A team of researches encounters an alien artifact, then afterwards each of them exexplicably begin experiencing different but supernatural effects.

That seems similar to what happened to the guys in the hatch implosion. In the movie SPHERE, each of the characters ends up with a subconcious ability to basically play god — they could manifest anything in their imagination. It’s almost like each character that was in the hatch implosion has manifest their own fate.

Charlie: he’s sober. Peaceful. Not wound up, doesn’t have a worry. Doesn’t need his heroin.

Ecko: he’s punished. he is dragged off by a beast, to a certain death that he probably feels he deserves. Maybe for failing to push the button, maybe for his life before priesthood.

Desmon: not sure. but maybe he got the ability to time travel? if he could do anything, I’m sure he would turn back time to restore the relationship he left behind.

Locke: his manifestation could be the vision and means to save his “family” — starting with Ecko, maybe later with the rest of the Losties.

Also why has no one been commenting. Are other people having difficulty like how I did? Ryan and Jen is there something wrong? Can anyone see my comments? Alright it will be a long shot but I am going to give out my E-mail address. I know it is bad but it is worth it. E-mail me at:
MrDragon811@optonline.net
-or-
Tehrfe@farmingdale.edu

I need to know what is going on. Thank you.

I cannot wait for tonights episode. I really want to know what will happen to James and Kate. Also if Jack is being influenced or not.

I have to go; have college work to do. Talk to you guys later.
P.S. Sorry for any mistakes.

P.S. Sorry for any mistakes.

But those are great points also.

Polar Bear ep… not sure if it was in the Pilot??? think so…

Jack makes a speech at the end of the pilot rounding the troops, the leader of the crew…

at the end of this ep Locke rounds up everyone, gives him speech , his turn at being the leader…

Hurley saying Deja Vu at the end …

Desmond throwing rocks into the ocean at the end —> Charlie was throwing rocks in the ocean at the end of the pilot….

The crazy salesman guy with the glasses was training a
temp for sales and had him partake in a fraternity like initiation. At one piont he had him tied up to a chair in the middle of a barn yelling questions at him.

” Question 3… Do you know what the Dharma initiative is ? ” Then it cut to a new scene.

Thought it was pretty cool…. but not nearly as cool as Further Instructions…. MOST HEADY EPISODE EVER

Keep up the good work.

Moore’s Law for animatrons?

The first time I saw the cage that Sawyer was in, I thought “bear cage”. (and Mr. Friendly does say that “it only took the bear x minutes to figure it out”. If Dharma was keeping polar bears on the island, it makes sense to me that they would be in these cages - with puzzles to make them smarter.

Maybe the electromagnetic anomalies (not the one that crashed the plane, nor the one that imploded the hatch, but the “incident” from the training video) caused the polar bears to escape from the cages and get into the jungle.

Hmm.. smart & semi-wild polar bears in the jungle…eek.

I think Locke could talk again once he had “talked to the Island.” That actually made sense to me.

And I liked this episode best so far because we have some sense that someone is going to help Kate, Sawyer and Jack!! (But next week - it’s back to prison camp…)

I was nervous Locke was going to be a wuss after the explosion, and I’m glad to see instead he turned back to the island for guidance.

Boone’s long hair was jarring - as if he had kept living after dying on the island. I’m sure (hope) that’s not the case, but would Locke age him in his head?

One last thing, I was on the edge of my seat when Locke had the gun on Danny. I didn’t want him to shoot him because I think Locke is better than that, and he is. He was hurt, that was obvious, but it’s good to know the weed farm really did help his anger.

Loved it!

For more, see my review on http://www.flipthisbody.com

I am pretty amazed at how no one said anything about the “Hydra”. One of the 12 labors Hercules had to do. And look the Dharma symbol looks like a six headed snake thing. Hercules could not just kill it by cutting off its heads, because everytime he did 2 more grew in its place. So he had to burn off the heads (fire and water?) and bury them. Another labor was the capture of Cerberus, the tree headed hell-dog. Oh wait haven’t we herd this before to like on the blast door map. The minute I herd Juliet said it I already knew the reference.

I already commented about the first and second episode but they are not on the comments page anymore. I can not exactly remember what I wrote. If anyone read them before they disappeared please refresh my memory.

