I have to say, I'm so, so excited that Desmond is back. He and Penny are the ones that have consistently given me hope and tears. I've never been connected to the LOST love square, Jin and Sun, Rose and Bernard, etc. Desmond and Penny have the ultimate love story, IMHO, and Darlton have always said this show is just as much, if not more, about the people than the mystery. I have no doubt that we are to fall in love with Desmond and Penny by design, thus telling me Desmond will be a hero in some way, yet again.

As Eleanor once told Desmond, "The island is not done with you yet." Also, Faraday once told Desmond (during a time travel where he knocks on the Swan door and Desmond answers in a yellow suit) that he has some miraculous, special ability nobody else has and is the only one that can save them. Guess Faraday meant that in a bigger sense than just that moment.

I'm still awaiting the return of the Faraday story. I keep going back to his girlfriend being kept alive by Widmore's money and him sitting in front of that tv crying at the Oceanic crash news. There is a deeper story there we don't yet have all the pieces for, me thinks.

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