Lost Hangover

Adam & Eve Continuity Error

2010-05-15T23:29:00.000-07:00

One of the main questions people had, from the beginning was the identity of "Adam & Eve" bones in the cave. Now, i am one to give the benefit of the doubt to the writers, but I don't believe there is any way they can get out of this one. Here is what they said in regards to the skeletons found in the cave, in season 3

What is the meaning or significance of the two skeletons that Jack and Kate found in the cave of season 1?

CUSE: The answer to that question goes to the nature of the timeline of the island. We don't want to say too much about it, but there are a couple Easter eggs embedded in [the Feb. 7 episode], one of which is an anagram that actually sheds some light on the skeletons and hints at a larger mythological mystery that will start to unfold later in the season.

LINDELOF: There were certain things we knew from the very beginning. Independent of ever knowing when the end was going to be, we knew what it was going to be, and we wanted to start setting it up as early as season 1, or else people would think that we were making it up as we were going along. So the skeletons are the living — or, I guess, slowly decomposing — proof of that. When all is said and done, people are going to point to the skeletons and say, ''That is proof that from the very beginning, they always knew that they were going to do this.''

The episode that is being discussed is "Not in Portland." In this episode, Carl is rescued from Room 23. The secret easter egg, is something that can only be heard backwards. You can watch it here.

Only fools are enslaved by time and space.

an anagram that can be understood for:

Bones of Nadlers may lady deep in lost cave

The Nadlers are of course, Rose and Bernard. So what gives? The black and white stones found in one of the skeletons DO fit nicely with them being MIB and mother, but you still have to contend with what the producers hinted to us back in season 3. Also, if it was Rose and Bernard, it would nicely explain what happened to them after they got stuck in the 1970's.

I would be interested to find out when they decided to change this. Damn them.

Across the Sea

2010-05-11T23:20:00.000-07:00

So, we are back. Sorry for the long hiatus, but you know, players like me got to keep it real. But enough about my adventures, lets get down to business. So were you guys let down by last nights episode? Well, I was. At first. Actually, I am still a bit disappointed, but not as much as I was before. The problem with an episode like Across the Sea is that they only had about 45 minutes to delve into the most important parts of the island mythology. Obviously, we the fans are incredibly hungry for some answers. Oh ya, hungry. Hungrier than Homer Simpson in an all you can eat buffet. Anyways, this episode required some down town after it, in order set some of the pieces together. To tell you the truth, this episode spawned much more 'whys'— and given that there is only one more episode till the end— than i am comfortable with.

Anywho, lets get crackin. Or as this episode would like to show us, some HEAD CRACKIN! I am not going to give a full synopsis, since I reckon you actually saw the show and we only need to discuss the main points. Ok, so we got some chick that gives birth to our favorite twins. And can you believe it, they DIDN'T give us MIB's name. Unbelievable. The boys grow up, and we are told that MIB is special, that momma made is so they can't kill one another and that MIB will never have to worry about dying.

a) Why is MIB special? One of the things we have to realize is that momma is the protector of the Island, meaning, like Jacob in the future, she is has certain 'gifts.' She can peer into peoples soul. We were told by Miles that Jacob —before being killed—thought Ben might end up being different. But turns out, Ben was Ben. This means that momma was able to peer into MIB's character. I think she kept on calling him special, because, as we see later, she loved MIB more and probably wanted HIM as her replacement. Though she ended up being wrong. I guess MIB's free will changed the course of events, and the role moved over to Jacob
b) Why did she make so they can't kill one another? Well, if she realized one of them will be the next protector, more than likely, the other will get jealous and try to kill the other. Soooo, problem solved. Since she has the powers (like Jacob had powers) she created a new rule.
c) Why would MIB never know what death is (ie, live forever)? Not to sure about this one. Perhaps, again, she thought MIB would take her place, thus she prematurely gave him an immortal life. Or maybe, it was simply a gift out of love.

At some point later, momma takes the boys to see what this Island is all about. Its some strange light that she holds to be the power for everything. Turns out, its both really good, but, but also has a flip side to it as we see later. This is what she is there to protect. What is it? Who knows. Like what other bloggers are saying is that they are most likely going to play this like Pulp Fiction did with the briefcase. MIB says its beautiful. Another blogger made a great observation that this is the exact same thing Locke says to Jack in the episode "White Rabbit." He tells him he has looked into the eye of this Island and what he saw was beautiful. If you remember, what Locke was looking at, was none other than the Smoke Monster, which is the exact thing that came out of that cave. We shall return to this soon.

Ok, so fast forward just a bit more. Jacob and MIB sit around playing their usual game when MIB sees Claudia. She leads him the camp of where the original survivors of the shipwreck have made camp. She tells him the truth about his origins. This scene should automatically remind you of the scene when young Ben ran away and saw the ghost of his mom, which ended up leading him to Richard. Now, what I don't get is, why didn't she appear to MIB and not Jacob? Was this ghost working independently, or was this the Island involved somehow? But why would the Island do that? Why set this whole thing up where one brother will try to harness the power to leave the Island?

OK, where was I? Oh ya, LOST. So MIB runs away, and they grow up separately. When Jacob comes plays with his brother, we are introduced (finally) to the well and its magnetic appeal. When momma comes back to visit MIB after 30 years, we are also shown the origins of the frozen wheel. To be honest with you, I was rather confused as to why they (or MIB) would think that the energy down in the well, would help them leave the Island. It's not like that energy came with an instruction manual. Anyways, momma says goodbye and cracks some more head. (does this remind you of when Ben was willing to sacrifice his own child for the Island?) When MIB comes to, he sees everyone gone and the well filled in with dirt. Was it momma that killed everyone? How the hell did she do that?

Next up, momma takes Jacob to the hidden light source. It is time for her to pass the torch to him. The great part of this scene is this: Momma does not give Jacob a choice. He has to be the one to take her place and protect this Island. Jacob on the other hand made 'choice' a hallmark in how the next replacement is chosen. If you remember when little Jacob and little MIB are playing with their game, MIB tells him that one day, Jacob will make a game and create the rules. And so he did.

So momma and Jacob continue to discuss the Island. She tells Jacob never to go into that light because it would be worse than death. I am guessing being a protector of the Island means that you are in some sort of communion with the Island and thus she knew that.

Momma than goes back to her cave where she sees everything ruins and before she knows it, she is stabbed by MIB. She does two things. First she thanks MIB. Seeing as she is the protector, she could not die unless killed. This can now answer why is that Jacob was able to killed by a knife but fake-Locke was not able to. Simply put, a protector is still human and can get killed by someone. Now that she is dead, she knows her job is done. She then proceeds to explain to MIB why she did not want him to leave. It's because she loved him. Now, this might sound cheesy, and a bit forced, but really, it fits rather nicely with LOST. That love really is great part of humanity and though she was not their biological children, she still loved them as much as any mother would.

Uh oh. Look who's back? JACOB!! And he is about to open a can of woop ass on MIB. Jacob in his zeal and anger takes MIB down to the stream where the light is. So what was Jacob trying to do exactly? I mean, Jacob was pissed, so was he trying to kill MIB? I guess not since he was told he can't. Instead - remembering what his mom said about the light, that its a fate worse than death - he sends MIB down into it. Damn, Jacob pulled a Ben. He let his anger take over and just like Ben's action released a great menace, so did Jacob.

After that, we finally see the release of the Smoke Monster. I would say this is one of the most perplexing and yet awe inspring part of the episode. Let me discuss the latter first:

What is the smoke monster? To be 100% sure, I don't know. But it seems the smoke monster is the corruption of the "good" of the island. As soon as MIB is taken into the light, the light disappears and instead, the Island spews out this monstrosity. I think it goes to show us how 'good' is so EASILY corruptible. Momma was worried about the 'bad people' because she did not want them to corrupt her boys. This smoke monster is all that remains of what— as Locke said — is beautiful about this Island. It is beautiful but yet dark and evil. As the light needed to be protected, lest EVERYTHING gets undone, now the smoke monster—the last remnant of that force— must be "protected" on the Island. If that evil escapes, all reality is undone, just like had that light been tampered with. Instead of light being kept at bay, now dark is.

Now, for the perplexing part. It seems to me than, that the Smoke Monster is its OWN entity. MIB is dead. The Smoke Monster simply uses what ever body image, along with its memories as its own. This can explain why, when fake Locke saw young Jacob, he told him (paraphrasing) "Don't tell me what I can and cannot do." Well, that is straight out Locke. But since he is using his image, he also uses his memories as well. When he was Christian, he told Locke: "Say hi to my son." This theory does seem to fall apart with the following: The Smoke Monster REALLY wants to leave the Island? Why? Is it just using MIB's memories? Since MIB wanted to leave, so does MIB? Well, if this is true, than the second he turned into Locke, he would want to STAY on the Island, since that is what Locke's memories were.

Smoke Monster also seems REALLY into the whole MIB thing. He says he was betrayed! That his body was taken! That he wants to go home! Is MIB's spirit and the Smoke Monster permanently fused? Hmmmm....now that I just wrote that, maybe that IS the answer. The fate worse than death is for your soul to BECOME the polar opposite of the good that this Island is. It's a curse. I think i will go with that for now till I think of it over some more.

As a side note, a friend of mine said something interesting. With the Smoke Monsters release, and that light being extinguished, there is no more warmth in that power source. With a lack of warmth, the only thing to happen is it turns cold. This may explain why where the donkey wheel is, it is now totally frozen.

So what do we come out from this episode. One thing is, Jacob is the one at fault for everything. Second, I still need to know for sure what the smoke monster is and why IT wants to leave. I know why MIB wanted to leave, but I need something more concrete as to the relationship between MIB and the smoke monster. Third, I want to know what the hell this Island REALLY is. No more abstract notions of light and purity. What's the connection between this Island, its power and reality.

Siiiiighhh. I am tired. Honestly, as I was watching the episode, I was getting really pissed because I kept on telling my wife (lets call her Kate): "Ummm, well why." A lot of whys still persist and I would rather this episode along with its mythology to have had more than just 45 minutes. Much more could have been discussed. And though that can be said of any episode, this one required it especially, given how much frustration I see out there from other bloggers. But, as I said, this episode also needed some down town to think it over more thoroughly. What I LOVED about this episode is that you were shown that MIB was not some evil Damien child. He was good. All he wanted was to live his own life. You see the love and hurt in his eyes. I was really routing for his character. He had a mother that lied to him and gave him the round-a-round by never telling him why he could not leave. So was he finally corrupted by the humans he was living with? Not to sure. All this rest on whether MIB really is the smoke monster or not. Seems he is given also that Jacob told Hurly that he used to be his friend a lot time ago. It's just that this episode really didn't make him all that evil. He only killed his mother because of what she did in killing his people. Arrggghhhh, I'm tired. Good night.

