Comments on: The Last Temptation of Locke – 5.07 “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”

By: Panasonic GH2

Panasonic GH2 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:09:37 +0000

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By: LV

LV — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:01:34 +0000

p.s. I laughed out loud at the pic of Locke puking. Very funny

By: LV

LV — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:53 +0000

This is seriously awesome, yet again. Thanks, Fish!

By: Craven

Craven — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:55:55 +0000

Fishbiscuit, your recaps are the best!

By: Eh

Eh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:23:39 +0000

It may be a well known thought, but according to Bible based religions the only sin that one cannot be redeemed from is blasphemy (or not believing in Jesus). There is no mention in the Bible that suicide is unforgivable.

By: Eh

Eh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:15:52 +0000

Steve Holt!

Anybody?

By: iamme

iamme — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:05:50 +0000

I got the impression that at the time that Ben killed Locke (he did say his goodbyes as if he thought he would never see him again), he had no idea of his true importance, or he did but jealousy prompted him to try to get rid of him, AGAIN! Locke mentioning Mrs. Hawking seemed to be the trigger switch for Ben to murder him. It almost seemed as if once he got the name he no longer needed to play nice with Locke. And upon seeing Hawking he realised the only way he would get back to the island was piggy backing on the O6 including Locke.

Of course I think that when Ben sees Locke alive he’s going to act as if he knew all along that he would be resurrected and thus resume his mind fraks. But we can’t really know for sure with Ben.

By: manuelo

manuelo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:24:19 +0000

But Bentham is also famous for ‘surviving’ after his death, as his stuffed body remains at University College London to this day. The Bentham name was a fairly obvious clue that he would have a role after death.

By: hatterandharestudios

hatterandharestudios — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:32:19 +0000

lol ‘Shotguns are shotguns’? You know, I got the same words of wisdom in a fortune cookie the other day…

By: hyperRevue

hyperRevue — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:16:25 +0000

Shotguns are shotguns. But according to a deleted scene, the room where Caesar found the gun was used as an office by Ben, so it could easily be the same gun.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:24:46 +0000

That’s exactly what I meant. I’m not sure why Jim was rather rude about my opinion.

By: hatterandharestudios

hatterandharestudios — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:14:42 +0000

Did anyone else notice that the shotgun that Caesar found underneath the table looked strikingly similar to the one Ben pulled out from inside of his piano bench in ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ (409) after Locke told asked him what ’14J’ meant?

By: BAK2530

BAK2530 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:07:37 +0000

Why are we assuming Locke is corporeal and Christian is not?
Christian is undead right so why cant Locke be undead as well?
They both have had physical contact with solid objects

By: ltb

ltb — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:41:19 +0000

love the recap…you really make me put my thinking cap on. =)

one thing, i don’t think cesar knew the gun was under the desk rather, he happened upon it when he dropped daniel’s (?) notes on the floor.

By: richard keenan

richard keenan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:52:04 +0000

great recap!! cant wait for thursday now! btw, have we ever seen a shot of lockes feet? i wonder if he has 4 toes
incidently, i just found out today that the real jeremy benthams body is still in ucl, in london, right next to where i work! just round the corner from the jeremy bentham pub

By: dolce

dolce — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:48:26 +0000

…every episode this season 3 times…

By: dolce

dolce — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:47:23 +0000

I have also been having dreams lately about interacting with characters from lost. Never had dreams about fictionalized characters before. In my case, Smitty is right. I have watched every episode this season, and on top of it, I have been watching seasons 1-4 with a friend who is trying to catch up. Weird.

By: Mack

Mack — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:45:43 +0000

Well I am not what you would call biblical scholar and far form a believer. I guess I was trying to compare the two in a very lose way, and possibly provide an understanding of Ben’s actions and how they specifically relate to Locke.

By: Lost Mom of Four

Lost Mom of Four — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:42:29 +0000

Great Recap!!!
So many more little things to consider…

By: Lost Mom of Four

Lost Mom of Four — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:34:19 +0000

That’s the way I saw it too.

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:23:50 +0000

You know, I can’t remember having a dream where I interacted with fictional characters.

I had this dream of selling my R*&#*^*n script to Clint Eastwood, at his house, raining outside and there was construction so I had to walk on a makeshift boardwalk to get inside.

There was a dream with Patrick Swazye, too, him throwing down a book I had written, hoping to sell him the rights cause I believe he was perfect for the lead character at that time.

Neither happened in reality.

Just dreams.

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:20:01 +0000

Means you watch too much Lost, dude.

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:19:29 +0000

Not according to Des or Daniel. He was meant to die, and would have some other way, betrayed by another.

I mean, if you believe that stuff.

By: lil jims

lil jims — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:25:32 +0000

“langoliered out of the plane”…. that just might by my favorite lost recap quote of all time

By: the_professor

the_professor — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:13:09 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if “the war” Widmore referred to turns out to be something of a much larger scale. We’ve had the “fate of the Island” stakes for quite a long time. The only way to raise them is to make it “the fate of the world.” And they’ve dropped these hints throughout the show. I’m all for it, and it ties neatly into the philosophical ideas underneath the show. The Utilitarian point of view may have been about Locke at that point (his need to sacrifice himself for the greater good) but I wonder if it will come up again, in a much bigger scope.