Episode 510 - He's Our You

Oooo, I wonder if we're going to get more insight to Ben as a kid.  He already seems sneaky and keniving (I didn't even come close to spelling that right)

- "The next level" is about the vaguest, lamest threat possible.

- Hmmm, so they're playing the "feel sorry for Ben" card again.  It's going to take ALOT to get me to buy into that w/ all he's done

- Like I said, I can't really feel bad for him: Ben lies to Syid about how Locke died, and even uses his murder to manipulate Syid into working for him again.  Such pure evil manipulation.  It makes me soooo mad!

- The drink Syid is drinking is the "McGutchen" or whatever is the same type of drink that Widmore told Desmond that he'd never be worthy of drinking

- This gal sitting next to Syid, I think she's the one who was sitting next to him on the plane headed back to the island...I think

- Ok, so the Juliet/Kate thing...I have a feeling Kate is going to find a way to get back together w/ Sawyer.  I say that only because everything is off and on

- See?  I told you Ben is still evil.  He's responsible for starting the fire and risking killing/injuring innocent people!  But what's the deal w/ Syid thinking his purpose is to take Ben to the "hostiles?"  Or is his intention to try to kill Ben, I wonder?

- Alright, so now the realy question is: is Ben actually dead?  If Faraday is right, then Ben is going to live thru this somehow (healing power of the Island?).  But if Faraday is wrong, Ben could actually be dead, which would be an interesting turn of events, and I'll be interested to see what results from that.

I would say that this was a thought-provoking episode, but not really many answers, not really any new amazing questions either.  Good episode, though.

Episode 509 - Namaste

- Oh my goodness!  Sun didn't make it back in time w/ the others?!

- And may I say again, IHATE Ben Linus!  "How would I know?"  That's just stupid.  Of course he knows, or at least has an idea.  But what I wonder is if this was something that he expected or not.

- Ah, and I LOVE Hurley.  "Uh, what?"  : )

- I'm not really finding many things to write about, but part of that is because I'm really enjoying seeing some pieces come together, like the Jin Syid encounter.  I gotta be honnest, I also feel kinda' bad for Juliet.  I know the "popular" thing is for Sawyer to get together w/ Kate again, but that's not really what I think I want.  Especially since Sawyer & Juliet have been together for 3 years, I kinda' think that that's what needs to continue.

- Wait, Faraday's not there "anymore?"  What happened, I wonder?  I know we saw him from the beginning of the season w/ the Marvin Candle guy, so this must be after that?

- Ha, go Sun!  Ben deserves every blow he gets, especially the ones to the head!

-Piere Chang, humm, I wonder if that's his real name.  He's had like 3 or 4 so far in all the different orientation videos.

- Did you notice that before Christian showed up that there were the whispers?  I still maintain that the whispers are a part of some sort of transportation/teleportation device.  Because it was Christian, maybe they aren't actually living breathing people that move, but then again, Locke was dead and is alive again, so maybe it is.  The point is that the events around the whispers still fit into my hypothesis.

- No!!  I totally didn't realize that we were at the end of the episode!  I knew that the kid was Ben, but I didn't figure that that's how they'd end the episode!  I guess the real question now is whether Faraday was right that they can't change the past.  If they can't, then Ben's going to be ok, and in fact, the losties being back in time might contribute somehow to him being the way he is later.  However, if they CAN change the past, then all bets are off and they could really do anything.

Yup, I still love this show!

Episode 508 - LaFleur

Ok, so I missed this episode last night and had to watch it on my computer today, so I wasn't typing as I was watching. These are the thoughts I have now looking back on the episode.

- I'm intrigued that the statue of the 4 toe-ed whatever is standing currently. I wonder what its a statue of and why its there.

- Is the baby that Amy has going to be an important character, or is that not the important part?

- Ok, so Horace. I remember that we've seen him before. Was he the guy that Ben's dad originally talked to to get to the island? We've also seen him as his "dead self", I think as he appeared to Locke. The only other person I can think of that he could have appeared to was Hurley, but I'm pretty sure it was Locke, though I can't remember why or what exactly their interraction was. I'm thinking...season 3?

- Sawyer has gone thru such a transformation from the beginning of the series! He takes charge of the group and instead of lying to Richard, ends up telling him the truth. He knows he has the upper hand as he knows more than Richard does, but I still find it interesting that he tells the truth.

- What about Sawyer and Juliet! I wouldn't have predicted that before this episode. I did see it coming in this episode. I'm sure there are many a Sawyer fan that are not too happy right now!

- Ok, so what happened, what changed so that the babies started dying on the island? When did the problem arrise? Could it be a byproduct of the gas, whatever it was, that Ben released to help kill the Dharma initiative folks? I have a feeling its something that Ben caused, which would explain why he wanted Juliet to fix the problem so badly.

- Of course, the dramatic ending with Sawyer seeing Kate for the 1st time in 3 years, and not telling Juliet that Jack's crew came back to the island. Sparks and tension will be soon coming, I'm sure!

- Ok, and what's w/ the 3 years thing? Even though Sawyer's group has been traveling thru time and Jack & his crew were in the future, they both aged 3 years from when Jack & Co. left the island. Interesting how the Island keeps their time continuity in that way, even though they are in 1977.

All in all a good episode. I wasn't into it as much as some of the previous ones, but it was good to fill in some gaps and to give us an idea where we're going and the issues that will need to be tackled next!

Side Note: I'm now beginning to try to figure out what the last season will be about. I'm wondering if it will be "the war" between Ben & Widmore that seemed to be hinted at earlier this season...