Lost Season 5 – Epis. 10 & 11: He’s Our You & Whatever Happened, Happened
April 2, 2009 by nina
Filed under Lost Season 5
Previously on Lost: Ben was sweating The Others even as a kid. Sayid worked for Ben when he was off the island, killing people he believed worked for Widmore. Back on the island, Sayid is captured by the Dharma Initiative. Young Ben befriends Sayid.
And now…
Tikrit, Iraq – As a boy, Sayid killed chickens without flinching. He makes his fat friend look like a pussy.
On the island – Young Ben brings Sayid more food and a book. (A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda) Ben wants to know if Richard sent Sayid. He says when he ran away four years ago, Richard told him to be patient and he could join them. He tells Sayid that if he’s patient too, he can help him.
When he was off the island, Sayid kills a man from Widmore’s organization. Ben tells him that he has killed them all and he’s free to go live his life.
Back on the island, Horace comes to see Sayid, but Sayid ain’t talking. He gives Sayid an hour to change his mind or they’re taking it to the next level. Oooh.
From their happy home, Juliet and Sawyer watch Kate and Jack from the window. She worries that life as they know it will be over once Sayid opens his mouth. Sawyer says that Sayid won’t blab. Horace comes over and says that Sayid ain’t talking and they’re gonna be forced to sic Oldham on Sayid. Sawyer wants a shot at him.
Sawyer goes to see Sayid alone, ordering the guard to leave. Sayid wants to know how Sawyer can live with a mini-Ben Linus. Sawyer says they have no choice. Sawyer tells Sayid that he’s lucky he spent the last three years getting himself into a position to help him now. He strikes Sayid and says they need to pretend he was interrogated and that Sayid needs to say he wants to defect from The Others. Sayid refuses.
Hurley is a cook on the island. Go figure. He joins Jack and Kate for breakfast. Kate and Hurley can’t believe Sawyer didn’t give up any info on a plan. Hurley breaks the news to Kate that Juliet and Sawyer are together-together. Like bumping uglies together.
Ben’s father, Roger the janitor, comes to clean up outside of Sayid’s cell. He wonders aloud how Sayid got caught. He figures that Sayid must be pretty dumb. Sayid is all, “At least I’m not a janitor.” Ben shows up with a sandwich and plays like it’s for his Daddy. Roger goes all Daddy Dearest on him ’cause he knows the sandwich is for Sayid.
Girls with Daddy issues end up on the pole. Boys with Daddy issues end up lying, psychopathic, murderers.
Off the island, in Santo Domingo, Ben comes to see Sayid. He tells Sayid that John Locke is dead, probably murdered… ’cause you killed him, bastard! He tells Sayid that he might be in danger and that men are watching Hurley too. Sayid realizes that Ben wants him to kill the men watching Hurley. Sayid insists he doesn’t like killing.
I wonder how many houses for the poor you have to build to make up for dozens of murders.
Sawyer and the others come for Sayid and tazer him. I love a good tazin’, but not on Sayid! They take him to Oldham; a rednecky old coot. Sawyer tells Sayid, “He’s our you.” They tie Sayid to a tree and Oldham forces him to swallow a cube of sugar with some liquid on it. Oldham tells Sayid that no matter what, he will tell them the truth.
Sawyer shits his pants.
Ruh-roh
Off the island, at the marina, Sayid is pissed when he realizes that he, Sun, Kate, and Jack have gathered with Ben to discuss going back to the island. “If I see you again,” he tells Ben, “it will be unpleasant for us both.”
At a hotel bar, Sayid downs scotch that’s $120 bucks a glass. Damn. Murder pays well. Elana is seated at the bar too and starts coming on to him. He buys her a glass of the scotch. Yeah, murder pays real well.
On the island, the questioning begins. Sayid answers the questions honestly. He was in handcuffs on the plane because he’s a bad man. He tells them he has returned to the island. He tells them about the first crash. He also tells them what he knows about all the stations. That freaks Radzinski the hell out. Sayid then tells them that they are all going to die. When he tells them he’s from the future they think Oldham used too much of the drug.
Juliet shows Kate around the garage where they work on the vans. Juliet is relieved that Hurley told Kate about her and Sawyer because if she had done it, she knew it would sound like she was telling Kate to stay away. Which we all know is what she wants to say.
"I'm smiling, but I hate you." "Yeah. Me too."
They then watch as Sawyer and crew lead Sayid back to his cell.
Sawyer notices Juliet and Kate talking.
Your ex talking to your new girlfriend NEVER ends well.
