Quick Hits
- The Island underwater then. So it still exists in this new timeline, but some cataclysmic event has submerged it under the Pacific. Was it moved there intentionally? Is it there only temporarily before it “flashes” to another location in the Pacific (Eloise Hawking and The Lamppost may be able to tell us)?
What’s particularly noteworthy is that the old landmarks we’ve come to know on the Island are all still there in version 2.0. The Dharma village is intact, as is the foot of the Taweret statue.
This could be false logic on my part, but that signals to me the Island hasn’t been underwater very long. More reaching, but in this timeline, did Widmore maintain control of the Others and the Island? Has he hidden it underwater to ensure he keeps it for himself?
- I assume you all caught the shot of the Dharma shark we last saw swimming under the raft in season 2.
- When we first glimpse our primary timeline castaways, they’re just as we left them in season 5; still wearing their Dharma jumpsuits, still bloodied and worn out from the gun battle and subsequent Incident. When they were flashing through time last season, I don’t ever remember them having their hearing affected right after jumping.
Frankly, the first thing that jumped into my head when I saw that was a sudden change in air pressure (kinda like when your ears haven’t quite popped while you’re gaining or losing altitude on an airplane), almost as if they had instantly come to sea level after being up at 30,000 feet. Could it be that there aren’t two versions of the castaways – that those on-board Oceanic Flight 815 2.0 are the very same that are still on the Island? This isn’t a fully-developed thought yet, so add it to the pile of disparate plot threads that may eventually add up to an explanation of what’s going on in the two timelines (if they’re actually separate at all).
- It wouldn’t be Lost or a Lost recap without an Eye Shot.
- While saving Charlie (a nice parallel to his saving Charlie from hanging back in season 1), Jack mentions he’s missing his pen from his suit jacket. I’m all for subtle realism in writing, but I’m guessing that wasn’t an offhand comment meant to be ignored by the viewing audience. File that away with all the other oddities we saw on 815 2.0.
- You may remember Neil Frogurt from the season 3 webisodes, or when he was shot in the heart with a flaming arrow last season.
And the annoying Dr. Arzt, last seen exploding thanks to some old dynamite from the Black Rock, is alive and well onboard 815 2.0.
Dare we hope Nikki & Paolo are back from the dead to entertain us as well?
The carpet remnant evil Locke cuts off could in some way, correspond to the tapestry swatch Ilana takes from Jacob’s house in the woods?.
i thought the deafness was the result of the noise from them exploding the h-bomb.
me, too! with great effect!
nice to have you back, pants
I’m wondering if, just like Esau took over Locke’s form/dead body, Sayid is really dead and it’s really Jacob in his body.
Jacks missing pen was stolen by Kate when she brushed up against him coming out of the planes bathroom, it’s what she used in the airport bathroom to try and get out of the handcuffs.
Why did Hurley yell, “Jack!” right before the cut to Sayid “waking up”. It was almost as though Hurley was warning Jack as he saw something!
Just to get his attention before he got his ass kicked, I believe.
Thanks, trapdoor, I missed that.
Thanks for the recap Gordo! Excellent job!
nice work cheeba.
Jin tells Hurley they moved through time at the beginning of the episode. Hurley asks how he knows and he says, “white flash, headache, can’t hear: happen to me before.” Is Jin referring to the time travel last season? Or to the freighter explosion he miracuously survived? Bomb explodes on freighter; bomb explodes on Island…
Ninja Herbalist = “Dogen” = Dogen Zenji, the 13th century Japanese Zen Buddhist master, founder of the Soto School of Zen.
Last bit of follow-up on the premiere, courtesy of Doc Jensen: