Line of the night – Tonight it wasn’t that it was a funny line, but it was the most significant - “They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt…it always ends the same….” Silas Esau (or at least that’s what I refer to him as).
We open with a torch lit sanctuary (is this the temple?) and some dude in hemp pants and linen shirt is making a tapestry. This same guy catches a white fish in a very primitive fish ‘cage’. This has to be Jacob, right? As he sitting on the beach, there’s a sailboat in the distance which looks a hellava lot like the Black Rock, so I am guessing the time period is the mid-1800’s. Oh snap, here comes Silas from Deadwood (HBO Series). “I guess you’re here for the ship.” Silas Esau (which I’ll explain later) says, “You brought them here…you’re still trying to prove me wrong!” “You are wrong!” Silas looks frustrated, “They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt, it always ends the same.” Jacob’s response, “It only ends ONCE, anything that happens before that is just progress.” Which makes me think that Jacob draws tribes/groups to the island almost for a sociological study to see how they deal on the island, like a game! I get the sense that Jacob and his nemesis in black have been there a very very long time, and have encountered numerous groups of people.
“Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you…one of these days, I’ll find a loophole my friend.” Jacob doesn’t seem bothered by the fact that Silas wants to murder him. They part ways and Silas heads back to the jungle, while Jacob chills on the beach. We get a wide angle and see that Jacob is relaxing at the base of the fertility statue. Immediately my list of unanswered questions for the show was expanded from 108 to 316…damnit.
Did you notice the interesting parallel between Silas and Jacob and when Ben visited Charles Widmore. “Are you here to kill me Benjamin?” Ben had responded to Charles, “Now we both now I can’t do that…” Very intriguing.
We flashback to little Kate Austin and her dork friend Tommy with his toy airplane. They go into the local grocery store and she attempts to steal a NKOTB lunch box. I’m sure my wife and Stephanie Britz would have done the same thing back in the day. They get busted, but Jacob is there and pays for the lunchbox to get her off the hook. He makes physical contact with her and off she goes. (I mention this because he touches every one of the Oceanic 815 peeps during his brief encounter with each of them).
We transition quickly to Sayid removing the plutonium core from the H-bomb. I guess if they don’t use it on the pocket of energy at the swan, they can always use it to power the Delorean’s Flux Capacitor and get back to 2007 that way?!?
Off to the Swan Station location and Dr. Chang is trying to stop the drilling while d-bag Radzinsky wants to keep going, because he came to the island to change the world and that’s what he’s gonna do.
WHOOSH to 2007, and we get our first scene with the Others led by the rejuvenated John Locke. Richard and J-Lo have an interesting conversation. Richard still can’t believe John’s alive. “If anyone would have an explanation, I thought it would be you.” Richard’s seen a lot of things on the island, but never someone come back to life. “And I’ve never seen anyone who doesn’t age, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen!” Richard reveals that, “I’m this way because of Jacob.” Interesting.
Jordin Sparks aka Ilana and her goons arrive at the mainland with Frank Lapidas. Bram says, “Do you think he’s a candidate?” So what the hell does that mean, a candidate for what? Frank shares my sentiments. They say they are ‘friends’ and show him what’s in the big silver cargo box they carried over. Frank’s only response after seeing what’s in the box is, “TERRIFIC!” Now I really want to see what the hell is in there.
WHOOSH and we see a little boy at a funeral for 2 people. My brother Dave calls it, we are seeing Sawyer as a kid. Jacob shows up, gives him a pen so he can write the infamous letter to Mr. Sawyer, and makes physical contact with his hand. We flash to 1977 and Juliet has a change of heart. She opens a can of whoop ass and takes out the Dharma guard. They commandeer the sub, and leave on a life raft once the submarine surfaces.
Jack and Richard are in the tunnels and Richard asks if Jack knows John. Jack admits to their friendship. Richard mentions that he’s visited John three separate times and each time he never seemed ‘particularly special’ (like Walt was). Jack responds, “If I were you I wouldn’t give up on him.”
Back to the Beach and Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are having a bonfire beach party in the background. John is amazed that Benry did not tell Richard about his actual plan to kill Jacob. “Well I started thinking differently when my dead daughter threatened to destroy me if I didn’t do everything you said.” (Runner up for line of the night). But John’s not gonna kill Jacob, Benry is!
Back from commercial and Sayid and Nadia are about to cross the street. This must be where Nadia bites the bullet, and there’s Jacob looking at a map. Jacob grabs Sayid’s attention and makes contact with his shoulder. In the background Nadia gets nailed by a Jeep the same way Terry (the jock’s girlfriend) got railed by a bus in Final Destination. I had to cringe when this went down.
