Lost Update - Season V - 04/02/2009
Tell me, doctor, where are we going this time
Is this the 50's, or 1999
All I wanted to do - was play my guitar and sing
So take me away, I don't mind
But you better promise me, I'll be back in time
Gotta get back in time
Don't bet your future, on one roll of the dice
Better remember, lightning never strikes twice
Please don't drive at eight, don't wanna be late again
So take me away, I don't mind
But you better promise me, I'll be back in time
Gotta get back in time
"DOC: Marty, we have to go back to the future.
MARTY: Why Doc.
DOC: It's your kids Marty, we have to do something about your kids.
MARTY: What, did they grow up to be assholes or something.
MARTY: Doc, we don't have enough road to get up to 88!
DOC: Marty, where we're going, we don't need roads!
It was only a matter of time before the Flux Capacitor and the 1.21 gigawatts needed to power it appeared on Lost. And everyone knew it would involve Hurley. I loved it when Miles was trying to explain to Hurley about time travel and paradox's and how things already happened, but for them, it was happening right now. Does my theory hold it's ground with last night's episode. Yes sir, it certainly does.
Just what is the Grassy Knoll Institutes Lost theory….I’ve been waiting a long time to tell you…..
Although it appears the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are on a tropical island, they are being deceived. There is no island. The survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory. All the castaways are interconnected to one another sharing each others thoughts, memories, and feelings. While in this virtual reality laboratory, a battery of physical and mental experiments are performed on them. And who is running these experiments? As Juliet stated, the Aliens of course.
For this update, we're going to change it up a bit. In 30 seconds, here is what happened on Lost last night. (Those of you that read slower, perhaps it will take a minute) I will then explain my theory. Ready, here we go.
* Ben is alive. Sayid did not kill him. Jin saves Ben.
* Kate to Sawyer's ex: Sawyer sent me! He's a coward. He stayed behind because of the child.
* Hurley waves his fingers checking to see if he was disappearing as in Back To The Future.
* Hurley and Miles discuss time travel and split time lines and that what was happening to them right now already happened to them 30 years ago. Hurley asked why doesn't he remember it then. And why doesn't Ben remember that Sayid shot him as a child.
* Jack refuses to help Ben even though he is a top flight surgeon. He states that he cannot tamper with the past. He is going to let Ben die.
* Juliet does her best to stabilize Ben.
* Kate donates blood. She is a universal donor.
* Kate meets Ben's father.
* Jack says maybe the island just wants to fix things all by itself.
* Kate doesn't like the new Jack.
* Jack said the last time he was on the island he tried to control and fix everything, now, not so much.
* Time paradox again - Hurley and Miles again cannot explain why Ben didn't recognize Sayid in 2004, the man who shot him in 1977.
* Ben is not getting better, Juliet suggests to bring him to the others.
* Meanwhile, Kate loses Aaron in grocery store.
* Sawyers daughter is Clementine.
* We learn Kates secret. She gave Aaron to Claire's mother, told her everything about the island and why she was going back. To find Claire.
* Richard doesn't answer to anyone, he said it, not to Charles or Ellie.
* Richard takes Ben into jungle, into a secret cave, tells Sawyer he will lose his innocence. Still want me to take him?
* John Locke returns. Welcome back to the land of the living saying to Ben as he sleeps.
In a nutshell, tonight revealed a reversal of fortune, or personalities. Jack has assumed Sawyer's role, he is now the bad guy, the loner, the outcast. Sawyer is now the new Jack, in charge, authority, trying to do what is right for everyone, trying to fix and maintain control over everything. As Ben said a couple of weeks ago. "And how did that work out for you!"
Jack declines to help Ben, and Sawyer is disgusted that he won't help. Think back to season one and two when Jack would ask for assistance and Sawyer declined, saying he was out for himself. This was a pivotal moment in the plot. Not only has the island shifted, but the people and their personalities as well.
I have said this 105 times so far, and I will say it once again. The castaways are in a laboratory, and without their knowledge or permission, are being experimented on like cattle. A virtual reality simulation running keeps all of them connected to control the herd, sort of like one giant electric fence. they are free to roam, free to think, to react, but don't step out of the perimeter lest there be consequences.
Some understand what is going on. Perhaps it is Ben, and through his efforts, is trying to break the control and end the game. Perhaps Desmond, with his flashes, sees what he is not supposed to see. And Faraday, perhaps he has reasoned out the solution and will implement a plan to save everyone.
Tidbits from last night's episode:
* Richard looks like he doesn't want to take Ben into the jungle. It's like he knows what will happen.
* Charles and Eloise are in charge. Not just over Richard.
* Jacob will be appearing shortly. Perhaps to cure Ben.
Until next week, Get LOST!
LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
