And now, a very special Four Keenans presentation:
The 42 best episodes of Lost. For each episode, I'm giving a brief recap, listing my favorite moment (Live Together) and the worst part (Die Alone), plus some fun trivia from Lostpedia.com and the best quote from the episode.
Here we go, and namaste...
42. Orientation (2.3)
The castaways watch a somewhat important video (introducing us only to the Swan Station, Marvin Candle, the Hanso Foundation, and the Dharma Initiative itself) and take over pushing the button after Desmond makes a bolt for it. Meanwhile on the other side of the island, Sawyer, Jin and Michael meet Ana Lucia for the first time after getting thrown in a pit by the Tailies, but the real joy of this episode are Locke's flashbacks, where we see him falling in love with Helen – one of the show's most poignant love stories but also one of its most tragic ones.
Live Together: The first Dharma video sets up a cool motif that will get repeated again and again over the course of the series, but I think my favorite moment has to be the final, tense confrontation between Locke and Jack – there's a lot of talk about them being a man of science and a man of fate, but for the first time in this moment we actually see the dramatic ramifications of their ideological oppositions.
Die Alone: It's pretty terrifying the first time we almost see the Swan countdown reach zero, but the same beat happens sooo many times this season that it makes the first occurrence feel a little cheap in hindsight.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "The photograph of Desmond and Penelope originally had Henry Ian Cusick with a woman who was clearly not Sonya Walger. Sonya was not hired to portray the character of Penny until the season finale "Live Together, Die Alone". This was corrected for subsequent airings of this episode and for the DVD release."
Choice Quote: "We're going to need to watch that again." – Locke
41. ...In Translation (1.17)
There's nothing Lost does better than its redemption stories, and no one's better redeemed than Jin. The biggest jackass on Oceanic 815 ended up being one of the most likeable characters ever on the show, and it all started here, in this classic example of Season 1 character work.
Live Together: We find out the real reason Jin was washing blood off his hands in Sun's flashback. Oh, and:
Die Alone: This episode actually pulls off Jin's redemption too well, leaving Jin with an exhausted character arc and not much growth to do for the next few seasons (apart from getting separated from Sun again... and again... and again...)
Thanks, Lostpedia: "In the episode D.O.C., Juliet estimates this day as the date Sun and Jin conceived. However, this episode shows the two of them on the outs, with no opportunities for "conceiving", or on the days immediately preceding or following this day."
Choice Quote: "Hurley owes me 83,000 dollars. I told him I'd give him a chance to win it back." – Walt
40. A Tale of Two Cities (3.1)
The Season 3 premiere brings Jack, Kate and Sawyer to Hydra Island, introducing us for the first time to a big-eyed blonde named Juliet and telling us the name of her even bigger-eyed boss, Benjamin Linus.
Live Together: Without a doubt, looking up from suburbia to see Oceanic 815 splitting apart in the air and then finding out that there's a Desperate Housewives set on the island. One of the most shocking Lost openings ever...
Die Alone: ...and really the only good thing about this episode. Besides from the creepy stalker Jack flashbacks, this episode sets up one of Lost's most unbearable plotlines in the "Hydra Island prisoners" saga and started a pattern of focusing on Jack, Sawyer and Kate at the expense of other, better characters (WHAT HAPPENED TO EKO?!).
Thanks, Lostpedia: Juliet says Jack attended Columbia University, but on his wall in his office is a degree from the University of California.
Choice Quote: "So I guess I'm out of the book club." – Ben
39. S.O.S.
We finally find out the moving story of one of Lost's most beloved couples, Rose and Bernard, as Bernard attempts a bold (if pretty dumb) plan for rescue. Though it wasn't too "important" in terms of the larger tapestry of the show, it was a beautiful example of character-focused storytelling and the show's ability to find surprises in even smaller character beats.
Live Together: Bernard immediately accepting to stay on the island after finding out that it's healed Rose's cancer. Also, we find out about Frogurt.
Die Alone: A supremely annoying Jack/Kate subplot, where their wacky romantic adventure literally involves them getting caught in a net. Shoehorning their escapade into an episode featuring one of Lost's most affecting and most mature love stories only further highlights how frustrating Jack and Kate's relationship has been.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Features the "first official mention" of Neil Frogurt on the show."