OK back to lost, for last nights episode I enjoyed it just as much as the first couple of minutes of the first episode. My favorite character is and always will be John Locke. Next in line is Desmond. Next after that is Mr Eko. Look at that the episode involves all of them. The best so far this season, the episode is. One question that I NEED to get answered and that is what ever happened to the polar bear in “Special” because that is the only Lost episode I missed to date, I think. The one where Walt was hidding in a tree from an attacking polar bear. Did that polar bear ever die? Or in last nights episode is this the same polar bear. And funny how they refered back to the one Sawyer killed in the “Pilot” only. If so how many polar bears are on the island. At least they showed how the polar bears have been surviving off of; humans and boars (another task Hercules had to do was kill a boar or to the like. Another reference?????). I need to see a better image of what the Swan looks like after the impolsion. I too like the fact that Charlie was Lockes companian through his journey. Also his reference about the trees, funny too. But also how they kind of bonded after the harsh time they went through. Yes Locke has become the new leader with Sayid as his second hand man. Connie from Alaska I too watched the whole episode and did not see the part that Claire sees our new characters in Jack’s tent. I agree with what most of you guys said. Overall a very very good episode.

I think I said a little too much. Can not wait for next weeks episode. I have to go now. Talk to you later.
PS- If this disapears someone read it quickly. Also sorry for any mistakes.

I was overall not as into this episode as the first two. I don’t especially like the hallucination episodes (Boone, Locke, and Eko have all had them).

I did like the Locke flashback. Someone had asked above what the hunter vs farmer motif was about. A few thoughts:
- Locke’s dad taught him to hunt. So he is, literally, a hunter.
- The other folks in the commune were growing pot, not making a bomb. So they were agrarians (farmers), not aggressors (hunters).
- Locke wishes to be part of the farmers, not the hunters. And this moment where he could take out his aggression on someone who betrayed him, rather than absolving them, determines if he is a hunter or a farmer.
- In season 2, we came to think of the Others/Hostiles as hunters, and of the Losties as pacifists (only Sun seems to be a farmer) =). This season is presenting the Losties as a parallax shift; we see them all in a different light. A switch between the hunters and farmers, if you will.

I am disappointed, though, that we still have not learned how Locke became a paraplegic. My interpretation of his silence was that he developed a somatiform/conversion disorder.

What’s up with Desmond as a Jesus figure though? Risen from the ground with magical powers?

and sir monster: I smiled at that line, to. tipof the hat to treebeard and Merry.

that made me laugh.

It was cool seeing Boone again and John listening to the island…I was sure John was gonna get shot by the cop and be paralyzed or that the pot people were gonna take him down ( which could still happen since we didn’t see the very end of that life sequence, but I loved the suspense…and in a wierd way that’s what I’m talking about…I like not knowing everything and it seemed like the 1st 2 episodes were showing too many tricks up sleeves and there wasn’t as much majic in it )

No real brain-buster questions for anyone…unless anyone knows if we’re gonna have a few more characters from the fuselage to have to figure out since one or two actually had some words….kinda funny since the last guy who spoke was blown up w/ dynamite….long live Arnst….fine by me…that girl was another impressive notch on the islands belt of losties….this island’s animal magnetism sure attracts some hotties….boy that’s lame, but maybe I just firgured out LOST.

I was really expecting another encounter with the smoke monster or the monster that pulled Locke into the hole in season 1. But we were tricked by the ABC previews and they brought out the polar bear.

POLAR BEARS
Q: What do we need to know about the island that the polar bear will help us answer?

Did the animals on the island (Darma genetic experiments) get out of hand and eat up all of the DARMA employees? There was a skeleton with a DARMA uniform in the cave. The Tonka truck may indicate what had been happening to the children of DARMA or the Lostees.

DESMOND, THE HIPPIE JESUS?
So Desmond has ESP powers now. The hatch has brought him new powers, or awakened powers in him. Is Desmond some sort of key to understanding the island, or getting Jack, Kate & Sawyer back?

–Love the nod to Geromimo Jackson
–Love the implosion of the hatch shot
–Love seeing Charlie & Locke coming together in helping Locke
–Love the Rambo Lock going into the cave
–Love that Sun can shoot somebody, but Locke can’t. Who would have thought!

Looking forward to your comments!