Blogging While Watching LOST: Recon

No “Previously on LOST?”

It’s Sawyer, making tea. There’s Jin. He’s been out for a while. Claire and Locke said they’d be back soon. Sawyer promises they won’t leave until they find Sun.

And here come Smokey, Sayid, Claire, Kate, and the rest of the defectors.

“Hi.”
“Hi, yourself.”

In L.A.

Sawyer’s sleeping with a redhead. She just called him Jimmy. Running the same con? Supposed to meet a guy at 9:00. It’s 8:42. There’s the suitcase of money.

Ooh, she’s a cop? Oh no, she’s married to a con, knows all about the “pigeon drop.” He’s working with the cops? LaFleur is his code word. He’s working with the cops, including Miles! Dude, they’re partners! SAWYER’S A FREAKING COP! SQUEE!

This puts an interesting spin on the scene in the airport elevator when he saw Kate in handcuffs and let her get away. Hmm.

The island.

Claire is checking on her creepy fake baby in the cradle. “It’s all I had.”

Locke has everyone gathered around. “It was a long and traumatic night for all of us.” He’s going to make himself available for questions. The Black Smoke killed the people at the Temple… He conveniently left out the part about him being the Smoke Monster. He’s comforting Zack and Emma because it was really scary.

Sawyer cares about whether or not Miles made it out. “I’m not with anyone, Kate.”

In L.A.

LAPD. Sawyer is calling Anthony Cooper about some missing property found in Alabama in 1976. “Old buddy I ran into. Said he could hook me up with some Laker tickets.”

Miles set Sawyer up with a girl his dad works with at the museum. Miles already has a girlfriend. And he knows that Sawyer’s lying about the Laker tickets.

The island.

Trudging through the jungle. Sawyer wants to talk with  Locke in private about when they’ll be leaving the island. Locke admits that he’s “the smoke thing” and that he killed all those people. “It’s either kill or be killed… and I don’t want to be killed.” And Sawyer is still walking with him.

Sawyer’s supposed to take the outrigger to Hydra Island to do some recon. That’s where Ajira Flight 316 went down. Locke thinks Sawyer will be fine because he’s the best liar he knows.

In L.A.

Sawyer’s waiting for his date. She’s a redhead. “Be  nice to her,” says Miles via the cell. It’s Charlotte! Either her hair is extra fluffy, or she’s lost a lot of weight since the last time she was on the show.

“Yes, I’m exactly like  Indiana Jones.”
“You got a whip?”
“Maybe.”

Nice.

Sawyer tells Charlotte he had to choose between criminal and cop, and he chose cop. And now he and Charlotte got naked and nasty. Huh. What’s she looking for in his top drawer?

She found his file on Sawyer, the news clip about his parents. He throws her out… wearing nothing but a sheet.

The island.

Sawyer made it to Hydra  Island. There’s his old polar bear cage. Kate’s dress is still there. He’s getting all sentimental. Admit it, James… You still love her. Yes, you loved Juliet… but you can still love Kate, too.

Kate asks Sayid if he believes Locke can gget them off the island. Claire has a knife to Kate’s throat. Kate asks Sayid for help, and he just looks on. Locke pulls Claire off, smacks her, and tells her this is completely inappropriate.

“Are you alright?”
“No! I’m not alright!”

Back to Sawyer. He found the plane. There’s all the luggage. Is he going to go scavenging again? Felt the firewood, now following the path where they dragged the box Locke’s body was stashed in. There’s a nasty pile of corpses with flies buzzing around it. Who’s in the jungle? Some chick with glasses. “I’m the only one left.” My husband thinks she’s the same chick from the flash sideways who had the gun pulled on Sawyer.

In L.A.

Liam is at the LAPD askking about his brother… Charlie. Drug charges aren’t Sawyer’s department. Miles slams Sawyer against the locker. Sawyer told Miles he was in Palm Springs when he went to Sydney. Miles wants to know why. “That’s none of your damn business.” I guess they’re not partners anymore. Punching a mirror will give you seven years of bad luck.

The island.

Her name is Zoe. She was out collecting wood when she heard screaming. When she came back, they were all dead. She put the bodies together here because she didn’t think it was right to leave them out there in the sun. Sawyer offers to take her back to the main island.

Kate’s crying. Locke apologizes to her. He takes responsibility for Claire’s behavior because he’s the one who told her that the Others had her baby. He gave Claire something to hate to keep her going. When Kate told her the truth, the hate had to go somewhere. Kate is pretty nonplussed. He promises to keep her safe.

“Where did Sawyer go?”
“I’ll show you.”

Zoe wants to know how many people Sawyer was with, when he crashed, if they had guns etc. He was being conned. Three guys with guns force him to his knees. Her name’s not really Zoe. “Take me to your leader.” LOL.

Locke and Kate sitting on the beach. He brought her down here so they could talk. He’s going all psychobabble on her. “My mother… is crazy.” His mother was a very disturbed woman, so he had some growing pains, problems that he’s still  trying to work his way through, problems that could have been avoided if things had been different. He’s telling her this because Aaron has a crazy mother, too.

Sawyer’s getting marched through the jungle. Mini pylon? Ah, the sub. It’s Widmore’s crew.

“Get in. He’s waiting for you.”

In L.A.

Beer, orange juice, and a rotisserie chicken in Sawyer’s fridge. Is Sawyer watching Little House on the Prairie with Michael Landon? “People aren’t really gone when they die.”

Sawyer in a leather jacket with a sunflower.

Charlotte: “You’ve got to be joking.” She doesn’t want his apology. But he’s leaving the sunflower for her anyways. Taking the beer with him.

The island.

Sawyer’s in the sub. Here’s “Zoe” and an armed guard. Sawyer wants to know what’s behind the padlocked door. And there’s Charles Widmore. Sawyer isn’t going to shake his hand. They’re having a “friendly discussion.”

“I think we both know the guy I’m talking about isn’t really Locke.”

Sawyer offers to bring the old man to Widmore’s doorstep so he can kill him. In exchange, he wants to make sure his people aren’t harmed and that they get safe passage off the island. A very trusting pair here. They have an agreement. They shook on it.

Kate isn’t keen on Claire’s apology, pointed the rifle at her. Is this apology sincere? Claire gives Kate a crazy hug, thanking her for taking care of Aaron.

Sawyer’s back with the outrigger. He tells Locke about Charles Widmore’s submarine and crew. They’ve got pylons like the ones at New Otherton that keep “that smoke thing” out. He  tells Locke about the deal he made with Widmore. Why, James? Why?

In L.A.

Sawyer tells Miles to get in the car. Hands him the file on “Sawyer.” Tells him the story about his parents. He’s been trying to hunt him down since he left the academy. Got Anthony Cooper’s name from a lead in Australia. When he finds the right Anthony Cooper, he’s going to kill him. He didn’t tell him before because he didn’t want to be  talked out of it.

Car crash! At first it looked like Charlie… but it’s Kate. And Sawyer caught her. “Son of a bitch.” Hehe.

The island.

Sawyer: “What’s for dinner?”
Kate: “Rabbit. I think.”
Sawyer: “Good, I’m starving.”

Telling her about Widmore and the guys with guns. He’s going to let them fight it out. While they’ve got their hands full fighting each other, “You and me are going to get the hell off of this island… We ain’t taking the plane, freckles. We’re taking the sub.”

Nice!

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