Now we know for sure that the temple has strange properties which, according to Richard, take away one’s innocence. I’m not sure what that entails, since our previous experience is that people went crazy and then tried to kill Rousseau. And apparently it makes one forget things, so Ben won’t know it was Sayid who shot him? Interesting that Widmore and Eloise are the Hostile leaders right now.
Does anyone else think that Jack has become super lame—as in, he’s turning into an annoying Locke-esque character? Speaking of Locke, “Welcome to the land of the living” is quite possibly the stupidest line he has ever uttered on the show and a disappointing way to end an episode. My disappointment was assuaged only after the preview for next week's episode showed Ben ranting and raving about a final judgment while the camera dramatically circled above him.
Why does Kate think Clare is still alive? I thought the consensus was that she walked off into the jungle, left Aaron, died, and now hangs out with Christian and/or Jacob. Thoughts? And was Ben’s dad really flirting Kate? Eeeek.
I love that Jack, Kate, and Hurley come back to the island expecting to be welcomed as saviours (Kate also seems to think she and Sawyer will still be lovers) only to find that they are seen as homewreckers by those who stayed. They seemed to think that they would be granting Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, etc a chance at getting off the island and back to “real life”, only to see that for the last 3 years it is they themselves who have been living but a shadow of a life.
