Sixth Season Intermission

In The Lighthouse, as Hurley is guiding Jack to his destination, as orchestrated by Jacob, Jack stumbles across Shannon's inhaler near the water stream cave containing the two skeletons, opting Hurley to question if they are some of them from long ago. The inhaler is a reminder of what has been, for us to just consider all of the extraordinary events that have transpired up to this very point. Lives lost since the Oceanic was hit by the electromagnetic energy, causing the plane to crash. So much I guess to think about as we have reached this point on the show.

Sun no longer "speaks" English

If this sixth season of Lost have proven anything it is that the writing team really seemed to be having a blast dishing out one twist after another in their special “sideways” alternate plotline where the characters of the Oceanic never landed on the island (that in fact the island was underwater with the foot statue particularly of direct focus) and made it to Los Angeles. But the characters on the plane in this alternate timeline are not the exact replicas of those who did land on the island. There are slight differences, some more significant than others. I mean buddy cops Sawyer and Miles (give me that show, will you?!), Jin and Sun lovers that are not married with Sun’s father paying Keamy (of all people!) to contract kill Jin (!), Sayid’s beloved is married to his brother, Jack has a piano prodigy son, Ben is a hospitable school teacher, Kate is still running from the authorities (but eventually caught by Sawyer!), Claire has Aaron but must keep him due to the fallout with the adoptive parents splitting up, Charlie was taken off to the jail for drug possession, Hurley is still wealthy (buying up businesses and right the opposite of having bad luck!) but charitable, and Locke is rebounding from the crippling in his wheelchair and loss of his job by working as a substitute teacher. After watching The Package (which works as a basic melodramatic thriller where the two lovers must avoid hitmen paid by the woman’s kingpin father in a foreign land), seeing how it ties to Sundown (Sayid had found Jin in a food locker after shooting Keamy and his men), I can only grin at the sixth season developments, playfully arranged and quite clever. You know that this development will eventually receive some serious elaboration later as is the case in The Package as Jin fails to realize that the very money and watch sent with him by Sun’s father for Keamy is payment against his very life, with Sayid actually ultimately saving him (inadvertent but nonetheless a rescue just the same). While no matter what timeline Sawyer belongs he gets laid and Sayid ends up killing several people, the Sideways still shakes things up while the 2007 plotline plays it out. And using past characters like Keamy, still a mercenary but flashing a devious smile while exploiting the language problem of Jin, and Mikhail as the man of many language interpretation skills, further illustrates just what creative indulgences are available in the Sideways.

Sexy scene where Sun seduces Jin in LA hotel

On the island in 2007, Hydra Island does seem to be getting plenty of attention in the sixth season, as Widmore’s forces make their station with the pylons used as a resistance towards The Man in Black. In fact in The Package, Widmore initiates a successful raid of the camp of The Man in Black, through tranquilizer darts rendering the likes of Sawyer, Kate, Claire, etc unconscious, just to secure Jin. Widmore appears, after a conversation with Jin, set to keep The Man in Black from leaving the island, looking to locate the electromagnetic energy pockets Dharma might have uncovered. The Man in Black can’t just pass over into Widmore’s station, either, returning to the main island after giving Sayid a mission to infiltrate his enemy covertly. Sayid noticing a kidnapped Desmond (poor Desmond), drug away by Widmore’s men at the end of The Package prepares us for the continued push towards a major confrontation. Sayid even mentions to The Man in Black (still in the form of Locke) that he can feel nothing anymore; The Man in Black considers this perhaps a good thing as he will operate as a human weapon with no emotions incapacitating him. Sawyer still believes he’ll work both sides while The Man in Black subtly gives Claire permission to murder Kate once they can get to the plane on Hydra Island. With the Ajira plane on Hydra Island, as well as Widmore’s sub, escape has never been more possible although opposing forces in a battle for supremacy on the island could prove difficult for anyone wanting to leave. In The Package, Sun pops her head on a log while running from The Man in Black, leaving her unable to talk English any longer, with Ben finding her knocked out, later defending himself against Ilana because past behavior dictates he might have done it! Sun refuses to accept any strategy without her husband and her not being able to return home, as Jack promises her that he would do everything in his power to make sure she leaves with Jin off the island; I really thought this was well acted and wonderful in its execution. As Jin is under the capture of Widmore (who appears to want to help Jin, even showing him a camera with pictures of Sun with their daughter), his willingness to assist in a fight against The Man in Black comes from conviction in the cause. So still separated, Jin and Sun are kept apart, but at least a daughter is waiting on them if Jack can do as he said…although the difficulty of such a task appears nearly impossible.

Leaving and staying on the island, keeping The Man in Black from accomplishing his mission, Albert's own plan to blow up the plane comes under dispute by an enraged Sun, refusing to accept anything detrimental to her and Jin's own escape.

Sun not content with Albert's plan to blow up the plane, her language barrier quite stifling