Post #104 LOST Revelation Thursday (Friday Edition)

Episode Title: Some Like it Hoth
Primary Focus Character: Miles Straum

This is the episode I have been waiting for since season 4: a Miles-centric episode. The character of Miles is compelling for many reasons: he is moody, sarcastic, quick witted, and he can talk to dead people! In this episode, the writers confirm that Miles is the son of Dr. Pierre Chang (aka Dr. Marvin Candle, Dr. Mark Wickmund, and Dr. Edgar Halliwax.) We also discover that the Swan Station is located in an area that had been agreed to be off limits to the DHARMA folk. We also get a glimpse at a possible new faction in the story in Bram and Ilana.

In the last episode, Illana and Bram are seen guarding a large metal crate on the beach. Ilana also asks Frank Lapidus "what lies in the shadow of the statue?" In this episode, we see Bram kidnap Miles and threaten him to not go on Widmore's freighter. We also hear the "shadow of the statue" question in this episode, only it was asked by Bram and directed to Miles. Hurley and Miles have some great interaction in this episode, especially Hurley's ideas about "The Empire Strikes Back."

Finally, we see the return of Daniel Faraday as he emerges from the submarine. Now we just need to see where he has been for so long.

- Who does Bram and his crew work for?
- How do they know about the Island?
- What "teams" is Bram refering to?
- Why and when did Daniel Faraday leave the Island?
- Where did he go?
- Why did he return?
- What is the origin or reason for Miles' ability?
- Why was Alvarez's death being covered up?
- Why did Chang want his corpse brought to the Orchid?
- How did Felix die?
- Why (and how) did Lara and Miles leave the Island?
- Why did Pierre Chang not come with them?
- Why did The DHARMA Initiative choose to build The Swan Station in Hostile territory?
- Why did The DHARMA Initiative think they can build something as big as the Swan without it being noticed by the Hostiles?