They wanted sympathy for Ben, and I think maybe they got it. Wowsers. That episode went out with a bang (pun slightly intended).
Sayid was Born a Man
That was an interesting bit of back story. I'm getting the feeling that when the writers really want to tell us something about a person, they take us back to their childhood. There are no pretenses and things are what they are. So, is Sayid really a killer or just someone who simply wants to get the job done. A man interested in cutting to the chase?
This reminded me a lot of my other favorite super tough guy, Eko. He took one for his brother too, when they were children in Nigeria and the guerillas wanted Yemi to shoot a man. Eko stepped up to the plate and did it instead.
Are Sayid and Eko just extraordinarily selfless individuals who were both willing to go to extremes to protect their loved ones or did they have deep-rooted killer in them? (I think they're heroes!)
Creepy Has a New Name
In an effort to give Ethan and Ben and run for their money, Oldham came out of nowhere and stole the title of creepiest dude on Lost. His voice gave me the willies!! Also, he lives in a make-shift teepee and acts entirely too calm for someone about to lay down the torture. Bleh. Here's to hoping that's the last we see of him!
The Wink We All Desperately Wanted (Sidenote) ; )
So after watching Lost with a plethora of individuals over the last two weeks, I've made a fascinating discovery: everyone I know yearned for a wink between Jin and Sayid in the last episode. Is that strange? I kid you not, 4 different people have all seperately mentioned that they were just waiting for a wink and have verbalized it in front of me. I too wanted that wink. Just thought that was funny.
Sayid, What's Your Problem?
You'd think after all his misadventures and the strange things he's seen that Sayid would be a little interested in complying with Sawyer's plan to lay low and blend for a while. I think I blame the writers for this. It just irks me. Sayid is smart and I think he'd have brains enough to trust Sawyer and the gang at least long enough to get some perspective. Anything would be better than a jail cell right?
Where'd That Smooth Con Man Go?
Ol' quick-on-his-feet LaFleur is really dropping the ball. Lying and sneaking his way into a cozy top security position and he can't even get Sayid to comply. I was sweating when Sayid was spilling his beans for creepypants mcgoo. Luckily his story is nothing short of outlandish! Close call!
Buy Me a Glass of That $120 Scotch
Sayid, I'm dissappointed that you didn't see through her act. Also, do airlines typically let you take your pals on airplanes in hand cuffs? So she isn't a marshall, she's just someone looking to serve Sayid a slice of payback pie, and really it's all Ben's fault…
Ben is a Liar Liar Pants on Fire (And Much more!)
So, kind of interesting to see Ben lying straight to Sayid's face about the "people" that killed Locke and how bad and scary and powerful they are. That was quite the set up. So, he's bad for sure, right?
Poor Lil' BennySo what are we to think then? This poor little nerdy guy who's mom died in child birth, exiled to a boring island with his violent, alcoholic dad didn't have a shot at a normal life! He tries to make friends with prisoners by bringing them sandwiches (BTW how very Juliet of him!). Then bam we have our end-of-episode punch in the gut. Maybe I was a little dense tonight, but I didn't really figure it out. I felt like there was something awry, like wrong-doing was just around the corner. I even wondered if Sayid would shoot Jin. When he shot mini Ben I was shocked, but even more than that, I was left wondering what the implications of this could mean!
Obvious Problems
All season long people have been asking what would happen if a character crossed paths with an instance of themselves in another time (Bill and Ted much?) and what happens if an event drastically changes the course of history as we know it? Well, all of those questions were blown away and at the same time magnified when Sayid shot Lil' Benji. Suffice it to say we're all on pins and needles for the how this will play out. Will Ben cease to exist? Will he just die? Will he become a ghosty?
First off, Sayid shot him. Sayid the torturer and hit man for Ben of the future. Sayid who would so shoot to kill. So I will assume the shot was successful and "killed" Ben. Now, with that said, could Ben have been instantly healed? Or perhaps the island protected him. Who knows, but this must have some massive consequence!
My eyes can only stay open for like 1 more minute, so g'night.
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Oh man I forgot about Eko stepping up for his brother Yemi, nice parallel there!
When the writers first alluded to Sawyer and Juliet having some chemistry in the season 4 finale I knew they were onto something. I really like them together because for once we have a relationship that just works and seems to be normal. Jater (Jack and Kate) need to just back off and try not to ruin a good thing.
After Sayid told Sawyer that he knew his purpose for being there I totally knew that would mean one thing. He would try and kill mini-Ben. But I thought somehow the gun would lock or the "Island" would intervene in some crazy way. So I was a little shocked how we are currently led to believe that mini-Ben is "dead".
Good recap!!
First off, whoa. nice recap. I have no idea how you do it Jonna :)
I'm with you and Dirk on the Juliet and Sawyer thing. I LOVE it. Kate is getting on my freakin' nerves. Get off it already! And seriously, could Jack be anymore annoying?!
So, did anyone notice the book that Ben gave Sayid? It was called a sperate reality... here's the info from wikipedia: "A Separate Reality is an allegedly non-fictional book written by anthropologist/author Carlos Castaneda in 1971 concerning the events that took place during an apprenticeship he claimed to have served with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, Don Juan Matus, between 1968 and 1971. The authenticity of the book, along with the rest of Castaneda's series, has been a topic of debate since they were published.
In the book Castaneda continues his description of his apprenticeship under the tutelage of Don Juan, from which he had withdrawn in 1965. As in his previous book, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Castaneda describes the experiences he has with Don Juan while under the influence of the psychotropic plants that Don Juan offered him, peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and a smokable mixture of what Castaneda believed to be, among other plants, dried mushroom of the genus Psilocybe. The main focus of the book centered around Don Juan's attempts at getting Carlos to See, a practice best described as, in Castaneda's own words, "perceiving energy directly as it flows through the universe".
The book contains an introduction, an epilogue and two separate parts. Part One, "The Preliminaries of 'Seeing'", describes his re-initiation into the apprenticeship from which he withdrew in late 1965, and also describes his introduction to another brujo (sorcerer) named Don Genaro. Part Two, "The Task of 'Seeing'", elaborates on the mental processes involved with Seeing, and begins with Castaneda realizing that the plants are a necessary tool to arrive at Seeing."
Um hello?! Indian = Teepee? I'm SEEING a parrallel here!
Yeah i gotta say that ending completely shocked me. It occurred to me that Sayid would do 'something' to lil' Ben but not shoot him and certainly not that fast. Crazy beans that was.
As far as what this act means with respect to time and the fate of big Ben, well I think this may be related to the 'you changed the rules' aspect of Season 4. Keamy killed Alex, which is the only thing on the show that actually seemed to surprise Ben, and that changed the rules of the game. It appears Alex’s death changed the rules of the time travel game and the reason Ben couldn't kill Widmore right then and there is because killing Widmore would change aspects of time in ways Ben wouldn’t like but not actually 'kill' Widmore...if that makes any sense.
This lil' Ben thing might be something like that. The rules will have now changed again...Ben won't die but one way or another this might have far reaching effects not only on Ben, but on Widmore even. Maybe they're linked by time to each other. hmmm....
Or maybe Sayid had a nervous tick and missed the major organs and Jack heroically saves lil' Ben next week. :)
great recap. there probably isnt a funnier (intentionally) LOST blog out there.
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