| | Totally "Lost": Deconstructing "Follow The Leader"May 6, 2009 - Ray EckenrodeDEAD END? Locke has seen the future, brother, and it’s murder  Deconstructing Season 5, Episode 15, of the ABC television series “Lost” titled “Follow The Leader”: The big picture > In 2008, Locke is on a bizarre pilgrimage to take out the Big J. Meanwhile, Jack, Sayid and Eloise are working in 1977 to ensure he never has the opportunity or need to. Answers > The resurrected Locke has a purpose -- and it's to kill Jacob. Doh! > Richard is a kind of advisor to The Others and he's had that job for a very, very long time. > Enough of the past three years was misery that Jack would welcome an opportunity to wipe it clean. > Hurley does NOT know who the president was in 1977. > Richard told Locke he would have to die because Locke told Richard to tell Locke he would have to die. > Eloise Hawking was pregnant with Daniel Faraday when she shot and killed future Faraday. (In case you didn't hear it, Widmore told her she shouldn't go on the mission with Jack and Kate "in her condition.") She was approximately 38 years old at the time. > Horace doesn’t have the stomach for what happens next. > Pierre Chang angrily expelled his wife and son from his life because that’s the only way he could save them. > Jack is now a man of faith. Questions > Does Locke mean kill kill or kill as in how Ben killed him? > Do immortals need eyeglasses? > Did Radzinsky just stage a DHARMA coup? > Was that a Black Rock model Richard was working on in the bottle? > Did Richard really watch them all die or does he think he watched them all die or is he lying? > No sedation for the return trip on the sub? > If Widmore wanted Locke back on the island and Locke wants to kill Jacob, does that mean Widmore and Jacob are on opposing sides? And who exactly is the good guy? Title tracking > A seemingly two-headed title, paralleling Jack's awakening to "his purpose" in 1977 and Locke's confident ascension to the leader of The Others in 2008. Easter Eggs > Nothing jumped out, but there’s gotta be something in The Tunnels or the interior of the sub. Quotable > “If we do what’s written in that journal, none of this will have happened.” +Jack, explaining Faraday’s variable theory. > "Alright, dude, we're from the future." +Hurley, cracking when he was asked the one question he was afraid he'd be asked. > “We’ll buy Micorsoft.” +LaFleur describing his plan, which is not the plan Hurley had in mind. > “I’m starting to think John Locke is going to be trouble.” +A suddenly sinister Richard Alpert. Theories, crackpot and otherwise > Something is not right with the DHARMA timeline of The Incident occurring in 1977 and The Purge taking place in 1992. It's hard to imagine how DHARMA could surive another 15 years on the island, based on what we've seen this season. > The more we read and hear the more we think Jughead is going to be detonated next week and Season 6 will begin in a whole new reality. We're not sure we like it, but we're starting to think it. Next week > Next weeks' episode is the last "Lost" season finale cliffhanger ever <sigh> titled, "The Incident.” Tradition holds that it will be multi-centric. Article CommentsNo comments posted for this article. Post a Comment | |
