Mysteries abound on this island--and the rest of the world, too, as we found out in the final episode of season two. Here are just a few things I'll be looking for in these first few episodes of the third season:
Will Michael and Walt come back to the island? Walt will miss Vincent for sure. Maybe he'll wait for his father to go to sleep and steer the boat to the beach in order to get his dog.
What about Kate, Jack, and Sawyer? They've been central to the series, so I'm sure we'll follow them to wherever their captors are taking them. Will Hurley double back and spring them? Or will he go back to the beach? If he goes back to the beach, there is an excellent opportunity for some of the redshirts to become backstory characters.
Poor Locke. I almost feel sorry for him. We knew the fake Henry Gale was lying to him, but Locke truly believed. He needs something to believe so badly. When he finds out he wasn't one of the "chosen" good ones, he will have another breakdown.
Eko and Charlie are a strange team. Charlie traded one dependency for another and now that Eko has abandoned him, what will he do? And Eko's visions are unclear to say the least. He thinks he is following them, but it seems to me there is plenty of room for interpretation of what his brother said to him and what Eko saw.
Island time moves slowly -- two years in our time is a little over two months in island time. Sun is recently pregnant, so that may become a plot point, or she may not have that baby for seven more years.
The issue of pregnancy and babies is one that the show has concentrated on. Claire and Aaron have been the source of plot points and seemingly minor asides (but possibly major at some later date). The Others kidnapped Alex, Danielle's daughter, when she was a week old. Sun's pregnancy probably will come into play as well.
The island heals, or so it seems. Rose said she was healed, not just in remission. Locke can walk. Jin can father a child. Is it the crazy magnetic properties? Something in the water?
Ah, and Sayid, the island's good bad guy. Bad because of his past and his seeming willingness to return to it, even when not entirely necessary. Good because he tries to hold the castaways together and he works for the good of the group. He is likely to discover something or relate something enlightening to us (the viewers) in the first few episodes of the season.
My favorite plotline involves Desmond and Penny. Penny has been looking for the island, but why? To spite her father? Because she knows what's there? What is there? The potential for two lovers to reunite makes my romantic heart go pitter-pat. Of course, the potential for Desmond to die just as Penny reaches the island is also there. I hope not, but we'll see.
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