Wow. This episode was good, packed with information, and yet, all I can think about is how much I want to see next week's! The scenes from next week were seriously freaking me out.
On with the recap.
Some New Guys
So we opened with Caesar fumbling through a dark office. I thought we were getting his back story, but no, he was on the island, going through what appeared to be an abandoned Dharma office. Sneaky fella also found a hidden gun and then lied to Alana "Lucia" about what he had found. So I'll go out on a limb and assume he was looking for anything. Just as our beloved castaways would've done when they first landed.
Locke's Cool New Cape
We then found ourselves on a familiar beach with a somewhat familiar seen. As though it had happened all over again… recreated! A few things worth noting, the plane appeared to be nearly in-tact with some cute little fires for dramatic effect and/or some koom bi ya campfire lighting, and of course, John Locke, or as Sawyer might have called him, "cloaky", looking alive and well, and ready for the best mango ever! Sidenote: Did anyone notice the nobody that looked a heck of a lot like Charlie? I wish! Also, this new character, who marshalled Sayid on the plane, Alana, is totally acting all Ana Lucia right? Prying and prodding Locke for answers. She is SO not hip to the magic of the island.
Lost? Maybe You're Just in Tunisia
Ben, Locke and a polar bear all agree, the frozen donkey wheel leads directly to Tunisia. Widmore referred to it as "The Exit". Is that how people always leave the island, or is just sure-fire? Also, why did Ben say he could never return if he did it? Lies or dramatization, who knows. Anywhoodles, Widmore obviously picked up on it, possibly after Ben arrived. Were the men who "rescured" Locke the same men who got death-sticked by Ben?
Abaddon… Not the Slick Asassin We Were Hoping For
We got some good solid— ok—semi gelatinous information on Abaddon. He works for Widmore, knows enough and is great at protecting people, except for, oh yeah, he got big fat murdered by Ben. An interesting thought comes to mind here, Abaddon seemed reluctant to delve into the world of Helen. Was it because Locke would be greatly discouraged OR because Widmore knew the fate that awaited him if went against orders and took Locke to Helen's grave?
Widmore Than You Can Handle
The heartiest, meatiest bit of information that I enjoyed was the open admission that Widmore carefully steered Locke onto 815. By placing Abaddon there when he was paralyzed and planting the whole Walkabout idea into his head, he destined him for the island. Now whether or not he ran this scam on all of our key players, only more episodes will tell. It it satisfying to finally know for sure that someone was pulling some strings to carefully orchestrate the passengers of 815 (even if it was only uber-important Locke). One more Widmore bit of importance was his mentioning that he saw Locke all thos years ago on the island. Cleverly, the writers withheld whether or not he had remembered that all his life, or if it just surfaced 4 days before, when it actually happened to Locke.
Warm and Fuzzies
In the grand tradition of Jin and Sawyer's hug, Locke's visit to Walt melted my heart. FINALLY. I'll be honest, I was pretty upset when Walt confessed to Hurley that no one looked for him, or cared. Poor lil guy, lost his mom, had a somewhat deadbeat dad who disappeared and none of these self-centered boogers even looked him up?! WTH! Locke's selfless visit definitely earned him points in my book of "Who's a Good Guy?". That was nice. It also gave us another tasty morsel of information, Walt has prophetic dreams! We knew he was special, are these dreams useful? I wonder why the others let him go free if he can see the future.
Poor Locke
Seriously, writers of Lost, this MUST end in Locke getting something! Recognition, dreams-come-true, love, family, friends, anything! I have never come across a more heart-breakingly pitiful character. As if all the anguish caused by his mega-evil dad wasn't enough! You had to go and kill Helen?! Are you serious?! Locke's racking up a certain parallel to Job!
Sayid is the new Mother Teresa!
Sayid appears to be bent on atoning for past naughties. Good for him! I suppose the other important tidbit to eek out of his little story is that Ben has "people" who are watching. Who was Ben's Sayid watcher?
