Season 3 Finale

Season 3 Episodes 22/23 – “Through the Looking Glass”

Pretty cool episode, with Jack’s flashback not being a flashback, but a flash-forward instead. Let’s get right to it shall we:

On the beach the Losties pack up for the trip to the radio tower. Sun asks Jin why he is doing this and in English he replies:
Jin: “We need to go home.”

Bonnie and Greta have Charlie tied up in the hatch. They confirm they are working for Ben. They radio him to tell him the situation. No one else knew they were down there.

That evening the Others attack the beach. The three amigos are only able to explode two sets of dynamite before they are captured. From a distance the Losties notice this but Jack convinces them to keep moving:
Rose: “If you say live together die alone to me Jack I’m gonna punch you in your face.”
Bernard spills the beans about the Losties plan. When Ben finds out he takes Alex and they head out to find Jack and the gang.

Kate and Sawyer have a little tiff…
Kate: “They sent Juliet to check out Sun, but she was there to see if I was pregnant too.”
Sawyer: “Well let’s hope you’re not.”

Mikhail makes his way to the beach and starts taking shots at Desmond. Desmond swims down to the hatch. Mikhail follows and it seems he knows Bonnie and Greta:
Mikhail: “I thought you two were on assignment in Canada?”
Mikhail’s eye looks pretty gross. Ben calls down to the Looking Glass and tells Mikhail to kill Charlie, Greta and Bonnie.

Sawyer and Juliet head back to save the three amigos on the beach. During the trip she tells Sawyer that the rocks they had them breaking were to build a runway but she doesn’t know what it’s for. Hurley shows up and wants to help but they tell him he’s too fat.

Alex and Ben chat about why he brought her:
Alex: “Why did you let me come?”
Ben: “I let you come because I’m delivering you to your new family. I let you come because you betrayed me Alex.”
Alex: “You locked Karl in a cage. You put him in a room and tried to brainwash him.”
Ben: “I didn’t want him to get you pregnant.”
Alex: “Why do you have to stop them? Why don’t you just let them leave?”
Ben: “Because I can’t Alex.”

Locke wakes up in the ditch but can’t move his legs. He grabs a gun from one of the dead bodies. We hear some of the whispers and then Walt appears:
Walt: “Don’t John… put the gun down.”
Locke: “Walt?”
Walt: “Now get up John.”
Locke: “He shot me and I can’t move my legs.”
Walt: “You can move your legs. Now get out of the ditch John.”
Locke: “Why?”
Walt: “Because… you have work to do.”

Underwater Mikhail kills Greta and fatally wounds Bonnie. Desmond spears Mikhail.

Jack tries to make Kate feel better:
Jack: “He didn’t mean it you know…”
Kate: “Why are you sticking up for Sawyer?...”
Jack: “Because I love you.”
Rousseau tells Jack she won’t leave the island. Ben then arrives.
Ben: “History is about to repeat itself. The woman you are traveling with. The one who parachuted onto the island from a helicopter. She’s not who she says she is.”
Jack: “She’s not huh?”
Ben: “No she’s not. She’s a representative of some people who’ve been trying to find this island Jack. She’s one of the bad guys. If you phone her boat every single living person on this island will be killed."
Ben then pretends to kill Sayid, Jin and Bernard. Jack for the first time lets something happen. He then kicks the crap out of Ben.

Before Bonnie dies Charlie gets the code from her. It’s “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys.
Bonnie: “It was programmed by a musician.”

Alex learns Rousseau is her mother.

Hugo blasts onto the beach in the mini-bus killing Ryan Price. Sayid then kills Jason using only his feet {wicked}. Then Sawyer shoots down Tom. Juliet is pretty shocked that Tom is dead.
Hugo: “Attention Others… come in Others. If you are listening to this I want you to know we got you bastards. And unless the rest of you wanna be blown up you best stay away from our beach.”
Hugo tells the Losties everyone is Ok but no sign of Desmond or Charlie yet.

Charlie enters the code into the computer. The incoming transmission button lights up. It’s Penny. Charlie asks if she is on the boat:
Penny: “I’m not on a boat… who is Naomi?”
With that Mikhail blows the window out of the hatch with a grenade. Charlie closes the door to the room he’s in, saving Desmond. He writes on his hand NOT PENNY’S BOAT. Desmond mouths the words “bye brotha” to him. He then blesses himself. At at that we’ve seen the end of Charlie Pace.

Baby Aaron starts to cry as soon as Charlie dies. The phone then begins to work. They shut down Rousseau’s transmission. Naomi begins to dial the phone:
Ben: “Making that call is the beginning of the end.”
Locke then shows up and kills Naomi. He doesn’t have the guts to kill Jack though. Jack makes contact and someone is coming to rescue them.