Choice Quote: "I would offer to take down the sign, but we didn't get very far." – Bernard
38. The Whole Truth (2.16)
While Jin started off a mobster and ended up a big softie, Sun started off a tortured housewife and ended up being a bit more complicated. Sun finds out she's pregnant, but isn't sure if it's Jin's or her off-island lover's – leading to a beautifully painful scene in Sun's garden, featuring incredible work by Yunjin Kim as Sun. Meanwhile, we spend some quality time with the outcast castaways (OUTCASTAWAYS) – Charlie, Sayid, and Ana Lucia – making this a solid episode...
Live Together: ...but what makes it such an outstanding episode (dare I say the 38th BEST LOST EVER) is one of the best cliffhangers of the whole series, brought to us once again by Ben Linus in his chilling end-of-episode "hypothetical" in this episode's Choice Quote:
"Of course, if I was one of them -- these people that you seem to think are your enemies -- what would I do? Well, there'd be no balloon, so I'd draw a map to a real secluded place like a cave or some underbrush -- good place for a trap -- an ambush. And when your friends got there a bunch of my people would be waiting for them. Then they'd use them to trade for me. I guess it's a good thing I'm not one of them, huh? You guys got any milk?"
Michael Emerson... really scares me sometimes.
Die Alone: The flashbacks take a little time to get going, I guess, but the payoff in Season 3's episode "D.O.C." is worth it.
37. Numbers
Fans had a lot of questions about Hurley, but FOURtunately this grEIGHT episode answered... FIFTEEN... questions... okay, this is getting harder. This episode gave us one of the best Lost mysteries in those inexplicable Numbers.
Live Together: Not to be morbid, but it's hard not to laugh at Hurley's luck being so bad that it causes a random stranger to jump out of a window.
Die Alone: Hurley's reason for going to Australia isn't quite as compelling as, say, Sawyer seeking down the person who is ruined his life, but it'll do.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Carlton Cuse is the news reporter who says "That's right Mary-Jo, because this is the sixteenth week without a winner."
Choice Quote: "You don't know?! Okay... that thing in the woods? Maybe it's a monster. Maybe it's a... pissed off giraffe, I don't know. The fact that no one is even looking for us? Yeah, that's weird. But I just go along with it, 'cause I'm along for the ride. Good old fun-time Hurley. Well, guess what? Now — I want some friggin' answers!" – Hurley
36. LaFleur (5.8)
Season 5 finally returned to something close to its character-centric flashback format with this Sawyer-focused episode showing how he became sheriff of 70's Otherville. The episode not only sets up the rest of Season 5 (which greatly surpassed the first half of the season) but also gave us the pairing of Sawyer and Juliet, which seemed shocking at first but turned into one of the show's most beloved 'ships.
Live Together: The best view of the statue up to that point plus Locke's noble sacrifice – all before the opening titles!
Die Alone: Although Horace Goodspeed was a pretty effective protagonist, his soap operatics with his wife Amy weren't very enthralling. Apparently Sawyer's job as sheriff consisted of couple's counseling? How much trouble did these hippies get into, anyway? (Besides the whole nuclear bomb thing, of course).
Thanks, Lostpedia: " Sawyer, the career criminal, is now head of security. (Irony)"
35. Two for the Road
I always loved Ana Lucia, and this episode gave her one of the best farewells of the series with a great flashback and a strong conclusion to her character arc. The last minute of this episode alone would get it on this list, thanks to one of the most jaw-dropping bloodbaths of the series.
Live Together: Ana Lucia... having dirty jungle sex with Sawyer... Um, yeah. Why does this show kill all the hot girls?
Die Alone: Libby ended up one of the few truly botched characters on the show – no flashback episode, a senseless death, and no real reason for existing outside of Hurley. Alas, poor Libby, we didn't know thee well.
Thanks, Lostpedia: " For the scene in front of the Last Call bar, the crew could not get all the steering wheels on the right side of the vehicles (as would be appropriate for Australia), so the film was reversed left-to-right in editing. To achieve this effect, the art department reversed many elements in the shots, including the letters on the signs, shirt pockets, and rings. A mole can be seen on the wrong side of Michelle Rodriguez's face."
Choice Quote: "I guess that takes cuddling off the table." – Sawyer
34. Ab Aeterno (5.9)
At long last, answers about Richard "Ricardo" Alpert, a leader among the Others cloaked in mystery thanks to his ability to have beautiful eyelashes – oh, and to not age ever, yeah, that's kind of weird too. Dead spouse, accidental murder, speaks in subtitles until revealing he can speak perfect English – yup, Richard's definitely a Lostie.
