After that flagrant waste of time that was a special on the Oceanic 6, LOST will return next week with a Faraday-centric episode called "The Variable." It disappoints me to have not made the connection on my own, but in listening to the most recent podcast I learned that this is a complementary episode to 4x05 "The Constant." By reading a spoiler I had already heard that both Desmond and Faraday would be featured in this episode but the news from the podcast confirmed it.
I'm really looking forward to this episode for a couple reasons. The first is that we haven't seen Desmond or Faraday to any substantial degree in weeks. It'll be nice to have them return to the show and fill in more of the story. The second reason I'm looking forward to this episode is sort of like a point 1a. Faraday is always good at explaining some of the complex scientific phenomena that take place in LOST, like the effects of electromagnetism on the brain and the related subject of time travel. Seeing as Faraday has been working for Dharma lately (he's already wearing a Dharma jumpsuit with a designated position when he emerges from the sub instead of wearing normal clothes and awaiting assignment like the new recruits) it's very likely that he's been doing some research on electromagnetism and/or time travel. Hopefully we'll then learn about the Swan and the Orchid stations and correspondingly figure out what I want to be connections between those stations, the hydrogen bomb, and Miles. Oh please make me happy, LOST. Whatever happens, I'm sure you'll impress me.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Kate's going back to jail
Just in time for tonight's Oceanic 6 special, I've been thinking about the terms of Kate's sentencing. Back in Season 4, Kate accepted an offer of "time served plus 10 years probation in agreement that she does not leave the state" to finally put the state's case against her to rest. I hope Kate doesn't plan on returning to the U.S. by any conventional means if at all because she definitely violated the terms of her probation. Neither Guam nor the Pacific Ocean constitute California. If Kate ever does return to the U.S. she'll have to hide from the authorities once again. I guess Kate is destined to be a fugitive. Sucks to be her.
Tonight's LOST Special
If you don't watch the previews or do and forget them, I'm here to let you know that tonight's episode of LOST is a special in which they'll tell the story of the Oceanic 6 from a different perspective. I'm sorry to complain but I don't really care about the story of the Oceanic 6 anymore. What new angle are they going to take to make this episode worth watching? Are we going to see life through baby Aaron's eyes? Actually, even that wouldn't be that interesting. He'd probably end up wondering why someone as incompetent as Kate is taking care of him.
But really, what gives? The story on the island is getting really interesting. All hell is about to break loose. There's suspicion over who kidnapped Ben and on a probably related note, the Dharma Initiative is about to go to war with itself. People will take sides; shots will be fired. And let's not forget that Faraday is back. What's he been up to and why would he return to the island?
This break from the current storyline is uncalled for. All of the episodes are complete now so there's no need to kill time. Even though I'm still going to watch tonight's episode, I hope the ratings are low so that LOST stops airing specials in place of real episodes.
But really, what gives? The story on the island is getting really interesting. All hell is about to break loose. There's suspicion over who kidnapped Ben and on a probably related note, the Dharma Initiative is about to go to war with itself. People will take sides; shots will be fired. And let's not forget that Faraday is back. What's he been up to and why would he return to the island?
This break from the current storyline is uncalled for. All of the episodes are complete now so there's no need to kill time. Even though I'm still going to watch tonight's episode, I hope the ratings are low so that LOST stops airing specials in place of real episodes.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Jack and Kate are F'ing Things Up Again
It's been 7 episodes since Jack and Kate returned to the island and it's finally become clear that they're the cause of more trouble on the island. For Kate, it comes down to the interest she's shown in Ben since Sayid shot him. Roger rightfully found her concern for some "random" boy and her confidence that he would return to be suspicious. Following this interaction, I feel like Jack acted poorly when Roger shared his suspicion of Kate and Jack defended her. Roger asked if he should talk to Horace or LaFleur about her, but Jack equated his suspicion to the crazed thoughts of a drunk man. What Jack should have done was told Roger to talk to LaFleur. This would have probably comforted Roger to some extent to believe that the head of security had his eye on Kate and it would have prevented Roger from having reservations about Jack, which he probably does now.
So we haven't really seen the repercussions of Jack defending Kate just yet but we do know that he's responsible for Ben going over to the Others. I know we can blame Kate (of course), Juliet, Sawyer, and Sayid for this as well, but Jack is required by oath to help save all people in need of medical attention and he ignored his duty to get revenge.
