With the end near for LOST, talk of spin-offs has been running fairly rampant. I came up with an intentionally absurd idea about Ben Linus going on missions every week that don't quite make sense, but fully allow Michael Emerson to be creepy. And Hurley is his sidekick. Why? Comic relief. Many people want a Locke/Ben spin-off (which apparently may happen... sort of). But with the episode "Recon," the creators presented us with a spin-off idea that has been embraced as THE spin-off of LOST: Sawyer and Miles: Officers of the Law. You see, in the alternaverse, Jimmy Ford and Miles Straume are detectives for the LAPD. AWESOME! The first alternaverse scene is a variation on a sequence that we have seen three times now, with Sawyer sexing up a hot woman, realizing he is late for a "meeting," and "accidentally" opening his brief case full of cash. The first time, the woman fell for it. The second time, the woman knew what was happening and asked to be his partner in crime. This time, the woman knew what was happening and threatened to kill him, stating that her husband was a con man. Which is why Sawyer was there. He was setting up a sting to capture the bastard. And when she didn't believe him, he said the magic word (LaFleur), and his partner Miles, as well as a group of other officers, busted in and took control of the situation.
Although Sawyer's alternalife is pretty sweet - he and Miles make a good team, he gets set up on a date with Charlotte, who works with Miles' dad (Dr. Cheng) at a museum - he still had to suffer the loss of his parents when Anthony "Sawyer" Cooper conned them out of their life savings. But in this world, he channeled his rage into a pursuit of justice rather than taking on the mantle of the man he was pursuing. But he isn't a saint; he still wants to find and kill Cooper, and he is close to tracking him down. The question is, what will it mean in the alternaverse? In the other universe, Locke was the one who brought Sawyer and Cooper together, knowing full well that Sawyer would kill Cooper. And that's how Locke wanted it. But in the alternaverse, Locke and his dad have a good relationship (as does Ben and his dad; too bad Jack and Kate still hate their fathers this time around).
Back on the Island, Titus is marshaling his troops after their attack on the Temple. Kate, Sawyer, and Jin clearly don't want to be associated with him any more than they have to. For Sawyer, Titus is a means to an end (getting off the Island, where he has been for 3 years). Kate was brought to him in order to keep living, while Jin is only there because of his hurt leg. Otherwise, he'd be off looking for Sun (assuming Titus didn't stop him). Sayid, on the other hand, seems to have lost all motivation and faith in anyone; when Claire attacked Kate for "stealing" Aaron, Sayid stood by and watched with a blank look on his face. Titus eventually sent Sawyer on a mission to Hydra Island to find any remaining Ajira 316 survivors. Instead, he meets Tina Fey... I mean Zoe, who is one of Widmore's sub crew members. She takes him to Widmore, and Sawyer promises to lure Titus over to the Island so Widmore can kill him, in exchange for passage off the Island. But when Sawyer gets back to Titus, he tells Titus of his bargain with Widmore. But then, Sawyer reveals to Kate that he is working his greatest con ever: He is pitting Widmore and Titus against each other so that, while they are preoccupied, he and the other 815 survivors can take Widmore's sub and finally get off the Island for good.
Up next: The next episode can't come fast enough...
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