I think the closing lines tell us that the project being worked on the island goes alot deeper than one research company. Gotta be bigger than we are led to believe DHARMA is to stage a downed plane recovery.

I'm still hoping against clones or purgatory or other dimensions.

episode was weak.

if they are all really dead that is retarded.

has to be a cover up.

Yeah, 'cos everything everyone says on this island can be taken at face value.

By the way, what's up with the parachutist speaking Portugese, then Chinese, then Italian, then English?

Probably not as soon as Kate.

Looks like Sawyer and his 20 zillion sperm count have probably already taken care of her.

Decent episode, nothing exciting though.
Sun flashback was weak.
As stated above if it is the purgatory thing, that will be stupid as hell.
Decent WTF moment at the end.
Next week looks interesting.

Yup, someone's faking this other "crash." Should be interesting when Michael and Walt show up in the real world ...

Another post supporting the fake crash. Purgatory or clones would be too dumb for Lost.

But yeah, when the brazilian girl said that, it was a really good WTF? moment.

For someone who seven weeks ago went on a rant about how sick you were with the show "dragging shit out" and how frustrated you were with how this season's been "garbage" ... you sure stuck around a long time. The patience of a saint, my friend. You have the patience of a saint.

If the Others faked a crash site, they would also need duplicate bodies (Clones) spread around to be found dead. Where would this site be? How can they move giant pieces of steel elsewhere with just a sub? Maybe the magic 'box' really can create something as big as a sub or a plane. Maybe the box is how the clones are made. If Newgirl was under the impression that no one survived 815 then why is she here? And how does she know Desmond without him knowing her? Did Penny send her regardless of the 'all dead' reports?

well the girl was lookin for desmond who wasn't on the plane....

Penny sent her because Desmond wasn't on flight 815.

You wouldn't necassarily need bodies or the actual plane they were on if you're going to fake a crash site. You just need news services to report "no survivors were found in the exhaustive search of the wreckage which sunk to the bottom of the ocean".

Not that I think it's true, but if everyone on the plane really died, then Desmond is the only alive-alive person on the island, right? And the Others, of course. My head hurts.

when she said somethin to the eye patch guy and he said she said "thank you" she actually said "i'm not alone".

How about if they're dead then what are the Others? Dead, Sixth Sensers, or Gatekeepers of some kind?

I'm thinking drop-in girl is the Russians replacement. The photo of Desmond would be coz he's probably the button pusher still, or the only one the 'mainland' people know of on the island.

Interesting. Thanks for this -- this was one of the questions I had after the episode.

Terrible episode. I think everybody's high off the ending and forgetting the dreck that came before.

Anyway, I remember the producers saying something along the lines of "when we kill a character off, they stay dead". Guess that's not the case any more. This is the second episode in a row where a character we've seen "die" comes back.

So maybe parachute chick is actually an Other? Or knows McPatchy? It's all a set up to get someone back in with the Lost crew?

They seem to know everything about everyone else so they must know about Penny.

That's the one theory the producers have long said is bunk, along with time travel and "another planet". So it's not purgatory. I still think clones.

Anyone else notice that while Juliet was leaving the message for Ben, she alluded to the fact that Kate might be pregnant too?

well, didn't they see her getting it on with sawyer in the cage?

It was wank material for anyone with a CC feed.

Ah, so that WAS Jin's mom. I was out of the room for that scene, so I could hear it, but not read the subtitles. I assumed after that it probably was.