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Information overload! Information overload! Information overload!

Lost hit us hard with a lot of information last night in its Sayid-centric 3rd episode, “The Economist.” Today, I’m going to do things a bit differently. Instead of recapping the events of the entire episode, I’m going to point out, in no particular order (true to Lost fashion), some of the most important revelations from the episode.

Sayid is one of the Oceanic 6, and he becomes a hitman in the future. For Ben! I have to say, I kinda saw the Ben thing coming, although my guess was that he would be the Economist. But it’s still pretty cool. From this, we learn quite a few things:

1. Ben gets off the Island, or he can get off the Island whenever he wants, but moreover, he’s got a life outside the Island. Possibly posing as a Veterinarian? There were a lot of caged dogs in the hallway where Sayid walked into Ben’s lab in Berlin.

2. Ben has enemies in the real world, namely the Economist. Who this person is remains to be seen. I’ll theorize about that early next week (could it be Matthew Abbadon?). But The Economist hired someone to spy on Sayid. Ben hired Sayid to spy on the Economist by spying on the woman that was hired to spy on Sayid. So, yeah, they were spying on each other by, uhh, hooking up. Get it? It was a nice twist to find out that she was really spying on him as well.

3. Ben is manipulating Sayid to be a hitman for him in order to be able to protect his “friends.” It’s important that Ben used the word “friends” because Miles used the same word on the Island with Sayid, and it seemed as if Sayid didn’t want to profess his friendship to anyone at that point.

4. The Oceanic 6 is not a group of celebrities only to the United States. Sayid was in Germany and still very recognizable.

5. In futureland, as is the case on the Island, there will be two or more sides at odds with each other. It also seems that getting away with murder is pretty easy.

6. Sayid, be he a hitman, still has the inclination to fall for chicks rather easily. I’m assuming that he’s learned by now that his pre-Island love Nadia is dead.

7. Sayid may also be notorious for being a killer. When the man at the golf course found out who he was, he was clearly afraid. This is before he was shot by Sayid, of course.

8. What’s with Sayid’s sudden affection for a dead Naomi?

Delta Time
Daniel, the weird doctor from the outside world, performed a very interesting experiment while on the Island. He had his boat launch a rocket onto the Island. It landed there, but 31 minutes later than it should have. Lost told us last night that there is indeed a difference between Island time and non-Island time. Does that mean that you have to travel through time to get to the Island, or off of it?

Based on his experiment and his experience getting onto the Island, Daniel made absolute certain to tell Frank, the pilot of the helicopter, to follow the exact coordinates to get out. What do I mean by get out? Oh yeah, Sayid, Desmond, Naomi’s body and Frank are on their way back to the “rescue boat.” Sayid is on a mission to find out who Ben’s spy is. Time Travels Ben theory! Sayid is Ben’s spy on the boat and, somehow, due to the difference in time between the Island and off it, Ben can get the information he needs – even while tied up. OK, it’s a stretch, but still something to think about. Question is, will the helicopter make it off the Island, and if it does, will Sayid or Desmond ever come back? Why is Desmond on the helicopter? Because Naomi had that picture. The one with Penny and Desmond. He needs to figure out how they got that picture.

Locke-d Up
Sayid had to make a deal with Frank and therefore with Locke to get onto that helicopter. He had to get Charlotte back from Locke. He did so by trading Kate and Miles for Charlotte. Pretty simple. Kinda like the Mets trading for Johan Santana (yeah baby!). I digress.

Locke was headed to Jacob’s cabin with the group to apparently get advice on what to do next. When he got there, the cabin was gone. Looks like this cabin is like Dorothy’s house – it can fly. This is the beginning of the turn of John Locke into an evil man, it seems. He’s possessed by the Island and he’s now willing to do whatever it takes to figure things out. That means hostages, bait and guns. No more Mr. Nice Guy. But he still tries (iced tea anyone?).

