4x11, "Cabin Fever"

*Move the Island? How does one do that? Now, on the special "Access: Granted" featurette included on the Blu-Ray editions of Season 3 DVDs, Damon and Carlton are asked specifically if the Island is indeed an Island.

Damon Lindelof: If an Island is defined by land mass surrounded by water they are on an Island.
Carlton Cuse: Right. That’s good.
Damon Lindelof: Right.
Carlton Cuse: Yea. I don’t think we should say anything more than that.
Damon Lindelof: Yes. That’s how that’s...
Carlton Cuse: That’s right.
Damon Lindelof: This is about definitive answers. We have defined the term Island we’ve confirmed that we are in fact on one.
Carlton Cuse: And it's surrounded by water.
Damon Lindelof: It is.
Carlton Cuse: But everything beyond that is kind of up for grabs.

So... that doesn't really mean the Island is, you know, attached to anything.

I nearly crapped my pants when Locke said it because for the longest time the Grand Unified Theory that had most annoyed me was "The Island Moves". It was just too hard to accept and could be made to answer a lot of questions like how the Nigerian Drug Plane, the Black Rock, etc, etc. ended up there.

This also has led to speculation that Locke will move it someplace in the arctic (thus Hurley's igloo drawing and Ben's breathing out crystalized air when he, um, appears in Tunisia wearing a parka).

If the Island does move I think it won't be in a way we expect. Maybe it'll be... teleported.

*Claire is dead. Christian acted as if there was no time to explain why she was there when he could very simply have said, "I brought her here." She seemed way too satisfied being in Jacob's cabin. I've already seen some speculate she's met the spirit/ghost/electromagnetic after-image reanimated by The Monster of Charlie and is now perfectly content to be where she is.

*I guess Christian is not Jacob... but he speaks for him? What does that mean? I feel like we're in an episode of the Prisoner: "Who are you?" "The NEW Number 2!" "Who is Number 1?!"

How many people do we have to go through to actually get to someone or something that can reliably name itself "Jacob"? Maybe we'll never get to him?

*How great would it have been if Locke chose the comic book? But knowing he considered himself "The Hunter" it was obvious he was going to pick the knife. What's interesting is Alpert thinks that's the wrong answer, yet apparently recruits him again when he's in high school. What changed from one age to the other? And did each object correspond to a particular role? For some reason the tube of dirt looked awfully familiar...

Meanwhile, Sledgeweb points out a similar test is used to pick the successor to the Dali Lama.

*Plan B appears to be a DHARMA station and may indeed be The Orchid.

Next week: The time has come... and wouldn't you know it with the finale music they whipped out for Sayid's boat ride! It's Hour 1 of the three hour Season Finale, "There's No Place Like Home"!