Season Six, Episode 13

Holy crap! They killed Sayid. They killed Sun. They killed Jin. They shot Kate. Lapidus got smacked in head by the sub door and for all we know, he's dead, too. ALL IN THE SAME EPISODE. I think they've finally decided to pick up the pace in this race to the end. About freaking time.

So, this time in LA X land we learn Locke's Dad is a good guy. He didn't throw him out the window and break his back. It was Locke who injured himself and his father in a plane crash. Because ... everything is better in LA X land. It's also in LA X land that Sun and Jin are well and good. Not so much here. Sun and Jin finally get reunited only to die together in this episode. How utterly heartbreaking. Who is going to take care of their kid? Is she a candidate? Clearly, it can't be that deep, we only have three epsidoes left.

I could totally deal with Sayid dying, as he has been kind of dead this whole season. But let it be known for a long, long time he was my most favorite character. But we've been dealing with Z-ayid a lot, lately. And he kind of sucked it up. But right before Z-ayid saved most everyone, he seemed so normal. He even tipped Jack off about Desmond. And then tells Jack "it's going to be you." Does that mean Jack is it? The candidate? That is the name of this episode. And we are kicking candidates off the show faster than slower with the mass murders. So, is it Jack? I'm starting to think yes, it really is. He was so insighful on the ship when the bomb emerged. But he was wrong. It was a bomb. And Locke did cause people to die. If Sawyer hadn't pulled the plug, would the bomb had still gone off?

Oh, and where the hell is Ben in all of this?

Fake Locke is evil to the core. He is hell-bent on killing everyone. But why? If he kills all of them, how can they replace him? Doesn't he need them to get off the island? Is that all a ploy, too? And what does he need Desmond for? Ugh, I have no idea what is going on. And we are so quickly running out of time. Furthermore, what does Whidmore have to do with any of it? Is Whidmore a former candidate who got booted for someone else? Is he also trying to pick everyone off so he can lurch himself back into the candidate spot? What does it all mean, man? What does it all mean?

In other trivial questions, where did this jewelry box come from and what does that mean? We haven't seen anything about it before. The only think it makes me think of is the mirror Jacob used to show Jack his life. Another mystery.

And speaking of things we have/have not seen before, did anyone notice the repeat of lines between Sun and Jin being the same as those between Richard and his wife? And again between Jack and Locke at the end when Jack tells Locke "I wish you believed me." The roll reversal is just another neon aarow showing that Jack is the one. He's come around. It's him, totally him. But why and for what? Ugh, now we just need to figure that out.

Next week's preview looks interesting, maybe a throwback episode like we got with Richard. And that's all I've ever wanted for the end of this show, to backtrack to the beginning to show us how we ended up where we are.