"Who Put Him In Charge?" 5x08: LaFleur - Initial Reaction

Sorry, but it was my favorite part of the entire episode!

Based on the texts I got the second this one was over, I know this has to be a good one.

Trouble is, I haven't watched it yet.

Yes, as of 11:29 pm, I have yet to see "LaFleur." You shoulda seen me doing my grades while eating dinner and ironing. All at once. But not watching LOST, because once I started watching, I knew the dinner, ironing, and grades would've fallen by the wayside, and I'm waaaaay too responsible for that. ("Can you sense the sarcasm? 'Cause I'm laying it on pretty thick.")

.....Weeell, okay, so I watched the opening scene, and now know that the title character is not only the Head of Dharma Security, but also, in fact, Sawyer. Cool.

Know what's cooler? The friggin' FOUR-TOED STATUE!!! Yep, that bad boy was standing tall right before Locke turned the wheel and brought them to wherever they have settled, which I can only assume is in the late 60s/early 70s, judging by the groovy couple in what appeared to be a sparkling new Pearl station. What a tease to show it, and then jerk us forward in time again. I'm already dying to know what possibly caused the well to be seemingly "mixed" - it was there, but also filled with dirt? But the rope was still in the middle of the dirt? Maybe because they were all touching the stones and the rope when they flashed to a time when there was no well? I think that might make sense.

I'm also guessing, again based on the mini-flurry of texts I got at 10:03, that something big happened at the end. And I'm worried that it might be the death of Sawyer. Am I right? Or someone else major. I have no idea.

So here's the deal: I'm going to watch it now like the insane person that I am, and I will add my reactions to this post when it's over. 'Kay?

UPDATE:

Whoah.

Whoah.

Well thank goodness I was wrong about Sawyer being killed.

First of all, about those texts: Toe, sorry to ignore you, but now you know that I couldn't look! I'll get back to you : )

In the episode, we saw the statue, two Losties and an honorary hostile becoming members of Dharma, some previously unknown Dharma members and the security station (not the Pearl as I initially thought), a baby boy being born, "LaFleur" and Juliet (Hey, why did she get to keep her name?) hooking up, Jin speaking almost perfect English, Faraday in total disarray after losing Charlotte - and speaking of which, a toddler Charlotte in a red dress (Dan kept saying, "I'm not going to tell her...I won't do it...I won't tell her..." when the flashes stopped), and Jack, Kate, and Hurley reuniting with Sawyer (on the down-low from Juliet, of course).

Whoah.

So, at the moment:

• First and foremost, let the debate begin: who is the baby? It seems to be the 70's (someone on the Fuselage is pretty convinced it's 1974, but I didn't read their reasoning), so who would fit that timeline? Who do we know already but we've never met their parents?
  
• Poor Daniel. Not only did he lose Charlotte, and not only couldn't he bury her (her body disappeared since they moved to a time before she was dead), but now he's in a time when he's going to be forced to give her that fateful warning that will ironically lead to her death. The thing is, he's now chanting, "I won't tell her...I'm not going to do it..." I wonder where that's going to lead.
  
• We saw "the truce," which we know must be the precursor to "the war." It seems like, whether they like it or not, Dharma and the hostiles have found a way to live together, more or less. There is definitely tension there, though.
• The conversation with Sawyer and Richard was awesome. As someone on the Fuselage pointing out, Richard was in the rare position of not knowing what was going on. And Sawyer in this scene and this episode was so crafty - the Black Rock story he told Horace Goodspeed, playing the Jughead trump card with Richard - just great, great stuff.
  
• I can't wait to see this one again! It seems like every single scene had something for us to chew on. I really wonder how all of this might lead to what we know happened on the island post-1970's. I wonder if the Losties will play a pivotal role in the history of the war; they sure are setting things up that way.

I really loved this one. It was chock-full of Dharma history, which I love, so I was in heaven, so much so that I didn't take any notes (as you can tell); I just sat back and took it all in!

Which none of us will be able to do next week - it is the one and only break in the season next week, so we can all take a breather since there won't be any LOST to watch next Wednesday. But are you like me? Would you rather be watching? Of course you would!

What did you all think? Let me know!

I'll have a recap for you most likely over the weekend. I might get some screencaps up for you earlier, though. Keep checking back!

Until I post again, Namaste, and Good Luck,