What happened in "The Economist": Sayid, Miles, and Kate arrive at the Barracks to find nobody there except Hurley, who is tied up in a cabinet. He says that Locke went crazy and left him there because he tried to stop him from kidnapping Charlotte (a believable claim since Hurley had earlier said that he didn't sign up to take anyone prisoner). Sayid searches Ben's house and finds a hidden room behind the bookcase- it's full of clothes and passports. Kate is looking in the bedroom and is apprehended by Sawyer. Locke and Rousseau capture Sayid at gunpoint. In a moment of sweet vulnerability, Sawyer tells Kate he wants to play house with her. She decides to stay. Sayid convinces Locke that he only stayed with Jack to find out the real reason why the Freighties came. He doesn't expect Locke to give Charlotte to him- he trades her for Miles so that Frank will take him on the helicopter back to the boat. He also says that he will report back to Locke what he discovers on the freighter. Meanwhile, Jack, Juliet, Daniel, Frank, and Desmond wait for Sayid to return with Charlotte. Desmond still wants to know why Naomi had a picture of him and Penny. He tells Frank that he is coming with them to the freighter. Daniel does an experiment that reveals a time discrepancy between the island and the outside world. At the end of the episode, Frank, Sayid, and Desmond take off in the helicopter.Flash-forwards show Sayid looking very dashing in suits, working as a hitman in Germany. He starts dating a woman named Ilsa with a mysterious boss (my theory: Penny Widmore's father). She tells him she loves him, he feels guilty because he's using her to get to her boss, she shoots him because she's using him to get to his boss, he's badass and kills her. He works for- pause for dramatic effect- BEN, killing people who are on a list. Apparently Sayid is "protecting his friends" by what he does off-island, and apparently Ben becomes a veterinarian in the future.
Who I thought was the most awesome in this episode: Hurley. He acted as the bait for Locke when Sayid came looking for Charlotte (According to the enhanced episode, this part was an homage to The Empire Strikes Back). Miles called him Tubby, to which Hurley responded, "Awesome. The ship sent us another Sawyer." It was pretty adorable. He had another great line when Sayid said that he wasn't going to hurt him: "Yeah, I saw you snap that guy's neck when you did that break-dancing thing with your legs. I think I'll hang back here."
What happened in "Eggtown": Kate is living in a house with Claire, Sawyer is living with Hurley, and Locke is trying to find answers. Holding Ben captive in a basement (sounds familiar, doesn't it?), Locke wants to know about his inside man on the freighter (favorite theory of most people is that it's Michael). Kate really wants to talk to Miles because she wants to know what he knows about her /what's waiting for her if she gets off the island. Locke refuses to let her speak with him (They aren't living in a democracy anymore, but at least it's not a dictatorship, in which case he would just shoot her), but since when does Kate listen to anyone? She finds out where Miles is, and he says he'll tell her if she gets him in to talk with Ben. When she does, Miles tells Ben that he would tell his boss that Ben was dead in return for $3.2 million. Locke finds them and kicks Kate out of the Barracks. Sawyer says she can stay under his protection. Lots of hotness ensues, but Sawyer says the wrong thing (something not very nice about Kate using Sawyer and Jack to fulfill her needs), causing her to head back to Team Jack. Locke ties Miles back up, pulls the pin from a grenade, and sticks it in his mouth. As long as Miles keeps his mouth shut on the trigger, he won't explode. As Locke leaves, he says, "Enjoy your breakfast." Whoa.Flash-forwards follow Kate's trial for murder, arson, theft, etc. The main witness for the prosecution is her mom, whom she confessed to right after she blew up Wayne. Her attorney wants to bring in her son to get sympathy from the jury, but she says no. Jack testifies about how Kate saved his life. Based on the Oceanic Six story that he told, 8 people get off the island, but only 6 survived. So 2 bodies. Kate's mom says that learning about Kate's heroism has made her not want to testify against her, but she wants to meet her grandson. Kate adamantly denies her this, saying she doesn't want her son anywhere near her. Her mom backs out of testifying anyway, so the DA makes a deal with Kate: 10 years of probation and she can't leave the state of California. Kate quickly accepts. I guess she's done running for good. She and Jack talk (he's still in love with her). He wants to get together with her, but she says that she can't until he can come visit her son. Kate returns home and hugs her little boy: Aaron.
Who I thought was the most awesome in this episode: Kate. For some reason that I am very interested to learn, Kate is the supposed hero of the Oceanic Six, according to the testimony Jack gave at her trial. I loved the scene with her mom because she showed some serious integrity and a maternal protectiveness that I never would have believed she possessed. The reveal of Aaron being her son was, in my opinion, the best of the season. What happens to Claire??? Another great moment: she tricks Hurley into telling her where Miles is. Or as Hurley says, "You totally just Scooby-Doo'd me, didn't you?"
What happened in "The Constant": Jack is freaking out about not hearing from Sayid and Desmond, who left with Frank on the helicopter more than a day ago. Daniel tells him that time doesn't work the same way on the island as it does everywhere else. (It makes you wonder: If and when the Oceanic Six get back to the island- years later for them, it seems, since Jack has grown a mountain man beard- how much time will have passed for the people left behind???) Frank flies straight into a storm, Desmond flashes into the past- a time in which he is part of the Scottish regiment- and his 1996 consciousness returns to his body in the helicopter, making things very confusing. They land on the freighter, and Desmond is taken to sick bay where he meets Minkowski, who is experiencing the same condition. Sayid and Frank come to see Desmond because Daniel wants to talk to Desmond on the phone. He tells him that when he returns to the past that he needs to go visit him in Oxford. He gives him some numbers so that Desmond can convince past-Daniel that he is really time-traveling. Desmond does what he says, and Daniel shows him an experiment in which his rat, Eloise, has the same consciousness transfer that allows her to complete a maze that she hasn't yet learned. Then she dies. Daniel tells Desmond that to prevent that from happening to him, he needs to find a constant- something to connect his past to his future. Desmond needs to call Penny from the boat. Minkowski was the guy in charge of communications and shows Sayid and Desmond where they need to go. Then Minkowski dies. Flashing into the past, Desmond goes to see Charles Widmore so that he can find Penny. He goes to her address, she doesn't want to see him, but he convinces her to give him her phone number so that he can call her on Dec. 24, 2004. He begs her to answer that call, 8 years away, if she still cares about him. Back on the freighter, Desmond dials the number, it rings for what seems 
like forever, and then Penny picks up. What follows is one of the sweetest scenes in television history. He tells her over and over how much he loves her. She promises that she won't stop looking for him. And then Desmond is okay. The constant has allowed his consciousness to settle again.Who I thought was the most awesome in this episode: Tie between Daniel Faraday and Desmond. Daniel is brilliant and quirky. Without his help, we never would have understood what was happening to Desmond. Which brings me to... Desmond. Favorite character #2. Has been ever since the Season 2 finale when he returns to the island. He was amazing in this episode, shifting between his 1996 and 2004 selves. I cried when he finally got to talk to Penny, tell her he was sorry and that he loved her, and realized how much she still cared for him. That was enough. He was going to be okay.
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