HOOOORAY BOBBY ROTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats buddy! When young Ben got onto the island it felt like his feature film “Berkeley”, made me smile. Now I need to start season 1 of Prison Break for the guy.
(THESE ARE NOT SPOILERS!!!! These are just RECAPS, thoughts and predictions of what we have seen in LOST. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING AWAY SINCE WE DO NOT WATCH PREVIEWS, ABC SUCKS IN GIVING A LOT AWAY!)
Ummmmm….what JUST happened?
I’m starting off this blog after watching the episode ONCE and then I will re-watch. I really felt like this episode was a cheap shot in some ways to answer questions. I have yet to feel comfortable to see that this was our first look at Ben, Dharma and hostiles. Where were Adam, Eve, Karen, Gerald? BUT, we did see an Emily!!! So let me re-watch and get back to you…
Disclaimer: It is 1am as I write this, and my parents are coming over at 7am, I need to finish this blog, but I am seriously exhausted. Wedding in 4 days!!!! Maybe I can hit my head and go back.
WHAT I GOT FROM: “The Man Behind The Curtain”
EMILY AND ROGER LINUS and some theories
The episode opens with Emily giving birth to Benjamin Linus. Something seems fishy (biscuits) here, and when I BEGGED for Emily, I didn’t mean diss me on the whole Locke theory. What happened to the whole Emily Annabeth, and why no mention of Locke? But, let’s remember that Emily Annabeth was admitted to the Santa Rosa Mental Institution (for schizophrenia) with Hurley, Lenny, Dave, and Libby. So what gives? I guess deep down inside we will never know who Locke’s REAL mother is anytime soon.
More something seems fishy. Ben lies! We know this, so when Ben told Locke he wasn’t born on the island…was he still lying? Maybe the flash backs are not what they seem, but something the island is trying to tell the person the flashback focuses on, this time Ben, a more fabricated story then they know, or believe. This may seem like a crazy theory. But WHAT IF Ben was born on the island?
Or, he’s born 32 miles out of Portland, not born on the island and Emily dies. Then what the HELL were Olivia and Horace of the Dharma doing? We think we know Mittelos Bioscience is based out of Portland, but where and why were they there if Richard is a hostile?
If you haven’t noticed this blog post will be all questions right? Plus we have the unanswered questions section…so what does one do?
Okay! Re-watching this episode, I got this out of it. She was 7 months pregnant with Ben, they knew she was going to give birth any second now and were following them. So, they WATCH Roger and Emily, know when to pull the car up. Can we say “injection victim?” and we know nothing of their past. Was Emily part of it, leaving Roger out of it?
Ben sees his Mom at night next to the barrier. She gives him the line “It’s not time yet”, and when is that? Yet another dead relative guiding someone around the island.
Also, let’s give a HUGE round of applause for Doug Hutchison for making it to LOST playing Horace (RULES!) and Samantha Mathis, ha! Weird. But…
GATHER AROUND ALL YE FAITHFUL HOSTILES
As Ben is bitching with Richard and the “not so well planned” tape recorder Purge 2, John Locke comes back with a dead body. I looove how all the hostiles are gathering in awe. Amazing. What do these hostiles know that we don’t?
HORACE GOODSPEED
What I’m guessing with this episode is that we might not tackle so much of the Dharma’s early years again, so what we saw tonight, is what we get. Horace was one of the originals, with his wife Olivia. On Horace’s jumpsuit, it says he’s a “Mathematician” meaning, NUMBERS!!! Was he the one working on the numbers? Will we ever see
HOSTILE CAMP
Mikhail comes running in at top speed screaming about Naomi, which had Ben almost change his plans and infiltrating the Lostaways camp. Something is up with Naomi, not the fact that there is a boat 180 miles off to the west or a radio. Someone came onto the island, without HIS permission. But, John Locke has to go and mess things up again and take it out on something else, instead of letting Ben do his job.
Richard and Tom refuse to help Ben, and at this point, when Mikhail says “Since when do you answer to him”, everyone is thinking, finally there’s someone else we can answer to. HIM! The camp sees Locke come in with a dead body and they think “He IS who we thought he was!!!”, and then pummel Mikhail bloody and probably thinking “I hate that guy too, go Locke!”
The reason Richard and Tom, nor anyone for that matter helps Ben is, that they are done with Ben. These past few days on the island have been a little to abrupt in the “Ben’s not cool” club, what gives? Seems fishy again! But, we know someone else who is done with Ben, and man did that get extremely creepy. More to come.
ALEX
A few things really quick. She had a gun, gave it to Locke, says “Happy Birthday DAD”, and walks off…was Rousseau close by? If the Hostile Camp is taking off, where is Rousseau and the dynamite? Is Alex still hanging out with Karl? So many questions with Alex…when will these be answered. You can work so well with her, and the producers aren’t. USE HER and her potential.
