God there was just way too much going on in this episode. Too many storylines, and as a result it feels like nothing really happened.
We're back to flashbacks, which suck. Baby Locke is born prematurely to a teen mother. The effing guy that recruited Juliet to the Island is there in the hospital. Woah. He shows up when Locke's a kid and says Locke is special and he runs a school for kids, like he's Professor Xavier or something. But Locke fails the bizarre-ass test and isn't special after all. From there it's all Woe is Locke's Life, bullied in high school. Lt. Daniels from The Wire/that-mystery-dude-from-earlier-in-the-season works at his rehabilitation facility. He's the one who suggested that Locke go to Australia, which is of course how Locke ended up on the Island.
The problem with this show is it's been 18 weeks since they focused on the freighter so now I don't remember why the Australian guy is helping Sayid and Desmond, let alone who he is. But he helps them get a lifeboat, which Sayid promptly sails off in. The Australian guy, who it turns out is the Captain, is shot by the main Military Dude, who I think is totally badass, who takes the chopper back to the Island.
Locke, Hurley, and Ben spent the whole time walking in the jungle looking for Jacob's cabin until they found it. Locke enters and sees Jack's Dead Daddy, who says he's not Jacob but can speak on his behalf. Claire is there too because of course Dead Daddy took her last week, and she's acting strange like she's not kidnapped. Locke asks Dead Daddy how he can save the Island. The answer: he wants us to move the Island. Oooookay.
As if there weren't enough storylines going on in one episode, they have the balls to go back to the beach. The chopper flies over them and the pilot drops a package for them, including a tracking device.
As if that weren't enough, there were like 3 different references to Hurley and food in this episode. Jesus, we get it. He's fat.
The episode sucked. But it had a great line. "Destiny is a fickle bitch." -- Benjamin Linus
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