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2.21 ?

Eko: "We do it because we believe we are meant to."

I'm confused. Lost is so complex that I'm starting to feel inadequate. Can reviewers get performance anxiety?

Eko and Locke, our two mystics, appear to have a paranormal connection. Eko's dreams told him things he couldn't possibly have known about, like Ana Lucia's death and Locke's drawing of the map. And Locke actually dreamed that he was Eko. (This dream was just fascinating; Locke as Eko was using a crutch, and when he reached the top of the cliff, Yemi was sitting in Locke's wheelchair.) For some reason, Eko has now decided that he believes in the Experiment, whatever it is, just as Locke finally admitted he had lost his "faith." Does Eko believe the Experiment has something to do with God?

The flashbacks were about Charlotte, a girl who came back from the dead. A girl who had a message from the beyond for Eko from his brother Yemi. Bizarrely enough, she was the daughter of Claire's psychic, Richard Malkin.

Why would Malkin confess to Eko that he was a fake psychic? Why would he say his religious wife Joyce was trying to spite him? The obvious answer was that Malkin was trying to stop the Catholic Church from investigating his daughter's resurrection. I bet the Dharma Initiative had something to do with Charlotte's resurrection. Malkin deliberately sent Claire to Los Angeles on Flight 815, too. Malkin is part of It, whatever It is.

I've been mildly bummed by the thought that it's all just a silly social science experiment. Eko's conviction that it was important gave me pause. What could a Very Important Experiment be about? Mystical healing? Immortality? It might even be about the nature of God.

No immortality for Libby, though. The Island's healing powers were not enough for her, just as they weren't enough for the marshal. (The shock of Libby waking up and spitting blood was so effective that I actually shrieked a little. Good job there.) At least her passing was a lot less painful than the marshal's, with the help of the Virgin Mary heroin. And how symbolic was that?

Sawyer hid the guns and heroin right in his own tent. That was smart; no one would ever have expected him to do that. He was also "good Sawyer" this week. He comforted Kate when she was crying. And he could have chosen to hang on to the guns, not share the heroin, and let Libby die painfully. I bet the marshal's passing was still fresh in Sawyer's mind.

I was weirded out by the formerly sweet, formerly harmless Michael lurking among his former friends like a snake in the Garden of Eden. What would he have done if Libby had said more than his name? Why was he still there? He was looking at the computer. Was he waiting for a message from the Others?

Character bits:

-- Eko's monsignor called him "Father Tunde." I couldn't make out the detailed info on Eko's forged Australian passport, but now we know he was trying to get to the United States illegally.

-- In the flashbacks, Eko appeared unhappy with the day-to-day of being a priest. He was bored with hearing confession.

-- Eko and Locke did not pick up Henry's trail. Maybe Henry never left.

-- The doctor in the orientation film was Dr. Mark Wickman. In the Swan orientation film, he called himself Dr. Marvin Candle. Candle, wick. One of the red and black countdown symbols was a flame, wasn't it?

-- Wickman mentioned Karen deGroot.

-- Sawyer called Locke "Gimpy McCrutch." He called Henry "the artist formerly known as Henry Gale." Kate is always Freckles now. No nicknames for the dying Libby; Sawyer just called her Libby.

-- There are two Australian psychics in the story. I know Australia is somewhat large, but is Malkin connected to Iluru somehow?

Bits and pieces:

-- Sawyer gave Jack the meds two days ago. For us, that was two episodes ago.

-- The Pearl Hatch was number five of six. So far (tell me if I'm wrong), we've seen three others: Locke's Swan Hatch, the Tailies' Arrow Hatch, and the Caduceus Hatch we saw in "Maternity Leave."

-- Dr. Candle/Wickman said that the observers in the Pearl Hatch were part of the experiment. If there are just six hatches, though, then why were there nine television monitors?

-- The fact that the Pearl Hatch can only be seen from above made me think of God. (And planes, of course.) Salting the earth is biblical as well.

-- Locke put his drawing in the pneumatic tube. Candle/Wickman said it would go directly to them. Where did it go? And where is the "Pala Ferry?" Was that how Desmond got off the Island?

-- The new orientation film had a copyright date of 1980, just like the one in the Swan hatch. But there was one big difference: it was VHS instead of a filmstrip.

-- There was another Hanso commercial. "The Hanso Foundation. Reaching out to a better tomorrow." It showed DaVinci, the space shuttle, and a double helix, and gave the phone number and a web site: http://www.sublymonal.com. Please don't tell me it's a subliminal Sprite commercial.

Quotes:

Locke: "What's the axe for?"
Eko: "I don't know yet."
It was to open the Pearl Hatch.

Eko: "Your map is inexact."
Locke: "No kidding."
Eko: "These landmarks. Is this a river?"
Locke: "No, it's a wavy line."

Locke: "That's not work. It's a joke. Rats in a maze with no cheese."

Hurley: "I'm sorry I forgot the blankets." Poor Hurley. At least it happened before they got too close.

Three out of four polar bears,

Billie