5.09 "Namaste"

The 03 join the DI. We find out where Sayid and Sun are. Frank and the "woman" take the outrigger to the main island at Ben's suggestion.

Time is slim right now so I'm going the lazy route and just posting my thoughts rather than an entire recap. Better than nothing right? If you haven't seen the episode yet, I'd suggest going to abc.com and watching it before reading my "thoughts" as they DEFINITELY contain spoilers.

-After the first flash when 316 is going down we suddenly switch from night to day. Has the plane traveled through time? Are they NOT in the present day as we initially thought? Also, once in the daylight, the "numbers" can be heard over the radio. Need I remind you that Danielle turned this recording off in order to place her SOS call back in 1988. Could they be before 1988? I don't think that's the case though because each time we switch from the 316 scenes to the DI scenes the title cards read "Thirty Years Ealier" putting the 316ers in 2007. Why did we hear the numbers? Could they have been re-recorded? By Hurely maybe? They are "his" numbers.

-Notice the runway. Where could that have come from? *wink* Looks like those Others knew A LOT about what was going to happen in the future huh? Or at least one of them, ahem-Ben.

-So, Sun's on the plane. Why didn't she flash with the other Losties? Really, I'm asking. Why?

-Sawyer test drives the old nicknames by calling Hurley "Kong" but after finding that it just didn't ride so smooth, he calls him Hugo. He sicks with "Doc" for Jack but doesn't even try one on Kate; he actually calls her Kate. I don't think he's ever done that. Could the love be gone? She then calls him James. WTH? Is this the Twilight Zone or sumpthin'?

-It's 1977. "Ooh..uh, what?" - Hurley. Awesome.

-Little bummed that we missed out on how exactly Sawyer explained to the O6 about how they got to 1977. When we come back from the commercial, Jack's just getting the facts straight. Why is he all of a sudden so easy to convince?

-Love that Hurley points out Jin's fabulous English.

-"The *hostiles*?" Why is Kate such a b*tch. She knows exactly who Saywer's talking about.

-"Who else was on the plane?" "Sayid, Lapidus and (I baked a cake during Jack's pause here)... Suuuuuuuunnnnnn" (picture Jack moving in slo-mo as he said that).

-Radzinsky at the Flame. Background... Radzinsky not only designed the Swan (aka "The Hatch") as we learned in this episode, but he was also Kelvin's first partner. Kelvin eventually became Des' partner in the hatch. You may (or may not, it was a LONG time ago) remember Kelvin telling Des that Radzinsky shot himself, leaving the stain on the ceiling of the hatch. He's also the one that drew the map that Locke saw on the back of the blast door.

-When Juliet mentions the sub that's coming in that afternoon, I thought she was saying that they should put the O3 on it and ship their asses out! Anyone else?

-Sawyer asks Juliet if she's seen his sweatshirt with the bulldog on it, which he later gives to Hurley. This is a shout-out to Josh Holloway's alma marter the University of Georgia.

-One of the extras on the beach during Lapidus' "live together, die alone" speech is Jorge Garcia's (Hurley's) real-life girlfriend.

-Amy's baby is Ethan huh? Cool, but not that cool; could have been better. Ethan was DHARMA. Did he turn "Hostile" with Ben? Obviously he survived the purge and is now on Ben's side...or at least he was before Charlie offed him.

-Why couldn't Jin or Sawyer at least shoot Sayid a wink or something to let him know that everything was cool? A couple times there, I wasn't so sure.

-Hurley reminds Sawyer that the DI got wiped out by the purge. Reminds him? When did he even learn that? I thought Locke and Hurley were the only ones made privy to that information when they came across the "pit".

-Sawyer says that Faraday told them there's "rules" about what they can and can't do here. One is, apparently, no telling about the purge. Another, I'm guessing, is no offing a certainly pre-teen. *wink*

-Where's Faraday? I was wondering that last week but forgot to mention it. Sawyer says he's not here... anymore. Does that mean he's physically not there or mentally not there? Based on the last state we saw Faraday in, he easily could have lost it. Or he could have taken the sub back to the mainland to continue his research. He did have a caretaker when we first met him crying at the television showing 815 at the bottom of the ocean. Maybe it's both, maybe he's crazy and home. Oh, so many thoughts... overloading... a)Could that Daniel be our Daniel? Meaning, have they stopped aging like Richard? b)Is he crying because he didn't change anything? We saw him in the Orchid at the beginning of this season; did his presence there have something to do with why he's not here.. anymore? Of course, he could just be dead, but I hope not. Weird as he is, I like Faraday.

-What's up with Miles? Why is Mr. Sees Dead People playing Barney to Sawyer's Andy? They better be building up to something here.

-Back in '07 when Ben explains to Sun about the outriggers, he ditches his sling. Was he faking his injury or has the island decided he's worth healing now?

-When did Lapidus and Ben meet? He landed the chopper, took Sayid and Des to the freighter, took the Mercs back to the island, was handcuffed to the chopper, resuced by Sawyer and Sayid, then flew the group out. When the Mercs got Ben they walked him toward chopper but never introduced Lapidus and Ben before Kate's daring rescue of Ben. Yet, Ben says "Hi Frank" to him like they've met, all whilst Frank tries to avoid eye contact. Ooo... there's something here we don't know yet. Does Ben have something to do with Lapidus not piloting 815?

-Ilana told Locke that the pilot and "some woman" took one of the outriggers. There's only 1 of 2 ways she'd know that. 1) Someone saw them. Meaning they probably saw her clock Ben. Or 2) Ben told them. Did he regain conciousness long enough to walk back to the beach and then ended up with the injured?

-Hee hee. Jack's a janitor. Sawyer...you dawg. *shakes head, smiling*

-Hee hee. Kate squirms. Juliet... you dawgett. They're more alike then we give them credit for.

-Looks like Kate's in a navy jumpsuit like Juliet's. Keep your enemies closer, I guess.

-On the main island, Sun and Lapidus see something in the trees. My thoughts? Smokey who turns himself into...

-...Christian. He's in a dilapidated building that makes me wonder... did the O3, err sorry, forgot about Sayid, did the O4 change the future? If the Others lived here they certainly would have cleaned up all the DI crap. Signs falling down, old photos on the walls, broken windows, papers everywhere... it's a dump. Not at all the the Barracks I remember.

-Speaking of the photos. Christian takes one down and shows Sun and Lapidus the O3 in the photo from 1977. Did you notice the woman sitting behind Sun? She's hard to see in this screencap that I found...





I'm thinking it's maybe Claire. She's the only woman we've seen with Christian. She looks like she could be a red-head though, maybe it's Charlotte.

-There was a photo dated 1978 hanging on the wall so we know that our Losties have at least 1 year to stop the purge or save their butts.

-After Sawyer lays down the law with a relieved-to-be-relieved-of-duty Jack and sees Kate on her porch I got to wondering, "why's she acting all weird?" then I remembered... someone did something with Aaron to make her come here. Her mission obviously has something to do with Sawyer... and it's not good.

-Young Harry Potter, err sorry, Ben Linus brings Sayid a sandwich. All I could think was "when did Sayid first meet grown up Ben?" I'm pretty sure it was when Sayid tortured "Henry Gale" in the hatch. Ben knew Sayid at this point. I'm totally going to have to go back and rewatch that episode to see if Ben says anything that might hint that he knows him.

-No one ever told Sayid that he's in 1977. I'm sure he's been nothing but confused since he woke on the island but meeting a little boy named Ben... I don't think he's going to sleep real well tonight.