6.09: Ab Aeterno

Man, did Richard (or Eyeliner as my bf likes to call him) get the short end of the stick or what? That guy's had a miserable life, and an "eternity" (as the title translates) to endure it. I never once would have guessed Richard arrived on the boat as a prisoner, or that he tried to murder Jacob. Jacob's another guy who's mellowed out with age, he was pretty aggressive with Richard trying to prove he wasn't dead by almost drowning him.

So what did we learn? We learned that somehow the "man in black" a.k.a. Smoke Monster a.k.a. FLock is some sort of evil spirit that's been captured on the Island, which is keeping the evil (guarded by Jacob) from spreading into the rest of the world. MIB is stuck there as long as Jacob's alive and he can't kill Jacob himself, but we know as FLock he got Ben to do his dirty work. I have to say that Jacob sounds a little evil too though, constantly bringing people to the Island for his little social experiments—where they all always die. Jacob evidently can't forgive sin, or bring people back from the dead, but he can give eternal life/youth...so my question is WHAT is Jacob? I'm also really curious why the MIB is stuck looking like Locke. He can shape-shift as we know, we saw him trick Richard by turning into Isabella and baiting him to kill Jacob. So who was the guy whose body he was in before? Why is he in Locke's "body" but his body's still in the coffin? Did they give away any other info. I'm missing?

6.8: Recon

I got such a kick out of the surprise at the beginning of this episode. We see Sawyer in bed with a woman (shocker), doing the ole "you weren't supposed to see that" con when his briefcase of money pops open. But guess what, he was setting her up to catch her conman hubby, and his name ain't Sawyer. Nope, it's Detective James Ford of the LAPD, and Miles is his trusty partner. On James' date with Charlotte he told her he became a cop because it was his choice once he got to the part of his life where he'd either be a criminal or a cop. This means that in the other universe, Jacob's visit to his parents' funeral, giving James the pen to finish his letter to Sawyer, was enough to push him to the other side. Jeez, Jacob's such an enabler... Anyone else notice the guy at the police station looking for his bro was Charlie's brother? I didn't pick up on that right away, gotta credit my bf w/ that one.

It was a little painful seeing him go through the prison part of Hydra Island and see the cages where he and Kate first did the nasty. Her dress was even still there, ouch. We see UnLocke as a peacemaker again between Kate and Claire...I just can't decide whether he's good or bad. As the Smoke Monster he's a murderous demon, but he also always has some kind of explanation for his actions. Even his defense of why he lied to Claire about Aaron was believable...except for the fact that he's now driven her insane. I wish someone would ask her why she left and abandoned Aaron in the first place...

I had completely forgotten about seeing Widmore's sub two episodes ago, so that was a nice twist having them try to play Sawyer. That chick was asking way too many questions though, made sense that he called her out. I don't get why he automatically assumed Widmore wanted to capture/kill UnLocke, Widmore never actually said that did he? His enemy was always Ben, so I don't get that.

I have to say I'm pretty intrigued by next week's episode being about Richard...

6.07: Dr. Linus

As I've heard from many a Lost fan, this was one of the best episodes from this season yet. If you think about it nothing much actually happened in terms of action, but as a friend of mine pointed out, it was a very interesting character study for Ben.

Something I found interesting was as soon as parallel-Locke suggested that Ben go for school principal, I wanted him to get it. Even though Ben is such a hateful character, there's still something that also makes him a sympathetic character where we can understand where he's coming from. We've known for a while that Ben's only moral weakness is children. He was sent to kill Danielle, but couldn't once he saw the baby Alex. He was determined to kill Widmore's daughter Penny, but couldn't when her son came up on the boat deck. It's really no surprise that in the parallel world, Ben is a devoted and great school teacher. Because of that, I wanted him to be principal...I knew he'd do a great job. BTW it took a few minutes, but I finally realized the science teacher was another Lostie! He was the dude that blew up from the dynamite (referenced by Hurley further into the show). That was a good throwback.

It was also interesting seeing Alex again, and finding out she was somehow destined to have a close relationship with Ben, one way or another. It was surprising finding out Ben and his father did go to the Island, but left for some reason, and seem to have a fairly healthy father-son relationship.

Poor Richard, man I feel bad for that guy. We found out he came to the Island off the ancient shipwreck and feels like his entire life, however many centuries it's been, has been a waste. We also know for sure Jack has a purpose there because it seems he CAN'T die. His reunion with Sun at the end was a warm and fuzzy moment, I forgot they hadn't seen each other in quite some time since she didn't go back to the 70s with him. I also liked how Ilana forgave Ben and accepted him back with her group. I found the photo above quit stirring seeing him look like such an empty shell of a man, given how much power he used to have.

