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I neglected to post this before last nights episode...so while I’m waiting for Q to give us the Lost Report on last nights episode...we can see what the Lost Report is for “EggTown”:

The LOST Report

My Serious, Logical Thoughts on Eggtown
Greetings and welcome to Eggtown

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Possibly the most misnamed episode ever. Why call it Eggtown? Uh, the eggs Locke served to Ben? I kept looking for something to do with smart people. Never saw it. I guess that would be eggheads though. Help me out here folks.

THE WHOLE TOOTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH
Kate goes on trial, and we finally learn why she is free when she meets Jack at the airport in the Hoffs Drawler, I mean flashforward episode. We also learn what she meant when she said he will be wondering where I am. She was speaking of Aaron. In the trial when Jack testifies we learn the fake story they have told everyone about how Kate is a hero. By the way they do tell people they were on an island negating a theory I had that they would tell people there was no island. The strange thing about the testimony of Jack is that he makes Kate out to be the hero. But in the flashforward episode of Jack the people in the pharmacy thought Jack was the hero. So which is it? Or is it both? Or are all six heroes just for surviving? We did learn the identity of one more of the six. More on that later.
The story Jack tells was probably dreamed up by the Oceanic six before they got to mainland. In fact, they probably deliberately made Kate the hero in the story for the very reason that they knew she would face trial when she got back. Also there is an eerie comment from Miles when Kate knocks his head against a wall. He says to her, who knows maybe you did not survive the crash. This implies that those who faked the crash have already chosen who has died and who has survived the crash. That means they already know the six people they are going to rescue. Everyone else will not be rescued. Also the six they choose will be sworn to secrecy as a condition of their rescue.

I WILL HAVE THE GRENADE WITH THE TWO LAST EGGS
If this episode teaches us one thing that is to never order breakfast from John Locke. The breakfast of Ben gets uneaten and Locke smashes it against the wall. Notice that Ben is still in the mind game business as we saw when he was incarcerated in the hatch. Also the book that Locke gives to Ben is called VALIS by Phillip K. Dick a very well known science fiction writer. Some of his books have been made into movies such as Minority Report starring Tom Cruise and Imposter starring Gary Sinise and Adrian Monk. I just shook hands with an imposter can you give me a wipe? You can see a picture of some of the books of Phillip K. Dick at http://www.thephildickian.com/imagegallery.html. The other breakfast was a grenade Locke gave to Miles. It did not look tasty to me but to each his own I guess. I do not remember Miles even ordering a grenade. Was it on the menu? Maybe he thought it was a pineapple.

SAWYER I AM LATE, OR NOT
Ok, so Kate has a baby named Aaron. That is the shocker of this episode. There are two choices: Kate had a baby and it belongs to Sawyer or she got a hold of Aaron from Claire somehow. The baby most definitely belongs to Claire. Here is why. Kate has no problem taking alcohol from Sawyer which seems to be at least some indication that she is not pregnant or at least believes strongly that she is not pregnant. She tells Sawyer that most definitely she is not. Aaron was born in the fall of 2004 so that would make him just over 3 years old by spring 2008. Aaron looks like between 3 and 5 in the episode so it could be a little later in the future than that. But the most crucial thing here is that Aaron is not being raised by his biological mother. This is something the psychic warned Claire about in the episode Raised by Another. Now, Aaron is being raised by another. What will be the dire consequences of this? No way to know now just that the situation is much more severe than meets the eye. Now as to how Kate got a hold of Aaron. Here are my possibilities:

1. Claire gave her baby to Kate to take care of when for some reason Kate was leaving the island and Claire had to remain behind.
2. Claire is dead.
3. Kate stole Aaron from Kate.
4. Aaron went on a helicopter with Kate and it was full so Claire could not go on it. But the helicopter never went back for Claire for some reason.

Let us review each possibility:

1. This theory fits in well with my idea that the Oceanic six have already been chosen. If Claire is not one of the chosen ones then she will be forced to stay behind.
2. Another possibility since the body count on this show even for main characters is above average.
3. Kate may have killed her stepfather but she is not a thief. Despite the scene with Sawyer when Kate says would having a baby be the worst thing in the world I still do not think she stole him.
4. A distinct possibility or something like this.

Which theory do you like best or do you have another? Let me know. Another bombshell is that Aaron is one of the Oceanic Six. He has to be. He was on the plane. If he is not he should be. One problem though. If Aaron is one of the six that leaves room for only one more which would allow either Jin or Sun but not both. In this episode they both speak of getting off the island.

