The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham:
We start with a couple new characters who are survivors of the Ajira crash. One, Ceaser, is going through a desk in the Hydra station. The other, Illana, walks in and tells him there's a man in a suit standing by the shore that wasn't on the plane. This man is John Locke, alive and well. Finally, it's time for the flashback I've been waiting for. Time to see what happened to Locke once he left the island.
He wakes up in Tunisia. I guess that's just where the wheel sends people. Did a polar bear turn the wheel somehow, then? Locke is picked up by Whidmore's people, and gets a meet and greet from the man himself. He claims that he's the good guy here, and that he's trying to protect people from Ben. He also reveals that he was once the leader of the Others. I'm not sure that I trust Whidmore any more than Ben. Have our heroes been caught in the middle of a giant pissing match between these two? Whidmore sends Locke on his way to bring the Oceanic Six back to the island. He gives him his new identity as Jeremy Bentham, and Abbadon as his driver.
His first stop is to meet Sayid, who is in the Dominican Republic doing a Habitat for Humanity type thing. Is this in penance for what he's been doing for Ben that past couple years? Sayid, of course, has no interest in returning to the island, and sends Locke on his way. Locke proceeds to meet Hurley, still in the mental hospital. Hurley is surprisingly nonchalant about seeing Locke, assuming he is dead. I'm still curious whether Hurley is really seeing dead people, or if he's just cracking up. When Locke insists he isn't dead, Hurley asks someone if he's having a conversation with a guy in a wheelchair. Once confirmed, Hurley is freaked out a bit. Locke might have had a shot at convincing Hurley, had he not seen Abbadon. Hurley freaks out even more and runs away. The meeting with Kate doesn't go very well either.
Locke makes two other visits while in the area. One is to Walt, and the other is to Helen, who has died. Locke wonders what might have been different if he had not screwed things up with her. Abbadon correctly tells him that this would have still happened, since she died of an aneurysm. As they are leaving the cemetery, someone places several bullets in Abbadon. Locke is forced to drive away himself. His terror and broken leg lead to him crashing. Coincidentally (or perhaps by fate) he is taken to Jack's hospital. Jack's meeting doesn't seem to be going very well either, until Locke mentions that Christian says hello. I like how Locke figured out who Christian's son had to be. It obviously couldn't be Sayid or Hurley's, so that left only Jack. Jack's calm exterior cracks at this, and the seeds of doubt are planted. Locke doesn't realize this, though.
Broken, distraught, and alone, Locke begins setting up his suicide. He's failed in his mission, has no idea how to return to the island, and has nobody on the mainland that cares about him. He's truly lost. He's ready to do the deed when there a knock on the door. Who should it be, but Ben Linus. Ben talks Locke down from suicide. He tells him that he's special, and that he's still needed. He also tells Locke that Jack has started taking LA to Sydney flights. Looks like Locke didn't fail as badly as he thought. Locke reveals two key pieces of information to Ben: the next stop is to contact Eloise Hawking, and that Jin is alive. Ben is taken aback by both of these pieces of news. He confirms that he already is acquainted with Eloise. Then he takes the cable that Locke was going to use to kill himself, and does the deed himself.
Ben you cold blooded, horrible, evil, absolutely magnificent bastard!
But looks like it didn't stick. Locke is alive and well on the island. Or is he? I don't know. He looks over the injured passengers of flight 316. Among them is Ben. Locke identifies Ben as the man that killed him.
So.....Locke is alive. What's up with that? Does it have anything to do with why Christian is walking around? I had assumed that was the smoke monster. We already know that it can take someone else's appearance. The only difference is that when it was Yemmy, it didn't act like it was Yemmy. Christian and Locke both act like themselves for the most part. Does the island actually have the ability to resurrect people? If they actually are ressurected, then it doesn't explain how Christian got to be Jacob's voice. Maybe the smoke monster has gotten a little smarter in its deception? What's going on?
We start with a couple new characters who are survivors of the Ajira crash. One, Ceaser, is going through a desk in the Hydra station. The other, Illana, walks in and tells him there's a man in a suit standing by the shore that wasn't on the plane. This man is John Locke, alive and well. Finally, it's time for the flashback I've been waiting for. Time to see what happened to Locke once he left the island.
