Ok, so I don’t understand the title so I can’t do any of my lame first sentences. I know French but it translates into “By Plane?” Huh? Can I just say how refreshing it was to have Claire featured in an episode? Actually, she was the whole episode. Enjoy it folks because we won’t see her for the rest of the season. I’m not kidding.

          So Claire was all Goth. Interesting. I like her much better with blonde hair. This way, she’s sweet little Claire. Gothic Claire is angry and violent. Take your pick. That aside, I loved the flashbacks. It finally feels like they’re giving us answers. Yeah, most of us already figured out that Jack and Claire are siblings, but it’s great to have confirmation. Some of the little confirmation we’ll ever get.

          Christian enjoys spreading his families around the world doesn’t he? At least he had the decency to pay for all of Claire’s mother’s bills. I’m surprised he would do that. I couldn’t get though why he wanted her to kill her. Was he really looking towards easing Claire’s pain? Did he want her to move on and just live a better life? I doubt it. I didn’t get his motive, but I really did enjoy the scene where he’s drinking coffee with Claire. He tells her that he knows the difference between hope and guilt. It’s a big one. I thought that was some great fatherly advice.

          Whether you believe the accident was an accident or intentional, there is always going to be that guilt. Claire knows it was her fault. She might not have caused the crash, but she certainly did a great job hyping it up, telling her mom that she hates her and all. This is the normal teenage talk, but you wouldn’t expect Claire to actually ram the car into a truck.

And you just had to love the scene with “grown-up” Claire crying in her mom’s hands. She caused this woman to be unconscious for the rest of her life. Claire is pregnant and she can’t ask her mother for help. I had to love when she asked her mom how she raised her alone. Intense and Beautiful.

Did Claire actually buy us a ticket off the island? This girl has brains. I loved how she realized that the birds flying off the island would return to scientists in Australia or somewhere. She was getting so excited. As she should be. I loved watching her build the traps with Jin and Sun. Again, another fantastic moment for the show. Our favourite lesser characters work together. I liked how Claire remembered that they still have to get off the island. Everyone seems to have settled in nicely on the beach. HELLO! WAKE UP!

This continuing storyline with Charlie never gets old. I still can’t bear the thought of getting rid of him, even if I can’t stand him. I’m not joking. I hate him. But, Damon and Carlton are definitely going to kick him off. Let’s add some shock value because if we don’t have enough already. I don’t think I can take anymore. I just cracked a smile when Claire told Charlie that she’ll stay with him until the end. Great gal.

Can we please talk about Jack because that last scene has me petrified? Did they break Jack? How could they break Jack? WHY??!! He was playing football with Tom. That old tumbling idiot better not have done anything permanent because I swear the ugly part of me is going to come out. Kate’s face was priceless. She just looked in horror at this thing that Jack has become. I thought he was running to them because he got away, but NO! He’s running to catch a stupid football.

You gotta love the Sayid, Locke, Kate and Rousseau team. These four are hysterical together. Sayid is definitely angry at Locke for blowing up the flame. Then, Locke had the idea of throwing Bakunin into the fence. He couldn’t have made Bakunin happier. I’m sorry, I’m against useless killing, but this guy had it coming. I’m so sadistic sometimes it’s scary. So what was up with that fence? Basically, it was comprised of pylons that transmitted some kind of waves that can cause hemorrhages. Did you see what happened to Bakunin? How is this thirty years-old? No way they had that back then.

So the list keeps popping up again and again. You want to hear something coincidental? I’m reviewing Lost’s second season and I just finished watching The Other 48 Days. I forgot that the same type of list popped up in the episode. Only the “good” people were taken from the camp. How does Bakunin know everything about everyone? If they do have links to the outside world, how do they get so much information? I’m lost.

Last but not least, they made it to the Others’ little village. I cannot wait to see what happens.

Spotlight on…Claire

-          Claire wakes up in a car. She has black hair and is wearing all black. She’s been in a car crash. She sees her mother sprawled on the floor in front of the car. She’s been severely injured.

-          A police officer comes to question Claire. He hints that he thinks Claire is responsible for the crash. She denies it. He asks her about her father and she says he died when she was two.

-          Claire’s Aunt Lindsey scolds Claire for not coming to the hospital room right away after her check-up. The doctor says they’re looking at fatal damages. He doesn’t think Claire’s mom is going to wake up. He reveals that her expenses have been taken care of by an anonymous donor.

-          Christian Shepard is with Claire’s mom. Lindsey knows who he is. They begin to fight. Claire assumes he’s the donor who paid for her mom’s expenses. It turns out he’s her father.

-          Claire works at a piercing shop. Christian wants to have coffee with her. She hesitates, but she decides to follow him. He says he wants to help. He thinks she should kill her. It isn’t worth it to keep her alive. He knows she’s feeling guilt, but she can’t mistake it for hope.

-          A changed Claire comes to visit her mom. She has blonde hair. She’s pregnant. She tells her mother that she’s giving the baby away. She says she doesn’t know how she raised her alone. She tells her that she’s sorry. The accident was her fault.

Tales from the Island

Claire: Charlie’s going to die and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. Desmond keeps having visions. I promised him that I would stick by him until the end. That’s what I have to do. We’ve come too far for me to abandon him. I learnt what Desmond was trying to do when he scared the birds away. Supposedly, Charlie would have died trying to save me when I fell off the cliff catching a bird. How long can Desmond keep saving Charlie? I hope he can do it for long.

Quotable Quotes

-          Sayid: “Do you think we should shoot him like a dog?”

Locke: “No. I like dogs.”

-          Sun: “Of course my mom never worked a day in her life.” I could see that.

-          Locke: “You never know when C-4 could come in handy.”

-          Claire: “I don’t want my baby to be around lies.”

-          Christian: “I’m your father.” Fantastic.

-          Danielle: “What about the plastic bomb you took?”

Locke: “You wanna be my guest and stick it up there?”

-          Claire: “Why did my mom say you were dead?”

Christian: “Because I no doubt left beautiful memories.”

-          Claire (to Christian): “Go back to your real family.” He can’t. He screwed that up too.

-          Claire: “You know I’m not giving up on you Charlie. You’re gonna be ok. We’ll get through this together.” Loved this one.

Some Final Notes

-          Charlie planned a breakfast meal for Claire. Did you all see how fast the mood changed?

-          Kate asked Danielle why she hasn’t asked any questions about Alex. She tells him she doesn’t like the answers.

-          I couldn’t catch what was being said about the submarine. Did Bakunin say it broke or something? I’m lost. If anyone can answer my question, e-mail me please.

-          Claire’s mom was a librarian.

-          I was so scared when I saw the blood spill through Bakunin’s ears.

-          Kate was so great when she got over the pylon by herself. I love that girl.

-          Claire and Charlie held hands at the end of the episode. Does this mean they are a couple now?

-          I still can’t get over Jack playing football with Zeke.

Another good one. 4 stars

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