The Lost Diary

yes I was getting sick of flasbacks,te flasforwards add more to it

He's back !! Looking good Charlie.
The flash forwards are fantastic, and Danielle is my new hero

Absolutely! I am loving the flash forwards.

We know that some get off the island...how long do you think that will take? By the end of this season or next? And...I was thinking. Series Finale...will it be them going back? Will the last thing we see from Lost be Jack and Hurley rowing to shore?

I loved it. I thought the flash forwards were good teasers. And now we know that who ever is in that coffin, is one of the Oceanic 6. TMZ better bring you back!!! HEY to Lauren the Lost Nazi!!! (It's Kelly :)
And I was in tears when Hurley told Claire, Charlie was dead. That was a sad moment, despite the fact that you hate Charlie, brutha!

So glad i was able to find your blog Daniel....I was waiting for it this morning on TMZ....couldn't find it...so i went into the archives and found your link!! Glad to have you back.

Flash forwards are very cool. Trying to piece this all together from that perspective is interesting. I got the feeling that someone is keeping tabs on the "6" that are off the island though. Why?
I am hoping however that the black mist and polar bears are someday explained....

WOW! great episode! I totally did not see jack's dad in the cabin....FREAKY! I like the flash forwards - especially if you don't know how forward you are!

I am SO down with the flash forwards! I also give this episode an A. Now, if only the Giants win on Sunday, this will be the Best.Week.Ever.

hi Daniel. I gotta say that after viewing a brand-new Lost episode, reading your diary the next day is the best.

I'm very happy with flash forwards - it adds a different dimension to this show and allows the story to keep going. I think that there will always be a gap between island time and FFs, which will keep us guessing.

Ben? Who is this Ben? I know only Henry Gale in these Lost Diaries. ;)

The Flash Forwards are fantastic. I find myself actually looking forward to a Kate-centric episode. The Christian Shepherd tidbit was cool, but the real question is whose eye was that? Everyone seems to think it was Locke, but looking at the screen cap next to John's (it's posted on my blog) I'm really not so sure.

I love the way Jack's slowly starting to become his father. It always starts with a small screwdriver with breakfast... :)

Flash-forwards aren't so bad as long as they keep the remaining 3 of the Oceanic 6 a secret, I don't want to know who survives the island well before the series is over, that would just be cruel. I as well revel in the death of the fictional, but want no part of foresight, I want to be surprised as I watch them die. So of course, it wasn't your morbid comment that made me lose respect for you, what was it? Could it have been the heartless Emile de Raven comment. Really???

Furthermore, I could have completely forgot what happened last season as I did not watch Wednesday night's recap, but was it ever explained how Locke got out of the pit with the rest of the Dharma 60?

Hurley says "I'm one of the Oceanic 6" .. but that doesn't mean that they are the only 6 to leave the island, just that they are the only 6 CRASH SURVIVORS to leave the island. It opens up the possibility for Juliet and Desmond to leave. They weren't on the plane. Am I reaching?

Also, that facial gesture that Ben gave Jack when he's asked where Naomi was was PRICELESS. Made me literally laugh out loud.

Love the flash forwards ... we pretty much learned what we needed to with the flashbacks about each character (not all, but enough) and this broadens the storylines tremendously.

Yay, I'm so happy to be reading these new diaries, Daniel!

Great episode! What happened to Desmond? Looks like he lost 20 lbs. while he was down in the Looking Glass. Anyway, still love him.

Can't really add any theories, because the episode was way to confusing for me, which is just the way I like it. Did anyone watch the show after for the "clue"? Kind of lame; takes you to a Web site where there's some game you can play about characters who aren't on the show. Ho hum.

Anyway...LOVE the flash forwards! So happy Lost is back!!

Meg

love the ffs, and i didn't last season (maybe i just hated jack's beard). and mo, your right-danielle rocks!! loved it when she smacked henry in the head.

daniel, im so happy your back! i feel like your the first person i can "talk" about LOST to. holy crap- i cant believe jack's dad was in the cabin. what about the white shoes LOL. i was thinking- is this john travolta in saturday night fever? i loved every minute of LOST. i want moreeee.

I don't think that is Jack's dad in the cabin - but I can't really see the pic very well. While watching the show I thought it was Jacob sitting in the chair and then Locke's eye that you see inside the cabin. The very next second we see Locke for sure and it solidified it for me. Locke and Jacob are buddies now.

Abbadon is an anagram for "maker of death."