I know I'm being unfair but Jack and Kate screw up everything so often that it has become intolerable. Sawyer should just put them in jail indefinitely and go on living his happy life, or at least hold them until he finds a way to get them back to their own time.
So we haven't really seen the repercussions of Jack defending Kate just yet but we do know that he's responsible for Ben going over to the Others. I know we can blame Kate (of course), Juliet, Sawyer, and Sayid for this as well, but Jack is required by oath to help save all people in need of medical attention and he ignored his duty to get revenge.
I know I'm being unfair but Jack and Kate screw up everything so often that it has become intolerable. Sawyer should just put them in jail indefinitely and go on living his happy life, or at least hold them until he finds a way to get them back to their own time.
"I need you to tell me why I'm this way... how... how I do the things I do."
Yeah, LOST, how does Miles do the things he does? It was nice to find out that Pierre Chang is Miles' father, but that doesn't tell us how Miles is able to speak with the dead. It seems too great of a coincidence that Miles just so happened to live on the island and now he has special powers. With Pierre "I like to perform experiments" Chang for a father, it seems even more likely that Miles received his powers while on the island. I wouldn't say that Pierre experimented on Miles, but I think that it's reasonable to assume that Chang did something that at the least unintentionally affected Miles. Or as something fun to consider, what if grown up Miles is somehow responsible for baby Miles' acquisition of powers? Trippy... or so it would be.
I saw it coming, sort of...
Have you ever thought about how well the writers of LOST tell a story? Seeing as though you read this blog you already recognize how riveting of a show it is and you can probably identify hundreds of examples of their talent. But I'm specifically referring to how episodes are written in such a way that even with major surprises, you can still predict some shocking outcome.
For example, take the revelation that Pierre Chang is Miles' dad. I feel it wasn't that hard to put the pieces together and draw this conclusion before it was officially stated. In fact, a friend and I did just that. The eye-opening moment was when Miles was talking to his mother about his father. She told him he left them when Miles was young and he was in a place where Miles could never find him. The second half of that sentence basically gave it away. In response to the mother's comment, I gasped, "He's on the island!" at which point my friend shouted, "It's Chang!" I mean really, where else could he be within the context of the show and who else could it be on the island (have we seen other Asians on the island who weren't primary cast members?)? I had a similar experience with the previous episode when Ben survived his judgment.
I feel like the episode did a really good job building up clues to let us know that Ben wasn't going to die by showing how good of a person he actually can be and by contrasting his thoughts and actions to Widmore's.
Has LOST revealed all of its secrets this way and I never paid it much attention? I don't really care, but it's a nice stroke to the ego to be able to predict anything in a show with as many mysteries as LOST.
For example, take the revelation that Pierre Chang is Miles' dad. I feel it wasn't that hard to put the pieces together and draw this conclusion before it was officially stated. In fact, a friend and I did just that. The eye-opening moment was when Miles was talking to his mother about his father. She told him he left them when Miles was young and he was in a place where Miles could never find him. The second half of that sentence basically gave it away. In response to the mother's comment, I gasped, "He's on the island!" at which point my friend shouted, "It's Chang!" I mean really, where else could he be within the context of the show and who else could it be on the island (have we seen other Asians on the island who weren't primary cast members?)? I had a similar experience with the previous episode when Ben survived his judgment.
I feel like the episode did a really good job building up clues to let us know that Ben wasn't going to die by showing how good of a person he actually can be and by contrasting his thoughts and actions to Widmore's.
Has LOST revealed all of its secrets this way and I never paid it much attention? I don't really care, but it's a nice stroke to the ego to be able to predict anything in a show with as many mysteries as LOST.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Richard, Christian, and Locke
While watching "Dead is Dead" my LOST viewing party and I got into a discussion about Richard, Christian, and Locke. These three characters are particularly interesting because their mortal status is ambiguous and it would seem that their wisdom of the island and guidance is surpassed only by Jacob. Keeping this short and sweet, here are our conclusions:
- Christian and Locke occupy the same role. The two of them lived normal human lives (as far as LOST goes) before landing on the island. After each died and was flown to the island, the island resurrected them. They are now endowed with an extensive knowledge of the island and can guide others with some type of precognition. They can also talk to Jacob, but this is not necessarily a result of their living dead status.
- Richard has been on the island at least since 1954 but it's very likely that his time there predates this year. Despite how much time has passed Richard has never aged since our earliest record of him. From what we've seen Richard has never been the official leader of the Others but he's more like a highly-respected advisor.
