It was good to see Jack and Richard back to normal. Jack falls back into his "healer" and 
good Shepherd role. Richard, wearing the cross, begins to warn the people of the evil headed their way. Jack tries to gather the flock together but Sun could care less about "saving the world"Sun and Shepherd stand around a garden and she announces that the "garden" is "dead." After running from MIB, she hits her head; then, Jack goes to work trying to "fix" her. In the end, he finds a way to communicate with Sun through the written word. He refutes her subtextual remark about the garden (perhaps the garden of eden) being dead by bringing her a tomato from the garden that is still alive.
He says "I guess someone forgot to tell him he was supposed to die." This reminds me of his comments to Locke on life and death when he said "nothing is irreversable."
Another great scene was the stand off between MIB and Widmore, considerably the two most villainest characters on this show and in Sci - Fi television history.
Speaking of Sci - Fi television history, I've notice a lot of striking similarities between Lost and The X-Files.
9/11
X-Files "predicted" a similar attack A La The Lone Gunmen...
Lost responded to it with a premier episode involving a plane crash with an Iraqi on board...
Theories/Mythology
Both shows explore similar themes throughout their episodes...
The X-Files 1. Aliens 2. Time Travel 3. Miracles 4. Saving the World 5. Parallel Worlds
Lost 1. The Others 2. Time Travel 3. Miracles 4. Saving this "rock" 5. Parallel Worlds
Villains
X-Files The Cigarette Smoking man
Lost The Smoke Monster
Love Triangles
X-Files Mulder, Scully, and the Truth
Lost Jack, Kate, and Sawyer
Potentially Supernatural Babies
X-Files Dana's Baby
Lost Clair's Baby
Father-Son Relationship
X-Files Fox resents his Father
Lost Jack resents his Father
Face Book Fan Base
X-Files 8 years after the season finale, over 180, 900 fans (excluding the movie fansites)
Lost over 1,812,000
The Series Finales
Before Lost aired, everyone asked J.J. Abrams "what guarantee do we have that Lost won't fail epically like the X-Files did, in the end, and disappoint the audience?" Abrams responded off the record saying that he had everything about Lost's pilot episode worked out to a T - where the story was coming from, and how it would play out in the end.
Then he reiterated his admiration for the The X-Files' ability to "shift on its feet and adapt to the changing mood of the times. In the end, The X-Files stayed true to itself. Abrams insisted that when you tap into the zeitgeist that deeply, it's hard to find your way out in a way that satisfies everyone."
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