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6.16 What They Died For Locke: "Maybe this is happening for a reason. Maybe you're supposed to fix me." Jack: "Mr. Locke, I want to fix you. But I think you're mistaking coincidence for fate." I decided to let go of my anger with "Across the Sea" and just let the last few hours of this show wash over me. Might as well enjoy it since this is it. If they don't tell us stuff, so be it. Fortunately, this episode was a blast. Jack's transformation is complete. Our man of science took a huge leap of faith and became the protector of the big glowy thing. He's the guardian of the Island now. I've always enjoyed the cast-heavy episodes with all of the characters running around and interaction, and this episode was all I could have asked for in that department. And we got tons of closure. The episode began, like the pilot, with Jack's eye opening. We learned that when 815 crashed, Jack was near the glowy thing, like it was meant to be. Jack sewed up Kate's wound, like she sewed up his wound in the pilot. And the closure continued in the flash sideways. Jack, Claire and David sat down to a breakfast as a family. Ben made a possible love connection with Danielle Rousseau, which was just adorable; when she told him he'd been a real father to Alex, he started to cry. (Probably Ben's warmest moment ever.) Kate was in a cage with Sawyer on the outside. And Locke asked Jack to "fix" him; I knew that one was coming. Desmond pulling off a multi-character jailbreak by bribing Ana Lucia was as fun as it could possibly be. What is Desmond doing? Widmore told MIB that Desmond is a "fail-safe." Like the season two pushing the button turning the key fail-safe? Can Desmond destroy the Island and kill the Man in Black? (And PLEASE don't let the story end that way.) Is his function in the flash sideways as a fail-safe, too? Why did he want Locke to "let go?" Is that Smokey-related, as in let go of your body? Ben, as usual, is the Lost wild card extraordinaire. He shot Widmore, and avenged his daughter's death. Was it to stop Widmore telling the Man in Black about Desmond, though? Is Ben planning to suck Smokey in :) and find a way to kill him? Or has Ben turned to the dark side again? (And did Jacob really visit Widmore, or was that another lie?) I've been trying to understand the deeper meaning of Lost for a long time now, and I'll probably never know what it is. But it isn't really good versus evil, is it? It's more of an eternal battle by flawed, ordinary people to keep evil at bay. (See, wasn't that a clever pun, considering that there's a bay and everything?) Jacob said that the Losties had been alone, unhappy, unfulfilled. Now they have redemption, friends, purpose. They're different people now. Sort of like the people in the flash sideways... wait a minute. So anyway. Damon and Carlton, I'm trying. I've reduced my expectations significantly, and I'm doing my best to go into the finale with an open mind. Well, okay, there are two things I really really want, and if they give me those, I'll be happy. I want to know what the flash sideways universe is. And I want some of the characters I've grown to love to make it out the other side. Not live "happily ever after", because no one really does that and it's unrealistic. But I want them to enjoy their lives, to finally be the different and better people that they've become. Is this too much to ask? What have we learned? -- The ghosts trapped on the Island can disappear or be freed if their remains are completely obliterated. (Yet another Supernatural parallel.) Doesn't explain Richard's wife, though, does it? Or the walking dead visiting the Oceanic Six. Or Jacob visiting the Oceanic Six, for that matter. Wait, I was going to relax and enjoy. Never mind. -- Jacob crossed Kate's name off the cave wall because she became a mother. He didn't scratch out Kwon, though. Character bits: -- Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley were the Final Four, a la The Biggest Loser on an opposing channel. I laughed out loud when I thought of that one. Is Jack the winner or is he actually the big loser here? :) (And hey, I just realized that these four were the same four that Ben kidnapped. Another callback.) -- Desmond was at a harbor again. He's always at a harbor. -- Ben finally avenged his daughter in one universe, as he acquired the same daughter in other. -- Widmore and Zoe were killed. What happened to Richard? Was he whapped to death by Smokey? Can he die? We didn't see his body, though, and you know what that means. -- Sawyer felt horrible about Sun and Jin. And I just realized that the death/suicide of a couple leaving a child behind resembled the deaths of his parents. -- Jack still had blood on his neck, which made me uneasy. And I couldn't help but notice that Ben's injuries in the flash sideways were the same as his injuries on the Island. It's sort of cool, though. Ben has spent so much of the series with cuts and bruises on his face that it would be weird if he didn't in the finale. -- Alex told Ben he looked like Napoleon. How appropriate to his other self. -- Did Sayid get Desmond out of the well? Bits and pieces: -- This episode, like the pilot, began with Jack's right eye opening... and blinking a lot, which was new. I looked through my list of eye scenes and Jack has gotten the most, since this was his fifth. Locke got four, Claire three, Desmond and Michael two each, and a number of other characters got one, including Ilana, who was never a candidate. -- Jacob made Jack the guardian with water. No wine necessary. -- Old, sweaty dynamite in backpacks hasn't worked out so well. Now we're getting C4. Better and less accidental boom. -- Washington Tustin High School? -- Jack and David are going to a concert. Is that the same event as the benefit at the museum Miles is attending? And, I assume, where Desmond is taking Kate? David's mother is going to be there, so I bet we're going to see her. The big money is on Juliet, but they could still surprise us. -- I could swear Sawyer called Locke "Flocke." If he did, and it was an acknowledgement of the fans, awesome. -- Did Hurley give Ana Lucia $145,000? I didn't catch the number. -- Did they decide to air the finale on the 23rd because Jack is the candidate and that was his number? Quotes: Ben: "I lived in these houses a long time, Miles. I think I can remember how to get there." Miles: "Well, I lived in these houses thirty years before you did, otherwise known as last week, and I have no idea where the hell we are." Miles: "What's that? A secret-er room?" Hurley: (to Jacob) "Did you see a kid run by here with your ashes?" Jacob: "You should get your friends. We're very close to the end, Hurley." Miles: "These are both great plans, but I'm gonna have to go with surviving. If you need us, we'll be running through the jungle." Alex: (to Ben) "Why would someone want to hurt you? You're, like, the nicest guy ever." Man in Black: (after killing Zoe) "You told her not to talk to me, and that makes her pointless." Again with the talking to him thing. Ben: "He doesn't get to save his daughter." Definitely four polar bears, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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