I think I died a little watching last night’s episode. (If you haven’t watched it yet, stop reading. Seriously. Go grab a box of tissues, sit down and watch. Just. Don’t. Read. Not yet, anyway. Trust me, this is an episode you don’t want spoiled.)
Well, I knew major deaths would be inevitable now that we’re so close to the finish line, but this many? Three strikes: Sayid, Sun, and Jin, all dead. That really hurt, show. Don’t do this to me.
As I watched, speechless and blurry-eyed, I tried to convince myself that LOST could not have just killed off three characters who have been on board since Day 1. But then Michael Giacchino’s “Life and Death” score kicked in, Sun and Jin’s hands parted and I knew I had to say goodbye.
Goodbye, Sayid. Goodbye, Sun and Jin.
I’m devastated to have to say goodbye to them so early, but their deaths could not have played out any other way. Sayid has been a zombie for much of the season and was redeemed by saving at least a few of his friends. Sun and Jin chose to die together, rather than live alone. Ji Yeon is now an orphan.
Let me just wipe my last few tears away so I can get started on everything that happened in the rest of the episode.
On the Island, Flocke’s master plan for killing all of the Candidates partially worked. After “rescuing” them from Widmore’s cages, he leads them away from the plane, puts explosives in Jack’s backpack and waits for the survivors to blow themselves up. Sawyer, instead of trusting Jack, tries to stop the bomb, but instead sinks Widmore’s submarine, killing three of his friends in the process. Flocke somehow knows that not all of them are dead and sets off to finish the job.
In the flash-sideways, Jack investigates Locke’s paralysis as Locke is a candidate for a surgical operation to remove paralysis. Jack meets Bernard and then visits a catatonic Anthony Cooper. Locke later reveals that he was paralyzed after attempting to fly a plane with his father. Jack also meets with Claire, who shows him a music box Christian left for her. Both can’t figure out where it came from or why Christian wanted Claire to have it. As Locke leaves the hospital, Jack advises him to let go of his father.
Some thoughts:
- Flocke is definitely evil.
- Widmore may be evil. Or careless. He locked up the survivors then disappeared before Flocke came in and took them away. Not the best move for a guy who is supposed to be protecting everyone.
- Is Bernard aware of the Island timeline? Is Locke? And why can’t Jack remember the other timeline, even though he keeps running into everybody from the flight? He seems perturbed but meeting Bernard, Locke, and Claire hasn’t made him aware yet.
- The music box. Why does Christian want Claire to have it?
- I think Jack was right. Flocke couldn’t kill them, so he had to force a situation where they would trigger the bomb and kill each other. I’m pretty angry at Sawyer right now.
- Frank. Dead or alive? He got knocked over by a door as the water rushed in, but I’m going with the “no body, no death” rule, as with Jin when the freighter blew up. I could be wrong, though. Now it hurts even worse to think that it may be four characters who died this episode.
Two episodes left before the finale. I’m expecting the body count to rise. Oh Sayid, Sun, and Jin. I’m really going to miss them.