This episode blew me away, but I'm not entirely sure it was in a good way.
This is the first time since I've started watching the series that I just feel like it's too much -- that there's absolutely no point in speculating or theorizing or trying to figure out WTF is going on, because it is sooooo over my head that I am completely shot. I feel like I have no option but to just sit back and let them spoon-feed me the rest of the series, because there's no way in Hades that I can even begin to make sense of it. It's kinda discouraging in a way.
I almost think others must feel the same way, because it seems like there's a serious lack of posts on the forum, and usually by this point there's like two pages of ideas. It seems like after this one, nobody knows what to think.
I did like the painting in Widmore's office, and I liked that Minkowski showed up, and I liked Penny running the stadium steps. Eloise clearly knowing what's going on is awesome and totally frustrating at the same time.
I don't know... it was an amazing episode, I guess, but... it just kinda made me tired. I feel like Eloise the Rat in a maze -- running and running but not knowing where I'm going, and constantly running into a lot of blank walls.