"Jughead" (Season 5, Episode 3)

Have I mentioned that I love this show? I love it even more when one of my theories turns out to be true (more on that below). Plus, tonight's episode let me theorize about another character's identity (more on that below, too).

Best Line

• "Wanna stay here in Crazytown or help me rescue the geek?" Sawyer to Juliet.
  

Did You Notice?

• The opening scene where Penny gives birth takes place in the municipality of Mabuhay in the Philippines. "Mabuhay"is also a word used to exclaim long life.
  
• Desmond was shouting "Efren Salonga", the name of the doctor.
  
• I loved Desmond talking to his son about "the very special island" only to be referring to Great Britain. And his description of Scotland sounded familiar: "Mountains, glens, monsters, deep lochs" As in Locke?
• Is Charlotte's condition what Faraday experienced with Theresa Spencer? Is this way he is so concerned for her?
  
• New Theory Alert! The blond girl on the island is referred to by Richard as Ellie. In the rerun of last week's episode at 8 p.m. last night, the enhanced information noted that the white-haired woman in the final scene (who I believe is Faraday's mother) was "Eloise Hawking". Eloise was also the name of the rat Faraday sent through the maze in the episode "The Constant". Ellie could be a nickname for Eloise. In other words, Faraday was held at gunpoint by a younger version of his mother. He did say "You look so much like someone I use to know." If it was 1954 and Ellie was in her twenties and now it's 2007, fifty years later, then that would make her the right age to be Eloise Hawking.
• So U.S. soldiers had been to the island at some point in its past? Seems like a lot of people know about this hard-to-find island.
• The camp and its layout of tents was reminiscent of the village of New Otherton.
• Who were the people that the Oxford janitor said had been poking around Faraday's old lab?
  
• The name tag of the other soldier captured by Locke read "Cunningham".
• Did Locke not shoot "Jones" as he ran away because he realized he was one of his people or because of the ramifications of what killing Charles Widmore might have caused to future events?
• Abigail Spencer's vest indicated she worked at QuikMart, a convenience store in England (not to be confused with Kwik-E-Mart, which is a convenience store in Springfield).
  
• Theresa Spencer is apparently suffering the same debilitating time jumps that Minkowski did on the freighter.
• According to Juliet, Richard Alpert "has always been here" and as to how old he is? "Old."
• Does the "Jughead" bomb end up getting buried under the Swan hatch? Remember from Season 1 that something big was encased in a lot of concrete there.
• Widmore's office had a painting of a snarling polar bear.
  
• Allow me a moment while I pat myself on the back for correctly figuring out last week that "Jones" was actually a younger Charles Widmore. So if Ellie is Faraday's mother than they have know each other for 50 years, which would explain why the older Widmore knows she is in Los Angeles.
• Is Penny in jeopardy going to L.A. with Desmond since Ben is there and had sworn to her father that he would kill her in retaliation of Alex being shot by Keamy?
  
• It was a nice, subtle revelation that Desmond and Penny named their son Charlie after the man who sacrificed himself so they could one day be together.
• I loved the conversation between Locke and Richard as Locke desperately tried to convince an amused Richard of the truth to his seemingly outrageous statements.
• Locke telling Richard when and where he would be born explains why Richard was in the maternity ward when Locke was born. And Locke showing Richard the compass ties back to Richard visiting a young Locke in the foster home, hoping he would select the compass from a group of objects. They do chose their leaders at a very early age, according to Richard.
  

The Numbers - 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 16 23 42 108

• Penny said that Desmond only remembered 2 days ago that he was supposed to find Faraday's mother.
• Ellie said there were 5 people waiting at the creek.
• Miles sensed 4 U.S. soldiers buried; 3 who were shot.
• Faraday guessed that it could be as soon as 5 minutes until the next flash.
• Abigail Spencer notes that her sister Theresa once thought she was 3 years old.
  
• The father of the Spencer sisters died 5 years ago.
• Locke told Sawyer he would give him a 10 minute head start.
• Widmore had been funding Faraday's research for 10 years.
• Widmore said he hadn't seen his daughter for 3 years.
  
• Locke told Richard he would be born in 2 years.
  

Previews - Next week's "The Little Prince" appears to have Ben trying to convince Kate to join him and Jack. Also, Locke seems to be witnessing the moment from his past when he couldn't break into the hatch and the shaft of light burst up into the night sky.