The sadness of the dual funeral is quickly forgotten as everyone is now pretty excited that there is a boat off in the distance. Jack, Sayid, and Sawyer quickly disrobe and start swimming for it. For the ladies, I believe this is the first time we've seen Shirtless Sayid. (That one will be in Series 15 of the upcoming LOST action figures-you know, after they start running out of ideas like they did with the Simpsons.)
Our heroes climb aboard the boat cautiously, waterproof guns drawn. It is not long before they are being shot at from below deck. After their attacker runs out of bullets, Jack kicks in the door and is surprised to see his old pal Desmond. Desmond finds his third chance meeting with the good doctor drunkenly hilarious and it is his haunting laughter which cues the creepy LOST title screen.
That night, Jack walks over to Desmond who is sitting on the beach, drinking his troubles away. Jack is a little miffed that Des failed to mention that he had a boat. Des says it doesn't matter anyway. He was heading for Fiji but the first piece of land he found was their island. He thinks it is all that is left of the world. He asks Jack if they are still pushing the button. As he walks away, Jack laughs and says yes.
Alone now, Desmond flashes back to his clean-shaven, short-haired days. He is being released from a military prison and is getting back his personal effects. These include a photo of him with his lady love and a Charles Dickens book which he plans to read right before he dies. The soldier releasing him points out that no one knows when they are going to die, then gives Des his official dishonorable discharge.
Outside, Desmond is ushered out of the rain and into a waiting car. The man inside shows him a box full of the letters Desmond wrote to his love, Peneolope, from prison. Since she never got them, she has moved on and is getting married. He offers Desmond a monetary settlement to leave his daughter alone forever.
In the present, Sayid has come up with a plan and tells Jack about it. He will use Desmond's boat to get to Other Town faster than Jack will on foot. He will scout them and then light a signal fire. When Jack and company get there, they will proceed from there together.
Down in Station Three of the Dharma Initiative, Locke limps into the computer room and finds Mr. Eko. He tells him that the whole thing is a joke and he should not push the button anymore. Eko says, "Don't tell me what I can't do." Locke doesn't react to his own catchphrase and physically tries to stop Eko from pushing the button. Of course, Eko is a lot stronger than Locke and wins the scuffle easily. He whacks Locke in the face with his stick and removes him.
Back at the beach, Michael's team is ready to go. Kate is a little skeptical about the Others' identity, remembering the costumes she found in the abandoned medical station. Michael assures her again of what he saw.
Elsewhere, Sayid asks to use Desmond's boat to head north. Des relinquishes owenership of the boat and offers no help when Sayid says that he doesn't know how to sail it.
Desmond flashes back to a coffee shop where he does not have any American money on him to pay. A friendly red-headed stranger we know as Libby offers to pay for him. He jokingly asks her if she has another $42,000, which intrigues her enough to sit down with him. He reveals his plan to win a race around the world as a way to stick it to Mr. Widmore, the man who tried to buy him out of his daughter's life. Conveniently enough, Libby's recently deceased husband had a boat and she thinks he would want her to give it to Des. He thanks his new friend Elizabeth, for whom the boat is named, and promises to win the race for love.
Elsewhere, Sun tells Jin that Sayid needs him to sail the boat so he can help Michael. Jin refuses, not wanting to leave his pregnant wife. Sun says he won't have to because, "I'm coming with you." There, I think we got all the catchphrases out of the way.
In the jungle, Kate stops Sawyer from triggering another one of Rousseau's baby doll traps. He is only a little stunned to learn that the term "caught in a net" was literal. Just then, a gigantic ugly bird emerges from the tree tops and swoops down at them. Michael is largely stunned to learn that his gun has no bullets. Jack apologizes for the mix-up and is forced to hand some bullets over to Michael.
Elsewhere, Charlie is strolling through the jungle when he happens upon Locke crying like he just got whooped with a Jesus stick. Charlie has a little fun with it, telling himto go drown his sorrows with Desmond.
Elsewhere, Desmond tells Claire that she is wasting her time shooting herself up with the vaccine. Desmond flashes back to his training days at the stadium. This is the night he meets Jack, but that comes later. Jack is only just starting his run in the background at this moment. As Des prepares for his own run, a car pulls up behind him. He asks Penelope how she found him. She replies that with enough money and determination, you can find anybody. With tears in her eyes she asks why he didn't write from prison. For some reason, he chooses not to tell her about her father's treachery and instead asks when she is getting married. He tells her that he will be back in a year-after the race, perhaps implying that she should wait for him. As he turns away from her, she asks what he is running from. He replies that he has to get his honor back. "That's what I'm running to."
