“You can’t change the future” - Daniel Faraday

So many good things in this episode, despite the majority of it taking place on an unknown freighter and the UK.

I finally have some understanding to the crazy season 2 ending when Penny received a call that the electromagnetic pulse had taken place. At that time, I thought that Desmond had somehow time traveled forward or found a way to message her in the future to tell her where he was and how to find him. It seemed like the only plausible explanation at the time. This episode somewhat confirmed that possibility.

I think the concept of “the constant” was revealing. Because… if the Losties are all unstuck in time, they are like each other’s constant. The majority of them had some type of connection in their pre-island life, and now they are stranded together. Maybe that will make a difference later on.

Thus far, we have seen threads of different “constants” that tie our Losties together in so many ways… If I tried to list them all, it would take me 94 days. Or 96 (depending on whether you’re on the freighter or the island )

Very interesting to find out that Daniel Faraday has a past encounter with Desmond. And, that Daniel Faraday was trying to develop a method of time travel… even if it was only subconscious and not physical. Also interesting to know that Daniel considers Desmond as his constant. The smartest thing that physicist did was to write a note to his future forgetful self (which I’m guessing forgetfulness is his side-effect). Do you think polar bears are side effects too?

Last week I asked why no one on the freighter was answering the satellite phone. Apparently, George Minkowski was having a date with insanity unstuck in time and suffering from the lack of a constant. Count him as another character dying with his eyes wide open.

Speaking of the freighter… why the heck are they there? Who sent them? Who sabotaged their communication? Ben’s mole? Did Ben’s Mole leave the door open so Sayid and Desmond could escape out of sick bay? I wonder if it’s Patchy. He’s the infamous Go To Guy.

I loved the heartfelt moment between Desmond and Penny. He has been lost (no pun intended) for three years and Penny has, ironically, been searching for him for exactly 3 years. She knows about the island. Does her father know about the island too? After all, he did win the auction of the Black Rock captain’s journal which was put up on the block by Hanso. Hmmm… I’m getting a headache trying to keep up with details.

Phones. Cut communication lines. Too bad no one has WiFi out in the Pacific. If it was Patchy on the boat, he’d certainly manage how to disable their communication system.

So, how did Minkowski manage to suffer side effects? I assumed he was always on the freighter. I’ll have to watch that scene again, maybe I missed something…

There’s so much left to talk about, but I’ll stop here. Now that we’re talking potential time travel… I want to go back and watch all the seasons over! What did you think of tonight’s episode??

By TVJunkie Jenn