? Why did he wanna stay?

- I'm only going to admit this once and don't make me repeat it because I'll deny ever saying it – maybe Ben isn't such a bad guy. I mean he moved the damn island. He did it to protect the island and not the people, but he still did it. He sacrificed for the greater good. He actually had tears in his eyes when he told Locke he had to leave the island now. Then he cried while turning the wheel. It almost made me cry and Ben has never made me cry.

The two alternate endings shot were shown on Good Morning America this morning. There were just two other options for coffin guy. One was Sawyer and the other was Desmond. As much as I love Locke, I'm glad it was him. I know we'll get an excellent story to explain how he got there and why.

New questions:
* What the hell was the wheel? How did that move the island? How did Ben know what was going to be down there and what to expect? I am still shocked and amazed.
* Why did Locke leave the island? Did he have to move the island too? Who made his death look like a suicide? Was he crippled again once he left the island (I don't think he was.) I've read a few blogs that think Locke will come back to life once they get him back to the island. What do you think? (I think that's way too creepy. Zombie Locke… he's got a knife! RUN!)
* Did Charles Widmore move the island the last time it was? Is that why he can't get back? Is that why he's looking for the island?
* Where did the island go? Did it just move to another location? Did it move to another time? Did it move through both?
* Charlotte was born on the island? How? Who is she? How did she get off the island?
* If they ALL have to go back to the island, does that include Walt, Ben, Desmond and Frank? They're really gonna think Jack has lost it when he shows up with Locke's body and says, "Hey, let's go back to the island!"
* Oh and can someone please tell me who the hell Dr. Marvin Candle is??? He's not the Dharma video guy is he? I really didn't think that was his name!!

I have to say I loved season four of Lost. It was good stuff. I think the writers' strike might have actually helped us. We probably wouldn't have learned so much if the writers hadn't had to cram it into so few episodes. My only problem is how are we going to survive waiting until 2009 for new Lost? We've done it before, so I guess we can do it again. All I know is I'm about to watch it all over again from the beginning. YAY! Lost rules!

"Checkmate, Mr. Eko."