But before we get to the recap let's see what's been brewing on the good old internets. One tantalizing new clue happens if you go to the Hanso Foundation website. When you look at the page regarding the founder Alvar Hanso, you'll notice something interesting when you move the mouse over his image. A faint glimpse of what looks to be a document. Click on the picture and you are treated to a little sequence that harkens back to the final moments of the last episode and it gives out a big fat clue that will actually tie in directly with the next few episodes. So if you want to be surprised, I suggest you stay away.

Also, if you are really into living the Lost experience full throttle, download your very own countdown clock here. Now you can be forced to enter in silly numbers every 108 minutes and go crazy doing it!

If you are interested in getting a detailed look at the crazy French lady's map, go here. Gotta love nerds with lots of free time. Although it still doesn't come close to the reigning champion that is Tron Guy.

Now you may be wondering why anyone cares about these stupid little details. If so then I can direct you to this article in the Seattle Times titled “Fans play TV series "Lost" like an interactive video game�. See? We're not alone, and we are growing stronger every day.

That’s enough nerd chatter. Let’s get to the recap.

The show opens with kids playing soccer. We pull out to see we are in a small African town. As the kids are playing they are interrupted by a group of armed gunmen driving up in cars. They start rounding up the kids as the women scream. The local priest tries to stop them but gets cold cocked. One of the leaders of the thugs grabs an old man from the crowd and one of the kids. He gives the kid a gun and orders him to shoot the old man. The kid tries to but just can't do it. After a few seconds another kid runs up, grabs the gun out of his hand and shoots the old man. When the thug asks him what his name is, he says "Eko."

“Look at Mr. Eko. No hesitation. A born killer," the thug says. Then he pulls off the crucifix necklace Eko was wearing telling him he "won't be needing that anymore� and sticks him on the back of the truck. That was one heck of a job interview. I wonder how they interview for gynecologists in Nigeria; just shove you in front of a cooter and make you go to work? As Eko is being carted away, we see him looking a the other boy. They are brothers. So I guess we can say that Eko didn’t have a Ricky Stratton "Silver Spoons" type of childhood.

We cut back to the island and see Eko sitting in the beach with his trusty stick, carving in what looks to be Bible passages, or Warrant lyrics. I’m not sure which. In my defense, the lyrics to Cherry Pie and Matthew 1:12 are almost interchangeable. Claire walks up and in her increasingly irritating Australian accent asks what he’s writing. He simply says “Things I need to remember.� You mean things like “She's my cherry pie, Cool drink of water, Such a sweet surprise, Tastes so good make a grown man cry, Sweet cherry pie� ? Well I don’t need to write it down my friend because I got that memorized. In fact its #4 on my list of thigns to remember, right after “no fat chicks�.

When Claire tells Eko that her baby's name is Aaron, he says that that was the name of the brother of Moses. “Aaron was a great man. Moses had great difficulty speaking. So it was Aaron who spoke for him.� That is interesting. And I’m sure everyone remembers last season when we saw the psychic who thought that Claire’s baby was going to be some sort of prophet. Or when Ethan, who was secretly one of the Others, kidnapped Claire presumably because he wanted the baby. Does this mean that Aaron will be some sort of conduit for a higher power?

Posted by EdHIll on January 12, 2006 5:11 PM