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Mugen910 · 03-12-2010, 09:48 PM

LOST season 6, ep #6 "Dr. Linus"

1) Jack, Richard, Hurley:
Hurley waking up in the field of flowers was reminiscent of the poppy sequence in The Wizard of Oz (add it to the list of Oz references from this show... here's a link to all the Oz references http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz).
"I can't kill myself", Richard explains. It doesn't explain his agelessness, but it does explain a lot of other things we've seen these past years. Namely, it tells us why Jack couldn't kill himself on the sixth street bridge, why Locke couldn't hang himself in that hotel room, and ended up needing some help from Ben. Maybe it even suggests that Michael was touched by Jacob at one point too, because his repeated attempts at suicide in season four were all thwarted (until the island was done with him).

2) Ben's flash-sideways:
Arzt complained that got formaldehyde on his shirt, a funny reference to the season 1 episode when Arzt blew up and Jack got some Arzt on his shirt.
Until this week's episode, it had been safe to assume that both the Island and Sideways worlds shared the same history until 1977, which is when the time-traveling Losties detonated Jughead. Now we know differently. The flash-sideways revelation that Ben and his Dad were a part of Dharma means that Sideways Roger and Ben left the Island prior to its sinking. But Island Roger and Ben were still on the Island when Juliet banged the bomb. Implication: If the two worlds share a common history, the fork in the road is sometime before 1977.

Funny that in the scene with Roger, Ben went in to a closet filled with gas tanks to replace an oxygen tank for his Dad. When Dharma was purged Ben gassed his Dad to death.

Principal Reynolds vs Charles Widmore... both exposed by Ben for cheating... in position of power that Ben wanted.

Reynolds in turn threatened to ''torch'' Alex's chances at getting into Yale and thus destroy her future, just as Widmore sent his goons to ''torch'' (Widmore's word) the Island and kill Alex unless Ben bent to his will.
Donald Lawrence Reynolds is an anagram for 'a cloned world nearly ends'
Ben was teaching about Napoleon and Elba are good metaphors for the island and its various leaders. Like Elba, the island is a sort of prison for larger-than-life entities. Being sent to Elba was, as Ben pointed out, the end of Napoleon's power. I know this parallel was supposed to hint at the losses of power and exiles of Ben and Widmore (in their cases, from the island, not to it), but Elba could also refer to the Man in Black, who views the island as a sort of prison.

3) Widmore:
Widmore/ Ben/ Others history:
When Widmore was the Others' leader he ordered Ben to ''exterminate'' both Rousseau and Alex. Ben refused and Widmore dismissed Ben's ''idealism'' as sentimental and self-serving - about him needing to feel needed (much like Principal Reynolds accused Ben of needing History Club more than the students did). When Ben uncovered the truth about Widmore's off-island affair (with, presumably, Penny's mother), he staged a coup and forced Widmore into exile. Ben then moved the Others out of the jungle and into Dharmaville (after the Purge). But Ben's dream of settling down and playing house - modifying Others culture in such a way to service and fulfill his own desires - was surely antithetical to the Others' true purpose, and was most likely what earned the Others' their fertility curse from the Island/Jacob. Richard said as much when he encouraged Locke to make a play for Ben's job. ''Ben has been wasting our time with novelties like fertility problems,'' Richard said. ''We're looking for someone to remind us that we're here for more important reasons.''
Widmore ordered Keamy to kill Alex, if needed, to remove Ben from the island. Ben visited Widmore off-island and threatened to retaliate by killing Widmore's daughter, Penny.

Widmore/ Miles history:
Widmore recruited Miles, with the mercenaries, to come to the island. At one point, Miles and his taco were kidnapped by Bram (from Ilana's crew) who tried to talk Miles out of taking the job and being on the wrong side.
Widmore/ Eloise Hawking's allegiance:
Ms. Hawking made sure Locke's corpse went back to the island, that he was a proxy for Christian Shephard. But by doing so, she helped Smokey use Locke's body.

Widmore also wanted Locke to return to the island. Are Widmore and Ms. Hawking working together? Maybe Widmore wanted Smokey to take the form of Locke so that he would recognize him once he arrived? Fighting is easier if you recognize the enemy, no?
We've believed that Ilana's people are pro-Jacob and the freighter/ mercenaries were pro-Widmore. If Widmore's in cahoots with Smokey, wouldn't it make sense that he's Smokey's way off the island, and if Flocke wasn't lying to Ben, that someone will lead the island when he leaves, perhaps he promised Widmore, if Widmore helped him, that he would get him back to the island and have him be the leader.

