[Campetin here: please give a warm welcome to our new recapper Erin!]
NOTE: we apologize for the delay of this recap. It was meant to be published a few hours after the premiere aired but several technical issues with WordPress and image hosting services caused this delay.
The beginning of the end has commenced. The final season of LOST is finally here and the feeling is bittersweet. The end means that we get answers. Definitely sweet. But the cost of those answers is the loss of the very real characters we tune in to every week. That’s totally bitter. But until the finale airs, I’m very much excited about joining LOST in this final chapter of our story.
First, a little about me. My name is Erin. I’m a wife, a mother and a full-time college student, majoring in Communication Studies. (My independent study is on the rhetorical potential of LOST.) I’m definitely addicted to the island and all its mysteries and can’t wait to see what this season has in store for us.
In the two-hour season premiere, we observe what appears to be two separate timelines, or dimensions. In one dimension, the bomb failed to prevent anything and, consequentially, our Losties are still on the island. And a little shell-shocked, might I add. In the other timeline/dimension, the detonating the bomb successfully prevented the crash of Flight 815 and our Losties never made it to the island.
Flight 815
Some pretty significant things have changed on this replay of Flight 815. Things don’t go exactly they way they did the first time. There are little, and probably significant, changes. The first thing I noticed was that Cindy, the flight attendant, gave Jack only one bottle of vodka compared to the two bottles she gave him the first time around (in the pilot episode.) The plane does hit turbulence, but only a few bags fall from the overhead compartments and the plane eventually levels out. After the danger has passed, Bernard returns from the bathroom and joins Rose. Jack makes his way to the bathroom and discovered an odd wound on the side of his neck. It looks oddly familiar…
Just a coincidence?
All of the original Losties are seen on the plane, with the exception of a few. Shannon was not on aboard this time around, but Desmond was. And in this timeline, Desmond and Jack never met while running stairs at the stadium, which took place well before September 22, 2004 in our first timeline. Hurley’s life is significantly different as well. He tells Sawyer that he is the “luckiest man alive” and that nothing bad every happens to him. He did win the lottery and did buy Cluckity Cluck Chicken Shack, but Hurley is no longer living under the curse of the Numbers.
Oy, have a Cluckity Cluck day, mate.
Another key moment on Flight 815: Take 2 is when Jack saves Charlie’s life. Charlie locks himself in the bathroom and swallows his bag of heroin. It gets caught in his throat and he asphyxiates. Jack pulls the bag out of Charlie’s mouth and he gasps back to life. But he’s not happy about Jack saving him. He tells Jack, “You should have let that happen, man. I was supposed to die.” A grim reminder of Charlie’s fate on the island.
The plane lands safely in LAX and the Losties make their way off the plane. But the fun is just beginning. Kate escapes from the Marshal (using a pen she swiped from Jack when she bumped into him on the plane and a little help from Sawyer) and hijacks a taxi, which is driven by Hurley’s old friend Dave and occupied by a very pregnant Claire. Meanwhile, Jack is informed that the airline never put his father’s body on the plane in Australia and is now missing. While dealing with this, Jack meets John Locke. Before parting ways, Jack offers to help Locke, telling him, “Nothing’s irreversible.” He hands Locke his card and tells him it’s “on the house.” Will Locke take Jack’s offer?
Sun and Jin have arrived in Los Angeles as well. However, Jin encounters a little trouble at the airport when a bank bag full of cash is found in his luggage. Sun decides not to help her husband (by speaking English) and is taken to a waiting area while Jin is taken to an undisclosed location. We also see Sayid arriving at the airport, reminiscing over a picture of Nadia.
Before moving on to the next timeline, I cannot leave out the most significant change in this alternate dimension/timeline. The sonar fence, Dharmaville, the statue…they are all sunk deep below the ocean. The island has become the next Atlantis.
On the Island: The Swan
Back on the island, Kate and Miles have found the remains of the Swan after Desmond turned the fail-safe key. This puts our Losties at some point after 2004. Kate sees Sawyer and Jack lying in the tall grass near the crater that was once the hatch. Kate rouses Jack and as they discuss what has happened Jack is taken off guard by Sawyer and a swift kick to the face. He’s knocked into the hole and Sawyer begins screaming at him. “You were wrong! You put us right back where we started! Except Juliet is dead! She’s dead…’cause you were wrong!” As the argument continues, Kate hears Juliet’s voice deep below the rubble. Sawyer is able to get down to Juliet, but it’s too late. Before she dies in Sawyer’s arms, she kisses him and tells him she has something important to tell him. But she dies before he hears it. Later, after Sawyer buries Juliet, he asks Miles what Juliet wanted to tell him. He says, “It worked.” This is very interesting as before she died, she told Sawyer that it didn’t work. Did she happen to see something as she grew nearer to death?
