As she hands him the key, she asks if there's anything else she can help him with. He asks her for today's date. October 24th.
"2005?"
"Yes, sir. 2005."
With feigned embarrassment, he thanks her and walks away. As he heads for his room, his attention is caught by the name "Sayid Jarah" on the television where a newscaster is speaking in Arabic, as he turns, the words "Oceanic Six" come through in English. Sayid is on the television saying that he only wants to bury his wife in peace.
Back in the barracks, Locke is demanding answers from Ben and yelling at Hurley to take Aaron away from the window. As Hurley leaves, Ben explains that Locke needs to survive because the only person that can help them is Jacob, and he and Locke need to go to him together.
"What makes you think I can find him? I... I don't even know where the cabin is."
"I know. But Hurley does."
Sawyer rushes into the rubble to find Claire.
He pulls her out and rushes to Ben's house. He doesn't even have a smart ass remark when she calls him "Charlie". I suppose it's not surprising that she'd see a munchkin...er, hobbit after having a house dropped on her.
Go ahead. Take my shoes. My sister will beat your ass up.
With Claire in his arms, Sawyer pounds on the door of Ben's house, but while Hurley is ready to move the furniture and let him in, Ben has other ideas and cocks his gun to make his point.
Hurley makes his heroic choice and picks up an ottoman and heaves it through the front window. He then helps Sawyer lift Claire across the glassy threshold.
Once they get her safely inside, Sawyer has some serious questions to pose to Ben.
"Why slaughter people without even telling us what they want?"
"Those people were murdered to make you angry, James. So you'd be more likely to come storming in here and throw me to the wolves."
"Yeah, what's wrong with that? Sounds like a great plan to me." He turns to Locke and suggests that they do just that on a three count. Before we can learn if he's serious or just blowing off steam, the doorbell rings.
After a little eye-speak as they clear away the barricade, Sawyer pulls someone inside with all three guns pointed at him.
"Miles?"
"Who the hell let you out?"
"The people who gave me this." He holds out a walkie talkie. "They want to talk."
What're you doing? Nothing. What're you doing? Nothing. Me too! You're pretty. You are!
As Sayid prepares to bury his wife, the funeral procession is watched by Ben, posing as a part of the press. He goes up to a roof and photographs a man who is watching the procession as it passes. At one point, Sayid seems to sense his presence and looks up to the roof where he's perched and right into the camera lens.
Ben runs for his van, but before he can get there, a very pissed off widower tackles him. At first he's angry that the press has invaded the somber moment of laying his wife to rest, but when he realizes just who he has in his grasp he slows down a bit.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to find the man who murdered your wife."
Sayid isn't satisfied with that and shoves Ben roughly into a corner. He should be careful. Ben's a fucking ninja.
"How did you get here?"
"I came across the Syrian border. It's really not as difficult as you might..."
"How did you get off the island?
"Your friend Desmond had a boat, remember? The Elizabeth. I followed a heading to Fiji. Then I chartered a plane." Ben is also a fucking liar.
"Why now?"
"You remember the name Charles Widmore, don't you? The man who tried to convince the world that your plane was on the bottom of the ocean?"
"What does it have to do with me? With Nadia?"
"There was a man at her procession. He goes by the name of Ishmael Bakir. He's one of Widmore's men."
Ben shows him a picture of the man he was just photographing. "Bakir was last seen five days ago in Los Angeles, caught by a traffic camera, speeding away from the corner of La Brea and Santa Monica."
"That's three blocks from where Nadia was killed. Why would these people want to murder her?"
"I don't know. But they did."
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Comments (12)
I didn't understand why Ben & Locke were taking Hugo to Jacob's cabin when Ben clearly knows how to get there on his own. I don't get the logic there. Was Ben lying to Locke about why they needed Hugo?
1 of 12 | Posted by kellyt | Posted on April 30, 2008 7:27 AM
On a previous episode, Hurley pointed out that the cabin was "the other way", earning a big time stink eye from John. Perhaps Hurley has been granted the ability to "see" the cabin that neither John nor Ben currently have . . .
2 of 12 | Posted by SOCKMONKEY | Posted on April 30, 2008 8:47 AM
kellyt: Jacob's cabin has moved since the time we saw Locke and Ben visit. Hugo was the one to stumble across its new location. Apparently, Ben does not know where it is at the moment. Which is puzzling, if Jacob's cabin moves all the time, does Ben spend a lot of his time looking for it?
What a great episode! Lots of action, the return of the smoke monster, and a Ben centric!
