Comments on: What Nikki Noticed: 5.11 “Whatever Happened, Happened”

By: Margarett Curi

Margarett Curi — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:20:13 +0000

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By: Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:29:45 +0000

Jenn: True, but my conclusion was that Juliet looks just like herself. So if he infact said, “You look just like her,” that doesn’t change what I was saying… that she looks just like herself. That’s what I meant about it amounting to the same thing — it amounts to the same thing in my argument.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:32:01 +0000

No… you don’t have to look like her to remind someone of her. Looking JUST LIKE someone is more significant than just looking slightly similar to someone.

By: Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:15:44 +0000

Good point, thanks for the clarification! I think it still amounts to the same thing, no?

By: Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:15:05 +0000

Let’s hope Nikki and Paulo are buried DEEP DEEP DEEP.

By: Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:13:59 +0000

You know, ever since Kate loaded Ben into the Dharma van I’ve been thinking, Have we seen Ben do anything especially nice for Kate? And somehow I completely forgot about the nice dress!! Thanks for reminding me of that, that’s awesome. Just another bit of support to back the theory that he will remember everything. And thank you for your kind words!

By: Nikki Stafford

Nikki Stafford — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:12:49 +0000

Thanks for the kudos! Very sweet. And while I do love Kate as a character, I will say that many of the Kate episodes I really like on a first viewing, and don’t on a second. I hope this one doesn’t turn into that. But I still believe Eggtown is riddled with holes.

By: Dolce

Dolce — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:25:12 +0000

Ben was shot inside the perimeter. And I would think that being affected by the sonic fence would occur when you break the plane, regardless of which side you break it from.

By: horselover

horselover — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:23:36 +0000

I think Ben was shot outside the perimeter, but not sure. On that note, do we know whether the sonar fence actually prevents people from leaving the perimeter? I know young Ben tests it with a rabbit, but the only way we’ve seen people affected is when they are on the inside.

By: horselover

horselover — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:19:58 +0000

Hadn’t noticed that. I guess non-existence in a temporal limbo is a pretty rock-solid alibi.

By: horselover

horselover — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:15:09 +0000

I actually had to watch that scene three or four times before I was even clear on who it was that wanted to fake it and who wanted to actually kill them.

By: playpause

playpause — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:47:45 +0000

Nikki, you always make the episode seem better than I actually thought it was. Great writing.
But you can’t take away from me that the Kate storylines are weak, and that the actress doesn’t help.

By: addicted

addicted — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:35:25 +0000

I definitely believe Ben remembers Sayid.

In the previous episode, Ben tells Sayid “You are a killer”, after he has used him to kill of Widmore’s henchmen. After that, when Sayid returns to the island (into the past), before shooting Ben he says “You were right Ben. I am a killer”.

I think most people have the motivations for the statement inverted. Ben was able to rightly guess that Sayid was “a killer” because (a) Sayid told him this as a kid and (b) he remembers Sayid shooting a helpless child who just helped him escape certain death.

By: Summertime

Summertime — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:30:35 +0000

Nikki, I have enjoyed your posts for a while and this is my first time commenting. You are so great. Thank you.
I have been reading alot of comments about Ben remembering Juliet from his childhood. What Harper said to Juliet about looking like her, etc. Well I also remember that Ben was overly nice to Kate when the Others brought her, Jack and Sawyer to The Hydra. He let her shower, gave her a pretty dress to wear and a beautiful breakfast on the beach and said something like he wanted her to have something nice to remember. So could it be that Ben remembers Kate taking him to the Others to be healed? Or Richard may tell him. Yes, Juliet tried to save him in surgery and it was her idea to take Ben to Richard, but Kate gave her blood to little Ben and who took off with him in the van and was there when he was handed over to Richard.

Also, did anyone notice…during Jack and Kate’s conversation in the kitchen when Jack was talking about already saving Ben’s life, he said he did it for her. And when Sawyer caught up with Kate and Ben in the DHARMA van and Kate asked him why he was helping, he said that he was doing it for Juliet. Interesting…..

By: John

John — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:49:33 +0000

Hate to rain on your parade, but he says “That’s for taking the kid off the raft.” Pretty Walt specific.

By: adam118

adam118 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0000

VERY interesting. Thus, when Sawyer kills him in Season 3 and says “That’s for taking the boy” it now has double meaning cuz he means Walt but it’d also be fore taking Ben.
holy shit!

By: adam118

adam118 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:21:24 +0000

VERY interesting. Thus, when Sawyer kills him in Season 3 and says “That’s for taking the boy” it now has double meaning cuz he means Walt but it’d also be fore taking Ben.
holy shit!

By: gloss

gloss — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:46:16 +0000

Their shallow graves were discovered by Miles.

By: Dorkusbob

Dorkusbob — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:28:19 +0000

Like I said:

Dorkusbob says:
April 2, 2009 at 7:08 pm
For those who care, psychology was my minor, and here’s what I think may happen: Ben gets healed, much like our French team, and while they do have the same memories prior to their meeting in the temple, the event changes them. The trauma involved in the shooting/healing make Ben’s memory falter. He will have vague memories of the shooting, maybe even the his whole childhood around that time. Because of this Ben has an attachment to “her”, who is Juilet. The person who works so hard to save him. His memories of the others (our new O6) go by the wayside because they have no impact on his life (Do you remember who cooked your food, or the school security you might have had in elementary school?).

Sayid is forgotten during this period as well. Ben knows he was shot, but he can’t remember the whole circumstance. His brain takes what it can and creates a new reality of the situation. It’s possible Ben transfers his feelings about Sayid on to his father or some one else.

The Others do not spend too much time on Sayid, let Smokey get him is their deal. Does he have the code to get past the fence? Or does he make his way around the island in the old way?

By: hyperRevue

hyperRevue — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:49:22 +0000

When did Keamy bury Karl and Alex?

By: Dolce

Dolce — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:47:59 +0000

Yeah, I’m gonna have to pay closer attention on my third rewatch.

By: mpl

mpl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:20:21 +0000

I read a theory last year about the unburied bodies, on this site, I think – was that you, Nikita?
It explains why Keamy bothered to take the time to bury Karl and Rousseau – Widmore probably told the Mercs to bury anybody they could. I really love this theory!

By: mpl

mpl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:11:08 +0000

Harper did NOT say “You remind him of her.” Harper said, “You look just like her.”

By: Blam

Blam — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:43:22 +0000

I never had a problem getting the relative pasts and futures, Icyone, but that’s about the most concise explanation I’ve read yet, and I hope you don’t mind if I pass it along.

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