It feels like Charlie’s struggle with drug addiction has been put on hold for almost a year now (not counting the brief revisit two weeks back), so it was a relief to see that the writers hadn’t forgotten about our favorite little hobbit. Still, I’m not completely sure that I was expecting what happened on tonight’s episode, namely Charlie’s chronic daydreaming about Claire’s baby (Aaron) going missing. And after a religious-themed premonition and a chat with Mr. Eko, Charlie is convinced that Aaron needs to be baptized in order to be considered saved. That doesn’t, however, make it okay to steal another person’s baby and force it into the ocean surrounding a mysterious island.
Are Charlie’s visions for real or just an aftereffect of going cold turkey? Whatever the reason, at least we know why Charlie is so damned protective of Aaron – it seems that his older brother didn’t know the first step in early parenting, though the extensive drug use certainly didn’t help. And finally, what was going on with that diaper commercial? Is that what burned out rock stars are to expect at the end of their career, and if so, why don’t we see more rockers dressing up like babies these days? Man, what I wouldn’t give to see the Stones selling Pampers during daytime television.
