Nothing is irreversible

It's been a long hiatus but Lost is finally back. Other than football, this is the one thing I plan my week around. Every week I'll write a post about each episode. It won't be the next day, but definitely within the week. Or, in this case, the day of the next episode. Also, don't read this unless you have seen the episode. There may/may not be spoilers.

So let's kick this thing off. After careful scrutiny, here are some things I noticed:

While the plane is experiencing turbulence, Jack holds on tight as if he knows what was supposed to happen. If this is truly an alternate timeline, he was just holding on out of fear. What's the deal with the cut on his neck, though? Jack goes to the bathroom and peels back his collar to find a little cut. It couldn't have been caused by the turbulence because if you notice, Jack's top button is unbuttoned and his tie is loose. The turbulence couldn't have jerked him (heh) that hard.

Desmond and Jack met years before on the stadium steps while they were both running. This is where Jack recognizes him while Desmond draws a blank. Rose and Bernard don't notice him because they were asleep. That just leaves Jack and maybe the stewardess who let Desmond sit next to Jack noticing him. One minute he's there and the next he isn't. Desmond was never on that plane. When Oceanic crashes on the island, Desmond is a prisoner to THE BUTTON. So what was he doing there?

I'm not entirely sure why the island is underwater, but you do get to see the Dharma shark again. This must have been for funsies.

When our heroes start to wake up Kate wakes Jack up first. She sees Sawyer, then sees Jack, and then decides on one or the other. Did she know that Sawyer would have killed Jack? Is Kate fully on Team Jack now? How long until the writers do me a favor and kill off Kate?

Where the eff is Jacob's body? If Jacob can bleed, then he can have a corpse. Smoke Locke seemed perfectly okay with Jacob's body disappearing, though. Come to mention it, Ben didn't even question that fire makes Jacob go poof.

Where.is.Shannon? In season 1, Shannon was sitting next to Boone. Granted, they had relations the night before the flight, but Shannon was still there with him.

Something I really liked was that in both realities Jack asks for a pen. On the island he asks for a pen to save Rose/get Boone away from him and the other time on the plane to save Charlie when he swallowed the bag of heroine. If you notice, a pen and paper carry a lot of weight in the show. Damn near everything is handwritten with a pen. Sure, they're on an island and they don't have Microsoft Word, but even Jacob's lists are written with a pen. "Not Penny's Boat"

Juliette is time jumping in her mind like Charlotte did. Her secret is “it worked” because she knows, from seeing first hand in her mind, that the bomb ends up working. I legitimately shed a tear for Juliette's death. Sawyer is my favorite male character and Juliette was my favorite female character. They loved each other so much and now she's gone. Maybe she'll come back as an island ghost.

The pilot - Greg Grunberg came back for an audio cameo. Kinda sweet, especially if you read one of my original blog posts.

The one thing that kind of peeved me about this episode was The Temple. How is there anything left on the island that is undiscovered? The survivors have been running their asses off around this island. How did they miss The Temple?

Out of all the luggage they could lose. They lost Jack’s and Locke’s stuff. Is the Island calling them back? Are Jack and Locke destined to become the next Jacob and Smoke Monster? Just sayin'.

The lists. Jacob’s lists change based on how much a character changes.

Lostpedia: In "I Do", Danny Pickett mentioned that "Shephard wasn't even on Jacob's list".

In "Par Avion", Mikhail states that Kate is not on the list because she is flawed; Sayid is not on the list because he is weak and frightened; and Locke is not on the list because he is angry.

Ben is once again kept in the dark. Locke orders Ben to fetch Richard and tells him that it's an A/B conversation so C your way out. Burnnnn. Either Ben will die before the end of the season or it will be Ben that finally kills the smoke monster.

So, let's say the alternate reality, where everyone lands safely, come true. Here's what's gonna happen:

Hurley - still lucky
Sawyer - con man
Jin - terrible husband
Sun - in a terrible marriage
Jack - aimless and ungrateful
Kate - arrested
Charlie - addicted to heroine
Rose - dying of cancer
Bernard - will lose his wife
Sayid - in love
Boone - alive, but just slept with his sister
Shannon - alive, but gets taken by Frenchmen in Taken (just kidding)
Locke - alive but handicapped

Life doesn't really seem that great.

Jack: Nothing is ever irreversible.

Thanks for reading. Peace.