So Widmore's just off the coast...what do you think he's doing there??

6.6 Sundown

OK, someone help me out here...exactly what questions were answered from this episode?!? ABC was all "ooo we can't show you more than a few seconds of preview or we'll give everything away!!" At the end of the eppy I just sat there like "wait...did I miss something?" So please enlighten me if you know, cuz I completely missed that boat...

I think LOST has contained references to Christianity many times in the past, but it was pretty prevalent in this eppy (hello burning cross after the smoke monster invaded the Temple). Not to mention Dogen calling "UnLocke" (as I'm now calling him) evil incarnate himself, and him fulfilling that description by offering Sayid quite the temptation (Nadia alive again if he delivers his message). Anywho, the one nugget of info I found interesting was when Dogen told Sayid that Jacob had offered to bring his son back from the dead if he came to the Island. We know from last week's episode that Jacob was right, Dogen and his son are living happy and healthy in LA and saw Jack's son David's piano audition in the parallel uni.

A nice use of past characters, it was a surprise to see the lunatic who shot Alex as the mofia-ish loan shark who "roughed up" Sayid's bro. Guess that dude is just bad news no matter what universe you're in.

P.S. I will now forever be creeped out by Catch a Falling Star, thanks psycho-Claire. Man her face when Kate told her she had Aaron was scaaaaary!!

LOST Party

I had to share this! My coworkers threw me a surprise party today since I'm changing jobs (in the same department), and they're definitely aware I'm a LOST fan. :) Evidently my new web team members are also The Others, hmmm... :-D

6.5: Lighthouse

I got into this episode a bit more than last week's. It was interesting finding out Jack had a kid in the no-plane-crash universe...of course we'll all be wondering who the mother is and if it's a fellow Lostie. If you remember from 1-2 seasons ago, Jack had to have an appendectomy on the Island, but in this universe he had it out at the age of 7. I wonder how that could have changed from the Island being blown up, so odd...

So can we all agree the Island Claire is a nutter now? I wonder if she actually got the "infection" Sayid has, or if she's just been brainwashed the whole time by the Smoke Monster/Christian/Locke "friend." I guess this revealed that the new Locke is the baddie now, since he lied to/brainwashed Claire as Christian and as her new "friend" about the Others taking Aaron. My bf called it that she was going to axe (literally) the Other dude even though he was telling the truth, but I didn't see that coming. It surprised me the same way I was shocked when Alex got shot in the head. I'm assuming Jin lied about the Others having Aaron to be sure that Claire would keep him alive to sneak into the Temple. Any other reason you think he lied?

The lighthouse was pretty cool. When they first showed the images in the mirror my bf thought it was a view into the alternate universe—which would have been pretty darn awesome. Ah well, a spyglass into their lives I guess will have to do. I totally didn't understand the preview for next week...we're only going to see seconds of the entire eppy? What do you think's going down at the Temple?

6.4: The Substitute Screen

So last night I experienced something I rarely encounter while watching Lost...about 40 mins into it I realized I was bored. I'm not exactly sure why, and according to friends I've chatted with I'm in the minority, but I just couldn't get into this episode. I think it may have something to do with my irritation that the Island "John" seems like a mean bully, and coming out of denial that the real John is dead. It makes me sad thinking about how much faith he has in the Island and his purpose there, and yet he ended up murdered with his identity stolen by the moody black smoke monster. :-| Who, according to Ilana, is stuck looking like Locke...for some reason.

Anywho, I did come across some questions that I'm hoping y'all can help me with. First of which, didn't Helen die of like a brain aneurysm or something? Perhaps that wouldn't have happened if she hadn't experienced so much stress with John's obsession w/ his dad...dunno. Also, she mentioned to John having a small wedding with her parents and his dad. If he's on good enough terms w/ his dad that she'd want him at the wedding, I'm assuming that means he didn't push John out a window...so why would he be paralyzed?

That's really about all I've got...yeah I wonder who the creepy lostboy-ish (no pun intended) looking character is. And yeah I wonder why they were all chosen and their last names scratched on rocks years before (supposedly by Jacob). Anyone else notice the numbers by the non-scratched off names match Hurley's numbers? But I don't know, I just didn't feel the usual "no it can't be over!!" feeling upon seeing the ending LOST on the screen. Thoughts?