Live Together: Jacob suddenly laying a whupass down on Richard after he attacks him. Who knew the Island Jesus was such a badass?
Die Alone: The statue broke because... a boat hit it? Really? Even if some dynamite from the Black Rock fell out of the ship, would it really cause so much damage?
Thanks, Lostpedia: "The Bible Richard was reading is a Bible printed with modern printers as opposed to a Rotary printing press or a Block feed printing press."
Choice Quote: "That man who sent you to kill me believes that everyone is corruptible because it's in their very nature to sin. I bring people here to prove him wrong. And when they get here, their past doesn't matter." – Jacob
33. Live Together, Die Alone (2.23-24)
The Season 2 finale gives us Desmond's incredible backstory (featuring Clancy "Mr. Krabs" Brown as Desmond's Hatch roommate), while delivering a satisfying conclusion to the Hatch storyline and two of the first big answers ever on the show: Desmond was responsible for the plane crashing, and there's still a world outside the island (which, though obvious now, was a pretty freaking big deal back when this episode first aired).
Live Together: The reveal that back in Season 1 when the light in the Hatch saved a grief-stricken John Locke from collapsing into despair, Locke's pounding on the roof in turn saved Desmond from killing himself. Locke may have momentarily lost his belief in faith in the island, but this moment showed how the castaways could always rely on faith in other people.
Die Alone: The A-team mission to take revenge on the others is uniformly stupid: they stage a raid on the Others with only four people, Kate somehow forgets how to use a gun, Jack reveals he knows Michael's a spy before they even get there, and Hurley goes with them only to get sent back immediately, in one of the show's dumbest examples of shoehorning the "main characters" into situations where they don't belong. Also, there's Charlie's end of episode weirdness and the non-cliffhanger cliffhangers of what happened to Locke, Eko and Desmond in the Hatch. If Desmond's story didn't end up being one of the show's most compelling arcs, this episode might not have even been on this list. Oh, and WTF IS THE HURLEY BIRD!?
Thanks, Lostpedia: "This episode is the first in which it is confirmed onscreen that September 22, 2004 -- the airdate of Lost's pilot -- is the date that Oceanic Flight 815 crashed."
32. Par Avion (3.12)
This will probably be one of the more head-turning episodes on my list (even the producers admit that Claire tying notes to birds was a stupid time-waster), but I love this episode nevertheless. Three seasons in, we finally get a Claire story not focused on her baby, and it's a tearjerker. Plus, there's a high-tension adventure at the sonar fence with Patchy.
Live Together: The beautiful Emilie de Ravin delivers one of the best performances of the series in her final goodbye scene with her mother. One of the show's most underutilized actresses, she finally gets to cut loose in this episode.
Die Alone: I'm not sure whether to love or hate the episode's big reveal, where we see Jack... playing football with Mr. Friendly!?!?! Well, it's certainly one of the more bizarre cliffhangers of the series, that's for sure.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "When Claire is in the car accident, the speedometer is clearly shown with miles-per-hour as the predominate measure of speed, whereas the norm in Australia would be kilometers-per-hour (although the cars shown are right-hand drive, which would be correct for Australia). Also, the siren heard in the background is American, not Australian."
Choice Quote: "Well it’s certainly not as infallible as the magical carvings on your stick." – Sayid
31. The Candidate (6.14)
After being separated by disappearing islands, exploding freighters and thirty years, the survivors of Oceanic 815 are finally reunited and ready for one last A-team mission: capturing Widmore's boat and ditching Smokey before getting as far away from the island as possible. Of course, things don't go as well as planned, in what an insanely heart-wrenching twist. Frank's hit by a door, Sayid explodes, and Sun and Jin drown, in the show's most traumatizing climax ever.
Live Together: You've gotta love Sayid's final heroic sacrifice (after using his super knowledge of all technology to try to defuse the bomb, natch), but nothing comes close to topping Jin and Sun's astoundingly beautiful death scene as the sub tumbled its way into the abyss. That sound you just heard was my heart breaking forever.
