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Episodes: Reviews
5.7 The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Cesar: "You know him?" Locke: "Yeah. He's the man who killed me." The major theme of this show is science versus faith. Faith appears to be winning. I mean, really. Killing yourself on the word of a strange, ageless guy is a pretty big step to take on faith. And Locke would have gone through with it if Ben hadn't stopped by and murdered him. And was that a symbolically loaded scene, or what? Big on the worship and sacrifice. Ben knelt before Locke, who was standing on the table with the noose around his neck just below a (what else?) cross on the ceiling. (We even saw goats crossing the road at the beginning of the episode.) Until Locke mentioned Eloise Hawking, Ben was trying desperately to keep Locke alive. Why the reversal? I wonder if Ben just realized that Eloise was in league with Widmore instead of with Ben himself? Widmore was acting like Ben did with Locke: i.e., you're important, the Island needs you, I'm here to help. Not that I believe anything Widmore says, but Widmore told Locke that there was a war coming, and that Locke had to be on the Island when it started or the wrong side would win. How would Widmore know? Unless it happened in the past. But you can't change the past, can you? Which brings me to the Island. Or more accurately, "Alcatraz." Have the time shifts stopped? We didn't see one during the Alcatraz scenes. And *when* are they? Cesar saw a copy of Life magazine dated April 13, 1954 in the office, but there was a Hydra symbol there, too. Are they in the 1970s with the rest of the cast? One of the things I liked about this season was that the writers didn't give us new characters and new factions. Ah, well. Now we have Cesar and Alana, the two first class passengers on 316, and a group of Ajira survivors on Alcatraz with a couple of long boats. (Which makes it nearly certain that they're the ones that fired on Sawyer and Juliet.) Cesar and Alana feel like plants. Or maybe just Cesar; he hid a gun from Alana. I bet Cesar works for Widmore. (Alana told Locke that the pilot and some woman took one of the long boats. Frank and Sun, I assume? But where is Sayid?) Locke's visits were rather sad; he just got one "no" after another. My favorite was with Hurley, who thought Locke was one of the Walking Dead. Sayid was doing community work in Santo Domingo, as penance for his sins, I assume. Jack's short beard signaled that he had already seen his father and was doing drugs and alcohol, but he hadn't completely lost it yet. Apparently, Locke passing on Christian's greeting from Island pushed Jack over the edge. Nice little visit with Walt. I think that Locke intended to talk Walt into going back with him, but changed his mind. Walt's dream about Locke wearing a suit surrounded by people happened at the beginning of the episode. Except Walt said they wanted to hurt Locke. We haven't seen that yet. If Cesar works for Widmore, why would he want to hurt Locke? Kate asked Locke if he'd ever been in love. Maybe Kate went back to the Island for Sawyer. I'm looking forward to the upcoming Sawyer/Kate reunion. I know some people say they're tired of the love triangle, but I'm not. Character bits: -- All that painful stuff with Locke's compound fracture made me cringe repeatedly. And he was forced back into that wheelchair that he hates so much. He really does have bad leg karma. -- Locke's fake Canadian passport, issued 12 December 2007, gave his birthdate as 15 February 1948. In "Jughead," Locke told Richard he was born in Tustin, California, May 30, 1956. In "Further Instructions", Locke's gun registration gave his birthdate as November 15, 1946. It's unlike the Lost writers to mess things up. Is it deliberate? -- Widmore spent three decades on the Island after arriving at age 17, and was the leader of the Others. He says. Ben fooled Widmore into leaving the Island. No wonder they hate each other. -- Helen died of a brain aneurysm, which is, coincidentally, a popular cause of death on the Island these days. If she is indeed dead. I bet she's not. I think that Widmore just didn't want anything to keep Locke away from the Island. -- All Matthew Abbadon did here was drive, look threatening, and die. They had probably intended to give Lance Reddick a more comprehensive role, but he got another job on Fringe. Bits and pieces: -- After Locke turned the Wheel Thingy, he landed in the same spot in Tunisia that Ben did. Three years later, though, not ten months. Why is Tunisia the exit? -- And yet another car crash, a spectacular three-car pile-up. When Locke died, he had a ton of bruises plus that cast on his leg. None of this showed in the coffin. Okay, fine, maybe Rico the skilled restorative artist made a visit to Hoffs/Drawlar, but Locke was uncut and unbruised and walking around on Alcatraz. Another magic resurrection for Locke. -- Widmore gave Locke his Jeremy Bentham name as something of a joke. -- Widmore told Locke he could always reach him if he pressed 23. Helen died on April 8, 4-8, if she actually did die. -- Hurley's latest art work was of the Sphinx at Giza. -- Was Walt's school called "Freedcroft"? Weird name. Anagram? -- The Others were working on a runway (for the aliens, Juliet said) back in season three. But are they in the 1970s? Was there always a runway? Did Frank use it to almost land the plane? 316 was certainly in a lot better shape than 815. -- I was touched by Locke's joy at eating mangos again. But if I were going back to the Island, I'd take as much coffee and chocolate with me as I could carry. Mangos. Bleah. I feel like I just wrote a thesis. Argh, Billie My blog version of this review is here, if you'd like to comment. |