He wakes up in Tunisia. I guess that's just where the wheel sends people. Did a polar bear turn the wheel somehow, then? Locke is picked up by Whidmore's people, and gets a meet and greet from the man himself. He claims that he's the good guy here, and that he's trying to protect people from Ben. He also reveals that he was once the leader of the Others. I'm not sure that I trust Whidmore any more than Ben. Have our heroes been caught in the middle of a giant pissing match between these two? Whidmore sends Locke on his way to bring the Oceanic Six back to the island. He gives him his new identity as Jeremy Bentham, and Abbadon as his driver.
His first stop is to meet Sayid, who is in the Dominican Republic doing a Habitat for Humanity type thing. Is this in penance for what he's been doing for Ben that past couple years? Sayid, of course, has no interest in returning to the island, and sends Locke on his way. Locke proceeds to meet Hurley, still in the mental hospital. Hurley is surprisingly nonchalant about seeing Locke, assuming he is dead. I'm still curious whether Hurley is really seeing dead people, or if he's just cracking up. When Locke insists he isn't dead, Hurley asks someone if he's having a conversation with a guy in a wheelchair. Once confirmed, Hurley is freaked out a bit. Locke might have had a shot at convincing Hurley, had he not seen Abbadon. Hurley freaks out even more and runs away. The meeting with Kate doesn't go very well either.
Locke makes two other visits while in the area. One is to Walt, and the other is to Helen, who has died. Locke wonders what might have been different if he had not screwed things up with her. Abbadon correctly tells him that this would have still happened, since she died of an aneurysm. As they are leaving the cemetery, someone places several bullets in Abbadon. Locke is forced to drive away himself. His terror and broken leg lead to him crashing. Coincidentally (or perhaps by fate) he is taken to Jack's hospital. Jack's meeting doesn't seem to be going very well either, until Locke mentions that Christian says hello. I like how Locke figured out who Christian's son had to be. It obviously couldn't be Sayid or Hurley's, so that left only Jack. Jack's calm exterior cracks at this, and the seeds of doubt are planted. Locke doesn't realize this, though.
Broken, distraught, and alone, Locke begins setting up his suicide. He's failed in his mission, has no idea how to return to the island, and has nobody on the mainland that cares about him. He's truly lost. He's ready to do the deed when there a knock on the door. Who should it be, but Ben Linus. Ben talks Locke down from suicide. He tells him that he's special, and that he's still needed. He also tells Locke that Jack has started taking LA to Sydney flights. Looks like Locke didn't fail as badly as he thought. Locke reveals two key pieces of information to Ben: the next stop is to contact Eloise Hawking, and that Jin is alive. Ben is taken aback by both of these pieces of news. He confirms that he already is acquainted with Eloise. Then he takes the cable that Locke was going to use to kill himself, and does the deed himself.
Ben you cold blooded, horrible, evil, absolutely magnificent bastard!But looks like it didn't stick. Locke is alive and well on the island. Or is he? I don't know. He looks over the injured passengers of flight 316. Among them is Ben. Locke identifies Ben as the man that killed him.
So.....Locke is alive. What's up with that? Does it have anything to do with why Christian is walking around? I had assumed that was the smoke monster. We already know that it can take someone else's appearance. The only difference is that when it was Yemmy, it didn't act like it was Yemmy. Christian and Locke both act like themselves for the most part. Does the island actually have the ability to resurrect people? If they actually are ressurected, then it doesn't explain how Christian got to be Jacob's voice. Maybe the smoke monster has gotten a little smarter in its deception? What's going on?
Jin runs to the Flame to find out if Sun is also here. He's not going to find anything, though. While there, Sayid comes crawling out of the jungle. The guy at the flame automatically assumes he's a hostile, and Jin is forced to play along. Sayid is later brought to the barracks.
Kate decides to take matters into her own hands, and becomes a blood-donor for Ben. He's stabilized, but still in bad shape. With the best doctor not willing to do anything, there may only be one option: taking him to the Others.
