(The Pixies, Make Believe)
I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to have a hard time waiting until January 2009 for the next season of Lost to start. By then, I'm going to be fully bearded, washing pills down with vodka, and blasting the Pixies in my jeep, screaming, "WE HAVE TO GO BACK!!" (Actually, I'll probably be fully bearded long before then, and clean shaven again, without the drug problem, but still blasting the Pixies in my Mazda 626. Man, I love the Pixies.)
After last night's finale was over, I wasn't as instantly mind blown as I was after last season, with the reveal of the flash-forward, but this was so much more of a big-picture kind of thing, that it has been kind of tough to get my head around it all. I am very excited, though, for the next two seasons of concurrent storylines between the civilization group and The Island group. I might have more to say later on, after it sets in a little, but last night featured so many aspects and characters, that I was thinking earlier about who all was on the show last night, either in person or just in name, and it was a staggering amount of characters. At lunch today, I tried drawing out sort of a flow-chart, to better visualize who was tied to who, and I think I ended up confusing myself even more. See for yourself (you can click to enlarge) - though please understand that this image may be a bit disturbing, as it is direct evidence of my level of obsession with this show.
So, I figured the best way for me to conceptualize and get some thoughts down would just be to take one red line at a time and literally spell out each connection. I have no idea if this will be interesting or not, but it could take awhile. I might have to post it in more than one installment.
1. Ben Linus and Charles Widmore, aka Caleb Nichol. Obviously, they hate each other. Widmore is angry with Ben, presumably, for purging the Dharma Initiative people, and possibly for having The Island moved and preventing him from finding it (or returning to it?). Ben, clearly, blames Widmore for Alex's death, but can't kill him for some reason. It seemed like Ben's episode a few weeks ago showed him jumping through time, and that maybe he couldn't kill Widmore because Widmore was his constant. However, after last night, I'm not so sure. It is possible that by moving The Island last night, it sent Ben through some sort of time-space wormhold, in which he would need a constant, but whereas a few weeks ago I thought he could just jump back and forth, I don't think that anymore, and I think last night was his only shot. Now he's in real world time, along with the rest of the Oceanic 6.
2. Ben told Widmore that because he "changed the rules" and killed Alex, that he was going to take revenge by killing Penny. Which leads us to...
2a. If Ben wants to kill Penny, he's going to have to go through Desmond to do so. I read in an interview that Ben and Desmond have never had a scene together yet. Could be a good one if they end up colliding in season 5 or 6.
3. Widmore and Mr. Paik, Sun's father, have some sort of business relationship, though I'm sure it will be revealed to run deeper than that.
4. Widmore hired Keamy, a mercenary with a bloodlust rivaled by nobody, to find Ben at all costs and bring him back alive. Keamy was also going to follow "secondary protocol" and torch The Island. (I read in an interview - no real spoilers, I promise! - that Keamy was going about his job with such efficiency and zeal because it had something to do with his family. So, despite the fact that he is ostensibly dead in the Orchid Station, he may show back up in a flashback, or his family may show up - or be someone we already know?)
5. Keamy was killed by Ben in the Orchid Station, which in turn set off the 1.21 gigawatts of explosives on the freighter. Since we're back to Ben, ...
6. Ben's got a pretty large connection now to the Oceanic 6, in that he's now a "castaway" from The Island as well. But he's trying to get back, it seems, and he's going to help (use?) the Oceanic 6 to get back as well.
7. Ben showed up at the funeral parlor last night, scaring the crap out of both Jack and myself, after Jack busted the door in to get a look inside the coffin of ...
8. Jeremy Bentham. JEREMY BENTHAM?? Holy cow, man. Jeremy Bentham, according to Wikipedia, was a utilitarian, advocating for the greater good. The two things that stuck out about the article to me were: 1. He was one of the earliest proponents of animal rights, claiming that the benchmark of how we treat other beings (such as animals, babies, and those with disabilities) should not be based on their ability to reason, but their ability to suffer; and 2. In accordance with his will, his body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet at University College of London, and if the College Council's vote on any motion ends in a tie, his body will always break the tie by voting in favor of the motion. That is weird, man. God bless Wikipedia.
