316 Review

316 started with Jack waking up on the Island just like in the Pilot episode, but more on that later. 46 hours earlier Jack, Sun, Ben, and Desmond are lead by Mrs Hawking to the Lamppost. The Lamppost was a Dharma station that was used to find the Island. We learned that the Island is constantly moving and through mathematical equations the Dharma initiative figured out a way to find out where the Island was going to be a certain point in time. So Mrs Hawking found a window for the Oceanic Six to get back to the Island. In order to get back they must take flight 316 and they must try to recreate the original flight. This is why Locke had to die, he had to replace Christian Shephard's body on the plane. This is also probably why Jacob chose to use Christian Shepherd when appearing to Locke. But Mrs Hawking gives Jack John Locke's suicide letter and tells him that John must have something of Jack's father on him. Do you believe? After Ben had an unfortunate incident, Jack must pick up John and take him to the airport. He gives John his dad's shoes and his suicide note back. By the way Kate's going back to the Island, no surprise there. When was the last time Kate turned down an opportunity to follow Jack into the Jungle of Mystery. The big surprise here is that something happened to Arron and he doesn't make the return flight. Hurley, Sun, and Sayid in handcuffs do however make it on flight 316. Just as John Locke killed himself because there had to be a dead body on the plane, we can assume Sayid was locked up because there was a prisoner on the original flight. Although I doubt he went along willingly. And for one more surprise, Frank Lapidus is the pilot of flight 316. Remember he was suppose to pilot Flight 815. When Jack finally gets around to reading John's suicide note, they end up back on the Island right in the middle of a time warp. Back to Jack waking up on the Island, he finds Kate and Hurley in the Lake and then they run into Jin and he's in a Dharma jumpsuit. Jin's got some explaining to do. On next weeks episode the Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham, Locke's fateful mission off the island is revealed. And that's what you need to know so you're not lost when it comes to Lost.