Denouement - 
by EdHIll
In the boat. Jin, Sun, and Sayid are sailing. Sun has morning sickness, or maybe she dipped into some of Desmond's Dharma vodka. Jin says she needs to see something. When Sayid hands her the binoculars she looks and sees that on the coastline are the remains of a giant statue. "I don't know what is more disquieting. The fact that the rest of the statue is gone, or that it has four toes." And then we see what he's talking about. Its the remains of a giant statue with a big four-toed foot. Does that mean that this island was colonized by cartoon people? Was it created by Dharma as an example of what they are attempting to achieve through genetic mutation? If so, then where is the rest of the statue? Is it thousands of years old? WTF is going on with this show? I haven't been this freaked out since I met this dude.
Back in the hatch. Eko is sitting there etching more sayings into his big pounding stick. Probably something along the lines of "Thou shalt not let the bald man keep you from the button." He then starts to hear some suspicious noises. When he gets up to investigate we hear the familiar sounds of the woman's voice on the speaker system. It's time for a lockdown! Once Eko realizes what's going on, he races back to get inside the computer room, but he's too late. Locke and Desmond are already there—Desmond tripped the lockdown by crossing some wires. With the countdown at 101 minutes, Locke says now all they have to do is sit there and wait.
In the flashback Desmond is on the high seas getting his honor back. He is in the middle of a huge storm and when he goes above deck to try and fix the mast he is knocked unconscious. But at least he was able to save his dorky book. When he wakes up he finds himself inside the hatch. A man is standing over him asking him "What did one snowman say to the other snowman?" Desmond doesn't know what he is talking about. When he asks him his name he says "Kelvin Inman." This is the same man who was the army psyops guy who taught Sayid how to torture back in Iraq in 1991. Only then he went by the name John Inman. And a thousand years ago he went by another name. The Kurgan (cue Queen music). Then Desmond hears the noise of the button. Inman goes and enters the numbers and hits enter. "What was that?" Desmond asks. "Just saving the world." Inman tells him.
Then we see Desmond watching the orientation tape. And this is the first time I noticed that in this orientation film the Asian man has only one arm and walks with a limp. In the Pearl orientation tape he is perfectly healthy with working arms. I'm not living up to my geek street cred for taking this long to notice. Desmond asks Inman why there are some parts missing on the film. "Radzinski made some edits," he says. But when Desmond asks him why, he doesn't answer. No one ever answers direct questions on this show.
Desmond asks him who Radzinski was and Inman just says that he was his partner. Then Inman starts putting on his HAZMAT suit. When Desmond asks why he has to wear it, Inman just says its so he doesn't get infected. Does Desmond ask what could be infecting him? No, of course not. Then Inman shows him the vaccine and tells him to take it every nine days.
In real time, Eko limps out of the hatch. He stops momentarily to notice the huge quarantine sign on the blown hatch door. On the beach he runs up to Charlie and asks him for help. Getting a new shirt? Goodness no, the dirty scrap of cloth that used to be a shirt has become something of a lucky charm for the big guy. Well, that is if you don't count him crash-landing on this island, finding his dead brother and being locked out of the one true mission that Jesus has picked out for him. Namely, pushing a button on a 1984 Macintosh. Hey it could be worse, he could have to wash lepers or something. He asks Charlie how they got the hatch door open. Charlie says that they blew it up. Eko pleads with him saying that if he cant get into the hatch everyone on the island will die. With that Charlie agrees to help him.
In the jungle the merry band of thieves is walking along talking about the Others. Sawyer's theory is that they are aliens and that's why they wear masks. Kind of a funny inside joke for all the Lost fanatics and their theories. Well played, J. J. Abrams. Well played. As they are talking Kate tells Sawyer to act naturally. Leer at something or make a bad double entendre. They are being followed and she is planning on turning the tables on them. They both pull their guns out, and a firefight ensues. Sawyer drops one of the Others, but one of them gets away. When Kate starts to go after him Jack says not to. When she asks why, he says its because they have already been warned. He then looks over at Michael. "Tell them, Michael," Jack says "Tell them what?" Michael says playing dumb—something he's perfected. Jack grabs him and shoves him against a tree and screams at him to stop lying. Michael cracks. He tells them everything. The list of names. That he let Henry go. He even admits that he killed Ana Lucia and Libby. But they just don't understand. He had to. It was the only way he could get his son back. Wait a minute. Michael has a son? Who would've thought! Wow, this season finale is all about shocking revelations!
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