Wow. We wanted some answers and we got a few, however indirectly. Clues and motifs seemed plentiful. If only we knew exactly how they were connected. (Spoilers ahead if you have not watched the episode.)
Our ep was Sayid-centric in flash-forward fashion. At first, we see him on the island. He walks over to Naomi - whose eyes are open in a cold stare like our spider-bitten, diamond-stealing Nikki and Paolo - and gently shuts them and covers her body. A foreshadowing, perhaps, of our Iraqi torturer gone soft?
Sayid notices a bracelet with the inscription “N, I’ll always be with you. R.G.” Initials of anyone we know?
Sayid makes a deal with Frank to bring Charlotte back.
“You bring Charlotte back safe, and I will take you off this island.” - Frank
Immediate cut to Sayid on the golf course (The Seychilles) approached by a man with an Italian accent.
He suggests using the 5 iron, but Sayid sticks with the 7 (Numbers, numbers!) and they bet on who can get closer to the pin. Sayid hits left-handed.
“I do nothing” - Sayid
Until he mentions being one of the Oceanic 6, I was not sure if we were past or present. (I knew Sayid would be one of the O-6!)
Sayid loses the bet and insists on “paying” Mr. Avelleno. Instead of a wallet, Sayid pulls out a gun and kills him in time for the sprinklers to water the greens… he’s obviously not going soft, yet.
We next see Sayid, undercover, in Germany and making contact with another target. Or, link to his target.
“I love Europe. Everyone speaks English.” - Sayid
Elsa, a tall blonde like Shannon, works for an economist. Sayid tells her he’s a head-hunter. Nice pun.
Back on the island, Sayid plans to recapture Charlotte. He refuses to take Jack, who pointed a gun at Locke and pulled the trigger last ep (not “good diplomacy”, but takes Kate (Sawyer would protect her) and Miles.
Meanwhile, Locke’s crew is in the jungle as he comes up to the line (trench) of light gray powder in the ground. Since the first episode with the cabin, I thought it was volcanic ash. It’s not so creepy in the daytime… and without the cabin. Hmmm… where did it go? All I can say is C-R-E-E-P-Y.
Jack sends Kate away with the group retrieving Charlotte. He knows that she’ll be safe with Sawyer - and away from the strangers to the island. From the look in her eyes, she realizes what he’s doing.
“This guy Sayid…. what was he? A Diplomat?‘ - Frank (pilot)
“No, he was a torturer.” - Jack
“If a man can’t wear his tuxedo by the 5th date, why bother.” - Sayid
More flash forward. Sayid goes to the opera with Elsa and effectively evades her questions, but appears to melt (a tiny bit) at her coy gazes and innocence.
Daniel, the physicist, decides to play with his high tech gadgets. He calls the boat to have Regina fire a “payload” to his coordinates. Regina counts down it’s arrival as Jack pensively steps back under the trees, but nothing arrives.
“That is far more than weird…” - Daniel
“What’s with the swingset. These people have day care?” - Miles
Sayid, Kate and Miles arrive at the barracks (I always thought it was at least a half day’s hike, but they are a couple hours from the beach…). The swings blow in the wind as if ghost children are playing.
They approach the buildings to find… Hurley gagged and stuffed in a closet. He’s been left behind by Locke and the group. Plausible after Hurley’s last confrontation with Locke.
“I can’t believe it’s been 100 days since I’ve seen a game” - Jack about the Red Sox winning the series.
Payload approaches. They all stand there as if it couldn’t hit one of them. Hell0! If it were me, I’d run for cover and not stand next to a aircraft with combustible fuel.
We see a very, very odd occurrence. The rocket contained a clock. Miles’ digital clock says 2:45:03 while the rocket’s clock says 3:16:22. There’s a 31 minute difference. Does time pass slower on the island than “real” time???
Sayid, Kate and Miles group goes to Ben’s house where Sayid finds a bookcase covering a closet entrance. There’s a suitcase. He enters and finds foreign currency and multiple passports for Ben. So, apparently he does leave the island.
Locke, cleverly thinking one step ahead, manages to capture the three. Hugo hangs his head, sorry and somewhat ashamed that he misled his friends. Sayid is thrown in the same room Kate was held in, while she is in Ben’s bedroom with Sawyer having a heart to heart.
“How long do you think we can play house?” - Kate
“Why don’t we find out” - Sawyer
Sayid successfully negotiates Charlotte’s release with Locke before we flash forward to him snuggling with Elsa. She talks about being in love. Just as he decides to confide in her, Elsa’s pager goes off. Sayid’s target is in Berlin.
“His name is on a list” - Sayid
He tries to warn Elsa to leave Berlin, but in a “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” twist she shoots Sayid in the shoulder. She calls her boss who was suppose to page at 10:30 - Sayid hasn’t given up the name of his boss. He shoots her dead and closes her eyes. She is wearing a similar bracelet to Naomi’s.
Desmond has joined the helicopter group to ask why Naomi was carrying the photo of Penny and him (found in Naomi’s Catch-22 book). They don’t know why, so Desmond demands to fly out on the copter.
Before flying out, Daniel tells Frank to fly out on the same exact bearings as they came in. Sayid, Desmond, Frank, and Naomi take off across the water toward the boat.
“The day I start trusting him [Ben] is the day I’ve sold my soul” - Sayid
Ironically, we hear Ben’s voice at the end. In Berlin. As he treats Sayid’s bullet.
“Why are you crying? Because it hurts or because you were stupid enough to care for her? These people don’t deserve our sympathies. Need I remind you what they did the last time you thought with your heart and not with your head?” - Ben
“You used that to recruit me to kill for you” - Sayid
“You wanna protect your friends or not, Sayid” - Ben
So much to absorb. Lots of good stuff and great lines, but it’s late and I’ll have to post more later.
Random one-liners:
- In case you zoned out while you were tweezing your goatee…
(Miles to Frank)
- Why don’t we take a gun and point it at his big toe and send it to market… and if he still doesn’t want to tell us, we can move to roast beef” (Sawyer)
- Good luck, send me a postcard (Jack to Sayid)
- Oh, awesome, the ship sent us another Sawyer (Hurley)
- Now you know what it’s like to be me (Kate)
- Does that mean I should wait 20 minutes and go anyway? (Jack)
- Oh, yeah, she gets a gun (Miles about Kate)
- He’s talking to the angry, Chinese guy (Hurley)
- I saw you snap that guy’s neck with that breakdancing thing you do with your legs. Think I’ll hang back here. (Hurley)
- Well, I guess they’re running out of jail space. (Ben to Sayid)
- I lost a dollar you know. I didn’t think you’d fall for your friend as bait. (Ben to Sayid)
- So what I’m your prisoner? (Kate)
- If that sort of thing turns you on (Sawyer)
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