Ben's father brought him to the island as a boy as part of the Dharma Initiative. Richard, who is apparently about a decade older than Ben, was one of the hostiles - the group who already lived on the island. Even in those days, the island produced deceased parents and strange mutterings in the jungle...
Ben understandably hates his father - his mother died in childbirth and Ben's father holds him responsible - and is not too thrilled with the Dharma people, either. He helps Richard and the hostiles kill the Dharma colony, by gassing them. Horrible to see, but it makes the point - life has been easy come, easy go on the island for a long time.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Ben takes Locke to meet the mysterious Jacob - who turns out to be, maybe a figment of Ben's mind, but Jacob does have a voice and can cause things to move, and says "help me" to Locke. If I had to bet, I would say that Jacob is some kind of projection of Ben - but I'm not betting...
And ... then ... well, here's the spoiler of spoilers: Ben shoots Locke - right in the chest, once. Locke can speak, but looks seriously wounded - very seriously wounded.
Is he dead?
Well, the island has amazing recuperative powers, so anything is possible. And even off the island, in television-land, usually if a person is not shot point-blank through the head, there's always a chance of survival. So I'm thinking ... Locke will live ... but again I'm not betting ... and not too sure of that, at all.
Next weeks should be great. Looks like Juliet is good after all (told you so!) and she and Jack will rally the castaways to fight Ben and his people ...
And Locke? He's anyone's guess.
Useful links:
4-minute podcast of this review at Levinson news clips
Lost: Keys To What's Really Going On
The Plot to Save Socrates
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book
2 comments:
Hi Paul,
Just wanted to say that your blog is the salt and pepper to my Lost viewing experience. It's like it just kinda gives it that little kick and rounds it off and completes things in my mind, so keep up the good work!
'Til next week,
Ben
Well thank you so much, Benjamin - it's a pleasure having readers like you! (Rounds off my process of reviewing...)
Paul
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