Ben Has to Break the Rules

Lost's return this week snuck up on me (in more ways than one)! I was out of town this week (hence the reason why this post is about 3 days too late), so I had to do the whole avoid the Internet/flip the channel whenever anyone mentions Lost/beg friends and family members not to spill any of the details thing. Thankfully, all of this worked so when I sat down to watch it today, I was surprised from start to finish. I suppose it was only a matter of time before they killed Alex. After all, her mom and boyfriend both bit it in that mini finale a few weeks back. Plus as we learned this week, her death is the catalyst for a very important plot point once the survivors get off the island. It explains why Ben continues to pursue Whidmore and how he's able to recruit Sayid. Actually, a lot of pieces started to fall into place during this outing. It seems like this war between Whidmore and Ben goes way back. When Ben broke into Whidmore's penthouse, Charles told him that everything Ben has he took from him. This leads me to believe that Whidmore was behind the Dharma Initiative and he has never forgiven Ben for killing off all of the people he put on that island. Of course killing those people is what gave Ben control of the island, and thus, the battle began. Unfortunately, it has claimed a lot of innocent people in the process.

Meanwhile, Jack is feeling a little green and he's popping pills to make it better. Kate seems concerned (as she should be), but Jack just wants to take the pills and pretend he's not suffering. This couldn't come at a worse time as the parachuters are lying to them (thankfully, Bernard knows Morse Code), the ship's doctor washed up dead, Whidmore's minions are launching a full-fledged attack on the Others' camp, and oh yeah, Ben summoned the Smoke Monster. I knew he was behind that dark cloud's mysterious appearances! Let's just hope that this half-baked plan to involve Jacob doesn't go up in smoke like Whidmore's men.

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