Widmore Labs, Widmore Construction.

Exactly. Daddy Widmore was most likely involved in building the island. Penny probably discovered what he was up to and from there has spent a lot of time looking for Desmond. She found him once already, so we know she's a determined woman.

Kick ass episode! I knew they'd answer questions but come up with more to keep us going. They did not disappoint. :snap:

I read somewhere else that the guys in the frozen lab (who were apparently speaking Brazillian Portuguese....or so I've read) actually told her "We think we've found the island", not "We think we've found him".

With how Desmond couldn't find Fiji, I suppose it is a possibility that the Island isn't really an island, but some sort of giant floating thing.

As far as wondering what the "incident" was, I meant the original "incident". It had been hypothesized that the incident was made up to form the basis for the psychological experiment, but as the button really does do something, I would suspect that the incident was real.

As I watched the full episode of Lost (always keeping an eye on the clock - I've been having to wake up at 4:30 for work this week) - a feeling of dread slowly began to creep up. It's still subtle, but it's one that I had during the first few episodes of season one. I'm not sure what exactly to call it, but it's something akin to the feeling I got around the 5th season of X-Files. I'm worried that there really is no "solution" to the show.
Perhaps there are answers - we get a couple of those every episode - but every 'answer' they reveal just raises more questions.
Am I entertained? Sure. But I expect answers. At some point. Really.
Whatever the mythology of the Lost Universe is, it better explain everything, and I mean everything.
I watched every single episode of the 9 seasons of X-Files (plus the movie, plus the spin-off series) and have yet to understand the full conspiracy-story arc - though I've read a few 'scholarly' fan interpretations.
All I'm saying is - there better be a bible for the scriptwriters of Lost.
(Oh - and I need to get some sleep.)

True, but they can't answer all of the questions, or all we're left with is a bunch of people on an island. It'll be like, "okay now what do we do?"

The impression I get of the writers is that they have an arc thought out, and it evolves a bit. I also hope that Lost doesn't go the way of X-Files, but it's only the second season. I'm still enjoying the ride and haven't gotten cynical yet. :)

Abrams has explicitly promised not to pull an X-Files. He's said he has a full story arc in mind, and that it will play out in 5 seasons and 5 seasons only. I have no reason to doubt him.

GD, I really hope you're right. Last week's EW article made me start to doubt (the emphasis is mine):

Rad episode. I agree with Mousepod, I do hope they can wrap it all up. I love when some of the answers create new questions, it makes the story progress. I just hope they don't get too spread out. I would love to see the organizational chart for the story lines. I was right that the magnetic force had something to do with the plane crash. I may have been off about them drugging themselves, but I do think they are all still part of a psychological experiment. All of them have some sort of weird trauma in their life and some connection to Hanso or Widmore. I wonder if now that Desmond "terminated" the magnetic source, I wonder if people's ailments will come back. (Rose's cancer, Locke unable to walk if he is still alive)
I think Penny Widmore knew that her dad had something to with Desmonds disappearance. Like she said, she has lots of money, and knew what to look for.


I think it was a great episode and just enough hook for the next season.

Yeah. I'm thinking that she figured out that daddy had something to do with his disappearance. And then she either somehow found info about the Dharma project, or perhaps it was something she's always known about growing up, but was never allowed to know the exact location. So now she's hired Yakov and Smirnoff to monitor for it.