... we have moved up a gear on Lost

""Someone a whole lot smarter than anyone here once said "From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more - to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible"".

Where have we seen that before?

We finally found out why Jack is not married anymore. Of course we knew that he was not married once he got to the island and we already saw his wedding but we never saw what happened to his marriage. Now we know. She was cheating on him, even though he saved her from a wheelchair, and Jack was spending a lot of time away from her which eroded their marriage. Notice his father makes another appearance. A lot of screen time for a dead guy.

When the LOSTaways encounter THE OTHER in the jungle I thought at last we finally get some answers. No, no answers here just more questions. How does he know their names? Easy either Ethan told them or Walt or both. Besides the two spies Ethan and Goodwin this is the only OTHER that does any talking. He was the guy wearing the hat on the boat when they kidnapped Walt.
Some things to note about their conversation. First, the guy seems very certain that Michael will not find them. This implies to me that Michael was not talking to Walt on the computer. Locke comments that Michael was not headed back where the tailers (and therefore OTHERS) came from but seemed to know where he was going. THE OTHERS have sent Michael on a wild goose chase.
Also what was Michael shooting at? He would not waste bullets like that. Something is up. The comment that if you were invited to someone’s house would you go into rooms where you had no business? To me this may refer to the hatch but that is not clear. Also When Jack tells him that they had been there for 50 days this strongly implies that THE OTHERS have been there much longer. No surprise here as we all pretty much knew that. Since they know the island very, very well and are able to appear and disappear so easily. So how long have THE OTHERS been on the island? Many years I would guess. But if JJ is cooking up a surprise for us here I might have a clue what it is.
What if there is a biological agent on the island that can slow the aging process? THE OTHERS could then be very old indeed. They might even find members of the Black Rock in there. There have been some world war II references in the show. The DHARMA project may have nothing to do with THE OTHERS. The DHARMA people may also have been uninvited guests. Slowing the aging process is not unheard of in a JJ Abrams show. In his other show ALIAS they once had an episode with a 500 year old flower.
Of course all of this is just speculation squared on my part. Still, it would make a cool twist or a series finale when they finally learn the truth about everything. How many of THE OTHERS are there? I do not know but they significantly outnumber the LOSTaways. And by the way what was the other quote about curiosity? Curiosity killed the cat. Implying that THE OTHERS have no problem killing anybody.
When Kate is brought out Zeke says “bring her out Alex.” Alex was the name of Rousseau’s baby that was kidnapped by THE OTHERS. Does this mean that THE OTHERS raised Alex and then made her one of their own?
Another comment, how many times is Sawyer going to get injured in this show? The poor guy has been stabbed and then shot twice!

Nothing on LOST is an accident. Every shirt, album and prop has a purpose. What then does the album Geronimo Jackson mean? Has anybody every heard of this band? One thing it does make me think of is Charlie. He too was in a band and we already saw that his album was for sale in a bin called one hit wonders. In the future will they find CD’s of Driveshaft and say who are they?

The comment that Jack made at the end “How long would it take to train an army” is something I have been waiting for. Long ago I predicted that there would be a struggle on the island between THE OTHERS and the LOSTaways with the LOSTaways finally winning.