Ben the International Terrorist?
Mr. Linus has a secret of his own. One that Sayid discovered when snooping around in his house. Ben has a secret room that’s got lots of suits, fake passports and international currency. He’s obviously a man with means. What good are those things on the Island? This, coupled with future Ben off the Island, reinforces the fact that Ben knows how to come and go as he pleases. The Island is his escape from trouble. His hideout, if you will. That’s why he won’t let anyone out. If he does, others can come in and get him. Lost seems to be all about the livelihood of one Benjamin Linus.

We still don’t know exactly what the Oceanic 6 really means. I’m sticking to my theory that there’s more to it than just the 6 people who get rescued. We know that they are given lots of money as part of a settlement. We know that Ben’s messing with them. What we don’t know is how to put the pieces together. And that’s the wonder of Lost.

Theories to come early next week. Til then, Namaste.

Here’s the image that they have been using as an opener to the Lost videos on abc.com. seems as if LA is a reflection of the Island. Is that the LA skyline? It’s also a bit slanted. Just food for thought. For those of you who like to think.

The premiere of Dexter on network television will happen this Sunday night on CBS at 10pm. I promise it will be better than what was playing at 10pm on CBS this past Sunday night (answer at the end). CBS will air all 12 episodes of the first season in 12 consecutive weeks. I’m not sure how good it will be when edited for network TV, but it’s worth watching just for the storyline.

Dexter, a Showtime original series, is about Dexter Morgan, a forensics expert in the Miami Metro Police Department who just happens to be a serial killer. His father, Harry, also a cop, had discovered Dexter’s inclination to kill and trained him to cover his tracks in committing the perfect murder: only kill murderers. The first season revolves around a murder case that the Miami Metro PD is trying to solve: The Ice Truck killer case. The twist in the finale will certainly satisfy your loyalty to this fantastic show.

Here’s a clip from the first episode, “Dexter:”

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This past Sunday, CBS was airing the The 50th Annual Grammy Awards, ugh.

I am convinced that one of the secrets of Lost and the Island involves time travel. Maybe not time travel per se, but definitely the manipulation or use of different layers of time. There are obvious discrepencies between what we’re learning is happening in and off the Island. If Oceanic 815 was found under water and the 324 passengers are confirmed dead, then what the hell is going on here? It’s either 1. A conspiracy or 2. A sudden pause in time where, right before the crash were to happen, the passengers somehow froze time and ended up on the Island.

Let’s explore the conspiracy thoery. Behind every conspiracy, there is a mastermind. Who is the mastermind behind this conspiracy? We’ve been led to believe that Ben is the master manipulator of all things on the Island. Could it be that he is also that powerful off the Island? I am not ready to hand that title over to Matthew Abbadon just yet. Yes, we know Abbadon has some pull. But the fact that he showed up in a mental hospital to question Hurley sets him down on the scale a bit. Someone with supposedly that much power should be able to get the information he needs from other sources. Ben, on the other hand, seems to have all of the information in the world. He obviously has a connection to the outside world. And he must know how to get off the Island. How do we know this? He’s got a mole on the freighter. Many have theorized that the mole is Michael and/or Walt. On a side note, how cool would it be if Walt becomes the new Ben? The kid who kills everyone to gain power because he hates his dad. He also knows too much about people in the outside world. He knew how to show Juliette her sister. He knew how to get Michael off the Island – without a submarine. He knows why the Fantastic 4 are on the Island. The real question is: why does Ben not want anyone to get off the Island? The answer: because he is a wanted man. Probably for having destroyed the Dharma initiative and murdering hundreds of innocent people. So Ben is the conspirator and he convinces the Oceanic 6 to keep quiet about who is on the Island. I believe that he is the one who finally lets them off of the Island in exchange for their sworn secrecy. Which he’ll blackmail them into upholding.

Rock on.

Yay, we may actually get a complete 16 episodes of Lost this year! cnbc.com is reporting that a deal has been reached.