A couple of matters of contention we held were:
- Although both Christian and Locke had "life" restored to them would it persist off the island? Jack saw glimpses of Christian off the island after he returned home, but was this Christian in the flesh, an apparition, or a trick the island played on Jack's mind?
- Is Richard actually alive? Is the island preserving his life or did he also die and then resurrect?
- Can Richard actually talk to Jacob? We've never seen him visit or speak with Jacob but the following excerpt suggests that maybe he can sense Jacob's will:
WIDMORE: What have you done, Richard?
RICHARD: Calm down. Calm down. This has nothing to do with you.
WIDMORE: So it's true? You actually brought one of them to our Temple?
RICHARD: He's just a boy, and he was dying.
WIDMORE: Then you should've let him die.
RICHARD: Jacob wanted it done. The Island chooses who the Island chooses. You know that.
As always these are more mysteries for which we have to wait and see what happens.
- Christian and Locke occupy the same role. The two of them lived normal human lives (as far as LOST goes) before landing on the island. After each died and was flown to the island, the island resurrected them. They are now endowed with an extensive knowledge of the island and can guide others with some type of precognition. They can also talk to Jacob, but this is not necessarily a result of their living dead status.
- Richard has been on the island at least since 1954 but it's very likely that his time there predates this year. Despite how much time has passed Richard has never aged since our earliest record of him. From what we've seen Richard has never been the official leader of the Others but he's more like a highly-respected advisor.
A couple of matters of contention we held were:
- Although both Christian and Locke had "life" restored to them would it persist off the island? Jack saw glimpses of Christian off the island after he returned home, but was this Christian in the flesh, an apparition, or a trick the island played on Jack's mind?
- Is Richard actually alive? Is the island preserving his life or did he also die and then resurrect?
- Can Richard actually talk to Jacob? We've never seen him visit or speak with Jacob but the following excerpt suggests that maybe he can sense Jacob's will:
WIDMORE: What have you done, Richard?
RICHARD: Calm down. Calm down. This has nothing to do with you.
WIDMORE: So it's true? You actually brought one of them to our Temple?
RICHARD: He's just a boy, and he was dying.
WIDMORE: Then you should've let him die.
RICHARD: Jacob wanted it done. The Island chooses who the Island chooses. You know that.
As always these are more mysteries for which we have to wait and see what happens.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Why Ben is Still Alive
From the beginning of "Dead is Dead" we know that Ben's objective in the episode is to undergo judgment by the smoke monster. The flashbacks help to build up to this moment by showing various scenes that develop Ben's character. More importantly, they define Ben in contrast to Widmore.
Start with the two scenes in which Ben sets out to murder someone - first Rousseau and then Penny. With Rousseau, he tries to spare what shred of innocence Ethan might have left (He's already willing to kill as a teenager. What a homicidal maniac.) by telling him to stay back and handling the situation himself. Although Ben has orders to kill Rousseau, I don't think that he ever intended to do so. Regardless of Alex, I think he would have spared Rousseau's life and given her the same advice: basically, stay away from the Others and you'll live. For reasons that are not entirely clear he takes Alex with him and returns to his camp. When he arrives, he presents baby Alex and explains that he did not kill her because she's just a child. Although Widmore can't muster up the courage to kill Alex himself, he nonetheless expected Ben to do so. In fact, he probably would have killed her were he in Ben's place.
Next there's the scene with Penny at the marina. Here Ben is overcome with grief and rage over Widmore (through his mercenaries) killing Alex. In Code of Hammurabi style he intends to seek justice by taking the life of his daughter. After temporarily disabling Desmond Ben moves on the kill Penny. Just as he is about to pull the trigger baby Charlie comes out from the yacht and prevents the impending murder of his mother. Despite Ben's deep yearning to make Widmore suffer as he did, Ben cannot take the life of Penny. Were he to do so, he would deprive Charlie of his mother and would be just as bad as Widmore. He puts his own feelings aside in order to preserve the loving bond between parent and child.
To further contrast Ben and Widmore, Widmore is forcefully removed from the island because he broke the rules. The fact that he had a baby with an outsider could have had something to do with it but I think there's more to the story and we'll learn about it later. Not only is Widmore ejected from the island but 20 years pass and he still can't return. Ben, on the other hand, left on his own terms. Locke's discussion with Christian just before he turned the frozen donkey wheel indicates that he was supposed to move the island and leave, not Ben. Ben only assumed he was supposed to because he thought he was being punished. Accordingly, Ben was able to return to the island in a mere three years after he assembled everyone else who left. Had he broken the islands' rules like Widmore he would have been permanently exiled, presumably (I'm leaving room for Widmore to return).
