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Lost: Five for all

Wow – that’s about all I can say about my extended absence. It’s been, what, like 80 weeks since last I posted about everyone’s favorite island-dwelling mysteries? Lots has happened in that time, but I’m pretty sure I don’t want to write a ridiculously long post any more than you want to read a ridiculously long post. So instead of doing an in-depth recap of what we’ve missed, let’s just take in a few of the highlights:

The Economist

Post-island Sayid is one of the Oceanic Six (probably). And he’s working for one Benjamin Linus in order to find a mysterious Economist. One can assume that Ben isn’t in need of a good investment planner, but rather that this Economist is one of the folks that’s trying to get Ben. We don’t know who they are yet, but we do know that they used a pretty girl to get Sayid to give up Ben. That girl is dead now. My guess on the economist? Abbadon, the weird looking guy that visited Hurley.

Eggtown

Kate is still boring after the island. Jack, for some inexplicable reason, is still in love with her. He lies in court. She is sentenced to community service because she’s got a bun out of the oven named Aaron, the same name as a certain island baby. Jack doesn’t want to see this baby.

The Constant

Desmond is taking over Locke’s spot as the most awesome character on the show. He becomes unstuck in time (which, I might add, I totally called last year yalls). He and Sayid go to the freighter and meet the crew. Desmond starts freaking out because the 1996 version of him is jumping from past to present and is very confused. That guy from “Early Edition” who isn’t on “Friday Night Lights” is on the boat, and he has the same problem. After meeting past Faraday, Desmond decides that Penny is his constant and gets her to answer the phone when he calls from the boat. His head doesn’t explode. Faraday writes, “Dear Diary, Desmond is my constant and he’s so dreamy.” Kate should take this opportunity to watch Desmond and learn what it’s like to be an interesting character.

The Other Woman

Why Jack chooses Kate over Juliet must be tragic, because there is no reason to pick HSF over the other Other after this fun episode. Charlotte and Faraday head to a gas factory to stop the island from producing toxins that could help Ben. Jack, Kate, and Juliet go to stop them. Juliet is tasked with killing the two freighter folks, but instead she helps them to thwart Ben. Juliet had an affair with Goodwin while he was married. She was supposed to be Ben’s which explains a lot of Ben’s hatred toward one Dr. Shepherd.

Ji Yeon

Two flashbacks at once! That’s cool, right? Sun is an Oceanic survivor, while Jin (it seems) is not. Sun has her baby and gives it the name that Jin asked for while on the island. Jin finds out that Sun slept with that bald guy from a couple of seasons back. He is not upset, because he used to be a tool. No more, he says. Hurley comes to visit Sun and the baby, and the trio stops by Jin’s gravestone (we are led to believe) and says hello. It seems we have the final names of the Oceanic Six. Oh, and Michael’s back on the boat.

That should get us all caught up before tonight’s episode. There are a couple of points I’d like to make before I start to ask a few questions. Namely, who are the real Oceanic Six, and are there really only six?

As it stands, the Oceanic Six should be Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Jin, and Aaron. That’s six, all survivors of the crash, or so we are led to believe. Additionally, we are told to believe that Jin is dead, and maybe so is Claire (why else would she give up Aaron?). I don’t buy it. Did we ever really hear that Sayid is one of the Oceanic Six? I don’t remember it if it happened. Also, I’m not so sure that Aaron really is the Aaron we think he is.

Here’s what I think: Sayid is not one of the six and the world thinks he’s still dead so that he can do his work with impunity. I think we are supposed to believe that Aaron is Claire’s son, but that he really is Kate’s son with someone else (my guess – Sawyer). Why else might Jack not want to see the baby? And we never really saw Jin die, so I’m not sold on the Asian Invasion’s supposed departure from this mortal coil. Of course, I could be way off.

So here are my questions (more than most weeks):

1. Is Jin really dead?
2. Is Aaron really Aaron?
3. Who is the Economist?
4. Why is Kate so boring?
5. Why is Mikey back?
6. Where is Jacob’s cabin?
7. Where are the other Others hiding out?
8. Does Ben still pine for Juliet?
9. What happened to Ben’s childhood lady friend?
10. Who is it that the others thought Juliet looked just like when she first joined the island freak show?
11. How many more times do we get to see Ben get hit in the face?
12. Why are they after Ben?
13. Where did the bodies and cost come from to stage the Oceanic 815 crash site on the bottom of the ocean?
14. Why doesn’t Jack want to see the baby?
15. Where’s Walt these days?

Posted by Brandon O at March 20, 2008 11:26 AM