We begin this episode of ABC's "Lost" with the sideways world. Jack is with the still-pregnant Claire, and of course has his son in tow. "Oceanic" (who is actually Desmond) calls him from his house, and quickly tells him that they have his father's coffin.
Desmond quickly continued his quest to find the survivors, but had a rude interruption -- Ben. As the only one with a connection between the two worlds, he remembered what happened with Ben on the boat and decided to take a little revenge.
Strangely, this incident actually ended up giving Ben a sight of his "other" world -- the one where he is an awesomely evil mastermind. He quickly told Locke all about it, and said he even "believed" Desmond's explanation for running him down.
After this, Desmond decided to turn himself in for his crimes -- but, of course, it was all part of his plan. Kate and Sayid were also both locked up.
In this world, we also had a return visit from Alex and Rousseau! After seeing Ben's arm, they offered to drive him home and make dinner. We also found out that Alex's father in this world was dead, and that this Ben is warm and fuzzy and can be moved.
We also finally learned that in this world Locke has the capacity to change his mind about things. He started to realize that it was fate that led him to Jack, and so he realized that it was fate that let him go for the operation.
At the end of the sideways plot, Sawyer was begged by Kate for her freedom, and then Desmond orchestrated an escape plan courtesy of Anna Lucia and Hurley. It was all of course part of the "get them to remember the island" quest -- though we don't have an end to it just yet.
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Back to the island. We found out immediately that Kate was doing okay after getting shot, and she was in the care of our good doctor (and has the comfort of Sawyer). Jack quickly informed the now-tiny group (which also includes Hurley) of his new plan -- find Desmond, who is the key to the whole thing.
The "final four" took off on their journey, and it was clear that Sawyer still hadn't let go from potentially "killing" Jin and Sun by the decisions he made on the sub. Then, Hurley decided to give Alana's ashes to the ghost of young Jacob (who somehow decided to turn old as soon as he tracked the kid down). Jacob claimed we were "near the end," which we can agree with since there is only one episode left after this one.
Somehow, everyone can now see Jacob as he talked about the "candidates," and then got an offer to hear the entire explanation with a catch -- by the time the fire burned out, someone was going to need to become the new protector.
In the "campfire chat," Jacob admitted he made a mistake in the way he treated the "Man in Black" so many years ago (as we saw in last week's episode). I actually really liked his explanation for why he chose the people he did -- they were all alone in the real world, and they "needed the island as much as it needed them." He then told them that the ultimate goal was (of course) to kill Locke, and that someone needed to choose the role.
Unsurprisingly, Jack stood up and took the responsibility as the new protector -- he realized he was brought back to the island for a reason, and this was it. Jacob told him the "heart of the island" was beyond the bamboo field he was in upon arriving from the plane.
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We also had the story of Ben this week, who had a lovely conversation with Miles and Richard about the location of his C4. Unfortunately, Miles quickly realized something was up (or that someone dead was speaking out). It was Alex, who Richard has so kindly decided to bury after Ben let her die.
Inside of their old house, Ben took the C4 but quickly had a different problem -- Widmore in his house. The multi-bazillionaire threatened Mr. Linus, and even told him that he received a visit from Jacob (which led to his return to the island).
Never ones to get along, Ben and Widmore parted ways, and Richard (who can't die, and was therefore unafraid of the threats) decided to walk on outside the house. It was then he felt the wrath of the Smoke Monster.
Locke appeared in his "human" form, and quickly tried to make Ben an offer -- kill some people, and then he can have the island all to himself. One of the people (in Charles) was already hanging out in his closet.
Ben turning in Widmore and the Tina Fey look-alike was great. Locke quickly took down Charles' helper, and then claimed he wouldn't kill Penny if he told him why he came back to the island. Widmore then proclaimed that he brought Desmond as a "last resort," but we didn't get to hear more than that. Instead, we got to watch Ben shoot down Widmore and give one of the greatest lines ever ("he doesn't get to save his daughter").
In the end, we saw Ben and Locke walking towards the well Desmond was left in, only to discover that Mr. Hume was now mysteriously gone. Strangely, Locke then said he wanted the man alive for one reason -- to help him "destroy the island." Cue darkness, and the show's title. The end -- commence your frustration.
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All in all, this was a fantastic episode that really started to tie everything together. All of the storylines worked, and now the finale on Sunday can't come quickly enough.
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