I am giving this episode a 6
For the first time in five years I actually wondered why I was watching this show. This episode lacked. Twice in a season I have been shocked and the mediocrity of the show.
The slow exposure of Dharma has once again confirmed that they are not there for the good of mankind, but some other dubious purpose.
Sayid being a prisoner and being “tortured” was ironic. And of all people William Sanderson portraying the torturer, pluuueeez! I was waiting for Darrel and Darrel to come out of the tee pee and help him! Drop some LSD, the prisoner tells the truth and you all think you gave him too big of a hit. And what was up with the dang Teepee! (big eye roll here)
That entire scene and the fact that they had a torturer are just not adding up! Something is very wrong in Dharmaville!
Oh thoughts toward this lead me to think that our gang is there for a reason and may just in fact influence the outcome to be different.
And the fact that Horace couldn’t make a decision without gathering a group of people who were as hostile as the crowd that wanted to kill Frankenstein! Kill him kill him! I cannot grasp how this behavior is warranted or justified. They are the intruders not the hostiles and this is building a compelling case as to why they needed to be removed. Oh and Radzinsky, what is his issue? That guy is so worried about this precious SWAN station. What is the deal? (rhetorical I think I know what the deal is). Why didn’t someone put him out of his misery years before and how in heavens name did he survive the purge?
And Amy what is she hiding she was as jumpy as was Sawyer not wanting to know his true identity. Amy’s behavior leads me to believe she could be more trouble than we know and there was not just a picnic happening out there.
As for Jack, Kate and Hurley, well they are hanging back there just waiting for something to change. I don’t see Jack’s patience lasting long and Hurley we all know he can’t keep a secret. As for Kate why doesn’t she just admit she came back to be with Juliette and that is why she is really upset Sawyer is living with her. (Gratuitous fantasy for all of you who are thinking this
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Now for the meat of this show to speak, Sayid and Ben, and I am not referring to their male prowess, but the unique relationship they developed. There was something very odd, eerie when Ben met up Sayid in Russia and told him he was done. Especially since show ended with a young Ben Linus dead and Sayid running into the jungle.
This is not adding up and it made me wonder if in fact Ben Linus is really Ben Linus. If he is then his behavior with Sayid makes sense, if not then he just uses one of his best talents, manipulation! But he must be Ben, because of Widmore's comment to him when he showed up in London and makes sense why he called him boy. The island won't let young Ben die, not yet (if you heard my voice there was an evil twist to that)
The other stuff about Sayid was filler, nice filler as Ilana was looking quite similar to her character Gaia in Rome, sitting at the bar seducing Sayid. That man is a sucker for a pretty face, but this time it got him a plane trip back to the island. BTW I do not buy her story.
I can’t comment on Sawyer.
Well, now for me to read what you all have contributed. I read after I post
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