Kinda bummed that Alex died, but holy cow, it's worth it for Ben's reaction. I saw someone say that they would only read the transcripts of episodes now because the show "had become a bloodbath". *sigh* Ya know, we're kinda running out of time for Libby and Daniel's backstories. I have trouble imagining how they are going to fit them in without it looking really shoehorned in.
The Ben/Widmore scene at the end was extremely intriguing.
The first scene of the flashforward - Oh ma gaw, how awesomely weird was that? My little theory is that there's some sort of teleporter in the Arctic. Just as a polar bear mysteriously appeared in Tunisia, I think Ben got that arm wound via an angry polar bear. And hey, according to Wikipedia, polar bears live in some parts of Siberia, which was also mentioned in this episode! Perhaps the symbol on Ben's coat is for a hatch in Siberia?
One question: Do you all think the "Freighter Four" are going to be regular characters, or just recurring roles? It seemed like we were going to see quite a lot of them at first, but they've had little to do the past few episodes. Miles and Faraday certainly seem to have more characterization ahead, but Charlotte and Frank?
3 of 12 | Posted by Merick | Posted on April 30, 2008 8:48 AM
I found this little tid bit on the net and thought it was pretty cool. Gotta love google earth
There is a time portal/wormhole that connects Tunisia to the Island. That's how Ben ends up seemingly fallen from the sky in the Tunisian desert. That's how a polar bear skull is excavated from the Tunisian sand. And that how a small prop plane can take off from Nigeria and end up on the island. The proof: according to Google Earth, the coordinates for 'Tunisia' are: 33 deg, 53 sec N and 9 deg, 31 sec E. The polar opposite of those coordinates is: 33 deg, 53 53 sec S and 170 deg 29 sec W. If you follow those coordinates, you end up....just NE of Sydney, Australia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, enroute to LA, and not far from Fiji.
4 of 12 | Posted by pauliewalnutz | Posted on April 30, 2008 9:26 AM
I love Ben. I don't care if we were meant to think of him as a 'bad' guy from the beginning, I still loved him lol.
He deserves any and all awards this show gets from now on. No one can deliver a line quite like him =)
5 of 12 | Posted by pixi-stix | Posted on April 30, 2008 9:55 AM
Great recap Grey. Worth the wait!
Someone got new headshots LOL!
I suppose it's not surprising that she'd see a munchkin...er, hobbit after having a house dropped on her. OMG LOL!!!!
I never thought of Ben as the hero. He always seemed so evil to me. But I look forward to more of your hero hypothesis.
6 of 12 | Posted by akgirl7 | Posted on April 30, 2008 10:30 AM
Interesting theory pauliewalnutz. I understand Ben in the desert and the prop plane, but don't see how this theory explains the polar bear excavation. Polar bears wouldn't typically be found on an island in the south pacific or in the desert in Tunisia. Am I missing something?
7 of 12 | Posted by Bryant92 | Posted on April 30, 2008 11:26 AM
so many gigglez taday:)
coconut radio jokes, fuk'n ninja jokes...
shaken not stirred...
sigh :)
aha! nobody else has mentioned.. i know iknow it's really nothing.. but noone noticed the painting, back wall bedroom (of the 'black rock' that widmore won at the auction, when confronted by dez during an episodic timetrip.....
yah.. and whaz up w/the 'we need hurley to find jacob's shack?
sounds like pfffft ta me....
great review.. i have sorely missed these..
how many more shows do we have left in the season....anybody?
8 of 12 | Posted by kikz | Posted on April 30, 2008 12:21 PM
I've been looking forward to this recap all week and you did not disappoint me!!! It was great once again and the comments from everyone were quite insightful. Thanks you guys. I've always loved Ben and those horrible eyes.... Ben deserves the Emmy!
9 of 12 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on April 30, 2008 12:47 PM
I've been looking forward to this recap all week and you did not disappoint me!!! It was great once again and the comments from everyone were quite insightful. Thanks you guys. I've always loved Ben and those horrible eyes.... Ben deserves the Emmy!
10 of 12 | Posted by chooch850 | Posted on April 30, 2008 12:50 PM
Bryant92:
I'm pretty sure they kept polar bears in the Dharma Zoo, where Kate and Sawyer were kept. They weren't native to the island, but they were there.
11 of 12 | Posted by puregold | Posted on May 9, 2008 3:26 PM
Bryant92, I'm pretty sure they kept polar bears in that Dharma Zoo where Kate & Sawyer were held. They aren't native to the island, but they were there!
12 of 12 | Posted by puregold | Posted on May 9, 2008 3:27 PM