LOST: The Shape of Things to Come

Originally posted: April 25, 2008

Oh man.. Where do I start? When last night's episode began, I was a little bored. A Ben episode? Please. I can't stand the man. But when Lost is over and he turns out to be a good guy and save the day (I don't know if this will really happen, but for some reason, it wouldn't surprise me), I'll take back every bad word I've ever said about him - unless he kills Penny. If he harms a hair on her blonde head, we're gonna have words.

Ben and Widmore have some kind of twisted history. What the hell are the rules? Did they have a falling out and each agree to leave the other alone? Ben would get the island and Widmore would get what? Then something happened to make all that change? It was really cool to finally see some interaction between those two. I am so mad at Ben for threatening to kill Penelope. I do feel badly for him because Alex was killed. It was nice to see Ben actually be human. But he just can't hurt Pen. Penny and Desmond have to live happily ever after!

Ben controls old Smoky? Holy cow! That was the craziest thing I have ever seen. What exactly did he do in that little secret room? Has Ben been responsible for every Smoky death then? How did he pick and choose who to kill? Does he just send it out and tell it to get rid of anyone who poses a threat to the island? If that's the case this gives me one more reason to hate Ben. He killed my Mr. Eko!

I am so glad that we now know why Sayid has gone to work for Ben. Poor Sayid. He finally gets Nadia back and she gets murdered. Here's my question though – Ben sure had a big smile when Sayid said he wanted to help him. Did Ben manipulate Sayid into working for him? Could he have had Nadia killed, pretended that the tall dude did it and blame it all on Widmore just to get Sayid on his side? That seems like Ben's m.o. to me.
So I think it was weird that the gunmen shooting at Sawyer were able to kill the nobodies so easily, but couldn't catch my boyfriend. Is it because Sawyer had a gun and is just that good at dodging bullets? Or was it that they weren't really trying to harm that beautiful man? My favorite thing about Sawyer is that he acts like a big hardass, but that man has got mad love for his fellow islanders. He's just a big softie inside. I love that he's taking care of Claire now. Someone has to now that Charlie is gone. I also love how quickly he took up for Hurley. Sawyer would've shot Locke too. He wasn't playing. Hmm.. Sawyer makes me swoon. Oh and I am so glad that Claire is ok. Well, at least she is for now.

New Questions:

* Who killed the doctor from the freighter? Why did Daniel lie about the morse code? (How cool was Bernard calling his squirmy ass out? Oh yeah, Bernard rocks!)

* Daniel says "when is pretty relative." Did the message say the doctor was fine b/c he hasn't been killed yet? Time on the freighter and the island are two very different things.

* How the hell did Ben get from the island to the desert in a parka? He seemed very disoriented when he woke up. Maybe he left in the "black box."

* When are they gonna get to Jacob? What is he going to tell him? Why is Hurley the one who can find him? Is it because he's a little crazy?

* What do all the carvings on the door of Ben's secret Smoky room mean? That crap was creepy!

Next week's episode is called "Something Nice Back Home" and it's a Jack episode. Rumor has it a certain member of Drive Shaft will in it.. YAY! LOST