If things don’t begin to shape up, Jack won’t be the only one who has had to take a leap of faith. For the third week in a row, we return to the site of all the excitement – the hatch – and we see, once again, the events that transpired up to the point that Desmond has taken Locke hostage. Of course, we finally get to see what happens afterwards when Kate sneaks up behind the crazy Aussie/Scot and knocks him down. Score one for the castaways! Wait, what happened? Desmond shot a hole in the almighty countdown computer.
Oh god… And while Desmond works on fixing the darned thing, and Kate runs back to camp to snag techie Sayid, Jack and Locke sit down to watch a short educational video on the purpose of the hatch. I don’t know if anybody caught this, but the copyright at the end of the film said “1980.” That’s a hell of a long time to be stuck under the ground experimenting with the electromagnetic activity on the island, and it looks as though the castaways may be stuck taking over the workload now that Desmond’s run off into the woods. It’s true that Jack is probably the craziest person on the island, and I think that he needs to take a chill pill and calm the fuck down, but for once, I agree with him. Just don’t press the stupid button. Sheesh!
Meanwhile, the raft gang (Michael, Sawyer, and Jin) find themselves locked up in some primitive jail when a girl is suddenly thrown in with them. And it’s none other than Ana-Lucia, Jack’s drinking buddy from the airport. Though after talking with the guys about why they’re on the island, she gets up and leaves the ditch like she knows these “Others” that Jin claims them to be. Anybody with half a brain knows that they’re really just the other passengers from the back of the plane, but I guess we’ll just have to wait until next week to find out for sure. And speaking of next week, what the hell is going on with Jin! He can speak English! Hmmm, the plot thickens…
