Now we know for sure that the temple has strange properties which, according to Richard, take away one’s innocence. I’m not sure what that entails, since our previous experience is that people went crazy and then tried to kill Rousseau. And apparently it makes one forget things, so Ben won’t know it was Sayid who shot him? Interesting that Widmore and Eloise are the Hostile leaders right now.
Does anyone else think that Jack has become super lame—as in, he’s turning into an annoying Locke-esque character? Speaking of Locke, “Welcome to the land of the living” is quite possibly the stupidest line he has ever uttered on the show and a disappointing way to end an episode. My disappointment was assuaged only after the preview for next week's episode showed Ben ranting and raving about a final judgment while the camera dramatically circled above him.
Why does Kate think Clare is still alive? I thought the consensus was that she walked off into the jungle, left Aaron, died, and now hangs out with Christian and/or Jacob. Thoughts? And was Ben’s dad really flirting Kate? Eeeek.
I love that Jack, Kate, and Hurley come back to the island expecting to be welcomed as saviours (Kate also seems to think she and Sawyer will still be lovers) only to find that they are seen as homewreckers by those who stayed. They seemed to think that they would be granting Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, etc a chance at getting off the island and back to “real life”, only to see that for the last 3 years it is they themselves who have been living but a shadow of a life.
Good points!
ReplyDeleteAgreed that Jack has become the lame-o.
I don't remember anyone on the island actually thinking that Claire was dead, just that she had disappeared. Maybe she really is dead, but people on the island can't tell the difference between a ghost and real person.
Yeah, since we know now that Whidmore was on the island during the 70s, I wonder if Penny was born on the island. Another theory I've read is that Ellie = Mrs. Eloise Hawking, which means that Faraday might have been born on the island. Some think that Faraday and Penny might be brother and sister...
ReplyDeleteYeah, and totally weird vibe going on between Kate and Uncle Rico. Hmm.
I wonder if Kate thinks that Claire is alive because of Claire "visited" Kate in a dream at the end of last season (when she said "Don't bring him back!" and we assumed that she meant Aaron).
Whoa, I hadn't thought of the possibility that Farraday and Penny are siblings.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I love the new Jack. "What's that? Young boy Ben's dying? ...OK." If Miles was really right, and nothing really changes, then what's Jack going to do? Ben is apparently going to live through it because he is alive 30+ years later, so... no need to help out. There is, of course, the guilt that maybe if he had helped him, the future would've been different - it wouldn't have changed from what they've experienced because you can't change the past or future, but their experience would've been completely different, perhaps sans evil Ben. I guess it's still Jack's fault, in a way, but at that moment, he knew Ben would live, so he didn't need to do anything to save him. I kinda love it.
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