"Greatest Hits" (Season 3, Episode 21)

Well, Season 3 is almost over. As unsteady as the first six episodes seemed, "Lost" has redeemed itself again and again through the remaining two-thirds of shows. In my opinion, this may have been the best season yet with one exceptional episode after another.

Best Line - "They know, Karl, but thanks." A sarcastic Juliet to Karl after he tries to expose her.

Did You Notice?

• Is there some significance to the fact that the slave ship where the dynamite was found is "The Black Rock" and the tents are being marked with white rocks? If you remember back to Season 1, when the survivors find the cave with the male and female skeletons in it, there is also a sack with black and white rocks. And Claire's nightmare from that year featured Locke with one black eye and one white eye. Hmm.
• We finally learn of the existence of the long-rumored underwater location: the Looking Glass station. The Dharma logo features a white rabbit as seen on Sayid's blueprints (where did he gets these?) and atop the station itself. Appropriate since the name is a reference to Lewis Carroll's stories "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice through the Looking Glass".
• It was nice to see Rose and Bernard finally. I hope they both survive the coming attack. Was it me or did Rose have something else in mind when she said to Bernard "Let's get you into somethin' dark" before going into battle?
• Was Alex butchering Ben's pet bunny? And did this have something to do with the fact that she is questioning whether Ben is really her father?
• Ironic that Liam thought Charlie would be the one married with a family and he would be dead by thirty when in fact it may end up being the other way around.
• You might think the flashback of Charlie singing Oasis' "Wonderwall" ("You're gonna be the one to save me") was the same moment from a few shows ago when Desmond ran into him. However, Charlie had a different shirt on and there was no hand-written sign. Alternate time line?
• Did you recognize the mugging victim that Charlie saved? It was Nadia, Sayid's lost love, last seen getting a house inspection from Locke. Was it important that she be the one to tell Charlie he was a hero?
• Who are the two women at the Looking Glass station? More of the locals? Dharma Initiative initiates? And does Ben really believe the station is flooded or was this just another one of his lies?

The Numbers - 2 3 4 5 6 8 15 16 23 42 (108)

• Charlie claims he can hold his breath for 4 minutes.
• Ben returns to his camp 6 hours earlier from the episode's current time.
• Juliet marks 3 tents.
• Liam asks Charlie if the girls in his bed are the "birds from row 2".
• Charlie was 8 years old the last time he was in a fight.
• Nadia said 3 people walked by the alley and did nothing as she was being mugged.
• There were 3 shooters needed in anticipation of the ambush.
• Charlie listed his 5 best moments.

Red & Blue & Green

• Shirts worn by Hurley and Charlie (in his Covent Garden flashback).
• Shirts worn by Jack, Desmond, Claire, Sun, and Richard Albert.
• Van used by Drive Shaft.
• Shirts worn by Sawyer, Bernard, and Ben.
• Swim trunks worn by young Charlie.
• Bottle of liquor that Charlie picks up in his hotel room.

Previews - This is it. "Through the Looking Glass" is the two-hour finale and it looks explosive - literally. But the trap against the Others must not go smoothly as one scene showed Bernard, Sayid, and Jin bound and at gunpoint. Also, Charlie's new friends in the underwater station have him tied up and Desmond trying to rescue him. There's also the declaration that this is the finale where "Everything Will Change!" Then when it does, we'll have nine months to contemplate it.