The Package

Highlights:

Sun and Jin are not married, as I have been pointing out since the first episode of this season, and get separate rooms.

There was $25,000 in Jin's suitcase that was confiscated by customs. They arrive too late to do the business transaction, and Sun seduces Jin for what is not apparently the first time.


Keamy knocks on her door and demands the money, but can't understand Korean. He brings in a "Russian Cop" guy to interpret, and it turns out to be Mikhail!

Mikhail takes Sun to the bank to get some money from a secret account, and Keamy takes Jin to the restaurant to torture him.

Sun's bank account was emptied by her father, and Keamy tells Jin that it was money for Keamy to kill Jin. Paik knew about Jin and Sun's affair the whole time.

Sayid comes in and kills everyone, leaving Jin a razor to cut himself free, and kills Mikhail when he returns with Sun. He shoots him in the same eye he had a patch over. Oh irony.

Sun gets shot from a ricochete bullet, and tells Jin she is pregnant.

On the island, Widmore's team tranquilizes Smokey's camp after he leaves with Sayid. They take Jin, saying he's the one they need.

Jin wakes up in Room 23 and sees the Willy Wonka Jacob Others Brainwash Slideshow From Hell. Whoops.

Zoe asks him about the Dharma Initiative, and shows him a map of electromagnetic pockets on the island that was initialed by Jin Soo Kwon.

Jin demands to see Widmore, and Widmore uses the Daughter card by showing him a digital camera of Ji Yeon. He tells him he needs to keep Smokey here. He then says he needs to see the package that's on the sub.

On the island, Locke appears to Sun after she finds that all of the tomatoes in her garden are dead and she has a nervous breakdown in front of Jack. He tells her that Jin is waiting, and she runs away.

She hits her head and passes out. Ben wakes her up and brings her back to camp. She has Aphasia, and can understand English, but only speak Korean.

Jack diagnoses her and everyone complains. Richard comes back and tries to question her, but to no avail (dumbass).

Claire expresses her dislike for Kate, Locke tells her neither of their names were on the wall, and tells her that she could kill Kate after he is done with her.

Locke goes to Widmore's camp but is kept out by the fence. He and Widmore talk a bunch of shit, and declare war against each other. Anticlimactic.

Locke returns without Sayid, Sayid is swimming by the submarine and sees "The Package" come out of it.


It's Desmond. Duh. (I was hoping Aaron, but Desmond was my original guess.)

Special/Key Moments:

I liked that everyone from LOST who was in the movie Smokin' Aces was in this episode.

I liked seeing Sun get all sexual and insubordinate. You go, girl.

The exchange between Miles and Hurley when Richard returns was absolutely priceless.
Miles: "This is your fault, isn't it?"
Hurley: "Kinda."

I liked seeing Jack and Sun together like in Season 1 and 2. Him being the sweet, caring doctor again instead of being crazy-hot-mess-beard-man is always a plus on this show. When he came to her side and told her that she might be able to write out English instead of speaking it made me smile. It was one of those moments that reminded me why I was rooting for Jack for so long. Even though he is the main protagonist, let's be serious for a minute, he can get a little crazy sometimes.

You know what else I noticed? Jack had a new backpack when he approached her. Even though it could be from their old fort at the beach, would the Sharpie he found in it still work three years later? And how do people find all of these backpacks and bottles of water? None of them have Dharma symbols on them! Is there a Jansport station somewhere in the middle of the island where they also sell Sharpies? I mean, come on.

Ugh.

Sayid being emotionless and evil-looking was cool. It also seemed to carry over into the flash sideways when he didn't completely save Jin. Maybe that was intentional. Maybe it was my subconscious. Either way, he is evil and stoic. Too bad.

Richard is going to wear that necklace until he dies now, isn't he?

Jack said that it was one stubborn tomato, and that "No one told it it was supposed to die." Booyah. Man of faith, Jack. Carry that torch.

Ben was sweet and caring towards Sun. How weird.

Mikhail showing up as an interpreter was pretty badass. It was nice seeing him clean, and with two eyes.

That Zoe girl looks like a coked-out Tina Fey. Anyone else notice this?


The map signed by Jin was a nice touch. I never thought about how big their influence would be with the Dharma Initiative. Pretty big, I guess.

Are you sick of these V advertisements in the corner? I am.

Theories, Questions, and Speculations:

So Widmore obviously has plans for these pockets of electromagnetism. He knows about the Smoke Monster because he has those pylons surrounding his camp. He knows much more than he's letting on. This is obvious, especially since he told Ben that "Everything you have, you stole from me" in a flashback in Season 3. If Ben stole everything from him, he obviously learned from him, and they both must be masters of deception.

So what does he want to do with these pockets? Move the island again? Time travel where he can have another romp with young Eloise? No. He brought Desmond there for a purpose, and is clearly going to bring him to one of those pockets. Desmond has had premonitions before, and has traveled through time via his subconscious. These anomalies were put to a halt, however, after Charlie died and Desmond found his constant. Could there be more to see with Desmond's mental ability? Could he have some greater power that needs to merge with the electromagnetic pockets in order to defeat the Man In Black? I sure hope so, because if Sayid couldn't kill him by stabbing him in the chest, I don't know what will.

Speaking of stabbing him in the chest, what significance does this magical dagger have? it is clearly held sacred with Dogen at the Temple, but was originally in the hands of MIB when Richard arrived on the island. Was Dogen bad all along? Was he just trying to get Sayid killed without having to do it himself? Or did Jacob take the dagger from Richard and later give it to Dogen in the Temple?


Either way, I think it is a reference to the Spear of Destiny, which pierced Christ's side when he was crucified. The spear has been sought after more greatly than the Holy Grail, and is said to give whoever wields it the power to rule over the world. Hitler was one of the most famous people searching for this artifact, and became obsessed with it among other things. There is no character on this show comparable to Hitler, so it is hard to draw a conclusion concerning the desire for it. I just think it is something worth mentioning....