Lost Recap: The Shape of Things to Come

I feel like I’ve said this so often with Lost: it came roaring back last night. Literally. We got to see smokey the monster (apparently manipulated by Ben…or is it Jacob?). There was time-traveling, flash-forwards into October of 2005, hints from Hurley (Australia is the key to this game, huh?), Sawyer’s sudden turnaround into a compassionate hero who risked his life to save Claire, and so much more that I will never get to because the episode was overwhelming. But the one standout performace was that of Michael Emerson: Benjamin Linus. I cannot say enough about how wonderful he is to watch on this show. Last night was a prime example. The Shape of THings to Come cahnged the rules.

So where do we begin? Time Travel! Again!

It seems as if Ben has the ability to travel time, at least that’s what we’re led to believe. He transports himself into October of 2005. Location: Sahara Desert. He lies to Sayid about how he got there, but we’ll get to that. My question is, what was Ben’s starting point? We saw him arrive in the desert, but we didn’t see where/when he departed. Relative to Island time, was it before, during or after the Island present? My guess is that we’ll find out it was before. Does anyone remember if Ben had a cut on his arm at some point in the past?

It’s too late for me to try and recap the whole episode, so let’s just talk about the best parts:
He Changed the Rules

Not only did Charles Widmore change the rules of whatever game it is that he was playing with Ben, Lost changed the rules of hollywood storytelling. They let a hostage be murdered in cold blood. And they let the hostage’s father witness it and take the responsibility for it! I think we were all shocked by that because that’s something you almost never see on TV or even in movies, but my twisted mind loved every bit of it.

…ok, I’ve spent all day trying to write this and this is as far as I’ve gotten. Sorry folks, you’ll just need to discuss amongst yourselves.

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