It was as hard waiting for The Lost Diary as it was the actual Lost episode. Loved the "Charlie goes to see Hurley in the mental institution. Wait, what?" I like the flash forwards and I want to find out now who the other 3 are, but I don't want to read the spoilers. I think it will be interesting to see how they deal with not everyone making it home. Michelle I hope you are right about your Oceanic 6 theory. I really want Desmond to get off the island. I think it would be interesting if the Oceanic 6 got together to try to get back to the island before the end of the series.

Daniel! I've waited so LONG to read your blog again!! YAY!

OK.. Why Why WHY didn't you mention the fact that when Jack called the "rescue team" on the satilite phone the FIRST time.. he said "I'm one of the Survivoirs of Oceanic Flight 815"

but when they called HIM back.... They said "Is this Jack?"

Jack never caught on that they knew his name already!

Is it just me, or does everything seem right with the world now that Lost is back and Daniel is recapping again?

I'm with you on the flash forwards, its a new twist on the old formula and I dig it. Plus, I think its safe to say that this "future" we're seeing isn't completely set in stone, but maybe I'm way off on that one.

Didn't Jack tell them on the 2nd call who he was when they first brought up the coordinates problem?
I'm still reeling from the episode. So much going on in such a short time frame. I told my husband half way through that it felt like a 2 hr episode because of how many times I said "WTF" and "Holy Shit!" so far at that point.
Loved Danielle backhanding Henry. and all of Henry's subtle looks and reactions to what was going on. I'm gleeful at the thought of him and Locke buddies hiding out in the barracks. They could have their own show. Go Team Locke!

did anyone notice when hurley was sitting outside at the hospital, i swear the woman in the background with her back to the camera was juliet.

Im not a fan of the flashforwards. Here's why... Im not sure if thats the future set in stone or if it can be changed? Because otherwise we already know the outcome, which would upset me, and all these damn flashforwards are so f-ing depressing. I dont want my Losties ending up like that!! If they can change the out come then Im down with them, otherwise they make me sad.

I'm so happy the diaries have started again. They add so much to my lost viewing experience. I have one comment to add and that is.. I don't think that these are flash forwards anymore. They seemed to me that they are currently what is happening and we are now seeing a flash back when we are watching what is happening on the island and I think that adds a great dynamic to the show!!

OK- first, flash forwards aren't my favorites, but I think its because I need to get used to them. I seem to need to think 'forward' instead of 'backward' and maybe once I get in the groove, it won't be a big deal.

Here's one thing no one has noticed, but I HAVE!!!!! Remember the flash forward to end last season, Jack went to a funeral and no one else was there? IT WAS HURLEY's. STAY WITH ME HERE...

Last night, Hurley stood on the beach and said to Bernard, "did you know I won the Lotto? Worst thing to ever happen to me. But now, I can go back and everyone will think I'm already dead"... so, no one from his former life will attend his funeral, they think he's already dead.

So... FF to the funeral. Jack shows up alone, Kate didn't want to go... no one else is there. We've only see 3 of the Oceanic 6, I think its Hurley. He's the only other person it could, considering they offered up a funeral, but have only offered up 3 people surviving and we know 2 people that can't be in the casket, Kate or Jack.

That being said, Kate's "he's gonna wonder where I am" from the season finale, has got to be her baby. She is pregnant (which we all thought last season anyway), gets rescued and has Sawyer's son... another boy growing up without his father (the disfunctional father theme again)...

Another thing I think is worth mentioning: I am still committed to my Santa Rosa Mental Hospital Theory for the Series Finale. For those of you too young to remember the 'Dallas' primetime soap (Bobby Ewing 'dream' that lasted several seasons) maybe you've seen the movie 'Click' with Adam Sandler? My only change in theory MIGHT be that Hurley is the one dreaming, not Locke...

Also: caught 'Jacob' in the chair, but didn't slow down to see it was Christian Shephard. How interesting... interesting name too... Christian, Shephard, Jacob... bring this together for me someone, PLEASE!

The credits and imdb.com list Harold Perrineau (Michael) as being present in this episode... Anyone see him???

Also, Fisher Stevens was listed on the credits (not on imdb.com) as being in the episode... Anyone see him???

I was surprised that Sawyer was trying to be helpful to Hurley but then Sawyer acted like himself later when he told Kate he was doing what he always does - survives.

The episode reminded me of what I thought when I first watched LOST - how strange it would be to be forced to live with strangers and encounter so many unexplainable things together; to learn how to live together so you can all survive.

THATS WHY I LOVE THIS BLOG- just read Emily's post and I agree! Jack didn't give his name to them- ever!!!! Yet they called back, "is this Jack?" BRILLIANT!