I guess what I'm trying to say here, whose side is everyone on?
Jacob told Hurley "someone's coming to the island and I need you to help them get here." Was Jacob referring to Widmore or someone else? Why would Jacob want Widmore to come to the island if Widmore facilitated Locke's body returning to the island, which in turn, gave Smokey a body to use? Remember that Widmore told Locke (after Locke turned the frozen wheel and ended up in the Tunisian Desert) "if you don't return, the wrong side will win."

4) Ilana:
She revealed that she is charged with protecting the candidates who will replace Jacob.
Ilana facilitated Ben's redemption by forgiving him/ accepting him into her group. This time, Ben made the right choice- fulfilling, perhaps, Jacob's dying hope that Ben had the capacity for change. Ben became the first person this season to turn down Flocke's bargain.

5) Flocke:
Perhaps Flocke wanted Ben to kill Ilana. He probably can't kill her himself, just like he couldn't kill Jacob or the candidates. Ilana is probably off limits, too, so Flocke was trying to manipulate Ben into killing her.
Did Ben kill Locke in the hotel room because he knew Locke couldn't kill himself? (Remember that Ben needed Locke dead to convince the other Losties to go back)
Flocke told Ben he was needed to guard the island after Flocke leaves... interesting because Flocke told Sawyer that it's just an island and doesn't need protecting.

6) Miles:
Reveals that Jacob knew Ben would kill him ("No, he cared. He was hoping he was wrong about you"). This goes against the original theory of Jacob knowingly accepting his own demise.

7) The Beach:
The "girlie" magazine from Sawyer's old tent had something about "mirrors" written in the bottom corner and also something about "getting to the bottom of things" (haha)

The Chosen (book from Sawyer's tent) - About father/ son relationships. Some themes: a son rebelling about taking his fathers place as rabbi, the validity of Faith in a world moving toward science, mankind's total destruction. One defining part of the book where the two main characters (young boys) first meet is at a baseball game where one boy tells the other boy that he "wanted to kill him" after a baseball injury.

Lapidus overslept and missed flying Oceanic 815
The reunion moment at the end - This moment was staged to deliberately echo the scene from the season 3 episode ''One Of Us,'' when Jack, Kate, and Sayid returned from Otherville, bringing Juliet with them. When the beach crew saw her everyone gave her the stink-eye (especially, ironically, Sawyer) - just like Jack and Ben traded suspicious looks in this week's episode.

