Huzzah! Things are actually happening on Lost! The plot is moving ahead! After a mediocre season so far, the last two episodes have really picked things up and made the show at least bearable to watch again. It finally seems like things are converging towards some climactic moment, and it looks like the stupid alternate universe storyline is going to be resolved fairly soon. After the jump, you can read the full recap.At Evil Locke's camp, Kate and Sawyer ask why they haven't done anything about Jin. Sayid takes Evil Locke out into the woods and shows him Desmond tied to a tree, and when Evil Locke asks Desmond if he knows who he is, Desmond calmly replies "Of course. You're John Locke."
After everyone calms down from watching Ilana blow up, Richard decides they need to go back to the Black Rock to get more dynamite. Hurley agrees, but when they get to the ship we see that Hurley somehow got ahead of them (how would that dude ever be able to sneak anywhere? He's like 400lbs!) and has blown up the ship. On a side note here, the fire effects in this scene were downright awful; you'd think a show like Lost would have the budget to at least do fire believably. Hurley explains to Miles that Michael had instructed him to blow up the ship, and that he obeyed Michael because "Dead people are more reliable than alive people."
Evil Locke is taking Desmond on a walk through the jungle when a kid appears, staring silently at them. Evil Locke instructs Desmond to ignore the kid, and the kid smiles knowingly and runs off. I can't help but wonder if this kid is some reincarnation of Jacob.
Hurley claims that Jacob has told him they need to go and talk to Evil Locke, but Richard refuses to believe him. The group splits into two, with Richard, Ben, and Miles going to the Dharma barracks to get some grenades, and Hurley, Jack, Sun, and Frank heading toward Evil Locke's camp. Sun still can't speak goddamn English and has to communicate by writing on a pad, thus furthering a completely useless plot point--I'm sure as soon as she sees Jin her English will come rushing back in a flood of emotions. Hurley confesses to Jack that he didn't actually see Jacob, and that going to talk to Locke was his idea, but Jack already knew this. Jack explains that ever since he got Juliet killed, he's just wanted to fix everything, but he's realized that perhaps the reason he's here is to learn that he can't always control everything. I'm really getting sick of Destiny Jack here; the guy can never decide what he believes in, and his flip-flopping back and forth just comes off as obnoxious and stupid. As they have this discussion, they all hear whispering, and Michael appears to Hurley. He explains that he is trapped on the Island because of what he did (killing Libby and Ana Lucia in season 2), and that the whispering noises are the sounds of all the dead people who are stuck on the Island and are unable to move on. He points Hurley in the direction of Evil Locke's camp, and says that if Hurley should see Libby again, he should tell her that Michael is sorry.
Evil Locke and Desmond arrive at an old well, and EL explains that the well wasn't build for water, but for answers. It lies on a place that makes compass needles spin, and the people who lived there dug the well to find out why (because apparently digging wells is how you solved mysteries in those days). He says that Charles Widmore isn't interested in answers, only power. Evil Locke seems confused by the fact that Desmond isn't afraid, and when asked why, Desmond responds by asking what the point of being afraid is. Evil Locke smiles, then throws Desmond down the well. He returns to his camp, and Hurley's group arrives.
In the side-flashes, we see that Hurley is insanely rich, having always had good luck. He is the owner of the Mr. Cluck's chicken franchise, and a huge (get it?) philanthropist. The episode begins with him winning an award at a charity event, and he is introduced by Dr. Pierre Chang (from the Dharma videos; Miles' father). His mother is still an annoying bitch in this world, and she has set him up on a blind date. His date stands him up, but instead he meets Libby. She explains that she saw him from across the room, and she remembers him, but if she tells him where she knows him from, he'll think she's crazy. She seems to be about to explain things when Senator Kelly from X-Men shows up and puts her in a van labelled "Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute."
Depressed, Hurley goes to a Mr. Cluck's to mow down on a family-size bucket of chicken. He runs into Desmond, and he tells him about his meeting with Libby. This is after the events of last week's episode, as Desmond has the cut on his forehead from his car crash, and he encourages Hurley to follow his instincts and find out why Libby thinks she knows him. Hurley goes to the mental hospital and gives Senator Kelly $100,000 in exchange for a visit with Libby. Libby explains that she saw Hurley in a commercial a few days earlier, and had a flood of memories about another version of her life--the "real" version of her life, in which their plane crashed on the Island. Hurley doesn't remember any of this, but as any normal person would do, he asks the crazy lady out on a date. As she is in the institution voluntarily (wait, what? Then why the hell would they be able to restrict her visits and force her back into the institution after she first met him? Come on, Lost, get your story straight), she is able to leave on day passes, and she agrees. They go for a picnic on the beach, and Libby comments that it's like the "date we never had." They kiss, and he starts remembering their experiences together on the Island. They realize that she's not crazy, and something else is going on. The camera pans back, and we see Desmond watching them.
The next flash into the side universe follows Desmond, as he sits in the parking lot of a school and watches Locke wheeling his way out into the parking lot. Ben comes up to Desmond's car and asks what he's doing there (as apparently he's been sitting outside this school for quite some time like a giant pervert), and Desmond makes up a story about having just moved into the neighbourhood and needing to find a school for his son. Ben leaves, and Desmond proceeds to run Locke down with his car. The episode ends with Locke lying on the ground, bleeding.
All things considered, it was a pretty strong episode. The events in the alternate reality seem to indicate that Desmond has figured out what is going on, and is now carrying out an agenda based on knowledge from the "real" universe. Being as there are only 5 or so episodes left, I'd imagine (or at least hope) that this alternate reality storyline is going to be resolved within the next 3 or 4 episodes, but knowing the Lost writers, they'll probably wait until the last minute of the series finale to solve things. Or they won't solve them at all. Bunch of jerks. Also, Frank and Ben need to either do something or die pretty soon, because right now they're just wasting space
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