Reaction Time: "Three Minutes"

I am SO close to finishing this season. Thankfully. Finally.

We flash back to when Michael first reaches Walt through the computer in Swan, in "The 23rd Psalm", and then attacks Locke and locks him and Jack up in the closet in "The Hunting Party". We know what Michael's actions were for, where he's been, what he's been going through. Michael is more than willing to ruin the lives of the survivors to get Walt.
Again, we are left to wonder how the Others determine who is good and who isn't, and what their method is for determining that.

That's it. Let me go finish the finale now.

Reaction Time: "The 23rd Psalm"

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil; For thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me."

A deeply personal episode, not just for Mr. Eko. This Bible verse is the one tattooed on my back, a constant reminder of my grandmother. I loved Eko's and Charlie's reciting of the passage - it was a touching and deep moment in the show. It was a pure moment, set outside the mysteries and drama. It was a brother mourning his brother; something anyone can understand.

"The 23rd Psalm" answers the questions presented by "Deus Ex Machina". We now know where the Beechcraft came from, why it was loaded up with drugs, why it contained priests.

Eko has truly changed from the man in the flashbacks. He knows what his previous life cost him - he has truly become a religious man (as evidenced earlier by his self-imposed 40 days of silence after killing two of the Others in self-defense in "The Other 48 Days") and will not venture down the path that led him here again.