Back to the tunnels and Richard knocks out Ellie so that he can get her out of there. Sayid and Jack are on their own and they make their way through what looks like Horace and Amy’s house. They covertly make their way through Dharmaville when Uncle Rico Wolfman (Roger Linus) recognizes Sayid. Sayid takes a bullet to the gut and Jack goes postal. Jack might as well have been Doc Holliday walking through the streets of Tombstone as he fired away. They take cover and get picked up by Miles, Jin and Hurley.
Stick with me people, sorry for the length of this entry, but it’s a two hour show and lots and lots of details. Back to a different beach and Vincent the dog comes out of the jungle to greet Sawyer, Kate and Juliet. FINALLY SOME CLOSURE…Rose and Bernard are ALIVE and make their way onto the beach. Bernard sees them and uses one of Sawyers’ lines, “Son of a bitch” Sooo apparently Bernard and Rose have been playing Swiss Family Robinson for the last 3 years. Kate explains their plan and Rose makes an interesting comment which ties into the first scene between Jacob and Silas Esau. “We travel back in time 30 years, and you are still finding ways to go shooting people.” Bernard doesn’t seem to care if the H-bomb goes off and they all die as long as he is with Rose, “As long as we are together.” At this point Sawyer looks at Kate (NOT JULIET), and a certain pouty-lipped former Other notices this. I just felt a disturbance in the force.
Frank and the Jordin Sparks group are making their way through the jungle. Frank asks what they are going to do with the contents of the box. Bram says that they have to show it to somebody, so they know who they are up against (which is apparently a lot scarier than whats in the box). They arrive at Jacob’s cabin and the ash circle has been broken. (SIDE NOTE – Do you think that this was NEVER really Jacob’s house and it was and always has been Silas Esau’s pad?) Ilana finds a piece of textile material on the wall which shows a picture of the statue from the beach. “I guess we know where we are going!”
Flashback to a crappy hospital and Ilana looks like Michael Jackson after that Pepsi commercial fire. Jacob visits her and needs her help. She agrees to help him. (Which makes me think that Ilana and her group have been to the island before. They have a wealth of knowledge about the island and knew exactly where to find Jacob’s cabin). Could they have been past inhabitants of the island, maybe crew members of the Black Rock??? They burn down the old rickety house and I don’t understand why.
WHOOSH and we Flash to Jacob sitting on a bench reading, “Everything that rises must converge”. My brother Dave jumps in and calls it ‘This is where John Locke gets pushed out of a window’. Just like he said, we hear a crash and a thump and there lies John Locke. Jacob comes over and presses his shoulder and brings him back to consciousness.
WHOOSH and we are at the Oceanic 815 beach camp. Now it’s Steph’s turn to call the scene. Sun walks over to the bassinet that John had built, and Steph says ‘I bet she finds Charlie’s Drive Shaft ring.’ Low and behold 3 seconds later, there’s the “DS” Ring. John uses this break time to manipulate Ben into believing that he SHOULD want to kill Jacob because of all of his hardships (he got cancer, Alex was murdered, and then he was banished).
WHOOSH to Jin and Sun’s wedding day. Jacob’s there too and his Korean is excellent. He touches them both on the shoulders and wishes them well.
Back to 1977 and the Mystery Machine is cut off at the pass by Sawyer, Kate and Juliet. Jack gives Sawyer 5 minutes to hear him out. We then flash to Jack in surgery. This time I called it, “this is where Jack tears the dural sac of his patient and he has to count to 5 to get over the fear!” Awesome to see this scene played out. Jack confronts his father for giving him a ‘time-out’ in the OR. In the meantime, Jacob shows up and retrieves Jack’s Apollo Bar from the vending machine. Again, he touches jack on the hand when he gives him the candy bar and off they both go. Weird stuff.
Back to the action. Jack and Sawyer have their little heart to heart while Sayid is back at the van bleeding out. Jack’s convinced that this is his destiny, but Sawyer thinks he has another motive. “What do you want Jack?” Jack responds, “I had her…I had her and I lost her.” Sawyer looks pissed and explains that even if it does work, Jack and Kate won’t know each other when they land. “If it’s meant to be, then it’s meant to be!” Jack motions to leave after the 5 minutes are up and a scene from Fight Club ensues. Sawyer and Jack beat the piss out of each other and Sawyer seals the deal with a kick to the Shepard family jewels. Bad form Sawyer. Juliet stops the madness.
We flash to Juliet’s parents explaining that even though they love each other, they are not meant to be together. (This is the only flashback in which Jacob is not present). So what the hell does that mean?
Jack and Kate plus 8 are ready to make their move on the Swan Drill Rig location. “Nothing in my life has ever felt so right. I need you to believe that.” Boom – they just hit the energy pocket…it’s showtime.