The DI peeps have a come to Jesus meeting and Radzinski pushes for Sayid to be killed. Sawyer wants to talk to Sayid again, but Radzinski smells blood. He says they need to make a decision or he will call Ann Arbor and they will make it for them. Another reason I won’t take my black ass to Michigan. Amy pushes for the vote. She won’t feel safe with Sayid around. They vote and everyone, including Sawyer, vote to kill Sayid.
Sawyer, say it ain’t so!
Off the island, Sayid and Elana are about to get down and dirty in a hotel room. She suddenly starts beating his ass and pulls a gun on him. She was hired to bring him to Guam to answer for killing the guy on the golf course.
Back on the island, Sawyer goes to see Sayid again and tells him that they’re coming to kill him. Again Sayid refuses Sawyer’s plan to escape. Sayid says that he realizes he has a purpose for being back on the island. Frustrated, Sawyer leaves. He goes to see Kate. He wants to know why they came back to the island. She says she only knows why she came back. Before she can say, “I came back for your fine ass,” a van on fire plows into a house.
Kate helps people escape from the house while Sawyer rushes to get the hoses going. Sawyer tells Jack that the trouble only started when they brought their asses back.
"This is probably my fault, so helping is the least I could do."
While this is going on, young Ben sneaks to see Sayid. He asks Sayid, “If I let you go, will you take me with you? To your people?” Sayid tells him yes.
Off the island, as Elana escorts Sayid through the airport, he notices Hurley, Kate, and Jack. He wants to take another plane, but Elana ain’t having it. Sayid sees Sun and knows shit ain’t right. He knows shit really ain’t right when he sees Ben. He asks Elana if she’s working for Benjamin Linus. She wants to know who Ben is. Sayid says he’s a monster, liar, etc. She wants to know why she’d work for someone like that. Sayid admits that he worked for Ben.
On the island, Sayid and Ben are running through the woods when they come across Jin in a van.
Sayid tells Jin that Sawyer let him go. Jin wants to call and check on this before letting Sayid go on, but Sayid knocks him out before he can. He then takes Jin’s gun and shoots Ben.
Damn, he was right. That was unpleasant.
He shoulda shot his ass more than once!
Whatever Happened, Happened
Previously on Lost: Sawyer finds out he has a daughter named Clementine. Kate, before ending up on the island the first time, encounters Sawyer’s baby mama. Kate pretends to be Aaron’s mother after leaving the island. She is threatened by someone who knows Aaron isn’t hers. Young Ben lets Sayid escape and gets a cap in his ass for his efforts.
And now…
Jin comes to and tells the DI people that Sayid is headed north. He then discovers that Ben is shot and puts him in the van. What? Let that little bastard die! And did he give up Sayid’s true direction?
Back at the DI camp, Horace says that someone must have set the fire to help Sayid escape. Jack is like, “How you know that?” And Horace pretty much tells him to shut up, newbie.
Kate helps Ben’s father, Roger, move the burnt out van from the house. She realizes that he’s Ben’s father. Jin shows up with an injured Ben. Roger freaks out.
Off the island, Kate takes Aaron to see Sawyer’s baby mama. She wants to know why Kate trusted her with the secret that Sawyer is still alive. She tells Kate that Sawyer is a coward. She also figures out that Kate isn’t Aaron’s Mommy.
Back on the island, Sawyer is looking at the surveillance cameras. Kate shows up and Sawyer tells Kate to scram before she messes everything up. Sure enough, Horace and crew shows up and Saywer acts like he was questioning Kate.
"You tryna get us killed, Freckles?"
They realize that someone with janitor keys let Sayid out. There are only three janitors; some guy, Roger, and Jack. Sawyer and Miles leave to question Jack.
Sawyer tells Miles to get Jack, Kate, and Hurley and put them in a house and watch them. He goes to see how Ben is and realizes that Roger doesn’t have his janitor keys. Juliet tells Sawyer that she needs a real surgeon to stop Ben’s bleeding.
At the house, Miles tells Hurley, Jack, and Kate that Ben won’t die because he lived to be an adult. Sawyer shows up and says they need Jack, and if he doesn’t come, Ben will die. Jack refuses.
"Is you crazy? I'm not saving his little ass!"
Later, Kate can’t believe Jack won’t save Ben. Jack says that he already saved Ben for Kate’s ass once, and he ain’t doing it again. Jack thinks that the island might just want to work shit out for itself. Kate doesn’t like the new Jack. Jack says you didn’t like the old Jack.
Kate goes to donate blood for Ben. She tells Juliet that she and Jack were engaged off the island after Juliet expresses confusion over Jack’s unwillingness to help Ben. Roger comes in and sits with Kate while Juliet checks on Ben.
