One Guy's Immediate Reaction to: The Package

- Excellent use of Bakunin. Shot twice in the eye by Jin- I think he needs more than a patch to fix that.

- I enjoyed the "remix" of our characters off island. I see Jin and Sun being helped by....Juliet. I see Sayid being caught by.... Sawyer and Miles.

- If I'm FakeLocke, I'm putting the 6 candidates on the plane to crash it. Once the candidates are dead, so is Jacob. Then Smokey can escape. The Hinkes Unified Theory of Lost lives on.

- Sayid tells FakeLocke that he can't feel anything. FakeLocke says that that may be best to get through what is coming. Sayid was previously a devout Muslim, despite his heinous acts toward others. He lived with grief and torment over what he had done, and most of his plot arc centered around (a) his love for Nadia as his potential redemption and (b) his desire for repentance for torturing while struggling with his propensity to veer back into being a torturer. Now, seemingly "cured" of all feelings does this mean Sayid will be the ultimate killing machine and used to wipe out Hydra island? Or The folks on the beach with FakeLocke? Or does Sayid's rational mind kick in and say, no, I am not human anymore and I don't like it. And does he rebel? I say so...this show is all about free will, and redemption and the characters' colective ability to decide to be better people. Will Sayid give in to his nature, or can he be more than a killer?..I want to vote for the latter.

- Bravo for bringing back Des. Although a relatively minor character, since they spat out Eko, he's been my favorite of all. The Constant cinched it for me. He's the man. And he's got something important to do... probably involving somehow re-depositing the magnetism he absorbed back into the island.

- Heavily hinted at Jin being the "Kwon" who matters. Or is it both? Maybe them together? Argument:

For Jin:
1. He's the only one who time travelled
2. He's the one Widmore wanted

Against Jin only:
1. Widmore only (apparently) wanted Jin to find what appeared to be a 2nd pocket of magnetic energy- is it the hatch and the wheel or is it another source of special power on the island we haven't encountered yet? I wish i had a better view of the map that Zoe showed Jin...

For Jin & Sun:
1. Both touched by Jacob

Against Jin & Sun:
1. Maybe Jacob's touch only compels you to go to the Island,but does not imbue candidacy?

Verdict?
Time travel carries the day. Jin, by a nose.


What's Widmore doing looking for the power sources on the island? I'd imagine by destroying them/harnessing them/correcting them (chose one, or maybe 2 or 3) he will seal FakeLocke in. Just a thought....what do you think?
-Drew