| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Naveen Andrews | ... | Sayid Jarrah | |
| Nestor Carbonell | ... | Richard Alpert (credit only) | |
| Henry Ian Cusick | ... | Desmond Hume | |
| Emilie de Ravin | ... | Claire Littleton | |
| Michael Emerson | ... | Ben Linus (credit only) | |
| Jeff Fahey | ... | Frank Lapidus (credit only) | |
| Matthew Fox | ... | Dr. Jack Shephard | |
| Jorge Garcia | ... | Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes | |
| Josh Holloway | ... | James 'Sawyer' Ford (credit only) | |
| Daniel Dae Kim | ... | Jin-Soo Kwon | |
| Yunjin Kim | ... | Sun-Hwa Kwon (credit only) | |
| Ken Leung | ... | Miles Straume (credit only) | |
| Evangeline Lilly | ... | Kate Austen (credit only) | |
| Terry O'Quinn | ... | John Locke (credit only) | |
| Zuleikha Robinson | ... | Ilana Verdansky (credit only) | |
Desmond learns that he was abducted by Charles Widmore and brought back to the island. Widmore's team prepares to perform an electromagnetic test with Desmond and accidentally kills one of the men during the preparation of the experiment. Desmond is sent to the parallel reality in Los Angeles, where he meets his friend Charles Widmore. Desmond is assigned to release the addicted Drive Shaft bass player Charlie Pace from the jail to play in the charity event promoted by Widmore's wife Eloise for her son Daniel. Desmond invites Charlie to go to a five star hotel to play but Charlie pulls the steering wheel of Desmond's car and throws it into the sea. Charlie refuses to play and tells him to look for Penny. Desmond visits Mrs. Widmore to tell that Charlie will not play and he meets her son Daniel, who is a musician, and tells that he feels misfit in the world. Daniel tells Desmond where he can find his half-sister Penny. When Desmond meets her, he awakes in Widmore's camp. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This episode is simply wonderful. Breath-taking. Absolutely cool. Not keeping you on the edge of your seat, but definitely on the verge of shouting: I've seen that. I know what that means. Or wait, SERIOUSLY? Very entertaining, and very...LOST-like. In fact, on the few LOST episodes, where without saying much, the producers have managed to let us join the ride and just enjoy it. It doesn't answer many questions, but it explains, or rather, puts a different spin to the flash-aways, and the characters, and how all of this is somewhat related.
I don't know about you guys, but I predict a grand finale coming on soon. Something over the roof.
5/5 stars.