Ab Aeterno

2010-03-24T00:25:00.000-07:00

WOW. Was that an amazing episode, or was that an amazing episode. Lets just get cracking eh? For starters, this episode wasn’t even trying to hide the religious connotations. I thought they executed that perfectly, and we shall actually speak about that soon Anyways, lets begin.

So we are finally given the back story to Richard. In it, he is arrested for murder. Instead of being executed, he is sold off to Magnus Hanso. So who is Magnus Hanso? Magnus Hanso is a great grandfather of Alvar Hanso, the man that financed the Dharma Initiative. If you recall, in season 3, Widmore was in an auction house trying to bid on the boat ledger from the Black Rock. It was the only thing found of the lost ship. Though not shown, Magnus was also on the boat. We know this because a notation on the Blast Door Map mentions knowledge of where Magnus is buried on the Island. He is reportedly buried under and actual black rock. This actually led me to believe that MIB was indeed Magnus Hanso for a bit. So much for that idea.

Now, there seems to be some discrepancies in time here. Reading about the Black Rock, it mentions the ship was lost in 1845, but the events of Richard’s past and the crash on the Island only occur in 1867. On top of that, the LOST Experience mentions the ship was lost in 1881. OOOOOOKKKKK now.

Another thing, when Jacob and Man-In-Black(MIB) were sitting on the shore looking out to the ocean, they see a ship. We assumed it was the Black Rock. The problem is, that scene occurred during the middle of a calm blue sky. The events with Richard on the boat happened during the night in a storm. In fact, I recall thinking just how IS the black rock going to end up in the middle of the jungle in such calm waters. So, did the writers simply forget about the initial sighting of the boat when they filmed this episode?? Well, maybe not. Allow me to explain. I think the scene with Jacob and MIB on the shore looking at some ship happened long before the Black Rock. The ship they saw, was a different ship. How do I know this?? Two things:

1) When MIB and Jacob were talking on the beach, MIB said ONE DAY, he will find a loop hole. Meaning, he had not found that loop hole yet. In last nights episode, you see that he found that loop hole, which is to get somebody else to kill Jacob. If the original boat that they saw together WAS the Black Rock, I doubt that on the beach, MIB would not have known about a loop hole, but only a couple of days later, discovery it.

2) When Jacob was talking to Richard, he mentions that there were other humans on the Island before, but they were all killed. Obviously, the only way for humans to get there is with a boat.

Ok, so the Black Rock crashes on the Island due to a tsunami and crashes into the giant four-toad statue. Now we know how it was destroyed. A few days go by, and the MIB(Smokey) attacks the ship killing everyone, or just about. He heads to Richard in an attempt to read his thoughts. This is how MIB is able to take the form of Isabella, Richards dead wife.

And so, starts the great struggle. The whole episode is full of religious —particular Christian— theology. The concept of penance vs damnation is very well represented. Since Richard’s state of mind was that he was in Hell, MIB used this for his advantage. He convinced Richard that both of them are in the clutches of the devil and that in order for Richard to see his wife, and MIB to leave this Island (ie. Hell) Richard must kill Jacob (que loophole). Of course, this all sounds familiar. This is the exact same sweet proposal MIB (Locke) gave Sayid. That if he helped him, Sayid would see Nadia again. This MIB is sounding more and more like the Devil himself. So off Richard goes prancing around looking for Jacob to kill. Instead, Jacob opens a can of WOOP ASS on Richard. After a good clobbering, they sit and talk. It was a talk, that was in my opinion, one of the best on the show. It really summed up the nature of Jacob, and the nature of the island. It’s all really giant ‘cork’ keeping in some rotten evil from spilling out to the rest of humanity. It doesn’t explain why this Island has exotic matter and can time travel, but I am sure we will get to that.

Now, here is something that I am a bit confused about. Jacob and the Island’s role seems to be to simply be the guard dog to this evil MIB right? Ok, so why is Jacob bringing people the Island. I get it, I get it. He says he wants to show that humanity is good and not what MIB thinks, which is that they are prone to sin. But, who cares? I thought Jacobs only job was to keep MIB “locked up.” If so, then who cares what MIB thinks. As long as he is kept on the Island, everyone is safe.

Hmmmm…Perhaps we will get an eventual answer to this when we learn more about MIB’s past and how he was betrayed. For now, it seems to me that Jacob is trying to water down some of MIB’s hate.

Another option maybe that Jacob knows he can only be there temporary. That eventually, he will need a replacement. He actually even said something of the sorts when talking to MIB at the end of the episode. Jacob asked him what will he do if he finds a replacement, to which MIB replied that he would kill him as well.

With all that though, Jacob says that he cannot interfere. That man must find its own way (more religious theology). Richard jumps in and tells him that if he won’t, than MIB WILL interfere. To this, Jacob agrees and appoints Richard as his helper. So I was thinking, what does this represent? Is it sort of a God & a Christ/Moses relationship where God sends his son/spirit/teacher down to earth to help influence and teach man the right path? Ben did complain to Jacob that Locke(MIB) got marched in as if he were Moses. I almost see it as though there is a God, Jacob is like Christ and gets betrayed by man while Richard is sort of like an apostle... continuing the role in which he was chosen by his Mentor.

Richard, decides not to kill Jacob and returns to MIB, who gives Richard back his lost cross necklace (more religious symbolism). As a gesture that he is not taking up MIB’s proposal of being reunited with Isabella, Richard buries the necklace.

Fast forward to our time, and you see confused Richard digging it back and calling on MIB to join him. Richard, I guess still fragile over everything, decides to take MIB’s offer. Now, I thought this was going to happen because if you look at this poster of the LOST supper, you see Richard on the other side, along with the people that are supposedly on MIB’s side. But, not so fast. Who else, but Hurly comes and saves the day. He ‘reunites’ Richard with his wife as a sort of intermediate between the living and dead. This was one of the most heart warming scenes in all of LOST. We really saw a side to Richard that we never saw in four years of this show. My guess is, by putting on the cross around his neck, Richard has finally found his faith again and is ready to ‘represent’ Jacob again. And just in time, because Hurly warns that if they don’t stop MIB from leaving the Island, they are all going to HELL!!!!!!

PS- if you get a chance, watch this episode of the Twilight Zone called "The Howling Man." It is about the Devil being captured by a group of monks and held prisoner so that he does not terrorize the world. The devil is able to convince a man to unlock his cell door by simply removing the wooden staff that shuts the door..... something that presumably, the Devil himself can reach out and do himself, but couldn't. He needed to trick a man to do it for him.

Dr. Linus and More.

2010-03-10T00:21:00.000-08:00

Holy Mother of Cheese, its been a while since I have last posted. Did I actually tell you guys about the cheese factory? Oh well nevermind. Anyways, we have a lot to talk about. Let us begin, shall we? To tell you the truth, I am not sure where to begin since I have written for a while. Whatever.

Anyways, are given an answer to the numbers. As mentioned in the episode “Dr. Linus” only 6 people are left representing candidates. Kate is mysteriously not mentioned. Why? Not sure, either she dies soon, or Jacob just has a thing for Asian women over brunettes. As we progress alone, an interesting scene is shown where we meet a young little Danish boy staring at fake-Locke. Clearly, this is Jacob. But what is interesting is that Richard was not able to seem him, but Sawyer was. Wee little Danish boy tells fake-Locke that he knows the rules and cannot kill him (ie Sawyer). Why? Well, we know Sawyer is a candidate and I guess there is some rule that just like fake-Locke cannot kill Jacob himself, he is not able to kill a candidate since, as we learned last night, a candidate will eventually take the place of Jacob. So what are these rules? You may have remembered them. Lets stroll back a bit to season 4 to the episode “The shape of things to come.” There Linus comfronts Widmore in bed. Wait, that diden’t sound right. Anyways, Widmore asks Ben if he is going to kill him to which Ben responds that he knows he can’t do that. Is there any connection between Jacob vs fake-Locke to that of Ben vs Widmore? It seems there is. A writer (that I will link at the bottom) has a very interesting perspective. That really LOST, is not about Jacob vs fake-Locke, but really about how their long fued gets reflected to the humans in the Island. Maybe that goes without saying, but its still interesting to always keep in mind. Anyways, the rules are something that definitely intrigues me. Perhaps its simply that just like fake-Locke can’t kill the rightful boss of the Island (and vice-versa) the same applies to the battle between Linus and Widmore.

So what about this Danish boy. Why a young boy? Does this have something to do with fake-Locke’s past? Well, given that LOST has always introduced as to weird visions, based on somebody’s troubled past, I would say, yes! Were they childhood friends? Brothers? Don’t know yet.

I love the juxtaposition of fake-Locke to real Locke and Jack. In season 4, it was Locke that said the Island needs protecting, and here, fake-Locke repeats exactly what Jack had said. That its just a damn Island and needs no protection.

On we go to Claire and her new best friend, fake-Locke. Which, she knows, is the Smoke Monster. But at the same time, she mentions that her father, Christian, has also been keeping her company and told her the baby is the Temple. Ok, so I am going to spend a bit of time trying to figure out old Christian because I think he is such a key to something important. Is he a good guy, or bad guy? Is he playing a double agent here? So here we go:

1) The first time Christian is shown, is the deleted scenes of the Pilot, where he sends Vincent (the dog, not Price) to wake Jack. Christian says “He’s got work to do.” This sounds almost the same as what Jacob told Hurly. That Jack has something important to do. From this, you would garner Christian is a good guy.

2) Next, we officially see Christian for the first time in the episode “The White Rabbit.” Here, Jack follows him only to be lead almost to his death by nearly falling off the cliff. Was he trying to kill Jack? Perhaps not. This lead to Locke rescuing Jack and explaining to Jack what a leader must do. Jack then finds water for the survivors including an empty coffin of his father (we will get back to this). This is really the episode Jack takes up the mantle of leadership. Perhaps that was Christians intent in making Jack follow him into the jungle. Ok, Christian is probably still good. No problem.

3) We then don’t hear much about Christian for a while till Hurly sees ol’Christian rocking on the rocking chair in Jacob’s Cabin. Sooooo, what does that mean? Not sure.

