...was not a whole hell of a lot.  At least not from what I gathered.  Got away from the cops, took alter-Claire to the hospital....  Went after Sawyer...  and uh, well....

Sorry, guys, didn't get a whole lot out of this one.  Maybe its just me.  Here's what I did get, though.

Island Claire
Claire's on the island.  Although its not spooky-attitude Claire from the cabin.  Looks to be a rather Rousseau-esque version of Claire.  Rather deja-vu don't you think?

LA Claire
Kept Aaron from escaping, and uh, met Kate.  Didn't get to give up baby for adoption.  And... sent the cops away, helping Kate out.

Sayid
Alive! Or is he?  So what-in-the-bloody-hell.  "Infected?"  By smokey?  By Jacob? Whose side are these guys on, anyway?!  Why the you-know-what would Jacob send him to the temple to be "cured" if this would happen?  And why would Dougen want him dead?

Dougen
Going to spell it that way.  In Japanese its either the name of a Zen Buddhist monk that lived c. 1200, 道元.  Who interestingly enough penned a little book called Shoubougenzou, or "Treasury of the Eye of the True DHARMA."  Yeah, nice.  More on the monk Dougen at Wikipedia.

Or it means "the same origin", 同源.  The same as what?  I might be missing something as it could just be a name, but since when is a name just a name around here?

Ethan
Posing as a doctor in LA going by the name of Goodspeed.  Nice bit of juxtaposition given his OTHER involvement with Claire...  Unknown if DHARMA even still exists in this timeline, or if he's got any sort of intentions, etc.

Other than that...  Auto shop guy ring any bells for anyone?  Didn't here.  Hopefully the events of this episode prove to be vital connecting glue later on, or I'm just missing something.  Please correct me brutally in the comments!!

Better late than never, right?  At least we got a brief return to the "classic" flashback, sort of, kind of.  The character-based ones that the show started out on....


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Sheesh, I don't even know how to intro this without giving it all away.  One of the best episodes in a long long time, by my estimation, so many things happening.

I could try and recap this in great detail, but I will keep it short, or at least I will try.  I'll save the detailed stuff for the analyzerization post...


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Oh, man.  I love episodes like this.  The ones that make you sit back and go, "Yeah. Now, WTF?"  So much to take in, so much to think about....

The Oceanic Six take one step forward and two steps back to getting off the island, the remaining losties go on a total mind trip, and a certain person is found again....


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On this weeks LOST we completely abandon the Oceanic Six and revisit our time traveling heroes on the island, as well as go along with Desmond on his quest to find Faraday's mum....

A few interesting twists along the way, and I wonder what's in store for the newest member....


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Continuing the story in this two-part event is "The Lie," which we all know (don't you?) refers to the story the Ocean Six fabricated in order to protect the island from Charles Widmore.

Most of the episode centers on Hurley, and his dealing with the guilt of leaving everyone behind, and the events that have occurred in his life since he's left.  Of course we also get a peek back to the island, where (as usual) strange events are occurring.

The wide world of Benjamin Linus and the Others... off the island also start to take a curious twist, with a real WTF moment at the end...

...well, read on for the recap.

The stories of Ben, Jack, Hurley, and Sayid off the island, three years into the future (with a touch of Kate and Sun) are more or less intertwined, but we'll summarize that story last.


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Well, its been a long time since we've seen new LOST.  Too long! Anyway, the first two episodes of season five proved no less intriguing, mind-blowing, and head-scratching as previous premiere events.  We'll start with a rundown of the first, "Because You Left," which of course refers to the reason that all the strange and terrible things are occurring off the island... and off.

Be sure to check out the analysis post, and the recap and analysis posts regarding the second episode, "The Lie."

Ah, but how to do this...  Given the direction we're going, I can't think of a decent and understandable way to separate everything into compact sections with the separate stories, since there were so many of them, so I guess I'll have to run this down "as it happened."  I don't think I'll be going into as much detail as I have in previous recaps, either.

As always, there be spoilers here. That should be obvious!
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