Will You Be My Constant?

Will you be my constant? My anchor through jumps in time? I need you so my brain won't short-circuit...

Okay, if you don't watch Lost you will not understand this post. Last night's episode was so intense and thought provoking that Hubby and I had to rewind (thank God for Tivo! The world's greatest invention.) to catch what was going on between Desmond and Faraday. It was especially heavy at Faraday's Oxford office (1996) with Desmond learning that he needed a 'constant'. Essentially someone to anchor him through time so his brain won't short-circuit. Of course Desmond chose Penelope as his anchor. It was all slightly convoluted but made more sense during the second last scene when he phones Penny, as promised on Christmas Eve 2004, and thereby saves his brain from being fried. The final scene has Faraday going through his journal and seeing the note he wrote to himself in 1996 (after he meets Desmond) that says something like Desmond will be my constant. Maybe the word constant could become a term of endearment. Greeting cards will ask 'would you be my constant?' Oh, the possibilities...