Jin and Hurley were not far from the Swan station when the Incident occurred, at the van, where we left them at the end of season five. When Jin hears the arguing at the Swan station, he leaves Hurley with a dying Sayid to go get help. After Jin leaves, Hurley is confronted by Jacob, who tells Hurley that he was “killed by an old friend who grew tired of my company.”
Hey Hurley. Got a minute?
Jacob instructs Hurley to take Sayid to the temple, and to bring along the guitar case Jacob gave him in the taxi before he ended up back on the island. Although hesitant, he decides to follow Jacob’s advice when he finds out Jack cannot do anything for Sayid. So our Losties are now off to the mysterious temple.
On the Island: The Statue
Ben stares at the remains of Jacob burning in the fire pit. He’s confused by how Jacob was killed so easily, that he gave in to death. Locke snaps him back to reality and tells him to bring Richard in. When Ben tells Richard that New Locke wants to talk to him, he leaves out the fact that Jacob is dead. In fact, he lies about Jacob being fine. Richard is suspicious. After all, he was just presented with the real, and very dead, John Locke. While Ben stares in disbelief at the real Locke’s body, Ilana’s crew decides it’s time to go into the statue and they drag Ben with them.
Inside the statue, New Locke waits.
As the crew storms into the statue, New Locke greets them, unsurprised. Pointing their guns at New Locke, they demand to know where Jacob is. New Locke notifies them of Jacob’s death, telling them that they can leave, as their ‘bodyguard’ services are no longer needed. The crew is undeterred. They open fire on New Locke, who takes a bullet to the shoulder and quickly disappears. But suddenly, our old friend the Smoke Monster joins the party. After brutally pulverizing the entire crew (Bram almost made it by pouring ash around himself, but Smokie’s pretty smart) he quickly disappears again. Only to be followed by New Locke, who tells Ben, “I’m sorry you had to see me like that.” So, it’s finally confirmed. Jacob’s nemesis, aka Smoke Monster, aka new Locke….one in the same.
No match against Old Smokey
Ben: What are you?
New Locke: I’m not a what Ben. I’m a who.
Ben: You’re the monster.
New Locke: Let’s not resort to name calling.
New Locke tells Ben that the real John Locke was confused when he died.
New Locke: Do you want to know what he was thinking while you choked the life out of him Benjamin? What the last thought that ran through his head was? “I don’t understand.”
John wanted nothing more than for his life to mean something. New Locke explains that he was the only one that realized how meaningless and pathetic his previous life was. When Ben asks New Locke what it is that he wants, New Locke replies, “Well that’s the great irony here, Ben, because I want the one thing that John Locke didn’t. I want to go home.” So where exactly is home? And how is he going to get there? Was Jacob really keeping him from going home? And if so, why?
Ben and New Locke exit the statue and approach Richard. New Locke comments on how good it is to see Richard “out of your chains.” Richard quickly realizes who he is.
Richard: You!
New Locke: Me.
New Locke then hits Richard in the throat and beats him down. Looking around at the people on the beach, New Locke tells them how disappointed he is in all of them, hoists Richard’s unconscious body over his shoulder and leaves.
On the Island: The Temple
The Losties arrive at the temple carrying Sayid on a stretcher. Going through the hole (where one of Danielle’s team lost an arm, and then his life) they maneuver through the underground tunnels on their way to save Sayid. They are very suddenly attacked and apprehended by, what I’m calling, the Other Others. The Others force the team out of the tunnels and towards the temple.
Hurley: Guess we found the temple.
Next, we meet a few of the Other Others, although we are given no names. The leader, an Asian man who prefers to speak his native language, claiming that he doesn’t like the way “English tastes on my tongue,” and his translator.
Hurley convinces the Other Others that they were sent by Jacob. He tells them about the guitar case, which holds a large ankh. The Asian man break the ankh in two and pulls out a piece of paper. It tells them that if Sayid dies, everyone is in a lot of trouble. So Sayid is taken to ‘the spring.’ Translator notices that the water is not clear and the Asian man tests the waters. Pulling out a knife, he slices the palm of his hand and places it in the water. Upon pulling his hand out, the wound is still there. He’s not satisfied. Nevertheless, the orders that the men place Sayid in the water. He starts a huge hourglass, which sets on a pedestal by the spring.
Not long after being place in the water, Sayid begins to struggle. But, despite the Losties protest, the Other Others continue to hold his head under the water. The hourglass has not finished. By the time the last sand falls, Sayid is limp once more. They pull him out of the water and the Asian man declares him dead.
