Could have asked at the main office for Faraday, time constraints prevent showing it. The only thing I didn't buy was how long the sections in the past apparently were (time to travel to oxford?) compared to the future "real time". Of course, it may have occured like memory where the key events occured and not the entire course of them.

But of course, plothole as it may be, it made me think a little... and as usual Lost is one of the few shows to make me do that.

So Desmond's Penny takes him from
the past to the present as well eh?

WOW!

I missed the first 10 minutes.... but I was able to catch on and get what was happening. That was intense.

... and we get Ben Fischer making a cameo. Bonus.

i guess you have to use inference and assume he asked around where he could find him hanging out at

I assumed that, but the pacing just seemed like he went straight to the college and automatically recognized Faraday.

Holy Crap, one of the best episodes eva!!!! Boy if Desmond isnt the most interesting character on that show! My wife was balling at the end

Faraday didn't know about Desmond, but he used him to get his memories back.

Just an unbelievable writing job by the writers. We got new things to talk about(Widmore buying the Black Rock journal, and it's the same day on the island as the real world?), explanation to Faraday and his whackiness, and an unbelievably emotional scene between Desmond and Penny.

I can't stop gushing over this episode.

2.5 hours till it airs in Hawaii! I love spoilers and these spoilers have me really pumped up!!!!

IMO, "Walkabout" from Season 1 has been the best episode so far in the series. Does this episode trump that?

During the auction scene, did anyone else notice Ben in the background? Someone please re-watch it (if you haven't deleted it from your DVR), when the pan across the audience of the auction I swear Ben is on the left side in the very back.

Excellent episode.

Doug

Al told him.

No, wait, he probably just asked in the science department and was told, "He's a long-haired bearded freak. He should be over by the high-energy physics lab about now."

I believe that the real world and the ship in the real world are on the same day/time.

The island however... that's a different story.

There's something still unanswered (duh) that is between the island and the boat.

The "Looking Glass" might be outside of this "something" which is why Charlie could talk to Penny.

Unless I'm totally of base.

I think it's definitely up there.

It looked obvious as to who the "friend" on board was but could it be

if you liked Desmonds episode "flashes before your eyes", you'll love this one

I don't think my mind will ever be able to grasp the understanding of this episode. This time travel stuff (while certainly not the direction I was hoping the show would go) has me very curious to see how it will all play out.
One things for sure people who were complaining (myself sometimes included in these folks) that nothing happens in some the the 2nd and 3rd season can certainly shut there mouths now.
Even if it makes no sense some major shit is goin down in every episode so far this season that certainly advances the show at a rapid pace.

Hey, did anyone bust a gut when Desmond said

"Your not sticking me with that Brotha!"

Thats because enough people bitched that the writers finally decided...HEY lets do something...


Also someone needs to confirm Ben in the auction audience for me.

Yeah, but it's been around 90+ days on the island. They crashed on Sept. 22, 2004 so that would put them around Christmas on the island too.

Unless there's some crazy time stuff going on with the days on the island. Just like Sayid said they left the island at dusk, and it should have took 20 minutes to get to the boat. They get to the boat, and it's mid-day. Completely confused on all this.

what about time zone difference? it's middle of the day christmas eve on the boat..if they're still in the pacific ocean wouldn't it be still dec 23 in london? or at the very least very early morning dec 24? penny must have been up and ready and dressed at 12am to wait for his call

Just rewatched the auction scene, and I don't see Ben anywhere.

Excellent episode... so someone refresh my memory. Do Penny and Desmond see each other more before he eventually takes off on his race around the world? Or was that the last time in 1996? I can't remember when he exactly takes off on his race.

I don't see Ben.

If I remember correctly, she tracked him down at the stadium he and Jack ran the steps. That's where Penny says that with enough money you can find anyone.

Yeah, it's screwy (obviously). People on the island (Jack, etc.) seem to think those 93 or 94 days have passed, and the real world has also had 93 or 94 days since the crash. So the island time and real world time seem to be in sync from that. But then it takes them a day to get to the freighter which should have taken them them 20 minutes. Unless it's just whatever is "hiding" the island that messes up the time, but once you're either on the island or in the real world, things are normal.