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What did you think about LOST?
I'll admit, I'm still coming down off tonight's episode, so I may be a little scattered here. But...wow. That was one crazy hour of television.
What have we learned? Let's review:
-Ben can control the smoke monster--somehow--though it doesn't seem to be an easy task. Not easy and apparently very dirty given his appearance. It almost seems like he went deep into the island to unleash it. It begs the question, if Ben can control it, why did he kill Mr. Eko back in the day?
-Ben is willing to bluff that he will sacrifice his daughter...but he has enough heart not to mean it, and to be driven to extremes when it happens. Sounds reasonable since his is a very cocky and arrogant man, who apparently no one should mess with. As if we didn't already know, we get that point reinforced tonight.
-The freighter crew never had any intention of rescuing the Losties. (Not a real surprise, there.) Nope, but what is a surprise is that the leader apparently lives if we are to believe the preview of next week's show. So, did the smoke monster not kill him or is this a time/space issue?
-Sayid was reunited with Nadia...and it was her death that brought him to Ben (which seems to have been Ben's plan all along). Very nicely done. Quick with the answers and they make sense. This is why this season has rocked.
-Future Ben is targeting Penny! Sweet, sweet Penny! This could get nucking futs.
-Michael Emerson should win the Best Supporting Actor Emmy this fall. (He should have won last year, and won the guest actor Emmy--for which he wasn't even nominated--the year before.) His portrayal of Ben is phenomenal. Hear, hear. He's already up with Darth Vader and George Bush as greatest villans of all time!
-- Last thought, when Ben and Widmore were talking, Ben said something to the effect that Widmore knew he could not kill him. That leads me to believe that they cannot kill each other because of the island. Similar to what we saw with Michael. If that is the case, then the "game" that Ben refers to has got to be for control of the island. And you have to love the way the lighting portrayed each man in that scene. Half in light, half in dark. Great symbolism!
What say you, Outfield Nation?
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Great post! I'm not so sure that Ben can control Smokey, so much as he can just call him out and see what happens.
Excellent idea about the island not allowing Ben and Widmore to kill each other. And the lighting? One of the first things I noticed in that scene. Brilliant.
Keep up the good work, guys!
I never once that the smoke monster could be controlled. But if anyone could control it, it would be Ben. I loved the half black, have light on his face too. Very Star Wars. The l/2 light must mean there's still good in his heart right?
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Does anyone know the geography game the guys were playing in Ben's house?
I was intrigued by the timeline last night. Ben seems unsure of the date and asks at the hotel, and it's Oct. of 2005. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, and a big deal was made of that in the past to Jack, when he was a prisoner of the Others. So about a year has passed. But can Ben bend time too? And who is his anchor, if he can?
The guys were playing Risk. I loved the forshadowing in their dialogue, btw. I agree that is seemed that Ben bent time, but since it was a flash forward I think that he was just making sure that it was really 2005 and not another year in case what ever means of transport he used threw him out of the timeline. Of course, that brings up the question, how did he make the jump from the island?!?!?!? It would make sense that a year had passed if you think of it as the plane wreck then Oceanic 6 leaving island and then Sayid finding/marrying Nadia. Ben (the all knowng/well connected man that he is) finds out about the hit on Nadia, knows it is Widmore, so he leaves the island to recruit Sayid.
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