We tripped the life fantastic with dear old Des last night on LOST.
It's clear after the show that the island has some sort of time vortex going on, and once you're in it, you need something to pull yourself out of it.
Desmond's flashback made it clear to me that the explosion has fragmented his time or has put him in some sort of time loop a la Bill Murray in Groundhog's Day. It's also similar to the plot line in the novel "Time Traveller's Wife" in that he doesn't seem to be able to control where in time he travels, or if he can control time when he gets there.
It appears that he keeps coming back to a certain place in time and maybe that's when he lets Penny know about the island (kind of like McFly leaving Dr. Brown a message in 'Back To The Future'). And what of the old lady in the antique shop? Has he let her in on it during his travels in time? Is she with the Dharma group? Or did she escape the island like Michael? She called him Desmond David Hume, David Hume being a Scottish philosopher (are we surprised? Hume was a discliple of John Locke!), is she related to him somehow?
And is it even time travel we're dealing with here? Maybe all of this went on in Des' head.
Other things I noted and have scoured from bulletin boards around the net:
* Charlie singing Oasis' "Wonderwall"...the line was "maybe you're going to be the one who saves me..." Also, did you hear "Building A Mystery" playing when Des and Penny were in the apartment?
* Does Des need trauma to travel back and forth? What the Frantics would call "A boot to the head"?
* Was it just me or has both Charlie and Claire changed their hair from last season? It was kind of distracting.
* Since the Henry Gale fake name made "Wizard of OZ" mentions up for grabs, did the guy with the red shoes getting crushed remind anyone of the Wicked Witch of the East?
* Is free will vs. pre-destiny the real battle on the show? Who's for what? Who's good and who's bad in that fight?
* Who wants Charlie to die? Not me, he and Hurley are the lone comic relief, that and Sawyer's nicknames.
As always, feel free to comment.
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I must say JoJo. Hearing him say Charlie is going to die in the episode sent chills through my spine. Now a couple questions I am asking...It seemed to me by his reaction towards Charlie that the implosion was the first time he actually relived his past, so how is it he sees the future? Unless in future episodes he is able to travel back again, that would explain it i guess.
I can say this, So far this season is delivering a lot more than last one, however way to many commercial breaks
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