It is night again at the beach as Locke approaches Desmond with a smile and asks what one snowman said to the other snowman. "Smells like carrots," is Desmond's reply. They share a drink and Locke tells Des about the Pearl Station he found and how everything inside Station Three was just a psychological experiment. To prove it, Locke shows him the orientation tape. He tells Des to sober up because tomorrow they are going to find out what happens when the button doesn't get pushed.
The next day, out on the Elizabeth, Jin tells Sun there is something she should see. Sayid hands her the binoculars and points out something strange on the shore. It is a giant statue of a four-toed foot.
Back in Station Three, the lights begin to flicker which gets Mr. Eko out of his chair. While he is in the magnetic hallway investigating, Desmond and Locke sneak into the computer room. Des crosses some wires and another lockdown begins. The blast doors close, sealing Locke and Des in with the computer and Mr. Eko out in the hall.
Desmond flashes back to a storm at sea. His body washes up on shore and in a half-conscious state, he sees fuzzy visions of a man in a biohazard suit dragging him through the jungle and nursing him back to health in Station Three.
Things become clearer and as Desmond lays in bed, his rescuer, a grey-haired man with steely eyes and a beard, leans over and asks, "Are you him?" After it is established that Des doesn't know what the guy is talking about, the man introduces himself as Kelvin Inman. The alarm begins to sound and with an annoyed sigh, Kelvin trudges over to the computer, enters the numbers and hits execute.
Later, Desmond watches the orientation film for the millionth time. Des asks why there are missing parts and Kelvin tells him that his former partner Razinski made some edits. Next Des asks why Kelvin wears the bio-suit and he tells him it's so he doesn't get infected outside.
In the present, Eko uses the rope Locke tied to climb his way out of the original hatch. It is there that he sees the QUARANTINE label on the door. This sends him running.
At the beach, a panicked Eko asks Charlie how the hatch door got open. Charlie tells him, and then Eko tells him what Locke has done. Eko believes that if the button is not pushed, everyone on the island will die. Charlie sees the conviction in Eko's eyes and agrees to help him.
As Team Michael continues their journey, Kate pulls Sawyer aside and points out that two of the Others are following them from across the river. She pulls her gun out and starts a shootout. They nail one of them but the second one escapes. Kate wants to go after him, but Jack stops her. "They've already been warned," he tells his troops while staring directly at Michael. He grabs Michael by the collar and demands that he tell everyone the truth.
In near tears, Michael tells them about the list and about letting Henry go. Hurley asks if Michael was the one who killed Ana-Lucia and Libby. He says he had to, but Libby was a mistake. He apologizes, but Hurley still wants to go back. Jack tells him he can't, but don't worry, he has a plan.
On the Elizabeth, Jin points out the giant rock with a hole in it. They have arrived at their destination.
In the jungle, Charlie leads Eko to a destination of their own- the unused dynamite that Hurley hid after they blew up the hatch. Very carefully, Eko takes the explosives into Station Three. Charlie tries to warn Locke about Eko's plan. Desmond assures Locke that the door will hold. After all, it's not called a blast door because it's a lot of fun at parties.
Desmond flashes back to his earlier stay in Station Three. He positions a beaten metal cabinet in an archway, then crosses the wires again to create the lockdown. The blast door drops but is stopped halfway by the cabinet. After slipping into the living quarters, Des watches Kelvin paint the invisible map on the door. Kelvin tells him that it was originally Razinski's idea, which makes Des wonder whatever happened to him. Kelvin shows him a spot on the ceiling where Razinksi blew his brains out. Desmond tells Kelvin that he will go crazy too if Kelvin doesn't let him be the one to go outside sometime. Kelvin apologizes but respectfully denies the request.
In present day Station Three, Eko is continuing with his plan as Charlie continues to warn Locke. Charlie gives up on that and tries to convince Eko that maybe Locke is right. Eko removes Charlie's belt and hurls it at the magnetic wall where the buckle sticks. A little disturbed, Charlie takes his belt back and begins to leave. Eko gives Locke one last chance to open the door, which he doesn't take. Eko then lights the fuse against Charlie's better judgement. Charlie runs and ducks behind a wall as an explosion of fire rattles through the hallway and up out of the original hatch.