Die Alone: There's a lot of contrived set-up building up to the explosive conclusion of this episode, unfortunately – let's go to the plane, now let's go to the sub – and somehow Sawyer is able to avoid Smokey's detection by... whispering to the other people about five yards behind him? (As a sidenote, there's a lot of internet criticism of Jin for leaving Ji Yeon an orphan – but come on, he was supposed to just abandon his wife down there to die alone?! No way, no how. If Jin and Sun had to go, this was the way to do it).
Thanks, Lostpedia: "When Jack gets the candy bar from the vending machine, there is a candy bar with the name "Lindo's" to the right of it, referring to executive producer Damon Lindelof."
Choice Quote: "Aw, hell." – Frank
30. The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham (5.7)
Though we didn't know it at the time, this was our final voyage with the original John Locke, and it's a tragic but compelling outing. Locke returns to the wheelchair and visits the Oceanic 6, in a sad testament to Locke's failure to be a real leader. Plus, we get a super chilling final moment as "Locke" watches over the man who killed him.
Live Together: That indelible image of Ben approaching a Christlike Locke with a power cord around his neck... only to end up strangling him anyway.
Die Alone: Yeah, yeah, the actor had to go be on Fringe, but Matthew Abaddon showed so much more promise than just being Locke's driver. Wouldn't it have been nice if Abaddon was around now working for Widmore to take back the island instead of that weird Zoe girl?
Thanks, Lostpedia: "This episode was originally intended to be the sixth of the season, but was later switched to air after "316". This is only the second time in the show's history that the order of the episodes had been switched, having happened only in Season 1 with "Solitary" and "Raised by Another.""
Choice Quote: "Yeah. He's the man who killed me." – Locke
29. Confirmed Dead (4.2)
An exciting wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am introduction to Lost's last "new batch of characters," the Freighties: Daniel, Miles, Charlotte and Lapidus. While the Tailies were all dead within a year after their introduction, and the less said about Nikki and Paulo the better, the Freighter Folk are some of the best additions to the island, and it's thanks to this episode that they've endured.
Live Together: Though this episode gives us Miles' special charm and Frank's revelation that he was supposed to pilot 815, nothing tops Ben's reveal at the end of the episode. First we get a twist that the Freighter team is here to bring back Ben, but that's not enough, no, Ben has to up the twist ante and reveal that not only does he know that, but he's got a man on the boat. That sound you just heard was M. Night Shamylan's head being blown.
Die Alone: Although they joined up in the previous episode, it's still a little weird seeing Sawyer, Claire and Hurley following Locke around.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Furthermore, it could be argued that the introduction of the episode constitutes a flashback of an unnamed and unseen character - the controllers of the deep-sea diving robots."
Choice Quote: "The bullet went in one side, came out the other. I'd probably be dead if I still had a kidney there. Anything else?" – Locke
28. Cabin Fever (4.11)
When this one first aired, I was perplexed as to why they were devoting yet another episode to Locke (especially with Richard Alpert and all of the Freighter Friends not having gotten any centric episodes yet), but little did we know then that this was the last Locke flashback episode ever – and what a set of flashbacks it was! Richard Alpert mysteriously watching Baby Locke and Matthew Abaddon popping up added even more mystery to Locke's tragic history, and revelations about the Man in Black's influence make this episode even more sadly intriguing in hindsight. Plus, we get inside Jacob's Cabin, Sayid hijacks a motorboat back to the island, and Keamy reveals his crazy suicide bomb plan.
Live Together: In terms of character work, what can beat teenage Locke's angsty "Don't tell me what I can't do," but in terms of mind-blowing insanity, Locke's closing reveal that Jacob wants him to move the island is, well, as mind-blowing as insanity gets! And that reveal is only crazier in hindsight, now that we know it wasn't Jacob but the Man in Black who wanted Locke to spin the frozen donkey wheel.
Die Alone: I was a big fan of the Kahana's Captain Gault, and while there probably wasn't much more to his story, I would have appreciated just a tad more of depth to his character before being unceremoniously knocked off by Keamy.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Locke's eye is shown twice."
Choice Quote: "He wants us to move the island." – Locke
27. Everybody Loves Hugo (6.12)
This Hurley-centric gem delivers the most enjoyable flash-sideways episode so far with a story that's funny and sentimental but that also propels the flash-sideways mystery forward thanks to some consciousness-expanding kissing between Hurley and Libby and Desmond RUNNING OVER LOCKE WITH A CAR. Meanwhile, back on Earth-1, things blow up all over the place and Hurley, at long last, shows some gumption.