Roger admits that Ben stole his keys to bust out Sayid because of him. Roger confides in Kate how Ben’s mother died. Then Ben goes into shock.
Back at the house, Hurley has a hard time wrapping his brain around the fact that everything that is happening now, already happened. Miles keeps calling Hurley names.
"Call me stupid one mo' 'gain."
Miles explains that when Ben turned the wheel time is no longer on a straight line. What follows is a bunch of time-travel mumbo jumbo that gives me a headache. Hurley does succeed in stumping Miles. He wants to know if everything has already happened, how come Ben doesn’t remember being shot by Sayid when he first meets him after the Oceanic crash. (Just like I wanted to know why Daniel didn’t remember telling Charlotte never to return to the island.)
"Dude, the most important thing to remember is to never, ever, cross the streams."
Juliet tells Kate that Ben will die and Kate says they can’t let that happen. Juliet says that maybe there’s something The Others can do. Oooh, does this mean we get to see Richard’s fine ass? Please say yes.
Juliet and Kate sneak Ben into a van. Kate doesn’t want Juliet going with her. Juliet tells her that when Sawyer finds out, she will give Kate a head start.
Off the island, at the marina, Kate is pissed when she realizes they met with Ben to discuss going back to the island. She leaves with Aaron. They go to a supermarket because he’s thirsty. When Jack calls Kate on her cell, she takes her eyes off of Aaron briefly and he disappears. I would so beat Donny’s ass. She finds him with a woman that says she was taking Aaron for help.
On the island, Kate makes it to the security pylons when Sawyer shows up. He says he’s not there to stop her, he’s there to help her. And he calls her Freckles!!
Off the island, Kate goes back to Sawyer’s baby mama. Clementine calls her Auntie Kate. She tells the baby mama that Jack and the others want to go back. She also tells baby mama that as scared as she was when Aaron went missing, she also expected it. Baby mama tells Kate that Sawyer broke her heart so she took Aaron to fix it.
On the island, Sawyer disables the pylons. Sawyer says he is helping Ben for Juliet because she said that no matter what Ben grows up to be, it’s wrong to let a kid die. Sheeeit.
Juliet busts into the house and wants to see Jack who is in the shower. She makes Miles and Hurley leave. She confronts Jack for not helping Ben. Juliet says that Sawyer and Kate actually care and he doesn’t. He says that he cares, that’s why he came back. To save her. She says she didn’t need saving. She’s been playing house with Sawyer, and likes it! He says he came back because he was supposed to, but he doesn’t know why yet.
Sawyer and Kate carry Ben through the jungle. She tells Sawyer about Clementine. Sawyer tells Kate that they would have never worked out. He wasn’t fit to be her man or a Dad. Kate points out that he seems to be doing fine with Juliet. He says he’s grown up a lot in three years.
The Others show up and Sawyer tells them that they need to take Ben to Richard.
Off the island, Kate goes to see Clare’s mother. She tells her that Aaron is her grandson and that Clare is alive. Kate admits that she didn’t say anything sooner because she needed Aaron. Kate says that she told Aaron she’s his grandmother and that she will take care of him. Kate is going back to the island to find Clare.
As Kate cries over Aaron while he sleeps, I’m about to lose my shit… until Donny says, “It took her three years to feel like shit?”
Way to ruin the moment!
On the island, Sawyer brings Ben to Richard… who seems to appear out of nowhere. He also appears to still be young and sexy.
Still young and STILL sexy.
Kate asks if Richard can save Ben’s life. Richard kinda looks at Kate like he wants to eat her. Lucky girl. Richard says that if he takes Ben, he will never be the same. He won’t remember what happened, his innocence will be gone, and Ben will always be one of them.
Creepy.
“You still want me to take him?”
Kate says, “Yes.”
An other says that they need to ask Ellie (Daniel’s Mom?), and worries what will happen if Charles (Widmore) finds out… Damn, he looks like a young, and HOT, eyepatch guy. Richard says he doesn’t answer to either of them. Richard leaves with Ben and takes him to the temple where the smoke monster lives.
Older, current, Ben wakes up to find John staring at him.
"Ben, you got some 'splainin' to do!"
Next week looks kickass!
Nina is a 34-year-old mother, wife and writer who spends her days blogging, studying, changing diapers and watching ridiculous amounts of TV. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, two children and three TiVos.
[...] Previously on Lost: Sayid shoots young Ben in the 70’s. Kate and Sawyer take Ben to Richard Alpert who says that if he helps Ben, Ben will always be one of them. Because Ben won’t give himself up, Whitmore’s mercenary kills Alex. Sun takes off with Lapidus to find Jin. Locke realizes Ben is back on the island too. [...]