Miles steps front & center on 'Lost'

So now we know where that $3.2 million dollar demand came from.

Admittedly of all the mysteries on the island, the question of why Miles would demand $3.2 million from Ben way back in season 4 (“Eggtown”) is probably the least interesting, but in an episode that didn’t advance the main narrative that much, it’s nice to have even the small questions answered.

Oh, we also learned that Miles is the son of the guy in all those Dharma Initiative orientation films. Did I forget to mention that?

I guess that’s a big deal. (That's meant to be read sarcastically)

Miles never knew his father … his mom told him that he left them when he was a child and was dead. But shortly after Miles and the other time-hopping Losties landed in 1977 and joined the Dharma Initiative he realized his mom was standing behind him in the lunch line. That was when he realized that Pierre Chang (aka Dr. Marvin Candle, aka Dr. Mark Wickmund, aka Dr. Edgar Halliwax) is his father … and he’s kind of a jerk.

We also learned a little more about Miles’ sixth sense ability to talk to the dead … it comes in flashes and they can only reveal to him the things they were thinking right up until the moment of their death. He has been using this ability to help (and sometimes scam) people who need closure after the death of a loved one, and is offered $1.6 million dollars by Naomi (looking as alive and beautiful as ever) for her mission to The Island.

He’s later abducted by mysterious men in a black van who warn him not to go, saying he’s on the losing side of an upcoming battle. He agrees to stay if they pay him double what Widmore is offering ($3.2 million dollars! I did it in my head!)

I enjoyed the sub-plot with Hurley who spent most of the episode rewriting the ‘Empire Strikes Back’ for George Lucas (Star Wars came out in 1977, and he knew Lucas would soon be writing the sequel.) He wants to change the ending a little bit … and have Darth Vader reveal to Luke he is his father (oops … spoiler alert!) without that big light saber battle, peace would come to the galaxy far, far away and we wouldn’t have to deal with the Ewoks.

But Hurley, don’t you understand that by dodging the Ewoks we would also lose Jabba, the Emperor and the fish-headed Admiral Ackbar!

But I digress.

The whole thing was just a set up to help Miles deal with his daddy issues, and we saw him finally start to open up near the end.

Got it?

Good … now for the really good part … in two weeks (apparently next week is a kind of recap/clip show) we may finally learn what Dr. Daniel Faraday has been doing for the past three years. Woo Hoo!