Lastly there are all of the scenes that depict Ben's experiences with Alex. Despite the negative feelings Alex expresses toward Ben, Ben always regards her with nothing but love.
With all of this in mind we follow Ben as he enters his judgment. The smoke monster emerges, surrounds Ben, and shows a montage of interactions between him and Alex. They culminate with the one in which Ben forsakes Alex as his daughter and Keamy shoots her, an event that overwhelms Ben with guilt and remorse. He thinks it is for this very reason that he is going to die when in fact he is permitted to live. Shortly afterward, "Alex" (I think this is actually an apparition created by the smoke monster) confronts Ben. He apologizes for being responsible for her death, for which "Alex" forgives him. Not long thereafter, she rebukes him for opposing Locke and makes him promise to follow him henceforth. Essentially, I think Ben is forgiven for his previous flaws and misdeeds (like many other characters in LOST) both because he has a good heart and because he has a purpose to fulfill - something else we'll see in due time. Were both criteria, especially the latter, not so, I think he would be dead now.
To summarize this entry and to answer the question from my February 27 post about who the real bad guy is - Ben or Widmore - I think we can finally see that it's Widmore. Ben truly does have the island's best interests in mind and he's actually somewhat of a decent person, despite the wicked and deceitful nature of many of his past actions.
Start with the two scenes in which Ben sets out to murder someone - first Rousseau and then Penny. With Rousseau, he tries to spare what shred of innocence Ethan might have left (He's already willing to kill as a teenager. What a homicidal maniac.) by telling him to stay back and handling the situation himself. Although Ben has orders to kill Rousseau, I don't think that he ever intended to do so. Regardless of Alex, I think he would have spared Rousseau's life and given her the same advice: basically, stay away from the Others and you'll live. For reasons that are not entirely clear he takes Alex with him and returns to his camp. When he arrives, he presents baby Alex and explains that he did not kill her because she's just a child. Although Widmore can't muster up the courage to kill Alex himself, he nonetheless expected Ben to do so. In fact, he probably would have killed her were he in Ben's place.
Next there's the scene with Penny at the marina. Here Ben is overcome with grief and rage over Widmore (through his mercenaries) killing Alex. In Code of Hammurabi style he intends to seek justice by taking the life of his daughter. After temporarily disabling Desmond Ben moves on the kill Penny. Just as he is about to pull the trigger baby Charlie comes out from the yacht and prevents the impending murder of his mother. Despite Ben's deep yearning to make Widmore suffer as he did, Ben cannot take the life of Penny. Were he to do so, he would deprive Charlie of his mother and would be just as bad as Widmore. He puts his own feelings aside in order to preserve the loving bond between parent and child.
To further contrast Ben and Widmore, Widmore is forcefully removed from the island because he broke the rules. The fact that he had a baby with an outsider could have had something to do with it but I think there's more to the story and we'll learn about it later. Not only is Widmore ejected from the island but 20 years pass and he still can't return. Ben, on the other hand, left on his own terms. Locke's discussion with Christian just before he turned the frozen donkey wheel indicates that he was supposed to move the island and leave, not Ben. Ben only assumed he was supposed to because he thought he was being punished. Accordingly, Ben was able to return to the island in a mere three years after he assembled everyone else who left. Had he broken the islands' rules like Widmore he would have been permanently exiled, presumably (I'm leaving room for Widmore to return).
Lastly there are all of the scenes that depict Ben's experiences with Alex. Despite the negative feelings Alex expresses toward Ben, Ben always regards her with nothing but love.
With all of this in mind we follow Ben as he enters his judgment. The smoke monster emerges, surrounds Ben, and shows a montage of interactions between him and Alex. They culminate with the one in which Ben forsakes Alex as his daughter and Keamy shoots her, an event that overwhelms Ben with guilt and remorse. He thinks it is for this very reason that he is going to die when in fact he is permitted to live. Shortly afterward, "Alex" (I think this is actually an apparition created by the smoke monster) confronts Ben. He apologizes for being responsible for her death, for which "Alex" forgives him. Not long thereafter, she rebukes him for opposing Locke and makes him promise to follow him henceforth. Essentially, I think Ben is forgiven for his previous flaws and misdeeds (like many other characters in LOST) both because he has a good heart and because he has a purpose to fulfill - something else we'll see in due time. Were both criteria, especially the latter, not so, I think he would be dead now.
