[arrowheadnation]

Okey Dokee....here are my thoughts on last night's episode.

1. First off, not a whole lot of things to theorize about compared to a normal episode. This ep. was more about speeding up the pace of the story so they could include both on-island and off-island storylines. That's not to say it didn't leave me with a few questions...

2. What in the hell happened in that temple that caused Russeau's baby daddy to actually go as far as pulling the trigger. He was defending the smoke monster's actions saying that it was protecting the temple. I'm thinking that the smoke monster does not harm the original inhabitants of the island (aka, the others). It protects them. Ben sent his people to "the temple" last season because they would be safe there....meaning if Widmore's soldiers got close, Smokey would go ape shit on them....and he did. I wonder what happens to those people that get sucked down into that hole. I've got to think they're being help captive rather than dead because when the Smoke monster wants to kill, it just up and does it (Ecko/Widmore's soldiers). But we've seen it try to suck people into the hole before. I don't know. I cannot wait for the final explanation on Smokey.

3. Christian Shepard made it known when speaking to Locke that he is unhappy with Ben. This furthers my belief that Ben may use his grandson (Aaron...the little prince) as a bargaining chip to get back in his good graces.

4. Now that Locke has turned the wheel, all of the nosebleeding should stop. Who knew that Charlotte was going to be this huge source of info right before she kicked the bucket? I've hedged my bet for weeks/months that she had spent a long period of time on the island before and for once I was correct.

5. Still on the subject of Charlotte's rambling...we got another in the long line of "OH SHIT!" moments when she said that it was Faraday himself that told her not to come back to the island. All this time traveling is making my head spin.

6. I think it's pretty inevitable now that we will have a Locke/Jack confrontation/heart to heart in the very near future where all the stuff about Christian will be laid out for everybody.

7. How about that pendulum thingy from next week's episode....WOW!

I'm gonna watch the episode a 2nd time today, so I may come back and add more if I catch anything I missed. Overall, in my opinion, the pace of this episode made it one of the best in the 5 season run.