We Flash to Hurley getting released from jail. Finally some closure on this issue as well. Hurley leaves and unknowingly shares a cab with Jacob. “What if you weren’t cursed, what if you were blessed? You get to talk to people you lost, so that sounds like a wonderful gift to me.” Hurley still has no idea who Jacob is and he leaves the cab leaving behind a guitar case. Could this be Charlie’s guitar?
Jack’s off to detonate the bomb and the rest of the group contemplates if they will help him or not. Miles builds on Charlie/Joe’s point last week that what if the incident is actually caused by the detonation of the bomb and does not absorb all of the energy like it’s supposed to. Just as Jack is ready to make a move at the drill rig hole, the cavalry arrives and offers support. Jack drops the bomb down the hole and the look on everyone’s face’s is priceless. Sawyer jumps in, “this doesn’t look like LAX!” Nice line. All the sudden the magnetism takes over and all sorts of metal crap goes down the hole. Jack gets nailed by a Craftsman tool box. Then D-bag Phil takes a piece of rebar to the chest and I smile, justice. Juliet gets wrapped up in some heavy chains and gets pulled into the drill hole. This is a classic Indiana Jones scene, but this time Indy/Sawyer doesn’t save the day. Juliet says she loves Sawyer and down down the rabbit’s hole she goes. Wow, well that sucks if she is dead!
Back to 2007 and the Jordin Sparks group shows up at the Others camp. Ilana asks for “Ricardos” and asks the question, “what lies in the shadow of the statue?” Richard responds in latin and the translation is: “He who will protect/save us all.” Ok – so who is he referring too? Jacob? Ilana looks pleased and shows Richard and Sun what is in the box. The lifeless body of John Locke rolls out. I experience de ja vue as I say, “oh my god, Locke’s dead!” (like at the end of last season). So at this point I have to agree with Sun when she says, “so if this is Locke, who’s in there!”
So here we are in Jacob’s sanctuary. Benry admires the tapestry on the wall. The language translates to read: “May heaven grant you in all things your heart's desire.” Jacob says, “Well you found your loophole” J-Lo responds, “And you have no idea what I’ve gone through to be here.” Jacob explains that Ben has a choice in the matter (free will). Benry starts to whine about why he never got a chance to meet Jacob and what about him? “What about you!” Well Jacob, that wasn’t a very convincing way of dissuading Ben. Ben stabs Jacob weakly in the chest and down he goes. As blood is pouring out of Jacob’s mouth he says, “they are coming.”
Finally we are at the last scene of the episode. Juliet awakens and looks like Sissy Spacek from Carrie. She finds a rock and starts to knock on the h-bomb because Sayid had said the bomb will detonate on impact. We hear the final words of Season V, “C’mon you son of a bitch,” and BOOM the screen goes white and we see an inverted LOST come up on the screen.
So that’s it for Season V – Destiny Calls. So it looks like Season VI will be themed Destiny Found. So what’s next….where do we go from here? What are your thoughts?
It was good to see what the hell happened to Rose and Bernard, and finally get some closure on how Hurley agreed to go on the plane and showed up at the airport.
It was NOT good to see Juliet die, or realize that John Locke really is DEAD! It’s funny, this whole time we have been under the impression that J-Lo has been rejuvenated with purpose and is going to find and save his people. But when you think about it, John died a pathetic failure who was leader of the Others for about 10 minutes before the island moved, and then failed to recruit any of the Oceanic 6 to come back to the island after he was back on the mainland. He never amounted to anything, which is a true shame.
Now to the new theories and questions. I referred to Jacob’s nemesis as Silas Esau. From the bible, Esau was Jacob’s older brother, both son’s of Isaac. The story goes that Jacob that their father, Isaac, was going to pass the birthright to his older brother Esau. Jacob had smooth skin, and Esau was hairy. So Jacob put on an animal pelt and was blessed by the blind Isaac. When Esau returned (from an errand Jacob had sent him on) he realized the birthright had been passed to Jacob. So maybe the parallel to LOST is that Jacob lives in the base of the statue in a nice sanctuary while Silas Esau is left to the cabin. Are we supposed to assume that Silas Esau took on the form of John Locke, and everyone else that has died and appeared later in the show (Christian Shepard, Charlie, Mr. Ecko, Yemi, etc.)
Was it really Jacob that visited all the Oceanic Flight 815 passengers when they were on the mainland, or was that Silas Esau as well essentially trying to persuade and manipulate their lives to that they would eventually crash on the island?
As for me, I hope you have had as much fun reading and commenting on the Absolutely Lost Blog this season as I had writing it. It will be interesting to see if they invert the title for all of Season VI and how they are going to tie everything together.
Until next YEAR, Namaste and Good Luck!
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