4) We then really don’t see Christian, but we do see Yemi, Eko’s brother. Why is this important? Well, both the bodies of Yemi and Christian go missing after they died. Neither of them were buried. Add to this that the producers confirmed that when Eko was talking to his Yemi, right before his death, he was really talking to the smoke monster. Ok. So does that mean that Christian is also the smoke monster?

5) The next time we see Christian is while Sawyer, Miles and Claire are camping out. Claire wakes up to see Christian. Later Locke walks into the Cabin to see Christian saying he can speak on Jacob’s behalf. Christian tells him to move the Island. Now, given what we know about Claires infection, and her odd behavior way back inside the cabin, it would seem Christian is moving a bit toward the bad side no? I mean, why else would Claire and Christian give each other that weird evil look.

6) Next up, we see Christian down at the well after Locke falls down in order to push the donkey wheel. Christian tells Locke, that he told Locke to turn the wheel, not Ben. But this would mean that Locke would be banished and not Ben. Hence, Locke would never have been killed, the survivors never would return to the Island and Smoke Monster would not take over his body? So why did Christian (ie smoke monster) initially want to banish Locke out? Could it be that initially, the smoke monster was trying to get rid of all the candidates from the island? Not sure. Also, if Christian IS the smoke monster, why would he tell Locke to tell Jack “his son” hi? Clearly, if he is the smoke monster, its not really his son. And, by passing this message via Locke to Jack, wouldn’t it make a greater impression to Jack to come back to the Island???? Something I doubt the smoke monster wants. OR, perhaps its all part of the plan, to have Locke die and Jack bring back Lockes body in order to take over his ID. Could be.

7) The biggest clue that Christian is the smoke monster is when Lapidus and Sun row back to the main island. There, they hear the smoke monster and the next thing you see is Christian in the barracks.

Ok, lets go on. Lets talk about this infection thingamabob. Claire is infected, and now Sayid is infected. My thoughts are really, when someone is close to death, or has died, they are in fact very susceptible to come under the influence of the smoke monster (ie, the infection). Does this mean that Ben was infected? He was nearly killed and when taken to the temple, Richard said he will never be the same again. Actually, something tells me that he is probably not infected. Going through the temple rite, is akin to what Dogen and Richard went through. By being given a gift by Jacob, you are a changed person and you are never the same.

Oh, oh oh, so now speaking of Dogen, what was with that scene with the baseball falling. Well, I think it may be, again, part of the rules. The baseball falling was simply a ‘reminder’ to Dogen about the agreement he made with Jacob. Making an agreement with Jacob, means you go by the ‘rules’ and once again, NOBODY can kill a candidate. Sayid was a candidate and no matter if he is infected, the rules are solid.

So now lets skip to last nights episode. It really was amazing. Had lots of layers to it. In the sideway flashes, we see Ben Linus as a teacher. We are also given to amazing pieces of information. One is, that Ben and his father WERE on in Dharma but left. Why did they leave? Was it when Dr. Chang evacuated the Island???? Or is there something else entirely. The second, is that we see Alex. This is important because it gives us a bit of extra information as to when the Island disappeared. Alex was born in 1988/89. This means she was never born on the Island…because most likely, Rousseau never landed in the Island in the first place because it was not there. So for now, I am of the opinion that the Island was already gone by 1988.

Now, the beauty of this episode was the amount of parallels it had with our regular time line. In this sideways flash, we see Ben having the same drive for power as he had on the island. The way he seeks to aquire that power is to blackmail the principle about an illicit affair he had. Does this ring any bells dear readers??? It should. This is exactly what happened when Widmore was banished and Ben took over. Widmore had an affair with an outsider. The interesting part is, this whole crave for power (of being the principle) started because Locke told him HE should take over. Is this some sort of clue as to some outside force (ie, smoke Monster) pushing Ben to banish Widmore due to the affair and he gain power of the Island? Anyways, it did end rather nicely, because here, in the flash sideways, Ben does not let Alex down. He sacrificed power for her. Later on, we see Ben telling Ilana that he made a mistake in choosing the Island over Alex. Ben of course, tries to make up for this by choosing to stay with Ilana rather than take the offer of power that fake-Locke told him he would give him.

Speaking of fake-Locke, he mentioned they are heading back to the Hydra Island. Why? What’s there? All I can think of is that they may want to repair the Ajira plane and take off, but that can’t be it. Is there something unique about that small Island that has always evaded us???

Moving on, to Jack (my man) and Hurly. They end up meeting Richard, who takes them to the Black Rock. We now of course confirmation that Richard was on that ship and that, that is probably where Jacob rescued him. Richard as it goes, has begun to loose all faith in the Island and Jacob. The writers I thought really handled this scene well. It goes to the heart of the issue of faith. For years Richard served Jacob and was never given the whole picture of what his purpose is. Finally, Jacobs death is the last straw. He ultimately looses that faith. But fate, always steps in. This time, the irony is, that faith is rescued by Jack. Richard tells him that anyone Jacob touches is blessed (which now he feels is a curse). Richard asks Jack to him by lighting the dynamite. This is where Jack steps in to test whether any of this is true. He displays the ultimate act of faith, something he would never have done before. Jack tells Richard about the lighthouse and that he has something left to do. The dynamite of course, does not blow up and this revitalizes Richard’s faith, that in fact, there is reason to all of this even though he has had to wait for so long. Jack says they have to basically start all over. By the way, this does pose an interesting question. If anyone that is touched by Jacob cannot die, how on earth is real Locke dead??

This episode had a lot of nostalgia to it. Ben even felt it. Ben, after entering Sawyers tent says he feels like Oceanic broke up happened only yesterday, insisting even that he actually misses those old days. I think he echos the views sentiments. Look how far we have come and we know its almost soon to end and nothing will ever be the same. The ending, too, was quite beautiful. In a node to the 3^rd season’s “One of Us” when Jack comes back after his capture by the others and everyone runs to hug him, the same happens in last nights episode. Our characters (at least half of them) are once again reunited in some semblance of happiness in their old camp. The music even matched the mood. Now the pieces of each side have been set, the game now begins.

OH, and how can I forget the final surprise of the evening? Widmore? He's back? Is this the guy that Jacob has been waiting for? If you recall, Widmore told real Locke off the Island that there was a war coming and that Locke needed to be there. How did Widmore know this? My guess is that somehow Jacob told him. Of course, I am assuming Widmore is actually good here? We don't know his true intentions yet. But it seems to me that he is coming to claim the Island, which is rightfully his. But if Widmore is the one Jacob was waiting for, what is the point of the candidates? Ilana made it clear that the candidate is supposed to take over Jacob's position and last I saw, Widmore was not one of them. Perhaps, simply, Widmore is to once again carry the mantle of leadership as he once did. Jacob, requires a human being to lead and help the candidate assume the position.

Anyways, terrific story telling. I am really enjoying it.

A writer, linked below, has come up with a theory on the sideways flashes:

During last week's discussion of "Sundown," some of you speculated that if I'm right, we're seeing key differences in the endings of the characters who sided with Jacob and those who went with Smokey. Sayid goes with Smokey, and in the alt-timeline has a kind of monkey's paw fantasy where he's near Nadia but not with her, and still placed in situations where he has to be the killer he doesn't want to be. Hurley, meanwhile, goes with Jacob and ends up far happier and luckier than he was in the original timeline.

It’s interesting. Read the rest here.

LA X

2010-02-03T22:50:00.001-08:00

Update: First read my post, then read this interview. I may actually be wrong about my theory that the bomb sank the island. It is still very possible that the bomb caused conscienceness to fly back and forth.

Hi Everyone,

I thought it would be fun to start this delicious premier with a good joke: So did you hear about the new dairy facility that just opened up in northern Israel? It's called "The Cheeses of Nazareth". HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHA. OH MERCY. I am too much. Anyways, lets get started and just as a reminder, this is not a thurough recap. I tend to to stick with my theories or other interesting things that go on.

So apparently, Faraday's plan worked. I say apparently, because Faraday and Co. thought that everything would be erased and they would start all over. Not quite. What we have now, is an alternative parallel reality. The producers are calling this a "FLASH SIDEWAYS" (clever). Anyways, we see Jack on the plane, feeling a bit startled and looking around a bit. Everything is different this time around.

Skip forward a bit and we see our fine survivors waking up next to the hatch in the year 2007. The H-bomb threw them back into the future. Juliets voice is heard from the rubble and handsome Sawyer comes to save her. As she lays there dying, she mumbles about getting some coffee and "we can go dutch."

Ok, so lets stop here. What on earth is going on here? Which timeline is real and which is not? Well, let me share with you my theory that I had worked on for a while. I think it fits pretty well (not perfect, but well). Let us take a sporting strole down memory lane to season 3's "Flashes before Your Eyes. If you recall, Desmond recollects how after the hatch explosion (which he was IN) tossed 'him' back into his past self inside his old apartment with Penny. The kicker is that subconsciencsely he realizes something is up. He remembers things, but he can't fully pinpoint what it is.

I believe this is exactly what happened in his episode and will be shown throughout the rest of the season. It is pretty clear that Jack has some faint memory of a different reality while he is flying. The H-bomb blowing had the same affect on our survivors as the hatch did to Desmond. Another piece of evidence to support this is the Juliet's dying jibberish. Is it familiar to you????? Well it should if you call yourself a true LOST fan. Her conscience was traveling to the other reality where she was talking to someone else. We saw this with Charlotte before she died. She started blanking in and out. This is why Juliet told Miles "IT WORKED." It did work, just not in the way they thought it would.

The obvious difference between the two stories is this. With Desmond, he merely traveled to a different time (unless the producers are screwing with us and that TOO was a different reality). In our case, its not just a time issue, but a different reality moving parallel with our own. I believe the answer to this is simply because detonating the bomb really DID Destroy the Island. That is why the Island is underwater. So this alternative reality was created because the Island was destroyed (this was the bomb's doing) but at the same time, not only is there a different reality, but this reality is now infused with a parallel conscienseness (this was due to the enormous amount of radioactive exotic energy underneath the hatch) My guess is that we will be seeing more characters starting to remember things. So just to recap this part: With Desmond, there was no bomb, only radioactive exotic energy which transplanted his mind. But with our characters, not only was there that SAME energy that hit Desmond, but there was ALSO a bomb that destroyed everything causing a —so far— 1) a permanent alternative reality 2) but with vague memories of a different reality.

BTW, did you notice the wound on Jack's face when he was in the lavatory. I have a feeling we will be seeing a reason for that. Or, perhaps the blast of the bomb somehow scared him in this reality. Not sure, but I think the writers put it there for a reason. And whats with the missing coffin with Christian inside????? Major story there coming up, I am sure.

