Lost: Follow The Leader
And I’m back. Going into this episode, I thought to myself, “Who is the leader?” Sawyer? Jack? Locke? Widmore? Eloise? Alpert? Ben somehow?
Also, I await Juliet’s big reveal as a double agent.
Come on, Widmore, not “Where the hell are they from?” but “When the hell are they from?” Muuhahaha, too bad Locke wasn’t around for that opportunity. Eloise appears to believe everything and the journal is in her hands.
Alpert acted concerned when Dan had the gun on him. But then assured Eloise that he wasn’t going to actually shoot. All that and the analyzing looks Alpert gave Dan just add to his omnipotence. Funny how Alpert is around for everything, knows quite a bit, but is never truly involved in anything. Now he received the titled of “advisor” from Ben.
Of course Kate doesn’t agree with Jack and Dan. If things go back to 815 landing perfectly fine in L.A. then she goes to prison!
Can we assume that by the very fact that we’re seeing Kate and Jack in the 70s, and that we saw Dan die by his mother’s hand, that all events have already played out the way they always have? If they succeeded in changing things, then wouldn’t Jack and Kate be flying to L.A. and not sitting in Eloise’s tent? In order for all this to still make sense to even the brightest audience member, the Losties in the 70s have to fail, no?
During Widmore and Eloise’s whispery discussion over Faradead, Widmore noticeably had his hand over Eloise’s stomach. I’m guessing it’s baby related. They know that Eloise is pregnant.
Whoa! And we all thought Alpert knew everything! Locke helped Locke! That’s great and all, but how did Locke know that the one moment during all the flashing, when he was injured at night near the plane, that it was 2008 on that day? Is he that all-knowing himself? Or did he just recognize Alpert’s shirt? Is this part of Locke’s purpose?
I wonder if Alpert will be upset to hear that Ben killed Locke.
Motherfuckin’ Sayid in the house! Hey oh! I wonder what he’s been up to. Just spying here and there? Exploring any particular part of the island? I bet he went looking for Danielle Rousseau. They have a special relationship. Though he obviously did some following/espionage as well, seeing as he just showed up on time.
Everybody is showing up right on time. Everything is happening perfectly. Notice that? The shoot-out just as Kate and Jack were leaving. Dan getting shot at the count of 1. Sayid shooting. Locked getting to save Locke. It goes on and on. You’d think everybody had omnipotence or something.
Jack brought up a good point about disappearing off that plane. What exactly is it about Sun (and Locke and Ben I guess) that kept them from going to the 70s. Sun especially though. Did she fail at setting things up right for her travel? Was there no need for her to go?
For a second there, that pond exit reminded me of the original cave/spring that the Losties found back in Season One. You know, the one with the skeletons with the black/white stones!
We had discussed here once before about the Others/Hostiles leader being someone put into place as a sort of P.R. puppet. They do as their told and give the group someone to follow. It sounds like Alpert and Ben don’t like what Locke is on about.
How many people tune in to watch this show and ABC can’t afford to videotape a real submarine submerging for 5 seconds?
Jacob has been thought to be connected to the island. Is the island telling Locke to kill Jacob? Or is that the lie to Ben and Locke really does want to reunite with his people. Either way it would appear that Locke saw right through Ben’s b.s. regarding the gossip about Alpert.
So the big question is “What is the incident?” Is it now the murder of Jacob? Is it the electromagnetic event that causes, over time, the plane to crash? Or is the hydrogen bomb explosion the incident? And which one actually causes the chain of events to occur? Do both end up creating the same effect? Would the electromagnetic event have been so bad? Does the hydrogen bomb explosion (thought to prevent the known future) actually cause the known future (including the crash)?
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JULIET IS NOT A DOUBLE AGENT.
I will read this rest later. Just caught that opening sentence and want to make that clear. Totally not a double agent. I think an outrageous bet involving disgusting/humiliating stunts based on the outcome of our assumptions is in order.
This episode featured little clusters of angry coups. We’ve got Radzinsky wresting control of DHARMA from an ineffectual Horace, an arrogant Locke dragging the Others against the apparent convention of their leadership’s entire history, and an obsessive Jack becoming a leader of the Others in his own right. It’s not just the hydrogen bomb threatening to explode, all these would-be revolutionaries are powder kegs. It all comes down to the smartest thing Kate ever says when Eloise asks if Jack knows what he’s talking about: “He THINKS he does.”
The one parallel I’ve noticed in all these stories are the calm, rational characters fleeing for cover underneath all their raging higher-ups. The Incident may still come to pass, but it’ll be a comfort that these guys (Miles, Sawyer, Richard) may keep the ones in charge from killing every last person on the Island in the throes of their bizarre power trips.
Richard’s the one I’m curious about, his multitude of secrets. Locke, sadly, is still looking for the approval of an authority figure to validate his choices. Without Richard to tag along, lead the way, and agree with his actions… well, Locke might still be spinning his damn wheels and not doing anything.
Put me in the camp that suspects Jacob welcomes his own murder, as some limbo-trapped captive of the Others. If you had someone around who unspooled helpful and valuable prophecy, you wouldn’t be inclined to let them walk free even if you treated them with religious reverence.
Either way, though, it’s possible that it’s Locke who makes Jacob incorporeal in the first place.