Good catch-

So glad you're still doing this!

I'm totally digging the flash forwards, the flashbacks were boring after a while, except when it revealed the links between the people on the plane prior to the flight, I'm still a bit curious about that.

I do love the fast forwards! When the show ends (not this year, but next year, right?), we won't have to worry about what happened to make them want to go back. We'll be cheering their boat sailing onto the island.

No comments on why Hurly told Jack he was sorry he joined with Locke? Was he even referring to them leaving to stay away from the boat guys or something else we haven't seen yet?

WTF is up with you and the "Ben" quotes/comments? I've always agreed with you on the whole Henry Gale name thing! Don't sell out now, Brutha!

Tell TMZ the only reason I even started reading their web site was because of the Lost Diary. You got over 500 posts a week on TMZ, how can they drop the Diary?

wow! great episode...i'm also SO glad you're back daniel! looked for you this morning as soon as i got into work on tmz - glad i bookmarked your diary!

about the locke getting out of the pit thing...i thought i had seen some clips or something long time ago about walt telling him to get up....am i totally off here?

i love ben/henry gale's one liners....classic!

i like ff's....it helps me piece things together....i tend to get lost when watching lost....so many things going on...

and who's in the cabin....i can't really tell....

Lost in Texas....I hate to contradict you, but I just checked out the clip on YouTube and when they answer the phone, Jack says "Who is this?", the guy on the other end says "Who is this?". Then Jack says "My name is Jack Shepard. Are you, are you on the boat, the freighter?" The guy then asks how he got the channel, Jack tells him about Naomi and then says he's one of the survivors....

I don't think it's Hurley in the casket. Why wouldn't Kate go to Hurley's funeral. In the season finale when Jack said he thought she would go, she acted like she hated the person who had died and unless Hurley does something really bad that we haven't seen yet, I can't think of a reason Kate would hate him.

Ok, referring to the whole dream sequence thing, I have tought from the beginning of Lost that Walt was the one dreaming this up. The only reason I think that is because he could make things happen with his mind, like the bird dying and then his mom. He also dreamed up the polar bears, right? I don't know, I could be way off. I've just always felt it was Walt's world, even though he's on hiatus from the show.

i am with Stacey on this one. the flashforwards can only take us so far this season before it ruins something. if there are only six people from Oceanic that get off the island, and we have seen two ff so far, how many more can we see before the mystery is gone? we still have two more seasons left... they have to mix it up. i am still waiting on a Danielle flashback.

also, i loved this episode. i would give it an A, but im not so sure that i liked it as the season opener. only one real Easter Egg (Hurley, like Locke and Ben, can see Jacob), but i dont think it was appropriate as the season premiere.

Want to give you a heads up....I found this at jezebel.com...they clearly jacked your format and idea for this blog! Imitation is the sincerist form of flattery. I just want to make sure they aren't plagerizing.

http://jezebel.com/351412/live-together-die-alone-live-blogging-lost

Glad someone checked me on YouTube. I couldn't Tivo it last night, so thanks- so Jack DID give his name, huh!?

Also, in response to why Kate doesn't go to the funeral, I think has something to do with last night... Hurley sided with Locke and went with him. Then in the FF he says to Jack, "I'm sorry I didn't go with you dude." Well, Kate and Jack obviously stayed together. That has something to do with why Kate didn't go to the funeral is my guess...

I agree with Sarah, a good episode, but not an A season premier. I also don't think its Hurly in the coffin. How about Michael? Any discussion on Walt being Jacob?

i'm thinking that juliet must be part of the 6 since she and jack are working together and then didn't desmond say he had a vision of claire and aaron getting into a helicopter? so thats my guess on who the 6 are. jack, kate, hurley, juliet, claire and aaron. but then who's in the casket? i was thinking juliet since jack was so upset and kate didn't seem to care, but the article said it was a man right? i'm so confused.

We HEART Daniel!
Has anyone noticed that when the title image of LOST is shown on a commercial, with the letters kind of towering over the island with the water below, if you look at the reflection of the mountains in the water, it almost looks like the mirror image of a city scape, with buildings and a skyline? Am i just imagining things? Is it a hint that somehow life on the island is mirroring life once they get off the island?

9:12 -- Hurley is jumping into the ocean and all I can think of is this: "Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you're doing and listen. Cannonball!"

9:12 and 45 seconds...Tsunami hits Fiji!

Daniel, so glad to have you back! I missed this all so much...

Is is possible that Naomi's saying "tell my sister I love her" is code for "danger danger danger"? Maybe a stretch, but possible....

