See you guys at dinner

Merry LOST CHRISTMAS everyone. I thought “The Other Woman” was great. We learned a ton and there was plenty of action.

Things I liked about this episode:

1. The return of the whispers. I liked how it debunked the terrible theory of the whispers being from someone other than the Others.
2. The cat fight between Harper and Juliette.
3. We see a side from Benjamin that we hadn’t seen before — flirtacious and jealousy.
4. The ongoing power struggle between John and Ben.
5. Only women who conceive on the Island are prone to it. That clears the pregnancy question of whether the women are infected if they have sex on the Island or if they give birth on the Island.
6. This is the most assertive Claire has been ever during LOST.
7. My Widmore theory is correct. I don’t want to brag, but this is the first major theory I’ve called.
8. The fight between Juliette and Charlotte = hott.
9. Juliette looks great in a bikini.
10. “See you guys at dinner”

Questions:
1. Why does Juliette have so much makeup for her session? I don’t think I’ve ever seen her wear it beforehand.
2. Are the Others plotting anything against Ben?
3. If Dan and Charlotte were just going to render the gas inert, why would they need the gas masks? In case he failed?
4. How did Benjamin Linus find out and how did he inform them? I think Jacob told Benjamin but how did Benjamin tell Harper if he was trapped in John Locke’s basement?
5. Where did Goodwin’s burns come from?
6. Is there anything else in Juliette’s file besides her affair with Goodwin that she wouldn’t want Jack to see?
7. Didn’t Mr. Smiley once tell Jack that Juliette and Ben had “history”? Did Juliette cheat on Benjamin with Goodwin?
8. How does Ben know about Widmore?
9. Does Penny know of her father’s intentions?
10. Is Benjamin making up the Ana Lucia story to trick Juliette? I think so.
11. Are Benjamin and Locke working towards a common good or is this all part of another one of Linus’ manipulations?
12. Was Benjamin also pissed at Ethan too?

Theories:

1. Harper was relaying her sessions with Juliette to Ben. How conniving of him.
2. Ben’s intentions were that Juliette was going to stay on the Island for a long time. Why else would he give her a house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms?
3. Jacob informed Benjamin of Charlotte and Daniel’s mission.
4. Goodwin’s burn came from mixing chemicals to create poisonous gasses.
5. I agree with Juliette that Ben intentionally sent Goodwin, knowing that there was a good chance he’d be killed.
6. Widmore wants to turn the Island into a vacation destination and make huge profits off it. Ben’s intentions are to protect the Island’s sanctity.
7. I think this one is obvious, but Widmore somehow found out about the Island via the notebook from the only remaining survivor of the Black Rock. There must have been directions on how to get to the Island. But how did Widmore first learn about the Island? I also think that the Widmore Corporation’s pregnancy tests (the brand on the one that sun uses) could play a part in it.
8. In an earlier flashback when Charles Widmore offers a job to Desmond, I think that Widmore was planning on sending Desmond on the freighter to the Island. But it wasn’t Desmond’s destiny to do so, so that’s sorta obsolete.
9. Who does Juliette remind Ben of? I’m pretty certain that’s it’s going to be Annie, the young girl whom Ben befriended when he first moved to the Island in “The Man Behind the Curtain.” The only problem with that is Annie had freckles, Juliette does not. Perhaps Juliette’s personality resembles Annie’s.

Other Widmore occurences on LOST:

• pregnancy tests Kate, Sun and Rachel use
• on Henry Gale’s hot air ballon
• on a billboard in Fire + Water