3. I'm still curious as to why Danielle doesn't remember Jin and vice-versa unless they didn't come into contact previously.

I'm thinking Danielle didn't recognize Jin with the Losties because he hadn't traveled back in time yet to 1988 so older Danielle hadn't met him yet. I think Jin does recognize Danielle but he just hasn't said anything. He double-checked her name and then asked her what year it was so he knows something's not right on the island.

2. Smokey's guarding the Temple, which is where all the Others were headed at the end of last season. So I agree, we'll see more of it.

3. I like the idea that Danielle's gone so nuts over the years that it doesn't register with her that she's seen Jin before.

6. That's because he hasn't done it yet in his timeline. I bet we see it happen at some point in the future.

It would be funny if maybe Jin just keeps popping up in her timeline at random moments when they flash so she gets used to him.

I am now leaning heavily toward the following:

Daniel has gotten himself stuck in an inevitable time-loop. At some point in the yet-unseen future, he goes back to Charlotte-as-a-child because he now knows he has to, so as not to alter history. But due to the nature of "Course Correction", Charlotte will die.every.time. That is why I think Daniel cries when he first sees the wreckage from 815 - he knows that his time loop begins at that moment.

Poor Faraday, stuck in a Mobius strip.


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Glad to see Danielle's backstory. It broke my heart to see her baby-daddy turn on her.

Was it just me, or was there a look of surprise when Desmond asked Ben if he was there to see Farraday's mother too? Is it possible that Ben did not realize that Eloise Hawking was Farraday's mother?

Okay...Christian Sheppard. Totally freaked me out when he said "say hello to my son". Until now, I believed that Jacob was not Christian, but rather a spirit that embodied Christian. Now we know that Jacob is Christian. How is THAT possible?

I felt the same way. I don't think Ben knew that particular fact, and since Ben already knows that Widmore was funding Faraday, the fact that Eloise is Faraday's mother really caught him off guard.

Christian isn't Jacob. As he told Locke last season, he's a representative acting on behalf of Jacob.

OMH that was a good episode. This season has been so much better than last I think. I read in Entertainment mag that last season the writers felt very boxed in with the story. This season they now know is the 2nd to last season so they can start tying up loose ends for next year.

I agree with Slicea about Daniel and he is my favorite character along with Desmond.

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Though it seemed like a slow ep.....they gave us a ton of juicy stuff.....I loved it.

But I wonder where Penny and Charlie is? How is Ben going to get the rest to commit to go back?

Next week looks killer and what will Desmond and Ben say to Eloise with the new knowledge that they have.

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I thought this was a great episode. I was riveted to the TV by the second half hour.

-Poor Danielle having to shoot her husband and friends before they killed her. She looked much more like the crazy lady we knew and loved last night.

-The smoke monster made the French men "sick" because they wanted to kill Danielle. Can anyone remember if smokey ever captured someone and let them go and were they different afterwards? When/how did Mr. Eko come in contact with it? The second year is really hazy in my mind (no pun intended!)

-I was so scared for Jin when he heard the gun click. Then when it turned out to be Sawyer: best scene of the night!

-"There was this crazy man" - Daniel sure gets around! Charlotte's death was no big surprise, but I was starting to like her. And I agree with other posters: why didn't Daniel remember that conversation? (or was he just acting sly and sneaky again, lol.)

-Having Christian Shepherd show up down in the Orchid station while Locke was lying in the dark, injured, was pretty powerful. His demeanor reminded me a bit of Richard Alpert. If he's Jacob that could be a major reason why the plane crashed: to bring him back home. And somehow the powers that be arranged for other "special" people to be on the plane too.

-I agree with trigirl that Ben didn't expect Desmond to be there and that he didn't know that Faraday was Eloise's son. Ben did not look happy with that piece of info!

-Dharma and the Others seem to have every technological advantage, but both in the church scene and in Scotland with Desmond, Eloise gives off a supernatural, "witchy" feeling. I like this cat and mouse game between all leaders. You're not sure who is good, bad or both.

Didn't Locke allow himself to get dragged underground? Not sure, but maybe that's the point where he started to get more forceful. Not sure old Locke would have killed his dad or pointed a gun at Jack with hostile intent. But of course he's "special" so the effect may not be sickness.

The reason I don't think Daniel remembers visiting Charlotte is that it hasn't happened yet. Unless there have been time jumps during commercial break (i.e. we don't know about them), I'm assuming his visitation to child-charlotte is in a time jump yet to happen (in the show's time).

Which, after her death, makes me wonder if that point will come in the future and he'll second guess what he tells her. Although, given the logical parameters they've established that's not possible. Going to be weird when he "has" to tell her the message that led to her death!

Didn't Locke allow himself to get dragged underground?

Are you referring to when he was dragged backards and he went halfway in a hole, and Jack was holding onto him? When Locke said "Let go... I'll be alright"? I think they threw some dynamite into the hole to make smokey let go.

You are right about Locke and the monster.

Here's the Lostpedia summary for the smoke monster: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Smoke_monster

Locke and The French scientists were the only ones who have escaped from smokey's clutches.

about the numbers broadcasting voice sounding like Hurley? I re-watched the episode and had a listen and I'm undecided. It could be him, I'm really not sure. Interesting idea, though.

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Vincent?? LOL....

I did read on Lostpedia that Vincent is the only confirmed cast member to make it to Season six (honest)!

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In that vein, where the hell are Rose and Bernard?

They aren't redshirts, so the show wouldn't just kill them offscreen.

Would it?


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