What glasses? I was blinded by the abs.
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>How freaking good did Sawyer look
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VERY FREAKING GOOD!

Wow, we learned a lot from this episode. And, of course, we have a lot of questions.

1) The Oceanic Six came up with a story of Kate as hero to save her from prison when they returned. They may have been motivated by the need to protect Kate for Aaron's sake.

2) Their story was there were eight survivors but two didn't make it. One of those two has to be Claire to account for Aaron's survival and Claire not making it back. Who is the other one? Must be someone else that they had to account for some reason.

3) We know Claire is not one of the Oceanic Six. She's most likely dead or less likely was left on the island.

4) We can surmise that Jack feels in some way responsible for what happened to Claire and that's why he cannot bring himself to see Aaron. Perhaps Claire is still alive and that's why he wants to go back? To save her and redeem himself?

5) There are a lot of people who know the truth of the Oceanic Six. All the Others, most of the Freighter people, the Survivors of Oceanic 815, even Penelope Widmore may have some idea from her brief talk with Charlie. What could have happened to make all of them willing to lie or unable to tell the truth?

Great episode and I am really enjoying trying to figure out what the heck happened.

2) Their story was there were eight survivors but two didn't make it. One of those two has to be Claire to account for Aaron's survival and Claire not making it back. Who is the other one? Must be someone else that they had to account for some reason.

Why does the rest of the world think that the baby really is Kate's then rather than Kate adopting the son of another crash victim? Even her own mother wanted to see her grandson just once. I don't think she would have been that interested in seeing him if she knew he was not her biological grandson.

How old does Aaron look? I was thinking 2 1/2. He's only about 3 months old in the island scenes so quite a bit of time has passed...

I don't think we know enough yet to say what the outside world thinks of the relationship between Kate and Aaron. However, speaking from experience with my mother and my stepson, the biological-nonbiological thing doesn't make a difference with many, if not most, people. Kate's an only child, and Aaron, biologically related or not, is the only grandchild Kate's mom is ever going to have.

Regarding his age, I can think we can pretty safely conclude at this point that time moves differently on the island. This would, conveniently enough, also explain why Walt seems to have aged so much.

I loved when Locke said a few episodes ago, "I saw Walt, he looked older." Just a throwaway line to the audience, that yeah, we know he's not the right age anymore.

One that died was the US marshal as Jack said on the stand or did he say he just did not make it.

GO WING!
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I don't think he was one of the eight though. I took it that Jack said 8 survived the initial crash, but then two died before being rescued. Jack said the marshall didn't survive the crash.

Well, I think we can safely say that anyone else who survived the crash is either a: dead or b: in hiding on the island. That would render them unable to talk. I think we can also say that the freighter folks really have no intention of letting anyone know that the island exists - after all, their mission was to discover the island, not rescue the survivors. Additionally, in his testimony Jack mentions that they nearly starved to death, which has led some online to speculate that they will eventually lie about where they were discovered, that they will say they were found on a much barren island. After all, the island where they are doesn't appear to exist on outside maps. (I wonder if using a submarine makes it easier to approach the island? Hmmm.) That leaves the Others, who are probably as deep in hiding (except for Ben) as the surviving Losties.

I freaking love this show. I do.

1. I didn't see Kate's son being Aaron until he said 'mummy' in a little bit of an accent. I thought 'Why did he call her Mummy with what sounded like an Australian accent?' And then she called him 'Aaron', and my jaw dropped. What a way to end the show.

2. I also took Faraday and Charlotte with the cards as him 'forgetting' the cards, but maybe Charlotte never showed him the cards and he 'ESP-ed' them and got two out of three right?

3. Loved when Hurley asked Kate 'Man, you just Scooby-Dooed me, didn't you?' Pretty funny stuff.

4. The tension between Kate and Sawyer - was that the end of their love-hate relationship? He called her out on coming to him when Jack didn't work out for her, and got himself slapped. Are they done?

5. I think they specifically showed us Locke playing backgammon as the dark pieces because Locke has gone a tad bit over the line. I think the grenade mught be just a ploy, because what good is Miles if he's dead? Then Locke will never know what he knows, and Locke seems pretty info-hungry at the moment.

6. Maybe Locke has lost part or all of his connection with the island. Can't find the cabin and Jacob, got outsmarted by Kate and Sawyer, doubts his leadership. Doesn't seem like the Locke we used to know who was always one step ahead of everybody.

Shar saves the day!

I LMAO when Hurley used the "Scooby-Dooed" line. Classic!

What is Phil's golf equipment?