Ok, let's go on. After some hoopla, our heroes arrive at the Temple where another batch of "Others' are roasting marshmallows. We at long last finally see what happened to Cindy the Stewardess (thats right, I said STERWARDESS) and the kids that were taken by the Others. If you recall, they have not been seen since Season 3 when Ben told most of his people to head for the Temple. So in the Temple we see a big bath full of bubbling water that is supposed to heal. Jacob tells Hurly to bring Sayid hear in order to save him. Now we know how young Ben was brought back to life. I had earlier suspected that Richard took Ben to the Smoke Monster in order to revive him, since we knew Smoky was underneath the Temple. I just couldn't understand why Richard would take him to the Smoke Monster when he knew Smokey wasn't exactly friendly. Now we know it wasn't the Smoke Monster but infact, a giant whirlpool bath. At least things are clear there. Actually, one things is not clear. The Temple is above ground, and yet underground is where the Monster dwells as we saw when he judged Ben????? That seems strange.

Also, keep an eye for this guy. I have a feeling we might be seeing him. If you recall, he was taken away by Richard after one of his men was killed by Sawyer and Juliet. I have a feeling after taking Paul away from Dharma, he took him to the Temple, though, Paul would be an old man by now.

Now, I have read that supposedly, the reason Jacob wanted Sayid to be taken to the Temple is so Jacob can once again live, but through Sayid's body. Perhaps, but I don't think so. The main reason is because the Temple Others mentioned that they would be in trouble if Sayid was to die. And this happened before they were told of Jacob's death, which means Sayid living has a different importance all together.

Moving around a bit, we finally get the answer of what the mysterious ash was around the Cabin. Turns out, Smokey can't pass through it. Which makes me question why the Sonar Fence is able to repel him. Oh well. Anyways, when the Others hear that Jacob is dead, the immediately fortify the Temple by surrounding it with Ash. This is similar to the Cabin. I am assuming that at some point after the Purge, Jacob was kept safe in the Cabin with the ash around it. Ok, so why ash? Not sure yet, but I just saw a video (sorry, forgot the link) where they mention something interesting. The writers have previously stated that there is a volcano on the Island that will be part of the story. And what comes out of volcanos????? No, not Rosie O'Donell, but ash. Tons and tons of ash comes out of volcanos. Will this be how the Enemy Locke will be destroyed??? If you remember, in the episode showing Ben's childhood, the teacher was teaching the children about volcanic eruptions. Anyways, so now that we know Jacob's Enemy is the Smoke Monster for sure, I have some questions.

1) How as Ben able to summon such a powerful enemy at will

2) Why did Ben even need to be judged by the Smoke Monster? Is there some understanding between the groups that the Smoke Monster plays a vital role in the Island

3) Why didn't the Smoke Monster ever kill the Others before? Was it because Jacob was alive and now that he is dead he can go and kill or take over the Temple and the Others?

The truth is, we will have to wait. After coming out of the Statue, Locke/Enemy goes to Richard and tells him that its good to see him "out of his chains." So now we almost have full proof evidence that Richard was from the Black Rock slave ship. Richard, also seems to know who this enemy is, and I can't wait to see how their histories are shared. Anyways, Locke knocks Richard and carries him toward the jungle, most likely to the Temple (or a stop at the "Love Cabin" wink, wink). Before he departs, he tells everyone they should be ashamed of the themselves. I am guessing there is some importance to this as well as the fact that Enemy/Locke tells Ben that he "wants to go home." Damn, I can't even imagine what that means. Could he be from an alternative reality????

Just to end this, the whole show has always been about destiny vs free will. So far, destiny is winning. Everything so far seems to following a set course set out by Jacob himself. Jacob gave Hurly a guitar case with a special message to the leader of the Temple Others. But wait a minute. If Hurly was supposed to give them the case, why did they end up traveling to 1977??? Well, it's because they were SUPPOSED to go there in order to get the rest of their LOST friends. But how would they get back to where supposedly Jacob wants them???? Well, we have a handy H-bomb they can use. So just to take Faraday's famous "Whatever happened, happened" line, I would say "Whatever needs to happen, will happen." And whatever needed to happen in order to fulfill Jacob's plan, is so far happening.

I am sure the rest of the season, we will be seeing more of this tension especially what with this alternative reality.

A Recap

2010-01-27T00:35:00.000-08:00

Hi all,

Wow, it's been so long since I have last posted something. I hope my two readers are still around. Anyways, let me cut to the chase. Before the final season starts off next week, I thought it fitting to post some questions that have been lingering in my Einstonian mind for quite some time. So in no particular order, here they are

1) What happened to Cindy the flight attendant. We last saw her after she was taken by the Others at the Hydra station and told to 'watch' Jack in the cage.

2) The supply drop - Please someone explain to me how on earth that supply drop happened back in season 2. I have a feeling the writers don't know either and dropped the whole thing.

4) Richard Alpert/Ben Linus Relationship - Here is what I don't understand. In the 70's when Richard took Ben inside the Temple, he told an angry Charles Widmore that, that was Jacob's orders. Now, we are never shown that, but its safe to assume that Jacob never told Richard to rescue a wounded Benjamin. So how on earth did Ben get the leadership of the Others? Also, from the looks of it, Richard took Ben to the Smoke Monster (and, as we know, the Smoke Monster is the Bad Guy that took over Locke).

So this leads to my next question regarding Richard. Does he even know who this Smoke Monster is? If he did, why did he take Ben to it instead of taking him to Jacob.

5) The cabin - I am a bit confused. Why would Ben even make up the story that Jacob lived in the cabin in the first place? Did he one day stumble upon a magical empty Cabin and see it fit to create some lie that Jacob lived there? Didn't Richard ever think of telling Ben that Jacob was not in that Cabin. Did Richard know that someone else was there?

6) Christian - Who's side is he on here? If he is good, why did he want Locke to move the Island therefore causing Locke to be banished? If he is good, why wouldn't he tell Locke NOT to die since its most likely some trick.

7) What was Juliets mark? (it was also shown on a tree once)

8) Pregnancies - Why did Ben all of sudden force the Others to become some sort of Island Scientist working on ways to keep women on the island pregnant?

9) What happened to Annie

There might be more later.

For now, check out these images here and here.

Looking carefully at them, it almost looks its telling the story of the Egyptians that perhaps came to the Island. The image shows them on boats. The other image shows what looks to be a war and people dying and enslaved. If you remember, the "bad guy" told Jacob that humans always come to the Island and fight and corrupt. One needs to remember, that Oceanic 815 is probably in a long line of visitors to the Island that Jacob brought to the Island, starting with Egyptians, then the Black Rock. Each probably failed on their mission.

The Incident

2009-05-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

Awesome episode, but there is a lot to discuss, so give me a bit of time to get my thoughts together. See you soon :)

Follow the Leader

2009-05-06T23:43:00.000-07:00

Well, LOST is up to it's usual self....being a total mental rollarcoaster. Seriously, can anyone figure out anything that's going on? Ever since Faraday came back and said things "can" change, I have almost raised my hands in surrender. The writers are basically saying: "HA!, you think you know what's going on? Well, you don't know NOTHING." I think many people have had this feeling for a while, but for some reason, it hit me last night. Anyways here we go.

Lets start by looking at some of the characters. First, there is Jack. This episode made it clear that he has now become John Locke. A man of destiny. Seems also, that like John Locke, he is willing to do whatever is needed to make sure that destiny is followed. In Jack's craze, he is willing to blow up a H-bomb because he feel that is why he was lead back to the Island. This is reminicent of Locke's behaivor such as killing Naomi in making "whatever supposed to happen....happens." Ben is playing the sneaky rat hiding in the shadows and secretly attempting to pull the strings. For some reason, I think many of us were thinking there is something redeeming about Ben, but now, he seems to have returned to his old glorious self. Locke believes he has purpose now. Before, he was the follower trying to figure things out. Now, he knows exactly what's going on and taking control. He is also playing a sort of Barak Obama role (It's funny cause I thought about that, and then happened to see the same inferencec here). He is trying to be as open and transparent to his people as possible. Alpert (the old guard) does not seem to like this at all. In fact, there might be consequences to what Locke wants to do, and Alpert knows this. The only thing I can tell of Sawyer is, is that he becomes the Jack Shepard. From next week's episode, we see a man that doesn't believe in desinty, vs Jack, who now does. This a classic Jack vs Locke scenerio. Where this will end I don't know.
Alpert building a little ship in the bottle. Is this a hint to a relationship with the Black Rock?
In 2007 Alpert lets Sun know that he watched the Losties die. My theory....he kills them.
We learn that the h-bomb was barried underneath what is now the barracks. Now, others have noticed that the barracks site in what looks like a crater. From what I am reading on Lostpedia, the producers have said that the Island is volcanic and the volcano is going to play some part in the show. Craters or calderas like these can be the result of a major eruption. Olivia mentioned that an eruption occured a long long time ago (which implies it has not erupted in a long time). We also know now that the bomb is located in "tunnels" underneath the barracks. Now, I may be wrong, what if these tunnels are part of the volcano that errupted a long time ago. Maybe, since then, these tunnels were converted over to contain Egyptian 'decor." What if setting of the h-bomb will somehow reactivate the volcano. This might fit into the producers mentioning that the volcano will play a part. Just a thought.
Alpert mentions that they way to get the bomb out is the same exact way they got it in the first time. So how did they get it in the first time? I have a feeling it was ol Smokey.
Locke says the Island told him when his past self would arrive. So what does this mean? I have a feeling that when Locke was in the woods in the episode "Dead is Dead," it was then that he was somehow told. So who told him? Was it Jacob?. I think the answer lies in what Locke has become. There is no other way to explain Locke "rebirth" without thinking of Christian. Christian "knows" the Island. He comes and goes as he pleases. I have a feeling this is how Locke "knows."
I love the way they show us Richard being pretty much displeased with the way things are moving. Both in 1977 and the issue of getting to the bomb, and him having to deal with Locke in 2007.
I find it interesting how Ben and Alpert are so suprised with all this time traveling stuff. Wouldn't they know all of this stuff? I am asking because it seems to make sense that the Island was move at different time as well. Remember the polar bear that was found in Tunisia? Well, the only way to get to Tunisia is to move the Island which would mean the Island moves. So why are Ben and Alpert so astonished by how this whole disapearing shtick happens? Oh well.
Why would Locke want to kill Jacob? Perhaps he wants to take his place. Perhaps this is the only way to free Jacob. Remember that in season 3, Jacob said "Help Me." Maybe this is how Locke intends to help Jacob. But if this is what Locke is 'meant' to do, then why would Christian want Locke off the Island?
What ever happened, happened: Ok, so this is the part I dread. I dread it, because I just don't know how to piece anything together anymore. So do they manage to stop the "incident" and thus preventing the plane crashing by blowing up the h-bomb? Reason tells me no. The reason is simple. We SEE that in 2007 there is no alternate future. Richard mentioned that Ben turned the wheel which means everything happens as it supposed to happen. But then again, this is LOST, and somehow, somewhere, the writers might decide to totally throw us in the other direction. Anyways, I am thinking that perhaps, just perhaps, Hawking did not ONLY send the Oceanic 6 back to the Island so that her son might die, and everything that in the past happened, will happen, but for them to help in "fixing" things. But then again, that still doesn't make sense, because had they "fixed" things in the past (1977) then she would never had the need to send Faraday off to the Island back in 2004. Maybe we are still missing a major "Variable:" Desmond. Hawking had said that he Island is not done with him yet. Arrggghhhh..You see? You see? That is why there is no point in any of this anymore. It's just too insane. Maybe we should just shut up and enjoy the show wherever it takes us.