Ben
He gives new meaning to the term "flip-flop". One episode he's good, the next he's bad. I can't keep with how I feel about him! We know he's arch enemies with Widmore, but who is the good guy? Are we to believe he cunningly aroused anti-Widmore sentiment among the "hostiles" and got him booted? When I think of Jacob's plea to Locke, I wonder if Ben did mastermind it all! The Ben run-down:
• Was very obvious with his "I'm going to miss you" statement that he did not know that Locke would be coming back from the dead. In a duelly warm and eerie twist, he also sounded geniune, as if he really would miss him. Perhaps out of compassion, or because of Locke's tight communication skills with Jacob.
• How much did he know of Eloise Hawking? Perhaps he knew a younger Ellie from the island days and did not expect her to be a link to the island. It appeared that was the only information he needed from Locke and once it was extracted, it was murder time.
• He wants everyone back on the island, as does Widmore. I'm theorizing that in addition to the Oceanic 6, both Ben and Widmore wanted to accompany them back. Perhaps when Ben went to kill Penny (last episode) Widmore was involved in the brawl and incapacitated, or too devasted by his daughter's death to fight, leaving Ben free to board.
• I'm definitely feeling he's a bad guy this week.
• Ben looked pretty freaked out to know that Jin was alive. Why?
• Lastly, it appears that resurrected Locke, Ben, Lapidus and possibly Sun are now stuck in the same time as the new castaways and that Hurley, Kate and Jack (possibly Sayid) got time-flashed back to the Dharma hey-day 70's like the rest of their peops. I'm wondering if next episode's advertised "shock" is Locke killing Ben! Wouldn't we all freak out? We would. I digress, has Locke's new condition caused him to shift in time, knocking him out of alignment with the rest of our original castaways? Perhaps one of the reasons Richard told him he "had to die" was in order to shift him in time. I don't know. It's all so confusing!
• He was really scary when he killed Locke.
On that note, I'm off to bed.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Recap: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
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Great ep., though I do wish they didn't kill off Abbadon. I was hoping to eventually get more info on the dude, but maybe we will...this is LOST after all! Also, Ben has attempted to kill Locke twice now, there is no reason for Locke to ever listen to anything Ben says ever again. If Locke was smart, he would grenade-in-mouth Ben like he did with Miles and let fate take care of the rest.
Also, that better not be the last time we see Walt...that was a great scene with him and Locke.
Another killer recap yo!
Man after knowing about Desmond's dream with Faraday in it I was really bummed that Locke didn't probe Walt more, asking what kind of dreams he was having.
Also I am so torn on Ben. The writers are so good at pulling our heartstrings back and forth on this issue. But regardless of what you think, it seems as if Widmore would be the opposite of Ben. So the better question to ask might be whether or not you think Widmore is good or evil.
Interesting things!
1. It seems the Island is done with Ben, It has moved on. We see this as John has the ability to be revived from the grave, and Ben can't even be healed from a few bumps, The Island has had it with the two(ben and widmore)
2. Abaddon is the name of a demon in Revelation
3. In season 3 Richard tells Locke he Needs to kill his dad ( but prior he says Ben is wasting his time, on figuring out pregnancy issues, and there is something greater at hand) Is the Island cursing the inhabitants of dying in birth because Ben's mom died.
4. You all remember that crap of an episode "expose" well there was one intersting tid-bit. Expose is a story of stripper crime fighters, and their boss is that black guy from star wars 5) any who, Hurley later finds out that the black guy, who was the main character on the show, was actually the "cobra" the bad guy. Do you think some one we are very fond of and have a relationship with on the island is Jacob. If not what is with the sand surrounding his hut, Has been locked him inside.
all to much to take in, But i'm excited to see la fleur- is it a station, is it roussea is it Claire, shannon, babymam, WHO!
One thing about this episode that struck me was what Kate said to Jack on the plane.... something about just because we're all on the same plane doesn't mean that we're together. If you just look at that in relation to the other characters it's straightforward but when they left the island she tells Jack (as he asks for her help in convincing everyone to lie) that she has "always been with him".
Did anyone else notice that contrast and the look on her face when she said it? It was if she pitied Jack. Could she be playing him?
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