WHAT HAPPENED, HAPPENED
Episode 5.11
My week has been spent trying to reconcile Sawyer’s lack of stones. I’ve concluded he may have to kill ten hardy-men and one hell-bent Smoke Monster tonight to grow them back. Shhh! It’s on…
Jin is fresh from getting knocked on his ass by Sayid…a wounded baby Ben in front of him. Horace tries to rally the troops to find the fleeing Iraqi. Roger Linus makes yum-yum eyes Kate until Jin pulls into camp with bloody little Ben and Roger pulls his attention appropriately away from Freckles.
Next, we’re back in the real world with Kate unloading Aaron from the car. Kate is running errands like all busy moms do. She’s not working from a list like most single moms might do.
Sawyer sent her on this very special errand—and then jumped out of a helicopter.
The LOST letters appear on the screen. Shockingly, Ben is not dead. Oh, joy…
Kate is checking up on Sawyer’s baby-mama, Cassidy. Apparently, Sawyer doesn’t leave any bridges intact in regard to his lady friends. Sawyer’s ex has great game in regard to peeling back the layers of Kate. It’s obviously our favorite hillbilly Losty taught this young lady many valuable lessons.
Back on the island, Sawyer is messing around with the sonic fence and the accompanying cameras. Kate pops in and starts talking him about all the recent commotion when Horace and his gang show up. There’s an investigation regarding how Sayid managed to escape going on. Jack is one of the suspects.
Juliet is flinging bloody sponges and wielding Dharma blades feverishly in an attempt to save baby-Ben. This is like a scene out of E.R.—except, I care about the characters on the screen this time.
Miles has Hurley, Jack and Kate under house arrest. Hurley is spouting some awesome time travel stuff. Miles decides to chime in. “He who sees dead people” has obviously been taught, experienced or otherwise knows quite a bit about what is actually happening.
The conversation sways away from science and into faith. Baby Ben nees help. Jack is cool. Jack won’t help Ben.
Soooo. That’s where Sawyer’s walnuts went—Jack borrowed them…
Back at Dharmaville, Jack is content with his decision. Kate is less than in agreement. Jack reminds her that he’s “already done this once.” Time travel, causality and a spiritual approach to the island are on Jack’s mind and coming off his tongue. This is the dawn of a new, bad-ass Jack. He gives Kate a tough, “you never liked me anyway” thing that sends her packing with a pout.
Ben has pulled through the surgery—for now. Kate is going to donate blood to help save him. Juliet is pumping blood for Ben and pumping Kate for Jack-info. Roger bursts in and is very concerned, sweaty and wide-eyed. Is this where Ben got his “bug-eyes?” Little Ben is being blamed for his own injury—rightfully so.
Roger spills his guts to Kate about how hard his life has been. Kate looks like she might be thinking of taking in another lost puppy. Suddenly, Ben is throwing seizures and a trauma-room panic ensues.
In detention, Miles and Hurley are discussing time travel and events and stuff and junk. Time is not a straight line for the Losties anymore. Good news, anybody can die. Hurley’s comic-book PhD comes into play when he trumps Miles philosophy on physics and reality and everything LOST. This scene is striking in that all it seems to strike down about possible answers to the storyline’s time traveling dilemmas.
Juliet and Roger have an uneasy “doctor/patient’s dad moment.” Ben is stable. Kate is lurking in the shadows and takes Roger’s place in conversation and inspires Juliet to have a wonderful idea. She wants the Others to help.
Commercial. Thank God. I’m having a hard time breathing—not because of the king sized nacho/hot wing/tequila/cheeseburger combo I had for dinner—I hope. This is awesome…
Juliet and Kate wheel Ben into a Dharma van and are determined to take the bleeding boy to the Others. Kate and Juliet have become reluctant buddies. Kate drives off and Juliet stays behind.
We return to our favorite pier during the first attempt to get the Oceanic 6 back to the island. We’ve seen the same thing fifty times this season, until, on departure in Kate’s car, Aaron is thirsty and would like some refreshing milk. In the store, he changes his mind and wants a juice box. She ignores a call from Jack and “poof,” Aaron is missing, gone, vanished, *clears throat* lost.
Kate finds her fake-son in the company of a rather freaky looking lady. A disciple of the Island, maybe. Kate is rocked to her core with guilt and terror.
Back on the island, Kate is getting ready to take the wounded Ben through the sonic fence. Another Dharma van is pulling up to spoil the fun. Sawyer has his best reading glasses on.
Sawyer is either really cunning or really wants to stay on Dharma island with Juliet and Horace and the pending mustard-gas party. I can’t decide…
Back in the states, Kate and Aaron go door knocking. Kate wants to explain their situation to Sawyer’s ex. Cassidy wants a nap. Sawyer’s daughter, Clementine and Aaron get along famously. Cassidy sure has a nasty insight about her.
Sawyer and Kate are still at the fence with the bloody Ben. Sawyer is on a spooky mission to save the boy that will grow to be Satan. He’s oddly dedicated to saving Ben. The proceeds through the sonic fence into Other territory.
Juliet shows up at the home-detention house and interrupts Jack in the shower. She’s pissed that Doc Jack didn’t show up to help with the blood bath. Juliet is harsh, condemning and as cute as a button—she likes living in Dharmatown, too.
Back in Other-land, Sawyer, Kate and Ben get snagged quickly. Many guns, many dirty faces and not a single, rebellious Sawyer to be found.
Jack is Sawyer, now. Sawyer is Jack, now. This island sure is an odd place…
Back in the states, Kate and Aaron are visiting people again. Kate is chatting it up with Claire’s mom, telling grandma EVERYTHING. As it turns out, Kate is here for extended childcare services and promises to find Claire. Many tears. A entire freaking valley of tears from everybody except the sleeping cherub.
We find the 1977 group in custody of the Others running into Alpert.
Good news (kinda): Alpert can save Ben.
Bad news (kinda): Ben will lose his innocence.
Off and away, Ben goes in the mystical world of the Others, swaddled in Dharma’s finest hospital sheets.
Like nearly every episode of this season, tonight was crammed full of startling reveals and clever clues that every fan of the show yearns for. It’s nice to have yearnings answered. I loved tonight (I love a lot of LOST nights), even though I’m still not onboard with Sawyer’s transformation. New-Sawyer makes my stomach a bit creepy and causes me to remember a Stationzer0 theory I read a while back about drugs in the Dharma food.
Please, let it be drugs.
I rate this episode 8 out of 10 Namastes.
Posted by Will on 02 Apr 2009 at 07:45 | LOST RECAPS