Before I get into Jack’s flash-forward just wanted to note that a lot of people were killed off last night.

Body Count = 14
7 Others (Diane, Ivan and 5 more)
Bonnie
Greta
Ryan Price
Jason
Tom
Charlie Pace
Naomi Dorrit

Alrighty… we start with Jack on an oceanic flight quite liquored up with no seat belt on. He then spots something in a newspaper. He lands in LA, and pulls his jeep over on the side of a bridge. He tries to call Kate but gets her voicemail. He then climbs on the bridge to kill himself but a car crash takes place behind him. Jack again becomes the hero.

After saving a woman (Mrs. Arlington) and her son he is taken to the hospital. His ex-wife Sarah arrives and is extremely pregnant. She wouldn’t even give poor Jack a drive home.

Jack goes to visit Mrs. Arlington and tells Dr. Hamill he’d like to operate on her. Hamill tells Jack it’s taken care of. He takes an Oxycodone and heads out. Oxycodone is a stronger form of oxycotin (OxyContin contains only oxycodone and inert filler).

We then see Jack cruising down the street listening to a little “Scentless Apprentice” by Nirvana. He stops at a funeral home where he again tries to call Kate. After getting no answers again he takes the article from his pocket. With the use of my high-definition TV and PVR here is what I could read from the artile:

Los Angeles
Man Found Dead in Downtown Loft

The body of J… … ntham of New York was discovered shortly after 4 am in the … Grand Avenue… loud…. beam in the…

Here is one pic of the article but I used several still to get all the above info. So far we only know four characters whose names start with J … and seing how the last name ends in the article we can eliminate 3…
Jin Kwon
John Locke
James Ford

Now that leaves us with Jacob, whose last name we do not know. Or maybe it’s a totally new character we’ve never even met yet. Time will tell.

Either way no one shows up for the viewing.
Undertaker: “Friend or family?”
Jack: “Neither.”

Jack tries to get some more drugs at the pharmacy but is denied. He even tries to use a prescription he claims his dad filled out. When the pharmacist says she’ll call his office he says “He’s outta town right now.” Of course we know he’s dead. She says that she’s sure someone in his office will help her, but Jack storms off. Of course if she calls his office they’ll explain that Christian died.

Dr. Hamill lets Jack know that Mrs. Arlington is fine. He then says that Mrs. Arlington seeing Jack about to jump of the bridge is what caused the accident:
Jack: “Do you have any idea what I’ve been through. You do this… you get my father down here and if I’m drunker then he is you can fire me.”
Ok this little statement got people freaking out. If this is a flash-forward how could Jack’s father be alive. I have two theories on this, both revolving around the fact that his father is not alive:
1. Jack is drunk and high and has no idea what he’s talking about.
2. When Jack says get my father “down here” he doesn’t mean from upstairs he means from the heavens above.
Guess we’ll find out in 2008 … maybe.

Jack sits drunk and high in his house with maps everywhere trying to find his way back to the island. He calls Kate and she finally answers. They agree to meet:
Jack: “Yes at the airport… you know where.”

This is where we discover it really is the future.
Kate: “Hey”
Jack: “Hey”
Kate: “Saw you on the news. Still pulling people out of burning wreckage huh?”
Jack: “Old habits”
Kate: “You look terrible.”
Jack: “Thanks.”
Kate: “Why did you call me Jack?”
Jack: “[Hands her the article] I was hoping that you heard. Thought maybe you’d go to the funeral.
Kate: “Why would I go to the funeral?”
Jack: “I’ve been flyin’ a lot”
Kate: “What?”
Jack: “That golden pass that they gave us. I’ve been using it. Every Friday night I fly from LA to Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney. Then I get off, I have a drink, and then I fly home.”
Kate: “Why?”
Jack: “Cause I want it to crash Kate. I don’t care about anyone on board. Every little bump we hit or turbulence I actually close my eyes and I pray that I can get back.”
Kate: “This is not gonna change.”
Jack: “No. I’m sick of lying. We made a mistake.”
Kate: “I have to go. He’s gonna be wondering where I am.”
Jack: “We were not supposed to leave.
Kate: “Yes we were. Goodbye Jack.”
Jack: “We have to go back Kate. WE HAVE TO GO BACK”

So we know at least Kate and Jack get off the island, and that Oceanic gives them a golden ticket to fly anywhere as part of their settlement. It also seems they are lying to everyone about what really happened on the island. And who does Kate have to get back to? Sawyer? Seems too obvious.

And with that it’s 9 months before the next episode. Look at it this way… in 3 years from last night all your questions will be answered.

I considered flying to the producers’ houses and demanding an episode sooner, but then someone reminded me. You are a blog writer, “not Rambo”.

See you in 2008