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Episodes: Reviews
5.11 Whatever Happened, Happened
Locke: "Hello, Ben. Welcome back to the land of the living." Geez, Sayid. Heart and head! What sort of half-assed assassin are you? So young Ben was *supposed* to get shot so he would end up in the Temple with Richard. Adult Ben is a creepy, manipulative killer, and he was always destined to be a creepy, manipulative killer. (Poor kid.) And conveniently, whatever happens in the Temple involves memory loss, so adult Ben won't remember Sayid shooting him. Perfect. Exemplary writing, and it all made sense. (Although part of me really wanted to see Ben vanish from the timeline and the chaos that would have ensued. Miles lecturing Hurley on how time travel works and Hurley waiting for his fingers to vanish was, of course, my favorite part of the episode.) Two mysteries solved. Back in the helicopter, Sawyer asked Kate to take care of Cassidy and Clementine. (Was he counting on Kate getting a settlement and not going to jail?) And Kate told Claire's mother the truth and gave her Aaron. It doesn't explain that "never speak of it again" drama on the plane, though. Except that she was probably so upset that she just couldn't talk about it. But Jack is Aaron's uncle and should know. Really. Kate throwing herself at Jack that very night has just gotten more interesting. Maybe she was subconsciously trying to get pregnant. Obvious parallels with Kate and Aaron in the flashbacks, and Kate and young Ben in 1977. Kate mea culpa'd all over the place, and told Carole Littleton she was returning to the Island to look for Claire. I doubt that, somehow. I still think she came back for Sawyer. The love rectangle has become a freaking pentagon. Or would that be a pentagram? There was another parallel thing going on with Kate dealing with Sawyer's past love, Cassidy, in the future, and his current amour, Juliet, in the past. (Time travel tenses are a killer.) We didn't hear Kate and Cassidy comment on the unbelievable coincidence that they were both involved with the same man. That's a conversation I would have enjoyed. Personally, I really liked that Jack refused to operate on Ben again. Jack has changed. He's calmer, less driven, not trying to save the world any more. I don't think Jack even knows what he actually wants. I also found it interesting that Juliet deliberately walked in on Jack in the shower. I mean, really. She couldn't knock on the door and wait a few seconds? Yes, she was angry and yelling at him, but I think that she might have also wanted a good look. Maybe I was right about Juliet still caring about Jack. I also thought it was interesting that Juliet tried frantically to save the same man she once wanted Jack to kill. It's all different when he's only twelve, huh? Note that no one has said anything about Juliet from the Motor Pool operating on young Ben, either. The thing with Juliet saving Amy must be common knowledge by now, but how did they explain it? I suppose things would have gotten a whole lot weirder if one of the Dharma janitors had operated on Ben, too. Character bits: -- Loved (adult) Ben's expression when he woke up to see Locke welcoming him back from the dead. Lucy, you have some 'splainin to do. -- The woman who found Aaron in the supermarket looked like Claire. Kate sang "Catch a falling star" to Aaron, too. That song has been mentioned a couple of times in relation to Claire. If Aaron has been written out, what about "Raised by Another"? Will Aaron turn into Rosemary's Baby if Claire doesn't raise him? -- Lots of questions about Sawyer's abrupt departure from the helicopter. Yes, he saved them all, it doesn't take anything away from his heroism, but why was it easy for him to commit to Juliet and not Kate? Why hasn't he had a baby with Juliet by now? -- Richard said he doesn't answer to Ellie (Hawkins?) or Charles (Widmore). Let's see. It's 1977, and Charles Widmore is still on the Island. Penny must be alive by now. How old is she? -- Richard seemed to be bracing himself before taking Ben into the temple. -- In the later flashback, Clementine was about six, maybe. Which helps establish the timeline for season three's "Left Behind." -- Roger was flirting with Kate. Like that would happen. But after her obvious shock when she heard his last name, Kate flirted with Roger deliberately to get info out of him. -- Speaking of Roger, it never ceases to amaze me that people who abuse their kids still get upset when something happens to those same kids. It's like, I can beat him up as much as I want, but don't let anyone else do it. His sadness about what a lousy father he had become? Not anywhere near enough. -- Miles started encroaching on Sawyer's territory as nickname champ; he called Hurley "Tubby" and "Dingbat." And Sawyer finally called Kate "Freckles" again. Bits and pieces: -- Sayid, yes, I get that Ben won't remember Sayid. But what about Sawyer, Juliet, Miles and Jin, who have been around for three years? How far back does the memory thing go? Will young Ben return a total amnesiac? -- Is what happened (will happen) to Ben in the Temple the same as what happened to Danielle's crew? I assume it is. That's probably a stupid question. -- More Patsy Cline, and it was relevant: "I've got your picture, [she's got you]." Patsy Cline (who of course died in a plane crash) has been used numerous times on Lost. Has it always been in Kate episodes? -- Josh Holloway sounded like he had a cold. -- Kate left Aaron alone in the motel room without actually introducing him to his grandmother. That bothered me. On second viewing, though, I noticed that Kate did say she'd told Aaron that she was leaving and that his grandmother would come and take care of him. So he knew he'd be waking up to a stranger. Quotes: Jack:"You're telling us we're under house arrest?" Miles: "No, you're all free to leave whenever you want. But I'll shoot you in the leg." Jack: "Did you ever think that maybe the Island wants to fix things itself, and I was just getting in the way?" Hurley: "But... when we first captured Ben and Sayid, like, tortured him, then why wouldn't he remember getting shot by that same guy when he was a kid?" Miles: "Huh." Roger (to Kate): "I guess a boy just needs his mother." That was an unintentional low blow. This feels like yet another four polar bear episode. Billie My blog version of this review is here, if you'd like to comment. |