"The Lighthouse" as seen by someone who's never watched LOST

Got this gem from a coworker.. too funny.

Episode Recap - "The Lighthouse"

Sorry it took so long to post this.. I'm as confused as ever. By now, we know that the Flash Sideways's are filled with subtle differences from the original timeline. The question I have is, Is it because of the nuke? Was it some kind of "buttefly effect" thing that threw off the course of history? or Are they in some kind of parallel universe? Following that logic, was all of the time travel from last season, really "parallel universe travel?

Here's the official recap from ABC:

On the island: Hurley and Jack:

• Jacob appears to Hurley and tells him he has to take Jack and go somewhere. Someone's coming to the island, and they need to help them find it.
• To get him to go, Hurley tells Jack "he has what it takes."
• Hurley and Jack trek through the jungle to an ancient lighthouse.
• Jack discovers his name next to the number 23 on the wheel that turns the lighthouse mirror. When he turns the mirror to that number, an image of his childhood home appears in the mirror.
• Jack becomes angry, smashing the mirror. He wants to know why Jacob was watching him.
• Jacob tells Hurley the people will find the island another way. Jack and Hurley just needed to get as far away from the Temple as possible because someone bad is going there.

On the island: Jin and Claire:

• Claire gets Jin out of the bear trap, takes him to her hovel and cleans out his wound.
• She also brings back Justin, the Other she shot, and demands to know where they are keeping her son or she'll kill him.
• Jin tells Claire that Kate took Aaron and has raised him for the past three years.
• Claire kills Justin anyway -- she slams an ax into his chest.
• Scared, Jin says he was lying. Claire's relieved because if Kate did take Aaron, she'd have to kill her.
• Locke visits Claire, and she tells Jin this is her friend.

Flash sideways:

• Jack has a son named David and is late picking him up from school.
• Oceanic still has not found the coffin. Jack helps his mother find Christian's will.
• David disappears, and Jack tracks him down to a music conservatory audition.
• Jack asks why David didn't tell him about the audition, and David says he didn't want Jack to see him fail.
• Jack confesses that his own father told him he didn't have what it takes, and Jack spent his whole life carrying that around. He doesn't want David to ever feel that way and tells him that loves him and in his eyes, he can never fail.

Episode Recap - "The Substitute"

After watching this episode, I'm not sure if we've come closer to understanding what the numbers mean, or if they've raised one more questions. The man in Black brought Sawyer to a cave. On the ceiling of the cave, Jacob had written a bunch of names with corresponding numbers. The names are "candidates" to take over for Jacob. The only ones not crossed out were as follows (via lostpedia):

• 4 - Locke
• 8 - Reyes
• 15 - Ford
• 16 - Jarrah
• 23 - Shephard
• 42 - Kwon

The Man in Black explains that each candidate has three choices:

1. Stay until you're 'crossed out'.
2. Take over and become the new 'Jacob'.
3. Leave.

As he explains this, he crosses out the name and number of Locke.

This raises some questions:

• Locke is the first number and was also the first "leader" out of the group. Hurley (Reyes) is the new leader and the next number. Does that mean he's going to be "crossed out" next?
• Which Kwon is number 42? The man in Black mentioned Sun and Jin, but he neglected to mention that they also have a child which would share that last name.
• What about the people who are still in the mix but not written on the ceiling? Claire and Aaron? Kate?

Did you guys notice the scale with the black and white stones in perfect balance? That somewhat confirms our theory of the island representing the Man in Black and Jacob living in perfect balance.. the question is, what do they represent? I'm sticking with life and death.

It's interesting to see the "Flash Sideways." and how people's lives were changed as a result of the bomb.. some things are the same, some things are slightly different, and some things are wayy different.

Episode Recap – "What Kate Does"

Sorry guys. Its been a really busy week for me. Here's the official recap from ABC... I can't believe they actually named the guy "Lennon." There's so much to talk about but I wont be able to comment til this weekend. But lets keep talking! I have a theory on how the series will end. I'll share it this weekend.

