God Loves You as He Loved Jacob

1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
(King James Bible, Malachi)

Karl saying this to Sawyer, who I feel represents Jacob. Remember, Locke is Esau.

Stranger in a Strange Land (S:3,E:9)

1) So we see Jack in a Pre-Tsunami Phucket. He meets a young lady named Achara. During the episode Achara asks if Jack is there to find himself. Long story short, she has a gift. She can see who a person is. She tells Jack that he is a leader and a great man, but this makes him lonely, frightened, and angry. However, later we are introduced to Isabel, who is a "Sheriff" (according to Tom). She reads his tattoo, and says that chinese is hard to translate. At the end of the episode she tells Jack that his tattoo means "he walks amongst us, but he is not one of us". Having a chinese character as a tattoo, I know this well. My tattoo, as a chinese character, has several meanings. Teach and Religion are two of the meanings. Jack tells Isabel that the tattoos may say what she translated, but it is not what they mean. This had one of those tingly effects on me, because my tattoo may say one thing, but to me it says something else. It has a deeper meaning. It's my contract with myself. It represents something special to me, and says a whole lot more to me than it does to someone who tranlates it. I'm assuming this is the same way Jack looks at his tattoos. In the real world, his tattoo reads "Eagles high up in the expansive sky".

2) Until Jack mentioned that Cindy was the stewardess, when he woke up with all the "watchers" around him, I was ready to call out a blunder, because Cindy never made it to the Lostie camp. Looks like the kids are ok, for now. They don't know about Ana Lucia yet. But, what the hell are they watching? Jack? Do they truly have a better life now, as Karl mentioned to Kate and Sawyer?

3) Karl muttered "God loves you as he loved Jacob" as Sawyer was rowing them to the main island. I believe that was the same thing said in the Room 23 scene.

4) We see Sawyer's soft side again. This time in a fatherly (or big brotherly) form. When Kate thinks that Karl is gone. Sawyer hears Karl crying and tells Kate he will deal with Karl: "Boys only." Sawyer comforts him and suggests he go back for Alex but Karl says they would kill him this time. Sawyer suggests that for a girl he would "name dumb stars with," it might be worth it. But, once again, Sawyer needs people to hate him. Sawyer says Kate is just angry because she feels guilty, not about leaving Jack, but for having sex with Sawyer. He says she only did it because she thought he was going to die.

5) Next Episode is called "Tricia Tanaka is Dead" and it focuses on Hurley. And look for a guest appearance by a funny guy that became famous as part of a duo that had things tough all over.

Flashes Before Your Eyes (S:3,E:8)

The story took a strange turn down the path of "Time Travel". Not a ton of stuff this time...many little things to read into though.

1) So....we find out that Desmond's life flashed before his eyes when he activated the fail-safe. However, we still don't know how he ended up in the forest...naked. Many people on the message boards have varying opinions. I'm of the opinion that the experience he had back in London was just a figment of his imagination....a replay of events that already occurred, but in a dream-like state, where he could make changes.

2) I was surprised to find out it's Charlie that Desmond keeps saving. But, I'm not convinced that Charlie's life will be at stake every episode. I think this started when Ethan Rom (anagram for "Other Man") kidnapped Charlie and hung him in a tree, and Jack saved his life. From that point, nature has been trying to correct itself.

3) Who carries a $100,000 bottle of booze with them on a plane? I know the airline wasn't selling shots of that stuff.

4) Some have mentioned that the painting in Widmore's office closely resembled the painting in the hatch. The painting in Widmore's office also says "Namaste" across it backwards.

5) Jim Carrey's movie, "The Number 23" airs every time LOST is on. Gotta love the coincidence.

Not in Portland (S:3,E:7)

1) So Juliet is gifted in sciences dealing with fertility. She impregnated a male field-mouse for crying out loud. Mittelos Bioscience seems to be key to this episode. They recruited Juliet for her expertise. They 86'ed her ex-husband, because that's what she asked for.

2) Update on the Mittelos website: It may not be an official site relating to the show. It could be a site set up by fans. However, looking at the website in the previous post, we see a map of the island. Experiment 108 maps out the "Experimental Island", the "Control Island" and the "Observation Island". Once in there, you get an email from Rachel. In the email is a link to a video (which I cannot see from work due to firewalls...so I might comment on this later). I've read the unofficial transcript. Apparently what Rachel is saying is that Hanso, Widmore and Mittelos are all the same company, or at least, they have a common vision and that they are going to kill Juliet in the process.

3) On the map, it mentions Casimir Studies in the "Observation Island". Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect

4) So Benry has taken Alex as his own child. He's very protective of her, and this could explain why Karl is always held in a cage. I mean...when I have a daughter...no boys until she's 30. So I can see where he's coming from.

5) Ethan keeps surprising me. At first, he came off as a jungle-boy. Then we find out he has medical skills (back when he was treating Claire in the Serpent Hatch). Now, we see he's either a recruiter, or he is gifted at doing dirty-work...like arranging for people to get run over by buses.

6) More biblical references. Isaac and Rebekah had twins named Jacob and Esau. Jacob was a learned man but also a con-man who struggled with Angels and Demons (sounds like Sawyer). Esau is the Hunter (this would be Locke). Genesis 25:29-34 recounts how he was tricked by Jacob into giving up his birthright (leadership of Israel) for a meal of lentils. From this, "Esau" in western religions has metaphorically stood for anyone who is tricked into a worthless bargain. Sounds a hell of a lot like Locke. Even in the womb, Jacob and Esau were locked into a mortal struggle. This goes back to my thoughts that Sawyer and Locke might be half-brothers (or may have a connection of sorts) and that Locke's father is the real Sawyer. Furthermore, on the biblical reference...Rachel (Juliet's sister) is pregnant. Rachel (of the Old Testament) was one of Jacob's wives and she had difficulty bearing children for many years. Together they had a son named Joseph, who was taken from them and sold into slavery by his brothers (older brothers from Jacob's other wives). Joseph had the ability to interperet dreams, earning the title of "Joseph the King of Dreams". Rachel also had a second son...his name was Benjamin (Benry?).

Mittelos Bioscience

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LOST Returns!

They're baaaaaack!!!

Tonight's episode is titled "Not in Portland" and is a flashback based on Juliet. We'll see how much it reveals.

Can't wait for tonight