I HAVE A QUESTION MISS GOODSPEED!
Volcanos? On this island? Long time ago? You mean when the four-toed statues were still standing and connected to a leg with another leg, and full body? Quick question Miss Oliva!!! Where the HELL are we Miss Olivia Goodspeed?
ANNIE AND BEN, SITTING IN A TREE
Annie was Ben’s first love and nothing came out of it, but a great connection between Annie and Ben. So, BEN DOESN’T DIE!!! We need more back story before we kill him off. Right? This was a decent way to intro Ben to the island, but THIS CAN NOT be the ONLY flashback of Ben’s we get. NO WAY! There is more to come out of it. But it makes so much sense for Ben to die in the next few episodes.
Annie was sweet and you know something major happened to her. But did she die during the Purge? Wouldn’t a ten year boy actually tell the girl he’s crushing on to wear a gas mask. Yeah? Right?! I don’t think Annie died, is there going to be more with her?
There should be since we didn’t see her body in the Purge, and we don’t see who her parents are. Who is Annie besides Ben’s first crush?
We see in Ben’s home a shot of the doll of Annie when he is much older. There is no Annie, and there is a sad face on Ben. Does this mean she’s gone, dead, alive, now part of this purge?
WHISPERS
I will try to have these translated and put on the blog VERY SOON! These are a must!
ALPERT AND BEN…PASSING A TEST
What a GREAT scene, wow! Chills! The interaction between these two was great, and seems like it will open up more with Ben, instead of him being this guy who was born there, defending his island. This interaction proves that ben is special in a way. Richard knows it, since he’s special, I mean the guy CAN’T age on the island!!!! So, we have a special one, the ONE who was born by Roger and Emily Linus, the same kid we hear about from the Dharma crew of DeGroots and Goodspeeds. Same ONE!
But, things are not what they seem. Yes, Richard, you are happy he hears whispers and sees Mom, but what you got your hands on, is one stone cold asshole. You didn’t expect this, but it did lead to you getting you’re true prophet and not Ben.
The TEST for Ben and seriously, this was brilliant. Ben FINALLY was put to a TEST, and waaaay before ANYONE else had. Alpert put Ben up to a test like Sawyer would have to, but thought Locke would pull through. Let’s remember this. Ben puts Locke up to killing HIS father (since Ben didn’t want to be the only one I guess), BUT, Alpert doesn’t want someone going through what Ben had to, so he makes Locke get Sawyer to do it. Ben loses his special power since he kills his dad, the island takes it away from him. Leading to…
JACOB
We saw Jacob, but barely. And I feel what I said two weeks ago still feels strong for me that we’d HEAR Jacob more than see him. BAM! Very true. The “Help me” was very very important. Back to Locke and Ben, Ben used to be able to see Jacob and I feel I was right about Richard Alpert being the apprentice to Jacob. Richard has all this trust in Ben and knows Ben will do anything for him. Richard helps raise Ben in many ways, cause his dad is a drunk ass. Richard puts him up to the test, and then one day Ben goes to see Jacob and no longer can see him or talk to him. Ben goes crazy leaving Richard to put this “PORTECTIVE POWDER” down on the ground around the hut. (in the hut…painting of a DOG, and some jars with some liquid).
Ben takes Locke there, but KNOWS since Locke KILLED his DAD, that he wouldn’t be able to SEE or HEAR Jacob. He says “you’re too limited”, and Ben finally starts to believe it, but then Locke hears “HELP ME!” which comes to why is Jacob, the answers to the island needs LOCKE? LOCKE?! Why Locke? What is Ben doing to Jacob? So many question here, very very amazing.
Locke then turns to the light (flashlight) and the truth comes out. Jacob appears. But look at Ben when Jacob goes nuts, he was never expecting it. (NOW BEFORE YOU GO NUTS THINKING THAT THE BLACK SMOKE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAIR…it was the middle of the flashlight’s bulb) Ben’s face when Locke sees “himself?” is as shocking as ours. He didn’t expect to see Jacob, or expect Jacob to come out, because of Locke’s fate on killing dad. We get a screenshot of an eye, and it looks right into Lockes and Locke BOOKS it out the door. What did Locke see before running out? Ben comes out now knowing that EVERYTHING he’s done for this island, is now GONE! Comes out so slow and sad. Ben has met his match…GREAT SCENE!!!
What a weird way to have Psycho brought into the show. Talking to an empty chair like Bates did to his Mom?
Was Jacob really John Locke? Alvar Hanso? Why was the flashlight the only way you can see him?
