A Killer From Birth

Ahhh, a Sayid episode.

We open on an Iraqi village some time in the way past. A father berates a child into killing a chicken, when he cannot another child comes over, lures the chicken with feed then snaps it's neck... there can be only one... Sayid! A Killer From Birth.

Back on Fantasy Island, we see young Ben Linus tell Sayid his story about growing up on the Island, hating it, meeting Richard Alpert, and wanting to join Alpert's Others. Ben relays to Sayid the same message Alpert told him, "If you're patient I think I can help you."

In post-Island escape Moscow, we see Sayid take out another victim by assassination. Ben a la the Third Man, lurking in the shadows tells Sayid that he is done, he has dispatched all of Widmore's men and now he should go on with his life. The sad puppy dog look in Sayid's eyes was priceless... he does not know what do if he has no one else to kill.

Back on Fantasy Island we see Juliet staring out the window at Jack and Kate, to which La Fleur responds, "Hey what's on the TV?" Juliet thinks that Kate's feminine ways will lure James back to her bed, but he is content in new/old otherton/Dharmaville.

Great exchanges between Sawyer and Sayid in the holding cell:
"You try spending three years in the 70s."

"A 12 year-old Ben Linus just brought me a sandwich."

Sawyer cannot convince Sayid to do what he says, so Sayid says he will go it alone.

Wow, Ben Linus' dad is a real prick!

Back in 2007 we see Ben track down Sayid in the Domincan Republic to go after the man stalking Hurley, it's too bad we didn't see a cameo from David Ortiz, Albert Pujols or Pedro Martinez. Ben tells Sayid, "Locke's dead. I think he was murdered." Little does Sayid know it was our little Ben that choked the life out Locke on a dirty motel floor in Los Angeles. Oh, LA how you really are the city of angels.

Sayid tells Ben, "I don't like killing." Hmmm, I guess we'll have to see about that.

Have these people learned nothing?! Ben is the master manipulator.

The Dharma crew want Sayid to talk, because they don't know the truth, especially that Radzinsky guy, jeez what douche. So they send him to see Oldham, who Sawyer informs Sayid is "our you" meaning their torturer. Don't think Sayid doesn't know what that means!

We find that Oldham is a little old science-y guy who lives in a tent out in the jungle. You've seen him before in furturistic LA making robots for the Tyree corporation.

After tying him to a tree, Oldham feeds Sayid a sugar cube, oooh forced LSD trip... nice. But alas, no, it must've been Sodium Pentathol, otherwise known as truth serum.

Back in 2007 we find out how Sayid met the woman who was escorting him onto the Ajira flight. She lures him with temptation but it turns out she was not a Hot Cop at all, but a bounty hunter hired by the family of one of Widmore's men that Sayid killed.

Sayid, all high and tripping balls, spills the truth that he and Sawyer are from the future and they know that all the Dharmies are going to die. "Who is Sawyer?" The look on his face as he paced back and forth watching Sayid blab was awesome.

Since they don't believe him, they vote to execute him, because if they don't make a decision Ann Arbor will. Ahh, the Dharmies are funded by the University of Michigan... "Hail to the victors!"

Finally Sayid realizes that his purpose for coming back was to get young Ben Linus in with the OG Others (Alpert and the gang). Wow, when young Ben walked into the holding cell with the cloak on he was definitely channeling The Emperor.

Possibly the best line of the night, Sawyer's, "Three years on the Island no flaming vans until you guys showed up."

Sayid's patience pays off, young Ben Linus jail breaks him, but as they are fleeing they run into Jin driving the VW. Sayid doesn't want to risk Jin miscommunicating what's going on, so he flips him, knocking him out... because what he actually wants is to SHOOT BEN! "I lied, I do like killing."

Ep. 8 - Three Years Later

This week's episode opens with Locke heading down the well.

After the Flash we see the Losties left behind discover briefly that they are in the distant past with... tah dah!... the first glimpse of the giant four toed-statue, but only from behind and from a distance. We see that it seems to have long hair and pointy ears, resembling something from ancient Egypt?

Then, with Locke's turn of the wheel, it's gone. And the Losties are stuck in 1974.

We see a couple of young Dharma initiates having a good ole time (can you say pot brownies?) with one of them seemingly having brought in his off-island girl friend.

Jimmy from Mad Men shows up and when they discover that their leader Horace is out in the fields drunk with dynamite they run off to tell Mr. LaFleur... who turns out to be... Sawyer! Head of security of course!

So, as we all surmised, our Losties integrated with the Dharma initiative after they realized they were stuck in the past.

Daniel is despondent about Charlotte dying and her body disappearing. Mumbling, "I'm not going to tell her," presumably meaning he's not going to tell her not to come back because she's going to die.

They come across Dharmies being accosted by OGOs (original Others)
Miles: We're not to get involved, right?
Daniel: It doesn't matter, whatever happened, happened.
Sawyer: Thanks anyway Plato, I'm going anyway.

Great shot of Juliette after she shoots one of the OGOs.

I loved Sawyer's line, "It'll be on the cocoanut telegraph by breakfast." How very Giligan's Island of you.

We discover that the Dharmies have a truce with the OGOs.

We also learn that the Dharmies have a submarine that goes freely off the island.

When Amy the Dharmy goes into labor, we discover that Juliette is now an auto mechanic. Sawyer makes her do the Caesarian section... I hope she washed her hands first.

After three years of intergrating, did our Losties investigate any of the Stations? If not, why? They could've discovered something about what is really going on.

Amy has a boy, who will it turn out to be?

Sawyer spins the story about how they got to the Island to Horace, great tie in with the Black Rock.

Horace, "You aren't Dharma material." Why?

Jin's English is pretty good, he sure learned fast.

I loved the merry go round shot of the Losties at the table as Daniel tells them, "The record is spinning again, we're just not on the song we want to be on."

Oh, look it's Charlotte as a little girl, still as cute.

Richard Alpert makes an appearance, looking for retribution for the death of his two men.
He says, "The fence may keep other things out, but not us." I believe he would be talking about our friend the Smoke Monster?

Sawyer refers to Alpert as, " Your buddy with the eyeliner." Great shout out to Nestor Carbonell and the whole debate about makeup or not. I'm sure he loved that.

Anyone else think that the actor playing the dead Paul is E from Entourage?

He had an Ankh... a connection to our Egyptian statue at the beginning?

Why did the OGOs need to take his body? Creepy a bit.

So after three years Sawyer and Juliette fall in love. Sawyer tells Horace he can't even remember Kate's face... and then the phone rings.

The looks on their faces when Kate steps off the bus, priceless.

Now that the O6 have re-united with the Losties in 1974 where are they going to go?

Ben is going to wake up soon and Locke will want to give him a beat down, making him show them how to get back to the future.

Out there are Penny and Des and Charles Widmore, who will be the difference maker?

Until next time...