Two For the Road

Hello all! I had to do the walk of shame this morning. Not THAT walk of shame, the other one where I walked past my coworkers offices as they looked at me with anticipation and disgust. I needed more hours to collect my thoughts. This going to be a long one. This episode was jam packed with clues, questions, spin off theories, bible references etc. I cant put it all in especially since its all supposition (Thrown in for our nameless lawyer group members). But Ill see if I can put most of it in before everyone starts calling and emailing me to fix their computers and forcing me to work on work timethe nerve!



From last night



Wow!!! I am in shock. I was just about to type I knew it!!! And then Libby was shot. Didnt see that coming. Ana Lucia was as good as dead as soon as she was caught drunk driving in real life. But Libby?!? She can be dead!!! Too many unanswered questions. I thought for sure Ana Lucia was going to give him the wrong combination. Either to stop him or to test him. My thoughts are racingokay, okay. Back to the format.



Summary

Sawyer had the lines tonight: Im not gonna gimme me you nothing. Love it. Also Guess that takes cuddling off the table. Was Ana really that good that he forgot about the gun?!? 60+ days will do that to a man. Loved Hurleys Say Anything reference. Of course us true fans didnt need all that explanation. Leave a little crumbs for us to find writers! Just like when Ana Lucia and Jacks dad were outside the bar. We knew this is where he meets Sawyer and does his confession about forgiving Jack. We didnt need Sawyer running into the car too. But maybe for more of the connection that Ana Lucia will eventually sleep with that man. Note to all woman: Sex=Death on the island. First Shannon and now Ana Lucia. Just like in the 80s horror flicks.



It seems that Locke keeps missing the mark. He questions Michael being backbut not that he could be a mole, but that they should let go of Henry. Just like the map. He is trying to recreate it instead of thinking about what happened when he held down the key. Henry (Fenry = fake Henry as he is called on the boards) is really a snake in the grass. Im not sure what to believe. I think there is a little truth in what he was saying about Ana Lucia but not necessarily about Locke. Besides Walt and Claire, no other Survivor was kidnapped. Only the Tallies had children and adults taken. Why Locke and why now? Why not sooner?



And the look on Libbys face when Hurley said Maybe I can get drunk enough and remember where I know you from. Chills. She is totally the chills woman. I hope shes not dead yet.



Connections

They made the connections clear cut this time. Sawyer, Ana Lucia, Jack. All connected by Jacks dad. It seems as though perhaps Jacks dad is connected to all of them eventually in some way. Some think Jacks dad is the leader. There was no body in the casket from the plane. His life was over, perhaps faked his own death? Also Henry saying that the leader was very intelligent but unforgiving. I think if Jacks dad was connected to the experiment in any way, it would make sense. I have more thoughts that it could be Henry. The master puppeteer. We shall see more next week. Some even think that Claire is Jacks half sister. Beyond her being Australian and Jacks father having an illegitimate daughter thats the only connection so far.



Patsy Cline song again on the radio. She died in a plane crash.



Cop cars when Ana Lucia pulled into the lot 15, 16 23. I thought I saw a 4 and an 8 too. Interest ding that Michael said there were 22 others in the tents. Who is he not counting? Henry? Or himself? The combination to the safe is a bible passage. Short version: an uprising.



Questions

Who is dead? For sure Ana Lucia. From the previews, to her appearance on GMA, she is dead (And going to start a clothing linebut that is a topic for another day). Was she killed because she killed the Others and Michael was sent for retribution? Or was she just a means to an end to get Henry out? Remember Rousseau talking about the sickness? Watch them, they will change. Who is watching Michael. No one! Well maybe its not a sickness, but a conversion or brainwashing. I dont think Michael is functioning based on brainwashing but fear and desperation. But I think he has the sickness Rousseau was talking about.



The shooting of Libby was a surprise shooting. I dont think that was expected. But not sure that she is dead. Maybe coma? There is still soooo much that needs to be revealed about her. No flashbacks to date about her. And back to the whole Hurley thing. Was she following him and ended up on the plane together? Does Libby have a twin? We know there is an evil twin underlining story. I thought for sure that Henry would turn out to be Libbys brother. If dead, she will live on in someone elses flashback.



I think they are being watched. From Michael on the computer to Michael coming back. How would they know if he did what they told him to do? He has a better chance with the survivors on his side then trusting the Others. Once Henry is gone, it will be interesting to see how Michael continues to lie and manipulate them. Everything they truly know about the Others is discussed outside and not in the hatch. I think that is a key to somethingI dont know what!



Kate knew Michael was lying because of the costumes. But as alwaysno one confronts or shares information. It supports the 2 Others camp theory. One that are survivors just like them and another that run the island.



I dont think the Henry/Locke situation is over. If Henry tells Locke that Michael is evil, who would believe him? If Henry is a top guy, then he thanks Michael and leaves. If he is low level, then he runs but doesnt go back to the Others for fear of being killed. There seems to be many levels to this experiment. Rousseau who has been alone and isolated for years, the survivors with their mini civilization and maybe the other camp living off the land in tents, primitive.



I think its interesting that once people seem to overcome their demons that they die. First Boone, then Shannon, now Ana Lucia. Remember Goodwin thought she was good and misunderstood. The island took her back to the dark place, but she was able to overcome it by not killing Henry. I know that the writers have said that its not purgatorybut clues keep pointing to it. If Libby is dead, then I think we need to consider that she was an Other, perhaps Henrys sister. No flashbacks and her strange connection to Hurley.



My Big Fat Theory !

OkayI always thought the key to Lost was a shift in time. That things are not linear as we assume. Time is moving forwards and backwards. Take a huge clue of the manuscript Bad Twin.

Background:

The manuscript Bad Twin. This is actually a book available on Amazon by Gary Troup. Its the story of a man meeting with his evil twin, kind of a good vs. evil tale. He delivers his manuscript to his editor right before he boards the oceanic plane Sept 2004 and that is of course lost. Same flight, coming from Australia to LA, hotel where he meets the twin is Windmor (same as construction company Michael worked for and maker of Suns pregnancy test). Also Gary Troup is an anagram for Purgatory. Hurley was reading the manuscript early on when they were stranded on the island but then the Tailies and especially Libby come to distract him from reading it. Now Sawyer reading it and just about to the end when Jack throws it into the fire.

Now:

This is of course in my opinion to a shameless way to make money off the show Lost. Just as the Hanso commercial last night was. But I liked that. It was similar to the show The Office having the cast spook the public service announcements on NBC.

But:

What if the book is about the show and it is one big flashback? So the time shift really represents a flashback. The writer is really someone on the island who eventually publishes the book about the good vs. evil aspects of the island. They are on the island reading the transcript that is now a book. Shift.

Just my newest wild theorybut I think there could be a definite tie in.



Conclusion

Next week should be good!!!. Full of lies and continued treachery. Echos fall seemed more surreal in the preview. I dont think he is going to die too. But like everything on the showits clear as mud. Until next week everybodyC-YA!!!!