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We drop into another Jack-flash, and it's a gas-gas-gas, as Jacko is on a plane sporting a G.I. Joe w/Kung-Fu GripTM beard that looks like he fell asleep in a pile of spirit gum and then rolled into a used Brillo pad. Anyway, he's on yet another flight and is a mess -- he's haranguing the stewardess for 'one more' drink. She declines, giving him a newspaper instead.
He reads an article, begins to weep, and tears it out.
On the ground, he starts driving over a bridge and then stops, reads the notice one more time, begins and aborts a cell phone call, and then steps from the vehicle and, looking rather George Bailyish, stands on the ledge to dive off.
But his car causes a massive accident that we hear but not see, and Jack flips back in to Doctor-Hero mode and saves a woman and her young son from an automotive inferno.
WHOOSH! Back on Craphole Island, Jack and the Losties are departing. The Udders are coming. And Charlie is bleeding, being beaten to a pulp by the women in the Looking Glass station.
The Losties plan to blow up the Udders goes awry when Jin is unable to hit his dynamite. So instead of all 10 udders being killed, only seven are. The remaining three grab Sayid, Jin, and Bernard and demand to know how they knew that they knew the Udders knew that they knew that the Udders.... Anyway, it all comes out that Carl/Alex/Juliet are all turncoats and Benry's hold on everything is slipping.
Ben is absolutely enraged at all this news and goes off to meet the Lostians as they trek to the radio tower. He brings Alex along.
Jack and company see that two of the intended three explosions have occurred. Sun and Rose are understandably concerned about what has happened, but Jack pushes forward.
In his flash, Jack is totally out of control, addicted to painkillers and uncomfortable with the label of 'hero.' He continues spiralling downward.
Sawyer and Kate want to return to the beach to find out what happened. Jack refuses, but Rose, godloveher, thinks it's a good idea: "If you give me that live-together/die-alone line one more time, Jack, I'll punch you right in the nose." Sawyer winds up going with Juliet, who is still trying to redeem herself. Hurley wants to go as well, but is denied...
Meanwhile, somewhere in a Ditch o' Death, Locke pops one Popeye eye open. He grabs an old gun and is about to put himself (and the audience) out of a whole boatload of misery when..... Walt shows up! He's aged 24 years in the two months they've been on the island. He tells John that there's work to do.
Charlie, meanwhile, isn't getting far with the Looking Glass sabotage. Mikhail -- he with more lives than a cat -- finds Des in the boat and begins shooting at him. Des wakes up and has little choice but to go under to the Glass. Charlie gets Des to hide while he plots his next move.
Ben and Jack meet and Ben asks for just five minutes alone. He tells Jack that a) Naomi is the real villain, and if he uses the phone to call for help, he'll unleash even MORE woe and b) His Udders have Jin/Bernard/Sayid. If he doesn't relent, they'll be killed. He doesn't, and through the walkie-talkie, we hear three gunshots. Jack then beats the crao out of Ben.
Meanwhile, under water, things begin happening very quickly: Des shoots Mikhail with a speargun. He then kills one of the guards and wounds another. She tells him that there's a code to enter (and I was expecting it to be 4-8-15-16-23-42), but no, it's to the tune of "Good Vibrations" (what, not a DriveShaft song??). The guard then dies. Charlie asks Des if he's had any more flashes, and when Des says no, Charlie is convinced that they've sidestepped destiny.
Ben is tied up and dragged forward with the Losties as they head to the radio tower. Along the way, he admits to Alex that Rousseau is her mom, confirming something we suspected back in SEASON ONE!! Danielle's round-and-round radio message is still mucking things up.
Charlie successfully enters the code and is shocked to be contacted by Penny. She's not on a boat -- we don't quite know where she is. But before Charlie can get Des to the screen, Mikhail shows up outside the window, holding a hand grenade. He pulls the pin, grins, and lets go of the handle. Charlie's chamber in the Looking Glass begins to flood quickly. Charlie seals the doors, saving Des, and the room fills. Just before he checks out for good, Charlie writes on his hand that he's heard from "NOT PENNY's BOAT," warning Des that Naomi can't be trusted (either!) and unbeknowingly confirms that Ben was right.
Back on the beach, we find that Ben's command to kill the Losties was a ruse. They're still alive, but not for long. They're just about to bite the dust for the 2935th time on the Island when Hurley comes ZOOMING out of the brush in his Hurleymobile. He runs over one of the villains, cheering all the way. Hurley has created just enough distraction for Sawyer to gain the upper hand -- and a gun. He shoots Tom mercilessly: "That was for shooting me when you took the kid!" he growls.
Jack and Hurley connect by walkie, and Hurley confirms that everything is peachy in Beachyville.
The signal is clear to go. Naomi dials the number and is about to make contact when, WHOOF! She's stabbed in the back by a large jungle knife. The thrower is........ Locke. Who still doesn't want to leave the Island. He and Jack have a stand-off, but Locke backs down. Jack completes the call to the 'freigher,' who says they can get to the Losties' position in no time.
WHOOSH!!
Jack makes one more call to set up a meeting with someone. They agree to the 'usual spot' at the airport. A car pulls up and... it's Kate!! She tells him this must end and that she's not interested in playing the game anymore. Jack confesses that he's been riding airlines almost every weekend, hoping to crash once more and return to Craphole Island. You see, this isn't a flashBACK, it's a flashFORWARD!! And Jack unwittingly confirms what Locke and Ben have been trying to tell him all along: They never should have left the island.
