LIVE Posting: Episode 3.08-Flashes Before Your Eyes

Welcome to the live post for Episode 3.08 titled "Flashes Before Your Eyes". This episode airs at 10/9c on ABC. If you missed it, you can watch it for free tomorrow on ABC.com. Come back later tomorrow for observations and thoughts from myself and others all over the internet.

8:37PM-I like this encore showing of last week's episode ("Not In Portland"). Just got out of Room 23. You can read some information about that room and other observations from last week's episode below. Waiting for the new episode...

9:07PM-First segment is good. I had already seen the main parts in clips released over the hiatus and the preview from last week so it lost the stunning effect it might have had. So how does Desmond know? I hope it's not supernatural psychic powers, hopefully it's something more tangible. But how can he see the future without it being supernatural? Possibly we'll find out soon...

9:18PM-I like the flashback to the hatch and that crazy sequence of flashing pictures on the screen. I'll try to get screenshots of that if it's relevant. Perhaps Desmond's odd behavior began before the hatch imploded...It's good to see Penny again. I hope that we'll see her in the present time working to get to the island. Anyways, I like Desmond and I'm glad to see his flashbacks. And to be back on the island with the beach survivors. Back to the episode...

9:28PM-Wow, great flashbacks. They spent the entire sequence in Desmond's flashback and I'm not complaining. Who has that beep on their microwave? That would be sweet. And I noticed the painting in Mr. Widmore's office had a polar bear on it so I'll have to check that. I think I remember a skeleton too. Perhaps the cave on the island where Eko was? Is Desmond living in the past or is this still visions of the future? Certainly is interesting that he had this thing before the island. So that's good. Doesn't appear to be hatch supernatural.

9:40PM-Oh wow!!! That was amazing. Goodness. So is he living in the past? How's that possible? The producers said in the Official LOST Podcast that last week's anagram would be important (Mittelos, the company trying to hire Juliet, is an anagram for "lost time"). Even though nothing has really happened on the island in this episode, I believe it is the best thus far. Wow. This episode will certainly have those theorists going. In disappointing news, my local affiliate failed to flip the switch back to HD from the commercials. That was frustrating. But the episode segment itself was amazing. Hopefully they'll get it in HD this time...

9:51PM-Another good segment. Especially the beginning. This is all very interesting. Is he re-living everything? Is it a dream? I don't think it could be a dream, seems to be a cop-out that would anger fans. Anyways, we've been in flashbacks since seven minutes into the episode. I never thought I would like an episode that is almost solely flashbacks but 'tis a good one. I wonder if there will be an amazing end segment...

10:00PM-Wow, what a deep episode. I don't know where to begin, how it all works, how it's all together. How many times will Desmond re-live his life? Is it selected "scenes" of his life or a whole, complete segment? Is Charlie doomed to die? So did the hatch trigger this re-living? How did that lady know? Is she going through the same thing? What does this all mean? Does Desmond know how they get off the island (or don't)? Where does Desmond's story go from here?

This episode was great, in my opinion. For the fans wanting character development, a lot of time was spent on Desmond. For the fans wanting mystery and mythology, there is certainly plenty to be discussed. If this is the kind of episode we'll be seeing this season, we're in for a great ride to the finale.