Post #63 LOST Revelation Thursday...

Last night's episode: LaFleur
Primary Focus Character: James Ford (aka Sawyer)
Secondary Focus Character: Juliet Burke

As the island group of Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, and Daniel attempt to make their way to the beach, they experience to flashes. The first is a short lived moment during an apparently ancient period on the island. They see a full sized statue of great size along the beach. This could be the whole statue from the previously seen "four-toed" ruin. They did not have time to explore however, as the second flash transported them to another time period.

During this period, they encounter a woman (Amy) being assaulted by two men. A man (Paul) laid on the ground, dead from a gunshot wound. Sawyer, being the roughneck with the heart of gold, sees an opportunity to help and eventually he and Juliet shoot and kill the assailants.

The group ends up in the DHARMA village where Sawyer meets Horace. (If you remember, Horace is the man who helped bring Ben Linus and his father, Roger, to the island). We discover that the current island time is 1974.

Eventually we find out about a truce with the "hostiles". This truce has potentially been broken by the violence and the "hostiles" representative, Richard Alpert pays a visit to DHARMA-ville.

Sawyer decides to explain the situation, as best he could, to Richard who seems to accept it.

The rest of the episode takes place in 1977. The group has remained with DHARMA for three years, taking on jobs as security detail and mechanics.

We see Amy about to deliver a child. (We find out that the father is Horace) Juliet, who is posing as a mechanic, is called on to help deliver the child. Apprehensive from her previous experiences of island childbirth, Juliet is relived when Amy and the child make it through the delivery healthy.

It is also revealed that in the three years with DHARMA, Sawyer (now going by the alias, Jim LaFleur) and Juliet are romantically involved.

In the final scene of the episode, Sawyer receives a call from Jin, telling him that he has found someone in the jungle. Sawyer tells Jin where to meet him and as we assumed, Jin brings Jack, Kate, and Hurley. Glances are exchanged, but there is definitely tension.

For a complete summary, check out Lostpedia's article: LaFleur

Questions
What happened to the statue so that only one foot remains in the future?
What year is the statue in?

What is the nature of the truce between the DHARMA Initiative and the Others?

Was Amy's and Paul's picnic location a violation of the truce?
Why were the Others so brutal and murderous in their treatment of Amy and Paul?

Why were Amy and her son able to survive the delivery?
Why are women unable to carry a child to term later in the Island's history?
Who is the baby boy born to Horace and Amy?

Why wasn't Richard concerned about the Sonic fence? How did he bypass it?
Why do the Others want Paul's corpse?

How did Sawyer get Juliet to stay for more than two weeks?

Are the 815 Survivors still with DHARMA when The Purge occurs?
Where are Rose, Bernard, and the other survivors?
Why did Jack, Kate, and Hurley return to 1977?