Tonight's short lived escape to freedom was mounted by Jin, who planned on using his autonomy to find his wife. Unfortunately Zoey, Widmore's Geophysicist had other plans for him and she kidnapped him during his breakaway.
But let's slow down a second and address Jin's situation while at camp MiL. His leg has not yet healed since his run in with one of Claire's traps. After MiL told Jin to let the wound breathe, it dawned on me that maybe Jin isn't recuperating quickly because Jacob is dead. If we assume that's the case, what other ramifications stem from his death????
In flashsideways world Jin appeared to be a 100%, even if his wallet was a little light after leaving customs. Oh yeah, he also didn't have a wedding ring, even if he did have the love of a good woman in Sun.
I really enjoyed the flashsideways story, which included a bunch of fun twists and a comment about fate that i find more than a little discouraging.
The realization that Sun and Jin weren't married wasn't too mind blowing in the wake of the revelation that they were still in love. I think this fact helps reinforce the idea that the flashsideways offer us a perspective of our heroes in different situations, but with the same principles and personality. They might seem different, but much of that stems from their experiences.
Anyway, it appears that Sun "no english" for real real this time. This would make sense considering she learned English to run away from Jin, whereas in this instance she's running away with Jin.
I was happy to get a reminder that Sun is still the hottest original cast member on the show, even in her flashsideways. The flashsideways provided further evidence that she has a slamming body, putting her miles ahead of Kate, Claire and Rose. Shannon may or may not be in the running, but I think personality counts, which is why Sun gets the nod.
When Sun was admiring her slamming body in the mirror we got another taste of the deja vu phenomenon, as she stared a little too long at her appearance before letting in Mr. Keamy.
I was so happy to have Martin Keamy back in my life, even though i thought he was gone forever. THen, when he got teamed up with a fully equipped Mikhail (as in both eyes) I nearly lost it. I don't know if there are two more sinister characters that I miss more than these two guys. I'm advocating for another flashworld, which will be a spinoff where Keamy and Mikhail are criminals being chased by Miles and Sawyer.
I mean c'mon, that's good stuff. Keamy can be the illusive crime syndicate leader, with Mikhail as his number two. James forms a task force to hunt him down. Carlton Cuse already did Nash Bridges and Martial Law, so i know he has the background to pull this off. If it takes a hydrogen bomb to make this happen i'll blow one up.
Anyway, some crap happens and during this Keamy confides in Jin that "some people just aren't meant to be together." (He also says something else before that probably isn't important, but it doesn't matter since it is indecipherable as a result of his Christopher Walken impersonation.)
I found this statement to be particularly troubling, since whenever there are references to the strength of fate they usually are true. This reality was made ever more clear during this episode with the realization that Eloise's assertion that the island wasn't done with Desmond, was actually true. (But we'll come back to that.)
I'm inclined to reject the idea that we'll be denied a reunion by Jin and Sun. I don't think it will come easy, though. I think Jacob's comments at their wedding, about how their love was special and that they shouldn't take it for granted, offer hope that there really is a special bond that they can ultimately fight to preserve.
Maybe that's just the optimist in me, and i'm completely wrong. All the roadblocks being thrown in their way really could be fate correcting itself to ensure they end up apart, but i either don't believe or don't want to believe this notion.
The final thing i took away from the flashsideways was that Sayid's attitude reflected his current standing on the island. On the island he can't feel anything, and Sideways Sayid finds Jin and merely says: "don’t know why you’re here, and I don’t really care.” That leads me to believe he has lost his grip on his humanity after killing Keamy and his man. Sort of a tragedy, but it does speak to the fate aspect and how Sayid was destined to head down this road. But maybe not. Maybe while Nadia is alive there is hope for Sideways Sayid.
Unfortunately the same can't be sad about island Sayid, who is now MiL's number two and is put in charge of the camp while MiL goes off to court Sun. As the temporary head honcho Sayid oversaw the kidnapping of Jin, as Whitmore's Warriors (WW) zapped all of MiL's crew. This scene proved that Sayid can still feel, if only the darts that are used to knock him out.
There was one major error during this scene, and it came when one of the WW's referred to Jin as "the guy." What's the problem with that? Jin isn't some guy. Jin is THE MAN. I think more respect needs to be assigned to Jin, who is the most underrated badass on the show. This guy would kill anyone on the island to reunite with Sun.
It was fun to watch Jin's encounter with Whitmore. When Whitmore warned Jin about the perils of MiL escaping, specifically the ceasing to be part, i wondered if that might be the catalyst for the flashsideways. I know we're supposed to believe they originated from the Incident, but i'm not rejecting the idea that the flashsideways are the resolution of the show, which could come from MiL escaping the island.
Whitmore's best showdown, though, was with MiL, who took a boat over to Hydra island. The exchange gave me goose bumps. THe highlight was when Whitmore said his knowledge about smokey was a "combination of myth, ghost stories and jungle noises in the night.”
Not it appears that Whitmore has combined his hodgepodge of knowledge to come to the conclusion that Desmond is his way to stop Smokey. Oh yeah, did i not mention that Desmond was the guy in the room? I think we all knew that was coming, as there wasn't any other reasonable answer. The more interesting question, is whether Whitmore has brought with him the person that Jacob was anticipating. I'm inclined to believe yes, since there isn't a more reasonable answer.
Back on the main island MiL gave Claire the go ahead to kill Kate when her job was done. Sun put her faith back in Jack and Miles uttered the funniest line of the night about Hurley: “Unless Alpert’s covered in bacon grease I’m not sure Hurley can track anything."
Before i wrap things up I want to review Sun's mindset between her run in with MiL and her eventual decision to join team Alpert. She was reluctant to embrace the candidate hypothesis, and I think that was because the people who believe the validity of the candidate theory are the people who want to believe it. Or more accurately, the people who need to believe it.
James Ford rejected the theory, primarily because he just doesn't care. In losing Juliet he lost any reason to want to defend something, which makes him like the anti-candidate.
Jack on the other hand is a perfect candidate, because he is constantly grasping for meaning to an otherwise meaningless life. Off the island it was about fixing everything as a surgeon and on the island it manifested itself in his decision to lead. His inherent desire can't be quelled. Now as a potntial candidate he can be in the full-time business of fixing things.
This might not have been the case if he could have made things work with Kate. This little family with Aaron would have given him a purpose and let him relax.
I think Sun and Jin found this peace when they rediscovered their love on the island. Because of that, they don't see the appeal of being a candidate. That's why Sun balks at destroying the plan, and will ultimately only accompany them when Jack promises to reunite her with Jin.
Before I close this ridiculously long post, I want to air my fear that Desmond will die in the next episode. It is titled Happily Ever After, and I'm worried that this will only be his fate in the flashsideways. When the island is done with Desmond, I think he might be done for good.
What are your thoughts?
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