Hey, it's your new neighbor (think license plates). I clicked the link from TMZ and thought I'd say hi. So, hi!

Not to be insensitive to the awesome Jorge Garcia, but it couldn't possibly be Hurley in the casket unless he'd lost a whole lot of weight....

i don't think it is hurley in the casket. did you see the size of the casket-looked normal to me, and i think hurley would need a little more room. and i also think that there would be more people at his viewing. he's a nice, likable guy.

BTW: Daniel, as soon as I saw Charlie at the mental hospital, I instantly thought of you and you throwing things at the TV!

Karen - Good theory about Naomi possibly sending a warning to George. That's very interesting. I also can't figure out why Desmond was so intent in telling Jack the people on the boat were bad, but then he stayed with Jack when everyone split up. I'm hoping he just stayed to try to convince Jack of danger or to possibly help them out of danger later on. In the season finale the obituary did say it was a man and didn't it say his name was Jeremy Latham or something like that.

Hi Daniel! I have missed your diary so much. It is good to have you back.
Last nights LOST was better than christmas! It was so good. I love the flash forwards.

Creepy creepy about jacks dad in the chair. I didnt even notice.

Ben was great last night. He is just plain perfect.

WTF? Jack's dad? Didn't Jack see him on one point on the island? Wasn't his body on the plane? Could that have anything to do with it?

Jenz~ Yes, I think it was Juliet too. I'm glad to know there are other people out there who are watching as carefuly as I am. It makes me feel a bit less crazy.

I like the ff, they usually give a bit of info that helps you figure out something, or just leaves you more confused.

Thanks Daniel, I'm missed this so much. I really look forward to watching then reading your fantastic blog.

AZRey... I totally caught the city skyline in the water reflection (at the end of the show) I thought I was crazy too, going to look for a screenshot on that now.

Welcome back Daniel! How we have missed LOST and your diaries.

I agree that ffs are awesome, but am also worried they will give too much away. Unless, that's just what the writers WANTED us to think and they can change the future. Wouldn't surprise me.

Did anyone bother with Eli Stone to see the Oceanic message? I sure didn't.

Soooo relieved to back onboard with the Lost Diary.

Such a great episode... I laughed (at 9:55pm), I cried (with Hurley and Claire) and I yelled out profanities at Jack (everywhere else)!

LIT: Wonderful to see you back here! I'm starting to see your point on the mental institute thing. I want to see a screencap of the pic on the chalkboard behind Hurley.

Loving the Flash Forwards! Although I think that we may only see 6 episodes of the flash forwards since there are only 6 'survivors'. I wonder if they would ever consider a flash FAST forward, if and when Jack can get back to the island.

Interesting to see Christian Shepard, as Jacob, in the shack, especially since his body was never found after they crashed.

Jack's dad is bothering me. Are we missing something here?

Gotta be Michael in the coffin. Not trying to be too racial, but they made a point of showing the black guys on the street, and then the funeral home attendant was black. Also, he could be a guy that does something to make everyone hate him. Might be nothing, might be something.

That being said, I try not to figure out LOST. I just am gonna enjoy everything as it comes. Also, was I the only one that was a little sad that now there's only 6 shows left this season? It's bittersweet; the shows being so good, but over so quickly....

There's acutally 7 shows left.

Does anyone find it odd that Jack wasn't concerned about Naomi after she got knifed? I mean, he's a doctor! Even after the satellite phone call was finished, he didn't go check on her to see if she was alive at all. It also makes sense to me that Juliette would have gone with Jack and gotten off the island too. He was in touch with Kate and his ex, but not Juliette? Could she be the one in the casket?
I really don't care for the flash forwards at this point.

I think Locke is the one in the coffin. He so doesn't want to leave that island that I could see some cruel twist that forces him to have to leave. And when he gets back, he goes back to being in a wheelchair or his health deteriorates or he does himself in. Remember Locke had no family or friends and was living in poor conditions before he got on the plane? That would fit with the empty funeral home in what looked like a poor neighborhood. But I guess we'll have to wait and see!

I have three questions I hope someone can answer for me: Do you think that Hurley really saw Charlie or was it a dream?

How many names does Hurley have? My sister says that last night she thought she heard someone (maybe the cop)call Hurley a name other than Hurley or Hugo.

Last Q:Is this the final season? :(

He did check on Naomi, he went over to her and it looked like he was checking her pulse.

Ger, Hurley's "official" name is Hugo "Hurley" Reyes. And, no there are to more seasons after this one.

Thanks for the welcome back Janice!

