Right off the bat, my favorite thing about last night's episode had to be Jack's bemusement with finding himself as a Dharma janitor in 1977 - the smirk on his face, the way he looked in his cute seventies polo (as pictured), the way he just seemed to be having fun was such a nice change. He's been so serious and so angry for so long, that it's nice to see a little time travel loosen him up. He didn't try to debate Sawyer's critique of his leadership skills, he didn't fight to be in charge, he didn't struggle for answers to what was happening - he just sat back, explored and began to enjoy the ride. Jack seems like he will be content to let Sawyer take the reins and figure out how to get them back to the future although I am sure his bossy streak will poke its head up eventually.
That said, I am pretty confused as to what is happening and why. How come Jack, Hurley, Kate and Sayid get to take the ride through time with Sawyer and Jin but Sun has to stay in the present? How come non-Oceanics like Juliet, Miles and Faraday get to jump around the record but Lapidus has to escort Sun? I am speculating that the island must have destinies and reasons for each character and thus it may need some people and not others but it is a bit puzzling. I also was very disappointed that Jin and Sun are still thirty years apart - I was really geared up for their reunion. [A tiny little piece of me was also still hoping for Rose and Bernard info but the dearth continues -
I am also confused as to what effect this time travel is having on the present. Jack's dad pointed Sun and Lapidus to a 1977 recruit photo featuring Jack, Kate and Hurley but when did they pop into that photo? As EW's Jeff Jensen no relation put it was it hanging there all this time and no one ever noticed it or was it somehow Back to the Future effected when the future revealed itself? Are the characters fulfilling a preordained destiny that made the future possible or are they affecting what the future will be?
For instance, in the attractions for next week, Sayid hinted that he knew why "I am here." My guess would be that he thinks he has to get rid of future evildoer Ben in child form in order to change the evil that is perpetrated in his adult wake. Could this really be done or do the time travelers do things which lead to the coming events such as the purge? Oy, too confusing.
I also don't quite understand all the small details such as Ethan being born on the island in 1977 - according to imdb.com, the actor who played adult Ethan, William Mapother, is twelve years older than that. Also, is child Ethan somehow saved or recruited by Ben into working for the others?
Finally, most cryptically but most likely to be explained soon, Sawyer said that Faraday is no longer a part of their little time traveler group. Now I assume that has to do with his work at the Orchid station we saw in the first episode but it will be interesting to find out what caused his separation. I'm guessing that we will soon be returned to the battle between Locke and Ben, the explorations of Sun and Lapidus, life at the 1977 Dharma compound but I'm kind of hoping that we get back to Faraday first since his involvement in all of this as well as his time travel theories is what I feel is really missing from the show right now.
From this promo though, it looks like next week is going to be about those at the 1977 compound including Sayid's new mission and the romantic tension between our love quadrangle SawJulKatJack. I am of the opinion (and I think Jeff Jensen no relation support this) that the person you've been with for three years is the person you should stick by and you should not be jilting them for people you pined over for a few weeks/months. Let's hope that Sawyer and Juliet stick together and Kate goes back to Jack or finds herself a new Dharma man:
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