After last weeks episode expectations are so high that it is impossible to live up to the hype. Still, this episode moved the plot along and you can really feel everything coming together for the finale (only 6-7 episodes left). As always I break this up between on and off island.
OFF-ISLAND:
This episode is about the Kwon's. You know what that means...subtitles time. We find Jin and Sun where we last saw them (well together anyways), at the airport. Jin is in trouble because he has $25,000 in undeclared cash. The police finally free him, but they have confiscated his money. You just know that's bad news, as last time we saw Jin was right after Sayid killed a whole bunch of people, and Jin was in a giant refrigerator tied up.
The Kwons head to a hotel. We find out that Jin and Sun are not married in this reality, but they are still having a "secret relationship". Sun gets all slutty on us, and Jin finally caves and spends the night in her room. When they wake up in the morning, Sun attempts to talk Jin into running away with her. She reveals that she has a secret banking account, and just when she’s about to divulge another big secret, Martin Keamy (one of the guys Sayid shot) knocks on Sun’s door.
Obviously, he is the guy who was supposed to get paid that $25,000. Sun gives him the watch they had, but that isn't enough. Sun offers that she will cover the $25,000, but she will have to go to the bank first. Because Keamy can’t understand Korean and Sun and Jin don’t speak English, Keamy finds an associate who does speak Korean. Of course, it’s someone we know... Mikhail Bakunin. Mikhail, you may remember, was a member of the Others who worked in The Flame station on the island before he was killed (or at least we think was killed).
So, Sun heads to the bank with Mikhail. Things don't go well when she gets there, as she finds out her father has found out about her secret runaway bank account. Mikhail (who looked like he expected this to happen) takes her back to the restaurant.
Meanwhile, Sayid kills Keamy’s associates, wounds Keamy, and helps Jin free himself. When Mikhail returns with Sun, Jin shoots Mikhail’s eye out. Unfortunately, Sun is hit by a stray bullet (in what looks to be her stomach), and while Jin is taking her to the hospital, she reveals that she is pregnant....never a good combo.
ON-ISLAND:
On the island, Widmore’s team captures Jin and takes him to the Hydra Island. They stick him in Room 23, which if you can remember was featured back in season 3. It is some kind of mind control room, which we find out is to study the affects of subliminal messages. Zoe asks Jin for information on electromagnetic pockets on the island (which she has a map of), but before Jin will answer any questions, he demands to speak to Widmore. Without much delay Widemore enters, and shows Jin a picture of his kid (Ji-Yeon), who he has never seen. He tells Jin that in order to protect Ji-Yeon and Sun, they have to stop Flocke.
Meanwhile, Sun’s still on the beach with Team Jacob. Everyone is kind of bumming around not really sure what to do. Illana is insisting on waiting for Richard, which pisses off Sun. So, she stomps off to her old garden, which she made back in season 1. Flocke comes strolling out of the jungle and tells her that he can lead her to Jin. Sun thinks about it for a minute, then runs. One of the most logical things on this show ever (right up there with when Ben came in and saw Sayid over two dead bodies in the Temple, and he just exited stage left).
Well, Sun pulls a typical horror movie woman thing and knocks herself out on a giant branch. Flocke apparently just leaves her there, as Ben finds her and brings her back to the beach.
Richard does finally return to the beach with Hurley, and he insists that they travel to the Hydra Island to destroy the Aijira plane, so that Flocke can't leave the Island. This makes Sun angry, again, and she tells Richard that she refuses to go destroy the plane, but of course she can't speak English anymore as a result of the bump on her head (gay), and once again storms off.
Since Sun’s a candidate, Illana must stay and protect her. By the end of the episode Jack convinces Sun to go with them all to Hydra. Jin is on Hydra right now, so one would hope they're a few steps closer to seeing eachother again.
Back at camp Flocke. Claire is worried about Aaron not knowing her and only knowing Kate. Flocke alludes to Claire that disposing of Kate can be done once they don't need her anymore. Sayid, who is looking more zombie like with every episode, says he can't feel anything anymore, which Flocke says might be a good thing for what comes next (ewwww creepy).
When Flocke notices that Jin has been taken by Widemore he grabs Sayid and they head to Hydra Island. When they get there Flocke confronts Widemore, but can't attack him since those Smoke Monster sound barriers are up. While this whole conversation is going on Sayid has slipped away. Widemore tells Flocke that he doesn't have Jin, and Flocke leaves.
The title, “The Package,” was referring to what Widmore was hiding in his double-locked room on the submarine. We learned, at the end of the episode, that the package is Desmond Hume! Who is being dragged out of the sub by two of Widemore's men, as Sayid sits and waits to enter the sub. We have no idea why he is important, but if I had to guess I'd say we'll find out next week.
Questions:
- Why is Desmond important?
- Can Sayid/Claire ever be "good" again?
- What is the deal with the flash-sideways? and how does it relate to the original timeline?
- Where is Penny and little Charlie (Desmond's kid) in all this?
Theories:
- I think there are a lot of deaths coming. My death watch list is anyone of Widemore's team, Sayid, Ben, Sawyer, Illana (def not making till the end).
- Not sure how, but I bet Kate becomes a "candidate".
- Mikhail getting shot in the eye either symbolizes that everything eventually ends up the same in the alternate timeline. If that is true, when maybe Sun is in trouble.
As always leave and questions or theories in the comment section.
