It wasn't Desmond's girlfriend(Penny). She didn't say "Desmond"...she said "Desmond?"*.

*At least according to closed captioning.

CDW meant the other girlfriend, the one he apparently jilted to join the monastery. As for the inflection of "Desmond", that could either "Desmond?" as in, 'I've only seen photographs so I'm not sure, but are you Desmond?" Or it could have been, "I'm severely injured, barely conscious, and had little hope of ever actual finding him, so am I really seeing Desmond?" So really, that doesn't give much of a clue. The only real clue was the book, in a foreign language.

You're right...I had not considered that.

One other clue would be the ABC website......The girls name is not Ruth(his former girlfriend) it is Naomi.

Also, the foriegn language of that book is Portugese(which is also the language that our snowbound friends at the end of season II were speaking).

A few more thoughts on the parachutist Naomi:

The name Naomi comes from the bible.....book of Ruth.

In Lord of the flies the kids find a Parachutist dangling from a tree limb...diff being this one was dead.

Best line from last nights episode: Charlie, upon hearing that the satalite phone doesn't work.."shocking"

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I thought the one in Lord of the Flies was up on the top of the mountain propped up against a rock? I did think of Lord of the Flies too though.

For a split second, when we first see Charlie hit with an arrow, I thought, "Finally!" But I quickly realized that it was just one of Desmond's visions.

I liked the episode well enough. I enjoy watching Desmond's flashbacks. Where "Brotha" comes from amused me. And the episode was written by the awesome dude who writes Y the Last Man! Cool.

You are correct...it was rocks, not a tree. "Beastie from the sky"

Great Episode last night, the last scene was a shocker. Although the parachute girl is hanging onto her life. I shall believe she has no idea what she is saying. Will be interesting to hear her story.

Juliet, what do I make of you? Well its safe to believe she is just covering her ass and wants to get off the island, so she is doing anything possible. I kindve like her!

Was nice to see Sun and Jin spotlighted. Eager to see how the next couple of episodes play out...

I'm a little freaked out that the Russian guy is still alive. Didn't they check for a pulse when he had his encounter with the fence?

That was quite the shocker about what parachute girl said.

If they really have found the plane full of dead bodies then we're talking a whole other level of weirdness here. Alternate dimension or mass conspiracy.

I'm betting that she was wrong, that she's thinking of some other plane, or something.