This is Jack's mind being blown.

5.09 "Namaste"

The "Thirty Years Ago" title card really does give a good sense of how bizarre the time situation is, and yet for some reason it cleared stuff up for me. It helps to have the understanding that Sawyer, Miles, Faraday, Jin, Juliet, Jack, Kate, and Hurley are all in 1977 and that Frank, Sun, Locke, and Ben are in the "present". Presumably those people who are stuck in the future (um...present) at some point go back and tell someone to start that runway construction. I guess.

I'm already tired of Kate and Sawyer mooning at each other. And it already pains me how much the return of Jack and Kate is going to screw up the relationship between Sawyer and Juliet.

Hurley's "Um...What?" in response to finding out it's 1977 of course makes me want to go back and watch What?. I hope someone eventually adds on to that to include every "What?" in the whole series. This episode was very "What?" heavy.

God, Jin and Sun are awesome. I am so in love with them. They manage to be awesome separately and awesome together. I can't wait until they find each other again.

Suddenly all the shit I complained about that Roger Workman flashback episode seems to be uncalled for. I'm sorry I ever questioned the writers' plans. Because now that we get to see all of the Losties go through that same situation, it's amusing to already know what it's like. Particularly Dr. Chang saying "Based on your aptitude test you'll be doing janitorial work." to Jack! Ha! And the funniest part is that Juliet was responsible for that!

Watching Sawyer run interference on absolutely all of this and totally take control of the situation is really amusing. As is his revealing to Jack that he's actually a really smart and competent leader. This is a super entertaining episode.

Baby Ethan! and Kid Ben!