03-12-2010, 09:48 PM	#8
Mugen910 I <3 Huy Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Location Location: First Name Posts: 8,387 Trading: (106)	Re: LOST Notes LOST season 6, ep #6 "Dr. Linus" 1) Jack, Richard, Hurley: Hurley waking up in the field of flowers was reminiscent of the poppy sequence in The Wizard of Oz (add it to the list of Oz references from this show... here's a link to all the Oz references http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz). "I can't kill myself", Richard explains. It doesn't explain his agelessness, but it does explain a lot of other things we've seen these past years. Namely, it tells us why Jack couldn't kill himself on the sixth street bridge, why Locke couldn't hang himself in that hotel room, and ended up needing some help from Ben. Maybe it even suggests that Michael was touched by Jacob at one point too, because his repeated attempts at suicide in season four were all thwarted (until the island was done with him). 2) Ben's flash-sideways: Arzt complained that got formaldehyde on his shirt, a funny reference to the season 1 episode when Arzt blew up and Jack got some Arzt on his shirt. Until this week's episode, it had been safe to assume that both the Island and Sideways worlds shared the same history until 1977, which is when the time-traveling Losties detonated Jughead. Now we know differently. The flash-sideways revelation that Ben and his Dad were a part of Dharma means that Sideways Roger and Ben left the Island prior to its sinking. But Island Roger and Ben were still on the Island when Juliet banged the bomb. Implication: If the two worlds share a common history, the fork in the road is sometime before 1977. Funny that in the scene with Roger, Ben went in to a closet filled with gas tanks to replace an oxygen tank for his Dad. When Dharma was purged Ben gassed his Dad to death. Principal Reynolds vs Charles Widmore... both exposed by Ben for cheating... in position of power that Ben wanted. Reynolds in turn threatened to ''torch'' Alex's chances at getting into Yale and thus destroy her future, just as Widmore sent his goons to ''torch'' (Widmore's word) the Island and kill Alex unless Ben bent to his will. Donald Lawrence Reynolds is an anagram for 'a cloned world nearly ends' Ben was teaching about Napoleon and Elba are good metaphors for the island and its various leaders. Like Elba, the island is a sort of prison for larger-than-life entities. Being sent to Elba was, as Ben pointed out, the end of Napoleon's power. I know this parallel was supposed to hint at the losses of power and exiles of Ben and Widmore (in their cases, from the island, not to it), but Elba could also refer to the Man in Black, who views the island as a sort of prison. 3) Widmore: Widmore/ Ben/ Others history: When Widmore was the Others' leader he ordered Ben to ''exterminate'' both Rousseau and Alex. Ben refused and Widmore dismissed Ben's ''idealism'' as sentimental and self-serving - about him needing to feel needed (much like Principal Reynolds accused Ben of needing History Club more than the students did). When Ben uncovered the truth about Widmore's off-island affair (with, presumably, Penny's mother), he staged a coup and forced Widmore into exile. Ben then moved the Others out of the jungle and into Dharmaville (after the Purge). But Ben's dream of settling down and playing house - modifying Others culture in such a way to service and fulfill his own desires - was surely antithetical to the Others' true purpose, and was most likely what earned the Others' their fertility curse from the Island/Jacob. Richard said as much when he encouraged Locke to make a play for Ben's job. ''Ben has been wasting our time with novelties like fertility problems,'' Richard said. ''We're looking for someone to remind us that we're here for more important reasons.'' Widmore ordered Keamy to kill Alex, if needed, to remove Ben from the island. Ben visited Widmore off-island and threatened to retaliate by killing Widmore's daughter, Penny. Widmore/ Miles history: Widmore recruited Miles, with the mercenaries, to come to the island. At one point, Miles and his taco were kidnapped by Bram (from Ilana's crew) who tried to talk Miles out of taking the job and being on the wrong side. Widmore/ Eloise Hawking's allegiance: Ms. Hawking made sure Locke's corpse went back to the island, that he was a proxy for Christian Shephard. But by doing so, she helped Smokey use Locke's body. Widmore also wanted Locke to return to the island. Are Widmore and Ms. Hawking working together? Maybe Widmore wanted Smokey to take the form of Locke so that he would recognize him once he arrived? Fighting is easier if you recognize the enemy, no? We've believed that Ilana's people are pro-Jacob and the freighter/ mercenaries were pro-Widmore. If Widmore's in cahoots with Smokey, wouldn't it make sense that he's Smokey's way off the island, and if Flocke wasn't lying to Ben, that someone will lead the island when he leaves, perhaps he promised Widmore, if Widmore helped him, that he would get him back to the island and have him be the leader. I guess what I'm trying to say here, whose side is everyone on? Jacob told Hurley "someone's coming to the island and I need you to help them get here." Was Jacob referring to Widmore or someone else? Why would Jacob want Widmore to come to the island if Widmore facilitated Locke's body returning to the island, which in turn, gave Smokey a body to use? Remember that Widmore told Locke (after Locke turned the frozen wheel and ended up in the Tunisian Desert) "if you don't return, the wrong side will win." 4) Ilana: She revealed that she is charged with protecting the candidates who will replace Jacob. Ilana facilitated Ben's redemption by forgiving him/ accepting him into her group. This time, Ben made the right choice- fulfilling, perhaps, Jacob's dying hope that Ben had the capacity for change. Ben became the first person this season to turn down Flocke's bargain. 5) Flocke: Perhaps Flocke wanted Ben to kill Ilana. He probably can't kill her himself, just like he couldn't kill Jacob or the candidates. Ilana is probably off limits, too, so Flocke was trying to manipulate Ben into killing her. Did Ben kill Locke in the hotel room because he knew Locke couldn't kill himself? (Remember that Ben needed Locke dead to convince the other Losties to go back) Flocke told Ben he was needed to guard the island after Flocke leaves... interesting because Flocke told Sawyer that it's just an island and doesn't need protecting. 6) Miles: Reveals that Jacob knew Ben would kill him ("No, he cared. He was hoping he was wrong about you"). This goes against the original theory of Jacob knowingly accepting his own demise. 7) The Beach: The "girlie" magazine from Sawyer's old tent had something about "mirrors" written in the bottom corner and also something about "getting to the bottom of things" (haha) The Chosen (book from Sawyer's tent) - About father/ son relationships. Some themes: a son rebelling about taking his fathers place as rabbi, the validity of Faith in a world moving toward science, mankind's total destruction. One defining part of the book where the two main characters (young boys) first meet is at a baseball game where one boy tells the other boy that he "wanted to kill him" after a baseball injury. Lapidus overslept and missed flying Oceanic 815 The reunion moment at the end - This moment was staged to deliberately echo the scene from the season 3 episode ''One Of Us,'' when Jack, Kate, and Sayid returned from Otherville, bringing Juliet with them. When the beach crew saw her everyone gave her the stink-eye (especially, ironically, Sawyer) - just like Jack and Ben traded suspicious looks in this week's episode. __________________ I'm not antisocial, I just think people are stupid.