To summarize this entry and to answer the question from my February 27 post about who the real bad guy is - Ben or Widmore - I think we can finally see that it's Widmore. Ben truly does have the island's best interests in mind and he's actually somewhat of a decent person, despite the wicked and deceitful nature of many of his past actions.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Code Name for the Season 5 Finale Final Scene
So looking back at the title for my last post on this topic I feel like my brain temporarily shut off. Now that my brain is working better than it should, I've selected a more complete title for this post and will continue from here.
The results are in! Over 750 million people from around the world logged onto abc.com to vote for their favorite season 5 finale final scene code name. Sadly, Ms Judy Movie's favorite and mine, Smokey's Dorm Room, didn't make it. Apparently the majority of LOST fans aren't major fans of the smoke monster or don't like to toke up before/after/during LOST. That or the ones who do were all too high to go online and vote.
The lame-o's who did vote decided their third favorite was The Hooded Leprechaun, which I guess that could be a nickname for Charlie; their second favorite was The 5th Toe, probably because they want to learn more about the 4-toed statue; and the most popular finale final scene code name was The Fork in the Outlet. LOST fans, I expected so much more from you. In my opinion this is one of the most boring selections, hence my decision those of you who voted for it lame-o's. I'll admit that Damon and Carlton's defense for it was pretty good. They said like most LOST episodes and every season finale, when you stick a metal fork in an outlet you get a major, sudden shock and then everything goes black. While this may be a very appropriate metaphor, it so accurately describes nearly every LOST ending that it lacks imagination. Where's the playful spirit? How can we have any fun with this code name? I guess it's a good thing the people who voted on this code name are just fans and not the writers.
The results are in! Over 750 million people from around the world logged onto abc.com to vote for their favorite season 5 finale final scene code name. Sadly, Ms Judy Movie's favorite and mine, Smokey's Dorm Room, didn't make it. Apparently the majority of LOST fans aren't major fans of the smoke monster or don't like to toke up before/after/during LOST. That or the ones who do were all too high to go online and vote.
The lame-o's who did vote decided their third favorite was The Hooded Leprechaun, which I guess that could be a nickname for Charlie; their second favorite was The 5th Toe, probably because they want to learn more about the 4-toed statue; and the most popular finale final scene code name was The Fork in the Outlet. LOST fans, I expected so much more from you. In my opinion this is one of the most boring selections, hence my decision those of you who voted for it lame-o's. I'll admit that Damon and Carlton's defense for it was pretty good. They said like most LOST episodes and every season finale, when you stick a metal fork in an outlet you get a major, sudden shock and then everything goes black. While this may be a very appropriate metaphor, it so accurately describes nearly every LOST ending that it lacks imagination. Where's the playful spirit? How can we have any fun with this code name? I guess it's a good thing the people who voted on this code name are just fans and not the writers.
The Temple
What's the story behind the Temple? We've seen/heard it come up now a number of times but we know so little about it. To provide a little context we know the temple:
1. Is where Ben sent Alex, Karl, and Rousseau when Widmore's mercenaries sought to kill everyone on the island. Ben told them it was the only safe place left on the island and the rest of the Others were already there.
2. Is where the smoke monster took Montand when Jin was traveling back in time with Rousseau and her people. The other French people minus Rousseau went down after Montand and returned "sick."
3. Is where Richard takes Ben to heal him. Somehow the healing process will cause Ben to lose his memory.
4. Potentially has some connection to an ancient culture given the hieroglyphs along its outer wall.
There is obviously much more for us to learn about the temple in future episodes, but it looks like we'll get a bit of information now. The preview for this week's episode, "Dead is Dead," shows Ben accompanied by Locke in what looks like it could be the temple. They carry torches and lanterns through a stone structure comprised of halls, narrow tunnels, and a crumbling floor (A trap hole? I hope so!) In one segment of the preview Ben states that he returned to the island to be judged. Putting the pieces together I think it's reasonable to assume that the temple is the site of Ben's judgment. I only wonder why the temple and who is going to judge him? The Smoke Monster? Jacob? Christian? Clair?
1. Is where Ben sent Alex, Karl, and Rousseau when Widmore's mercenaries sought to kill everyone on the island. Ben told them it was the only safe place left on the island and the rest of the Others were already there.