He reads an article, begins to weep, and tears it out.
On the ground, he starts driving over a bridge and then stops, reads the notice one more time, begins and aborts a cell phone call, and then steps from the vehicle and, looking rather George Bailyish, stands on the ledge to dive off.
But his car causes a massive accident that we hear but not see, and Jack flips back in to Doctor-Hero mode and saves a woman and her young son from an automotive inferno.
WHOOSH! Back on Craphole Island, Jack and the Losties are departing. The Udders are coming. And Charlie is bleeding, being beaten to a pulp by the women in the Looking Glass station.
The Losties plan to blow up the Udders goes awry when Jin is unable to hit his dynamite. So instead of all 10 udders being killed, only seven are. The remaining three grab Sayid, Jin, and Bernard and demand to know how they knew that they knew the Udders knew that they knew that the Udders.... Anyway, it all comes out that Carl/Alex/Juliet are all turncoats and Benry's hold on everything is slipping.
Ben is absolutely enraged at all this news and goes off to meet the Lostians as they trek to the radio tower. He brings Alex along.
Jack and company see that two of the intended three explosions have occurred. Sun and Rose are understandably concerned about what has happened, but Jack pushes forward.
In his flash, Jack is totally out of control, addicted to painkillers and uncomfortable with the label of 'hero.' He continues spiralling downward.
Sawyer and Kate want to return to the beach to find out what happened. Jack refuses, but Rose, godloveher, thinks it's a good idea: "If you give me that live-together/die-alone line one more time, Jack, I'll punch you right in the nose." Sawyer winds up going with Juliet, who is still trying to redeem herself. Hurley wants to go as well, but is denied...
Meanwhile, somewhere in a Ditch o' Death, Locke pops one Popeye eye open. He grabs an old gun and is about to put himself (and the audience) out of a whole boatload of misery when..... Walt shows up! He's aged 24 years in the two months they've been on the island. He tells John that there's work to do.
Charlie, meanwhile, isn't getting far with the Looking Glass sabotage. Mikhail -- he with more lives than a cat -- finds Des in the boat and begins shooting at him. Des wakes up and has little choice but to go under to the Glass. Charlie gets Des to hide while he plots his next move.
Ben and Jack meet and Ben asks for just five minutes alone. He tells Jack that a) Naomi is the real villain, and if he uses the phone to call for help, he'll unleash even MORE woe and b) His Udders have Jin/Bernard/Sayid. If he doesn't relent, they'll be killed. He doesn't, and through the walkie-talkie, we hear three gunshots. Jack then beats the crao out of Ben.
Meanwhile, under water, things begin happening very quickly: Des shoots Mikhail with a speargun. He then kills one of the guards and wounds another. She tells him that there's a code to enter (and I was expecting it to be 4-8-15-16-23-42), but no, it's to the tune of "Good Vibrations" (what, not a DriveShaft song??). The guard then dies. Charlie asks Des if he's had any more flashes, and when Des says no, Charlie is convinced that they've sidestepped destiny.
Ben is tied up and dragged forward with the Losties as they head to the radio tower. Along the way, he admits to Alex that Rousseau is her mom, confirming something we suspected back in SEASON ONE!! Danielle's round-and-round radio message is still mucking things up.
Charlie successfully enters the code and is shocked to be contacted by Penny. She's not on a boat -- we don't quite know where she is. But before Charlie can get Des to the screen, Mikhail shows up outside the window, holding a hand grenade. He pulls the pin, grins, and lets go of the handle. Charlie's chamber in the Looking Glass begins to flood quickly. Charlie seals the doors, saving Des, and the room fills. Just before he checks out for good, Charlie writes on his hand that he's heard from "NOT PENNY's BOAT," warning Des that Naomi can't be trusted (either!) and unbeknowingly confirms that Ben was right.
Back on the beach, we find that Ben's command to kill the Losties was a ruse. They're still alive, but not for long. They're just about to bite the dust for the 2935th time on the Island when Hurley comes ZOOMING out of the brush in his Hurleymobile. He runs over one of the villains, cheering all the way. Hurley has created just enough distraction for Sawyer to gain the upper hand -- and a gun. He shoots Tom mercilessly: "That was for shooting me when you took the kid!" he growls.
Jack and Hurley connect by walkie, and Hurley confirms that everything is peachy in Beachyville.
The signal is clear to go. Naomi dials the number and is about to make contact when, WHOOF! She's stabbed in the back by a large jungle knife. The thrower is........ Locke. Who still doesn't want to leave the Island. He and Jack have a stand-off, but Locke backs down. Jack completes the call to the 'freigher,' who says they can get to the Losties' position in no time.
WHOOSH!!
Jack makes one more call to set up a meeting with someone. They agree to the 'usual spot' at the airport. A car pulls up and... it's Kate!! She tells him this must end and that she's not interested in playing the game anymore. Jack confesses that he's been riding airlines almost every weekend, hoping to crash once more and return to Craphole Island. You see, this isn't a flashBACK, it's a flashFORWARD!! And Jack unwittingly confirms what Locke and Ben have been trying to tell him all along: They never should have left the island.
