Sawyer originally lost his parents when he was 8 years old, but in this SIDE FLASH Cop version it was 9. That can’t be a continuity mistake, could it? There is a lot to indicate that there is no part of the two timelines that intersect at all. I thought originally maybe this would be the “what if” they landed and never hit the island, or perhaps a divergent timeline from 1977 forward (to coincide with Juliet detonating the bomb at the hatch). But seems like EVERYTHING is different down to young years of our characters which often would predate the 1977 incident.

In each of these sideways flashes we see the main character looking in to a mirror for an extended sequence. The only one who has not done this is Sayid, and he was evil. For some reason it makes me think of Jacob’s lighthouse. Maybe these are moments he is watching the good ones… or is there a reason for the mirror? Gateway between the two times?

I think the people in the boat shooting at our Losties during one of the time flashes were the Widmore crew. That would make the most sense…

I had to giggle at Sawyer saying “We’re not taking the plane, we’re taking the SUB!” to Kate. As if a submarine is easier to work than a damn airplane. Both seem pretty tough. I suppose DEMON LOCKE is hoping to get Lapidus over to his side soon if he is going to take the plane out. Or is the fact that he ate the pilot in the …well… pilot significant? Perhaps he absorbed that knowledge, and if so he’d be damn good surgeon to boot having eaten Christian…

Was it just me or was Sawyer seriously oozing out a MIAMI VICE era Don Johnson vibe in this one? I kept expecting him to start singing “I’m looking for a HEARBEAT!!!!!” and introduce Barbara Streisand as his girlfriend.

Like you said Erich, not much in the way of mythology this time out. There’s only something like six hours of the show left if you take out twenty minutes of each episode for the commercials, and you wonder how the heck they are going to wrap this war up that quickly.

I was a little disappointed that Widmore didn’t explain the feral Freighties all that well, and apparently we don’t know if he’s responsible for the beach carnage either. Nice that Charles is making his own sonic fence! I wonder if SMOKEY/MAN IN BLACK has an electric shock collar on or something.

The acting this time out was just fine. Josh Holloway turned in a good solid performance, and also provided some eye candy for the ladies who must be sick at seeing all the lady castaways in skintight tanks. And I agree that Terry O’Quinn is knocking his role as DEMON LOCKE right out of the park so far. So I say it was a good episode, but obviously no revelations or anything new to ponder.

And if Sawyer plays that hidden immunity idol at tribal council I am outta here…

The whole Anthony Cooper thing in the sideways storyline brings Locke’s seemingly healthy relationship with his dad into question. Any chance he just told Helen that he was on good terms with his dad? We don’t know yet how he ended up in the wheelchair.

My question is, what’s the deal with Locke’s dad? In the flash sideways, he was going to be invited to the wedding, but it seems he still is a con-man in the new reality. I don’t get it.

And I was wondering when Locke was talking to Kate, was he talking about Locke’s mother or Smokey’s mom because as I recall, Locke’s mom was crazy too. Both his bio mom and foster mom.