Season 6, Episode 10: "The Package"

After last week's AMAZING episode (and my super long blog post), I think no matter what we got this week we would be a little disappointed. No way can you top that episode, so naturally it was somewhat of a let down as we didn't get a lot of answers. (although I read that next week is supposed to be another great one.)

I don't feel like there is too much to write about this week, so I will just touch upon a few key pointers and save my energy for next week's big episode.

• Sun had trouble "believing" in their purpose on the island. She does not trust Richard, she does not trust fake-Locke, and she just wants to be left alone. At the end, when Jack talks to her, he makes the same promise to her that fake-Locke did. He promises to help her find Jin and to get her off the island. However, she TRUSTS Jack whereas she does not trust fake-Locke. I thought it was interesting that when Jack came to talk to her she was sitting on the beach staring out at the ocean. If you remember, when Jack was at the lighthouse and saw his name on "the wheel" he sat and stared at the ocean while Jacob came and talked to Hurley. Jacob said that for some people it was as easy as getting in the back of a cab and telling them what their purpose was, whereas others (such as Jack) needed to sit and stare at the ocean for awhile, to truly ponder the idea of their destiny. This is what Jack did, and eventually he really did believe in his purpose there on the island. He was trying to convince Sun of this earlier in tonight's episode, to no avail, but turns out she just needed "to sit and stare at the ocean for awhile." She had to come to make her own decision, and she chose to trust Jack in the hopes that he will make good on his promise.

• So, in Sun's "alternate reality," she and Jin are not married but are having a secret affair. She makes plans to run away with him, but little did she know her father had found out about their relationship and had taken all the money out of her bank account. Turns out that Keamy (the guy from the freighter) was actually hired by her father to kill Jin. He ties him him in the freezer and says to him that "some people just aren't meant to be together." (Remember this is what Juliet also said to Sawyer and also what her parents told her as a little girl). In a strange twist of fate (yes, fate?), Sayid actually kills Keamy, and helps Jin to escape. During a shootout between Jin and Mikhail (the interpreter who escorted Sun to the bank), Sun is accidentally shot (and soon after informs Jin that she is pregnant). Remember in their "real" past Sun was unable to get pregnant. It was only by the "miracle" of the island that she was able to conceive. Also, did you notice who the "language interpreter" was? It was Mikhail, the Russian guy from the island who lived alone in a cabin on the island. Remember how he had an eyepatch? Well, did you happen to notice that when Jin smashed his face down on the corner of the table, he hits him right in the eye. They zoom in real close on his damaged eye, which immediately made me remember that was our eye-patch friend from the island. Very ironic.

So I guess the whole alternate reality theory for Sun and Jin is to determine whether or not they are actually "meant" to be together. So different from their past before the crash, where Sun is having an affair with someone else and just about to leave Jin. Now here they are in this alternate/flashforward world where they are secretly in love, forbidden to be together, and letting destiny run it's course as to whether or not they are meant to be. I am wondering if Sun's life will ultimately be placed in Jack's hands - assuming that Jin will likely rush her to the hospital. Wouldn't it be ironic if our dear Dr. Jack Shephard was the doctor who was given the chance to "save" her. Also because of the fact that on the island, it was Jack who sat with Sun on the beach at the end of tonight's episode, convincing her that he would help her find Jin, and she confides that she does trust him. Ultimately, Jack "saved" Sun here as well, helping her become a believer in their purpose on the island. Wouldn't it be ironic if he "saved" her in the alternate reality too?

• Okay, back on the island, the "war" begins between fake-Locke and Charles Widmore. We also see that Widmore has built the same kind of "security fence" that the Others had in their camp to keep the smoke monster (Locke) out. Both of them are fighting for the remaining people on "the list." We also learn that in order to leave the island, fake-Locke needs ALL of them to go together. He also tells Claire that once he can get those remaining three people, "whatever happens, happens" - which is basically his way of saying that Claire has his "permission" to kill Kate as she had wanted to. The only reason fake-Locke stopped her before is because he needs Kate to help get him off the island. It seems like he does not care whether they live or die, he just needs them to help him escape. We learn from Widmore, that if fake-Locke does get off the island, all of the people in the world "will cease to be." Basically, if fake-Locke gets off the island and infiltrates the rest of the world with "the darkness in his heart," basically the world will end and everyone will die.

Enter "The Package" from Widmore's submarine. He explains that this package is not a what, but a "who." Sure enough, in the final seconds of the show, we see that it is "Mr. Hume" they are bringing from the submarine (Desmond). Remember when Eloise told him after he left the island that "the island is not done with you yet." We also know that Eloise and Widmore were once together and had a child together (Faraday), so clearly they still have ties. She must have helped Widmore to get Desmond back to the island since he supposedly has a "purpose" there. Widmore says that he came back to the island to try and save the rest of the world from fake-Locke. If you remember, when Desmond was first in the hatch, and the Oceanic 815 survivors first found their way into the hatch, when they ask Desmond what he has been doing down there, he replies that he is "saving the world." He believes the world has come to an end, and that the button-pushing is actually saving the world. I think that in Widmore bringing him back to the island, he is going to have some "purpose" in which he truly does have to save the world.

• Another little note - I have always recalled the episode "The Constant" where Daniel Faraday writes in his journal that "Desmond Hume is my constant." I have always believed that surely would come into play again and would certainly be important. Now that we know Desmond's role in coming back to the island as a key player in Widmore's plan, I think we will see more with Faraday and if he is his "constant." Will the island still skip through time? This would help support my theory that the survivors are going to carry out Faraday's scientific plans on how to "erase" their past by keeping the original 815 flight from ever crashing on the island. Because if Desmond never was in the hatch, he would not have avoided pushing the button that one day which caused their plane to crash. Everything ties back to Desmond. However, in the voiceover in the scenes for next week, they talk about Desmond having to make a sacrifice, and once again the line that "the island is not done with you yet." I think that Desmond is going to have to make a sacrifice for the island (perhaps either Penny or his son Charlie, or both) in order to "save" the world. Kind of like saving the ones you love, or saving the entire world. This would be Desmond's purpose. There have been tons of other islanders who have had to make sacrifices in the name of the island. Ben - sacrificed his own father and then ultimately his own daughter, all for the island. Dogan (the man from the Temple) sacrificed his son who he killed in a car crash...in order to save his life he sacrificed every being able to see him again if he went to the island. And even Widmore - who has sacrificed his relationship with Penny because of his "larger plan" with the island and with using Desmond to help save the world. So, clearly, everyone on the island is forced to make a big sacrifice - giving up the ones they love for the sake of the island, and ultimately, for the world and all of mankind.