Bloody Wrote:I enjoyed reading every single letter of that, so did my GF and her boss. Thank you for taking your time to write such a thorough recap/analysis.

Now, moving to more important topics:

- This week?s episode: I am completely with you on this on. This season has been providing us with 10/10 episodes from the start. But this week?s episode doesn?t even deserve a 6/10 in my book. I LOVE Lost, don?t get me wrong? but:

* Dan is a collected man that usually goes through anything he WILL do 10 times to think about the outcome. They spent all this time building an image of the nerdy smart scientist and then blow it all to hell in one scene? WHY!!!!!! Since when did Dan become the type that stupidily rushes a camp with 20+ people, carrying one gun and demanding absurd things?

* Richard remembers the day Locke came for him in the 1940s-1950s to tell him about Jacob sending him and asking for a way to get off the Island. 3 years ago, Sawyer had a talk with Richard:
(S05Ep08 LaFluer; 00:28:50)
Sawyer: Hello Richard.
Richard: I?m sorry.. Do we know each other?
Sawyer: I?m the guy that killed your men?etc
(skip)

Sawyer: They ain?t my people hoss. So if you got some kind of a truce with them, it hasn?t been broken.
Richard: If you aren?t a member of the DI, then what are you?
Sawyer: Did you bury the bomb?
Richard: Excuse me?
Sawyer: The hydrogene bomb with Jughead written on the side? Did you bury it?
Sawyer: Yeah, I know about it.
Sawyer: I also know 20 years ago some bald fella limped into your camp and fed you some mumbo jumbo about being your leader, then poof. He went disappearing right in front of ya.
Sawyer: Does that ring any bell?
Sawyer: That man?s name is John Locke, and I am waiting for him to come back. So? You still think I am a member of the dam DI?
Richard: No? Guess I don?t?etc.

But wait? Who told Richard to bury the bomb again? Yeah you guessed right, Dan did. As a matter of fact, he left a big impression on Richard since they had a chat.

The question is, why did Dan go to the camp all violent, shooting bullets and giving Richard 3 seconds to live? Was he there to kill Elloise? I don?t see a single reason why he?d want to do that. I am sure he was there to ?talk?.

My point is, Richard would remember him, and if he told him that he is from the future and bad stuff will happen, and he is trying to fix things in the past, he?d at least listen to him.

- If Dan is dead, when did this happen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdWLYVRiin8

Let me tell you why I am confused about this bit:
1- Dan came back to the Island and rushed to Dr. Chang.
2- Dr. Chang left thinking Dan is a nutcase.
3- Dan got himself killed.

Those were the only encounters between them and there was pretty much no unaccounted for scenes for Dan since the episode was very focused on Dan. Or are those Comic Con DHARMA videos not part of the show?

- Dan?s journal: I find myself leaning towards Elloise taking dead Dan?s journal, changing the cover since it?s worn out and passing it to him in the future. The question is?

- How did she know about where Desmond would be? (Buying a ring)
- How did Abbadon know that Locke has to go to that Walkabout to end up on the Island?
- WHAT THE HELL LIES IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATUE??????? (I know it?s not related, but I really want to know x_x ).

- Dan might be alive? Not according to this:
http://www.sl-lost.com/2009/04/30/damon-carlton-comment-losts-latest-casualty/

- Whatever happened, happened: Funny how Dan JUST realized that the people involved ARE the variables >_> You do realize that if they kill Redznesky, a lot of things would change. Who was Desmond?s button-pushing buddy? Who was HIS buddy before Desmond came along? Starting to get the picture?

I have a lot of other things to add but it?s time for bed and I spent a long time on this post already, so I leave you with some lols and bid you farewell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zW3ObUnPA&feature=related