I haven’t been surprised by anything we’ve seen before or after the first commercial break. We’re on the second commercial break now, and I haven’t seen anything important that wasn’t on the episode promos except for Kate and Sayid getting caught in their little raid on Otherville. Sure, there was the little tease with John Locke in the disability office – for depression, with full use of his legs.
Ooh, timeline! Locke was in a wheelchair for four years before the plane crash. Thanks for that, Ben.
Okay, there was a slow start, but I couldn’t tear my attention away to type for a number of scenes now. Definitely getting better!
I don’t understand why Locke didn’t just tell Peter Talbot about his father, the man formerly known as Anthony Cooper. (Was that even his real name? Did he ever go by the name of Sawyer?) I’m chomping at the bit to see if the man from Tallahassee that Ben wants to see is Anthony. Maybe going by the name of Jacob now? That would be an interesting twist. Not that I really expect it to happen, but that would be very cool.
Jack and Juliet are going home. Tomorrow. I have to wonder if they’re really going to let them leave. Not for plot reasons. As far as plot goes, the writers can do whatever they please. But I can’t see the producers saying goodbye to Matthew Fox’s star power so… finally. Will Locke blow up the submarine with his backpack of C4 and make it impossible for them to leave?
Peter Talbot is dead after Locke threatened to tell his mother the truth about Anthony. Coincidence? I doubt it. Anthony Cooper is not a good man. We have 15 minutes left to find out exactly how Locke broke his back… I’d bet good money that Anthony had something to do with it. He already stole his son’s kidney; taking away his ability to walk isn’t that far of a stretch.
SAYID TOLD ALEX HER MOTHER IS ALIVE! Even if nothing else happened in this episode, that made it all worthwhile.
HE PUSHED HIM! I thought that Anthony might have paid someone to hit Locke with a car or something… I wouldn’t have expected him to push his own son through a plate glass window eight stories up. He is definitely more than a simple con man. That is just evil.
And Locke blowing up the submarine? How selfish can the man be? Forget Jack and Juliet for a minute, who had both been promised the ability to go home… in less than an hour. When the submarine blows up. There are forty people back on that beach who still need to be rescued. No one would force him to leave if rescue came. Ben played him like a fiddle. Alex was right. He is quite the master manipulator.
I WAS RIGHT AGAIN! Anthony Cooper is the man from Tallahassee! He’s on the island! I can’t wait to hear why he’s there. Was he recruited by Mittelos? Living as one of the Others in Otherville (not to be confused with the Whos from Whoville) until Ben had him tied up for Locke to see?
Magic box. It sounds corny, but I wonder if this is going to be just a metaphor that Ben used for how things keep coming up Locke’s way or if there really is some sort of wish-giving power or entity on the island. Walt had already seemed to tap into it, but he’s gone. Locke seems to be tapped in now. As it was pointed out a number of times – Ben’s in the wheelchair now and he is not.
This was one of the most satisfying episodes so far this season.
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I don’t understand why Locke didn’t just tell Peter Talbot about his father
Locke seems to be pathologically unable to share information. Scenes like that show it far predates his arrival on the island. In addition, it was another place we’re shown what seems to me to be the main theme of Lost: Secrets Kill.