Last night's episode was all about what happened to Desmond after he turned the failsafe key in the hatch back in last season's finale. The episode was an extended quasi-flashback which I think the show pulled off. As Lost fans know, the show has always had flashbacks, but this time Desmond relived his past (traveled back in time?). We got to see Desmond approach his father-in-law to be to ask for his permission in asking Penny to marry him, in which he was swiftly ripped a new one by the old man (Kirsten's Dad from the OC!). Then this old lady started telling him what he was and wasn't "supposed" to be doing. Desmond wasn't supposed to buy the engagement ring, he is meant to break Penny's heart, meant to race around the world in a boat to prove Penny's dad wrong, meant to be on the island pushing the button for 3 years. Who is this lady? Did Des ever really come across her in his past? Is she part of Dharma planted in his past? Is she even real? The whole message relayed is that the universe wants certain things to happen, and there's only so much control we have over it. So just like the universe wants, Des breaks Penny's heart and he's on his way to the island.
Flash-forward to the present back on the island and we find out that Desmond wasn't trying to save Claire earlier from drowning, but he was actually saving Charlie! Charlie's had several near-death experiences on the island (remember first season?) but is he really gonna die? How long can Desmond keep saving him, can he really change the fate of the universe? Let's hope we don't have to say goodbye to Charlie any time soon, but a good death would add some awesome drama.
My last burning question that Brandie helped me realize last night - when did Claire have time to cut bangs?
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