Lost: Your thoughts on the Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham?

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This was a great episode, still lots of things to speculate on, but this episode handed you a lot of things on a platter, and it provided for some good entertainment.

After last night, I'd have to say that Ben is probably the ultimate bad guy and always has been.  At this point, you have to wonder if he has for all this time frauded the Island and the Others.  He claims he talks to Jacob and even looks like he is when he first takes Locke to the cabin, but is he really?  Has he always told the Others that his decisions were Jacob's but really lying to them to do what he himself wants to do?

Widmore actually seems pretty honest here.  I've never seen where he has actually lied about anything.  He wants Locke to go back to be the leader.  Widmore was exiled, but what has prevented him from ever going back and actually fighting the war? He's always had the capability to go back, so why hasn't he?  He could've easily infiltrated with the rest from the freighter.  He could have just as easily used Ms. Hawking to map him a way back, but he never has.  So, apparently the island is keeping him from being there maybe until peace is restored?  Someone, perhaps Jacob has kept up with Widmore and kept him informed of who is to be the island's leader.  So Widmore knows what the agenda should be.

An all encompassing war for the island is about to take place.  The sides are unclear, the time is unclear, the place is quite clear the Island.  Who all will be involved?  Locke, leading the Island, leading Richard and perhaps the Others, leading the 815 survivors.  Who else?  Ben, Dharma, 316 survivors, Desmond, Faraday, Lapidus, maybe more of Widmore and those exiled with him

Last thought.  Locke's resurrection.  Will we see a major change in him?  Since he came back to life on the Island, does he seem more at peace now?  Is he ready to lead?  Even in last night's episode, his faithfulness was still led astray because of Ben.  Locke was ready to do his duty for the Island to die by his own hand, but Ben shook him down and got him to reveal what needed to be done so that Ben could return.  Was it kind of like Ben spitting in the face of Locke and the Island's will saying Locke is not ready to lead, the Island's making the wrong choice and with one piece of information, he can still get everyone back to the Island like the Island wants?  Looks like Ben is fighting hard to keep his job, but at this point who is likely to follow him?

What is everyone else's thoughts?  Anything to add?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I think Ben "killed" Locke because he wants to be leader again of the Others. 

He obviously knows about Eloise and her history, with the island, but I don't think he had a clue where she was until Locke told him. He's good at finding people, so he could have easily tracked her once he knew she was in LA. I don't think he knew when he moved the island it would be unstable, I think he expected it to go to one time and stay there. He left Eloise the task of finding the island, because he doesn't really understand how it shifts. 

I think he fully did intend for Locke to lead, but once he found out he could go back, he killed Locke because Ben can't be leader with Locke alive, he said he will really miss John, no reason to lie about that. But once he finds out Locke's been revived he's got a problem, plus the 316's are likely to cause problems like the 815's used to. 

Widmore does seem more genuine then Ben, but he still ordered his men to destroy the island. I think if they kill Ben, under Locke's leadership, and maybe Jack as co-leader like Richard was to Ben the main characters will go up against the 316's under Widmore's leadership. I also think Desmond would join Widmore, to destroy the one thing Ben cares about the island. But this is only if Penny died. 

The original Others would not want Juliet back after she killed one of them. Sawyer, Jin, Sun etc. would not break up the team like that and don't trust Richard's side anyway, so Locke might have to overthrow Richard and the original Others. 

And maybe Christian and Jacob as well, seeing as Christian's manifastation has been trying to get eveyone back to the island. But Claire clearly told Kate not to bring Aaron back, she's aganist Christian's goals. So they would need her help to defeat them, she's spent 3 years with Jacob and Christian, she's the only one who knows how this whole "undead" thing works (even if she's not dead herself), so maybe it will be Claire/Locke v.s. Christian/Jacob in an undead confrentation, to see which side can face Widmore and gain control of the island.

Yo Momma · Answer

I just want to know who beat Ben's *** at the end of last weeks episode.  Did they ever say?

the pink baker · Answer

I thought this episode was boring ,it was mainly about Locke, the most boring character on Lost.  I think it was a little gruesome to watch Ben kill him after he convinced him to not kill himself.

Anonymous · Answer

i love this show

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