LOST- Happily Ever After

"Happily Ever After" was very reminiscent of season 4's Desmond episode. Everything we saw was Desmond related and there were no sub plots going on. This steady pace was a nice change from the constant movement between characters we are used to. Tonights episode finally provided us with some idea about the flash sideways which have been virtually unexplained. It looks like the flash sideways are a result of the bomb detonation during last seasons finale. There are now two of everyone, and two separate timelines as well.

In the sideways reality, we find out our old friend Charlie saw his other life when he was dying on the airplane. He tries to show Desmond by driving his car into the lake, but it fails. He did however give Desmond a flash of his other life, which he pursues to find more about throughout the episode. One of the stranger moments in this episode is seeing Widmore and Desmond getting along great, after their more than rough relationship in the past. It was nice seeing many old references as well such as the the McCutchen, DHARMA stations, and also Penny and Desmond's relationship, which is in my opinion the best on the show.

Daniel Faraday also made an appearance, this time he is into piano, not physics. My hunch about this in a previous post seems to be true. One of the few predictions I've made accurately. Faraday does seem to still be important when he reveals that he made a complex quantum physics equation he saw in his dream. Who knows what this will lead them to, but they are looking for answers.

Hawking tells Desmond that he has everything he wants and he should stop searching for whatever he's looking for. She also tells him that it's a violation to do so. She clearly remembers her life with Desmond based on her reaction and speech she gives to him. This seems to have something to do with the "rules" which have been referenced for seasons now.

It's becoming more and more apparent that they shouldn't have changed things by setting off the bomb. This alternate reality wasn't supposed to exist. Another interesting note is that Daniel and Charlie reference "love" as what they experienced when they saw their other lives. Desmond also requests the manifest in his sideways reality, and says he wants to "show" the other people on the flight this "love". Who knows how this will end up seeing as the island is under water in their timeline.

Also, when Desmond touched his constant(Penny), it sent his consciousness back to his body on the island. Who knows if this connection is important, or why this happened. Now that he's back he finally realizes the importance of what is happening, and is ready to do something about it. This is good, but in a strange turn of events, he ends up with Sayid. Hopefully he doesn't help the smoke, but I doubt this will happen.

Next weeks episode is called "Everybody Loves Hugo". I hope to see more on island activity.

Two sneak peeks below.

LOST The Package

Apologies for last weeks anger. Lost is FINALLY on track. The Package was the best episode this season, offering much more progression than any of the previous episodes. The writers have also shown us that they didn't forget about our previous 6 seasons. Seeing DHARMA room 23 (the subliminal message test room) and Desmond was very nostalgic, as was Jacks speech to Sun in the garden she planted 5 years ago. Things are finally coming together.

Who would have thought the Richard episode would be disappointing and a Sun and Jin episode so compelling?

Let's get down to business. Last week I had plenty of complaints and am still disappointed with the turnout on some of those issues. The writers have now stated that the storm that brought Richards ship in was just "later that day." This is an error on their part for this reason: When their boat is just offshore and it is sunny, they would have seen the statue and the island clearly. When they crash at night the men in the boat shout that they see land and that it is "guarded by the devil."(ie the statue) They would have seen the statue and a giant island sitting just off shore earlier that day. It doesn't effect the plot but the writers need to be more careful next time! We care about these things.

So what happened in "The Package?"

Desmond is back! Finally. It looks as if he didn't come willingly. (Refer to sneak peak # 2 below.)

Widmore is playing against smokey's team.

Jin saw his daughter Ji Yeon for the first time on Suns camera.

Mikhail lost an eye in the flash sideways. Looks like he was never meant to have that eye in any life.

We also see a number of references to "old" events including room 23, Shannon's inhaler, and discussion of electromagnetism and its effects on Locke, reminding us that the writers didn't just forget everything they've told us.

Still want to see our blonde friend again, and would like to see origins of the wheel. No word on "Wallace" either. Maybe these things are being saved for the end, along with the secrets of the statue, temple, etc.

SPOILER ALERT: Looks like we will see Libby and Michael next week! Thank you to the cast list on imdb.com

Next weeks episode is entitled "Happily Ever After." The promo gives us nothing new but is quite moving. I've included it and 2 sneak peeks below.