Best Line
- "Don't be ridiculous. It's in my secret room behind the bookcase." Ben's response to Miles' comment that he keeps the explosives in his cookie jar.
- Once again a close-up of an eye (Jack's) begins this episode.
- In his bathroom mirror, Jack notices the same cut on his neck that he discovered in the season premiere in the airline bathroom aboard Oceanic 815. I predict Island Jack will be held at knife point by UnLocke and this wound is somehow "bleeding" over into this universe.
- My money is still on Juliet being David's mother.
- So is the concert Jack and David's mother attending a recital that their son is in or something else? Maybe a performance by Driveshaft?
- What was the significance of Desmond's call to Jack about the airline finding his father's coffin? In the finale, will we see a meeting between Jack and Desmond?
- Desmond's attack against Ben triggers Ben's memory of Desmond beating him at the marina when Ben tried to kill Penny. Apparently either love (like Hurley and Libby) or violence (Locke's hit-and-run or Sun being shot) brings back the memories of the original time line. While filming this scene, the actor who plays Desmond accidentally punched the actor who plays Ben and left him with a black eye! That wasn't make-up.
- The school nurse who takes care of Ben after Desmond beats him up is named Ms. Kondracki. This is the same nurse who the principal had an affair with, as Ben learned in “Dr. Linus." The actress previously played a doctor in Season 5's "The Variable".
- Ben has a mirror moment in the nurse's office.
- I'm guessing the benefit concert at the museum that Miles, his dad, and Charlotte are attending will turn out to be the same one as Jack, his ex-wife, and David.
- Alex refers to Ben with his arm in a sling as "Napoleon". Ben was previously seen teaching his class about this historical figure.
- I loved Danielle's light-hearted remark that she would kidnap Ben to get him to come to dinner. In the original time line, Ben had essentially kidnapped Alex from Rousseau.
- I'm not sure why but I was so happy to see Danielle Rousseau looking so sane and well put together and leading a normal life.
- Jack tells Locke that he’s mistaking coincidence for fate when Locke explains why he wants the surgery. Mr. Eko accused Locke of the same thing when he brought Locke the missing piece of the Swan Orientation film and Locke repeated the phrase while talking to Desmond in Season 3.
- The conversation in the back of the police van between Desmond, Sayid, and Kate was another highlight for me.
- If ever there was going to be a bad cop on the take, I can't think of anyone better than Ana Lucia. When I saw Michelle Rodriguez's name in the opening credits, I was afraid she was going to turn out to be Jack's ex!
- Hurley drives up in his yellow Hummer, seen previously in both the parallel time line and the original time line. He also brings his Camaro for Desmond, the car he and his father restored in the original time line.
- It's obvious Hurley has all his memories of the original time line when he recognizes Ana Lucia.
- More attendees for "the concert": Desmond and Kate in her slinky black dress. Now if the Widmores are involved, we can expect Penny too.
- Kate's makeshift surgery by Jack on the beach is reminiscent of her sewing him up in the Season 1 pilot after the crash. We've come full circle.
- When Kate leaned her head against Sawyer as they gazed at the sea, did you get the feeling she's made her choice?
- Was Miles' extreme reaction to New Otherton simply due to Alex being buried there or was it residue from the Dharma Purge? Richard, who had a hand in the killing of them along with Ben, was quick to attribute it to Alex.
- Miles had some good lines last night: "30 years ago or last week to you" and "the secret-er room".
- Based on Ben's comment “I thought I was summoning the Monster. . . little did I know he was summoning me” makes me believe the entity in the cabin that Ben took to be Jacob was actually the Monster.
- Another great scene was the conversation between Ben and Widmore. Makes you wonder whether Widmore was doing what he did for the good of mankind and not for his own needs after all.
- I wonder why Jacob first appeared as his younger self to Hurley but then as adult?
- We know now that the bag Hurley took from Ilana's belongings were Jacob's ashes.
- I'm thinking we haven't seen the last of Richard Alpert. Maybe he and Lapidus will charge in like the cavalry when most needed.
- Yet more great moments were Ben's and UnLocke's conversations. And I'm not completely sold that Ben is now UnLocke's right-hand man.
- I was surprised at the graphic nature of Zoe's death. Yikes!
- I thought for sure UnLocke was going to stab Widmore as he leaned in to whisper to him but Ben was too fast for him.
- Did Jacob's burning of his final ashes allow the others to see him?
- For anyone who wasn't sure if Jacob's brother hadn't transformed into the Smoke Monster last week, I think Jacob's comments settle that question.
- Another question answered is that the candidates were all chosen because they were "flawed" and "alone". Apparently, Jacob knew this would be the case even as early as their childhood in the cases of Kate and Sawyer. And do you think Jacob was the driver of the Mystery Car of Death that seemed to invade all the candidates' lives at some point?
- I know I was one of the people who voted in my survey that Jack would be the next protector of the island but at this point, I would not be surprised if he sacrifices himself to take out UnLocke. Would this mean another would need to step up? Maybe Hurley was premature in thinking he dodged the bullet.
- According to the close-captioning, Jacob was speaking Latin when he "blessed" the cup of water.
- Just what comes with Jacob's pronouncement to Jack that "Now you're like me"?
- I find it interesting that the Smoke Monster tells Ben he retains his Locke persona because he likes the feel of his feet on the ground at the same time parallel Locke has decided he wants Jack to fix him so he can walk again. Also, UnLocke's comment that he was human further confirms this was once Jacob's brother and not a separate evil entity.
- I presume Jack and friends rescued Desmond from the well.
- Widmore's description of Desmond as a "fail-safe" reminds me of the fail-safe key Desmond had at the Swan Station.
- Ben explains to Richard that he has more than enough explosives to destroy the plane 10 times over.
- The explosive Ben has is C-4.
- Widmore tells Ben that as usual, he is 3 steps ahead of him.
- Danielle says Alex's dad died when she was 2.
For me, the series finale event begins tomorrow when I will be attending the live Lost broadcast at my local movie theater. On Friday night, I'll post any tidbits I learn. Saturday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET is an enhanced version of the original Season 1 pilot with the subtitles. Then, this is it, my fellow Lost and Founders. Sunday (or should we call it Lost-day?) is the two-hour series retrospective at 7 p.m. ET, the 2 1/2 hour finale at 9 p.m. ET, and Jimmy Kimmel's special at midnight. You'll be happy to know I am taking Monday off so I can re-watch the finale and type my last episode blog so you can read it as soon as possible. My prediction for the final scene that the creators claim to have envisioned since early in the season: All the characters once again boarding a plane. Their destination? Who knows?
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