This is your captain speaking. We are now approaching our final Lost destination, and have commenced our descent. Please ensure you have fastened your seat belt, and that your seat is returned to its full, upright position. Thank you for flying Oceanic.
And so we have nearlyarrived, all that remains now is the mega two and a half hour finale. 'What They Died For' fully surpassed my expectations of a finale set up episode. In fact, it felt like a whistle stop tour encapsulating all that we love about Lost. There was humour, character development, mythology, twists, action and of course, death.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right....
How many epic lines were there in this episode? Maybe I'm just getting a bit nostalgic, what with the end looming and all, but there were ironic, acerbic and knowing zingers flying left, right and centre. A fair few came from Ben after reverting to his creepy season 3 self after aligning with Flocke. The deadpan delivery of "can I get you a glass of lemonade?" to Flocke on the porch, and then of course his give-up of Widmore (glad him and Zoe finally joined the death club) - "He's hiding in my closet". This is the return of the Ben we all know and love, man behind the curtain Ben, which makes me think he's now one step ahead of Flocke and playing a Sawyer-esque long con. The writers have gone to such lengths to redeem Ben and make him a sympathetic character, that I seriously doubt they're going to throw it all away just to make him MIB's 2nd in command.
Sawyer also chimed in with his excellent appraisal of Jack taking on his island duties "and I thought that guy had a God complex before...."
Kudos to the writers for injecting what could have been an overly serious episode with a bit of light (maybe from the pee cave!).
Everything is broken, everyone is broken....
So the remaining 4 candidates finally got some camp fire quality time with Jacob. No Kumbaya though, just honesty and answers. You were brought here because you were broken, BAM! Kate's name was crossed out because she became a mother, BAM! You have to choose between yourselves who gets the big job, BAM! It was all laid out, right in front of us, and as 90% of the viewing public might might have guessed, Jack volunteered his services. He has been the leader since day one, our good Sheppard, and to me there was only ever one real candidate.
They call me the seeker, I've been searching low and high....
In the flash sideways, Desmond continued his greatest hits tour of Lost Alumni, laying a smackdown on Ben, garnering a criminal record with Sawyer, and co-ordinating a jail break with Ana-Lucia. I never really got the hate for her character, sure she was a bitch, but she was also complicated and badass. At least she got one of the most surprising deaths on the show.
How cool was Jack and Locke's chat? Loved all the throwbacks to previous episodes, and once again Terry O'Quinn showcased his awesome acting chops, showing Locke to be vulnerable, hopeful and repentant. Will Locke finally get to go on that walkabout?
I have no idea what's going to transpire in the flash sideways, Desmond could kill all the Losties with a bomb at the concert (God, not another bomb!) to reset the timeline, or he could make them fully 'aware' and they then choose which existence they want. It's getting very interesting in the alt, and I'm deeply curious to see how it turns out.
OK, it's predictions time. So close to the finale, I'm laying it on the line with my expectations for the remaining on island characters, starting with Mr James Ford.
Sawyer's going out with a sacrifice, much the same as he did with his helicopter jump in season 4, probably in an attempt to save Kate. Mr Ford does love the ladies after all. He's island casualty number 1, along with....
Kate. She always gets herself in to trouble doesn't she, tagging along and then being kidnapped! Freckles did great to make it this far, and I'm gonna miss the best female island totty, but Kate and Sawyer are going down together.
Mr Hume is on a collision course with the glowing pee cave. I'm guessing Flocke wants to trick Des in to entering the cave (using his immunity to electromagnetism) to 'turn out the light' (maybe it's even on a clapper). Won't happen though, because here to unexpectedly save the day is....
Benjamin Linus. He'll turn on Smokey when he least expects it and kill his ass, probably with that ancient dagger. Ben is now fully redeemed, plus it would be kinda cool if he killed both Jacob and MIB.
Jack will remain as the island protector, probably keeping Des around as his right hand man (possibly a 'white smoke monster', or would that be too cheesy????), or his...
Alpert. Richard's going to get the one thing he really wants - death, and will consequently be reunited with his beloved Isabella. All that leaves is...
Hurley. The one truly good and pure person, he has no reason to die and no reason to stay. He'll be the only one of the final Losties to leave the island for good. Oops, almost forgot about Miles! He made a pretty cool duo with Hurley, maybe they'll leave together?
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