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Re: "Lost" Season 3
For the first (and last) time, we went down to Jackie's Place at Ala Moana for the weekly "LOST" viewing party. When Ben pulled the trigger, everyone gasped. There's nothing quite like watching the show with a group (but there's also nothing else at Jackie's worth going in for).
Usually major events like that are leaked or at least telegraphed in the script ahead of time. I love it when, despite reveling in spoilers, the show manages to surprise me.
I don't think anyone thinks it's curtains for Locke, though. This episode confirms, I think, that Locke is special... and that threatens Ben. I also love the reveals about Ben's character -- someone so slippery, up until last night most people weren't quite sure where he fell on the good-bad spectrum. Turns out, he's a nasty little bugger. Waited a decade to gas his dad, and was complicit in the mass murder of the DHARMA team? Wicked!
So, there is a Jacob, visible for a split second during the forest cabin freak-out. (KITV clipped it and showed it this morning.) There's a ring of ash marking a perimeter around his lair. He says, "Help me," to Locke. I think Jacob is trapped there, has for years manifested certain powers but could only communicate with Ben, and Ben capitalized on that to achieve a position of power. Now Locke shows up, seems to have the potential for even more "communion" with Jacob and the island, and Ben has been working to undermine ("he's not the person we thought he was!"), corrupt (demanding Locke kill his father, as Ben killed his -- though Locke found a loophole via Richard!), and now eliminate him.
But Ben has problems. In addition to helping Locke get daddy killed without getting blood on his hands via Sawyer, last night we saw Richard (and Tom) refuse to intercede when Locke pounded on Mikhail. (What is Locke's hang up with that guy?) Recall earlier this season, Juliet attempted a coup, and also referenced a dissatisfaction with Ben's leadership.
Speaking of Richard... that man doesn't age. And Ben said something like, "You do remember birthdays, don't you?" Hmm.
Anyway. With Ben facing mutiny or overthrow and with things also unraveling on the beach with Jack, it looks like there'll be two simultaneous show-downs to close out this season. Awesome.
For the first (and last) time, we went down to Jackie's Place at Ala Moana for the weekly "LOST" viewing party. When Ben pulled the trigger, everyone gasped. There's nothing quite like watching the show with a group (but there's also nothing else at Jackie's worth going in for).
Usually major events like that are leaked or at least telegraphed in the script ahead of time. I love it when, despite reveling in spoilers, the show manages to surprise me.
I don't think anyone thinks it's curtains for Locke, though. This episode confirms, I think, that Locke is special... and that threatens Ben. I also love the reveals about Ben's character -- someone so slippery, up until last night most people weren't quite sure where he fell on the good-bad spectrum. Turns out, he's a nasty little bugger. Waited a decade to gas his dad, and was complicit in the mass murder of the DHARMA team? Wicked!
So, there is a Jacob, visible for a split second during the forest cabin freak-out. (KITV clipped it and showed it this morning.) There's a ring of ash marking a perimeter around his lair. He says, "Help me," to Locke. I think Jacob is trapped there, has for years manifested certain powers but could only communicate with Ben, and Ben capitalized on that to achieve a position of power. Now Locke shows up, seems to have the potential for even more "communion" with Jacob and the island, and Ben has been working to undermine ("he's not the person we thought he was!"), corrupt (demanding Locke kill his father, as Ben killed his -- though Locke found a loophole via Richard!), and now eliminate him.
But Ben has problems. In addition to helping Locke get daddy killed without getting blood on his hands via Sawyer, last night we saw Richard (and Tom) refuse to intercede when Locke pounded on Mikhail. (What is Locke's hang up with that guy?) Recall earlier this season, Juliet attempted a coup, and also referenced a dissatisfaction with Ben's leadership.
Speaking of Richard... that man doesn't age. And Ben said something like, "You do remember birthdays, don't you?" Hmm.
Anyway. With Ben facing mutiny or overthrow and with things also unraveling on the beach with Jack, it looks like there'll be two simultaneous show-downs to close out this season. Awesome.
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