Lost: So If the Past Can't be Changed...

then has Sayid inadvertently started the war that will lead to the purge? Too bad Faraday wasn't around to share his time travel theories. I correctly predicted that Sayid would think his purpose was to kill Ben but I'm guessing that Ben the child is not dead and will only be further inspired to his future evil ways. I also think that since the Dharma group will think they have yet again been directly attacked by the Hostiles, war is inevitable. This means that our band of main characters is in the 1970s to cause the historical events we have heard so much about rather than alter them - Right? But why would the island need them to set those events in motion? And why does it need some of them but not others?

Beyond the ending, there were a few more pieces of information dished out. Sayid fell out with Ben because out of the clear night sky, Ben declared their assassination scheme to be complete without any regard for Sayid and his sense of vengeance. Ben's attempt to lure him back into L.A. worked because he said Hurley was in danger but Sayid never had any attention of getting into bed with Ben again and was dragged on to the plane by a seductive bounty hunter. It seems to me that although she claimed to have been hired by the family of the golf course casualty, Ben likely engineered the "arrest" as a way to get Sayid on the plane. Which Ben knew was necessary because if Sayid didn't get on the plane then he wouldn't be back in the 1970s to try to kill Ben which Ben must remember and oy, my head hurts.

We also got a little time with our other buddies trapped in the 70s. Juliet is warning off Kate who is looking wistfully at Sawyer even though she could fall back with Jack if she wanted to. Sawyer is taking his head of security job very seriously and actually votes to kill Sayid (WTF?) rather than cross his boss. Sayid spilled the entire true story to the Dharma people but they of course didn't believe a word (no seriously, we're from the future!) Poor Jin gets knocked out in the jungle so Sayid can alter/enact the course of history. And Hurley is a cook - those waffles did look good.

So all in all, I was with them right up until Sayid said you were right about me. Hopefully next week the effect of the time travelers' actions will be clarified a bit.

In the meantime, this week's episode of ABC's Lost Untangled puts things in a humorous perspective (even if I wish they would go easy on the whole love rectangle thing). Dude!