Okay..what a great episode! For me it wasnt better than Maternity Leave but it sure ran it close!
I'll start off with the flashback as that was perhaps [I agree with Manits] the most disappointing aspect of LD. Im not sure baout the time line..i need to give it some thought but I did notice the lovely Nadia [looking much better these days
]...and blow me down, Locke had yet ANOTHER job..this time as a home inspector! However convincing that was [or not] I did love the scene between him and Helen, when he asked her to marry him butr she turned him down..that almost brought a tear to my eye and though it was painful for me to watch Locke get his heart broken [ultimately by his own need for a father, again!] it was a great insignt into Locke's pain. Oh and those 'gansters' where perhaps the worst ever Lost characters..i was really dissapointed with them..not good JJ..not good! Im sure i'll add more on Anthoney and the backstory at other junctures..
Now to the good stuff! Wow..Im fast falling in love with "Henry"..I know, it's not good but in character terms the guy is amazing! I also think that in this episode he really began to let it slip [like Mantis suggested] and made it fairly obvious [well more obvious than before!] that he is an Other/Dharma. Like was mentioned above by Mush, he seemed to instantly know the numbers aswell as other little things he said and did that conveyed a sense of 'knowing'. In saying that I dont think he knows 'everything'..I reckon that he is perhaps part of another division of Dharma science and so doesnt necessarily know everything about the Swan hatch, hence why he's been so curious?..however because the numbers are perhaps important and infamous throught Dharma as a whole, he instantly recognised them when Locke reeled them out..
It was interesting to see just how impatient Locke has become...back in the long ago days of S1 he was by his own admission "a patient man"..last night however he had me screaming "Noooooo John..dont do it!!" as he hastily lunged under the blast door in a foolish attempt to get to his lover..sorry, i mean, the button! I mean his patients has been so eroded that he couldnt even wait the extra 5 seconds that it would have taken to put an extra weight under the door! Anyway, I did fear that we'd see the decapatation[sp] of Locke..thankfully this was not to be the case. And did anyone notice just how clumsey Henry was in relation to how silent and careful the Others are known to be? He was plodding along like an Ostrich[sp] when he went to the the lader to get up to the shaft! Was he doing this on purpose to convince Locke that he wasnt an other or did he genuinely fall? Hmm.
Anyway, the map on the wall..absolutely amazing and shocking for me! I didnt even consider that. Im still not sure what to make of it at the moment but it does seem to suggest that the person/people who drew it knew of the significance of the Swan hatch in relation to the other hatches? I had previoulsy assumed that the people in the hatches [and some Dharma members] didnt necessarily know about the other hatches..as Goodwins reaction when he saw the 'Arrow' hatch was one of suprise, imo and Henry's reaction to the 'Swan' hatch was also one of wonder on occassions..although he could've been ensuring that his cover wasnt blown and so played dumb..oh and Desmond certainly didnt seem to know about anything other than what was going on inside his hatch..though is he to be fully trusted?..im not so sure.
Anyway, I'll leave it there for now..obvioulsy I have more to add but i'll allow my thoughts to form first!
Oh and I think that I spotted something very interesting yesterday but im going to go back over it first!
