Desmond has future visions again. This time he sees someone coming to the island to rescue him. He believes it's his girlfriend Penny, seen at the end of last season having successfully located the island.
In the vision, Desmond is with Jin, Charlie and Hurley, traveling through the jungle to reach a parachutist. Along the way, Charlie is killed by a booby trap.
Desmond doesn't want Charlie to die, but feels he must get the the other three to come along with him to make his vision of rescue come true. Hurley, who realizes Desmond has had another vision, invites Charlie and Jin along on a "camping trip."
After a long hike on the beach, Desmond and the rest make a campfire. Suddenly they hear a helicopter approaching but it crashes in the ocean. Then they see a flashing light--attached to a parachutist--land in the jungle.
In the morning, they hike into the jungle--just like in Desmond's vision--to reach the parachutist. But just as the booby trap is set to strike, Desmond can't help but change things. He rescues Charlie.
Soon after, the four reach a female parachutist--apparently dead--hanging in a tree. Desmond cuts her loose, certain it's Penny and that she's perished. On the ground, though, the parachutist's helmet is removed and it's not Penny, but a stranger. She says Desmond's name and then passes out or dies--we don't know yet.
In flashbacks, we see that Desmond tried to become a monk before meeting Penny, but didn't he evidently didn't have the right stuff. The head monk tells Desmond his destiny lies elsewhere.
Clues, observations, speculation:
* The head monk has a picture on his desk of himself and the lady from the clock shop Desmond met in episode 3.8: "Flashes Before Your Eyes."
* The head monk and Desmond discuss the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac in relation and the notion of sacrifice. The "Catch 22" in the episode's title and Desmond's wrestling with the morality of saving Charlie and potentially jeopardizing rescue ties into that too.
* The wine made at the monastery is labeled Moriah. This is the location of Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith.
* In the Bible, Isaac is the father of Jacob. On "Lost," of course, the Others keep making references to Jacob, who seems to be their leader.
* Why did the rescue chopper crash?
* And, since helicopters can't travel super far on their own, where did the chopper take off from? Land nearby? A ship? Presumably the pilot was in communication with others back home. Do they know what happened, that the helicopter was within sight of the island?
* Any chance the survivors can juice up the parachutist's satellite phone?
* The parachutist's copy of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" was a Portuguese edition. At the end of last season the people who note the electromagnetic disturbance from the island and tell Penny they've located Desmond are speaking Portuguese. Who are these folks?
* What's up with the hula doll found among the parachutist's stuff?
* In Desmond's vision it's important that Hurley discover the wire that leads out of the sea, across the beach and into the jungle. Last time Hurley followed this wire he ended up finding Rousseau. What's up with this wire? Is it a method for somehow locating the island?
* Was the parachutist alone on the helicopter? If there were others on board, are they alive?
* How could she have parachuted from the chopper? Is this possible? Or did she come from someplace else at essentially the same time as the chopper crash?
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