I will post my Santa Rose Mental hospital theory again sometime soon, after I get all geared up again with my facts (might require ordering previous seasons from Netflix again as a refresher).

But just to get your mind thinking in my direction, some obvious problems with the show would be explained by the 'show' being a whole dream:
-Hurley never loses any weight in 80 days on a deserted island
-despite being on an island that is not on any map and has no communication, food is dropped off by somebody, somewhere...
-despite being from everywhere in the world, all the survivors have entertwining lives yet don't know each other on the plane
-polar bears can't live in the tropics
-Richard never ages
-oh hell, I could go on and on... just sitting here thinking about it gets me all excited about my theory once again!

Ok, I don't know why it made me anonymous, and that's supposed to be "two" not "to".

LiT - Your theory makes sense, but I really hope that is not what is going on. I think I would be disappointed to find out it has all been in Hurley's mind. Also, my husband never fails to point out in every episode that Hurley doesn't look like he's lost any weight, so your reference to that made me smile.

The Jacob from season 3 and the one in the cabin last night don't look like the same guy..In season 3, he looks really scruffy and last night he looked clean cut..Anyone else notice that? When Jack was at the funeral parlor and the guy asked him if he was friend or family and Jack said "neither"...I don't think he wanted to commit suicide because he was tore up about the person in the casket..I think that everything maybe finally just became too much for him to handle..I don't think it was Michael in the casket or Hurley...I think Sawyer survived and is with Kate and that's why she was concerned about getting back to him because he would wonder where she was..She doesn't want him to know she went to see Jack for whatever reason..

They are no longer FLASHES FORWARD, guys...don't you see? Post-rescue scenes are now in the PRESENT,and all island scenes are now FLASHBACKS.

Why do you think Hurley said "I should have gone with you, Jack." ?
Also, I think that Saywer stays on the island, and the "he" in "he's waiting for me" or whatever Kate said to Jack in the future (present?) is her SON! If 6 survived, Jack, Kate, Hurley-we have all seen, but of course Sun has to for the baby, Clair (as per Desmond) and Aaron. That's six folks. What do you think?

Even though he isn't Oceanic, I reckon Desmond gets off the Island. He HAS to get with Penny!

But I knew it wasn't a flashback when it switched to Jack, because flashbacks don't have two things going on at once. Flashforwards are definitely awesome and about 10 times better than the flashbacks we were getting last season- remember Stranger In A Strange Land? Uuuh.

I'm not sure they would count Aaron as one of the "6" since he is obviously going with Claire. The way Hurley was saying I'm one of the Oceanic 6, it sounds like they did a lot of press with them after their return, so I think it would be 6 adults.

They are no longer FLASH FORWARDS!!!...don't you see?

Post-rescue scenes are now in the PRESENT,and all island scenes are now FLASHBACKS.

Glad everyone is back! I must say there were a lot of WTF moments last night, and some good laughs too. When Henry (not Ben, Daniel!) said he was asking Danielle for a favor, I was surprised she didn't deck him right then instead of waiting to see what he would ask. Too funny! I'm really starting to like her, especially her interaction with Henry. And his asking Jack permission to go with Locke? Fantastic. Can't wait to see he and Locke hanging out together again. That's good tv. And I officially hate Jack. Period. End of story. I will never like him again. He doesn't give a crap about anyone but himself, and we saw in the future how well he turned out, didn't we? That smug son of a bitch actually tried to kill Locke!? WTF?! And when I saw Charlie I, like everyone else, thought of you, Daniel. They just can't get rid of that little hobbit, can they? And for the person who wanted to know where Fisher Stevens was, he was the voice on the radio. Still don't know how I feel about Christian being in the cabin. That guy creeps me out worse than Henry ever did. I do like the flash forwards, but now that we know they are flash forwards, they don't have quite the same punch. And I also don't want them to reveal too much.

Ok . . . if what we thought were flash forwards are the present, then why have we already seen Jack's future past the point of last night's supposed "flash forward"? Wouldn't that make last night's scenes all flashbacks because the present would be futher in the future than any of the scenes we saw? Or is everything a flashback because they all went back to the island already? AAAAAAHHHHH!

I like the idea that ff scenes are the present and the rescue is the flash back. I think they can get at least 8 people off the island: the Oceanic 6 plus Desmond and Juilette. I think Michael is in the coffin. He did piss off Jack, Kate & Sawyer when he sold them out to the Others in exchange for Walt two seasons ago. I also hope this won't turn out to be a dream. Kirstie, I agree Jacob looked totally different last season. From the finale, did anyone catch the fact that the woman in Jack's ff (who hit his car) had the same last name as Bernard?

