C3PX said:That last episode was awesomness! I called the ending the minute Sayid said he now knew why he returned to the island, it is exactly the way I would have written it myself (if I were privillaged enough to write for such a show).
This season has been great. The closest thing to a perfect run they have had so far. If they can just keep it up for the last few episodes...
I have no doubt that they will -- no reason why they wouldn't. Just goes to show what can be accomplished when writers have a fully thought out vision, and are given the time to execute it (they just finished writing the finale a week ago, and it's not going to be aired for another six weeks or so).
I didn't see the ending coming, though in retrospect, it makes sense, given how the flashbacks showed just how much more reason Sayid has to hate Ben. I didn't expect him to do it, though, if just because of Faraday's rule of not being able to change the past. It looks like the writers just changed everything, again -- just as the season 3 finale ("Through the Looking Glass") fundamentally changed the paradigm for the show, this episode redefines what is and is not possible within the show's storyline. As this blog post put it:
Zap2It said:Ben sees their chance to escape, but Sayid’s plans are not about escape: he’s there to kill Ben. “You were right about me…I am a killer.” Oh well, since it didn’t happen, it can’t happen, so naturally the gun misfires and…wait. Holy sh$t. Sayid just killed Ben. Repeat: Sayid just killed Ben. That sound you heard were millions of jaws dropping.
There are a lot places one can go with what happened, but I think the article puts it well:
Zap2It said:First up: we can finally put to rest any notion that we can use the words of Daniel Faraday as a Bible upon which we can swear. Sayid’s bullet is where theory met practice and ripped it to shreds as it passed through its heart. Once upon a time, Ben was a very patient boy that on one birthday killed his father while enabling/executing the Purge, but for some reason, that bit of history is gone, at least from the timeline in which Sayid and company now find themselves.
The biggest question? How can Ben have died in 1977 yet still be around in the present day? Don’t know, and it’s not that I don’t care so much as I’m willing to let the show try and explain that little factoid. What’s important is this: the suggestion in last week’s episode that the Island upon which Lapidus crash-lands Ajira 316 has a different history from 1977-2008 than it did before Ben Linus turned the donkey wheel.
It's an interesting read; I discovered this site a few months ago, and have enjoyed reading the episode reviews each week to supplement my own musings on the show. Not like my friends and I haven't had enough to discuss after this last episode . . .
Take care,
Sojourn