23 Questions About Lost Episode 608, 'Recon,' Answered!

Hey, is Sayid alright? Now not only does he have a shifting accent, he's lost almost all affect from his speech.

No, he is not "alright." He is "claimed." We go over this every week.

Why doesn't Sayid help Kate when she's being attacked by batsh*t Claire? Aren't they all in the Smokey Army of Darkness together now?

Because even the "claimed" enjoy a nice catfight. All that dirty hair-pulling! He might be technically dead, but even a zombie can get behind that kind of action.

Where did all those dead bodies that Sawyer finds near the Ajira plane on Hydra Island come from? Wasn't that flight mostly empty, and aren't the few passengers who were aboard major characters who are still on the island?

Two theories: They were passengers from the Ajira cargo hold, whom Frank Lapidus sold "ultra economy" tickets en route to the ultra-exclusive "Dharma Island Club Med" to make some money on the side. 2) They were crew members from Charles Widmore's submarine, who covered themselves in bottled corpse-stink and merely pretended to be dead as part of the subterfuge to capture Sawyer.

So then we meet "Zoe." Are they really still introducing new characters at this incredibly late stage?

We know. (Sigh.) There are ONLY EIGHT EPISODES LEFT. Let's spend this precious time wrapping up stuff with the other 300 characters on the island, right?

The actress who played Zoe (Sheila Kelley) was also the unlucky-in-love Debbie from Singles. (Kids, ask your Generation X parents!) We know there are no accidents in this series, so what's the Lost connection?

Back in 1992, mysterious industrialist Charles Widmore was closely monitoring Campbell Scott's work on the SuperTrain, which he'd hoped could one day provide a pleasant commuting experience between the West Coast and the island. But even with the promise of great coffee and great music on the SuperTrain, the construction of an underwater tunnel to the island was cost-prohibitive, and Widmore had to abandon this pipe dream.

Additionally, Peter Horton was the original choice for Desmond, but his Scottish accent was just terrible, like a drunk Irishman doing an impression of the Queen.

Why would Smokey tell Claire that the Others had her baby, when he knew that Kate had taken it off the island so that it could lead a healthy, productive, smoke-monster-attack-free life?

Because she needed something to hate. But then Kate gave her something new to hate, the truth. Women hate the truth.

Does Smokey have any lingering mommy issues he'd like to unburden himself of?

Funny you should ask. Before he became a supernatural being that could change himself into a terrifying pillar of homicidal smog that can be stopped only by a well-placed ring of simple ash or a super-high-tech sonic fence, Smokey had a mom. A crazy mom. A crazy mom who caused some very unfortunate growing pains that he's working through by occasionally slaughtering everyone in his path, while his mother's cries of "You'll never amount to anything, you spoiled, insignificant puff of magical fart-dust!" ring in his ears. He'd hate for Crazy Claire to do this kind of thing to Aaron and turn him into a similarly haunted, Freudian nightmare of a Junior Smoke Monster. Or maybe that's exactly what he wants. We totally don't trust that guy.

What's Sawyer's favorite TV show?

Little House on the Prairie. Previously we saw him watch it as a child back in season three.(Thanks, Lostpedia!) And last night Pa Ingalls taught Half-Pint (and an adult James Ford) an important lesson about how our dead loved ones live on in our memories forever.

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