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*SPOILERS* Be warned, the following post contains spoilers about Lost

The Island:

This episode didn’t have anything nearly as big as the last few episodes, but it was still pretty good and was mainly setting up for the finale.

Mainly, everyone was preparing to fight the others. Jack had a plan, and using dynamite Rousseau has gotten he planned to blow up the others when they came to check the tents. It was way back in Season 2 when Jack started to assemble an army, and now it may finally pay off. A face off between the others and the survivors would be truly awesome, and it looks like that’s what we’ll get.

However, it won’t go exactly as Jack had planned. While they are busy making plans, Karl arrives (by Alex’s request) to warn them that the attack has been moved closer - and they now have only a few hours before the others arrive. After a few episodes of Jack being mistrusted and shunned, he has now completely taken control back - and is definitely in charge again. With a few slight adjustments to his plan, they are ready to blow the others away.

They will place dynamite next to the tents the others are going to, and then shoot it once they are near. Everyone save for a few that will be there to shoot will leave for the radio tower, and try to communicate with the outside world so they can get rescued.

However, before they can contact anyone they need to figure out what is blocking their signal. Juliet tells them it is an underwater hatch, and they need to go there. Ever since we first saw the cable going into the ocean people have been speculating that it was an underwater hatch, and they were right. All the survivors need now is someone willing to risk their life to go down there.

Charlie volunteers - because of what Desmond has told him. He’s had another one of his “flashes,” and he saw Charlie drown in the hatch. However, he also saw Claire and Aaron get rescue, and says the only way that will happen is if Charlie dies in the hatch. Charlie is willing to sacrifice himself for that, and so while everyone else prepares for the other’s arrival Charlie and Desmond leave on a small boat (which Karl brought earlier).

They follow the cable, and when it ends it’s time for Charlie to go. Desmond even offers to go instead, but Charlie doesn’t want to change the future by doing things differently. Instead of simply refusing the offer though, he agrees to let Desmond go - and then smacks him over the head with an oar and goes anyway. I’m not sure what his logic was behind that, but it’s done and so he dives down.

He’s expecting to find a flooded hatch because that’s what Desmond had told him, but what he finds is not what he was expecting. He’s almost out of air and probably couldn’t go much longer without it, but when he pops up into the hatch instead of drowning he takes a deep breath of air. The hatch is definitely not flooded. Even more baffling is the fact that there are two women there, who waste no time in pointing guns right at him.

Most of that was setting up to what looks like an amazing finale. Even without any major events though, this was a good episode and cleared some stuff up, while getting everything in place for the end of the season.

The Flashbacks:

These flashbacks covered Charlie’s five favorite moments - his “Greatest Hits.” The first was when he heard his band on the radio. He was ready to quit because he felt they were going nowhere, and this was just the boost he needed. The second was when he learned how to swim. Most of it was just him standing on the side of pool cowering at the thought of water, but he eventually did jump in and could swim. The third was one Christmas morning. He was in a bed flanked by two women, and his brother wakes him up to give him the family ring. It’s not surprising that a threesome was one of his favorites, but oddly enough it was actually the ring he got that made him cherish this memory. The fourth was him saving someone who was getting attacked, and them calling him a hero. The last was on the island - the first time he met Claire.

This was better than I was expecting for a Charlie flashback. I didn’t think they had much more of his story to tell, but since they focused on five separate stories of his instead of a single one it wasn’t boring.

This episode wasn’t as great as the last few, but it was still pretty good. It’s hard to top last week though.

Rating: 3/5

Note: Sorry I’m so late on this one. I was really busy last night, and I just never got around to it. It’s not like anyone reads these anyway.