I didn’t get to finishing my predictions before the season 4 opener of Lost. But it was a great episode. Here are my thoughts:

Hurley and the Oceanic Six
Hurley was one of six that got off the island, this includes Jack and Kate – leaving 3 unnamed (who will be eventually named in upcoming episodes. I believe that if the person in the coffin isn’t Locke, then it would be someone who wasn’t part of the Six. I think this because of something that someone brought up in the Jay and Jack Lost Podcast – If the Oceanic Six were celebrities – then the funeral would have been attended by reporters or other people. Famous people do not have empty funerals.
There is also the question of why Oceanic is trying to keep the Six hush about the events. Hurley was reluctant to give up information on Ana Lucia to her ex-partner, the detective.

The Oceanic Attorney Matthew Abaddon
Either this guy is part of Oceanic or he is one of the Manifestations. He’s creepy either way. I would have guessed he was part of the cover-up if it wasn’t for ghost Charlie showing up later in the episode. But of course, Hurley has seen other imaginary friends before the crash – but the nurse did acknowledge Matthew’s presence, so it remains to be seen.

Jacob’s Cabin
Yes, it’s been confirmed that Christian Shepard was in the cabin. And the eye that pops up in the window wasn’t Terry O’Quinn’s (Locke), although I had originally thought it was. I still can’t figure out if there were two people sitting, or only Christian… And the fact that the cabin can disappear leads me to believe that the entire thing is a manifestation of the island. I’m not clear on whether or not the ash line keeps it inside it’s boundaries or not – something that was left out in this episode.

Charlie Angel
The strangest thing, of course, is the appearance of Charlie off the island. This can mean a great number of things. 1) Charlie is not dead. 2) Charlie is dead and it is a ghost, not a property of the island that visits Hurley or 3) It is a manifestation of the island that can reach outside into the whole world. 4) It is Hurley’s imagination – something that is fuzzy, since another patient pointed to Charlie – and it can easily be thought of as mass delusion between two crazy people. If a crazy person points to an invisible person, it takes another crazy person to see it as well. Chew on that one.

Jack Shoots Locke
I just thought this was great. Jack pulls the trigger with the gun pointed at Locke’s face. Good TV right there. What mystifies me is why half of the camp goes with Locke – even if Hurley does give a passionate speech, Locke did flat out murder Naomi.

The Rescue Party
Yeah, I don’t trust these guys. But I guess we have to wait until next episode to meet most of them. I did see a preview of two of the rescuers that land on the island – one for Jack’s camp, and another for Locke’s camp. Crafty bastards. Kinda makes the Others look like honest men.

Naomi
Okay – knife in back, she gets up and walks away and NO ONE sees her leave (besides Ben)? And wasn’t kind of odd to see the Losties celebrate getting rescued while just leaving her body where it dropped with the knife still in her back? And how did she pull that out? And how did she climb a tree with a 8 inch knife wound in her back? Sure you can blame it on the island’s weird healing abilities, but c’mon… and then she ultimately covers for them, even though it is certain that they are the bad guys. My thought: Naomi doesn’t have a sister – that was code. It was an act to throw Kate off guard.

Well, that’s it – next episode “Confimed Dead”, might have some startling revelations about the other Oceanic 815 plane that was found at the bottom of the ocean. Two more days…

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