Best Line
- "The island was done with her. Makes me wonder what's going to happen when it's done with us." Ben to Jack after Ilana's explosive departure.
- Dr. Pierre Chang is the host of Hugo's benefit. We learned previously in James Ford's episode that Miles' dad worked at a museum. Amazingly, he looks the same age he did in the 1970s. Now how is this possible?
- Hugo mentions to his mom that he must attend an event for the Human Fund. This is a fictional charity created by George Costanza on Seinfeld.
- The waiter at Spanish Johnny's, the restaurant where Hugo and Libby met, was played by Jesse Smith, who played one of the random background extras who survived the plane crash in the first few seasons.
- How good was it to see Hugo's soul mate Libby back?
- Dr. Brooks was Hurley's doctor at Santa Rosa in the original time line.
- At Mr. Cluck’s there is a sign for new Outback Roasters with the tag line “It’s like a walkabout in your mouth," a reference to the walkabout trip Locke tried to take. The sign also featured Ayers Rock where Bernard brought Rose to see a faith healer.
- The order clerk at Mr. Cluck's is played by Samm Levine, who recently was featured in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds".
- Desmond "accidentally bumping" into Hugo obviously is the start of his task of reminding the Oceanic passengers of their other lives.
- The island photo in Dr. Brooks' office at Santa Rosa was in the original time line as well.
- One of the Santa Rosa patients is playing Connect Four, the same game Hurley played as well as Leonard Simms, the man from whom Hurley first heard of the Numbers. Connect Four has 42 possible positions in which to put the pieces.
- The chalkboard in the game room at Santa Rosa featured a chalk drawing of a desert island. This same picture was there when Hurley returned from the island and Matthew Abaddon came to visit him.
- Whereas Desmond had flashes of his other life from the MRI, Libby experienced the memories simply by seeing Hugo on TV.
- Libby's comment to Hugo about the picnic on the beach as being like "a date we've never had" references the picnic date on the island that never happened because Michael shot her.
- For Hugo, his kiss with Libby brought back the buried memories of the other time line. It is also interesting to note that I did not notice a "mirror moment" in this episode. Perhaps this scenes of self reflection are no more and the epiphany of another life will instead be the weekly occurrence.
- Dr. Linus questioning Desmond's reason for being parked in the school parking lot was priceless. "Are you sitting here in your car as school lets out for inappropriate reasons?" "No, brother. Just here to run over that man in the wheelchair." (I paraphrase.)
- So does Desmond remember his other self has a son named Charlie or did he just use that name because of his recent run-in with adult Charlie?
- The license plate on Desmond's car when he hits Locke (2FAN321) is a different one from what is on his car at the beach, watching Libby and Hugo (4PCI264). Either a continuity error or Desmond changed it so he couldn't be tracked down.
- I believe Desmond's hit-and-run was not malicious but his way of getting Locke reunited with Jack. Dr. Linus' comment was to call 9-1-1 so they could get Locke to the hospital. The school's in Los Angeles; Jack's hospital is there as well. As we saw Jack and UnLocke meet up on the island in the prior scene, I think this is what Desmond has planned in this time line. And who knows, Jin and Sun may be there too as she recovers from her gun shot wound.
- Why hasn't Libby's ghost appeared to Hurley? Is it because most of his visitors, like Michael, have only yelled at him or told him what he should or should not be doing?
- Ilana says she has been training her whole life to protect the candidates.
- I noticed a couple of "God" references in this episode: Ilana says if that thing (UnLocke) gets off the island, "God help us" (right before she went boom!) and UnLocke calls the island a "God forsaken rock".
- UnLocke carving the stick reminded me of Mr. Eko's walking stick which Charlie called his "Jesus stick". Carved into it were various Bible scriptures (book, chapter, and sometimes verse), a small cross, and the Numbers. When asked by Claire what he was carving, Eko answered, "Things I need to remember." After Eko's death, Locke retrieved the stick. Locke intended to use the stick as a marker for Eko's grave. As he was pounding the stick into the ground, he noticed an inscription: "Lift up your eyes and look north John 3:05". Locke interprets "305" as a northward compass bearing, which leads them to the Flame station.
- The book Hurley finds among Ilana's belongings is a copy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground, a novel whose themes echo the series, as it is about free will and about the fact that determinism or fate is not valid because people can sometimes do things without reason or purpose just to prove that they have free will.
- Hurley also picks up a pouch which he examines but we do not see what is inside. I first thought these were Jacob's ashes but upon re-watching the episode, you can hear the contents rattle. Some folks I spoke with thought these might be Nikki and Paulo's diamonds, but I wonder if they are white stones and a black stone like the Adam and Eve skeletons had in their possession. At some point was Ilana going to have people random draw a stone and whoever pulled the black one had to do an unpleasant task?
- Why was UnLocke so apparently upset by Desmond identifying him as John Locke? Did he believe Desmond knew the truth and was lying to him?
- Once again, UnLocke offers his hand to someone, but this time, Desmond does take it.
- Another appearance by the mysterious boy in the jungle. I'm still going with my theory that this is an older version of Aaron. And why the smile when he saw Desmond?
- Richard was obviously trying to get Hurley to say that the island is like a cork to prove Jacob was there.
- Another item off the Lost unanswered questions checklist: The whispers are those people stuck on the island who can't move on.
- Michael's apology of course was for shooting Libby immediately after shooting Ana Lucia and wounding himself when all three were in the hatch.
- The well is similar to the one outside of the Orchid Station that John Locke descended into to find the frozen donkey wheel that moved the Island.
- UnLocke's comment that something causes compass needles to spin afflicted Locke in Season 1 with his own compass.
- Poor Sun is still unable to get back together with Jin as she enters UnLocke's camp only to find Jin not there. He is still on Hydra Island.
The Numbers - 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 15 16 23 42 108
- Libby asks Hurley if he thinks 2 people can be connected.
- Ilana tells Richard she has 4 sticks of dynamite.
- Desmond's order number at Mr. Cluck's is 42.
- Desmond answers UnLocke that he spent 3 years in the hatch pushing a button.
- Hurley brings 6 different kinds of cheeses to his picnic with Libby.
- Desmond's license plate at the beach is 4PCI264 whereas it is 2FAN321 at Ben's school.
Scenes from next week's "The Last Recruit" were accompanied by the audio of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka singing the song from the most unsettling scene in that movie (and this is a movie with little, orange people and I'm not talking about Snookie from Jersey Shore but Oompa Loompas - co-worker Geoff knows what I'm talking about). The creepy lyrics which fit appropriately for the coming finale are:
"There's no earthly way of knowing/Which direction we are going.
Not a speck of light is showing/So the danger must be growing.
Are the fires of hell a-glowing?/Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes, the danger must be growing/And they're certainly not showing/Any signs that they are slowing! "
Speaking of creepy, check out this item that no Lost fan should be without: a bobble head Claire complete with squirrel skull baby. (Yes, it's actually for sale at www.entertainmentearth.com)
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It was recently announced that the pre-show to the series finale has been extended to two hours, now starting at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, May 23. We can never get enough Lost!
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