S6E8 RECAP

L: Lo - - - the episode had no real outstanding moment or reveal. TPTB may have wanted us to be "shocked" by the fact that all the Ajira passengers on Hydra are now dead and piled up by Widmore's people. The fact of Widmore's return has the taint of being a recycled freighter story line.

O: Obnoxious - - - many of the characters are turning into mindless puppets. Sayid is now a total zombie, who did not intervene when Claire attempted to kill Kate. Then Claire gets a time out, then gets all emotional in apology to Kate.

S: Story line - - - the set up for Sawyer's attempted "triple cross" was too thin to play out well. Flocke sending Sawyer to Hydra as a test to see if Sawyer would come back with the "correct" information (the passengers dead, Widmore preparing an attack) and the mental gears churning to use a Widmore-Flocke fight to steal the submarine highly improbable. If Flocke has absorbed all Locke's memories, including those of his crazy mother, then Flocke knows the sub must be destroyed to keep everyone on the island. Furthermore, when Claire hugged Kate, she may have infected Kate with smoke monster control so when Sawyer told Kate his master plan, he was also telling Flocke.

T: Time line - - - the Second Purge (see post below) happened very quickly as to be plotted before Ajira landed or an immediate execution after the plane landed on the island. There was no time to sort through these individuals for any sort of judgment or redemption. Extermination is the word to describe it.