Saving Sayid
In a private conversation with the Hurley, the Asian man discovers that Jacob is dead. This causes an uproar in the temple village. Men start running around preparing for…what? We don’t know. We only know that they are preparing to keep an intruder out. They set off flares, presumably to warn their people at other locations on the island. Richard sees these flares right before he recognizes who the New Locke really is.
Inside the temple, at the spring, Jack is approached by the Translator, who wants to speak with Jack. Alone. Jack refuses and as they argue they are quickly disrupted by a waking Sayid. He’s very much alive.
“What happened?”
Thoughts on LA X
When Darlton said that this season would bring us back to the way we felt during the first season, they were right. We’re back to the mystery, the suspense. Personally, I cannot wait to find out what this season holds in store. So, until next time….
Namaste.
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February 6th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Why does everyone call this pople the other others? I are the same people. The änother group at the temple”. And even Cindy is with them.
February 6th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I know they are. I called them that because, although they are of the same people, it's a new group of Others that we are being introduced to. When I think “Others” I think Richard, Ben, Juliet..everyone that lived in Dharmaville. And besides, the 'Other Others' has a fun ring to it.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
How is it for sure that Jack and Des never saw each other running in the stadium?
February 6th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
It's not!
February 6th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
First of all a warm welcome to Erin
nice recap although two things… i dont think the cab driver was Dave and Farradays wound is on the wrong side of the neck (we see Jacks wound in a mirror).pretty sure about that… other than that a good read and good luck with your study 
February 6th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Hi Erin, thanks for the recap. Please note:
- the cab driver was not Dave. Please have a look at a random Hurley Dave lost video on YouTube. It is not him.
- After the bomb went off, the Losties moved to the timeline of Sun en Frank, with Jacob being killed by Ben. After all, the folks at the temple fired a warning shot, which Richard saw, meaning they are in the same timeline.
February 6th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
the taxi driver isn't hurley's friend dave, he is the guy who plays the puppet master in heroes.
February 6th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
We need to think of the deeper implications of the bomb going off and the sunken island to understand why Jack didn't meet Desmond. First of all, we don't know for sure that the sunken island was caused by the bomb. That's the most likely cause, but we can't be sure. For now, let's assume that the 1977 bomb meets electromagnetic energy event sunk the island. If it did, all the people on the island are dead. That means young Ben, young Charlotte, as well as Widmore and Hawking. (Not to mention Jacob and MIB – what happened to them?) If Widmore is dead, Desmond doesn't need to prove himself to him by sailing around the world. Therefore, he wouldn't be training in a stadium and he wouldn't meet Jack. Apparently Desmond had on a wedding ring, but we can't be sure he's married to Penny. After all, if there's no Widmore, Penny (who looks like she was born before 1977) wouldn't have the money to buy some fancy monk-made wine and might never have met Desmond.
On and on it goes: if we think about what wouldn't have happened had the bomb gone off, we can see a lot of changes. Perhaps that explains why some of the passengers aren't on 815 this time around.
Frankly, with no island, no Ben and Widmore and Hawking, and possibly no Jacob and MIB, well, that world seems rather boring.
February 6th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Welcome!!!
Great job, a lot of work, well done!
They already said about “Dave” and “about timeline” so I dont have anything to say. GREAT RECAP!
and “BRIAN” we can be sure that Jack and Desmond never saw each otherrunning in the stadium, because “THE ISLAND WAS UNDER THE WATER”. Now turn on your logic.
February 6th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
The two timelines are Flight 815 and the island. I am aware that all of the island action took place on the same timeline. Sorry I wasn't more clear. I'm new to this stuff, so I'll be learning from my mistakes.
February 6th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
You're right! *face palm*
No wonder he looked so familiar!
Again, will be learning from my mistakes.
February 6th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
In addition, Jack recognizes Des immediately when they meet in the hatch during the first round on the island. This time though, neither of them recognizes each other. Knowing LOST, that means something. Just my opinion though.
February 6th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
If Lost was to be understood with logic….. No way!
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For 5 years we were sure that 815 crashed, and now we're not anymore. So what about a tiny little detail like the stadium scene? I don't see any clues that we're sure this happened. Not even with all my logic, and I can tell you, I really got some
February 6th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Just wanted to say thanks so much for the warm welcome and constructive criticism.
A few things: I realize I was wrong about Dave being the cab driver. I admit, I should have looked it up. A mistake I will try my best not to make again. (Sorry!)
In my introduction, I pointed out the two different timelines. I organized the rest of the post by where the action took place, not by separate timelines. Sorry for the confusion, will try to be more clear in the future.
There are a few typos, yes. I need a grammar check in addition to a spell check.
