I went to bed thinking about how anticlimactic last night's episode was. ABC clearly mentioned something about Ben's demise in last week's preview (and those previews are starting to get on my nerves!), and I figured that meant his death. Did he die last night?
Nope.
Stupid writers.
But then I woke up this morning around 3 and came to the conclusion that I actually enjoyed last night's episode. Why?
1) The alternate universe showed us that Ben could have turned out to be good. Instead of killing his father, he takes care of him. Instead of choosing what's best for Ben Linus, he opts to put his student ahead of himself. Maybe that's what the alternate universe is supposed to be: a mirror of these characters' true selves?
2) That scene at the end (which I could have done a screen capture on but my computer doesn't have Flash) in which Jack and Hurley happily reunite with Sun, Lapidus, Ilana(?), and Miles on the beach—when the camera flashed to Ben standing off to the side, my heart went out to him. Ben in that scene was like the kid last picked for kickball on the playground. Poor Ben. So unpopular.
3) I saw another side of Richard. Richard, who'd always held the answers. Richard, who'd always been calm and composed. Richard, who'd given his life to Jacob. This time, Richard didn't have the answers. He'd lost faith in Jacob and didn't know what else to do. Of course, Jack came to the rescue. Oh heroic Jack.
What are your thoughts on "Dr. Linus"?
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ReplyDeleteYou are right, they definitely did say something about his demise, but he didn't die. In the last few seconds of the show we see one of Widmore's men looking through a periscope, and he has Ben in the crosshairs, perhaps something will happen at the beginning of next weeks episode?