If you have not watched the episode be fore-warned that this contains major spoilers (I'm a spoiler-nut and even I would not have wanted to be clued before watching...)
What an amazing episode. I do believe it may be my favorite of the season. So many old pieces were put together and so much character development for Ben and the Others.
- The Others/Dharma/The Hostiles - Well I was only a little correct on my guess about the Island. I knew there were two sets of "others" but what I didn't know was that the Dharma Initiative people had been all killed off by the natives (The Hostiles). One of the most interesting things about The Hostiles to me is their lack of aging...Ben grew up, but Richard...never aged. Seems odd. Or Island-y. Perhaps the Island is our very own fountain of youth...only catch...no children can be created and survive...that is the only way to die (childbirth) leaving them with a community of all men. No wonder it's so dirty there...no new women =P
- Jacob - Everyone saw him sitting in the chair right? Okay, good. There is much debate about who was in the chair...some think it was Locke from another timeline (if you buy into the timeline theory, this is pretty interesting) and some think it's Alvar Hanso himself (see picture of AH at http://www.thehansofoundation.org/. I could totally buy into the "Jacob doesn't like technology" if it was Alvar...I mean, technology was his ruination...Do we think Ben and Co. are keeping Jacob captive in that little hut? What was up with all those glass jars of weird liquids? The dog painting? Too shaggy to be Vincent right? What about the black/grey powder that surrounded Jacob's hut...was that gunpowder or ashes? Locke obviously figured out what it was...ashes would be pretty creepy (the ashes of the Dharma Initative workers who were sacrificed to the Island because of Alvar...c.r.e.e.p.y.) Maybe it was some sort of protection for Jacob? Who knows. Very strange. I wonder if we'll see more of him this season... I have changed my mind...not Alvar...but Magnus Hanso, the captain of the Black Rock. That could work. There are also theories out there about Jacob being the Spirit of the Island (Smokey) and Ben has only captured his "body" but his Spirit still roams around the Island.
- Ben - Talk about your screwed up little kid! Daddy issues abound! Now this kid has essentially killed both of his parents...I wonder what ever happened to that Annie girl. Did she die with the other Dharma people? Did she die while giving birth to a child of Ben's giving him a personal vendetta against this whole "pregnant women don't live" Island problem? Does Ben *actually* see and hear Jacob? Does Jacob communicate telepathically? That would explain Ben's freaking out over Locke *actually* hearing Jacob's cry for help.
- Locke - Is Locke really dead? I was caught completely off-guard when Ben shot him. I gasped, covered my face...and caused my husband to giggle. I had already gasped once at the sight of the mass grave (that apparently had never been covered...were they just planning on keeping it "usefull" in case someone else died?) I had my list of "5" that I thought would be killed by the end of the season and Locke was definitely not on the list. (I saw five because there had been rumors that five more people would die after Niki and Paulo...)
- Kate - Anyone else want to kick her in the face? I sure did. Stupid...girl...acting like a ... stupid girl. She's now on my "Characters I Hope Die" list.
- Jack - I am now a convert to the "Who the heck does he think he is? Jack is annoying and needs to die" Club. Sayid needs to start running the show. That's all there is to say about that.
Until next week!
(As always if I come up with anything else (since this blog is written before I've really read anything from my favorite bloggers this morning) it will be in a different color.)
