Lost: Everybody Loves Hugo

Libby you did it! You managed to puncture the wall in Hurley's mind which separates the two realities, with a little nudging from Desmond. Speaking of Desmond apparently once the wall is perforated the holes start to open rapidly. Desmond knew that John Locke was evil on the island so he attempted to eliminate him off the island. Bold gambit considering UnLocke did the same thing to Desmond on the island, of course I'm fairly certain neither of them were successful in attempting to eliminate the other.

My initial theory about the flash sideways being some form of therapy (see my post, Lost: A Theory) still holds water only now the participants are actively fighting against it. Of course it still does not answer the question of who placed them in this therapy. Maybe it was Libby's doctor at Santa Rosa.

Illana, we barely knew you. I am a bit miffed at the creative forces behind Lost over the casual offing of Illana. She was the Artz of season six. I must admit that I was just as shocked when she blew up as I was when Artz exploded. That said, I liked Illana and took no morbid joy in her ridiculous fire ball death. It was funny when Artz exploded because he managed to be such an annoying character in such a short amount of time. I predicted that Illana may have been an immortal like Richard a few posts ago and now I have egg on my face, or Artz on my shirt, you can decided which metaphor you prefer.

The boy in the forest returned. This time I am fairly certain he was a bit older. He also upset Smokey considerably more this time around. Is it Jacob, a manifestation of the island itself, or young Smokey? Was the boy a created when Jughead exploded? Could he be the entity that powers the flash sideways?

Speaking of power on the island, the whispers were finally explained! They are the dead that are unable to move off the island because of the bad choices they made in their lives on the island. Michael finally got some redemption.

Smokey the Nemesis told Desmond that Widmore was after the power of the island and I tend to believe him considering he tried to kill Desmond a moment later, no reason to lie to a man about to die. More interestingly though was the fact that Smokey was visibly perturbed by the fact that Desmond did not fear him. Did Desmond know that Locke was actually UnLocke? If he did, does Desmond believe that a large part of John Locke still exists in Smokey? Is that why Altesmond (it's a naming convention I'm ripping off Fringe) attempted to kill John Locke?

I am going to miss this show. I refuse to even think about the television landscape without it next season.