6.1-3: LA X & What Kate Does

Well friends, we're back (albeit a bit belated)! I can say in my random musings about Season 5's finale I considered the bomb working and Oceanic 815 not crashing, and the bomb not working and them still being stuck on the Island. Never once did I consider both options happening at the same time! I was so confused when Kate woke up in the tree, I initially thought "wait...was that first scene a dream??" So now we seem to have parallel universes. The Losties who blew up the bomb seem to now be in "present time" on the Island, which I assume means in the same time as new John Locke, Ben, Sun and Frank (yay for Jin and Sun). I base that off Jacob visiting Hurley a few hours after Jacob was killed by Ben. The second universe is back in 2004 with Oceanic 815 landing safely in LAX. Oh and one other point, the Island, including Dharmaville and The Foot, is now at the bottom of the ocean. So now instead of flashbacks or flashforwards, we get to see what each character is up to in their respective universe.

It was fun seeing some of our old Losties like Boone and Charlie. Interesting how the Island being blown up has affected other parts of their lives—Shannon not being on the plane, and I also heard Desmond was wearing a wedding band. It sort of sucked seeing the folks whose lives improved on the island, like Jin and Sun and Charlie, back as their old selves. How strange that back on the Island Juliette told Sawyer that "it worked"...how would she know??

So now it seems we have an answer to what/who the Smoke Monster is. It seems that "spirit" of the man in black can take on any human form it wishes. It's now using the form of John Locke, but I believe we've also seen it as Jack's father Christian and Ben's dead daughter Alex (explains why Alex ordered Ben to follow the new Locke). What do you think was meant by the loophole comment though...is that because of him appearing as Locke, or manipulating Ben to kill Jacob? Does this mean Locke is now a bad guy? Funny how parallel Locke comes across Jack's path in L.A., it would be an interesting twist of events if Jack fixed his paralysis with surgery. On to the next eppy...

So parallel Kate is kind of a biatch, but at least she feels bad about it. I was so convinced that the adoption couple not picking up Claire at the airport meant they didn't actually exist. I remembered her psychic (or whoever he was) telling her to go on that specific flight because he knew it would crash and she'd have to raise Aaron herself, so I thought he made up the couple. It was pretty sad seeing the mom apologize to Claire, nice to see Kate come through as a friend though and take care of her. But how creepy was it seeing Ethan as her doctor?!?

Back on the Island it seemed as though the new Others were testing Sayid to see if he was possessed by the smoke monster. What do you think the poisonous pill would have done...kill the "monster" virus, or kill Sayid? It was heartbreaking seeing Sawyer mourn Juliette on the dock, but I couldn't help but wonder, where would he get an engagement ring in Dharmaville? Ah well, I digress...

So Claire seems to be the new Danielle/wild jungle woman. The Other leader (what was his name...Tokah or something?) said the "virus" consumed Jack's sister (meaning Claire I assume), so is she crazy/sick now? She did seem to recognize Jin...maybe...

What are all your thoughts? I'll repost Robetron's reaction to the first eppy...

LOST: Final Season Premiere

It's official, the premiere of the final season of LOST has been announced as Feb. 2, 2010 at 8/7c. Looking forward to the discussion that will follow!!

15 Must-Answer Mysteries

EW's "Lost: 15 Must-Answer Mysteries" is a fun little photo article to look at. Harks back to some storylines I forgot about (like Adam and Eve) and reaffirms that other fans are wondering the same thing as me (seriously, eyeliner or what?).

So do you agree on what the other fans voted on? The only one I really don't agree on is #14. I cared when it happened, but I'll live if we never find out what was behind that...

5.16&17: The Incident pts. 1&2

Robetron had it right in the last post's comments, wow wow and WOW that was one hell of a finale!! I don't have time to write up a proper recap but wanted to get the post up here so people could start chatting about it.

Soooo many new questions...now we know Jacob is (was) a real "person" and Locke really did intend to kill him...but who is Locke?!? With his body still in its coffin, how is Locke walking around alive and well? And was he in the first place back on the beach w/ Jacob hundreds of years ago?

We now know the "incident" was not caused by the bomb, the incredible magnetic energy was unleashed before it went off (though Miles made me question whether that would happen). Now that Juliette successfully detonated the bomb, what's going to happen?!?

5.15: Follow the Leader

Sorry for the delay folks, let's get to it!