The Variable

2009-04-29T22:19:00.000-07:00

Dear God,

Honestly, THANK YOU for LOST. That was such an amazing episode. Amazing. But, Faraday DEAD? Seriously, I am really sad at that. He was one of the best characters. Absolutely nobody saw that coming. ::deep breadth::

This episode totally encompassed the whole Destiny vs. Free will theme of the series. Destiny was represented by Hawking, and to a lesser degree Widmore and free will represented by Faraday. The episode basically revealed the whole philosophy of Hawking which is basically, there is a certain path, and it MUST be followed, even if that means sending her own child to die. All the pieces start to fit now as to why she insisted on Desmond going to the Island and not buying the ring for Penny. If he doesn't go to the Island, that means eventually neither does her son...who according to her, must die. All this time, we were lead to believe that Faraday was on the Kahana because they needed him for scientific reasons. The truth is, he simply needed to be there so he can be killed.
The other side of this is represented by Faraday who said things CAN change because even though there are certain constants, Human beings ultimately have free will and can alter things. This is ofcourse can cause great headaches since clearly Faraday was in the past since Charlotte told it to Faraday before she died. If he is able to change the past, then clearly Faraday and Charlotte would never have gone to the Island on the Kahana, which caused her death, which prompted Faraday to WANT to change the past in the first place. (i.e. to save Charlotte). Understand? If not for Charlotte dying, he would not be so hurt and want to save her by using the bomb. But if you prevent her death, then how can you go to the past to prevent that death???? See, I told you. You get a headache.
So now we basically know why Hawking needed the Oceanic 6 to go back to the Island (thouth why some of them wanted to go back is still a mystery) , its because its through them that Faraday returns to the Island. Remember, her whole shtick is that there is a specific path, and that that path MUST be taken, or else. I wonder what can possibly happen if they didn't.
I was wrong in my last post regarding the timing of Faraday coming back to the Island in relation to the season 5 opener when he bumps in to Dr. Chang. I thought the season opener came before and Faraday left the Island to learn more about the Island. Apparently, its the opposite.
How does Faraday know EXACTLY when the accident in the Swan will happen? Is this just something that he knew when Widmore first hired him to go to the Island?
What is up with Faraday's memory? Ok, so he used his experiment on himself, and I guess it did something to his brain that causes him to forget. But why does the Oceanic 815 wreckage make him cry...as if his mind remembers it. And how does this relate to Desmond Hume being his constant which he wrote in his journal? I mean, he clearly wrote that earlier, so why is his brain still a mess? Maybe it has nothing to do with a Constant. Perhaps he only wrote the Constant message incase in the future, he would go to the Island. But still, why does the wreckage make him cry?
Faraday wants somehow to use Jughead (which we now know is NOT under the swan) to destroy that energy. Yet if he does, what happens to all the Losties? Do they just, cease to exist since it prevents the plane from crashing? If so, really, it doesn't make a difference if the Oceanic 6 are back in 1977 or back in 2007, since even THERE it would imply something happening to them. Afterall, they are only the Oceanic 6 BECAUSE of the swan accident which set everything in motion.
Hawking tells Penny that for the first time, she has no idea what is going to happen next. I think we can understand this because up until now, her main goal was making sure a particular path is set in motion (i.e. Desmond going to the Island, Oceanic 6 returning and ultimatly Faraday dying). Now, she is basically free. As is written here, if this is the case, then how would she know the Island is still not done with Desmond?
If Charlotte remembers Faraday, then that means he was in the past. Sooooooo, while we were still watching episodes of them in 2007, what happened to those Losties (and Faraday that were in the past. In reality, there should be two versions somewhere on earth....if the Losties were alive. Maybe at some point, everyone dies.
Seeing previews from next week, I have a feeling that Jughead is inside the Temple.
The previews also made it look like the Losties are going to use Faraday's journal. If this is true, there is probably only person that can understand anything in there. My hunch is that it will be Dr. Chang.
Don't forget, somehow, Faraday's notes and map ends up in Ben's room in the Hydra. I am sure we will get back to this eventually. Perhaps this means that Hawking and Widmore end up with it and later Ben takes it from Widmore.

Some Like It Hoth

2009-04-16T23:50:00.000-07:00

Did you miss me? Whatever, lets get to it. Not much in the episode, but that doesn't mean its bad. It just means the writers have to set things up for us. So here we go my eager reader.

The guy that is killed at the location where the Swan is being built was clearly caused by the electromagnetic energy that caused his tooth filling to shoot out of his skull. As we know, while building the Swan, they dug a little too deep and caused the "incident" which required the procedure of the punching in the numbers. I read somewhere that the season finale might involve "the incident" and from the look of things, it might be true. How much do you want to make a bet that Hurly is the one that gives them the idea to use the 'numbers' for the micro processor computer.
What did Dr. Chang need with the dead body? So at first I was thinking there is no way that they could conduct time experiments on the body since a) Orchid is still being built b) as we saw in beginning of the season Faraday was there when they JUST tapped into the 'exotic matter' c) Faraday being gone, that episode of Faraday being down there has not happened yet and eventually he will arrive to help its construction d) with the return of Faraday now, I figured at last the season premiere part of him working on the Orchid, will occur soon. THIS IS WRONG. The part of Faraday working on the Orchid, and Dr. Chang discovering there is a 'wheel' behind the wall has already happened within the 3 years our Losties have been living there. You know this because then, Faraday was simply a worker being pushed around. Now, Faraday is a scientist, and there is no way you put a scientist to do the crap work. No, apparently, Faraday at some point within the 3 years as working like a chump, left the Island, and now, has returned to them.
Faraday off the Island is probably the scientist that created the mathematical equation in the 'Lamppost station' that Hawking was talking about.
Hey, remember that minor character named Jack Shepard?? Ya, well, the writers were generous to give him a cameo. In it, he is erasing a chalkboard with some neato stuff. Pic from here

You can see all the Egyptian writings on the board. I guess this means that Dharma has some knowledge to the history of the Island and perhaps where these Others came from

Bram (the same guy with Ilana that crashed on Ajira) tells Miles NOT to get on boat and that Widmore is a bad guy. OK, so now we know that Ilana and her homies are NOT working with Widmore as was previously thought. Ok, so are they with Ben? Were they Ben's inside people back on the Mainland that he told Locke about in season 4? Not sure about that either because if Ilana was with Ben, then Ben would not have asked them what's in the Box last episode. Is this a new Dharma? Are they with Hanso? They mentioned the same war that Widmore told Locke about. Ok, so if they are not on Widmore's side, what other side is there?
SEASON FINALE HINT? Ok, so the men in charge of Lost have confirmed the code name for the season finale is called "The Fork in the Outlet." Take a close look at the picture above. Under the words "Writings of the words of God" there is a peculiar hieroglyphic that looks like some sort of odd looking fork and and outlet. Could be something there.

Dead is Dead

2009-04-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

What a great episode. Oh man! I still have this tingly feeling all over my body. And its not even a tingly feeling of having to go to the restroom this time. Anyways, the episode was great because it was all about the mythology of the Island again. The show has two components two it that when one is featured, you forget for a moment the other and vice versa. This episode was all about the mythology aspect of the show. The science aspect of it (time travel, Faraday, equations) was nowhere in our minds. Ok so lets get down to business my children

Ben says he has come to be judged. Of course, you know it makes no sense to be judged for returning to the Island since he could simply avoid being judged by not returning, and thats all. So what WAS all that, that Ben told Locke in Season 4 that whoever moves the Island cannot come back?
Flashback to Ben and little Ethan going off to kill Rousseau. But he doesn't, since he sees her with a child (Alex). Instead, he takes the child and shows mercy to Rousseau. Now we now that Alex was born in 88(89?) which means this is pre-Purge which occured in 1992. This also means that Ethan at some point, defected way before the Purge. The whole scene of Ben showing mercy toward Rousseau and baby Alex is later mirrored when he meets Penny is about to kill her and then sees her son. Does this soft spot Ben have for children an indication of his infatuation of helping pregnant women give birth on the Island?
Ben returns and shows Widmore the baby which Widmore wants killed. Ben does not understand this and even questions whether this is something he, or Jacob want? Angrily, Widmore responds that everything that he has done, he has done it for the Island. This should sound familiar as this is something Ben has said in the past himself. Does this mean that just like Ben on some occasions did things on his own whims, without asking Jacob, "to protect the Island" even if it mean't doing bad things, the same things Widmore was doing? When Ben offered Alex to Widmore, so he can kill her, but he wouldn't (or couldn't)
Ben was clearly suprised about knowing Locke coming back to life. Question is, then why did he demand that the Jack take the body with them? Most likely, he didn't want to take him back, but Elloise Hawking cracked the whip and told Ben he must bring the body.
Locke pretty much figures out that Ben wants to be judged for the killing of Alex by the manly Keemy and not for breaking the rules and coming back to the Island. Ok, so still, why does he so want to be judged? Is that basically the only way for someone to return to the Island...is to be judged?
They meet up with Sun at the Barracks, and while inside, you get a glimpse of the risk boardgame. This is important because now it basically sets to rest the theories that the Barracks were in some alternative reality. That board game has been there since Sawyer and Hurly were playing it back in season 4 before the Barracks were attacked.
I am still confused as to how Ben does not remember the Losties from the 70's. As you recall, a younger Widmore tells Ben that he will soon join his father which mean Ben returns to Dharma. I am guessing that something happens and the Losties leave Dharma before Ben is able to return and live with Dharma for the next 15 years till the Purge happens.
We see finally how Ben summoned the Smoke Monster....by unclogging the toilet. Not sure what it really was, but it seems to be some sort of opening that goes directly to the Temple perhaps.
Locke seems to know a whole lot more. In fact, as much as he tells Sun that he is exactly the same, Locke is clearly different. I have a feeling, that Locke has been reawakened via the Smoke Monster, just like Christian. He is un-dead, as the Producers say. He is one with the Island now.
Skipping forward just a bit, Lapidus gets back to the Hydra Island where Ilana has taken charge. She asks him "What lies in the Shadow the statue?" This is clearly a question made to identify team members, just like when Desmond asked Locke "What did one snowman say to the other" in season 2. This was to assertatain if indeed Locke was his replacement. Ultimatly Lapidus fails the questions and gets whoped. Ok, so what does this mean? Who is Ilana working for? I doubt it is Ben because in the beginning of the episode, Ben asked one of the crash survivors what they have in the box. More than likely, these "survivors" are working with Widmore, but we will have to see. So what is in the box? They way they are putting those staves in the box almost resembles the Ark of the Covenant. If you recall, in season 3, Ben asked Locke if he could imagine a box and whatever he would imagine, it would be found inside that box. Ok, so scratch that idea, because the Producers have already said the "Box" is just a metaphor for the Island itself :). I guess we will have to wait and see what is in that box.
Ok, so now, we go back, to a Flashback of where we see Widmore being banished. Now, I am still scratching my head with this because, I know it was an important piece of dialogue, but for the life of me, I can't see how it fits in with what happens later. So we learn that Widmore has broken the rules and fathered a daughter (Penny) with an outsider. Who is this outsider? Could it be Ellie? We have not seen her in these flashbacks, perhaps she was banished long before. If they were together before, it would make sense for him to want to leave the island to see her. So is this banishment the punishment for breaking these "rules?" And what are these rules? The rest of the conversation goes something like this:

Widmore: And what makes you think you deserve to take what's mine

Ben:"I won't be selfish, that I will do anything for this Island

Widmore: You won't sacrifice Alex.

Ben: If I remember, it was you that wanted Alex dead, not the Island

Widmore: I hope you are right, but if you aren't, and if the Island wants her dead, then she will be dead.

...and one day you will be standing where I am now and will realize you can't fight the inevitable

OK, so what is going on here? The conversation is important and a lot to chew on. Clearly, Ben sacrificed Alex for the Island, so Ben was serious that he would not be selfish and do anything for the Island. Seems also, that Widmore is basically telling us, that it is the Island that wanted Alex dead, and not him. How else do you understand the writers adding in "if the island wants her dead, she will be dead." So really, the questions are, why did Ben say that Charles "broke the rules?" Why did he even insist that it was Widmore that broke the rules when Ben entered Widmore's room and that after Ben would kill Penny, Widmore would wish he never changed the rules? Is it really Ben that is responsible for her death? Is it Widmore, or is it simply the Island? And if the Island wanted her dead, why should Ben be judged for it? The truth is, my head is hurting trying to piece ALL of this together so here goes. In reality, the Island DID want Alex dead. Widmore is no fool, and wouldn't simply say that. The fact that Ben was able to sacrifice Alex for the Island does not mean he SHOULD have. (This is actually going to connect to Mr. Eko soon). The whole Fate vs Free will played a huge part here because even later, Ben admitted to Locke in the Temple that it IS his fault. He CHOSE not to. Whether the Island takes her life or not, it does not obsolve Ben for the choice that he has made. I WAS thinking that the "rules" that Ben keeps harping at Widmore were simply Ben passing the buck over to Widmore. But that does not seem to be the case. Seems there ARE rules in play here but I just don't understand them yet.

Regarding Widmore's final comment about Ben eventually knowing that he can't fight the inevitable, I must admit I am lost to what that means now. Perhaps it is something for much later, maybe even the last season where Ben is perminetly banished.

Skipping to where Ben enters the temple- interestingly enough, the same exact place where Rousseau's men were taken-we see a hyroglypic of the God Anubis, and the Smoke Monster. Anubis was the god of the dead. Is the Smoke Monster used by Anubis to judge people on the Island or is it simply that ancient man made, after experiencing what the Smoke Monster can do, created these hyroglypics in an attempt to tag unto one of their own gods? As Ben approaches, the Smoke Monster appears and envelopes him and starts showing Ben memories of Alex (ie, the topic of judgement). Ben cries, and its over. The Monster disappears and the ghost of Alex appears. Ben takes responsiblity for his action in which case Alex says "I know" then grabs Ben and basically tells him he has to follow Locke from now on. Ben is now really happy that he gets to live. I am assuming he really thought he would die. So now, if anybody has been paying attention, you should remember that this entire scene is reminisent of when Mr. Eko was killed by the Monster in season 3's The Cost of Living. If you recall in an earlier episode in season 3, Mr. Eko was put face to face with Monster in which case we saw the same exact thing that happend to Ben. Images started to flicker in the Smoke Monster to Mr. Eko, and then it disappeared. In the episode, The Cost of Living Mr. Eko sees his brother Yemi (i.e, in our episode, it was Alex). Yemi askes Eko if he is ready (i.e. to be judged). Apperantly, the Monster (Yemi) does not like Eko's response, and he ends up killing him. Both Eko and Ben were judged in the same exact pattern, yet Ben lives, and Eko dies. Why? (In fact, in a flashback of Eko's, one of the women tells him he will be judged for what he did). The answer is that Ben admitted guilt, Eko did not. Eko said that he was not sorry, because he had to do what he had in order to survive. That he was not asked for the life he had, but was given it. Well Ben did not ask for the prediciments in his life, but yet he made certain choices. Choices that involved Alex being killed. Eko made choices and others were killed as well. Seems the Monster, or the Island perfectly understands that life throws you curve balls, but it expects you to take responsibility for it, and most of all, feel a sense of regret. Ben did. Eko did not and that is why he was judged to die.

I Can't Post Tonight

2009-04-08T11:12:00.000-07:00

I know all three of you are upset, but tonight is Passover, so I won't be able to post till Saturday night when I actually see the episode. Enjoy the episode, while my soul secretly cries for the TV set during the Passover Seder meal. See you Saturday night.

What Ever Happened, Happened

2009-04-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

Loved the episode. Finally the episode was not really Dharma centric but Lostie centric. This episode sets out to close the gaps in Kates life. I like how each of the Oceanic 6's story sets out from the pier where they all meet and Sun has Ben at gun point.

I love the whole conversation between Hurly and Miles. That scene was basically laid out for us, the viewers. I guess it is now perfectly clear that what ever happened, happened. That this rule laid out by Faraday is in fact right. Miles gives Hurly the gun, just to explain to them that they CAN die, because its their present, but everyone else, cannot die, because they are still alive in the future. I wonder if the 'gun' was somehow connected to the episode where Michael tried to kill himself, after leaving the island (Meet Kevin Johnson). Was the future already written that Michael was infact alive, hence he cannot kill himself?
Jack is slowly becoming Locke. He feels he is supposed to be there, but yet we still do not know why. I hope they get to that soon.
I love how Jack figures the great irony in once again he is being asked to save Ben. I will get back to this important aspect soon.
It was pretty weird that everyone is so psyched about saving Ben, knowing what he will become later.
Juliet has the idea of taking Ben to the Others, that maybe they can save them. Kate takes him alone and Sawyer arives soon enough.
Richard recognizes Ben and takes him. He warns them that Ben will never be the same again, that he won't remember any of this, and that he will lose his "innocence." Kate and Sawyer agree but an Other warns that they should first ask Ellie and Charles. Nice eh? So this gives a bit more evidence that Ellie and Widmore are a union, perhaps even husband and wife. Richard tells the Other that he does not answer to them. Oooooooh. Did Charles and Ellie take control of the Others away from Richard at some point? Seems to be some animosity there and perhaps it was Richard that helped "exile" Widmore from the Island. Most likely this is going to figure very important soon.
Richard takes Ben to the....................TEMPLE. Now, we should remember that this is very similar to when Rousseau's crew was taken down in the temple and became "sick," by the Smoke Monster. My guess, is that Smokey is going to be responsible for bringing him back. And, just like Rousseau's boyfriend turned violent, the same eventually happens to Ben. I mean, we have noticed that Ben never cares for other people dying (when Keemy died, and Locke said that he just killed everyone on the Freighter, Ben responds "So!" The same basic response is heard when Jack asks Ben what will happen to the other passengers of Ajira once it crashes. Indeed, Ben loses his innocence).
Now, the question is, why did Richard do this to Ben. Richard told Ben he has to wait and be patience to join the Others. Clearly, he was talking to a more "innocent" Ben, and potentially, Richard saw a future "leader' in him (maybe). Yet now, Richard is basically transforming Ben into something else than what Ben was supposed to be. So does Richard actually WANT Ben to be transformed or did he simply see no other choice. He needs Ben, and this is the only way to save him.
So going back to the significance of Jack not helping Ben; had Jack saved Ben, Ben would NEVER have become the monster he does later on. In fact, the whole glorious, mind bending beauty of all of this is that our LOSTIES are the ones that actually CREATED Ben. Ben would NEVER have become who he does later if it were not for Sayid shooting him, for Jin insisting on bringing Ben to Juliet to try to save him, for Jack denying help, which caused Kate and Sawyer to go to Richard. This is the ULTIMATE way of expressing the concept of "what ever happened, happened." Sayid thinks he is actually saving the future by killing Ben, but no, he is the one that set everything in motion. OH BABY. Was Faraday right, or was he RIGHT!!!!!
But wait a minute, even though Ben forgets everything that has happened to him (ie, him getting shot by Sayid), he still clearly comes back to Dharma and sees the Losties....so how does he STILL not remember them? Oyyyyyyy, my head.
Sean B's new video is up and he brings up the question of whether Ben was basically sending Sayid back to the 70's so that he will shoot young Ben, thus fulfilling what Sayid is "supposed" to do. Not just Sayid, but he needs Jack to DENY the help, which causes Kate and Sawyer to seek out for Richard. Thus, in the end, everyone does what they are "supposed" to do. Or, perhaps, Ben is actually hoping for something different to happen. Maybe he is hoping that Jack WILL save him. Maybe Ben wants to correct things that should never have happened (i.e. him losing his innocence). But then that seems to contradict Faraday's rule. Oyyyyyyyyyyy, my head.

