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r_scribblesOooh! Also, I saw Lost 'What Happened, Happened' and 'Dead Is Dead'.
What Happened, Happened -
Bog Standard Flashback Eppie again - Old Skool. Plus - Kate-centric, off-island-centric, with various overtones of the Love Rhombus Of Doom - yawn.
I feel so very sorry for Wee!Benj. Look at him. Nawww. He's all teary and bloody and pathetic in his broken specs. Plus, he hasn't killed Roger Workman (who looks offputtingly like the husband from Medium) yet.
Liked the Hurley/Grumpy Exorcist stuff (although, why doesn't Grumpy Exorcist do more Grumpy Exorcist stuff? He's turned into Exposition Guy). Nice BTTF Ref, and Kudos for pointing out your own plothole in the whole 'why doesn't Adult Ben remember us' thing, writers. Now all you need to do is actually explain it.
Dammit! I shouldn't be crying at the end, but I was. Even though S4/5 Kate annoys the crap out of me, even though she's not-the-Momma. I can't bear to see characters lose their children on telly any more. I'm such a wuss.
Speaking of which...
Dead Is Dead -
First and foremost, a big, hearty ELL-OH-ELL at Ben's hair through the ages. Even funnier than Dr Dull's flashback hair, and I thought that was unpossible.
OK, now I've got that over with - this eppie was brilliant. All Benj-centric episodes are. The man is the best thing in Lost by a country mile, and that's saying summat. I loved the way this episode suggested at a human being with a soul; capable of love, remorse, and - crucially - empathy, without compromising the lying, murdering sneak that is Benry.
I am SO RELIEVED that Ben didn't kill the Humes, and hugely impressed that it's not simply that Des managed to beat seven shades of shit out of him before he managed to do so, but because the fact Penny was a mother made him hesitate. The oath to kill her was, after all, not the Island's scheme, but his own selfish vendetta. It's nice to see that, even though he'd cheerfully do anything to anyone if he thought it was best for the island, when it comes to his own personal satisfaction, he has boundaries.
I also love that this eppie returned to the death of Alex, which for me was the real humanising moment for Ben. It was the first time I think I'd seen him really lose control of the situation - he fucked up, lost the mind game with Keamy and dearly paid. I like that he has shifted the blame for her death from Widmore onto himself... personally I actually think he's wrong to do so - by calling Keamey's bluff he thought he could save Alex's life - but that he blames himself humanises him more.
I also think that he's telling Sun the truth about his thoughts about Locke - at least I hope so. I particularly liked the line 'What's about to come out of that jungle is something I can't control' - followed by Locke stepping out. Plus the dialogue about not knowing what's going on, suggesting that Ben and Locke have now switched positions... loved that.
Again, I welled up with the Alex stuff at the end. Two episodes in a row where people who have dishonestly raised another person's baby as their own painfully lose their stolen child, and in both cases I wibbled. *Sigh*
Oh, and I love the Temple. I bloody love that Temple. Have I mentioned that? It's ace! I'm guessing that the statue was of Anubis after all. Wonder what Whatshername the Bounty Hunter meant about it.
What Happened, Happened -
Bog Standard Flashback Eppie again - Old Skool. Plus - Kate-centric, off-island-centric, with various overtones of the Love Rhombus Of Doom - yawn.
I feel so very sorry for Wee!Benj. Look at him. Nawww. He's all teary and bloody and pathetic in his broken specs. Plus, he hasn't killed Roger Workman (who looks offputtingly like the husband from Medium) yet.
Liked the Hurley/Grumpy Exorcist stuff (although, why doesn't Grumpy Exorcist do more Grumpy Exorcist stuff? He's turned into Exposition Guy). Nice BTTF Ref, and Kudos for pointing out your own plothole in the whole 'why doesn't Adult Ben remember us' thing, writers. Now all you need to do is actually explain it.
Dammit! I shouldn't be crying at the end, but I was. Even though S4/5 Kate annoys the crap out of me, even though she's not-the-Momma. I can't bear to see characters lose their children on telly any more. I'm such a wuss.
Speaking of which...
Dead Is Dead -
First and foremost, a big, hearty ELL-OH-ELL at Ben's hair through the ages. Even funnier than Dr Dull's flashback hair, and I thought that was unpossible.
OK, now I've got that over with - this eppie was brilliant. All Benj-centric episodes are. The man is the best thing in Lost by a country mile, and that's saying summat. I loved the way this episode suggested at a human being with a soul; capable of love, remorse, and - crucially - empathy, without compromising the lying, murdering sneak that is Benry.
I am SO RELIEVED that Ben didn't kill the Humes, and hugely impressed that it's not simply that Des managed to beat seven shades of shit out of him before he managed to do so, but because the fact Penny was a mother made him hesitate. The oath to kill her was, after all, not the Island's scheme, but his own selfish vendetta. It's nice to see that, even though he'd cheerfully do anything to anyone if he thought it was best for the island, when it comes to his own personal satisfaction, he has boundaries.
I also love that this eppie returned to the death of Alex, which for me was the real humanising moment for Ben. It was the first time I think I'd seen him really lose control of the situation - he fucked up, lost the mind game with Keamy and dearly paid. I like that he has shifted the blame for her death from Widmore onto himself... personally I actually think he's wrong to do so - by calling Keamey's bluff he thought he could save Alex's life - but that he blames himself humanises him more.
I also think that he's telling Sun the truth about his thoughts about Locke - at least I hope so. I particularly liked the line 'What's about to come out of that jungle is something I can't control' - followed by Locke stepping out. Plus the dialogue about not knowing what's going on, suggesting that Ben and Locke have now switched positions... loved that.
Again, I welled up with the Alex stuff at the end. Two episodes in a row where people who have dishonestly raised another person's baby as their own painfully lose their stolen child, and in both cases I wibbled. *Sigh*
Oh, and I love the Temple. I bloody love that Temple. Have I mentioned that? It's ace! I'm guessing that the statue was of Anubis after all. Wonder what Whatshername the Bounty Hunter meant about it.
