Desmond promises Penny he’ll be in and out of England before Charles Widmore can find out he was there. Penny also makes him promise he’ll never go back to the Island, which is pretty much a guarantee that he WILL go back to the Island.

Once at Oxford, the computer has no record of Daniel Faraday’s employment. He goes back to the lab where they met and sees the rat maze. A custodian arrives to tell him to leave and not to ask questions about Faraday, especially after what he did to a girl.

That girl was named Theresa Spencer, and Desmond tracks her down, but is greeted by her sister Abigail. Theresa is in some sort of catatonic state caused by Daniel’s experiments, and we learn that after she was injured, he fled to the United States. Abigail is just happy that Mr. Widmore is taking care of them, which raises 17 red flags for Desmond. It turns out not only is Charles Widmore paying for all of Theresa’s medical bills, but he also funded Faraday’s research.

Desmond heads straight for Widmore’s office and lays his cards on the line: he wants to know where Faraday’s mother is, and then he’s gone. Widmore only cares if his daughter is safe, so he tells Desmond that the woman he’s looking for is in Los Angeles and gives him an address. OK, now is there any doubt that Ms. Hawking is Faraday’s mom?

Widmore finally pleads that Desmond should deliver his message then leave, because this has nothing to do with him or Penny. It’s nice to see Ben’s threat against Penny last season had an effect and now Widmore is done playing games with her.

When he goes back to Penny, he tells hr he’s done with this stuff, because all he cares about are Penny and Charlie. Aww, he named his son after a drug-abusing rock star. Penny doesn’t believe that Desmond can ever leave the Island behind him, so she decides to go with him to Los Angeles.

Next week on Lost: It’s back to the Oceanic 6 in a Kate-centric episode that focuses on the mystery client trying to find out Aaron’s true birth mother.

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