Lost Season Four: "The Beginning of the End"

We aren't wasting any time this season so I won't either.

What I Liked:

• The season opens with a Hurley flash forward!! As opposed to Jack
• We picked up right after the season three finale
• Lance Reddick as Matthew Abbadon (Col. Daniels from The Wire)! Finally, someone has taken advantage of his inherent creepiness.
• Jacob’s shack!
• Ben is still a bastard.
• We’re back to Jack vs. Locke…in a big way!

What I Didn’t Like:

• There are only seven episodes left
• Naomi didn’t have to die. She was fine!

What We Learned:

Future:

• Oceanic 6! Only six people get off the island! Holy shit!
• It appears Hurley isn’t having a great time post-island
• Hurley was dying to get back into therapy?
• Oceanic is taking care of the Oceanic Six
• Jack goes to visit Hurley before he goes batshit crazy

Island:

• Christian Shepard (or Jacob assuming his form) is in Jacob’s shack
• Jack doesn’t bluff like Locke does when it comes to shooting people.

Questions:

• Who are the rest of the Oceanic Six?
  
• If only six people get off the island, what happened to everyone else? Are they still alive?
• Why did Hurley act like he didn’t know who Ana Lucia was?
• Has anyone checked to see the percentage of times Jack has been wrong so far (I bet it’s around the 75-80% mark)?
• How did Naomi know about Penny and Desmond?
  
• How come no one has ever started a fire running through the forest with torches?
• Is Jacob the source of all the creepy whispering in the forest?
• Why does Christian Shepard appear to be alive?
• What does it mean that Hurley can see Jacob too?
• How is Locke okay after the gut shot he received from Ben less than 36 hours ago?
• How did that other mental patient see Charlie?
• Is Charlie Hurley’s new Dave?
• What have the Oceanic Six agreed not to talk about?
• What happened between the time Jack saw Hurley and Jack went nutty and wanted to go back to the island?