Bill’s Lost Site

A tale of 2 episodes. The first 30 minutes was just a continuation of last week’s slow pace with nothing really interesting. And while it was fun to see Jack beat Sawyer in poker I need something more than that to keep me going.

But, the last 30 minutes, that was something special. Please only read this review if you have already seen the episode. I wouldn’t want to spoil it for you.

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Here are my thoughts for what they are worth …

1. Wonder how much time past between Locke’s most recent flashback scene and this episode’s? We know that he has at least changed jobs.

2. I thought a great quote was, “No one says anything mean about someone once they are dead.”

3. The blast doors dropped at exactly 47:00 on the timer.

4. Unfortunately, I don’t have my TIVO with me. Couldn’t tell what the speaker was saying. It sounded like Locke was being paged. I also thought that I heard what sounded like someone dialing on a speaker phone. Finally, I thought that I heard the words, “Please proceed …”. I will update this once I get a chance to re-watch the episode.

5. Real question is what caused the doors to drop down? For the best theory on that click HERE. For a great image of the blast doors along with a discussion about it click HERE.

6. The company Locke was working for was called Welcome Home. Locke is the owner of the company.

7. Did you all catch that it was Nadia (Sayid’s girl) who was getting the home inspection? I missed it the first time around. Click HERE for the screen cap.

8. We now know why Henry wanted Locke to protect him no matter what. While Locke did give his word to Henry I am not sure that is going to mean much. Of course, my guess is that Henry will provide a quasi-reasonable explanation for assuming Henry’s ID.

9. Let me go on the record and say thank goodness that the door didn’t come down on Locke where I thought it did. He already has bad legs … he didn’t need any further damage in that general area.

10. The safety deposit box number was 1516 … two of the Numbers.

11. Where in Thailand did Jack go? What was he doing there? My guess he went on a major binge after his split-up with the wife. For some reason I have a hard time seeing Jack getting a tat while sober.

12. Seriously, I am confused about whether Locke feels pain in his legs. From Season 1 we saw Locke get injured in his leg and not even know it. It did appear that Locke was in a lot of pain.

13. Looked like an Oceanic Airplane flying over the motel where John’s dad was staying. Also, how close was the runway to that fleabag joint Locke’s dad was staying at? Looked like the plane was going to land in the motel parking lot. I think they had to make the plane that big in order for us to see that it was an Oceanic. HERE is a screen cap of the plane.

14. Did Locke go back for the money? 200k is a lot of dough. That would be a nice tip for the maid.

15. Rejection hurts … Locke getting shut down by Helen was heart-breaking. That makes 2 times that his Dad ruined his life.

16. Henry asks Locke if he can stand. Seemed like an odd question as his leg was so jacked up. Then again, if he knew that Locke couldn’t feel much in that leg then it would be reasonable to ask.

17. Assuming that the food drop occurred via an airplane how did nobody see the plane? I would guess that the plane would have to be relatively close to the ground in order to drop the food within a relatively small radius. Was it even a plane drop or was it just a set-up to look like one?

18. Was the food drop supposed to occur at that location? Was it meant to be found by the Lostie’s? It was in a spot very close to their camp since 2 different groups stumbled upon it.

19. Here is a picture of Henry’s drivers license.

20. Did those two thugs really work for some retirement fund? I have a hard time imagining Edward Jones hiring hitmen to go out and beat/kill folks in order to get their money back. Those dudes were bad business - Locke’s dad was messing with drug dealers or something like that.

21. Is Helen running a long con on Locke with Locke’s dad? Didn’t think so at first but upon further review …