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This was probably the most emotional episode of LOST yet, very good build up to the finale. Here is one fan's thoughts.
Anyone Cry?
I didn't, but it did strike me as emotional. With Charlie writing that list, I knew Claire had to be on their somewhere. She made the #1 spot, how sweet. I would have liked a tear trickle down Charlie's face when he walked away from Claire, that would have been a killer moment. Charlie is one of the most interesting characters, which might shock some of you, as many people hate him. I thought he was great in season one, then I absolutely hated him in season two. Now season three is finishing up and I've got a liking to him again. If someone has that much control over you, they HAVE to be interesting.
Anyone catch NADIA in Charlie's flashback? She was the woman he saved from the mugger. Another little LOST connection in the great scheme of things.
Danielle is DY-NO-MITE
We know why she was taking it, but why oh why did they waste it? Wouldn't it have been easier to just TELL them the plan and say BLOW THEM TO HELL, instead of wasting good dynamite to demonstrate to these people the plan. Sure it adds affect, but these people aren't dumb. You say boom, they get the idea, they don't need to see it to believe it. This reminded me of Season 2 when Locke was in the hatch with a then known HENRY (ben) and he discarded left over food.
Cleavage Shot
I know I was not the only one who got a quick glimpse of the good on Claire when she bent over to pick up Aaron.
Foreshadowing???
It might seem like we did not get a lot of answers tonight, but we may have gotten more then you would think. This could be far fetched but with LOST you never know. In the scene when ALEX is skinning, gutting, whatever to the rabbit. I for one took this as foreshadowing. We all know BEN has a pet white rabbit. We see this in his flashback episode and in Sawyers. In this episode ALEX has killed one and is preparing it for KARL. Does this really mean something else? Does BEN'S fate lie in the hands of his "daughter". Everyone on the island has daddy issues and I can really see BEN'S death being at the hands of his "daughter" That is something I would like to see.
How OLD is KARL?
He looks to be the same age as Alex, but if no one can be born on the island (conception) who are his parents? Where did he come from? And why does he seem to know the truth about ALEX and BEN? How old was he when they captured her? Obviously old enough to remember it, or was he told. It doesn't make sense to me that someone told him about it. This one piece of the puzzle doesn't really seem to fit for me.
Third Shooter.
As soon as I saw that Jin was the third shooter I had a sinking feeling in my heart. For some reason I just knew that these three men were going to die. It's been rumoured that 5 people are going to bite the dust. The previews didn't help either.
Let it be known here, the 5 I'm picking to die are:
Sayid
Jin
Bernard
Charlie
Jack.
Wait a minute, Charlie and Jack you say? Shouldn't Charlie have died in this episode? Well next week's preview sure showed us quite a bit, here is my theory. (Which if you read later on will contradict another theory, but that's how it goes).
We see the three men tied up and BEN giving the order to shoot them. 3 down right there. We also see Charlie tied up and get the snot beaten out of him, it's as simple as BEN giving the order to kill Charlie as well, once they radio to him there is an intruder. Last would be Jack. Why else would he tell KATE that he loves her? (Shown in preview) It honestly seems so out of place, the only time he would say something like that is if he was going to die.
There you have it, my predictions. Someone buy me a beer if come next week I'm right.
Contradicting Theory
Now this could be interesting. The two women down in the underwater hatch are not women from the OTHERS. They are with DHARMA. Stay with me for a minute. It is known that BEN is a liar, he lied to LOCKE, JACK, JULIET. The hatch is not full of water. All of the hatches were run by DHARMA employees. These two women were in that hatch when the purge happened. They have no communication with the other hatches or DHARMA now after they've all died and they've been under there for awhile. Is there something blocking the 16 year old message? Maybe, maybe not. How would Juliet know, she's only been there for 3 years. She's only going on what BEN has told her and BEN has been known to LIE.
Why did these two DHARMA women grab guns, easy, they thought Charlie was one of the HOSTILES. One of the OTHERS. There is only one way into that Hatch, and the two women have the advantage of weapons, protection and higher ground. No way the OTHERS could have taken that over.
Of course, these DHARMA chicks could still kill Charlie on their on will and my other theory would still hold up, but it seems Desmond comes to the rescue. Which begs the question if he got the letter wet, or left it in the boat.
Overall there were some nice touching moments with Charlie and Claire and then Charlie and Hurley. I'm excited we're going to be seeing the Radio Tower (hopefully) soon. Been wanting to see that since season 1. I anticipate the finale to come. I hope it holds me over till next season.