'Lost' Recap: The New Long Con

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All of this reminded me of my wild theory, proposed two weeks ago, that season 5 of Lost is running parallel to season 2. Because this bit of business totally evoked for me the Henry Gale story line of the show's second season, when the castaways nabbed themselves a man they suspected to be an Other. And they were right. Which leads me to my big theory of the column: I think that the Others/Hostiles got their hands on Sayid prior to his capture by Jin. I think they're blackmailing him into doing something for them that will prove detrimental to the Dharma Initiative and put Sawyer's standing at risk. And remember how Sayid was allegedly feuding with Ben? How he made that big show to Hurley about how he was never going to trust Ben ever again? Well, I'm entertaining the notion that that was all a ruse, too — all part of Ben's scheme to manipulate and herd the Oceanic 6 back to the Island. Crazy? Totally reaching? My guess is we won't have to wait too long to find out....

QUICK HITS

ETHAN That's the name of Amy's bundle of joy. If this is the same Ethan that will grow up to be the Other who infiltrates the castaway camp, abducts pregnant Claire, then gets killed by Charlie after he comes back to abduct Claire anew...well, that's interesting. And ironic. Ethan, of course, helped Richard in recruiting Juliet to the Island — and Juliet winds up traveling back in time to help facilitate his birth. It also means that Ben was not the only member of the Dharma Initiative to survive the Purge and join the Others. More on the significance of the Ethan revelation in next week's Doc Jensen.

BLUES IMAGE As in the sixties/seventies group, whose song ''Ride Captain Ride'' was heard when Sawyer brought Jack, Kate, and Hurley into the barracks. ''Ride, Captain, Ride, on your mystery ship/Be amazed, at the friends, you have here on your trip.'' Perfect.

BEN'S PEOPLE ''A Captain's first duty is to his passengers,'' Ben told Lapidus. ''But I have people to look after, too.'' But who are Ben's people now — the Others or the castaways? But then Sun smacked him unconscious, delaying his hero's/villain's journey for another episode.

DR. PIERRE CHANG He got pulled away from his lab to fill in for Amy in the orientation hut. Wonder what he was working on? Maybe some time travel project with Daniel Faraday. I was also intrigued by his reference to how things are so disorganized on the other side. Presumably, this would be the Dharma U.S. in Ann Arbor, MI. I wonder if we're ever going to visit there?

JACK THE JANITOR Chang assigned to him to workman duty — just like Ben and his father during their Dharma days. ''Based on your aptitude tests, you'll be doing janitorial work.'' Genius. Even Jack snickered at that one.

SAWYER AND JULIET I wished there had been time for a scene where we saw them more fully process Jack and company's return and the implications. But I have no doubt that scene is coming soon. It simply must.

JACK VS. SAWYER Old tensions surfaced during the evening tête-à-tête between Kate's would-be lovers. Jack provoked it, criticizing Sawyer for reading and drinking when he should have been sweating their next moves. Sawyer — sensitive to the dumb hick thing — boasted of the big brain that saved the day, and reminded Jack of his failures as a leader during his tour of Island duty. Jack took Sawyer's punches with a mix of bemusement and acceptance; my guess is that his recent enlightenment is such that he can't completely disagree with Sawyer. It kinda bummed me to see Sawyer get so bitchy with Jack. I wanted to think that the reconstructed Sawyer, as evidenced by ''LaFleur,'' was a little bit better than that. Again, as I said two weeks ago, it makes me wonder if the return of the very people he's been waiting for all these years will prove to be the worst thing to happen to Sawyer in a long time. Or at least, in three years.

And with that, I cede the floor to you. But before your do, check out the new episode of Totally Lost if you haven't already. And for those who have: I swear, if you ''friend'' that freakin' pig, don't say I didn't warn you when ''the quickening'' bites you in the butt....