DONT CON ON ME
Notice how Sawyer is still up to his con man ways fooling Locke. Locke with all his wisdom has still not caught on to the fact that Sawyer is a genius con man. Remember how Sawyer conned the man in prison to give up the location of the money? Or his elaborate plan to get control of the guns using Charlie?

JACK I AM LATE, OR NOT
Why did the plane not arrive at the freighter? They surely left in plenty of time. We are reminded of the payload that Faraday had sent in and how late it was arriving. Whatever phenomenon caused the payload to be late could the same fate have befelled the helicopter making them even more late arriving at the freighter? At the moment this seems to be the most plausible theory. If the helicopter crashed into the ocean it seems doubtful they would have survived. There was the possibility that they did arrive and that the freighter people were lying but that choice seems to be negated by the previews for next week. They could have crashed on another island. Oh please no! Why is George Minkowski so distant? He seems hard to get a hold of. Given the large expense of the mission and the human lives involved you would think that he would be very communicative with his own people. The line was busy when Jack called. Who were they talking to? Their superiors perhaps?

BENJAMIN LINUS WORLD TRAVELER
We know now that there is much more to Ben than we have seen. For one thing he seems to be a world traveler as is evidenced by all the fake passports he has. Also he seems to be incredibly wealthy. Why else would Miles blackmail, I mean extort, 3.2 million dollars. Where did a guy who is living on an island get all the dough? And where is it? In a Swiss bank account? Who are the people after him and why? They must want to do him great harm is Ben is willing to pay that kind of cash to protect himself which he at least is considering doing by the way he talks to Miles. And what is with the amount 3.2 million? Why not just 3 million even? What is he Mister Monk? Or is he like Clint Eastwood wanting just A few Dollars More eh? Ben knows very well who Miles works for. I believe that it is either Alvar Hanso, Mister Widmore or both. One clue for this? When Charlie is in the looking glass and Penny asks him how he got this frequency. If DHARMA was in contact with Mister Widmore it would make perfect sense that the communication equipment would be tuned to a frequency Widmore would use. Also when Desmond meets Widmore in his office there is a painting on the wall with the word namaste on it. Let us not forget the two Portuguese gentlemen who detected an electromagnetic pulse from the island and immediately called who? That is right, Penny Widmore. Again the Widmore connection to the island. It seems clear to me that they were looking for Ben not Desmond. That is probably why the freighter people knew to look for Ben in that area.

IS THERE REALLY A FREIGHTER OUT THERE?
No, I do not think so. I think it is more of a military-like boat. Imagine the cost of sending out that kind of ship with this kind of hired crew. Naomi was military. It could have taken millions. Only an incredibly wealthy man could do it. They want to kill Ben because Ben fights against their evil schemes all over the world.

OTHER RAMBLINGS
Where is Nathan Fillion during the trial? Does he want to get back with Kate?
Jack still loves Kate and Kate would not mind getting back with Jack.
In the flash forwards will we find out if Claire was actually to meet another family in LA to take charge of her baby or was that a setup by the psychic to get her on the plane? One wild idea I have is that there was a family but they were related to Kate and that is how she ended up with Aaron.
In this episode the number of DHARMA brand products just keeps increasing. We see at least the following: DHARMA mug, spiced pork, and red wine.
Ben may oppose the evil DHARMA group because they are planning to take over the world or something. One idea is that they are planning to leak a deadly virus that only they have the cure to. This would make them filthy rich. This idea sure fits well with the statements made by Ben that he and his pals are the good guys. It also would explain how Sayid could ever work for Ben. Also fits with the dark versus light theme.
When Charlotte and Faraday are playing with the cards they are testing the psychic ability of Faraday. You can see a similar experiment done in the orientation video found in the Swan hatch. It makes me think that the island is at least a hot spot for psychic activity. I think the island enhances the psychic ability of some people such as Walt, Hurley, Kate, Jack, Locke and more. Like a lens focuses light and makes it brighter, the island focuses psychic energy. But the island could be even more than that. Evidence for this comes from the episode where we see the back story of Bernard and Rose where we see a certain region of Australia that seems to have healing properties. It may also explain the Hurley numbers. If Hurley believes that the numbers are bad luck and he has psychic ability then bad luck will follow him as his latent psychic powers cause bad events to happen around him. He is not even aware he is doing it.
Backgammon appears again. Dark versus light. They just wanted to remind us.

WILD TANGENT
Several westerns starring Clint Eastwood were actually filmed in Italy and were called Spaghetti Westerns. This includes the famous The Good The Bad and The Ugly.