My brain has not hurt so much after an episode this season, but Happily Ever After lived up to the hype. The episode also explained to us the importance of the flash sideways time. Without further adieu, “time” to dive in.
Desmond is awoken by Charles Widmore and is noticeably upset that he is back on the island, even attempting to beat up Charles. Widmore assures him that the island’s not done with him before taking him, along with Jin, to this large area where Widmore’s crew is experimenting with electromagnetism. After frying one guy, they throw Desmond in the cabin and lock the door. He tells Desmond that once he is finished, he must make a sacrifice, and if he doesn’t everything he loves will perish. Widmore is also attempting to see if the rumors are true and Desmond can survive an electromagnetic force like he did when he activated the fail safe key. As they turned on the switch, Desmond is transported to the flash sideways timeline, making him the first person to be taken to that universe, although he is not aware of what is happening.
So right off the bat, we discover Desmond was actually on Oceanic 815, as he is waiting for his luggage. He sees Hurley and then Claire in the airport, though doesn’t recognize either from the island. He is driven to his employer in a fancy limo by... George Minkowsky... whom we last saw dying on the freighter after travelling back and forth between times and having a brain aneurysm. Turns out his boss is Charles Widmore, which isn’t so strange, except he hugs Charles and the two seem to genuinly like each other. Two interesting items to note is the painting of a scale, much like the one seen in the hillside cave with the black rock slightly overpowering the white rock, and a pretty large sail boat replica. Another noticable parallel is not only Widmore’s desire, but his happiness to share the bottle of MacCutcheon whiskey with Desmond, who in the original timeline wasn’t good enough for the whiskey. Anyway, Desmond’s business is to babysit Charlie Pace, who was last seen getting arrested after almost choking on a bag of heroine on Flight 815. Charles and his wife are having a charity event and their son, who is a classical musician, wanted to combine forces with DriveSHAFT.
Desmond picks Charlie up from court, but Charlie immediately strolls through traffic to the bar across the street with no regard for his life. At the bar, he describes to Desmond the feeling he had as he was choking on a bag of heroine. He describes true love in the form of a beautiful blonde girl (Claire) and claims he felt like he’s always loved her. He also tells Desmond that while he thinks he’s happy, he’s really not and has never experienced “conscious altering love” like he has. After telling Charlie that there’s always a choice, he begrudgingly agrees to follow Desmond back and play the show, but in the car plans change again when he offers to show Desmond what he was talkin about... by driving his car into the water. As Desmond tries to save Charlie, Pace puts his hand against the window and Desmond experiences a deja vu of Charlie drowing in the Looking Glass station. The moment ends and he rescues Charlie and bring him to the doctor. While undergoing an MRI, he sees visions of Penny, the same feeling of love that Charlie described, and Desmond goes out in search of the rock star. He finds Jack, who remembers him from the plane, but as he looks for Charlie, he comes running like a maniac in his hospital gown. Charlie claims to Desmond that no one there can help him and he wants to go out in search of love. He suggests Desmond stop worrying about him and the concert and look for Penny, the name Desmond saw written on Charlie’s hand.
Unfortunately for Desmond, he is tasked with telling Eloise Widmore that DriveSHAFT will not be performing, which is bad because everyone acts like she’s a fire breathing dragon. Eloise doesnt’ seem so rattled by the news, though, but only begins to get angry when Desmond asks the waiting staff for a copy of the guest list after hearing the name “Penny Milton”. She explains that he should stop looking for something because he finally has the one thing he’s always wanted (Widmore’s approval) and he’s not ready yet. Frustrated, he is about to leave when Daniel Widmore (Faraday) knocks on the cab door and simply says “We need to talk.” Daniel echoes the feelings of true love explained by Charlie and takes it a step further by saying he saw Charlotte at the museum and felt as if he’d always loved her. He woke up the next night and wrote really complicated quantum mechanics equations that only someone who had been studying that his whole life could know. He says he doesn’t want to set off a nuclear bomb to change the past because he feels he already has and this might not be the life they were supposed to lead. He then directs Desmond to his half sister Penny, who is training at the stadium Desmond used to train. As he introduces himself, he passes out.
Desmond is back on the island and now fully cooperative with Widmore, having seen his purpose (much like Jack at the lighthouse). As he walks with Zoe, Sayid appears, snaps someone’s neck, and tells Zoe to run, instructing Desmond that these people are dangerous and they must leave. Desmond, surprisingly, is also cooperative, probably realizing that his destiny is etched in stone and to not interfere with it. Just then, we see the flashsideways, where Penny wakes up Desmond and agrees to coffee with him. As he goes back to the limo, he tells George there is one thing he can do for him... get him the Oceanic 815 passenger list, telling him that he “has to show them something”. What could that something be? Is he going to attempt to show them that this isn’t their reality. Next week is a Hugo episode, which are always enjoyable.
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