LOST Epi. 9 - "The Shape of Things to Come"

Well, we got what we were promised--a whole lot for a whole little. Seriously, was it just me, or were there more commercials than show??? It's supposed to be 41/19, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was more like 33/27... They're milking it for all it's worth.

That being said, great episode! Lots of action, lots of different sides of Ben, lots of questions answered/created... My absolute favorite part was definitely when Smokey showed up (seriously, who didn't love that...) I mean, you knew Ben had "a see-cwet weap-en!" when he told Keamy, "How 'bout you turn around, go back to your helicopter and never come back here again." I don't think he had actually planned on using it until "........he changed the rules..." But man... that was awesome. I'm gonna have to watch that again a few times. :) You don't mess with Ben.

I was a bit disappointed with that whole encounter with Alex, though... We weren't sure if he really cared for Alex as much as we now know he did until this episode. Who knew that he really did love her so much... more than anyone was willing to give him credit for. That's why I was so disappointed with the whole encounter. I expected them to bring her out and for him to say, calmly, "That's not my daughter." But his emotions got the better of him, and by the time he actually started trying to play that card, it was too late, Keamy saw right through it. Did Ben really think he would care that she wasn't actually his birth daughter? The whole point of having a hostage is to play on the emotions of the person you're trying to manipulate. Oh well. Ben's human, we have proof now.

Another "bumming" fact is that we'll never find out (or least, it's unlikely) about the $3.2 million that Miles wanted. Gee, ya think they know he's alive now?? We wanted to know WHY it was $3.2 vs. $3 or $3.5 or $4 million... Kinda a cheap way of getting out of that one, writers.

Now we know why Sayid is working WITH Ben, vs. for him... He practically begged Ben to let him kill a few more for him. And I'm glad to see that Ben has some cred outside of the Island. It would have been kinda dumb for him to be this big baddy on the island, and just some schmuck off. "I'm pretty good with a bo staff" is what I was thinkin' when he was taking those guys down in the desert. Awesome. Ya have to wonder, though... Ben didn't think twice about using that thing (whatever it's called... collapsible club or something? Whatever.) Yet he likes to keep referring to himself as "one of the good guys". So either Widmore is, like, the Lex Luthor of the LOST world, or they're BOTH Lex Luthor's and it's a race to the kryptonite (the Island) FTW! I'm very curious as to why he can't 'kill' Widmore... What are these unspoken rules that they have... And who set them?? Jacob?? I bet Richard Alpert knows!

And finally, can I just say, dang, Baby Aaron, you sure do cry a lot! Seems like that kid is never happy... You'd think he'd be used to all the chaos as someone who "was born on this island." And I'm sorry, Clair should be dead. I mean, her house was shot with a rocket launcher, and she's just "a bit wobbly"??? I guess Jacob/The Island really likes her and doesn't want Mama to kick the bucket yet. (Was kinda funny that the stupid 'red shirts' kept coming out of the house, and getting shot... That had to have been frustrating for Sawyer to watch.)

That is all. Time to read what the 'pros' have to say. :)

Oh no, wait! I forgot. My subconscious decided to continue the episode in my dreams with what it thinks would happen next after Ben, Locke & Hurley go looking for Jacob. Ahem: So they're walking in the woods, and they come upon this control panel of sorts. It has all these different hieroglyphics on each button and of course, they light up... Ben pushes one, and a bright light emerges from the ground, revealing a platform that rises up. On it are two women who look... well... dead... Actually, they kinda look like they belong in "Little Monsters". Have you ever seen that movie?? I have, unfortunately. Anyways, they're pretty messed up looking, kinda like the corpse bride (Tim Burton's, not that I've ever seen that one...) Apparently, one of them was Ben's wife, and the other one? I dunno, her sister, maybe? Yeah, I guess Ben "imprisoned" them because they have greater control over the island. But, they don't appear to know that he was responsible for that, since they're so happy to see him.

And that's all I remember for now. Ben's got an undead wife who lives underground... Yeah, I don't know where these things come from... :)