Live Together: Ilana blowing herself up is the funniest, most shocking death on the show since, well, the last time someone blew himself up with dynamite, but still, for the producers to have added a new character as a regular in the very last season only to blow her up before she can even do anything useful Рnow that is a great effing shock. (And, of course, the castaways' blas̩ reactions to her kabooming only makes the moment even better).
Die Alone: A pretty stupid cliffhanger with Sayid being ordered to kill Desmond. Yeah, because main characters on Lost die off-camera all the time! Screw slow motion drowning as dramatic music swells in the background, if Zombie Sayid says he shot someone during the commercial break, I totally believe him.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "In this beach scene, as she says "You mean I'm not crazy?" there's a speck of black or brown on the bottom of one of Libby's front teeth if you look closely. It immediately disappears in the next shot."
Choice Quote: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm crazy." – Libby
26. Dead is Dead (5.12)
Ben takes charge, blasting that random Ceasar guy with a shotgun, escaping from the Ajira Bizarros, and confronting "Alex" in the bowels of the temple in the present, while flashbacks finally reveal to us the background to the world-shaking rivalry between Ben and Charles Widmore (who used to both ride horses and have beautiful long hair). An episode with tons of Michael Emerson and tons of answers, including what the Monster looks like on the inside and what Ethan looked like as a ten year-old. Sure, only five main cast members appear in the episode, but when those cast members are Ben, Sun, Locke, Desmond, and Frank – well, you can forget that there are another ten characters on the show stuck in the past.
Live Together: PENNY. LIVES. Looking back, it's hard to really believe that Penny would've been knocked off in a Ben episode, but, at the time, well, I was terrified.
Die Alone: The inside of the Monster looks... well... kind of lame. Oh well.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "When Ben enters his house at the Barracks, the Risk board game is seen still lying on the table from when Locke, Hurley and Sawyer were playing three years earlier."
25. The Beginning of the End (4.1)
The Season 4 premiere, firmly planting us in the new (and craaaaazy exciting) flash-forward structure. Off the island, Hurley's going a little crazy (what with the whole seeing dead people thing) while also setting up the flashfowards' big mysteries: who are the Oceanic 6, and why did they lie to everyone when they got back? Meanwhile, back on the island, Hurley finds out that Charlie died, and everybody else divides up between Team Locke and Team Jack before the freighter arrives.
Live Together: Charlie visiting Hurley at the insane asylum was touching (HOORAY IT'S CHARLIE), funny (HA HA HURLEY GOT SLAPPED), intriguing (WHO NEEDS THEM TO GO BACK?), and kinda creepy (WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE'S HAIR?!).
Die Together: So mayyyybe I'd buy Hurley, Sawyer, and Claire not wanting to wait around for the Freighter people to arrive based on Charlie's warning, but why would they ever team up with Locke, the guy who just threw a knife into some random girl's back? Maybe I'll give 'em Claire, who always had a weird relationship with Locke (but more in a cradle-building way, not in a let's-go-live-in-Othertown way), but why wouldn't Sawyer just go off on his own?
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Originally, Hurley was going to come across himself in Jacob’s cabin, but the network urged the writers to change the scene to Christian Shephard, afraid it would set a precedent of weirdness."
Choice Quote: "I'm one of the Oceanic Six! I'm one of the Oceanic Six!" – Hurley
24. LAX (6.1)
The Season 6 premiere introduces us to the Flash-Sideways universe in the craziest opening sequence, well, ever, featuring ridiculous cameos from Boone, Charlie, Arzt, Desmond, and even Frogurt (oh, and WHY IS THE ISLAND UNDERWATER?!?!). Meanwhile on the island, everyone gets knocked back to the present, we see the Temple for the first time, Sayid dies and comes back from the dead as an evil zombie, and we find out Fake Locke is an Ah Real Monster. It's an episode of craziness – but fun craziness.
Live Together: The producers have said recently that they wanted the show to be like Raiders of the Lost Ark, and nowhere is this more evident than in Smokey's takedown of Jacob's bodyguards inside the statue. From Terry O'Quinn's deliciously evil performance to Bram rushing to set up a protective ash circle just for Smokey to knock him out of it, this is a perfectly executed sequence revealing one of the show's craziest twists – we'd been asking what the Monster is, but we really should have been asking who the Monster is.