In the Station Three of the past, Desmond can't find Kelvin and there are only seconds left on the countdown. He enters the numbers and hits execute, then begins to search for his partner. He hears drunken singing coming from a previously unseen trapdoor in the floor of the computer room. He finds Kelvin down there dangling a key over a system termination panel and regretting that he couldn't do it. Des asks about what is behind the wall and what the "incident" was. Kelvin explains that they are on a spot that has geologically unique electromagnetism. The incident was a leak that causes the magnetism to charge up. Every time they push the button, they discharge it and keep it from getting too big. Desmond asks why they don't just stop pushing so Kelvin asks his friend if he has the courage to take his finger out of the dam and blow everything up instead.
Back inthe present, Desmond is concerned that Eko and Charlie may have blown themselves up. Locke thinks it's a trick and stops Des from opening the doors. They sit down for a chat and Desmond asks if Locke is letting the clock run down so he can look down the barrel of a gun. Locke tells the story of how he believed the hatch was his destiny and how Boone died for it. The night Boone died, he pounded on the door in frustration and the light came on. Now he realizes that the light wasn't a sign, it was only Desmond.
At the big rock with a hole in it, Sayid makes his way ashore and quietly begins his invasion of Other Town. He finds the huts and tents just as Michael described, but what he doesn't find is people. He makes his way to the Dharma hatch that was being guarded and opens it to find that it is just a doorway to a rock. It is absolutely nothing.
In the jungle, Kate finds something odd and points it out to everyone. It is an enormous pile of office mail tubes next to a pipe sticking out of the ground. It would appear that the work done in the Pearl is actually the big joke, not the Swan. They look through some of the notebooks, completely clueless as to what it is. Jack even finds Locke's map. Sawyer sees Sayid's smoke signal way off in the distance and Jack begins to realize that they may have been had. As he confronts Michael, the gang begins to hear the ominous whispering we haven't heard much of this season. Then suddenly, Sawyer gets hit in the neck with a dart and goes into immediate convulsions. Jack warns everyone to run, but Kate is the only one who listens. Hurley just ducks down while Michael starts yelling. Kate gets hit next, so Jack hoists her onto his shoulders. He doesn't make it much farther before he is darted himself. Before he passes out, he sees a blurry vision of the Others moving in and putting a sack on his head.
Back in Station Three, Locke describes the Pearl station and everything that happened in there. Desmond is skeptical, thinking that perhaps the experiment was being done on those inside the Pearl. Locke gets angrier with every question that Desmond asks, finally throwing the computer print-out at him. Desmond scans page after page of the button-pushing log, apparently looking forsomething relevant.
He once again flashes back to his previous stay in the Swan. He becomes suspicious when Kelvin puts the bio-suit on and says good-bye. He becomes even more suspicious when he sees that the suit has a noticeable tear in it. He puts his shirt over his mouth and stealthily follows Kelvin out the door. He sees his partner remove the suit and head into the jungle. They proceed out to a large rock formation on the shore where Desmond is shocked to see the Elizabeth in a cove, fully repaired. Kelvin approaches from behind with gun drawn-he knew he was being followed.
Kelvin invites him to come along. "Screw the button. Who knows if it's even real." This angers Desmond who doesn't buy that the electromagnetics and system terminations were the rambling of a drunk man. Kelvin says he lied about it because he needed a sucker to stay behind after he left. Desmond attacks him and during the fight, Kelvin hits his head on a rock and is instantly killed. Dismayed, Desmond snatches the termination key from around Kelvin's neck and sprints back to the hatch.
When he gets there, the whole place is shaking, rattling and rolling as the speakers announce a system failure. With debris flying around him, Des is able to keep enough of his composure to get the numbers in and reset the counter.
In the present, Desmond finds what he was looking for on the print-out. It was the system failure he was just thinking about. When Locke tells him the date of the plane crash, Desmond confirms it as the same day as the near meltdown. "I think I crashed your plane." Desmond says grimly.
The Others arrive at a dock and remove the sacks from their captives' heads. Through her gag, Kate tries to tell Beardo that she knows his beard is fake. Miss Klugh fills him in on what she said, accidentally calling him Tom. Thank God I finally have something to call him. Tom thankfully removes the itchy beard and addresses Miss Klugh as Bea. The spat is interrupted by the arrival of the small boat that the Others used to kidnap Walt. The person driving the boat is none other than the man known to us as Henry Gale.
Henry walks and talks with a lot of confidence now-almost as if he is the leader of this gang of ragamuffins. He yells at Tom for not having his beard on. Then he turns to Michael and tells him it is time to take care of business.
In Station Three, Charlie wakes up with ringing ears and finds Eko unconscious in a heap of debris. On the other side of the blast door, Desmond has changed his mind and is convinced that the button should be pushed. Locke is still angry and to emphasize his point, he throws the computer monitor on the floor, breaking it. Desmond says that Locke just killed them all. "No," Locke replies, "I've just saved us all." Des crosses the wires and ends the lockdown. He runs into the living area and gets his Dickens book down from the bookshelf.
