Jughead

The biggest supprise in this one, I think, is meeting Widmore on the island. That sure does answer a lot of questions, or at least, half answers them. I would still like to know the origin of the Others. They seem to be from civilization, rather than an indigent population, however, at the time 50 years ago, they were already thinking of the Island as 'theirs'.

I just had a thought. If the person who moves the Island can never go back, did Widmore move the Island once?

Alpert gave Locke a compass to show him, as a way of gaining his trust. However, it didn't seem to be enough to get Locke the information he needed on how to get off the Island. Locke did tell Alpert to go and see Locke when he is born in a few years, which we know he did, from the episode 'Cabin Fever' last season. Wasn't one of the items Locke had to choose from as a child, a compass? But he chose the knife instead, disappointing Alpert. I forget, did Locke tell Alpert about his time traveling in private, or was Widmore present also? If Widmore was present, that explains how he knew to send his agent, Abaddon, to check up on Locke as he grew, too. (Remember from 'Cabin Fever', Abaddon was the 'orderly' who convinced Locke to go on a 'walkabout')

Faradays mother seems to be important now. Desmond needs to find her now, so I am left wondering if she is someone we have already met. Faraday is big into time travel. There also happens to be an older woman who is knowledgeable about time travel; the woman, Ms. Hawking, who tells Desmond that the past is the past, and he can't change it. Could Ms. Hawking be Faraday's mother?

What about that hydrogen bomb? How does that play into the story?