Line of the night – “He’s the man who killed me!” – John Locke (not because it was funny, but is was certainly a profound statement.
So what did you take away from this episode. I keep going back and forth in my mind struggling with who’s good and who’s bad? Charles Widmore vs. Benjamin “Benry” Linus. I am actually beginning to believe that Charles Widmore is trying to protect the island and Ben is out for himself. To the episode…
So someone is roaming around in an office, going through files…I bet it’s Locke. Nope it’s that Spanish/Iranian/Persian guy. Hmm maybe this is a flashback before he got on the plane and he is one of Widmore’s men? Ohhh here comes Jordin Sparks from American Idol, so she works for Widmore too? What the hell is going on here? By the way – we just found out his name is Caesar, and the girl is the officer who was escorting Sayid on the plane. She says, “Roxanne was scouting just to the south of here, and he found a man…JUST STANDING IN THE WATER…He was wearing a suit.”
Time out – I’ve got it. They are on the island! So the Ajira Airways plane must have crashed and we are seeing what happened to the survivors. Kind of ironic. The guy they are referring to has to be John Locke. With the “Standing in the water” comment, this episode is oozing with rebirth / reincarnation / Christianity themes.
We see the beach camp, much like what we were accustomed to in Season I. I think I see Rose caressing an Apollo Candy Bar staring off into the ocean. Caesar approaches the cloaked fellow. “Hello my name is Caesar, what’s yours?” I was hoping for, “Hello, my name is Anakin Skywalker” and then a well choreographed fight with light sabers…but I’ll settle for “My name is John Locke.”
Boom Flash to LOST and I’m already loving this.
Still on the island, and I guess we are supposed to assume that it’s the time of the Dharma Initiative. If you notice the picture I posted, John is looking at a larger island off in the distance, so maybe the plane crashed on that tiny island where a lot of Season 3 took place? Anyone? We find out that Jordin Sparks is named Ilana. This actress also had a recurring role in “Rome”. She questions him about how he came to be in their presence. “I think this suit is what they were gonna bury me in….I remember dying!” WHOOSH
Flashback - “Say hello to my son for me!” and bam Locke is in the middle of the desert. We find out that he ends up in Tunisia like Ben. Another nerd fun fact – Tunisia is where they filmed Star Wars IV. John’s under surveillance and taken to a medical aid unit. Whoa – there’s Matthew Abaddon! If you recall from last year, Abaddon tells Locke that he's "much more than an orderly," and again urges him to go on the walkabout, saying purposefully that when they meet again Locke would "owe him one."
Here comes Charles Widmore who lays it all out on the table. “I met you when I was 17, now all these years later…here we are!” Interesting that only 4 days have passed for John and 50 years (at least) have past for Widmore since John marched into their camp and met with Richard Alpert. We find out that Ben fooled Charles into leaving the island and he was exiled. Charles was the leader of his people and protected the island for more than 3 decades. Locke’s mind has to be going haywire right now, because I know mine is. Is Charles really trying to help John, or just set him up and use him to get to the island?
“Why would you help me?” Widmore’s response (and runner up for line of the night) – “Because there’s a war coming John, and if you are not back on the island when that happens, the wrong side is going to win!” Widmore sets John up with a fake passport for Jeremy Bentham, cash, and a phone that he just has to press “23” (the numbers) to get a hold of him. Widmore is deeply invested in the island, and the reason he had some much heavy artillery on the freighter was because Ben Linus had to be removed. (That still doesn’t change the fact that Keamy was a lunatic and was going to kill everyone on the island even if Ben was captured).
Before the scene cuts we witness yet another recurring theme with John Locke. “What makes you think I’m so special?” “Because you ARE!” Until John believes that he IS special, he is never going to be that leader the island needs him to be. Step up John!!!
Locke’s off to the Dominican Republic and finds Sayid working on a Habitat for Humanity house. The actor who plays Sayid is a British gent, who is doing a damn good job speaking Spanish with an Arabic accent. Kudos to you Naveen. Sayid’s not going back, and realizes that he was manipulated by Ben for 2 years after Nadia was murdered. Now I am starting to think that Ben arranged the hit on Nadia and not Widmore?!
Off to bright lights and big city of NYC. This has to be a Walt scene…and there he is…all 6’7”s of him. Walt didn’t seem surprised to see Locke because he has been having dreams about him. Now pay attention – in the dreams John is on the island wearing a suit, and the people there want to hurt him. That’s called foreshadowing. They part ways, and of course, there’s Ben watching from afar. Did anyone else notice that John never introduced himself as Jeremy Bentham to Sayid or Walt?
Another trip, and John is rolling up to meet Hurley. “So you didn’t make it...you’re not the first person to visit me!” That just made me laugh because he thinks John’s a spirit like Charlie and Ecko. Hurley is freaked out and he is not going back either. Again, no mention of the name Jeremy Bentham to Hurley.
Now we are in Los Angeles and there is Kate in the absence of Aaron. Where’s my boy at? So everyone will die if Kate doesn’t go back, and she still says, “No!” Wow Kate…someone’s a little selfish. Ben leaves after revealing his love for Peg Bundy from Married with Children (Helen). He finds out that she died on April 8, 2006 (again more numbers). Abaddon makes an interesting comment here: “Maybe you could have saved her, but that wouldn’t change anything. Helen is where she is supposed to be, like you are supposed to go back to the island.” Just re-affirming Daniel Faraday’s theory that the world will course correct itself and you can’t change what’s going to happen. Abaddon is starting to grow on me, I hope he’s around for a while…Damn it, I spoke to soon. He just got lit up like Ricky did in Boys N The Hood. Well that stinks. John drives off and gets in to a pretty serious car accident.
Back from commercial and John wakes up to find Jack Shepard watching over him. How sweet. Jack is starting to grow a beard and appears a bit disturbed by the presence of John Locke. “What are you doing here John!” John goes through the same song and dance about going back and Jack’s not buying it. He stands up and begins to leave the room when….”Your father says hello…” “He’s dead!” “Well he didn’t look dead to me!” Again, Jack is in denial about fate and destiny and emphasizes that his father is dead, he died in Australia, and “I put him in that coffin!” “It’s over, we were never important!” Great exchange between the two main characters and I really believe this is the point where Jack finally GETS IT! Destiny calls, and his job now is to get back to the island. John just confirmed some of the visions that Jack was having of his father on and off the island.
John’s writing his suicide note, and looks like he just made a trip to Home Depot. He’s staying at the West Eafield Hotel (I think). He’s about to take his life, when Ben comes to the rescue (or does he). Ben reveals that he killed Abaddon to protect John. John still believes he’s a failure and is ready to sacrifice himself. Ben works his magic and talks him of the ledge, literally. Locke explains to Ben how to get back to the island by going to a woman in L.A. named Eloise Hawking. At this, Ben strangles John Locke to death. I have to imagine that Ben Linus wants to get back to the island, and with John out of the way, he can resume command as leader of the others. Any thoughts on this theory?
Back to the future and Caesar is going through a Hydra Station manual. We find out that Hurley and the Oceanic 6 just vanished when the bright light hit the plane, but everyone else was accounted for when the plane crashed. Caesar shows John the passengers that were injured…and let’s all hypothesize who we are going to find curled up on one of the beds...Yep – there’s Ben lying on a cot.
“You know him?” “Yeah, he’s the man who killed me!” BAMMMM END CREDITS.
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