2. Is where the smoke monster took Montand when Jin was traveling back in time with Rousseau and her people. The other French people minus Rousseau went down after Montand and returned "sick."
3. Is where Richard takes Ben to heal him. Somehow the healing process will cause Ben to lose his memory.
4. Potentially has some connection to an ancient culture given the hieroglyphs along its outer wall.
There is obviously much more for us to learn about the temple in future episodes, but it looks like we'll get a bit of information now. The preview for this week's episode, "Dead is Dead," shows Ben accompanied by Locke in what looks like it could be the temple. They carry torches and lanterns through a stone structure comprised of halls, narrow tunnels, and a crumbling floor (A trap hole? I hope so!) In one segment of the preview Ben states that he returned to the island to be judged. Putting the pieces together I think it's reasonable to assume that the temple is the site of Ben's judgment. I only wonder why the temple and who is going to judge him? The Smoke Monster? Jacob? Christian? Clair?
Jack Made Ben into a Monster
Continuing with "Whatever Happened, Happened" I have yet another reason to hate Jack. With the Dharma doctor off on the other island and Juliet's minimal surgical training, Dr. Jack was the only person present within the Dharma community who could have saved Ben after Sayid shot him. Given all of the hell that Ben put Jack and his people through in the future, Jack naturally declines. Even with the knowledge that you can't change time and Ben is going to live anyway, Jack refuses to help save his life yet again. What Jack doesn't realize is that by declining to help Ben, he becomes the reason that Kate and Sawyer (and Juliet, to be fair) send Ben to the Others for treatment. Richard explains that if he saves Ben's life, Ben will always be an Other. From a rational and emotional standpoint, I support Jack's decision to potentially relieve the world of Benjamin Linus. At the same time though, if Jack wasn't such a dick maybe it wouldn't have been his fate to make Ben into the monster that he becomes. Of course if Jack had a better heart LOST wouldn't have developed the way that it has up until now. Way to go Jack - your greatest contribution to LOST is being an ass hole.
Future Ben Doesn't Remember Sayid
First and foremost I must give my praises to LOST. Across the board, everyone I've talked to and I absolutely loved "Whatever Happened, Happened." I will speak to the excellence of this episode in a later post but first I need to air a grievance. From the title of this post you can probably tell it has everything to do with Ben's memory.
Since the introduction of time travel to the show, I like how the writers have preserved the present/future. Unlike Heroes where the change of one event in the past can change everything in the future, in LOST whatever happened, happened (I had to). So we know that by the mystical powers of time Sayid always shot Ben in the past. After Miles explains this, Hurley raises a great question: Why does future Ben not remember that Sayid shot him in the past?
I had personally hoped that Ben actually did remember and that his treatment and perception of Sayid reflected his memory. Instead we find that when Kate and Sawyer take Ben to the Others, Richard tells them he can heal Ben but he'll forget about everything that happened. Does anyone else feel like this is a major cop-out? Imagine how much this knowledge could have shaped Ben and Sayid's relationship, especially with Ben using Sayid as his personal assassin in the future (thanks Kate - my friend, not the character). LOST, I usually support everything you do but this is one of the few times you've let me down.
Since the introduction of time travel to the show, I like how the writers have preserved the present/future. Unlike Heroes where the change of one event in the past can change everything in the future, in LOST whatever happened, happened (I had to). So we know that by the mystical powers of time Sayid always shot Ben in the past. After Miles explains this, Hurley raises a great question: Why does future Ben not remember that Sayid shot him in the past?
I had personally hoped that Ben actually did remember and that his treatment and perception of Sayid reflected his memory. Instead we find that when Kate and Sawyer take Ben to the Others, Richard tells them he can heal Ben but he'll forget about everything that happened. Does anyone else feel like this is a major cop-out? Imagine how much this knowledge could have shaped Ben and Sayid's relationship, especially with Ben using Sayid as his personal assassin in the future (thanks Kate - my friend, not the character). LOST, I usually support everything you do but this is one of the few times you've let me down.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
My prediction for tonight's episode
I know that tonight's episode of LOST "Whatever Happened, Happened" will be a Kate story. Damon and Carlton didn't say much else about it other than there will be a couple of flashbacks. Using my powers of deduction I'm going to predict that we will finally find out what Sawyer asked Kate to do just before he jumped out of the helicopter. I'm already down a point for suggesting that the flashbacks were probably over (I don't remember which post it was) but I'm trying to reclaim it with this prediction.
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