So Ben is a teacher in timeline B. And like Jean-Luc Picard he likes Earl Gray. Or he likes Locke for liking that flavor of tea. Ben teaches European History, I like that, being european and all. But what does it mean? Did his mother never die giving borth to him, and his father never spiralled down that road of drunk and violence, and they never met the Goodspeeds and went to the Island?
Matthew Fox said about season six that about a third of the way through the season both time lines will be "solidified into one time" and there will be one linear time throughout the story on the island with no more flashbacks. With the speed timeline Lost B evolves I start to wonder if that will really happen. We see a lot of crossings in B, now that John met Hurley, and even Rose. I wonder if the flashsideways show us the happy ending that will be the product of everything that will happen from now on till may 23 in Lost Prime. Time moves slow in Lost B, John has a new job and will not call Jack anytime soon, Claire will have Aaron. Looks not like collapsing timelines to me.
Really awesome moment in Lost Prime: Ben at the grave. Followed by another priceless comment of Mr. Lapidus. The climbing down to the cave was nice, and Sawyers encounter with poor frightened Richard was proof enough that candidate Ford was not ready to switch to the dark side yet. The cave with the scales and the candidates names on the ceiling reminded me of Myst, the Miller brothers game from 1994. The episodes name was genious again, covering Lockes new job as well as Jacobs efforts of finding a replacement.
Amusing how Shephard is number 23, the milestone marking the fans bitter sweet final hour.
ReplyDeleteThe Substitute though suggests something temporary. Jacob was looking for a Candidate. I think that Sawyer is the Substitute, but for Smocke. Smokey-cam patrolling Dharmaville brought to mind Evil Dead but initially Smokey realising Sawyer's presence and then whooshing off to deal with Richard left me a little confused. I don't think he had fully decided on what to do with Sawyer at this point. The jungle kid seems to confirm this when he reminds Smocke of the rules and that he cannot kill him (I took 'him' to mean Sawyer). But Sawyer sizes up to Smocke and sees the con straight away. And he has no fear. He has surpassed Smocke in a way, for Smocke shows fear, then anger, when confronted by jungle kid. Smocke and Sawyer are positioned on the scale but Jacob's white stone means the balance is now weighing on Smocke's Substitute. Smocke in comparison has replaced Jacob's position but takes it so lightly the scale registers nothing. I think that Smocke has found his fallguy and is planning his freedom by substituting Sawyer in HIS place as the trapped man.