Die Alone: Although the Temple looked pretty cool from the outside, having another brand new group of characters being introduced with less than twenty hours of Lost left, well, it was kind of insanely irritating. Oh well, I guess they were arguably better than Nikki and Paulo... arguably.
Thanks, Lostpedia: "Greg Gunberg is heard as pilot Seth Norris. He recorded his voice over in L.A., where he films Heroes."
Choice Quote: "Let's not resort to name calling." – Locke
23. House of the Rising Sun (1.6)
Before Team Jacob and Team Edward, it was in this episode that the castaways split into opposing camps for the first time, dividing between the caves and the beach (after stumbling upon Allison Janney's corpse of course). But it's really the character development for Sun that makes this a shining example of Season 1 storytelling: in flashbacks we watch as Sun and Jin's marriage turns from romantic bliss to icy bitterness and back to romance as Jin hands Sun a flower at the Sydney airport, while on the island Michael and Jin butt heads and Sun reveals that she can speak English. Have I mentioned I love Jin and Sun?
Live Together: One of my favorite closing Season 1 montages, as we see Sun joining Jack's group at the caves, while Kate, Sawyer and Sayid sit by the fire at the beach. Also, JIN AND SUN!!!
Die Alone: Charlie versus a Beehive. Yeah, I guess it was sort of suspenseful, but it's a clear example of how before The Others showed up in full force, Lost was clearly lacking in bad guys (except for the bad guys... WITHIN OURSELVES).
Thanks, Lostpedia: "This is the first episode when the whooshing noise is made before and after every flashback."
Choice Quote: "Oh, you guys have an inside joke. How absolutely wonderful for you both." – Charlie
22. The Man From Tallahassee (3.13)
Locke, Sayid and Kate raid Otherville in an attempt to rescue Jack, but it turns out Jack doesn't want rescue, and it also turns out Locke is less interested in rescuing Jack and more interested in holding Ben hostage, trying to become leader of the Others, and blowing up submarines. But the real greatness in this episode is in Locke's flashbacks, in which we finally learn the shocking truth of how Locke was paralyzed. It's a sad, harrowing story that sets up a beautiful twist when Locke's own dad shows up in the episode's final moments.
Live Together: There's some fun moments where Locke's taking Ben hostage, but my favorite part has to be the origin of Locke's most famous expression when we hear his physical therapist order him not to tell him what he can't do.
Die Alone: Ben gives a pretty cool speech about a "magic box" that can create anything you want, and it's a nice metaphor for storytelling that Stephen King and J.J. Abrams use a lot, but whaaat exactly does it have to do with anything going on in this episode?
Thanks, Lostpedia: "This episode marks the first in which Locke and Richard Alpert meet. However, it is not the first time chronologically that Locke and Richard have met."
Choice Quote: "I'd say that I hope that box is big enough for you to imagine up a new submarine." – Locke
21. Flashes Before Your Eyes (3.8)
We finally find out what happened to Desmond when the Hatch exploded (taking his clothes away with him), and it's not quite what anyone was guessing: yeah, he ended up with the ability to see into the future (whatever hapepened to that, by the way?) but before he did, his consciousness became unstuck in time. Rather than us getting a flashback, Desmond went along for the ride, showing us the tender and painful story of his breaking apart from Penny and his attempts to win Widmore's favor. Meanwhile, we meet the elusive Eloise Hawking for the first time and find out Charlie's gonna die. Before the flashforwards and "The Constant", this was the Lost's boldest attempt to screw with its flashback conventions, and boy, did they ever succeed.
Live Together: There's a beautiful twist toward the end of Desmond's journey, when we find out when Desmond and Penny took their famous picture together – what seemed to be a picture of a happy couple by a river was actually a couple on the verge of breaking up in front of a backdrop. I also just love all of the sound effects coming at Desmond from the future – the Hatch alarm, the number flipping sounds, and of course, "Make Your Own Kind of Music."
Die Alone: Desmond gets re-stuck in time by literally getting hit in the head with a cricket bat – not the most innovative way to fix your consciousness (although I guess if it's good enough for Muppets Take Manhattan, it's good enough for Lost).
Choice Quote: "Well, he stole all this in the first place. I mean, people need food, they need medical supplies, they need......shocking amounts of pornography." – Charlie
