The TV Zone

Hitman.

This flashforward world is a hell of a world, is it not?

Up is down. Left, right. North, south. Sayid works for Ben.

Say...whaaa?

Anyway, I'm tired of asking questions (without any answers). So maybe the best way to
get an instant handle on last night's "The Economist" is to do a quick list of the top five
oddities, top being the oddest:

1.) Not merely that Ben is off the island and that Sayid works for him as a HITMAN, but that Ben is a vet. Who knew he loved dogs.

2.) Sayid's rough love scene. This is a tough man to love - witness the departure of Shannon (killed by Anna Lucia) and Nadia, presumably dead too. Now Elsa. Who was her boss who isn't an "economist...?" (Sorry, just can't resist questions...) Meanwhile, we also learned the name of another member of Oceanic 6 (Sayid), which makes - I think - four. So two to go.

3.) The bracelet. Naomi's bracelet, with the inscription, "N, I'll always be
with you. RC." Of course, we all have to ask, who's "RC," so let's just ponder this a moment. In the entire "Lost" hierarchy of characters - Tailies, Losties, Flashbackies, Others, etc. - there's only one "RC." That's Rachel Carlson, Juliet's sister (played by Robin Weigert). (Biblical significance to name, for she was Jacob's wife, who could bear no children.) Oh, there are plenty of Lostian theories about Juliet: That she was actually a guy; or that Jack rescued her in the car, preventing him from doing that header off the bridge.

Or this: That Rachel has teamed up with Desmond squeeze Penny to find her long lost sister. Hmmmm.

Beyond that, why would Naomi have any sort of tie to Rachel? I haven't a bloody clue.

(Of course, some people think the initials read "RG," in which case to all of the above - never mind. But I'm fairly certain it was "RC." Isn't this SAD that I've even gone on this long about it?)

4.) Daniel's payload. "Oh no, this is not good," he says after the little projectile slams into the ground, and the numbers don't sync up on the respective digital clocks. Why "no good." With Daniel Faraday, I think you've got to go to his namesake Michael, who discovered the laws of electromagnetism - basically by showing that a changing magnetic field produces an electric current (and that "magnetism" and electricity are one in the same.) Isn't "Lost" fun? You learn stuff. But what does any of this have to Daniel's "Oh no" line? I haven't a bloody clue.

5.) Finally, Jacob's disappearing house and that line (of sand or gunpowder?) in front. Oh come on. Did anyone really expect the house to be there when Locke pulls up in front? But where did it go? All together now...I haven't a bloody clue.