Lost...Quick Thoughts

I think Ben wanted to die. I think he was hoping he would be judged and killed. At the end of tonight's episode he seemed sad. I think he was sad because the island made him live and because he is now forced to follow Locke's every order.

What a great performance tonight by Michael Emerson. It's certainly Emmy worthy. As as monster Ben sometimes is played out to be, tonight he was totally human. He has been racked with guilt for the death of Alex. He tried to avenge her death by killing Penelope, but didn't have the heart. I think when he saw little Charlie was the moment Ben realized he was responsible for Alex's death. I am really intrigued to see where the his character goes for the remainder of the series.

Ben episodes always seem to be the best in the series. "The Man Behind the Curtain" was absolutely one of the best, and I think this one was too. Two straight weeks of great episodes after a lackluster start. It looks like it might be a great spring to the finish.

We got to see inside the temple. It seemed clearly Egyptian to me, which backs all the Egyptian theories, like why Richard Alpert wears eyeliner. Obviously one of the hieroglyphics saw Smokey interacting with some god, and I think it is Anubis, a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. So perhaps this means that Smokey can communicate with the dead, and thus brings shadows of them to the island.

I just really hope they don't end up going all Stargate on us in the end of all of this.

Next week, Miles gets to interact with the man I am certain is his father. And everyone knows he can talk to dead people. It seems like people are finally and fully recognizing all the weird stuff that this island causes.

LC Can Act...Maybe...

Zac Efron's Pool Party from Zac Efron

This Makes Me Laugh

Really, Google? Really?!?!?!?!

This is what you have special on my birthday? I don't even know what the heck this is. Or what it's supposed to mean. Or why it's even up there. This is just stupid.

Stupid, Google! Stupid!!!

What about Locke and Alpert?

So, we know Alpert lingered around Locke's birth and later had the "test
encounter" with him. Yet this season we learned that Locke told him
about his birth. It wasn't some Dali lama type search Alpert was
conducting, but rather something he was directly informed about
himself. This sets up a whole pre-destination paradox for Locke.

You can reason this away by two thoughts. 1) Since that scene was a
flashback, it stands out from the others. Or, 2) The encounters are
known, but the characters do not acknowledge it. Why? Perhaps those
who experience the time travel learn the dangers of it and don't speak
up because they feel they may disasterously alter the events of time.
There may be some code they adopt. Perhaps a new form of "the lie,"
albeit a silent one.

For the second one to be true, Rosseau sticks
out. But I won't discount the possibility that she's time travelled
before. She's been on the island awhile and there is more to how
Danielle got to be Ben's daughter too.

Overheard in ATL

Listening in to convos is kinda fun.

"The national guard is the army retard."

...

"So get this, you know the woman that took me to the airport? Well she's going through this divorce and he's trying to accuse me of adultery."

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"I know. Can you believe that?"

...

"I know. So what are you doing for the Super Bowl?"
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"I know. We gonna smoke later."

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"I know. Me too. I'm still a couple hours away."

Then like everyone around me started talking and I lost aural contact. 

Sounded fun though.

Fun Fact About the Real Jeremy Bentham (Is It Fun???)

Upon philosopher Jeremy Bentham's death, as requested in his will, his body was preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet, termed his "Auto-icon". Originally kept by his disciple Dr. Southwood Smith, it was acquired by University College London in 1850.

The Auto-icon is kept on public display at the end of the South Cloisters in the main building of the College. For the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the college, the Auto-icon was brought to the meeting of the College Council, where he was listed as "present but not voting." Tradition holds that if the council's vote on any motion is tied, the auto-icon always breaks the tie by voting in favour of the motion.

The Auto-icon has always had a wax head, as Bentham's head was badly damaged in the preservation process. The real head was displayed in the same case for many years, but became the target of repeated student pranks including being stolen on more than one occasion. It is now locked away securely.

In Lost, we have the body of a Jeremy Bentham that seems to figure in prominently in the future. The real Bentham wanted to keep his legacy alive. The Lost Bentham may have done just that as well. Are we facing some sort of vote down the rode, perhaps back at the island, that requires John Locke's vote??