He's Our You

2009-03-25T23:09:00.000-07:00

So, basically, the episode was rather boring, eeeeeeeeeeexcept for that ending.

Little Ben linus offers Sayid a book, Seperate Reality. Its supposidly a book about the experience of the author while being under psychodelic drugs in an attempt at seeing the energies of the Universe (or something like that). Was that a foreshadowing at the (truth) drugs Sayid was given in the woods to tell Dharma the truth? Did this drug help him "see" something which made him realize "why he is back on the island" and what "he has to do?"
In my opinion, Ilana was hired by Ben to get him on Ajira. I doubt that there is any family in Guam. That is simply a story Ben told her to capture Sayid. This site says this is wrong, due to the timing being impossible. It was the day they were all on Ajira that Hawking said they had to be on THAT flight, which means there wouldn't be enough time to mobilize Ilana to capture Sayid. But its hard to believe this was all coincidental.
What's with that record player used by Oldham? Record players seem to be a reoccuring theme in Lost. We see a really old one that Oldham plays, Dr. Candle and Desmond have a standard 70's modal record player and Juliet plays a modern cd player. And why DOES Oldham have an incredibly old record player? Does that attest somehow to how long he has been on the island?
During the meeting of what they are going to do with Sayid, Radzinsky says he will call Ann Arbor and they will make a decision. Ann Arbor is located in Michigan. This is the location of the DeGroots, the people responsible for the Dharma Initiative.
Sayid Shoots Ben - Ok, so what on earth does this mean? What happened to Faraday's rules that whatever happened, already happened? Is Ben dead? Hmmmm, probably not. I have been reading some comments all around and some ideas are that :

the island brings Ben back to life. Perhaps even the smoke monster takes Ben and "revives" him and becomes part of him. Which would mean that Ben ALL this time has been "sick" (like Rousous husband) by the Smoke Monster. Would this explain what Widmore mean't in The Shapes of Things to Come (season 4) when he said "I know what you are"???
I read another comment by someone that Ben survives the shooting. This person mentioned that in season 3, you are shown a scar on his chest. If this is true, perhaps it is Jake that helps him. Wow, that would be twice saving Ben's life.
This is more complicated, but someone else mentioned that perhaps there are TWO time lines now. There is REAL time that has the events we are used to; the purge happens, Oceanic crashes and the 6 are rescued etc etc,. The other time line is this new one being written, where Ben is killed and the purge never happens. This is problematic because Faraday already said you cannot change what has happened; that time is like a string, you can go back and forth but can't make a new one or affect the past. You can read the comments here. Honestly, its all very complicated now. Soo, we will have to just sit tight.
Ben survives the shooting no different than how Locke survived when Ben shot him in season 3. Possibly, Ben will see his mother and she will utter those time honored words "You've got work to do."
Richard finds Ben and somehow nurses him back to health and sends him back to Dharma.
Ben is revived by Jacob
The writers screw with all of us, making us think that things in the past can't change but in fact Ben REALLY DOES die which in fact was what was SUPPOSED to happen all along. Remember, this show focuses on things SUPPOSED to happen and Sayid basically fixed what was supposed to happen all along (sort of like the universe course correcting itself). Yes, I am confused as well. But that would mean Ben doesn't exist in the future because he was killed, and, this because the true timeline causing the other reality to implode....which doesn't seem possible. Did I mention I am confused. Maybe we should shut up and wait.

So far, the last few episodes have been bothering me. Part of the reason is that till now, we have been entrenched by the mystery of this Island. It was even a bit spooky and dark. It has sort of been put all that aside now, and just concentrated on this Dharma where things look bright and cheery. Before part of the compelling nature of Dharma was its mystery. Also, there is no antagonist yet, or at least a clear one. We are all spinning around STILL trying to figure out WHY the 6 had to get back to the Island. Forget why WANTED TO, but why did Richard and Christian Shepard make it seem like they HAVE to be there. I don't want the Oceanic 6 to be background players which so far it looks like. I am also bothered by how frail Jake is. I want him to become the angry jerk he was before. Where it was him vs Locke. There was a constant tension between characters. Lost is about our beloved characters, not Dharma.

Recap Video for Lefleur - A Must Watch

2009-03-19T00:58:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Sean B's videos are always Must watches, but this one in particular because it has probably a better explanation of what the 4 toed Egyptian statue is, and the identity of Adam and Eve . I had a feeling about it, but now he actually brings in good evidece. Watch it here.

Namaste

2009-03-18T23:30:00.000-07:00

The title is pretty fitting for this episode. It was basically a 'welcome' episode. Setting up everyone together for what will happen later. Not much happened in this episode. But, I have a job to do here right?

We start with Ajira crashing on the Island. I wonder why Lapidus said 'oh no!' right before they hit some heavy turbulance. Also, did you notice that after the flash of light instead of them flying at night it was day time all of a sudden? I will get back to this later
Sun was not taken with the flash of light. What the hell does this mean? Does the Island not want her back?
Obviously, it is settled that they landed on the runway that was being built during season 2. Did the Others built it purposly knowing this plane would need to land later?
1977- We are introduced to Radzinsky. I have a feeling he is going to be a very important character in the series. After all, he is the one showing building the model of the Swan station. He is Kelvins partner in the Swan before killing himself. He is the one that starts making the Blast Door Map. There is going to be a lot of questions revolving how he ended up in the Swan station? What made him make the map? Did he lock himself in the Swan because he was afraid of the "sickness?"
Why did they not want the Hostiles to know they are building the Swan? Is it because they don't want the Hostiles to konw they are studing the electromagnetic composition of the Island?
Where on earth is Faraday? Is he off looking for a way to go back to their time?
Seems like the Dharma Losties are not to happy to see the Oceanic 6 er...5. It almost looks like they think they are now a nusance and from the preview of next week, it almost looks like there is going to be a seperation between the two groups.
Ben is back to being coniving. He's no longer playing the nice guy trying to bring everyone back. He is clearly lying about not knowing what happened to the Oceanic 5.
Sun and Lapidus land on the main Island and immediatly the Smoke Monster is heard. They then enter the barracks and Christian arrives. Is it a concidence that we hear the Smoke Monster and then we see Christian??? Hmm.....
Did you notice that the barracks look suspiciously run down? I even noticed a window boarded up. Infact, both the small Island and the main Island look uninhabited. To continue what I was going to say about the plane landing on the Island during the day when it was actually flying at night...could it be that the plane went ever further into the future, past 2007?
I'm so confused as to what on earth Christian's role is? Seems like he is some sort of "entity" that is pushing events forward...to what they should be. Don't know. Is the Monster (aka Christian) the universe course correcting itself?
Final scene showed a young Ben Linus bringing food to Sayed who is locked up? Why did Ben go down there? Most likely, this transpired AFTER Ben first met Richard in the Forest. The reason I think this is because of his haircut. When he first met Richard, he had the same haircut as when he first arrived on the Island. Seems now ever since meeting Richard, Ben is much more interested in discovering who these Others are....since Richard told him he has to be patient. Or, is it possible Ben knows where Sayid really came from, hence his question asking Sayid if he is a "hostile"
Can someone explain to me what is the purpose of the Oceanic 6 (or 5) being on the Island? I guess this is something we will know later

Thoughts to Ponder

2009-03-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

I guess tonight we are all going to feel a little Lost without our show (get it? get it? hahaha, I love laughing at my own jokes). So, to fill the void I'm simply posting some thoughts and questions I have on my mind that have yet to be answered, or I feel have been put aside and forgotten:

1) Ben moved the Island so that Locke could lead the Others (unless Ben has something up his sleeve). Yet, Christian told Locke it was HE who was supposed to move the Island which means Locke was supposed to be removed from the Island, not Ben. Hmmm....

2) Remember the flashback of Miles where he contacted that dead grandchild? When he went downstairs, a picture frame was changed from it originally was when he went upstairs. What's with that?

3) What's with Cindy? She was the flight attendant and since became an Other? This has not yet been explained.

4) The Hydra Station: Why was it on the the smaller Island? We know Dharma was using it for zoological studies, but what did the Others want with it? The only thing we have seen is that it was used for psychological experiments as with Carl.

5) Why did Dharma build the Tempest?

6) Widmore tells Locke that the reason he sent the mercenary force to the Island was to get Ben. So what was the point of Miles, Faraday, Lapidus and Charlotte? Abaddon tells Naomi that each was selected for a particular reason? Ok, what are the reasons?

7) How did Naomi know there might be survivors on the Island when she talked to Abaddon?Later she tells Hurly that Flight 815 was found on the bottom of the ocean and everyone is dead. So which is it? Does she know the flight wreckage is a lie?

8) Why did Naomi say that they were sent by Penny Widmore? Was it to get Desmonds trust? She after all, she said they were there to find Desmond. Why were they to find Desmond? Why did Minkowski say they (on the freighter) were not allowed to answer the calls which were coming from Penny? Did Penny know this freighter was sent out to search for the Island?

9) How come Richard is never the leader? He seems not to like Ben as he tells Locke in season 3 ("The Brig") that they are looking for someone to remind them of what they are really there for. Is he waiting for some sort of "messiah" figure to come to lead them as they were once led or something? Most likely he thought that person was Ben after young Ben tells Richard in the forest that he saw his dead mother.

10) Why is Ben so obsessed with pregnant women on the Island?

Lafleur

2009-03-04T22:35:00.000-08:00

Ok, after seeing this episode, I realize this episode is more of a transition episode. It sort of lays out what the next few episodes are about. Basically, being part of Dharma in the late 70's. Most of whta happend in this episode is new stuff. I didn't see much that gave us an "AHA" moment, connecting something that we may have seen in the past.

The first huge thing was the revealing of the four-toed statue (at least from the back).