9. So, Jeremy Bentham is John Locke, but what we don't know is when, how, or why that name change takes place. And why do they all call him that in the future, when they all knew him on The Island as Locke?? Is it going to be, like, a Jacob (Jacob?) wrestling the angel, then changing his name to Israel, kind of thing? Or is it just an alias that he uses when travelling to South Central LA, because it sounds so down to earth??
10. John Locke. Jeremy Bentham. Whoever he is, he's dead. And, he's got to go with the Oceanic 6 back to The Island, if they ever want to get back there again. Why is that, do you ask? Could it be that he needs to be brought back to The Island in order to rise from the dead? Hmm, transporting a casket to The Island in order to have its occupant become undead. That sounds familiar, no? Sort of sounds like ...
11. Christian Shephard!! You may know him alternatively as either (a) guy who speaks for Jacob in Jacob's cabin, or (b) creepy dude holding babies in the jungle. You might also know him as ...
12. Father of Jack, or ...
13. Father of Claire, which makes Claire ...
14. Jack's half sister. Sorry, if this is getting boring.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to have a hard time waiting until January 2009 for the next season of Lost to start. By then, I'm going to be fully bearded, washing pills down with vodka, and blasting the Pixies in my jeep, screaming, "WE HAVE TO GO BACK!!" (Actually, I'll probably be fully bearded long before then, and clean shaven again, without the drug problem, but still blasting the Pixies in my Mazda 626. Man, I love the Pixies.)
After last night's finale was over, I wasn't as instantly mind blown as I was after last season, with the reveal of the flash-forward, but this was so much more of a big-picture kind of thing, that it has been kind of tough to get my head around it all. I am very excited, though, for the next two seasons of concurrent storylines between the civilization group and The Island group. I might have more to say later on, after it sets in a little, but last night featured so many aspects and characters, that I was thinking earlier about who all was on the show last night, either in person or just in name, and it was a staggering amount of characters. At lunch today, I tried drawing out sort of a flow-chart, to better visualize who was tied to who, and I think I ended up confusing myself even more. See for yourself (you can click to enlarge) - though please understand that this image may be a bit disturbing, as it is direct evidence of my level of obsession with this show.
So, I figured the best way for me to conceptualize and get some thoughts down would just be to take one red line at a time and literally spell out each connection. I have no idea if this will be interesting or not, but it could take awhile. I might have to post it in more than one installment.
1. Ben Linus and Charles Widmore, aka Caleb Nichol. Obviously, they hate each other. Widmore is angry with Ben, presumably, for purging the Dharma Initiative people, and possibly for having The Island moved and preventing him from finding it (or returning to it?). Ben, clearly, blames Widmore for Alex's death, but can't kill him for some reason. It seemed like Ben's episode a few weeks ago showed him jumping through time, and that maybe he couldn't kill Widmore because Widmore was his constant. However, after last night, I'm not so sure. It is possible that by moving The Island last night, it sent Ben through some sort of time-space wormhold, in which he would need a constant, but whereas a few weeks ago I thought he could just jump back and forth, I don't think that anymore, and I think last night was his only shot. Now he's in real world time, along with the rest of the Oceanic 6.
2. Ben told Widmore that because he "changed the rules" and killed Alex, that he was going to take revenge by killing Penny. Which leads us to...
2a. If Ben wants to kill Penny, he's going to have to go through Desmond to do so. I read in an interview that Ben and Desmond have never had a scene together yet. Could be a good one if they end up colliding in season 5 or 6.
3. Widmore and Mr. Paik, Sun's father, have some sort of business relationship, though I'm sure it will be revealed to run deeper than that.
4. Widmore hired Keamy, a mercenary with a bloodlust rivaled by nobody, to find Ben at all costs and bring him back alive. Keamy was also going to follow "secondary protocol" and torch The Island. (I read in an interview - no real spoilers, I promise! - that Keamy was going about his job with such efficiency and zeal because it had something to do with his family. So, despite the fact that he is ostensibly dead in the Orchid Station, he may show back up in a flashback, or his family may show up - or be someone we already know?)
