So, I'm not the biggest Locke fan. I know he's pivotal to the show and his story is so interesting because he's the chosen one, blah blah blah... But I'm not talking about bad-ass, deep thinking, boar killing, island Lock... I'm not a fan of the off-island, wussy Locke. Whenever there's a Locke-centric show I roll my eyes because inevitably it will take us to his story off-island where he's weak, whiney and yet still somehow thinks so highly of himself. Think of his pathetic past playing Stratego at the box factory, hunting down his con-man dad and paying phone sex operators to pretend to be Helen. I think the creators of the show do an amazing job of showing us how powerful Locke is on the island, but how weak he really is in the real world.OK - last night's observations:
Remember the runway? You know, the one that Sawyer and Kate were forced to build while they were being held in the polar bear cages? I think we saw it last night! At the time, even Juliette didn't even know what it was for (she joked it was for aliens). I'm thinking that Ben knew somehow that he would be flying back to the island in the future so he had it built. Take another look at the crash site from last night... the plane is almost fully in tact and they're clearly not on the main island. From the logo on the folder Caesar found it's safe to say they are near the Hydra station (the one Jack was being held prisoner in). Also, Locke is clearly staring across the water to the main island while eating his delicious mango.
Widmore is evil. I don't care what Widmore says, my money is still on him being the bad guy. I'm sorry, but that McCutchen-drinking, Alex-killing madman is up to no good. I am surprised that Matthew Abbadon died... I assumed he was kind of like Richard Alpert off of the island. Come to think of it, did he really die? You never know on Lost! So, Widmore being the bad guy means that Ben is a good guy... I'm fine with that. Ben seemed to sincerely want to save Locke's life, only to wind up killing him (again!). When Locke mentioned going to see Ms. Hawking it set Ben off. I think his crazy brain realized at that instant that the only way to get Locke back to the island was to use Hawking to send them back the old fashioned way... on a plane. and Locke would have to be dead for that to happen.
Was Penny born on the island? Widmore said that he was 17 in 1954. He also said that he was on the island for 30 years so he must have left in 1984. If Penny was born after he left the island, that would make her, at most, 23 years old. There's no way she's 23. So is she the daughter of Widmore and the blonde soldier "Ellie" (Who I believe grows up to be Eloise Hawking)? If that's true, is Penny Faraday's sister? Or is Penny Widmore's adopted "daughter" like Alex was Ben's "daughter"?
All in all, an ok episode last night. I'm looking forward to getting back to the island action next week. I'm curious to find out why Lapedis, Sun, Ben and Locke didn't flash to another time during the crash like Kate, Hurley and Jack did. I look forward to you're thoughts - post them below at will...
Holy poopers, Boris you are so amazing with your Lost analysis! I didn't catch the whole runway thing but that makes so much sense I will have tow atch the episode again when I get home!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing about Penny. I think she and Daniel are twins and were born on the island. Why else would Widmore spend all that money on helping his research>?
ReplyDeleteLet's get right into this, shall we? Haha
ReplyDeleteCaesar is some kind of a plant. They went out of the way to draw attention to him right off the bat, and he's gotta be up to something. he found the gun, hid it, and lied to (I forget the woman's name who was escorting Sayid).
Speaking of Sayid, where is he? We have Jack, Hurley, and Kate accounted for, with Sun and Sayid missing. One boat (the same type of boat that Sawyer and crew escape on) was taken by "a woman and the pilot", so unless I missed something, leaves Sayid missing.
I also love the contrast of the two Locke's. They put him back in a wheelchair to truly emphasize the point. GREAT way to have us look at him.
If you couldn't smell that ben was going to kill Locke, just stop watching the show haha. I don't think it was the mention of Eloise Hawking that set ben off, if you watch, he goes into "manipulative plotting mastermind mode" as SOON as John mentions that he promised to NOT bring Sun back. Ben knows that he has to get EVERYONE back, and so he kills Locke to get Jack, knowing the rest will follow (and he already knows he can get Sun).
So- Penny must have been born on the Island. Good catch, Boris. But here's my Faraday theory. Faraday has been time traveling for a long ass time, or will time travel, so, is he his OWN father?
Is it possible that Ben hurt or killed Penny to try to get Desmond to come find him?
Lost is very ambiguous on several points. I don't see Ben or Widmore as being good or evil. They both seem to think a war is coming, and they both want to win- they both have their own interests.
Good chance I was delerious last nigth as I am rocking a pretty solid fever but was I the only one who saw the old school NY license plate on Lockes car when he visited Walt in NYC?
ReplyDeletePretty confident Ben and Widmore are both equally evil.
I think Ben went after Penny when he said he had some unfinished business and would meet them at the plane.
Good catch on the runway thing.
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Yeah- I noticed the statue of liberty plate on the car as well- weird...
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