Here is your brief recap of "What Kate Does." For the more detailed recap of this episode, click the link at the bottom!

On the island: at the Temple:

• Dogen and Lennon "test" Sayid and realize he's infected.
• They give Jack a pill to give Sayid. Jack refuses to give it to him and takes it himself.
• Dogen forces Jack to spit the pill out and admits it's poison.
• Dogen is sure Sayid has been claimed by darkness because it also happened to Jack's sister.

On the island: tracking Sawyer:

• Sawyer leaves the Temple and tells Kate not to come after him.
• Kate goes after him anyway. Jin goes with her, along with two Others: Aldo and Justin.
• Kate finds Sawyer at his old house in the barracks. He blames himself for Juliet staying. She was going to leave the island, but he asked her to stay because he didn't want to be alone. He was going to propose to her.
• On his way back to the Temple, Jin steps into a bear trap while fleeing from Aldo and Justin, who are then shot. The person shooting at them is none other than Claire.

Flash sideways:

• Kate takes off in the cab and abandons Claire on a city street.
• She gets the handcuffs cut off and discovers baby items in Claire's suitcase.
• Feeling guilty, she goes back, picks up Claire and drives her to the adoptive couple's house.
• The couple can't adopt the baby, and Claire goes into contractions. Kate rushes her to the hospital.
• Dr. Ethan Goodspeed tends to Claire and gives her a shot to stop the contractions.
• Claire lies to the police about Kate, giving her a chance to get away.

FULL RECAP HERE

Episode Recap - LA X

Okay. I'll admit it. At the very beginning of the episode, when the nuke went off and the white of the explosion gave way to the white of the clouds. I got so excited that I peed a little. Right in my pants. Not enough that anyone would notice.. but just enough to let me know that I was not in control anymore... It could have been the excitement, or, maybe it was the Dharma beer I was drinking. Only Jacob knows.

Now, about the episode. Last season, our brains were bending with all of the time travel... was this 1977? was this 2004? 2009? It was challenging to say the least. Now they've introduced an entirely different timeline. The Lost people are calling it a "flash-sideways" (get it?). Similar to a flash-back or flash-forward, except it's happening at roughly the same time as the main timeline that we've been watching since the beginning of the series.. except in some parallel universe... MIND = BLOWN.

How this alternative universe plays out will be interesting. It seems as though there are a few parallels to the normal timeline.. Charlie dies, Rose and Bernard are separated but then reunited..etc... but most interesting for me was who was noticeably missing from the flight. Where was Claire? Eko? Shannon? What was Desmond doing there? WHY DID THEY USE CRAPPY CGI FOR THAT POINTLESS SWEEP-IN ON THE UNDERWATER ISLAND??

Back to the "normal" timeline: We're introduced to a whole new group of others. Led by a Japanese guy who doesn't like the taste of English(?) and his translator, John Lennon. To make a long story short.. They are convinced by a letter from Jacob to help save Sayid. They put him in a dirty jacuzzi and say he can't be saved.. but somehow, he is saved. Jacob however, is dead. But still alive in a way. The episode ends with the new group of others bolstering their defenses by spreading ash around the temple to keep out the smoke monster. And a dead Juliet telling Sawyer that "it worked."

I was expecting this episode to answer more questions than it asked.. It didn't. So it will be interesting to see how they plan to wrap all this up.

One thing I was right about was that the "new" Locke is a manifestation of the Smoke Monster. One of my favorite lines from this episode was when Locke said to Ben, "Sorry you had to see me like that." Brilliant.

Just to be clear. I was joking about peeing my pants... Or was I?

Exclusive photos from the LOST final season premier!

Cindy and Ernest Shih of Honolulu attended the Lost Final Season Premiere at Waikiki and took these photos of the red carpet event for the show's stars, writers and producers. Thank you to Cindy and Ernest for allowing me to post these great pics! And Thank you to Greg Ng for showing them to me. Enjoy.

Final Season Official Preview