***OFFICIAL*** LOST Season 3 Episode 18 Discussion -spoiler free-

[GrandmaStabone]

LOST Season 3, Episode 18 “D.O.C.”
Episode blurb (in white)

<font color="white"> Sun discovers the identity of her unborn child's father after being examined by Juliet. Meanwhile, Desmond allows an unlikely foe to help save the life of a mysterious new island inhabitant. </font>



Previously, on LOST….

1.) As Locke, Kate and Sayid made their way to The Others’ settlement Locke destroyed The Flame (a valuable Dharma communication hub) and killed the prisoner they found there, Mikhael. When they reached the settlement he destroyed the submarine, supposedly the last link The Others have to the outside world. Ben encouraged Locke to do this because without the submarine he can deny anyone passage home and place the blame elsewhere. Subsequently Ben revealed to Locke that they had somehow brought his Father to the island – likely as an attempt to further manipulate him and gain information about his ‘connection’ to the island.

Afterwards, The Others left The Barracks (with Locke) Leaving behind Jack, Juliet, Kate and Sayid. These four returned to the main camp and as Juliet gained the trust of the survivors it was revealed that her loyalties are seemingly still with Ben and The Others.


3.) According to Desmond, the button was in place to periodically expel electromagnetic energy that builds up in the island. He also claimed that the plane crash was the result of him not pushing the button. When Locke refused to push it Desmond was forced to go under the hatch to flip a failsafe switch that would supposedly destroy the hatch (and everyone in it) as it expelled the energy.

After the hatch “imploded” Desmond awoke in his own past in the few years leading up to his crash on the island. When he tried to make decisions that would avert this, he was told that the universe is ‘self-correcting’ and that trying to avoid his fate on the island was futile. After being jolted back to the ‘current timeline’ Desmond can now see flashes of the future. As a result of this he saved Charlies’ life twice, but told him that because of the self-correcting nature of the universe that he could not save him from this fate.

Also as a result of the hatch explosion, Desmonds ex Penny (the daughter of Charles Windmere) has located the island via the electromagnetic pulse. Desmond began having visions of her coming to the island from the sky and tried to recreate the events that would lead to that outcome, including allowing the death of Charlie even though he could prevent it. In the end he chose to save Charlie, and (perhaps) as a result when the pilot ended up on the island it was not Penny, but the pilot did recognize Desmond and had a photo of him and Penny together.




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1.) Any discussion of any confirmed material/storylines that have not yet aired as part of network programming, no matter how trivial, are to be put in white.

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Away from the things of man, my love. Away from the things of man.

<font color="grey">LOST</font>

[CappyAA]

Joe Versus the Volcano

Let us gogogogogogogogo!!!!

[daryn]

wow @ the ep summary

[I_AM_EVIL]

OOOPS

[SoloAJ]

I couldn't resist reading the ep summary after daryn's comment and I wish I hadn't. It isn't hugely revealing, but eh.

Laugh at the flare going and everyone doing the slow turn "wtf" look. Hilarious.

[daryn]

it doesn't really say anything that the "info" on most cable boxes says

[XXXNoahXXX]

awesome how sun is the one to finally start demanding answers.lol.

[easternbloc]

well, I didn't see that coming.

[Assani Fisher]

omg!

[SoloAJ]

oh snap