Maddening, I Say!
Why did I think I could tune in to Lost last night and perhaps get more answers than questions?
I’ve read several posts where people are trying to determine who the good guys are. We now know that the man behind the freighter is Whidmore a.k.a. Penny’s dad. The only thing I have been able to determine thus far is that there are no good guys. They both kill people, people! How is either Ben or Whidmore good? The only thing we have left to decide is if we would rather stick with the devil we know – or kind of know – instead of the one we do not.
Here are some things I caught in last night’s episode:
1. Juliette isn’t as innocent as she plays, that ‘ole husband stealer. I despise her and my heart absolutely sank when Jack kissed her. ugggh. Anyway, I did read in a TV Guide spoiler that she gets off the island and works alongside Sayid for Ben by assassinating Whidmore’s people.
2. Did you hear Ben ask if the rabbit Locke was cooking had a number on it? In a previous episode, one of the orientation tapes showed a rabit with the #15 appear in duplicate to one that was already in the room. Think they were experimenting with time travel the same way Daniel was with Eloise the rat? Is it significant that the same rabbit could be in the same place in duplicate which would explain Ben’s freedom to travel in civilization and remain on the island?
3. Was Harper the psychiatrist dead when she appeared to Juliette? If Harper was dead, why didn’t Juliette freak?
4. Who in the world was Harper talking about when she told Juliette that Ben liked her because she looked just like ‘her’?
5. And what was the deal about the gas? Was Ben not afraid of dying if the gas were released? He’s been a prisoner with no mask so what’s the deal about wanting everyone else dead (which is what would have happened if Juliette followed her orders and killed Daniel)? Better yet, do you think Ben really issued that order or was Harper acting on behalf of Jacob?
And for Pete’s sake, tell us who the man on the boat is??? I’m thinking maybe Michael or Walt but I truly won’t be surprised no matter whose name they drag up.
Did any of you catch anything I didn’t? Fire away!
First off, it was Ethan who told Jack his wife died in childbirth in the mobi-sode. So Harper is still alive, that’s why Juliet didn’t freak. Harper does hate Juliet, blaming her for the death of Goodwin. I think Juliet probably looks like a dead wife of Ben’s that we haven’t seen yet, most likely one who died in childbirth.
The thing with the kids – seems obvious to me that the Others adopt any kids that land on the island because they can’t have any. Not that they are infertile, but because the time warp is messing with the reproductive systems of the women, and causing death of anyone who gets pregnant. As far as they are concerned, it’s kinder to adopt the kids and give them a stable home, then leave them with the LOSTies struggling to survive. Also, I think kids are probably easier to train in arts of astral projection, esp, and all that other stuff that Dharma was working on.
If Ben has indeed mastered the Time Jump thing, then he very well could jump and avoid the gas altogether. Also, Ben is a master manipulator. It’s possible he told Juliette just what she needed to know, knowing that she would not kill Faraday, but that the stress of her and Charlotte fighting next to him would help Faraday stop the contamination.
The “man” on the boat… there is no man. Ben reads minds, and uses Astral Projection, or possibly time jumps. He read Charlotte’s mind to get the info he needed to save them both. and he uses astral projection/time jumps to check out the boat and see what’s going on. Either that, or it’s a grown up Walt, which explains how Walt is seen on the Island again (I don’t think so though).
I’m trying to find the directions that Ben gave Michael. I think I remember him telling Michael to stay on one heading until he got out of the storm, then to change to a different heading to find a port. Based on the mobi-sode where everyone was scared of Walt ‘cept Ben, I think Ben was genuinely trying to get the kid out of there. I’ve always thought that Walt and Aaron are supposed to be Yin and Yang, Walt being the evil side, and Aaron being the good side (which is why Claire is not supposed to let anyone else raise him. Because she is good and pure, and he needs that, according to the psychic). I think Ben realized just how good the kid is, and that his position of power was threatened. Remember he shot Locke because Jacob “spoke” to Locke. He wants to keep his power, and Walt was a powerful threat to that, so he gave Michael the co-ordinates out. The only question is, did Michael obey, or did he get stuck in the same trap that Desmond was in. Remember Desmond said he tried to leave before, but always went in a circle, no matter what heading he used. The island didn’t want him to leave. Perhaps the Island didn’t want Walt to leave, and Michael and Walt are simply on the other side of this huge island and don’t even realized that they’ve shipwrecked on the same island.
There is hope for Ben. I read some interviews with the actor who said that he went to the writers when Ben spearheaded the massacre of Dharma. He said that he has always seen Ben as someone who will be the hero at some point, and the writer’s agreed that Ben is not completely evil and dark, and will be heroic at some point. I agree, I think Ben does what he has to to protect the island and the people on it.
I think Widmore wants to exploit the island and it’s unique properties for personal and professional gain. In Bad Twin, the book that came out with the first ARG, we learned that Widmore and Hanso were buds. In that same ARG we learned that Hanso Foundation had given up on Dharma. It’s possible that due to the friendship and professional relationship between the two, that Widmore bought out the Dharma research from Hanso, and then bought the journal from the auction (by Tovar Hanso) to gain the rest of the information about the island and it’s location. I think in the end, Widmore is the evil corporation wanting to take over the island, and Ben is the bad guy turned hero.
All I know is that slowly I have begun to throw up my hands and quit caring any longer. I need more answers. But my boys are following it, so I likely will too for awhile…though I drifted away near the end las night and it didn’t bother me one bit!
if you look at pic of Ben’s mother…like when he sees her dead black smoke body talking to her near the electric fence things….that looks a lot like juliet….maybe she’s the one harper was talking about.
The only thing I can add is that my husband last night said that maybe it is Charlie that is the one on the boat. Stranger things have happened…
Are you kidding! You know things I either forgot, or didn’t even pick up on! I was wondering about the rabbit having a number on it! I just miss so much! I’m with you though when Jack kissed her I screamed inside! My DH even went what if Kate sees! I love how he is just as addicted as I am! It give us just one more thing in common! My husband wonders if it’s Michael on the boat!
I agree with a stone gatherer. You pick up on a lot of things that I miss and I love Lost.
Like last week with the whole Kate had Aaron as her child now thing…..I missed that!
Anyway – I don’t think Harper was dead……but I did think she was really weird! I just figured she is one of the “others” and she stays whereever the “others” have gone to at this point.
As far as the man on the boat — I thought they were talking about Mr.Whidmore…..guess I missed that too.
And lastly, I agree about Juliette. She is a snake I tell ya!
Lorraine has just blown my mind a la Eloise.
Wow, you guys are good! My husband and I love the show-especially now that they’ve at least answered some questions (and hubby the physics major loves Faraday’s stuff) but I’ve missed some of the things y’all have picked up on. Impressive! :) I am SO curious to know how Kate ends up with Aaron! I really hope Claire doesn’t die.
We watched it a few days late…thanks to DVR! Here’s my question: why did Juliet drop everything to obey Ben when the Harper gal showed up and said Ben wanted her to do something? I’ve never trusted her.
My husband thinks the man on the boat is Sayid because of he was working with Ben when he got back to civilization. Did Lorraine say there is a book explaining or leading to this Lost series? Does it have answers??