I knew it! Something hit me about 30 minutes into this episode and I even said it out loud, "Ben is going to kill Locke!" The big question(s) is/are: Why? Was it out of jealousy? Was it because Locke was favored and accepted as Able was before being murdered by Cain in Genesis? Was it because Ben didn't want to lose his position of power? Or did he kill John because it was what he was supposed to do? This is a very big twist. Just when you think Ben might actually be a "good man," the writers "flip da script" on us us once again. And in doing so, they really painted Charles Widemore in a positive light. Maybe Ben had to kill him because had he killed himself, it would have messed everything up. You are not a martyr if you kill yourself. But why cover it up and make it look like a suicide? Ben has always known more about what's going on, but yet seems to play dumb.
Now my head is swarming. I want to know who's good and who's bad, who's right and who's wrong? It's still too early to know, and something tells me that there will be many more twists and turns to come. I guess I will resolve to trust no one.
I so wanted to trust Widmore after this episode. His character was so different, so caring, but I'm sure that is what the writers want as they continue to steer us in the direction that they want us to go in.
We now know the exit. When you leave the island, of course by way of the magnetic anomaly, you end up in the Tunisia desert. I'm assuming this area is also a magnetic hot spot, like the place in Australia. This also explains the polar bear bones and Dharma collar that Charlotte was observing at the desert dig. (See Season 4, "Confirmed Dead.)
(... Will catch up on this on the week off.)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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