written by jj abrams and damon lindelof. for me most of the fun here is in seeing the opening scene of season 3 so perfectly recreated. and seeing amelia again. she completely vanished after that first appearance, as did the rest of the 'book club.'
but this scene is interesting because it gives us a piece that was actually in the show originally, according to the commentary by elizabeth mitchell and damon lindelof - that we originally saw juliet looking at ben's xrays in the opening montage. damon says they took it out so that people could complain that they're making the show up as they go along.
this is the next-to-last missing piece, and i don't think it's any accident that it's taking us back to the opening of season 3. what will the opening of season 4 be? the past 2 seasons have given us huge fakeouts by making us believe that what we're watching are flashbacks that later turn out to be on-island.
will the opening moments of season 4 tease us in a similar way? what will the big fakeout be? will it also focus on a new character, who also turns out to be the throughline for the season? yeeee, only a few more days!
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I apologize for being behind. I just watched the 4th Missing Pieces installment, the one with Julia and Michael. I don't share your impression that Julia is anything but good. I think she is every bit the enemy of Ben that Jack is. She wanted Walt off the island because she knew he was in danger, that Ben would attempt to eliminate him as he did with Locke.
So here is my question. Assuming the others snatched Walt on Ben's orders...for his specialness. Why wasn't Locke on the list? I realize priorities had shifted. Ben needed a spinal surgeon. But there seemed to be no interest in Locke. To date, "special" has signified the ability to groove with the island. Maybe there is more to it than that.