LOST Recap

Ok. Seriously. LOST may very well be the greatest television show of all time. As much as I love the wit of Arrested Development, the story-telling of Seinfeld, and the suspense of 24 (the early years) . . . LOST is hands down the best TV show of all time for my money. And for those of you who refuse to watch it (ahem . . . Eric) you’re missing out. And you wouldn’t regret it.

With all that said . . . let’s discuss one of the top 5 episodes from the greatest television show ever.

Jack is obviously faking it. He couldn’t tell Kate what was going on because they were recording him. But I believe it when he said that he was going to come back for her. There is obviously still something there between them.

The real question is why was Tom helping Jack. By reminding him that they were recording in Kate’s room?

I’ve said it multiple times before, but I believe there are multiple groups of Others. Or that the Others have factions within their group and there is a battle for leadership. Ben underscored this tonight when he told Locke that he was afraid his people would see him as weak and then he’d be done with. So I think Ben deep-down is legit. He seems to be a man of his word. And operates under the banner of honor. This is the 3rd or 4th time we’ve seen him keep his word. Letting Michael off. Letting Juliet off. Letting Jack off. The fact that he used Locke to help him stop them means nothing. He still wanted to keep his word. But he’s so paranoid right now about the splintering factions.

I think Ben and Tom go way back. And they are good friends.

I think the other group of Others is led by the blond lady from a couple of episodes back. The “sheriff” lady. As a side note . . . I think there is another group of “Others” who is not a part of this group at all. Who are left over from Dharma . . . left over from “the purge”. This group is against or at war with Ben’s group. The left-over Dharma people who’ve yet to meet (unless Rousseau is one of them) against Ben’s Mittelos Bioscience group. I think they were in competition with each other for the island. And it’s powers.

Ben really was intrigued by Locke’s being healed. I think he is genuinely interested as a scientist as to how it happened. He meant what he said with Locke having a communion with the island. That made him special. Ben realizes that he needs Locke on his side. On his “team” or his “group”.

That’s why he has his dad (Cooper) there. He effectively needs Locke to get his shit together so he can be useful. Right now he’s just blabbering away and running around without any direction. Ben needs him to center himself and reorient himself to some sense of stability . . . then he can be used.

I believe Ben really is curious as to how come he isn’t getting healed like Locke. The purple sky and the “anomaly” is the reason. When the hatch got blown up . . . it not only disabled communication . . . it stopped the healing powers perhaps. Locke and Rose were already healed . . . Ben was not. But then again . . . why would Ben even have the tumor to begin with? Wouldn’t the island have healed it before the explosion?

Another question. How did they get Cooper on the island?

I see 2 possibilities.

1) They kidnapped Cooper from the mainland. Which would mean that they still have access to the mainland and have communication. Meaning Ben was a liar in this episode. Patchy was a liar in the last episode. And Tom was a liar 3 episodes ago when he told Jack they lost communication when the sky turned purple.

2) This makes more sense to me . . . Cooper is one of them. He’s faking it now. He’s still pulling a con on Locke. He works for Mittelos. Or is a part of Dharma. A former member. This could be why Patchy gave Locke a special look in the jungle when he was telling them how he knew each one.

I’ve got many more thoughts . . . but I need to check some of my thoughts in the message boards first. I’ll probably give you another post tomorrow. I’m obsessive I know.

Finally . . . why is Jack the “Man from Tallahassee”? Or is it Cooper? When Ben told Tom to get him the Man from Tallahassee . . . when Locke was in the closet . . . did he already know he was going to have to go that route? By introducing him to his dad?

That’s where Kate was where she drugged her husband. That’s where Sawyer is from. That’s where Locke is from. And Juliet and her sister were in Miami. There is something about Florida. Some connection there that they all share.

I’m also modifying a couple of my other theories from the last couple of weeks.

I believe Alex really is Rousseau’s daughter. Or at least Rousseau believes that.

And I think Locke and someone else (not Desmond and Penny) are the Adam & Eve characters in the caves from Season 1.

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