Raise Your Hand if You Saw This...

My keen and perceptive eye beheld a hidden little trinket in last night's episode. As Desmond goes to turn in his robe to his "brutha" (so that's why Desmond says "brutha"!) there is a picture on his "brutha's" desk. The picture is the man and a woman who looks pretty familiar.

That's right, it's Ms. Hawking, from Desmond's "Flashes Before Your Eyes" episode.


Another interesting moment from our Brutha:
When he has Desmond help Penny with the wine (awww, there's your Grey's Anatomy moment, ladies), he tells Desmond "She's an old family friend" or something of that sort. If my conjecture that the Widmore name is important, that would mean that maybe, just maybe, Desmond's "Brutha" received orders to redirect Desmond away from monastery.


In short, was "Brutha" in cahoots with Ms. Hawking and/or The Widmores? What purpose did he serve in charting the course of Desmond's life?


Noodle that one.

Charlie.