Posted by Jason Moffat | Posted in | Posted on 10:30 PM
Cheese curds... Oh yeah, umh... ... In the lastest episode of Lost entitled
"Dr. Linus," there are some bombs, some Bens and some blackmail. Here we go.
"Dr. Linus," there are some bombs, some Bens and some blackmail. Here we go.
Initial Thoughts: This episode was probably one of the most dramatic episodes since season one, at least that I can remember. There wasn't a whole lot revealed and it didn't really have many "shockers" until the end. But the acting and the internal struggle of Ben was unmatched. When the writers said that this season was going to be similar to the style of season one, I really didn't know how they were going to do that. But this episode was a really good example of how they did, especially at the end when they went into slow-motion piano playing mode. I almost shed a single tear.
In the Flash sideways we had already known that Ben Linus was a school teacher from "The Substitute," but that was about it. Ben apparently has a doctorate in modern European history, or something like that. So it's DR. Linus, please show some respect. Alex is one of Ben's best student's for some strange reason, and he helps her study for the AP test. Some shady biz-nas went down in the sick room and Alex tells Ben about it. Time for scheming Ben to take charge and capitalize on the situation. What I liked about this is that Ben was basically in the same situation when Alex died on the island, except to a lessor degree. Ben could either try to call the principals bluff and risk "torching" Alex, or he could step down and lose power. We all know that on the island Ben tried to call Keamy's bluff and that didn't work out to great for him. It was good to see him make the right decision in this flash sideways.
Meanwhile on the island, Ben is put into custody by Ilana after Miles uses his psychic skills and finds out that Ben did kill Jacob. Ilana makes quite a clever contraption to tie Ben up to a tree and then forces him to dig his own grave. That is a bummer. I would probably just have them kill me if someone told me to dig my own grave. Anyway, out of nowhere appears Locke. Or as I'm going to refer to him as in this episode, Darth Locke. Darth Locke uses the force and frees Ben from his leash and tells him to meet him on the Hydra island, where they are planning their escape. Ben escapes, but chooses to stay with team Jacob.
These are not the Losties you're looking for.
On the other side of the island, Jack and Hurley run into good ol' Richard Alpert. Richard seems to be having a hard day. He wan'ts to die, but can't. He says that because Jacob touched him (Jacob is sounding more and more like a pervert with every episode. First peeping tom and now this.) his touch is considered a gift and he can't die. They travel to the black rock where Richard plans on blowing himself up. They don't go right out and say it, but it is implied that Richard came from the black rock, most likely as a slave. Hence the, "good to see you out of those chains" comment from MIB. No huge surprise but yet not clear yet. Jack takes this opportunity to show how bad A he is, with an old fashion show-down... dynamite style.
Jack wins the show-down, I guess, and Richard's faith is slightly restored. Obviously Jack has a purpose on the island. They decide to start from where they came from, the beach. They are then reunited with Ben, Frank, Ilana and crew. This was a very happy scene. Happy music, happy hugging, and happy dancing probably. But this is Lost and they can never end on a happy note. Just as you thought the episode was over, no, wait, something pokes out of the ocean and starts spying on the Losties. I honestly thought it was going to be the terminator in the sub, but it was our good old buddy Charles Widmore.
Questions: After this episode there are only a few questions on my mind. So basically none of the candidates can die? What the heck? So they could never die the whole time we've know them? Or is it just Jack that can't die? Because Dogen seemed to think he could when he tried to swallow that pill. Also, Sayid seemed pretty much dead at one point and he's a candidate. Or is that why he didn't die? Another question is when Ben talked to his dad in the FS and they talked about being on the island. Well we are lead to believe that the incident was the cause of the fork in the timeline, which seems likely because Ben was about 14 when the incident happened. But then why did he leave?
As I stated before, this really was a dramatic episode. I've always been a fan of Ben, so it was good to see him get some redemption. And I just loved seeing him scurry into the jungle while Ilana was chasing him. Classic. Well, that's all for this week folks. Until next time, I'm Miles Straume and I am now a rich son of a gun.
few comments. Its not the candadites that can't die, its anyone who has been touched by Jacob. Thats why Micheal couldnt kill himself, someone had to kill him.
It was nice to see that Ben had a change of heart in the F.S., But in the FS I want to know why Ben and Roger left the Island.
Lost has a prob guy don't they? why couldnt they build a prop for the sub telescope? cuz the digital version sucked.
Its kind of funny how lost has turned into there own version of team jacob and team edward. Are you a team jacob or a team MIB?
Just one problem with that statement, Jacob touched Locke and he died. I don't know, there is so many ins and outs and what-have-yous to understand right now. Seems like too many inconsistencies. And about the prop, I read that somewhere too, but when I watched the episode again I actually think the scope was a prop in the first scene, but when it when went down to the sub it was cgi. So yeah, I agree, kinda cheesy. But then again when was the last time you saw some really good cgi in Lost?
the last time cgi was well done was the smoke monster. And all of them can die when there purpose was served. Thats why the dynamite didnt go off because Jacks purpose hasnt been filled yet. The thing that makes it confusing is that jacob won't let them take there own lives. Someone has to kill them.
Man, F Jacob. And F his rules. Sounds made up to me.