Watching Lost

The first part of Lost’s season finale plays out tonight. I know we’re all in for quite a wonderful ride.

Episode Synopsis: The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people begins.

Guest starring are L. Scott Caldwell as Rose, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Ken Leung as Miles Straume, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Anthony Azizi as Omar, Andrea Gabriel as Noor “Nadia� Abed Jaseem, Byron Chung as Mr. Paik, June Kyoko Lu as Mrs. Paik, Lillian Hurst as Carmen Reyes, Cheech Marin as David Reyes, Veronica Hamel as Margo Shephard, Michelle Forbes as Karen Decker, Susan Duerden as Carole Littleton and Noah Craft as Hendricks.

The videos and spoilers just below the cut…

EW:

• A major story line will begin for Claire. “Mysterious things are happening to Claire that set up the next few episodes — and the next few years, too.”
• We will see the Orchid — all three levels of it — that might shed more light on the Island’s time-warping properties.

TV Guide

• We’ll see that period of excitement when the Oceanic 6 come back.
• The settlement comes into play in the finale.
• An elaborate funeral scene was shot. All of the Oceanic Six were present and accounted for.
• The finale features a pilot, a “young Top Gun type” who, per the casting sheet, doesn’t like it when his copilot brings a lucky charm aboard.

AICN

• Widmore’s freighter fiends, as one might guess, do not rescue the Oceanic Six. Desmond may come very close to becoming one of the Oceanic Seven. The finale will depict the arrival on the American mainland of the Oceanic Six, as well as the funeral of Christian Shephard. And we’ll learn more about why Jack is so hot to return to Dharma Island.

E!

• Two pilots are at the helm of a transport plane. One chastises the other for clinging to his lucky charm; the one holding the rabbit’s foot says he has to be extra vigilant considering the cargo they are carrying. Karen Decker (Michelle Forbes) is an Oceanic Airlines representative, strapped into the jump seat immediately behind the pilots. The pilots tell Decker they’re approaching the runway.
• Decker ventures into the cargo hold where Jack, Hurley, Sayid, Sun and Kate are strapped in to passenger seats. Kate is holding Aaron. Michelle Forbes tells them the press calls them the Oceanic Six and wants to talk to them, but she can get them out of it. Jack speaks for the group and says that’s fine, they’re prepared to answer any questions. Decker leaves, tottering back to the cockpit in her stilettos.
• Jack says they all know the story, but if they get any questions they can’t answer, the press will just assume they’re in shock. Sun: “Jack, we are in shock.” Sun and Sayid do look like they’re in shock indeed, whereas Kate just looks generally devastated. The plane lands, and the gangplank is lowered.
• The Six exit the back of the transport. Carmen Reyes, Mr. and Mrs. Paik and Margo Shephard are all waiting for them. The three families are overjoyed to see each other. Sayid and Kate have no one greeting them. Hugo jumps back after hugging his mom hello and introduces Sayid, who gets the full family hug treatment. Kate just holds on tight to baby Aaron and looks around, all alone.

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