While they won't be clicking their heels together until the big finale, we did get to see the homecoming of the Oceanic Six on this week's Lost. And while its clear that even going home they still aren't in Kansas anymore (think I've belabored this Wizard of Oz reference enough?) it was still exciting to see Jack, Kate, Sun, Sayid, Hurley, and Aaron return to civilization. Based on the scene in the airplane, whatever happens to get them off the island must be pretty awful. Not only did everyone seem shellshocked, I detected some resentment towards Jack. Could it be that Jack did something very wrong to get them off the island?
Certainly whatever happens seems to preclude any chance at getting back. We finally got to see the whole Oceanic Six cover story. Sayid said that there was absolutely no chance of there being any more survivors, which makes me think that the O6 think everyone else is dead or the island is gone. After all, why wouldn't they be leading a charge back to the island otherwise? Meanwhile, those two extra people came up again this week. According to the O6 story, eight people survived the initial crash, but two didn't make it. However, Sun said that Jin was not one of those two people. Also, Kate claimed Aaron as her own child, meaning Claire isn't one of the eight either. So, why lie about these two extra people? I hope they explain that. Meanwhile, we began to see the first sign of the cracks appearing in the sanity of the O6. Hurley loses it when he sees the numbers, while Jack finally learns that Claire is his half-sister, which seems to only add to his guilt. And a shout-out to Sun, who was a total bad-ass in buying out her father's company (although that must have been quite the settlement from Oceanic Airlines).
Meanwhile, on the island, not much happened, as the episode was more committed to moving everyone into place. And that place seems to be The Orchid. We know from the video released last summer that The Orchid is not a botanical research facility, and that whatever happens in there is quite weird, but we don't know much more than that. However, apparently that station contains the key to Locke's plan to move the island. I'm going to guess that Locke has to move the island through time, as well as space. But what that means is beyond me.
As we ended the episode, Jack and Sawyer were heading to The Orchid to get Hurley, Sun was on the freighter, which we found out has a ton of C4 on it that's wired to blow (likely related to Keamy's electronic thingy on his arm), and Kate and Sayid were surrounded by the ageless Richard Alpert and the Others. So, how does the O6 get together? And get off the island? I have a few predictions:
1. I'm betting that everyone makes it to The Orchid, and when they see what's happening there, some will choose to leave and others will decide to stay with Locke and help. Although I have no idea how this includes Sun and Aaron.
2. I'm betting the freighter goes boom, and takes Jin down with it.
3. Whatever happens in The Orchid, I think that it will involve Ben getting shot in the arm, putting on a parka, and getting transported to Tunesia.
Also, Michael needs something to do, right? Aside from Meet Kevin Johnson, Michael has just spent the season getting beaten up. There has to be some reason to bring him back.
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