Lost episode "The Last Recruit" aired 4/20/10 on ABC. A main theme in both narratives was that of main characters being drawn together. The flash sideways narrative, unlike prior installments, followed multiple characters, depicting their lives intersecting. In the island narrative, Fake Locke's camp merged with Jack's camp.
Flash Sideways
Desmond crossed paths with Claire, introducing her to his lawyer friend Ilana, who it turns out had been looking for her for the reading of Christian Shephard's will.
Jack crossed paths with Clarie & Ilana when he showed up for the reading of the will, too, and learned that he had a sister. Surprise! Jack the crossed paths with John after being called in to operate on him. (Desmond had run over John in "Everybody Loves Hurley".)
Kate, James and Miles crossed paths in the police station. Then Miles and James crossed paths with Sayid. They were after Sayid as they had evidence that he'd killed Martin Keamy and his henchmen in a restaurant.
The Island
Fake Locke and Jack have a walk-and-talk, followed by Claire and Jack having a walk-and-talk, and Jack meeting Claire as his sister for the first time.
Zoe confronts Fake Locke at his camp, demanding that Desmond be returned to Widmore else they will begin a remote bomb assault. She then orders a launch to demonstrate their ability to carry through on that threat. After she leaves, Fake Locke orders Sayid to kill Desmond.
Fake Locke sends Sawyer on a mission to fetch a boat and bring it to a rendezvous point. However, Sawyer is still on his own team and instead arranges for himself and his friends to use the boat to go to the Hydra station island, leaving Fake Locke and his followers behind. Claire tags along as she has abandonment issues. Jack jumps overboard when he tells Sawyer that he doesn't think they should leave the island.
Sawyer arrives on the Hydra station island with Sun, Kate, Claire, Hugo and Lapidus. Jin & Sun reunite. Widmore orders Sawyer and his group held at gunpoint while beginning an bomb assault against Fake Locke right after Jack returns to that group.
Questions Answered:
- The Smoke Monster was Christian Shephard every time someone saw him on the island. (Now for a fun exercise, think about every appearance by Christian Shephard on the island, with this new information in mind. Kind of like watching The Sixth Sense the second time.)
- The Smoke Monster can only appear as dead people.
- Jack is the last recruit. I predict he will take Jacob's place. Though I suspect the episode's title also/mainly refers to Jack rejoining Fake Locke's group.
- Did Sayid kill Desmond? (I think he didn't. And that that will be very important.)
- We still don't know what happened to Christian Shephard's body. (Zombie? Nah.)
- Why did Widmore order his people to hold Sawyer and the others at gunpoint?
- Were there any survivors of Widmore's attack against Fake Locke (other than Jack and John)? (I think there weren't. They haven't had lines for weeks.)
- Is Claire still crazy?
- What are Ben, Miles and Richard up to?
Next week, ABC teases us by repeating "Ab Aeterno", the episode that revealed Richard's back story. Other than wasting a week, the only reason I can think of is that Richard plays a big part in the remaining episodes. After that, "The Candidate".Note: This post's title is a reference to the movie The Long Kiss Goodnight, and to Jack's swim back to the island.
