Okay, so we have Desmond who has had the ability to forsee the future events of potential deaths of Charlie, which led to Charlie's ultimate sacrifice. Desmond has another rude "awakening" as he wakes in different states of consciousness from present to past, being told about events that could effect LOST members/cast later in this season in interesting ways. Desmond is a "Time Musketeer."
Locke, though not entirely effected with time, is indirectly in touch with how time is manipulated as in his encounters with Richard Alpert. Still as mysterious as before, Richard maintains that quality of character uncertainty once held by Ben. Ben still has that air of uncertainty, but judging by past behavior one cannot be sure he is "one of the good guys" to borrow a phrase from him. Back to Locke, the compass that Richard gives him makes me wonder if it is one of those objects Richard used to test him as "the Island's Chosen One". Alas, he picked the wrong object...but perhaps all things happened that way for a reason?...If Locke had met Richard before (this is where time travel theory gets confusing, stating that past present and future can occur simultaneously?....is that a time paradox?). Anyway, as I was saying...if Locke met Richard in the past over 50 years ago and invited him to visit him after he was born, could it be that that previous episode where Locke as a child sits face to face with Richard was an effect of that encounter? Even more wild was seeing Widmore as a young man, Locke looking at him with a bemused expression (Nice to meet you, Locke says with a smirk).
Then there's Faraday. What are his intentions and interest with the island. Granted, he has the smarts to understand all this time travel mumbo jumbo, and its been exposed he has a romantic bone in his body (r.i.p. Charlotte). And yet, we too must wonder about his character and his connection with Widmore funding his research...Even more interesting is Widmore looking out for Desmond and Penny's interest to stay away from something far dangerous than Desmond realizes....Or is he just trying to put them off the scent of something far incriminating and/or revealing about the island and its meaning?
Every scene in this episode was like watching miniepisodes. Before cutting to advertisements, you just feel compelled to tune it...Of course, they close with a death scene...So fans can only figure out what happens next. If only we could figure out this time travel concept, we would know how LOST ends as a whole!
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