"The Package" (Season 6, Episode 10)

You may be surprised to learn that I actually liked this Jin and Sun episode. Although not one of great revelations, nonetheless it had some nifty moments and unexpected developments, not the least of which was the reappearance of Desmond.

Best Line

• "Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I'm not sure Hurley can track anything." Miles doubting Ilana's confidence in Hurley finding Richard.
  

Did You Notice? - 2004 Parallel Time Line

• Apparently in this time line, Sun never had to learn English to escape her marriage from Jin because she had instead fallen in love with him. Presumably, this Sun also never had an affair with her English tutor.
• I'm sure the male viewers all appreciated the variation on the "button up your blouse" theme. That was to balance out all the previous shirtless Sawyer scenes.
  
• Mirror Moment of the Week: Sun fixes her hair in the hotel room mirror before answering the door. She quite clearly experienced a moment of disorientation. Interesting that this scene followed the scene of her island self being knocked unconscious and losing the ability to speak English.
• Martin Keamy is creepy once again, especially with his "Godzilla movie" comment, "Arab" remark to Omar, and clearly explaining (albeit in English) how he was going to kill Jin right to his face.
  
• If you remember, Mikhail on the island was the eye patch-wearing Other who blew up the underwater Dharma station that killed Charlie. It is obviously predestined that he should lose his right eye, here from Jin's gunshot to the face.
• Mikhail is referred to by Keamy as "Danny's friend". Is this the alternate version of Danny Pickett, the Other who was killed on the beach by Juliet in Season 3? Or could Danny be referring to Daniel Faraday, who we have yet to see in this time line?
• Keamy's comment of living "happily ever after" foreshadows the title of next week's episode.
• After talking to a few people, apparently I wasn't the only one who thought Keamy made a reference to the island when he was confining Jin to the chair in the freezer. What he said was "I'm strapping you in just in case you figure out what's about to happen to you." At least that's what the close-captioning said. But it sure sounded like he said "what's about to happen to the island." It must just be Keamy's natural oiliness oozing through.
  
• There was a sort-of mirror moment when Jin was in the freezer and the metal of the open door reflected his image.
• I wonder if Jin will take wounded Sun to Jack's hospital?
  

Did You Notice? - 2007 Island Time Line

• The night vision surveillance of the beach camp abruptly ended when they zoomed in on UnLocke.
• Sayid has almost become zombie-like in his "I don't feel anything" condition.
• The tranquilizer dart scene is reminiscent of Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley being knocked out by the Others in the Season 2 finale.
• Miles always seems to be playing games. We've seen him playing Solitaire and Tic Tac Toe at the temple and cards with Lapidus in this episode.
• UnLocke offered his hand to Sun as he had with Kate in an earlier episode, but she too avoided his touch.
• Is Sun's inability to speak English really a medical condition or did UnLocke purposely do this to her when she was unconscious?
• Room 23 where Jin was brought by Zoe is the same room in which Alex's boyfriend Karl had been captive in Season 3.
• The subliminal messages in the Room 23 experiment included "Think about your life", "We are the causes of our own suffering", and "Everything changes". Among the images were a wood-burning stove, a drafting compass, a statue of Buddha, and the moon.
• I was a little confused by why Jin's name would be on a grid map denoting pockets of electromagnetism. In the 70's, he was a security guard for Dharma. Would he have signed maps? Or did someone forge his name. Maybe Daniel Faraday who we did see at the underground drilling site in the 70's?
• UnLocke told Claire her name was not on the cave wall. However, the name Littleton was there with the number 313. Unless of course, the name refers to Aaron.
• UnLocke's comment to Claire about Kate "Whatever happens, happens" is a present tense version of Faraday's statement about changing the time line in Season 5.
• The sonic pylons were strategically arranged to prevent UnLocke from getting to the Ajira plane.
• UnLocke's comment about a wise man saying that a war was coming to the island refers to Widmore's statement when he visited the real Locke in Season 5. Once again, the Man in Black is able to access Locke's memories.
• I really liked the scene with Sun's emotional tirade in Korean while everyone stood around with no idea what she was saying.
• Zoe is a geophysicist, a scientist who studies the physical characteristics of the Earth.
• I presume the Shar Pei dog in the photos of Ji-Yeon on Sun's camera is Bpo Bpo, the same dog Jin gave Sun back in Season 1.
  
• What did Widmore mean when he told Jin that everyone "will simply cease to be" if the Man in Black is able to leave the island? The destruction of mankind? As many people asked me, so is Widmore the good guy? I'm not sure it's that black and white (no pun intended). Of course, is anyone who they seem on this show?
• As opposed to her reaction to UnLocke, Sun readily accepts Jack's outstretched hand.
• Jack really has become a different person since the lighthouse. Will he be the next protector of the island? His last name is Shephard.
• Now we know who was locked in the sub: Desmond. But why? And why did he need to be so heavily drugged? What is his significance to this, and maybe the other, time line?
  

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

• The hotel clerk told Sun her room was on the 8th floor.
• Jin insisted on 2 hotel rooms.
• Jin's room was number 842.
• UnLocke told Claire he was 3 people shy of getting off the island.
• Sawyer started to tell Kate they could be screwed 6 ways from Sunday.
  

Previews
Next week's "Happily Ever After" features Desmond in a "deeply emotional episode that will make you smile" and "involves some surprising old friends coming back into the mix in the alternate time line and someone seeing the truth", according to eonline. I have also read that it turns out Desmond is very special and we'll soon see why he had to be brought to the island.

And does the title refer to him and Penny or a reunion of Jin and Sun? This is also the episode in which we should learn the new four-letter word with no A and an E which characterizes the series. Still sticking with TEST. Although it'll probably be something silly like GLUE or SHOE or DEER. Yes, I'm still dissatisfied with CORK.

Then in two weeks, on April 13, "Everybody Loves Hugo" features two "spirited" appearances by characters from Hurley's life on the island.