Lost

The episode opens with Jack, Hurley, and Kate back on the Island. Then we get the "46 hours ago."

The Gang is with Daniel's mother, and they head downstairs to her own hatch (The Lamppost) - complete with a pendulum and odd computer equipment. She says it's how the Dharma Initiative found the Island, which is "always moving." They all have to get on a particular flight which will pass through the path of the Island, and have to get as many of the original peeps together as they can. Hope the flight's not booked.

She pulls Jack aside and gives him Locke's suicide note. Since they have to recreate the original flight as best they can, Locke's body will be the proxy for Jack's dad's body. That whole "recreating the original flight thing" seems lame to me. They don't have everyone with them anyway, so what's the point? And then Jack visits a grandfather we've never seen before for the sole purpose of happening upon his dad's shoes. Lame and pointless.

Jack and Kate have some pre-doomed-flight sex the night before they leave. Ben, who went to "visit an old friend" calls Jack, and he's all bloody and beaten up. He tells Jack where to pick up Locke's body since he's been sidetracked. Jack puts his new shoes on him. I kinda liked Locke's shoes better.

The Gang gathers at the airport, and Hurley's there too, though we don't know how he knew to be there. Sun has decided to abandon her kid, I guess, which is always nice. Sayid is escorted by a female cop or agent or something, though I don't remember if we've seen her before or not. Ben boards too, all beat to hell. There are only a couple of randoms on board, because Hurley bought up most of the tickets. But not all of them? So those people are probably there for a reason.

The pilot turns out to be Frank, the helicopter pilot from the freighter group. As he talks to Jack he sees the other passengers. "We're not going to Guam, are we?" LOL, Frank.

Jack finally reads Locke's suicide note: "I wish you had believed me." And then the turbulence starts. And we're back at the beginning, with Jack, Kate, and Hurley coming to on the Island. They don't remember crashing, and can't find the others. An old Dharma van drives up to them and who should get out but Jin.

Next week we get explanation of Locke's death. Yay! Locke episodes are always good!

Also: nice Y: The Last Man (in Spanish) shout-out. Hurley has excellent taste in comics. Comics written by one of the Lost writers, natch.