I'm still hung up on that damn missle. With all that happened in this episode, my brain
keeps coming back to the missle.
According to Regina, the woman on the ship, it should have hit target in under 30 seconds. Her first mark was at 40km to
the beacon, so the ship (or firing platform) can't be that far away. Let's say 60km at the most. Missilles fly pretty quickly,
so where was it for 31 minutes and change?
One idea is that if island time is truly behind "normal time", then even though the missle reached the target area in 30
seconds as far as Regina was concerned, it wouldn't appear to the people on the island until that moment actually happened
in their time, 31.23 minutes later.
So, does that mean that island time is 31.23 minutes behind normal time? I don't know, but it's possible. It could
also be that the spot Daniel is at is 31.23 minutes behind, and other parts of the island are even further behind, or
ahead. Or maybe it's just that the island's magnetic anomalies have messed with Daniel's clock and the rocket's
guidance package. It could have been looping the area awaiting reacquisition of target. The only problem with this theory
is that a missle that small probably wouldn't be capable of anywhere near 30 minutes of flight time.
That's gonna clog me up for a while...
Moving on, it would appear that both Naomi and Elsa share the same taste in jewelry. Check out the pictures on the screen
cap page. Naomi's has an inscription: "N. I'll always be with you. R.G." (or C, my eyes aren't what they used to be). Maybe
they both shop at the same stores, but I'd be willing to bet they have some significance in relation to their cause, or employer.
We saw last season that Naomi had an interesting tattoo on her arm also. Check it out here. Keep your eyes open, I'm sure we'll be seeing more of both in the coming weeks.
We've still got a lot to cover. Hurley's betrayal, the Miles trade, Kate and Sawyer, Sayid and Desmond leaving in
the chopper. So many things, so little time.
Tune back in tomorrow and we'll pick up where we left off.
The Economist - Chew, day two.
I'm still surprised Hurley bought into Locke's plan to capture whoever came for Charlotte.
When he questioned Locke earlier in the episode about holding Charlotte hostage I thought we might see him leave, that's why
I wasn't surprised to see him tied up and left behind at the barracks. Hurley's in deep now, and the "other" Losties will
have a hard time trusting him after this.
That's what makes figuring out the last two of the Oceanic 6 so hard. So far we've got Jack on
the beach, Sayid on the freighter and Hurley and Kate at the barracks. What brings them all back together?
Speaking of Kate, I was not surprised by that development. From the minute Jack suggested she go I knew it was
going to happen. She's cares about Sawyer and she can't be to optimistic about a happy ending back home. I have a
feeling Jack knew that too and was giving her a chance to change her mind.
One thing that was evident after Sawyer and Kate talked was that Ben is still a master at knowing just which loose
board to pry up in someones mind to get them doubting themselves. He was dead on with his comments to Sawyer about not
being able to cut it back home, not being able to compete for the woman he loves (and he does love her, make no mistake) with
the likes of Jack. The man is an evil genius.
So for now, Kate's an "other" Lostie. Now there's a group whose dynanmic is about to ratchet up a few notches. That's
because John Locke has just made the worst trade of the century. Now he's not only got Ben to listen too, he's also got
Miles. He better gag and truss the two of them fast.
Meanwhile back at the beach, Charlotte and Daniel decide to stay behind on the island when the helicopter leaves. Ah,
true geeks. The siren song of untold amazing discoveries in this strange land holds them firmly in place. You gotta love Daniel.
His antics when he decides to run his test, the herky jerky way he asks permission from Frank to use the radio, a
masterful performance. He captures the introverted, focused on nothing but the project scientist perfectly.
Tell you what, if the Losties want to get any real information out of the Freighter Four, he'd be the guy that would
give it up. As a matter of fact, aren't Jack and Juliet alone with him now?
So that leaves room for two in the chopper and those spaces are filled by Desmond, and at Sayids suggestion, the
body of Naomi. Desmond goes because he wants to get to the bottom of why Naomi had the picture of Penelope and him with her.
When he gets to the ship he just may find out that it was sent by Penelope's father and not her.
I'm anxious to see the freigther and crew myself. This should be interesting.
