Ok, I've watched this week's episode twice now and I've got some thoughts I have to get down before I forget:
1- The lagoon Jack, Hurley, etc. end up in, is the same lagoon the back end of Oceanic Flight 815 flung some people into. It's the same lagoon where Kate found the gun case and where that hot Brazilian found his bag with the diamonds.
2- Eloise has one of the Virgin Mary's on her desk. The same one that that was found in the small plane that crashed on the island- the one that killed Boone, and had Mr. Eko's brother in it, smuggling heroin. Yes, one of those.
3- I get that on the island, whenever there was a fight, they would walk around with blood on them. Fine. But, how come Ben is walking around in REALITY all banged up like that. He couldn't clean up so well. I mean, come on- if I saw someone covered in blood on Newbury St., I'm pretty sure they'd get stopped.
4- So for all of the recent episodes, Jack's been obsessed with getting back to the island. So how come he so strongly questions and fights against all the stuff Eloise tells him he needs to do to get back?? Why wouldn't he just be like, ok cool, let's go.
5- Where the fuck is Aaron and why doesn't Kate want to talk about him? Is it because Jack hasn't acknowledged it or something? This one confuses me. I'm sure it'll make for a great flashback story...if it's even relevant.
6- Does everyone on the plane end up on the island? Since Ben doesn't care, it makes me think that's important- probably cuz he's lying or something. But why has there been no talk about whether or not Ben will be able to get back on the island? Cuz technically he's just a variable like the rest of the passengers we don't know about. Can he go back and forth from the island via plane?
7- Back in the day, the Others used the sub to get back to the world, right? So why didn't they just get another sub? All this coordinate bullshit didn't mean anything in the past episodes-seems like Ben was reentering all the time! How about all those times we see Richard Alpert in the real world, and then on the island- no way there was a plane (or boat) crash there every time. How did they move back and forth??
8-When Jack's grandpa disappears from the home, is he really turning into Jack's dad and going to the island? HA.
9- Jack first calls his grandpa, "Ray", then switches to "grand dad"- why?? (p.s. the amounts that Jack says "grand dad" is hella annoying)
10- Right- so the grampa just HAPPENED to have had dudeman's shoes? Of all his possessions to take when he leaves the home,
that was one of them?
11- They all know they're about to go back and yet, Jack and Kate are just chillin'. Wouldn't you be going crazy?
12- I keep seeing on Lostpedia that people think Ben killed Penny. I get that he calls Jack from the marina, but why would Ben wanna kill Penny? And if it is this, who's the "old friend" he refers to?
13- Kate said she would see Jack at the airport. So why does he seem so surprised that she showed up? And what's with her and the indoor-wearing shades? FAIL.
14- How come no one's concerned with how they're gonna return from the island? They had such a hard time getting rescued last time that you'd think returning would be a huge concern. I mean, Sun just left her baby?!
15- Last time Hurley was reading a comic with polar bears, it foreshadowed the crazy bears on the island, obviously. This time, the comic he's reading is a skeleton in a space suit or something and the helmet says "el ultimo hombre" meaning "the last man." Hmmmm....
And my top question- if they all knew there was a chance they were going back to the island, then why the fuck are they all wearing such redonk clothes. I mean, Jack's wearing a muthafuggin' suit!
P.s. You must check out the website for Ajira Airways HERE. It's pretty robust- way better than the Oceanic site.The best part- there's a reference to an excursion that mentions swimming with sharks. There's been lots of mention of sharks in the past (I think it was Juliet/Ben who told Jack when he was being held prisoner, that the station they were in was the aquarium or something and Dharma did stuff with dolphins and sharks). There was also a glimpse of Dharma-branded shark on one of the episodes where Jin, Sawyer and Michael are on the raft. God, it'd be awesome if they did an episode with sharks!! Cross your fingers!