"The Last Recruit" Disc Ep 6x13

[lostmonkey]

I'm glad you asked that, inkypawprints... I feel pretty up to speed on most things LOST, but I was a bit confused by the title as well. In fact, a few of this season's titles have remained confusing for me. 'Happily Ever After' - was it just ironic, or was there something I was missing there?

[spinaltumor]

Yeah, I think the title suggests everyone who MIL talked to was therefore a recruit. By the end of the episode, he lost all his candidate-recruits...except Jack. The remaining one. The last one.

[witheyesclosed]

It should be the last recruit considering Jack was the last one to see mib as Locke. If it was because they all abandoned mib it would be, the remaining recruit, wouldn't it.

[spinaltumor]

He's the last one remaining. Last recruit.

It's probably an either/or situation as it is with quite a few Lost episode titles.

[ascensionblade]

So, I can explain what happened on the beach near the pylons. I don't think it is a big deal that the boat people and jin were held at gunpoint and forced to their knees. Widmore is an Other. Others are very careful about how they handle situations. They have always seemed excessively violent, but I don't think it is evil; it's only paranoid.

Also, notice how Jack barely survives the explosion and Locke seems unaffected by it. I think that explosion would have killed Locke if Jack wasn't with him. When Zoe talks to Widmore, she tells him that Ford and 5 people arrived on the beach. That's when Widmore decides to attack Locke. I think Widmore assumed all the candidates were away from Locke, leaving him vulnerable to attack by someone that hasn't talked to him (whoever fired the projectile).

Had Jack stayed on the boat, I think Locke would've been killed.

However, I'm also pretty sure Locke gets time with everyone important on the Island before they get to make any big decisions (like whether or not they are gonna follow Jacob).

[wiired]

In the flash sideways, wasn't Sun shot on Day 1 or 2, whereas Locke was run over by Desmond on ~Day 5?
How would they have met in the hospital?
Major continuity error?

[spinaltumor]

Yeah, Lostpedia lists that as a continuity error. Which is sad because they could have easily left out all that "it's been one week" dialogue and had it work.

Interesting thing, though. The order of viewpoints we see in the sideways in The Last Recruit is the order of the candidate numbers, minus Hurley. We see Locke, then Sawyer, then Sayid, then Jack, then Sun and Jin.

[monsterjester]

Wow, pretty big error too. Good catch.

[hunsingeruk]

I like spinaltumors answer that he's the last remaining 'recruit' that mib needs. And I don't think anything is implied about Jack being with mib...though he might think thats the case, im sure its not.