Right off the bat I'll put my foot out there and say that the 70s Losties are not going to change the future. My theory is based on a couple reasons, but mostly because of what we've seen happen since Dan started trying to alter events. The biggest is him telling Dr. Chang that he's from the future and Miles is his son, thus getting Chang to trust Miles' recommendation to evacuate the Island. We see the only way he can get his wife and baby Miles to leave is to order them (quite harshly) to leave, thus resulting in his mother's hatred of his father and Chang's abandoment of them. This wouldn't have happened in Miles' past if Dan hadn't told Change to evacuate everyone, so I don't see Dan's actions affecting the future. Any Devil's advocates out there?? :)

As for Richard's comment about watching the Losties die, yeah I'm pretty intrigued by that...John saving himself was pretty cool, definitely didn't see that coming. It's interesting how he likes to twist the knife into Ben everytime he experiences something from the Island "what, the Island never told you things Ben?" I'm also very interested to hear why John wants to kill Jacob.

The situation w/ Jack and Kate is hard, Jack's not even thinking about the life he'd be sending Kate back to if 815 lands as planned; convicted and jailed by her own mother. Not to mention the non existance of their relationship, which you can tell really hurt Kate. Juliette's instant wave of jealousy everytime she sees Kate is getting a little old, like on the sub, where's the confident unshakable Juliette we've known the last couple years?

So the finale is two hours which I guess techinically gives us 17 episodes? One word, stingy, but this season is arguably the best one yet IMO, so I guess I can't be too whiny. :)

p.s. hope you like the new layout, the reversed out text was a bit hard to read...

5.14: The Variable

What an awesome episode!! There were many questions answered, but of course, even more were raised. Let's start with what we now know:

Eloise is in fact Dan's mom, I know I was one of the doubters of that being true. She also is the young Ellie we met on the Island in 1954. What I never saw coming is that Widmore is his dad! That was a major surprise, but it makes me wonder where he got the name "Faraday" from...

Dan did some kind of experimentation on himself for his research before he tried anything on Theresa, which evidently caused him to have a memory disorder (think Momento but not as extreme). As Widmore promised, the Island seems to have cured him.

Widmore was the one who planted the fake Oceanic 815 plane at the bottom of the ocean. Do you think his reason for doing that was just so he could make sure Dan got to go to the Island?

Desmond is going to be ok, whew! :)

Dan's further research has led him to believe that you can, in fact, change the past, which could result in changing the present/future. Evidently "humans" are the variable he hadn't considered before, so he thinks that if he can detonate the buried hydrogen bomb (to destroy the immense magnetic energy of the Island), this will negate anything that happened from that point on, including the 815 crash. We haven't seen anything to prove he's right, though, and we know that Eloise knew she was going to shoot her son back in time from what she said to Widmore about sacrifice. She could have easily told Dan not to go to the Others w/ a gun, therefore her past self would have had no reason to shoot him, so why didn't she? And why did he insist on talking to Eloise in the first place?

So now what? Are Jack and Kate going to try and do what Dan wanted and blow up the bomb? Neither one of them looked that excited about the idea of erasing the past. What would happen to them and the other Losties if it worked?

Other random questions, how is it no one ever mentions anything about Richard never aging? You'd think the Others would have realized it, there must be something about him connected to the Island. Why does Dan think his mom was wrong about Jack and Kate and the rest going back to the Island?

5.13: Some Like It Hoth

Blogger Robetron noted that this was a slow episode, which I agree with, but still fairly interesting. I like Miles, I think he's a good character (and well casted) and I liked learning more about him. More kudos are doled out to those of you that guessed Miles is Dr. Chang's son. I like that he knew all this time and didn't tell anyone until Hurley. I figured there would be this big "to do" if that theory of him being the doc's kid was true and he'd find out in some dramatic moment. It was a amusingly unexpected when he revealed the truth w/ the same drama as telling Hurley the weather forecast.

It's obvious from the few scenes we've witnessed that Dr. Chang loves his son and wife very much, so I'm very curious to find out what separates them and causes Miles' mom to hate the very memory of his father.

So who do you think grabbed Miles in the van? If they are against Widmore does that mean they work for Ben? The way that guy talked to Miles sounded like he was trying to sell him on some new spiritual faith or something. Then the phrase from last week comes up: What lies in the shadow of the statue. How would Sayid's bounty hunter lady know that phrase?

