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As far as season finales go, this was pretty solid.

You can never be completely happy with a show that leaves you for at least seven months with a cliffhanger the size of an atomic bomb, but you can’t knock the drama those two hours contained.

In this episode we saw:

• Egyptian deities
• Sailing ships
• Gun violence
• Electromagnetism
• A killer fist fight
• A stabbing
• … and, most important, we saw Jacob.

What does this mean for our dear friends on the island, scattered through time? It means there will be a lot of explanations, but their enemy now is bigger than a mysterious light in a hatch, a group of armed mountain men, a group of armed members of a pseudo-religious semi-cult or a group of armed mercenaries.

We aren’t sure exactly what they’re dealing with, but it’s here — and it might look like dear old John Locke.

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Here’s the synopsis of Wednesday’s finale event — called “The Incident” — from ABC.com:

Jack’s decision to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.

How strong is that resistance? I’d bet it’s gunfire strong.

How difficult is that task? I’d bet it involves killing an invisible man who shift in and out of existence in a jungle-style Baba Yaga cabin.

Looks like a great finale event to me. Need to catch up? Check out ABC’s very cool “Lost” timeline.

Tonight’s episode of Lost is title “Follow the Leader.” Here’s the synopsis from GoErie.com’s television listings:

Kate and Jack are at odds; Locke solidifies his position as leader of the Others; Juliet and Sawyer are scrutinized.

Now the big question is this: Are the people who care so much about what’s in the shadow of the statue also “Others?” That would definitely be helpful for Ben and Locke, who would have a small, well-armed army at their disposal.

Also, as we draw to the end of this season, will the two groups in time meet up before the end of the season? Where will they settle? Will Jack stop everything?

Post your predictions of the episode by leaving a comment below.

Note: This week’s gut reaction will be delayed quite a bit. I won’t be parked in front of my television tonight and I won’t be able to watch the episode until tomorrow.

This device kills electromagnetism.

When a television show promotes an episode with the word “explosive,” you can expect some things:

1) There will be an explosion.

2) You will be emotionally manipulated.

3) A shocking ending.

And the “explosive” 100th episode of Lost really didn’t disappoint.

The episode mostly focuses around Daniel Faraday’s back story and his relationship with his mother, the apparent master of time-travel and premonition Eloise Hawking.

Here’s a hint: It’s not a good relationship, and for some very good reasons.

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Tonight’s Lost — the explosive 100th episode — looks like it will be a wild, wild ride. Faraday is back with a vengeance, and the promo for the episode shows him threatening to detonate a hydrogen bomb. (Jughead returns at last. An explosive return, to say the least.)

Here’s what I think will explode during this explosive episode:

• DHARMA’s dress code: Goodbye khaki coveralls, hello easy-to-identify black-versus-light uniforms. If you are going to have a DHARMA civil war, you need to make it television friendly.

• Family drama: What’s a civil war without at least one brother-versus-brother fight? Or, survivor-versus-survivor, at least. Jack and Sawyer will likely choose other sides — because they’ve become polarizing figures now. Also, a grown-up Miles will hold his dying father, Dr. Pierre Chang, in his arms.

• The love trapezoid: Kate, Sawyer, Jack and Juliet will have a grand, dramatic falling out. Jack will likely do nothing about any of it, keeping up with his theme for the season: inaction.

• Faraday’s backstory: He’s got a secret, alright. He’s the son of one of the Others, you know. Chances are good he has a lot of island lore stored somewhere under that bad haircut.

• A hydrogen bomb: Right at the end of the show, so you have to come back and watch the next episode to see what happens.

What are your predictions for tonight’s episode. Post a comment below with your own best bets.

Wednesday’s episode marks Lost’s 100th (which means if you would like to catch up now it will take you 4.16 days of constant watching.)

The network guarentees it will be “explosive.” Here’s the synopsis:

On the 100th episode milestone for the series, the time of reckoning has begun when Daniel Faraday comes clean regarding what he knows about the island.

But all you really need to know are seven little words: “I’m going to detonate a hydrogen bomb” (See below)

This week’s episode promises to focus mostly on Miles, who has taken a back seat in the storyline recently after making early moves that could have made him a key player after he’s introduced.

Here’s the preview from GoErie.com’s television listings:

Suspicions are raised when Ben is taken from the infirmary; Miles is asked to deliver an important package.

And, yes, that might just be a Star Wars reference in the title.

And here’s your 15-second preview:

What up, dog?

Ah, Holy Week: when our thoughts turn reflective, when we think about Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, and when our favorite prime time sci-fi mystery dramas mix Egyptian mythology with strong Christian allegory.

There’s no better time of the year.

We were promised that Ben would atone for his sins this week, and that’s exactly what we saw. It was a revealing and complicated episode that gave us a small glimpse into what might be the origins of the island and the root of the Ben Linus-Charles Widmore spat that’s stretched on — violently — for decades.

And we got to see hieroglyphics that included the Egyptian protector god of the dead, Anubis (at right).

The seven-year-old me — the one going to church every Sunday and checking mythology books out of the library every Tuesday — was geeked by the entire episode.

So I’m changing my review this week to go point-by-point.

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Here’s my predictions for tonight’s episode:

• The title “Dead is Dead” either means that the concept of death is dead (some kind of “John Locke died and was resurrected for Ben’s sins, so Happy Easter!” scenario) or someone really dies during the episode — not Claire dead, not ghost Charlie dead and not zombie John Locke dead. Real dead.
• We will learn a little bit more about the smoke monster and what it does and where it comes from, but not a satisfying answer at all.
• We will, however, receive a moderately satisfying explanation for who, exactly, the Others/Hostiles are and where they came from. Last week we learned that Charles Widmore and Ellie Faraday were both still involved in the group as late as Ben’s youth, so expect them to figure into this episode, as well.
• Desmond, Penny and young Charlie will make an appearance, but I don’t think they will be shot. In all likelihood, they’re the reason we saw Ben broken and bloodied earlier this season — that doesn’t mean Desmond won’t reluctantly do what Ben wants him to do.
• Or, Ben will shoot Penny as retribution for Widmore’s men killing Ben’s daughter Alex.

It should be a good one.

Note: There will be no “Gut Reaction” after tonight’s episode. It will be posted sometime Thursday morning.

This Wednesday’s episode is titled “Dead is Dead.”

Here’s the preview from GoErie.com’s television listings:

Ben must try to call the smoke monster to atone for sins of the past.

That’s a fairly loaded sentence, and I’m geeking out over what might happen on the episode. We may finally have an answer to one of the longest-running questions about the show: What is that smoke monster?

It’s interesting that Ben says it will “judge” him. Could the same be said for the other people the smoke monster killed? The French team? Echo? Were they judged?

It’s also an interesting title, especially considering Easter is coming up Sunday and John Locke was resurrected on the show.

Just watch this:

NOTE: This week’s “Gut Reaction” won’t be online until Thursday morning.