Daniel's TV Blog

We are half way through the current season of LOST and a surprising amount has happened already. In episode 7 we had an entire episode off the island (except for the revisit of the wheel turning) that was followed by a an episode entirely on the island. I think we got to see Locke turning the Frozen Donkey Wheel in three different episodes. Locke's episode had a surprising amount of answers. The opening sequence with resurrected Locke was considered for the opening sequence of the season. That might have been a good choice. Although Jack, Kate, and Hurley in the water would have been a cool season opener too. But the Dharma opening with Daniel was definitely the best choice as this looks to be the biggest Dharma season yet. The second season opened with Desmond in the Swan and that season was all about the hatch. The third season was all about the others and that opened with Juliet in Otherville. The fourth opened with Hurley back in L.A. and that season was all about getting home. At first I thought this season was about getting back to the island but that's only half the story. It also about The Dharma Initiative.

Here's what we learned from The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham:

• Flight 316 crashed on Hydra island
• Ben and Locke ended up in the island in the present along with the rest of the 316ers.
• Ceasar the Lost Whisperer is keeping secrets from the others. I think the island makes people act that way.
• Widmore doesn't seem to be part of Dharma
• Widmore knows where the Oceanic Six are at all times.
• Abaddon works for Widmore.
• The reason Abaddon was with Locke back before the island was because Widmore knew about Locke from the 50's.
• Ben killed Locke

And the new questions:

• Why did Ben kill Abaddon?
• Why did Abaddon allow himself to be seen by Hurley? Was he trying to mess it up for Locke?
• Does Widmore really want the Oceanic Six to return?
  
• How many people survived the 316 crash?
• Where did the Captain Frank go?
• What women did he go with?
• Where they the ones who fired on the time travelers?
• but the biggest question: how did Locke return to life?

Then onto the Sawyer episode, whom I will call James forever more. Only James could pull of the con he did. He got lucky. What if Horace asked him for more detail about the Black Rock? James only really knows that it's on the island but a real salvage person would know where it left from and what year. I doubt James knew that. But in my opinion, three years is long enough to get over someone. Especially if the previous person they knew for only 108 days. We learned a lot and Jin learned English.

• The final time jump was during the Dharma years
• The penultimate jump was really long ago and the four toed statue was still standing
  
• James, Juliet, Miles, Daniel, and Jin integrated into the Dharma Initiative
• The Dharma people are quite frightened of James
• There is a truce between The Others and Dharma. James was very important in keeping the peace.
• James and Juliet are now a hot item.
  

And the new questions:

• Why did the Others attack Amy and Paul?
• What are the terms of the Truce?
  
• Was the little girl Charlotte?
• What is the significance of the ankh necklace?
• What are Miles and Daniel doing for Dharma?
• Who is Amy's baby? Is it someone important? Someone we know?
• How was Amy able to conceive and have a baby?
  
• Where did Jin make the phone call from?
• What happened to Rose and Bernard? If they ended up in 1974 did they join Dharma too?

No new episode this week but next week is an episode called Namaste so we get lots more Dharma before the Oceanic Six and time travelers catch up with the 316ers.

Labels: LOST