In the first episode of season 4 we’re hoping for some answers, but in true “Lost” fashion what we get are more questions. Some things we know are true. Six people (”The Oceanic Six”) eventually make it off the island, yet something tells us it’s not the fortiutous fate that they had hoped it would be. Hurley spirals downward, sees visions of a dead Charlie, gets chased by the authorities, and ends up in the loony bin. Although Jack appears to have it together (aside from a little morning vodka cocktail), we know from last season’s flash forward that he, too, descends into a darkness that almost results in suicide (had it not been for the car crash that deters him from jumping off a bridge).
Desmond returns to the group bearing the bad news about the boat that they thought belonged to Penny and her research crew: information that Charlie passed to him just before he was swallowed up by the sea. Claire and her baby are devastated but everyone else seems to be a little more concerned with Naomi and the alleged “rescue team” on the other end of her radio phone.
Naomi passes, Ben warns of danger, the phone is up for grabs, and the camp splits in two. Jack is convinced that they’re finally going home whereas Locke adamantly believes the “rescue team” is just another mortal trap. He convinces many of the islanders to follow him to safety before the wreckage begins. A very stubborn Jack and an equally loyal Kate (and possibly others, not to be confused with the Others) wait for their rescuers.
