note: my wonderfully clever husband has copyright over this week's title. I had writers block!
I fully anticipated Desmond having a Jerry Maguire-esque freak-out when waking up and realizing he was back on the island, with his less than loving father-in-law; Charles Widmore.
Which brings me to good ole Chuck! What a character, seriously! I still do not fully trust his intentions on the island.( Which, did any of us even ask HOW he got back there? And lets not be smart-asses and say "the submarine"!)
His parallel life is of interest as well. He no longer has a daughter, just Daniel (faraday) and is still married to Mrs. Pendulum. I feel that in the flashsideways: The new Widmores may be the hinge to this timetravel thing. I believe they ALL know what is going on!
Daniel: From quantum physisist to musician. Not that far fetched. Lets not forget that when Daniel was younger he was a musical prodigy which led him to lead an overachieving academic life. What we have learned in seasons past is that Daniel and Desmond have a unique talent of meandering the labyrinth of time. Is this how/why Daniel knows about his half-sister Penny? And where to find her...
Penny: What a great way to have Desmond and Penny reunite at the same place where Desmond first met Jack (season 1). Desmond was jogging up the steps to train for a "race around the world" when he stumbled upon Jack. I am confident that as many of us have shrewdly observed is that the sideways-lives of some of our survivors in some way turn out the same (So far its Sun, Hurley and Desmond). Maybe this may help us narrow it down to who will take over for Jacob. Those who follow similar paths in in both lives may have a better chance of being THE CANDIDATE?! Let me further analyze: is it possible for the survivors that showed purpose and upstanding values to be better candidates? Possible?
Eloise: Pendulum lady bothers me, I feel as though she always likes to throw a wrench in the gears of progress, shes a big old brick wall. Maybe she is still reeling from shooting her own son. Which didnt happen in the flashsideways. Maybe I just like to make her my scapegoat of when things go wrong for our survivors
Back to Charles Widmore: I LOVE LOVE LOVED that in the flashsideways he approves of desmond AND offered the whiskey with the comment that "nothing was too good" for him. Charles Widmore is aware of Desmonds "talents", but who then schooled Widmore on Time travel and the islands ability to enable these talents? Oh boy...
Also who noticed the Harbor that Desmond and Charlie pass as they were driving?! This was the same harbor where Desmond, Penny and baby-charlie docked their houseboat/yacht before Desmond was shot by ben linus in order to try to convince him to return to the island. Now can we assume that soon after Ben shot Desmond, that he was somehow whisked to the island by some of Widmore's henchmen? Does this make the timeline of Desmond arriving to the island is plausible?
Love at First Sight: Tonight is not the first we hear of this novelty idea. Desmond once asked the same to Jack (if i recall correctly). Jin was also told by his Korean Brother that he would meet the women of his dreams by love at first sight, and the color of his love would be Orange. I like to believe that the "rapture and beauty" Charlie saw as he was dying on the flight was in fact Claire.
So where do we go from here? There is a new turn in the survivors parallel lives. Is it now going to be that for each survivor to remember their lives on the island they have to have a near-death experience?!
Sheesh...only 5 episodes left. I am interested to see what Michael has to say for himself to hurley next week.
OH!!! and bonus points to the first person to tell me who the limo driver ("george") was in the Island-Life!
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OK here are my very scattered thoughts:
ReplyDelete**In this beta world, Desmond gets what he always wanted, WIdmore's approval. But - he doesn't even know Penny (sniffle). However, at the end, they meet (at the same stadium where Jack meets Desmond - "see you in another life, Brutha").
**Did anyone notice that Penny's last name appears to be Milton, and not Widmore? She wasn't wearing a wedding ring when she was running in the stadium, and she seemed charmed by Desmond (but come on, who wouldn't be?!), even meeting him for coffee. But NOTHING happens on this show without a reason, so that intrigued me.
**Who is Penny's mother? I don't think we have ever learned that. Perhaps Milton is her mother's maiden name?
**Widmore and Eloise Hawking are married. Eloise seems to know that something isn't right in the beta world, from the conversation she has with Desmond while setting up for the party. Does she actually know that they are in a parallel world? (And C, she just always reminds me of Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood!)
**Desmond appears to have some random ability to withstand major forces of electromagnetic energy. Why? He also has the ability to bounce between time periods without going nutso, bleeding from the nose and/or dying...
**which brings us to who the limo driver was! Minkowski, who was on the freighter and died b/c his consciousness couldn't handle the bouncing between time periods. Also (and I admit I had to look this part up b/c it was bugging me) - one of his orders was to never answer a phone call from Penny b/c she was searching for Desmond. He eventually offered to help Desmond call Penny, but he died in Desmond's arms. Also...how does Penny know about the island? From her father?
**At the end, Desmond seems to realize that all is not right and asks for the flight manifest. I wonder if he will track down the others and that is how they will be brought together in the beta world.
**FIVE EPISODES until the series finale? How are they going to wrap this all up...I can't wait.