Didn't all the producers or writers say something at the very beginning about how they wouldn't use the whole "it was all a dream" thing for the ending? I thought there was something about that in the extras on the 1st Season DVD's. I honestly think these writers have too much talent to cop-out on us like that. Then again, if everyone guessed the ending of my show 6 seasons before it was actually supposed to end, I guess I'd lie about it too.

They said it wouldn't be a dream, but I have heard that time travel will be a factor.

I just watched both shows online because I also noticed that Jack never said his name when he got on the phone for the 1st time, he just said he was a "survivor". The 2nd time the phone rang Jack answers and the guy says "Hey Jack this is..."...I haven't seen the YouTube footage someone posted about but both the episodes are on the Lost website!! Also, I agree with the people about who died...it was in a bad neighborhood, black and no one came to the funeral. It has to be Michael. There aren't many black characters on the show and Michael didn't really have anyone left but Walt (his ex died which is why he got Walt). Remember Michael was already suppose to have been sent "home". I don't think he was part of the 6 "Survivors" that came home. I think Jack read about the death in the paper and was freaked out about the death because now he found out Michael DID make it home.

Skittle, Ana (the original) - if those are your real names. (it's strange to see the same exact post, no?)

ANYHOO - if it is a Flash Present - can anyone explain Jack's beard in the season finale VS no bread in the season opener?
Wouldn't his look be consistent throughout the "Flash PRESENT"? hence the word, present.

Also, the anagram (Funeral Parlor name) in the finale spelling out Flash Forward....was done why???

Does anyone have any thoughts on the Ben/Locke situation? I mean last season Ben SHOT locke in the stomach, now Locke is back and Ben wants to go with him????? No reaction that he's alive and out of the ditch?

Spell check on previous post..."VS no beard (not bread) in the season opener"...discuss

Hi! My name is Lonely Douche Bag, I like posting comments under other people's names. It makes me feel important and powerful...mostly because I lost my penis in tragic zipper accident. Although I may anger you, I really just want you guys to love me....

I am afraid of the flashforwards. I wanted somewhat of a happy ending after all the hell they are enduring on the island. I don't know. I just don't want the end to be...damn, we should've stayed on the island, let's go back, and all go crazy. I don't know. I just don't want it to go down like that. Like, what if Jack & Kate's conversation from last season finale is the last thing that happens? Since this is the beginning of the end, was the end already shown??

Jack without beard is a ff BEFORE the ff when he meets Kate at the airport. He sees Hurley, who yells at him, "we have to go back!" and Jack's downward spiral begins. Stealing Oxycontin etc... this is how I see it, am I right or confused? I think Jack came back an was ok at first, then things fell apart.

This show stresses me out. I have trouble sleeping after it. I think I need to drink more wine next week.

So I was going to rewatch last night's episode on ABC.com and I noticed there are videos of "Sam's Diaries"..Does anyone else know what this is about? After watching them, this is what I got out of it..Sam Thomas used to work for Oceanic and so did his "Sonya"..She was a flight attendant on 815..He says Oceanic was giving up its search for 815..but he doesn't want to give up...Apparently he is on a boat, the "Christian 1" from Jakarta with someone named "Talbert" who seems to be the captain/leader and some other people..He's been getting cryptic messages from the "Maxwell Group" that consist of numbers/coordinates..Those apparently end up leading them to "Black Rock"..He says he wants to go "down" and explore..it's raining so he has to wait...Anyway..there's a few more things I am trying to figure out..Could it be that this is the group that has just arrived on the island that everyone is afraid of? I don't know..Somebody go watch them and HELP!!

In response to the question "Also, Fisher Stevens was listed on the credits (not on imdb.com) as being in the episode... Anyone see him???" - Fisher Stevens will play Minkowski, the guy on the other end of the satellite phone who tells the survivors they will be rescued.

Amy - I agree, I think at first Jack was ok. I think something bad happened on the island and at first Jack could put it out of his mind. Or something happens after they get home, like the guy that visited Hurley at SRMHI, that pushes Jack over the edge.

Cathead - I'm with you. The events in Jack's FF (last season's finale) occurred *after* those in Hurley's FF...anyone remember Jack saying "I'm thinking of growing a beard."??? So the FF can't be the present...

I've heard like everyone else that they have 8 episodes in the can this season...anyone know whether the remaining 8 originally planned for this season may air at a later date if the writer's strike is resolved? Or will we have to wait till NEXT January for more?!? *tear*

I don't know why everyone assumes that Michael is in the coffin .. something he did a season or two ago, all the stuff that's happened since then, and you all think Jack (and Kate, for that matter) would hate him so much that it would still be bothering them? Uh, no.

