LOST Season 6 Episode 8 "Recon"

A stunner right off the bat here, Sawyer being a cop! Wow. And even though I know other characters are going to be tied into others flash-sideways, it was still a big surprise to see Miles working as Sawyer's partner. A very solid flash-sideways again this week, Sawyer is still on the hunt for Anthony Cooper and seems to have become a cop so he could easily track down the man responsible for making his life hell. I wonder if Sawyer will actually catch Anthony Cooper because of John Locke, much like the way Locke helped Sawyer kill Anthony Cooper on the island. Everyone keeps saying the flash-sideways are irrelevant, but each week the flash-sideways are tying into the island timeline more than people know. We see Sawyer track down Kate at the end of the episode, and he remembered her from the elevator at the airport. We also see a connection being re-established between Sawyer and Kate on the island, so similarities are happening here.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the Widmore storyline off and running so soon. Normally they would show us Widmore coming to the island in one episode, and then we wouldnt see him again for 5-6 episodes, so seeing him right away was great. It would seem that Widmore knew that Sawyer would be coming to Hydra Island, as his people were expecting him to show up. Sawyer was captured and taken to Widmore where they made a deal that seemingly would set up Smokey(Locke) to be captured. I still cant tell who's side Widmore is on, but the upcoming confrontation with Smokey(Locke) is very enticing to me.

Well, it looks like we have another huge mystery developing here. There was a big focus on what was TRIPLE LOCKED in that room on Widmore's submarine. Sawyer stopped and asked what was in it, but of course we got no answer. Hopefully we get an answer sooner rather than later, but some preliminary guesses are that it could be a person?? Desmond? Or something that will be used to kill Smokey(Locke)? Who knows.

People seem to be questioning Sawyer's motivation in all this... what gets lost in all this chaos is the fact that Sawyer has actually been on the island the entire time- not many remaining sane people can say that. He originally crashed in 2004. Spent almost a year on the island before he started time traveling. Then spent 3 more years living in the Dharma Initiative. Then flashed back to 2007 after the bomb "went off". And now is trying to leave with Kate on the submarine. So Sawyer has been one of the few people who have been stuck on the island since Season 1.

Next weeks episode looks very interesting, and has been an episode I have been waiting for for a long time now. The back story behind the mysterious Richard Alpert will be revealed, and along with that maybe some long time mysteries of the island will be unleashed.

Good Luck to everyone on their March Madness bracket, and enjoy this openeing weekend of games because it truly is the most exciting weekend of the sports year. Until next time....

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