Today I am not going to split this from on and off island, because I think it is just easier with this episode to do it this way.
We finally get the return of fan favorite Desmond. Desmond wakes up after being shot by Ben Linus, and he's very confused and very drugged. While he did manage to save his wife and throw Ben into the water, he is waking up in a random remote location with strangers all around. Except for Charles Widmore (the worst father-in-law of all time) who says he brought Desmond back to the Island. Desmond returns this by smashing him in the head with an IV pole (thank you). The bad news is that there is really nowhere to go, and Widmore's people quickly get him back under control, then Widmore demands that they start 'the test' immediately.
"The test" involves putting Desmond is a cabin with two huge electromagnetic machines. Widmore says that he is the only one who could survive it, since he is the one who survived the hatch explosion. He also tells him that after this is over he is going to ask him to make a sacrifice. Desmond basically tells him to go fuck himself, and the test starts.
After a pretty cool scene of Desmond yelling while these things fire up, we then see that he has flashed to the sideways universe, just after the Oceanic flight had landed. Desmond (like a lot of the other main characters) is somehow different. He isn't a failure, and he isn't with Penny. He is more a "James Bond" type of guy, who works for Widemore and does whatever he wants. He is wealthy, travels around the world, but has no friends or family.
Desmond is picked up by George Minkowski, who fans remember as the communicator on the freighter who started getting bloody noses and died. Minkowski is now his chauffeur and drives him to meet his boss Charles Widmore. To make things even more odd they seem like they are best friends, and Widmore even lets Desmond have some of his 60 year old scotch.
Desmond is assigned to get Charlie out of jail, clean him up and get him to Widmore's house so that he can put on a show. Desmond never questions this and is off to get Charlie, who is just leaving jail after almost dying on the Oceanic flight while trying to swallow his stash of heroine.
When he gets to Charlie we can tell Charlie isn't doing so well. Right after Charlie is freed from jail he crosses the street without any regard for cars, and makes his way to a bar. Desmond follows him. Charlie starts going on and on about true love and that he had a moment when he almost died on the ship when he saw a beautiful blond girl (Claire) and felt nothing but love. He's obsessive about getting that back, so obsessive that he drives Desmond's car into the lake and tries to drown them. Desmond saves him, but under water he sees Charlie drowning with "Not Penny's Boat" written on his hand. At the hospital they try to give him an MRI but as you can imagine, electromagnetic waves and Desmond don't mix well. He starts getting flashes of his other life with Penny and freaks out. He sees Jack and tries to get him to help find Charlie, but the druggie runs by in a hospital gown. Charlie can tell by Desmond's face that he is understanding now about the flashes, and tells him to find whoever this Penny is.
So with everything going to shit Desmond calls Widmore to tell him that Charlie will not be making it to the event. Widmore is pissed, and tells Desmond that he has to go and tell his wife that. Who is his wife? Well, Eloise Hawking of course. She is supposed to be the meanest bitch on the planet, but when Desmond gets to her and tells her what is happening she says it is fine, but looks rather uncomfortable. As he is leaving he hears Penny's name being read off the guest list and Eloise pulls him quickly to the side. She seems to know exactly what's going on, and she tells him to let it go because he's not ready yet.
After really not knowing what to do Desmond finally leaves, but is met outside by Daniel Faraday. He babbles to Desmond about seeing a beautiful redhead at the museum (Charlotte) and falling instantly in love. But not love at first sight, more like he'd always known and loved her. And then he started writing about quantum mechanics, things he could not know in this timeline since he's just a musician in the sideways reality. He talks about a bomb and says he thinks he already set one off. He tells Desmond where his half-sister Penny will be, and Desmond runs off to find her.
The meeting place is somewhere we know well. A soccer stadium that Penny and Desmond have met at before, and it is also where Desmond met Jack. Desmond meets Penny and their chemistry is off the charts as always. The second he shakes her hand though, he flashes back to the Island and wakes up back in the room with Widmore. If you can remember Penny is Desmonds "constant" so it makes sense that she would be the thing that would let him flash back and forth.
When he wakes up back on the island. He agrees to do anything Widmore wants without question. Then he's taken away and his guards are murdered by Sayid, except for Zoe who runs. Sayid says Desmond must come with him, and Desmond just says "Sure". Back in Sideways world, Desmond passed out in front of Penny and she still adores him, so they agree to go out for coffee. He's deliriously happy when he gets back to the limo and tells Minkowski to get him the manifest for the 815 flight he was on. He wants to 'show' them all something. So, we can finally see that these two timelines are starting to notice each other.
Questions:
- Why did Desmond agree to go with Sayid?
- How did Widemore know of Desmond's "ability"?
- What will happen when these two timelines know about each other?
Theories:
- Massive death are soon to come, so get ready.
- I am starting to wonder if MIB made this sideways timeline. Maybe at the end each of them will have to choose the real world, or the one that MIB created.
As always leave any questions or theories in the comment section.
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