And Faraday's wound, as mentioned by juu22, is one opposite side of his neck. (Jack's is on the left, Faraday's on the right.) Thanks for the heads up juu22.
And again, thanks! Thank you for your patience in dealing with a newbie such as myself. I really appreciate it. You guys are awesome!
February 6th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
thnx for the recap Erin.
I have a question and a theory
Q: Can we expect sth from Jack's wound and thereason why the other others want to talk to jack ?
theory: the two lines arent a flashback neither a flashforward as Lindelof said, and it is a flashside. I think we can notice the presence of the parallel worlds and that they can bonded or related.
February 6th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
great recap
ok ill write here a theory that i have about everything (what a better place to share it than a lost freak fan site)
at the end of this season the island will be underwater!
all this flashbacks we are seeing in this alternate life is what will happen after the series finale.
in the last episodes of the show a series of events will occure that make the island (in the past) at some point go underwater and so the past has changed and all the events we are seeing in the airplane happens… the thing is that i think somehow the survivors of 815 will start slowly to remember everything from the island or destiny will somehow be the same for them… sawyer will meet juliet again, locke will walk and everything that happened in the island will happen in this alternate life.
recap: the ending scene of the show is how the island got underwater and how they REALLY changed their timeline (they never arrived to the island) . And then we see the exact scene of jack on the plane with no accident ocurring! Some people will be What the…!? but we will already know what happened after that, because during the whole season weve seen that what happens next.
You can not change your destiny–But you can change its setting…
now the question is about what juliet said: “it worked”…
February 6th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Im saying that Desmond wouldnt train for the race around the world if the Island wasnt there and Charles Widmore wouldnt organize this racing, saying “logic” I meant that.
February 6th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Erin you dont have to say sorry, that was great, keep on , from now on I am going to read every recap of yours
February 6th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
I had this debate with my roomate. Jack DOES NOT recognize him instantly in the hatch. He recognizes him only after the “brotha” statement.
February 6th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Come on, remember Charlotte, she was talking to Daniel the same way Juliet did with James.
February 6th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Juliet said before dying: ' We should get coffee sometime” she manage to get a glimpse of that alternate life that we are seeing. Juliet will meet Sawyer and in that conversation she will say to him those words…
February 7th, 2010 at 12:49 am
FYI…”Oriental” is kind of a derogatory term for Asians. Just lettin you know.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:21 am
Really??? Didn't know about that. Guess I'm pretty ignorant. Why is that word derogatory though?
February 7th, 2010 at 3:38 am
just noticing that after the losties were skipped through time, juliet saw sawyer and jack, and went to jack first so they r probably going to feel the connection again
February 7th, 2010 at 6:35 am
I noticed that too. lol
February 7th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Do you mean Kate? I noticed that too.
February 7th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Oh, my. I had no idea. I certainly don't want to offend anyone. Will see what I can do about changing that. Thanks.
February 7th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I have to admit, I kind of like this theory. It sounds like it could actually be possible. Well, as possible as things can be in regards to LOST.
February 7th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Okay, I changed it. My apologies to anyone that was offended by my ignorance.
February 7th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
The driver was not Dave. And remember…Dave was imaginary…
February 7th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Well, when Sayid's body is taken over by Jacob … who then is existing in Ben? Thought the spring “healed” him as well?
I think the whole story is happening in someones single mind. And maybe all the characters are part of this persons life. He or she just puts them into a mind story (as avatars) to fight an inner conflict that he or she does not understand yet. Those conflicts and resulting thoughts can get very adventurous sometimes ;o)
And we all know that there are “good” and “evil” parts in our personalities. The personality is created by our minds. The ancient fight between two sides…
We'll see. Enjoy the show!
)
February 7th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
oriental is not a derogatory word for asians.
February 7th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I am only wondering one thing: why the hell would THE VAN jump through time too?
That was very uncool.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Same reason their clothes jump through time too…
-.-
Probably hurley or miles or someone was touching the Van …
February 7th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
hello.Erin great recap.Just read all comments and saw you were discussing about the scene with desmond and jack.you said that maybe the have never met before in the stadium,so that's why the dont recognize its other..IF so why jack asks desmond “do i know you from somewhere? ” if he never met him before?
February 8th, 2010 at 1:12 am
“Tidus 1117″.
Remember Season 5 Episode 1: “The camp is gone, food , everything, its gone”, so how is that possible , I guess everybody were out swiming when it happened ha?
February 8th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
I think he's experiencing some sort of deja vu, as if some remnants of his time on the island have some how remained and it's like he's waking up from a dream he can't quite remember. Just my opinion though.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Because they needed it to get Juliet out.
But seriously, that is a really good question. Makes you wonder if they allowed it to jump because they needed to use it, or if there's more to it.
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