Season 4: The Shape of Things to Come: Locke’s Camp is Attacked - 5/1/08
An amazing episode of LOST climax’s with Clare having gone missing after seeing her dad on the island and Jack entering into the downward spiral of drinking and pills - that we witnessed in the season 3 finale. The major connection between these two ending storylines (Claire being island-centric and Jack being future-centric) is their father (remember they are half siblings).
A quick exploration of Jack’s situation demonstrates a stunning example of the past predicting the future. Remember Jack’s ex-wife Sarah walking out on him after sneaking around, partially because Jack was overworking. Jack’s paranoia knowing that Kate is carrying out promises for Sawyer, combined with Hurley’s doomsday scenario (they are all dead) and Jack’s father (dead?) showing himself not once, but twice, is beginning to take over his life. Flashback to Jack’s story on the island and it’s evident that Jack is beginning to show some kinks in his leadership armor. This kink is taking on the form of a life-threatening appendix surgery possibly brought on by the realization that he’s lead the survivors towards a dangerous situation rather than the island exit he envisioned. Remember, as Rose says, people on the island do not get sick, they get better.
Now onto Claire. Did she make it out of that explosion alive (The Shape of Things to Come)? What images was she referring to when she mentioned to Sawyer and Miles that she was glad that the images were gone? Was her father one of these images? Or is he alive? Are the images related to those future-visions that Desmond started seeing after the hatch exploded? To where did Claire disappear? Why was Miles staring at Claire and the baby? Remember, he hears dead people…Is there something about Claire or Baby Aaron that puzzles or fascinates him? Are they dead but alive at the same time?
Regardless, this should be an interesting rest of the season. I think that we speak for everyone when we express tremendous enthusiasm for the next Locke-centric episode…Remember, Locke’s so-called-father is still somewhere on the Island…
Betting Recap:
Is Michael (AKA Kevin Johnson) visibly shown in the next episode?
No.
Who does Jack kiss in the next episode?
Kate.
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