Oceanic 815 lands at LAX + Charlie taken by police

Back on Oceanic 815, Charlie has been restrained and as he passes Jack he says "Should'a let that happen man, I was supposed to die." That sounds ominously like season 3.

When Jack returns to his seat, Desmond is gone and he asks Rose where he went and she says that she and Bernard were asleep.

Everyone prepares for the landing, each with different looks on their face. Sawyer and Hurley look fairly indifferent, Sayid looks at his photo of Nadia and seems eager to find her, Jin gazes at the Rolex watch he's supposed to deliver while Sun shows no emotion, Kate looks terrified and Jack looks pleased, yet surprised.

Charlie is first off and is escorted by two policemen. Edward Mars removes the infamous case which cracked him in the head on the first flight 815.

Boone says goodbye to Locke who seems happy like he was earlier. We then see that sad, miserable look fall across his face. Jack and he share a similar look as we saw at the start of the first flight 815. Locke forces a smile while Jack looks a bit dazed. We then see Locke lifted onto the chair and he is wheel off the plane. The look of sheer misery on his face is that of the Locke we've come to know, so was he lying about actually going on the walkabout to seem less pathetic than his life was/is or did his past actually change like it seems it did for other passengers?

Locke meets Boone on 815 + Jin makes Sun button up

On the new Oceanic 815, we see Sun admiring the affection that Rose and Bernard have for each other. Then we see Jin do something we saw him do on the island in part two of the pilot. He tells sun to button the top button on her sweater.

We then move a few rows forward where Locke is reading the flight safety card, when we hear Boone's voice telling him that they'd never survive a water landing. Locke corrects him saying that with a good pilot and calm seas, they could survive a water landing.

Boone tells Locke that he went to Australia to save his sister (Shannon) from a bad relationship she didn't want out of, so she's not on the plane this time. In another huge variation from the original story, Locke tells Boone that he actually went on his walkabout and survived. Interestingly enough, Boone later says "If this thing goes down, I'm sticking with you," which is similar to the fact that Boone stuck with Locke on the island.

Throughout each of these 815 scenes, the big question still is, what do these changes, both pre-815 and post mean to the larger story of "Lost?"

Oh and during the whole Locke and Boone scene, you can see Neil Frogurt asleep in the seat between them.

Jack & Kate meet on 815 + Edwards Mars & Leslie Arzt return + Sawyer & Hurley meet

Back in our flash-sideways, Jack meets the marshal, Edward Mars at the lavatory waiting for Kate inside. Kate bumps into Jack, who seems downright giddy to meet her.

Back at their seats, Edward takes Kate's silverware, leavin her to eat her lasagna without them. Sawyer bumps into Edward, which is reminiscent to when he bumped into the cop's desk in Australia in Boone's flashback in season 1.

A few rows back, we see the return of Leslie Arzt. He's pestering Hurley to say the Mr. Cluck's catchphrase which is a reference to what we saw in the commercials released last year (check those out here and here). Sawyer is across the isle an hears Hurley tell Arzt he won the lottery and Sawyer tells Hurley that he shouldn't tell people that he won the lottery because they'll take advantage of him. Hurley tells Sawyer that it could never happen because he's the "luckiest guy alive." This another big change is this timeline.

Jack back on Oceanic 815 with Rose, Benard & Desmond?! + less booze + blood on his neck

We're back and "LA X" was a hell of an episode. We start with Jack, back on Oceanic 815. While many things are very similar, there are some distinct differences. When flight attendant Cindy Chandler gives Jack extra alcohol, this time he gets just one bottle instead of two.

Also, when the plane hits turbulence, Rose comforts Jack instead of the other way around. Jack is desperately gripping his armrest. During the entire scene, Jack seems shell-shocked, like he knows something is not right but he can't quite place it.

After the turbulence passes, we hear the familiar sound of Captain Seth Norris' voice. Jack gets up and goes to the restroom where he notices a spot of blood on his neck, which he wipes off.

And then the kicker. When Jack returns to his seat, he finds Mr. Desmond Hume sitting on the isle seat. Desmond is reading the book Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. Jack clearly has a memory of Desmond, but is it from the track years ago or from the island? In this reality, did Jack and Desmond ever meet at the track?

In the background of the scene, we can also see Jin, Sun, Locke and Frogurt.