Problems constructing the Orchid, what's Daniel doing there?!

While Dr. Pierre Chang's is filming the orientation video for The Arrow station, a construction worker named Eric comes in and tells him theirs a problem at The Orchid station. We then see them in the Dharma bus going to The Orchid station which is still being constructed. When they go down into the lower chamber, construction workers have attempted to drill through the rock to where Ben turned the frozen Donkey Wheel. The drills melted as they tried to break through and one of the construction workers can be seen bleeding from his nose much like Desmond and George Minkowski in "The Constant" last season and what happens to Charlotte later.

The construction foreman shows Dr. Chang a sonor image of the wall which shows the frozen donkey wheel inside. I've enhanced the sonor image captures below. Chang tells the foreman not to drill anymore because in the energy is released then "God help us all."

Then comes the kicker. As Chang is leaving Daniel Faraday bumps into him. He stops and looks at the holes in the rock and looks incredibly concerned. Why was Daniel at the construction of The Orchid looking the same as he does in the "present?" His story is quickly becoming one of the bigger mysteries in the show

Pierre Chang aka Marvin Candle in his home on the island

In the first scene of season 5, we see Dr. Pierre Chang (aka Marvin Candle, Edgar Halliwax and Mark Wickmund) for the first time outside of the confines of a Dharma video. He wakes at the numerically significant time of 8:15. We see his wife, baby and elements of his home. He puts a record on in a few shots that is very similar to Desmond's reveal in season 2. Chang's record starts skipping which foreshadows some of Daniel Faraday's later info on the island's time shifts. The song by the way was Willie Nelson's "Shotgun Willie" from his 1973 album of the same name.

He makes his way through the barracks (aka New Otherton) to film a video for Dharma station 2, "The Arrow." This station is where we saw the Tailsection folks hiding out in season 2. Apparently, the station's purpose was to "develop defensive strategies and gather intelligence on the island's hostile, indigenous population."

During the filming we see a few Dharma staffers who are producing the video. The filming is interrupted by another Dharma worker. More on that in the next post.

We've been duped by ABC

So ABC was misleading in their promotion of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The commercial said that Kimmel would air an "exclusive deleted scene" when all they showed was a comedy bit splicing Kimmel into the scene between Hurley and Ben with Kimmel taking Ben's place. It was funny, but it was no "exclusive deleted scene."

Sorry about that folks.

Watch a deleted scene tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live

In case you missed it in tonight's episodes, Jimmy Kimmel Live will be showing a deleted scene from the season 5 premiere on his show. It just started so tune in. I'll try to have it up on the site for you ASAP.

The screen caps from "Because You Left" and "The Lie" will start going up later tonight and tomorrow. Please check back regularly or add the site to your reader of choice via the subscription link (it's in the right column at the top).

Three sneak peeks from season 5 episode 1 "Because You Left"

With the season 5 premiere less than a week away, I'll finally post some of the sneak peeks that have been making their way out recently. Don't watch the clips below if you want to stay completely spoiler free, but the clips don't give away too much.

Check back starting late Wednesday night and Thursday next week for the screen captures for the first two hours of season 5. There should be plenty to talk about.