LOST- The Economist

Well well well. Four right and two more to go . Oh wait Ben escaped as well. I got that part right and that explains the coffin theory. Ben is in the coffin. Although Ben is probably not one of the Oceanic Six since he’s hiding from “The Economist” and no one knows he’s off the island. Great episode and we are getting so many answers in a little space of time.

The thing that blew me away more than Sayid working for Ben was the payload. 31 minutes and 20 seconds is the time difference between the freighter and the island. The time probably depends on the distance between the island and where ever you are. Meaning there might be about three year’s difference between the island time and the rest of the world; which will explain Walt’s growth spurt when he comes back as well as Richard not aging. The island is the fountain of youth and that’s why everyone is searching for that place and Ben wants it to himself. That also explains why women can’t have children on the island; the growth of babies is too slow. I’m so glad they introduced a new scientist character in Dan. Hopefully he’ll be able to explain everything that’s happening on the island in a scientific way and Miles can hopefully understand the supernatural.

Ok so back to the episode. Sayid is one of the Oceanic Six and is working for Ben by killing people on a List to protect his friends. I don’t think Sayid is in no way a traitor. He’s doing what he has to do to help his friends who are probably the people left on the island. I got an Alias de ja vu when island Sayid discovered Ben’s multiple identity passports. That and the people living in the houses on the island like a happy family and immortality coming into context reminds of Alias (Produced by JJ Abrams who also incidentally was one of the producers of LOST). Is Ben a secret agent? Does he have other ways of getting off the island? Maybe that would explain Ben’s growth since he is aging although he is on the island. He frequently makes trips to the outside world to do whatever he does and maybe Richard is immune to aging since he was on the island too long. Probably “the temple” others are going to is the gateway off the island and the submarine was just a ruse to keep the new comer’s such as Juliet on the island.

After making a trade with Locke to get Charlotte back Sayid and Desmond are off to the freighter with Frank and the body of Naomi. Desmond wants to know why Naomi had a picture of Penny and the Freighties that came to the island admit that they don’t know, so he’s on his way to the Freight. Sayid wants to check out the Freight to determine whether the people on the boat are the “good guys” or not.

Oh man LOST is rocking and I hear people who stopped watching is jumping on the LOST bandwagon again. Next week’s a Kate flash forward and with how the first three episodes were expect it to be filled with a chock full of more answers.

Quote of the Episode:

 Hurley commenting on Miles after he calls Hurley tubby.

“Oh great the boat sent us another Sawyer..”