And we finally see the return of Dan. I didn't catch what Dr. Chang said about him other than there was a scientist returning. From the way Sawyer referred to him it sounded like Dan betrayed them in some way. Well we have 2 weeks to ponder that...

5.12: Dead Is Dead

Well, I think this is one of the, if not the most, strangest episodes of Lost in my memory. We learned more about Ben's true nature than we've ever seen before IMO. We saw more evidence of him being a pathological liar. It amazed me to hear all of the lies he spewed to so many people, whether it was about knowing John to Ceasar, or telling Sun he had no idea Locke would come back to life. I find it rather interesting that he has a soft spot for children, which is what ended up saving Penny's life. I don't get, though, why he stole Alex when his "mission" was to kill Danielle. I always figured the Others wanted her baby because it was successfully born on the Island, come to find out their leader at the time (Widmore) wanted to kill "it." I can't see how Widmore could ever really be a "good guy" now, he wanted to let young Ben die and wanted to kill an innocent baby, seems pretty cold and heartless to me. 

I don't understand at all why the Smoke Monster would let Ben live. He's the most selfish and conniving character we've seen on the show, and I don't believe his true motive for what he does is for the "good of the Island." The flashes of his life in the smoke were a little cheesy, but he was definitely tortured by the memory of Alex and how his selfishness led to her death. Whether it was her ghost or the spirit of the Island acting through her, I liked her confrontation of Ben's intentions, plus it was nice to see her character again (probably the only other human Ben's ever really loved). Her message proves Locke's importance to the Island, which I found fulfilling in a way since John has been let down by everyone and everything he ever cared about in his past life. It's good to know his belief that he belongs there isn't unfounded.

5.11: Whatever Happened, Happened

So, yeah, y'all were right that little Ben's still alive. Arg.

I like that we're finding out what led to the Foundies being on that Guam-bound plane. In all my guesses about what happened to Kate, though, I never thought about her willingly giving up Aaron. I liked the return of Cassie's character, her ability to read right through and become friends w/ Kate. That scene with her saying goodbye to Aaron was definitely a tearjerker.

Back on the Island, I never would have expected Jack to outright refuse to save little Ben's life. That seems sort of contrary to his character, though I can understand his reasons. Taking Ben to the Others seemed like an odd out-of-the-blue solution to me. What do you think Richard's going to do to him to make him "lose his innocence" and "become one of them"?

I don't really have much more to say about this episode...it was interesting but didn't pack the punch the last few have. The preview for next week looked quite intriguing though...

5.10: He's Our You

WOW, WOW, WOW, my jaw about hit the floor at the end of last night's episode, I can't believe that actually happened!! This is the first episode this season that hearkens back to showing flashbacks of a character's past. It was interesting seeing Sayid as a kid, his nature seems much as it is today: he's a killer, but with the best intentions.

I really couldn't tell where this episode was heading until the end. When Sayid told James he had "found his purpose" in coming back to the island, I thought he meant getting killed in a shooting line would be a relief for him. But we saw throughout the episode the different ways Ben manipulated Sayid and others to his will and realizing the murders Ben had Sayid commit were only for the purpose of later forcing him to go back to the Island. It was funny that he asked the bounty hunter if they could catch the next plane after realizing all the Foundies were there.

I love that I didn't figure out who sent the burning bus until seeing young Ben creep out from the shadows. It just shows that even at the age of 12 he didn't care how many people he hurt or killed as long as he got his way. I had no idea what Sayid was up to when he knocked out Jin, only when he picked up the gun and admitted Ben was right about him being a killer did I start thinking "OMG he's gonna shoot the kid!" And he did, though you could tell it broke his heart to do it.

So what you think?? Does this change EVERYTHING that we know happens in the future? What will happen to current-Ben? Will the Dharmaites live or be wiped out by another traitor/Hostile?

5.09: Namaste

Wow, so many questions from this episode… Why wasn’t Sun sent back in time w/ the other Losties from the plane? Is she too jaded/semi-bad now for the Island to “want” her? Not that Ben didn’t deserve the conk over the head she gave him… How is it possible for her and Frank, Ben and the others to be on the same island in a different time period? How can the Island exist in two time periods at once??

I don’t know about y’all but it’s so odd seeing Sawyer/James/Jim/LaFleur as the leader, the go-to guy who figures things out. I liked that he called Jack out on the book thing toward the end, but that definitely shows that he still has quite a bit of hostility built up toward Jack. The awkwardness now between Sawyer and Juliet is hard to watch, sad considering how happy they seemed in the last episode.

