Welcome back, Lost fans, for yet another dose of screencap delight. I thought "Meet Kevin Johnson" was a pretty solid episode. It's flashback narrative was told a little different than what we're used to in that it was told straight through without any flashes back to the island. All of the island scenes were either before or after the one long flashback. The only episode I can recall with a similar style was "Flashes Before Your Eyes". It was nice seeing what Michael has been up to since we last saw him, however we were definitely still left with some questions. How exactly did he find rescue? Was he told to keep quiet or is he just doing that on his own accord because he is now a murderer? Can he really not kill himself, and if so how is the island able to stop him?
It was great seeing Libby again. We were told she would appear this season, but I hope this isn't all the writers had in store for her. There are still some holes in her story (her appearance at the mental institute, her boat donation to Desmond) that need some attention. We saw this week that Tom's useless cameo from "The Other Woman" was a precursor to a larger role in another episode. Hopefully Libby's appearance is also just a taste of more to come. 
Make sure to also check out our Easter Egg post.

Make your pick for the Lost COW (Clip Of the Week). The nominees...
 
#1- Miles: "considering a week ago you had a gun to his head and tonight he's eating pound cake, I'd say he's a guy who gets what he wants"
#2- Ben: "it wouldn't be a sanctuary if I told everyone, would it?"
#3- Keamie: "don't you have something to mop up?"

We begin this episode with John calling together Team Locke for a long overdue Q&A session. He has Miles tell the group that the freighter folk are there to get Ben. Hurley remarks that they already knew this and Sawyer suggests handing Ben over. Ben replies that they can't do that because once they have him their orders are to kill everyone else on the island. He then reveals that his man on the boat is Michael.

 

Cut to the freigher. Desmond and Sayid are rudely awaked by an alarm sounding (and apparently Kevin Johnson didn't get around to cleaning that brain matter off the wall...if only Dr. Ray and his condescending tone were there to set him straight). They rush to the deck to find Capt. Gault beating the piss out of a couple of the crew who were trying to make off on the dinghy.

 

They run into Michevin, who informs them that he is on the boat to die. Cut back to Team Locke. Sawyer asks John why he didn't tell everyone about Miles's extortion attempt.

 

He said since there's no bank on the island, he didn't think it was important. Miles laughs and reminds them that Ben is a man who gets what he wants.

 

Ben gives Alex a map to the temple and tells her that she, Karl, and Danielle need to go there immediately. The map looks very similar to the Tempest map from "The Other Woman".

 

Cut back to freighter. Des and Sayid confront Michael in the engine room and ask him how he came to be on the boat.

 

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Michael is writing a suicide note.

 

He hops into his car, pins the note to his coat...
 
 

...and joyrides his car into a shipping container at mach 7. "It's Getting Better" by Mama Cass can be heard on the radio. She also sang "Make Your Own Kind of Music" which Desmond listened to in the hatch.

 

Michael sees Libby in a dream.

 

The real nurse then comes in and tells him he's lucky to be alive.

 

Michael goes to his mother's house to visit Walt. Mom tears into him for coming back from a plane crash (how dare he) and making up fake names.

 

Walt briefly glances out the window to see Kev.

 

Michael pawns Jin's watch to buy a gun...with bullets.

 

He is about to splatter his face in an alley...
 
 

...but it's Friendly to the rescue. After a tussle, Tom tells Mike that the island won't let him kill himself. We find out that Michael has told Walt that he killed Libby and Ana Lucia. We also hear that line "having work to do" again when Tom tells Michael that "you've got work to do, Mike."

 

Michael goes home and tries to kill himself...again.

 

He then catches a news story about the Oceanic 815 wreckage being found on the bottom of the ocean. He tracks Tom down at the penthouse of the Hotel Earle to find out what's up. Tom is with his friend (or maybe more?), Arturo.

 

Tom informs Mike that Widmore is behind it all and provides a file with proof.

 

According to Tom, Widmore is looking for the island and will kill everyone on it. He convinces Michael that he can redeem himself by saving their lives. Michael reluctantly agrees. Michael boards the freighter...

 

...and Miles sniffs him out as a liar.

 

Mike's job is to blow up the freighter a few days after it leaves port. Naomi is arguing with Frank about who should be first to fly to the island. Naomi tells Frank they need him to transport the "Science Team". Then we get a sweet shot of Naomi's coin slot.

 

Frank and Mike share an intimate moment.

 

Keamy and Omar are being sweet meatheads. Is that Regina in the background?

 

Keamy belittles Michael for being a deckhand. Michael finally figures out that this is not a "rescue mission" and decides to set the bomb off, despite the advice of taller ghost Libby.

 

However, when the bomb's timer gets to zero instead of a boom Michael get's a rolled up note saying NOT YET. Later, Mike gets a call from...Walt!? Nope, just Ben.

 

Ben tells Michael that although he will do what it takes to win a war, he will not kill innocent people. He wants Mike to compile a list of the names of everyone on the boat, and then take out the radio room and engine room. Mike again reluctantly agrees. Michevin, consider yourself one of the good guys!
 
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Sayid, in what can only be described as a rash and poorly thought out decision, immediately hauls Michael to Capt. Gault's cabin and rats him out.

 

Cut to Alex, Karl, and Danielle on their way to the Temple. Down goes Karl.

 

Down goes Danielle.

 

Someone can be seen hiding behind the tree on the left.

 

In a last ditch effort to save her own life, Alex screams out that she is Ben's daughter.

 

Cut to LOST

Something that stuck out to me...there were a couple scenes with Tom where I thought the writers were sort of giving a nod to the fans. When he shows up this episode, he asks Michael for the time and when Michael says no, Tom says "How 'bout for an old friend?"...a nod to his nickname Mr. Friendly (which he was never called on the show, but came to be known as by fans). Also, there had been much speculation amongst fans as to whether Tom was gay or not, mainly due to his comment that Kate "wasn't his type". This episode we saw that indeed he is not straight. Maybe there is some significance to this in the story, but to me it seemed like the writers were just having some fun with the fans' perception of Tom.

One final note...during the preview for next episode, the narrator states that all of the Oceanic 6 have been revealed while shots of Jack, Sayid, Sun, Hurley, Aaron, and Kate appear on-screen. I think we can assume this is Darlton's way of confirming the 6 for us since it was still not totally clear after last week.

Check out previous episodes:
Episode 4.07 - Ji Yeon Screencap Recap
Episode 4.06 - The Other Woman Screencap Recap 
Episode 4.05 - The Constant Screencap Recap
Episode 4.04 - Eggtown Screencap Recap