BEN KILLS DAD
Ben is in his jumpsuit that says Work Man, and I feel Ben has been there for years and he’s JUST like his dad. Nothing better than what his dad called a janitor. Dad NEVER moved up in the decades on the island and Ben feels with Dharma, neither would he. He wants BIGGER and BETTER and knows that the Hostiles will give it to him. He’s put to the test, and PASSES with flying colors. Dead dad, now could be a leader for the Hostiles, under Alpert.
HOSTILE HOLOCAUST
Pretty sad, and pretty sick. Stack em up and let them rot. Ben, mentions he’s smarter than Locke, in jealousy. Ben shoots Locke to leave him to die. And we get the truth in 24 frames or less. Ben’s face when he hears Jacob really spoke to Locke. So good!
SOMETHING SOMEONE SAID…
Horace (to Roger) ”How’s the baby?” - The baby seems okay, he’s alive if you notice he’s crying. But why the baby worrying when a woman is dying in front of you? Plus, why look at Olivia like that? Oh, because she was injected!!!!! (read above once more to Emily & Roger Linus).
Ben (to Richard) ”You do remember birthdays, don’t you Richard?” - I guess not you silly guy Ben you! Uh, wow, whatta joker! This one reeeeallly threw EVERYONE into a loop. I mean, we were supposed to think Ben was being a prick and that Richard is done with him. AND Richard IS done with him, but the question here is…Richard Alpert doesn’t age. Why? How? What? HELP ME! It’s 1:16am, and my Mom and step-dad knock on our door in 5 hours. No sleep tonight. Seriously.
Ben (To John) - We all answer to someone John.” - Yes Ben, many many people answer to someone higher than you. But who does Alva Hanso ever have to answer to?
Roger (to Horace), Horace (back to Roger) - He don’t say much.” “I’m sure he will when he has something to say.” - I know I joke when I say the island doesn’t work with much, but what it knows, With Apollo Bars, the numbers, Expose, Widmore, etc…but what about dialogue? Yes, we have heard this before. BOONE said it to Locke in the sweat lodge hallucination vision I posted yesterday. Things will be coming around full circle soon.
Annie (To younger Ben) - “We can have as many as we want” - There’s those Apollo bars again! And why can these kids have AS MANY as they want? If a kid dreams it, does it appear? Okay, a little far fetched, but I still love the idea of that being why the are no kids there. Walt imagined a Polar Bear from his comic, and got it.
Mikhail (to Ben) – “Since when do you explain yourself to HIM?” - You heard right folks! This was the HUGE hint that Locke may be the HIM we’ve been waiting for. Wasn’t expecting Mikhail to be so crazy up in arms in this scene.
Locke (To Ben) - ”I guess there’s a first time for everything.” - On this island, there has to be a first time for everything, so there can be a second time and third, maybe re-live over and over again for everything. I know this makes no sense, but think about time and space and the island. I love this line.
Richard Alpert 25 years ago (to young Ben) - ”Do you even know what that word means? - Hostiles huh? I guess not Richard Alpert. Mikhail told us that DHARMA was the one who tried to kill the “others” or “Hostiles” in the purge…but we see it was the “other” way around. We get on this island and it’s all NAMASTE!, and peace, love, beer. So, do NOT trust these “hostiles” at all. Mikhail was lying through his teeth, since all he wanted to do was get Kate and Sayid out of the Flame. We’re there two fights in this episode. The scene in the classroom, was that the warning? And then the gas was the purge?
Ben (to Locke) - ”Jacob feels the same way about technology like you do.” - More hints of Locke being Jacob.
Ben (to Locke)) - ”Are you sure this is what you want?” - Are you sure this is what YOU want Ben? Afraid of the truth, to see if Locke can reeeeallly see Jacob? What if you are wrong about Locke? I guess that’s what Ben’s gun is for.
PREDICTIONS (not many, I have to go, Mom is HERE!)
- Richard Alpert saves Locke when Ben comes back without a Locke
- Richard knows Locke didn’t kill dad, and Ben might have killed Locke.
- The camp sets up to stop the war, but the camp is still split up.
- Charlie, Charlie, Charlie
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
- Is Emily Locke’s mom as well?
- Why is Jacob, John Locke?
- Was Jacob invisible because John Locke cannot see himself?
- Does Locke die to become Jacob?
- What was the protective powder laid out around Jacob’s house?
- TOO MANY UNANSWERED!!!
Okay, I wrote this EXHAUSTED and did NOT re read, so if anything is mixed up and not worded right….i am so so so sorry.
I have a wedding to plan, family to entertain and a wedding to plan. HA! Sunday is the big day! Next LOST we will be a married couple!
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