9:02 Way to wail on Widmore, Des. Widmore wants to run some tests. Jin is suspicious of this business. These guys set up shop pretty quickly. This guy looks familiar. They are testing a generator. What will that do? Bunny’s name is Angstrom. Looks like they’re trying teleportation? Dude was in the generator house when they re-started it. Looks like he got fried by a Tesla coil.
9:08 Widmore’s son died on the island. He hasn’t met Charlie. Desmond must make a sacrifice to the island. He’s strapped to a chair in front of the Tesla coil. Finnoula Flanigan is on the show! Hi El! Widmore is going to create a catastrophic magnetic event. They turn on the coils, and we see Desmond at LAX. Hurley tells him the bags are at carousel 4.
9:11 Claire struggles with her suitcase. Desmond doesn’t like surprises. Claire is looking for the baby’s family. He offers Claire a ride and tells her he thinks the baby is a boy. Someone is waiting for Desmond. Fisher Stevens? Fish is ALWAYS trouble. Don’t trust him. Desmond is a corporate type.
9:14 Des works for Widmore. Commercials.
9:20 Desmond meets Charlie, who has a death wish. Charlie says he found love on the plane. Definitely with Claire. Des says everybody has a choice.
9:25 DRIVE SHAFT–YOU ALL, EVERYBODY! All we need now is a Geronimo Jackson shout out. Charlie drives the car into the water. Charlie is drowning and puts his hand up on the window–NOT PENNY’S BOAT. The worlds are crossing. Is Charlie going to drown here too?
9:33 Desmond goes into the MRI machine. He starts to remember Penny. He hits the Panic button. He needs to find Charlie. Hey there’s Jack! Calls him “brother.” Charlie is running amok. He’s wearing hospital booties. He tells Desmond to start looking for Penny already and be grateful for small epiphanies.
9:53 Eloise told off Desmond, now Daniel explains that he saw his red-haired girl at the museum and fell in love/learned physics. He figured out that they must have asploded a nuclear bomb, leading to a very different life than the one he was supposed to lead.
9:54 Desmond fell in love in the MRI machine. He thinks Penny is an idea, but Daniel explains she’s his half-sister. He’s going to set them up. Apparently, Penny is at a stadium. RUNNING AN AROUND THE WORLD. Just like he met Jack. Lots of coincidences in this episode. Very eerie when El said “whatever happened happened.” They shake hands and Des wakes up on the floor of the generator house.
He dreamed the other reality. Des is ready to get started on this important business. There’s Sayid. He tells Zoe to run. Des goes with Sayid. In the alter-verse, Des fainted and Penny helped him up. Des and Penny agree to go out for coffee. Des asks his driver for the manifest from the flight. He’s going to connect the dots.