The immediate thing that we realize, is that for a moment our friends traveled thousands of years in the past. So what exactly is this statue? This site has a great theory and one that is supported by the rest of the episode. The statue is none other than the Egyptian god, Anubis. Anubis, is the protector of the dead, and in the picture given, he is holding an ankh. If you look closely at the picture above, it DOES look like that is exactly what he is holding in his hand. We will get back to the ankh soon. If it is Anubis, what does this mean. Well, obviously, it means the island is older than Moses. But what is an egyptian statue doing on this island? Perhaps, this island was part of a larger mainland near Egypt. Perhaps some ancient egyptians 'stumbled' across this Island ages ago and settled there (hhhmmmmm...the Others?). Maybe they discovered this Island somehow is able to bring people back to life, or even give eternal life....hence, the Anubis statue.
We are finally answered that indeed the survivors DID spend three years on the Island, the same amount of time the Oceanic 6 spent off of it. I had thought perhaps that a few days or so on the Island MAY equal to 3 years off the Island.
1977 - Two men in the Flame see Horrace drunk and throwing dynamite at trees. Horrace later tells us that he was upset after getting into an argument with his wife. But why was he throwing dynamite. I also wonder whether that dynamite was from Black Rock. We know that the Smoke Monster comes out of holes from the ground. Was he trying to somehow call the monster by throwing dynamite at a tree thinking the Monster was there?
1974 - Survivors see Faraday upset at the loss of Charlotte. He says "I'm not going to do it, I'm not going to tell her." Does this mean that he is going to attempt to change what is SUPPOSED to happen? Specifically, the fact that he ALREADY DID tell Charlotte not to come to the Island, does he know think he WON'T do it? Will Charlotte appear as a ghost vision now? Are there even such things as ghosts on this island, or is simply the left over conscienceness that is moving through time? Aaaaahhh, my head hurts.
Charlottes body has disappeared. Why? Did the Island take her? Perhaps, because they are back in the 1970's she is not technically dead, hence her body cannot be there.
We are introduced to Amy who tells us there is a "truce." She is shaken up about the possiblity of the bodies being discovered and wants the bodies buried. What is this truce? Part of seems to be that you cannot kill the Others. Keep in mind, that sometime between now (1974) and the Purge (1992) the truce was called off. Was some high ranking Other killed that eventually destroyed the truce?
1977 - Amy gives birth to a son on the Island. i wonder who this child can be. The intern says the women delivery on the mainland, which means that the whole birth issues is quite old.
Jin tells Sawyer that he is still looking for their friends. Most likely Bernard and Rose and others.
1974- Juliet tells Miles that the Others killed "MOST' of Dharma. Most? I thought, except for Ben, they killed everyone. Was she referring to Ben, or did more survive?
Richard enters the Barracks. He wants justice for the death of his two men. Richard is dressed up the basically the same clothes as he had in 1954. Whats interesting is that when Ben as a child meets Richard in the woods, Richard looks very scruffy with long hair and torn clothes. Richard says the fence can keep other things out (the smoke monster) out but not the Others. Horrace later tells someone to put the fence on maximum strength. Will that keep them out? Anyways, Sawyer comes out and convinces Richard that they will hand over Paul. Why on earth would Richard want a dead body? Amy, Pauls wife decides that they can take Pauls body. But before they do, she removes the Ankh that is around his neck. What does that mean? The Ankh is a symbol of eternal life. Did she take it for memory sake, sort of like Rose holding the her wedding ring which reminder her about Bernard, or is there another reason? Does Richard somehow resurrect Pauls body and become an Other? There is clearly some sort of connection between the necklace, the hyroglypics the Temple, and the giant statue. All appear to be about eternal life or resurrections. There is something big that is going to connect all of these and explain a lot later on. But then again,
Sometime after this, we can presume that Horrace marries Amy. But, somewhere in between 1974 and 1992, Amy is out of the picture since we know Horrace then is married to Olivia. Was Amy taken by the Others as well?
Going back to last weeks episode. The question arose of "when" are the survivors of Ajira Airlines? Well, we know the Oceanic 6 are in the 1970s, but yet, the Ajira survivors are in an abandoned Hydra station, which means, they are in the future. So now we have two sets of characters, on two islands in different times. Am I wrong here. Is it possible that simply the hydra is not being used? Very hard to believe since Faradays notes were found there, which means he was there in the past. If this is true, it destroys my theory, that the only reason Locke is alive, is because the plane crashed in the past- before he was ever killed.
Did I mention this episode was simple, yet awesome?

The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

2009-02-25T23:34:00.000-08:00

Episode starts out with Caeser looking through an office. Is he just curious, or is really looking for something. He finds some maps of the Island and he also finds a sheet of paper that looks exactly like what Daniel Faraday had in the episode "The Constant". Was Caeser looking at pages from Faraday's notebook? Most likely it was. Take a look at the screen captures here:

We then see that the plane has crashed on the Island. We discove at the end that this is the smaller Island.
There are canoes on that Island. Originally there are 3 but we are told the pilot and someone else has taken one of them. How did those canoes get on the smaller Island in the first place? A few episodes ago, we are shown that 2, not 1, canoe made it to the larger Island. Sawyers group uses one of those canoes to get to the Orchid, but are fired upon by the other canoe. When the canoes are discovered on the larger island by Sawyers group, it is the present (or future), because we see their camp on the beach. This seems to imply that the smaller Island is in the present (future) time. But yet, we know that the Oceanic six are in the past, on the larger Island. Does that mean that both Islands with both sets of characters are in two separate times? Why did Lapidus leave? Could it be that Sun and Sayid crashed on the smaller plane and want to get back, with Lapidus to the larger Island?
Flashback scenes begins. It was obvious Locke would wake up in Tunisia. As Widmore later says, it's the "exit." How did Widmore know to put a camera there at that time? There were no cameras when Ben appeared in Tunisia. Seems Widmore knew already that Locke was going to appear.
I loved the conversation between Widmore and Locke. We now know that Widmore was kicked off the Island by Ben in the late 80's or so, because Widmore mentions he was the leader for three decades, which probably means he became the leader of the Others shortly after John talked to Richard in the 1950's. BTW, why isn't Richard ever the leader? Also, if Widmore was the leader, did he ALSO go through some screaning when he was really young as Locke was? Widmore says he wants to help Locke because Locke is "special." Can Widmore be trusted. In season four in the episode "The shape of things to come," Widmore tells Ben that the Island will be HIS again? Is Desmond right? Are they all just pawns in somehting much larger?
Abaddon kicks butt. I will get back to him soon.
Widmore shows Locke a picture of Sayid. He says he has been following his friends. Ben also has been saying the same thing. We know Ben for two years has been having Sayid kill people that Ben says are Widmore's men. Are they the ones that have been taking pictures? Hard to tell. If I recall now, the people that were shooting at Hurly and Sayid were only shooting with sleeping darts, and never real bullets. Also, how did Ben conveniently have a man in Santa Domingo to inform him when John arives? Is Abaddon playing a double agent or something?
Locke starts trying to convince the Losties to return with him. Why did he go to Walt? He wasn't an Oceanic 6. Also, Walts dream was interesting. He said he dreamed of Locke in a suit surrounding by people that want to hurt him. Does Walt have the same foresight that Desmond had? Is Walt referring to these latest survivors of Ajira, or about another group that we don't know yet.
Does Walt have a point in the story still?
I love the tension that exists. From one side, Locke is told that he is incredibly special and that the Island needs him. From the other side, the Losties are telling him there is nothing special about him.
Hurly drawing Egyptian sphinx. A connection to the hyrogyphics on the Island?
Locke and Abbadon at the cemetary. Ok, so this is is important. The conversation Abbadon has with Locke is basically the same conversation Elloise Hawking has with Desmond in Season 3. That there is a specific path that has to be taken. When we saw Desmond and Hawking together, we KNOW those things she is talking about already transpired. In a way, that episode with Desmond and Hawking was a sort of Flashback. This might help us find why Abbadon sent Locke on a walkabout in Australia. He sent him on it, because it ALREADY happened. Abbadon KNEW already of Lockes path in the future (crashing on the Island) and therefore, he had to actually send him there. Perhaps, just perhaps, the reason why Richard tells Locke that he will have to die, is not because Richard believes it MAY inspire the Oceanic 6 to come back, but because it ALREADY happened in the future and it DID make them comeback. It's sort of like the whole compass issue. How did Richard know that Locke would need help with the bullet in his leg? Well, because Locke already told him. Basically, the jist of ALL of this, is that the ENTIRE LOST show is one enormous flashback to events that ALREADY happened as they should and now we are seeing how everyone is supposed to live that path already pre-determined to them....or else.
John decides to committ suicide. Realize, that he is not killing himself because that is what he thinks will help convince the others (per Richards advice), but because he feels like a failure. Ben walks in and convinces him not to kill himself.
The scene of Ben begging on his knee with John standing on top of the table sort of looks like Jesus being crucified or something. Even Lockes arms are slightly raised.
Ben is told Jin is alive and is surprised. He also is very surpised to hear about Elloise Hawking and admits he knows her. He then goes on ahead to strangle Locke to death. Most likely, this is the universe course correcting itself. Locke is SUPPOSED to die. That is WHY Richard tells him he has to die. Because it has already happened. So why did Ben kill Locke? Seems the only knew info he got know was the identity of Elloise Hawking. Perhaps Ben does not want Locke being the one to return the Oceanic 6 back, but instead, he wants to return them so that he can return to the Island. If you recall, Ben said who ever moves the Island, can never return. Was this a lie? Or, perhaps, he realizes he CAN return, but only if he returns with a group of people that fate ALREADY dicated were not supposed to leave.
We are left now with the question of whether Christian Shepard became alive again when Oceanic crashed just like Locke lives again after Ajira crashed. Is this an issue with time? Lets say, that what I said above about one Island being in one time and the other in another is wrong (which is probably is), this would mean everyone right now, are somewhere in the late 70's/early 80's when Dharma was around. Well, back in that time, Locke was ACTUALLY alive. So could it be, that if one crashes on the Island at an earlier time, before something happened to you, (like death), it won't affect you?
I have to agree with what I read here. The talks John had with the Oceanic 6 were really uneventful. You would think Locke would put more of an effort. Why didn't he actually explain what was going on in the Island? Obviously, if he just walks up to one of them and says "I need you to come back" and thats it, nobody is going to listen to him.
In the end of season 4, when Jack was talking to Ben, Jack mentioned that Locke said bad things happened because he left. I don't remember him saying that to Jack in the hospital did you? Also, how is it that Jack cracked up about the Island so fast after discovering John was dead (end of season 3 when he talks to Kate at the airport). I mean, one day, he thinks Locke is delusional at the hospital, and the next day he books a ticket so he can crash? How long of time transpired between Locke dying, and Jack meeting up with Kate at the airport (again, end of season 3) that SO convinced him they HAVE to go back?

Welcome to the LOST Hangover

2009-02-25T23:14:00.000-08:00

I am sure many people feel like they are going through a hangover after watching LOST, especially thursday mornings. This blog is really just a place I can put my thoughts down and discuss it with readers. I am not planning on giving an in depth recap to the episodes (there are plenty of sites for that). I simply plan on just laying down thoughts, probably with bullet marks. I also plan to use other sites (which will be listed on the side bar) for information and theories. Anyways enjoy