How great was the end with Ben bringing Sayid his sandwich?! It took a second for me to realize it was young-Ben after hearing his pre-pubescent voice saying he was dropping off the sandwich. Poor Sayid, he has no freakin’ clue what’s going on, but he must have figured out he was back in time w/ the Dharma Initiative, and put two-and-two together when the kid said his name.

So now we have some perspective on the amount of time the Dharma folks have left. Ben was an adult when he gassed them all to death, so they prob still have a good 5-8 years left. I was wondering about the Dharma facilities Sun and Frank found and why they were so trashed since we saw the Others living in them comfortably. My friend suggested maybe the folks in Dharma-time change something in the future, or, she also reminded me about the freighter soldiers who were blowing houses up, maybe that’s how they left it…does anyone remember?

5.08: LaFleur

I thought this was a great episode and VERY interesting for many reasons. One of the biggest tidbits we learned blew my assumption I've been going on since last season that the people back on the Island did not experience the same three year absence that the Losties back in civilization did. It seems now that the only person who skipped the three-year difference is Locke.

Not only did the Islanders live those 3 years, they lived them around 1974 as members of the Dharma Initiative. In the previous post's comments, Robetron made some excellent observations of timing and events we've already seen (I'll copy his post into this comment section). First off THANK YOU for remembering that Horace was the dead guy in the woods Locke met. I KNEW I recognized him but couldn't place from where. Robetron also notes Robert's scraggly appearance when he meets Ben as a child as compared to looking like he stepped out of a J. Crew catalog when he confronts Horace, meaning that Ben is probably already on the Island and somehow working w/ the Others. I too remember noticing how clean cut Robert looked in this episode and wondered where the Others were living since they weren't yet in the Dharma facilities. Also interesting to see Amy successfully give birth (w/ Juliette's help) to a son...something the Others never were able to do. What happened between then and now that makes all the babies and moms die?

I think we all had guessed Sawyer and Juliette would hook up, but it was interesting to see the changes in his character. He really seems to care about these people, Amy, Horace, and his love for Juliette has brought out a sweet side of him we've never seen before. They truely seem happy together, I'm honestly a little sad to know that will be screwed with by the "Foundies" return (hehe I like that name). It will be strange for Juliette too given her past feelings for Jack.

As for past references to LaFleur, googling "Lost Lafleur" obviously gets us nowhere since that was the title of this episode, so that's all that comes up. Does anyone remember a past reference?

Just one final note, I was irritated we never learned why the Others shot Paul and were going to shoot Amy. Supposedly Sawyer and Juliette killing the shooters broke the "truce" between Dharma and the Others, but doesn't shooting an innocent couple who looked to be out for a pinic also break that truce? Why did no one bring that up??

5.07: The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

Well this is an interesting twist...so is Widmore actually a "good" guy??

It took me a bit to remember who the woman was questioning Locke on the beach, she was the cop who had Sayid in custody on the plane. So now we know that the 316 plane did in fact crash (because there are wounded survivors) and the Losties actually disappeared off of the jet when the white light occurred. Interesting that Ben is among the injured survivors and did not disappear with them...I guess that the Island only took peacefully the ones it really wanted. Like many of you guessed it would, the Island brought John back to life. It seems he is definitely meant to be there.

In the flashbacks we see Locke rescued by Widmore, who's now being portrayed much more friendly and pleasant than in the past. When Locke can't decide if he should trust him, Charles puts it plainly that he's never tried to kill John, something he can't say about Ben. Locke's interaction w/ Walt was the most interesting to me. Walt forsees in his dreams Locke on a beach in a suit surrounded by people who want to hurt him. I wonder what people those are? I wouldn't think the other crash survivors have anything against him. I'm assuming when he confronts Ben he'll just be like "oh I knew the Island would bring you back to life" or some crap like that.

Anyway, the driver getting shot was definitely a surprise, I figured it was Ben who pulled the trigger. As the scene in the motel room developed I guessed Ben would end up killing Locke, but it doesn't make sense to me why he tried to save him in the first place. And why did John fall for it?? Did he forget how Ben shot and left him for dead in the pit of Dharma corpses? It was an interesting twist though since last week it seemed he went through with the suicide with the note for Jack and everything.

What I'm still trying to figure out, though, is if Ben and Widmore are at war with each other, why did they both have the agenda of getting the Losties back to the island? Why did Ben pick up where Locke gave up and left off?