5. Keamy was killed by Ben in the Orchid Station, which in turn set off the 1.21 gigawatts of explosives on the freighter. Since we're back to Ben, ...
6. Ben's got a pretty large connection now to the Oceanic 6, in that he's now a "castaway" from The Island as well. But he's trying to get back, it seems, and he's going to help (use?) the Oceanic 6 to get back as well.
7. Ben showed up at the funeral parlor last night, scaring the crap out of both Jack and myself, after Jack busted the door in to get a look inside the coffin of ...
8. Jeremy Bentham. JEREMY BENTHAM?? Holy cow, man. Jeremy Bentham, according to Wikipedia, was a utilitarian, advocating for the greater good. The two things that stuck out about the article to me were: 1. He was one of the earliest proponents of animal rights, claiming that the benchmark of how we treat other beings (such as animals, babies, and those with disabilities) should not be based on their ability to reason, but their ability to suffer; and 2. In accordance with his will, his body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet at University College of London, and if the College Council's vote on any motion ends in a tie, his body will always break the tie by voting in favor of the motion. That is weird, man. God bless Wikipedia.9. So, Jeremy Bentham is John Locke, but what we don't know is when, how, or why that name change takes place. And why do they all call him that in the future, when they all knew him on The Island as Locke?? Is it going to be, like, a Jacob (Jacob?) wrestling the angel, then changing his name to Israel, kind of thing? Or is it just an alias that he uses when travelling to South Central LA, because it sounds so down to earth??
10. John Locke. Jeremy Bentham. Whoever he is, he's dead. And, he's got to go with the Oceanic 6 back to The Island, if they ever want to get back there again. Why is that, do you ask? Could it be that he needs to be brought back to The Island in order to rise from the dead? Hmm, transporting a casket to The Island in order to have its occupant become undead. That sounds familiar, no? Sort of sounds like ...
11. Christian Shephard!! You may know him alternatively as either (a) guy who speaks for Jacob in Jacob's cabin, or (b) creepy dude holding babies in the jungle. You might also know him as ...
12. Father of Jack, or ...
13. Father of Claire, which makes Claire ...
14. Jack's half sister. Sorry, if this is getting boring.
15. Claire's also Aaron's real mom, although
16. Aaron is not only being raised by Kate, but being passed off as her own baby. Why not just say that Claire died in the crash? Probably because Kate needed some good PR before her murder trial, and a baby would make her more sympathetic.
17. Kate and Jack have the obvious long-standing connection, but I am going to enjoy the way they interact now that they're not on good terms. Hopefully there will be more slaps across the face handed out by Kate. Jack probably deserves it. The engaged, lovey dovey stuff was boring me to tears, except for the scenes with Kate in her pajamas (or lack thereof).
18. Though Jack loves Kate, he also has a bit of a thing for Juliet, who's acting skills consist entirely of showing cleavage and moving her mouth into weird positions constantly. Unfortunately, she's stuck on The Island drinking Dharma Rum, probably listening to a lot of Jimmy Buffett records.
19. Juliet was brought to The Island in the first place by everyone's favorite badguy, Ben Linus, either because he needed her to figure out the whole "women dying during pregnancy" thing, or because he was bored with all of the other women there and needed to ruin someone else's life in fruitless pursuit of sex. Could go either way.
20. Since we're back to Ben, for the time being, we can connect him to Sayid, who has become his own personal assassin, killing off whoever Ben tells him to. Sayid sometimes kills people on his own, though, such as ...
21. The guy parked outside Hurley's mental health facility last night, when he came to rescue (?) Hurley from the facility. Hurley didn't seem too surprised to see him, and they both seemed to know about this Jeremy Bentham character. It was strange that he didn't take anything with him or even change out of his bathrobe when he left ...
21a. Though he did finish his chess game with Mr. Eko. "Checkmate, Mr. Eko." Creepy. However, I find it hard to believe that even an imaginary Mr. Eko would lose to Hurley in a game of chess. Seems like simulated warfare might be an area in which Eko would excel.
My head is pounding. Part Two will have to come later, along with some good old fashioned random thoughts.