We have no clue how much time passes between them contacting people outside, and them being at that funeral. Anything could happen between then and "now", it could be ANYONE. I wouldn't assume that just because it's a "black" neighborhood that it has to be Michael.

Tracy~ Jack has a one-track-mind, GET THE F**K OFF THE ISLAND! This is clear when he is willing to KILL Locke. Locke has almost screwed things up twice. Jack was not going to risk that again. Once Jack gets back I think the guilt sets in and he goes nuts. Maybe he should have shared a room with Hurley.

How creepy was the guy who came to see Hurley? And no, I'm not talking about Charlie.

I think the person in the coffin is someone that hasn't been seen on the show yet.

I think it is Locke in the coffin, just a gut feeling.

The Oceanic 6 is also bothering me, which 6?

i am with Mich. Jack seemed so distraught over whomever was in the coffin that he tried to commit suicide. i dont think, after everything that went down, that Jack would be that distraught over Michael. i think it is Locke. realizing that Locke may have been right about them staying on the island, returning to a shitty life where you ex is pregnant, and not having Kate or Juliet is grounds for jumping off a bridge. plus Locke has no family or friends, which would explain the empty funeral.

i also got an Easter Egg from the podcast, saying that when Hurley was in the police station and sees Charlie swimming and touching the glass, breaking it, on Charlie's hand is written, "THEY NEED YOU" same thing he said to Hurley in SRMHI.

I just can't see Locke leaving the island. DarkUFO site has a picture of Charlie swimming and his hand right before the glass breaks.

I thought the episode was great. WOW, Jack's dad in the cabin. That was shocking! Seems like the old crew is reorganizing here from Daniel's blog at TMZ and that's cool. Can't wait until next week. I sort of like the Flash Forwards now. So many questions need to be answered though and I hope we get them all, but I doubt it- which will make me go GRRRRRR! haha!

Just read Jeff Jensen's take on the episode over at EW.com and love how he calls Jack "Doc Messiah Complex" and noted how the "French Lady dragged a hilariously snarky Ben around the jungle." He, like me, also loved "all things Ben-on-a-leash." I love how this show has such a serious plot but still manages to evoke humor too. Good freakin' tv, how we've missed thee.

I believe charlie's slap to Hugo's enormous head had significant meaning. The fact that Hurley felt it implies that anyone or everyone on the island could already be dead. Discuss.

No, I refuse to believe they're all dead. I thought the producers settled that one. Time travel, however, could explain why people keep getting caught up with one another at odd times. Or lunacy, as has already been pointed out.

Cat - I went to read the EW article, but the title "Who else escapes?" scared me. Does it give away any spoilers?

Okay-I have a theory. In the cheezy commerical for Oceanic airlines that aired after the show..the teaser said something like 'take a trip on Oceanic Airlines to your ultimate destination'. I infer that ultimate destination is death, right? So, maybe the show is something similar to the concept in the Sixth Sense? Maybe they are in some in between life and death place on the island where anything (i.e. polar bear in the tropics) can happen? Some go back to life (the 6) while the other folks go onto oblivion. But, not sure why they would have to go back to the island...okay my theory has holes...but just wanted to put it out there. I know it is WAY out there....

Tracy, Doc Jensen's another one of my bookmarks in addition to Daniel and if he's going to give stuff away, he'll tell you. I read his article earlier and it doesn't give anything away.

What if it was Christian Shepard in Jacob's house, but as his captive? The eye in the window could've been Jacob? I don't think Jack's dad is Jacob.
Henry Gale tried to kill Locke b/c he was special enough to hear Jacob, so that means Hurley is special too?

Maybe someone already mentioned this, but the guy in Jacob's cabin looks alot like Jack's father.......could it be...........

OOOO! I just thought of something else that brought a dumb-founded look upon my face.

Why is it that the other guy in the Mental Institution with Hurley was able to see Charlie? He was the one who told Hurley that there was a guy staring at him. That's odd.

I'm re-watching it right now.

Can anyone tell me what the whispers said, right at the moment that Hurley found the cabin.

And I went back to the scene when the "Oceanic attorney" went to visit Hurley... when he left, all you see is a black shadow. Smokie perhaps?

I like the flash-forwards :) Wouldn't it be wild if actually some of the past episodes we thought were flashbacks were actually flash-forwards? Someone in my MySpace friends seems to think that Season 2 Ep. 18 specifically is a flash-forward..going to have to go back and watch.