Desmond then flashes back to his darkest moment in Station Three. He is holding a gun and contemplating ending his time there for good. He opens his Dickens book and a note slips out. It is from Penelope. She left it there because she knew he would read it during a time of great despair. She reminds him that all you need in the world is one person to love you and he has it. She will always wait for him. Instead of finding this comforting, Desmond flies into a rage because the world is all gone. He throws all the books off the shelves and tosses all the records around the room. After he collapses in exhaustion he hears a banging. He proceeds down the magnetic hallway and hears Locke shouting and crying to the heavens. Des turns on the floodlight, which causes Locke to see the hatch take on a benevolent glow. Desmond stares up the long tunnel and begins to cry with joy.
Back in the present, Desmond has his book and is prepared to take it down with him into the system termination trap door. As he moves the computers to access it, he explains to Locke what happened on the night he lit up the tunnel. He thinks fate brought them together. Locke saved his life and now he is going to return the favor. Locke grabs him by the shoulder, still not convinced. With the alarm getting more threatening behind him, he assures Desmond that none of it isreal and everything will be fine. Desmond says he is sorry John stopped believing, but it is all real. He tells him to get far away from there because he is going to blow the dam. The counter hits zero and the mayhem begins. Desmond descends into the trap door and says "See you in another life, brother."
Things are going nuts now. The entire station has become drawn to the magnetic force behind the wall. Charlie wakes Eko up just in time to avoid the flying utensils, darts and exercise machines. Eko pushes Charlie away and tells him to go. Then he heads to the computer room to find Locke. Locke is stunned. Even the counter is imploding on itself from the force. With panic in his eyes, Locke meekly tells Eko, "I was wrong."
Down below, Desmond says a little prayer and inserts the key into the system termination panel. He thinks of Penelope, his one true love, and turns the key as he proclaims his love for her.
The entire island begins to glow with shockingly white light and there is a loud humming that forces most to cover their ears, even those pesky Others. Then, just as suddenly as it started, it is over. At the beach, Bernard looks up and sees something falling from the sky. He gets Claire and Aaron out of the way just in time to avoid it. The hunk of metal wedged in the sand is smoldered and has QUARANTINE printed across it.
Camp is a mess and the clean-up has begun. They see someone approaching. It is Charlie, who tells Bernard and Claire he is okay, except for the ringing of the ears. He is stunned to learn that Eko and Locke have not come back yet.
At the dock, Henry tells Michael he is not happy with the arrangement but since both parties live up to their word, he will have to accept it. Walt was more than they bargained for, anyway. He tells Michael the compass bearing that the boat must follow to find rescue. Michael is not convinced that he is just going to be allowed to leave. Henry tells him that they are willing to bet that Michael won't want to tell people about this place because he might have to reveal what he did to get his son back. Besides, once he leaves, he won't be able to find the island again. Michael then asks about his friends and Henry assures him that they will not be harmed. Michael's final question is "Who are you people?" "We're the good guys, Michael," Henry replies.
Michael then climbs aboard the boat and is at long last reunited with his son. They try to shoot the hugging at an angle, but you can tell by his arms that Walt is probably taller than his dad now. This show's narrow timeline can't support growth spurts so Michael fires up the boat and sets off to be rescued. Meanwhile, Miss Klugh cuts Hurley free and instructs him to return to camp and make sure that none of his friends ever come there. As for his three friends, they're going home with the Good Guys. Hurley is reluctant but gets an encouraging nod from Jack, so he slowly walks away. As they are being hoisted to their feet, Jack exchanges an oddly knowing glance with Kate. Then the sacks are put back on their heads.
That night at the beach, Charlie lies to Claire that nothing happened down in Station Three. After they stop talking, Claire leans in and kisses him.
The End...or maybe not... Somewhere in an arctic bunker, two dudes who I believe might be Russian, though I am no language expert, are playing chess. One of them notices something on the computer screen they are supposed to be watching. It is a pop-up window that says Electromagnetic Anomaly Detected. Strange that their computers would be in English, yet they don't speak it. Anyway, apparently this anomaly is exactly what they have been waiting for. An alarm goes off. One man frantically enters something into his computer and warns that this is not a false alarm. The other man uses the telephone. The person he calls to alert about this anomaly is Penelope Widmore.
If you have enough money and determination, you can find anybody. It looks like someone has finally been missed on that island.
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"LOST" is over-hyped, man.
When does the DVD come out again? :P
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