Now, I don't see it mentioned anywhere here..doesn't anyone find it strange that Nathan (I think), that guy at the mental facility with Hurley, told Hurley to be careful, that man has been standing over there staring at you?? How could Nathan SEE Charlie? You're not supposed to be able to see other people's imaginary friends are you???

Did anyone see the Mobisode 13 with Christian and Vincent??? Obviously, it has to tie into Christian being in Jacob's cabin.

WOW. Lost is back!!!!

Guys, I just thought of something! Why is it that the other guy in the Mental Institution with Hurley was able to see Charlie? He was the one who told Hurley that there was a guy staring at him. Isn't that odd?

Jen~ I thought it was odd too. I don't think it means much, they are just doing it to screw with us more.

Did Jacob use Chris Shepard's body because he dosen't actually have one?

I like crazy Hurley.

RE The Hurley's friend "seeing" Charlie:

It is enirely posible that he was talking about the strange person standing just behind Charlie.
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Ooo . . . using other people's bodies. I like it! Could explain why Christian was not in the coffin.

Mich: I was not trying to imply that it could only be Michael because it was a poor, black neighborhood. There aren't that many black people left that would affect Jack so much that were black - if they show a black neighborhood, black funeral director what would make you think it wasn't a black person in the casket? Also, on the recap of season 3, final episode with subtitles it says that no one knows what the article says but many believe it was a story about a man from New York who died in Los Angeles. Michael was from New York. My gut tells me it has something to do with Michael because we never knew what happened to him. Ben said he sent him and Walt home but Walt keeps appearing - never Michael. And when he read the blurb in the newspaper he called someone (we don't know it was Kate) and says "Hey...I just read that..." and he hangs up. He is in a funk, about to jump...who knows why but I think it's because he wants to get back and he can't. He's been taking flights every week and it's not happening...but anyway I think they are going to tie Michael back into things some how. I don't think it's the death so much that affected Jack as it's just that he knows they have to go back to the island.

Yeah, I didn't see Vincent the dog in the episode last night. Is the dog still alive?

Just viewed the pic of Jacob and I don't agree that it is Christian Shepard. Looks vaguely like him but not quite.

Ben: "Better call the boat ... tell them she's getting a really big bundle of firewood"

... Priceless!

OK, another possible theory: Lets say that Smokie is trying to get the 6 to come back to the island by forming itself into someone in their lives. For example, it turned into that Oceanic atty and it turned itself into Charlie, so that it can convince Hurley to go back. When Jack went to visit Hurley at the gym, H said "It wants us to go back." He never said, Charlie or the Smoke Monster.

We know from the S3 finale that it somehow was able to convince Jack that he had to go back.

Why would Smokie torment them this way? And make them question whether anyone was still alive?

going back to the flash-forwards as present, island scenes as flashbacks theory...

in a flashback, you only see the story from one perspective - the character having the flashback. This episode was Hurley-centric; yet we saw many island scenes where Hurley was NOT present, therefore he could not have remembered those occurences, and therefore could not have been his flashbacks.

hey guys, pinkisthenewblog.com has a screen cap of the eye that was looking at hurley at jacob's shack and it doesn't look like its locke. actually, it looks like mikhail and the fact that the other eye is in shadows really makes me think its him. check it out.

No! Please tell me that Russian nut is not still alive! Or does Jacob use his body too?

All this talk about "the 6", I don't think it means 6 survivors, maybe just 6 people who chose to get off the island. The rest wanted to stay. This would also explain what the secret is.

Way, way back in the comments, someone mentioned that Harold Perrineau was listed in the credits for the opener as well as on the IMDB listing for the episode.

I also saw his name in the opening credits last night, so I was looking for him at first. I think he may have been in the store surveillance video that the cop wanted Hurley to watch. I saw what I thought was Michael in the background and at first I thought Hurley must have freaked because he saw him. Then all hell broke loose in the interrogation room and I completely forgot about the possible "Michael sighting" and got so engrossed in the show I forgot about him altogether. Will have to go back and watch my tape more closely.

Didn't catch Christian Shephard in the cabin, though. Holy Moses!

LOST is back, baybee!!!!!

So re-watching last night's episode, it looks an awful lot like Mikail (aka Cyclops) that was in Jacob's cabin..Also, when Hurley walks up to the cabin, along with all the whispers is the rustling/windiness of the bushes..Hasn't this type of thing happened before? I'm not saying it's anything significant, just an observation..I also think that Sam's video diaries are telling..In the Oceanic commercial, it is interrupted by him saying that he can't trust "these people" and that they found the wreckage..I think maybe Sam is a good gu